The graduation ceremony of Yenching Film Academy this year ended soon after Yang Ming walked off the stage.

However, Yang Ming's speech on the stage had a great impact on all the teachers and students present today, causing many people to fall into contemplation and touching their sensitive nerves.

Known as one of the star-making bases in the Chinese entertainment industry, Yenching Film Academy, although it looks glamorous on the surface, countless high school students hope to be admitted to the academy and realize their dream of stardom.

It's just that not many people have noticed the hidden worries in the academy.

The changes in society have made the reality full of competition and more intense.

In recent years, there are too few students who have graduated from Yenching Film Academy who can stand out in the entertainment industry, and they are simply lacking.

As for some behind-the-scenes positions such as lighting, photography, recording, etc., students who have just graduated must not be able to take the lead, even if there are a few students with outstanding abilities, for Yenching Film Academy, it is only a small part.

Even some students can't stand this fierce competition for positions, and as Yang Ming said, they are no longer engaged in this industry.

Like the annual employment situation of the college, others don't know, but how can the senior management of the college not know?

But for a while, they didn't have a good solution.

However, Yang Ming's speech today seems to have given all the senior management of the academy a direction that can be used as a reference for thinking.

If students really love their majors and want to realize their ideals, then they must persevere, and if the film crew can't find a chance, then go to the TV drama crew; if the TV drama crew can't find an opportunity, then go to the variety show of the TV station.

It's really not good, there are still various opportunities for students to hone and survive, and when they accumulate to a certain point, they can finally realize their ideals.

A shady road in the college.

Yang Ming accompanied the old dean and several senior officials of the college to talk while walking.

"You kid did a good job today, and it was a lesson for all of our teachers and students. The old dean sighed.

"Dean, you're polite, I'm just talking casually. Yang Ming said modestly.

The old dean waved his hand, not caring about Yang Ming's modesty, but said to him seriously: "Yanjing Film Academy is your alma mater, as you said in your last speech just now, what is your alma mater? It is the place where you scold him eight times a day but do not allow others to scold! Although you have basically not taken a full semester of courses in the academy in the past few years, you are a student who came out of our academy after all, since you take the academy so much to heart, then you can do me a favor." ”

When Yang Ming heard this, he looked up and saw the old dean's fox-like cunning eyes looking at him, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely help." ”

Although his achievements in this life basically stem from the golden finger in his previous life, I have to admit that the old dean's attention in recent years, as well as the introduction of many old-timers in the film industry as if he were a closed disciple at the beginning, made his road in the entertainment industry a lot smoother in this life.

In fact, Yang Ming didn't say how grateful he was for the help of the old dean, but the old dean treated him like an ancient inheritance between master and apprentice, treating him as his own, as if Yang Ming was his relative, which made Yang Ming feel warm in his heart.

This is the real reason why Yang Ming respects the old dean so much.

The old dean glanced at Yang Ming and said slowly: "The college has been trying to reform the school in recent years, some of which are good and some are bad, but no one has thought of the most successful change, but it is the cooperation with your popcorn network, so that many students have a certain degree of exercise during the school, and even have certain economic benefits, I hope you will ensure that this cooperation continues, and take a little care of your alma mater compared to other art colleges." ”

Popcorn nets?

When Yang Ming heard the old dean's words, he suddenly realized, so it was, although he knew from Ma Yun that the cooperation between Popcorn Network and Yenching Film Academy was getting deeper and deeper, but he didn't ask about specific things.

After all, if everything is too small, he has to ask about it one by one, even if he is split into several pieces, it is not enough.

However, Yang Ming still knows a little about the general plan of cooperation with art academies, he thought about it seriously, and said: "Don't worry, the cooperation between my video website and the college will only be deeper, not regressive, and it is estimated that the scale of cooperation will be further expanded next year, which is also a mutually beneficial thing." ”

This is true.

In fact, popcorn is not the only company with video sites like popcorn on the Internet.

But because Yang Ming has the memory of his previous life and knows the future development direction of the video website, popcorn has now risen to the first place in the traffic ranking of the same industry, and has opened a big distance from the second place.

In particular, because Popcorn Network and Phoenix TV are the same boss, the cooperation between the two sides is more thorough, which makes the popcorn video website more and more influential and authoritative on the Internet.

