After answering Su Zhuorui's call, Zhang Chen turned on the computer, logged in to his hotmail, and began to reply to dozens of emails wishing him a happy birthday one by one.

How did you spend your eighteenth birthday in your last life?

Oh, by the way, it seems that I was preparing for the final exam at the time, and I just came to my house with a few good friends such as Zheng Kai, Han Xu, He Xiaoli, etc., and it seems that I also received a greeting card from Lin Xiaoxia.

The memory is already very vague.

At half past twelve, Zhang Chen came to the gate of the art school and called Lin Xiaoxia.

It didn't take long for three beautiful girls to run to the school gate talking and laughing.

"Give, birthday present. Lin Xiaoxia was still wearing the white down jacket, revealing a cute smile.

The current Lin Xiaoxia is much happier than when Zhang Chen was first reborn, and has gradually recovered her girlish nature and is no longer so depressed.

Zhang Chen took the carton handed over by Lin Xiaoxia, and made a very beautiful bow with a pink ribbon on it.

A gray woolen scarf.

Wang Fang smiled and said: "Xiao Xia has been weaving by herself for more than a month, Dongdong said to help, but she still won't let me." ”

Lin Xiaoxia slapped Wang Fang in disgust, and Wang Fang avoided with a smile.

"I don't know how to weave, let Dongdong teach me, she has good skills, and she can weave a variety of methods, this kind of weaving, uh, do you like it or not?" Lin Xiaoxia wanted to speak and stopped, looking at Zhang Chen hopefully.

Zhang Chen was indeed a little moved, took Lin Xiaoxia's hand, and said sincerely: "I like it, of course I like it." ”

Lin Xiaoxia's exam in the afternoon was about to start at half past one, and the time was too short, so Zhang Chen could only take three girls to McDonald's, which had just opened at the door, to ask for four set meals.

Now McDonald's, there are not many categories, only Big Mac, Jishiburg, McFragrant Chicken several kinds of burgers, and the spicy chicken leg burger that is popular in China has not yet been launched.

Several girls are more interested in McDonald's than the cafeteria where they took them to the Sheraton last time, especially the fries, and Zhang Chen has never understood why fries are so attractive to girls.

"Xiao Xia, have you seen the acting teacher that Zhang Yang found for you?" Zhang Chen took a bite of the Big Mac and said vaguely.

Lin Xiaoxia nodded: "See, but Teacher Chen is very busy, so he gave me a lesson, half an hour, and I didn't understand what he said." ”

"Teacher Chen, which Teacher Chen?" asked Zhang Chen curiously.

"Chen Daoming, Teacher Chen, I didn't tell you?"

"Chen Daoming?" Zhang Chen secretly said to himself, Zhang Yang really went down, and he was able to invite Chen Daoming to enlighten Lin Xiaoxia.

Wang Fang's eyes widened: "Chen Daoming, Xiaoxia, why haven't you told us about it?"

Xiang Dongdong patted Wang Fang and signaled her not to ask nonsense.

Zhang Chen was really a little curious, "How did he teach you?"

Lin Xiaoxia thought for a while: "Just tell me to set up the character first, he said that although this character and I are both girls of the same age, everyone's growth environment is different, the social background is different, and the things encountered are different, so you must sink into the character of this character." ”

Zhang Chen blinked: "It's gone?"

Lin Xiaoxia was a little distressed, "No, I was given a demonstration at the time, and before I could react, the class was over." ”

Zhang Chen said regretfully: "It's a pity, Chen Daoming's acting skills are textbook-level, and those who don't understand it should ask more." ”

Lin Xiaoxia cried and mourned: "I know it too, but his aura is very strong, and when he asks me if I understand, I can only nod and explain that I understand." Alas, there was still a class at the end of the month, and he said that when the time came, I would test my practice results, and if I didn't do well, I wouldn't have to look for him again. ”

Zhang Chen didn't understand this aspect at all, so he could only comfort Lin Xiaoxia to practice more.

Looking at his watch, "Oh, it's already 1:15, I have to go back quickly, or I'll be late for the exam." Lin Xiaoxia and a few girls hurriedly packed up their things.

"Xiao Xia!" Zhang Chen stopped Lin Xiaoxia, who was about to get up, Lin Xiaoxia was stunned, "?"

Zhang Chen grabbed Lin Xiaoxia's waist and kissed her fiercely on the lips.

In the coaxing of the two girls next to her, Lin Xiaoxia pushed Zhang Chen away, her face turned red with shame, and she fled as if she was flying.

Zhang Chen shook his head, sat down and finished eating the rest of the food, and took out the phone, "Director Zhang, yes, it's me, last time you told me how much distribution fee is still missing for your "Something to Say"?"

Zhang Chen came up and asked how much the distribution fee of "If You Have Something to Say" was, Zhang Yimou was stunned.

Zhang Weiping, who is a real estate agent in Kyoto, felt that this was an opportunity, and scraped together 3 million, plus Zhang Yimou's own more than 1 million yuan was invested in this film, this film is a small-budget movie, and the shooting cost is not much, but if you want to distribute it, it is not enough to finish filming, and there are various distribution costs, Zhang Yimou calculated, and there is still a gap of more than 1 million expenses.

Now the film market is extremely sluggish, making a movie is almost a loss, all film directors and producers have almost no concept of box office, and the only internal drive for making movies is to go abroad to win awards and try to sell them for overseas distribution.

The end of the 90s was a period when China entered the reform and opening up and tested the waters in depth, the tax sharing system, the layoffs of employees of state-owned enterprises, the construction of the market economic system, and the "primitive accumulation period" of the socialist style.

Coupled with the popularity of TV and VCDs and the rampant piracy, people are more likely to choose to watch movies at home than to cinemas.

Needless to say, now, even in the year 01, Zhang Chen still remembers going to the cinema with a few classmates to watch Kim Hee-sun's "Flying Dance", and there were few people watching movies in the old-fashioned movie theater.

To put it bluntly, in this era, except for big-name directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, there are really few who can make movies in China without losing money.

This has also become one of the most important factors in the sluggish investment in the film market.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yimou hurriedly said: "Ah, yes, the filming is over, and it has been submitted for review, and it is estimated that it will be released in May or June." It's still a little bit of money, but it's not much. ”

Zhang Chen's old god was saying, "How much is it?"

Zhang Yimou gritted his teeth: "One million." When he said this, Zhang Yimou regretted it a little, although he knew that Zhang Chen was a shareholder of the aliens, and he had also considered whether to find some money from Zhang Chen when he discussed with Liu Ming to shoot advertisements for the aliens, but this 1 million is not a small number, if Zhang Chen was afraid of losing too much, would he not vote?

Zhang Chen said lightly: "Director Zhang, let's do it, I will pay this million, count it in the total investment of the film, and share it when the time comes." ”

Zhang Yimou was incredulous: "Really, this is not a joke, you can really take it for me." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Of course it's true, although domestic movies are in a recession now, I really don't believe that you can lose if you vote for Zhang Yimou, if you lose everything, Huaxia movies will be finished." ”

Zhang Yimou laughed, and Zhang Chen continued: "By the way, I have something I want to ask you to help me with. ”

Zhang Yimou raised the money and was in a good mood, "Don't say anything to help or not, just say it." ”

Zhang Chen pondered and said: "Didn't Xiao Xia take the movie you introduced now, Director Zhang Yang introduced her to an acting teacher, I didn't expect it to be Chen Daoming, of course Teacher Chen's acting skills and teaching level are no problem, but Xiao Xia has no experience after all, if it's convenient, can you say hello to Teacher Chen and take care of Xiao Xia?"

Zhang Yimou suddenly realized that Zhang Chen's request was not excessive, and it was not even an unspoken rule, it was estimated that Chen Daoming was too cold and scared the little girl.

Zhang Yimou said briskly: "No problem, I'll call Daoming in a while." ”

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "Then it will be more troublesome for you, I will ask my investment manager here to contact you in a while and get a contract to send it to you." ”

(End of chapter)