Since the cooperation with art colleges and universities, after the mini-web series or video produced by college students is uploaded to the popcorn network, some of the more distinctive short dramas will soon become popular on the Internet under the promotion of the website, attracting a large amount of traffic.

Popcorn and college students are a win-win.

Because of Yang Ming, Yenching Film Academy took the lead in cooperating with Popcorn.com, and now many students' works have a certain reputation on the Internet.

Not only did the students' efforts be rewarded, but more importantly, the students got a certain amount of training through the production of these video skits, so that they already have certain professional experience before they go out of school and enter the society.

The reason why the old dean mentioned this with Yang Ming was also because other art academies in China were jealous when they saw the success of Yenching Film Academy in this regard, and they contacted Popcorn Network to establish their own college special pages on the website.

After all, Popcorn is a company, and it is impossible to reject other partners just because Yenching Film Academy is Yang Ming's alma mater.

This also made Yenching Film Academy feel the pressure.

In fact, it is not that there are no other video websites on the Internet, but regardless of the scale of the website, or the experience of netizens, popcorn network is too much more than other websites, and there are individual colleges and universities that cooperate with other video websites, but the effect is obviously not good.

Under the guidance of Yang Ming, Popcorn has always adhered to the mode of UGC users sharing videos, and it can be said that even if Popcorn is put in the world, it is also the best UGC website, and there is no one.

So, in this case, popcorn net is the best choice for major art colleges in China.

The senior leaders of the academy who followed behind Yang Ming and the old dean couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Yang Ming's assurance.

Through the cooperation of the past two or three years, the importance of popcorn to film art colleges and universities has become more and more prominent.

In the words of Yang Ming in his speech just now, the number of film crews that start filming every year is limited, but there are more and more students graduating every year, and the employment situation has been very grim in recent years.

Students who do not have any work experience will face competition in the workplace after graduation, and the results can be imagined.

But now the collaboration with Popcorn Network is different.

A DV that is not too expensive can solve many problems.

Shoot a short video with DV, not to mention compared to movies, it is estimated that even if there are well-made web short dramas now, it is difficult for students to catch up with the videos, but this does not mean that the short videos made by students with DV are useless.

On the contrary, as long as there is outstanding creativity and excellent shooting techniques, the short videos made by the students can still be successful.

Such successful examples have been common in the past two years.

Teachers in some art academies sometimes use DV to shoot short videos of their ideas and upload them to the website, which has received a lot of response on the Internet.

It can be said that popcorn net is becoming more and more important for art schools.

And Yang Ming is the owner of this video website, and he is also a student of Yenching Film Academy, which naturally makes the academy's senior management very important.

Therefore, even if Yang Ming basically does not appear in the academy in the past two years, he can still graduate, and I have to say that to a certain extent, it is just an exchange of interests.

Probably because he was tired of walking, the old dean stopped when he walked to a green shade.

He said to Yang Ming: "Originally, there was another request, I didn't want to say it, but I thought that I wouldn't be able to stay in the position of dean for long, and I always wanted to leave something for the college. ”

Yang Ming couldn't help but look solemn when he saw the old dean's rather complicated expression, and said to this respectable elder: "You always said directly, as long as I can help, I will definitely help." ”

"Huh!"

Hearing Yang Ming's words, the old dean chuckled twice, and then did not directly mention the favor he asked Yang Ming to help, but commented with emotion: "To be honest, I really didn't expect to meet you before I retire!"

Yang Ming couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, even the surrounding college executives looked at the old dean curiously, and they couldn't understand why he commented like this.

The old dean didn't care about the looks of other people, there was a look of remembrance in his eyes, and he sighed: "Our Yenching Film Academy is also a well-known university in China, and the stars who have come out of the academy can't be counted, even if they are in other majors, there is no shortage of students who have won the Golden Dragon Award later, but they can't help with this favor!"

Speaking of this, his eyes looked at Yang Ming, as if with a kind of eccentricity, and said: "To be honest, I sometimes suspect that Yang Ming is not a student of our Yenching Film Academy, but should be an elite from the Business School of Yenching University. ”

As the old dean said this, several senior members of the surrounding academy couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.

Yang Ming was originally curious about why the old dean just said that he was not like a student of Yenching Film Academy, but now when he heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of crying and laughing.

He really didn't expect to hear this comment from the old dean.

"So, I am the best actor among directors, I am the most successful boss among actors, and I am the best at singing among bosses!" Yang Ming shrugged his shoulders and smiled freely.

The old dean couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, and nodded Yang Ming with his hand, but did not continue the topic, but said: "The busy just now is for you to contribute, and now this is for you to contribute!"

"What kind of director training program does your film company do is very good, can you give your alma mater one or two places every year?"

As soon as he said this, the eyes of several high-ranking college officials around him immediately turned red.

Oriental DreamWorks has a star plan directed by the newcomer, they have all heard of it, or there is no one in the film industry who doesn't know about it.

With an annual investment of 50 million, not to mention the film industry, the entire entertainment industry was also shocked by Yang Ming's handwriting, thinking that Yang Ming burned a lot of money and made a few blockbuster movies, but he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick.

But now it seems that many people have looked away.

This star director program has been running for two years, and the 50 million yuan in the first year has not been used up, but it still supports many projects of new directors, which are basically losing money, and even many movies have not been released in theaters.

Even if there is some film revenue, the cost is not recovered.

Originally, many people in the film industry thought that Yang Ming had suffered this loss and would not continue to engage in this matter.

But I didn't expect that last year, Yang Ming waved his hand and continued!

In fact, Yang Ming didn't take this matter to heart at all, and the investment of 50 million Chinese yuan was a drop in the bucket for the profits of Oriental DreamWorks in recent years.

However, what he values is not how lucrative he can get through this rookie director training program, but the most important thing is to tap new talents for Oriental DreamWorks and bring some fresh blood.

It turned out that this money-losing plan was very important to Oriental DreamWorks.

Although it lost money in the first year, Oriental DreamWorks also successfully signed several young directors with great ideas.

That's enough.

The second year of the training program, continue to throw money.

However, no one thought of the star director plan in the second year, and among the films selected for filming, one of the films sold very well at the box office, almost breaking 100 million, which suddenly made Oriental DreamWorks collect more than half of its investment this year.

Coupled with the miscellaneous copyright income of other films, not only did not lose money, but also made a little money.

This has impressed many people in the film industry.

This is the third year.

Yang Ming now heard the old dean mention the topic, and immediately understood the old dean's good intentions.

Everything is for the college, to find more ways for the college to realize the ideals of students.

Oriental DreamWorks' Star Director Training Program is one of them.

To be honest, according to the requirements of this plan, the fresh directing students who have just graduated from the academy are not eligible.

Although the Star Director Project is also facing newcomers, these newcomers have basically had some experience in the film industry, although they have never directed alone, nor have they had any directorial works, but in terms of experience, they have accumulated a little bit of experience.

Yang Ming thought about the old dean's request, if he really wanted to agree to this, he would be suspected of using power for personal gain.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

Several college executives who had been looking at Yang Ming saw Yang Ming shaking his head, their faces suddenly changed, and they were quite disappointed, they thought that Yang Ming was unwilling to agree to this request made by the old dean.

But Yang Ming immediately said to the old dean: "Dean, Oriental DreamWorks' star director training program is not suitable, but I can make a special plan for my alma mater that is similar to the fund method, as long as the script and shooting plan come up with by someone from my alma mater is approved, you can get the investment of the fund I set up, and I will keep injecting 5 million Chinese yuan into this fund every year to operate." ”

5 million Chinese yuan, maybe for the current film industry, making a movie is simply a small production.

But for director students who are still studying in school, it is undoubtedly a platform to try their dreams of directing.

After he said this idea, he looked up and saw the smile on the old dean's face that seemed to have succeeded in something, and he immediately understood that the original goal of the old dean was not the star director training program of Oriental Dreamworks, but the idea of letting him break the bank and set up a similar fund in the academy.

Yang Ming couldn't help smacking his lips, no wonder the old dean said just now that he didn't look like a student from Yenching Film Academy, but more like an elite from the Business School of Yenching University, it turned out that the old dean's intention was to target Yang Ming's identity as a big boss.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt like he had been pitted.