As soon as Ning Hao entered the door of the ward, he rushed to Zhang Ran's hospital bed: "Teacher Zhang, you don't have to rest for two more days!"

Zhang Ran smiled: "I really can't be idle, I sat alone in the ward last night and had nothing to do, I was bored to death! If I stay like this for two more years, I must be crazy!"

Ning Hao also knew that Zhang Ran was an idle person, so he opened his bag and took out his notebook, and put it on the hospital bed table in front of Zhang Ran and Zhang Ran: "Teacher Zhang, the 100 candidates selected in the primary selection and the short films they submitted are here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info 80 of them are students with the potential to make commercial films, and the other 20 are really good although they are not commercial films, you can take a look!"

The Asian Film Academy started recruiting students in September last year, and so far, it has received more than 1,000 applications from students from more than 20 countries around the world. More than 1,000 students, that is, more than 2,000 short films, Zhang Ran was very busy, and it was impossible to watch all the short films, so he handed over the rough selection work to Ning Hao.

After filming, Ning Hao also had her own job, so she found more than a dozen students from Nortel's directing department and asked them to score all the short films according to more than 20 scoring items such as story, composition, and rhythm, and then she came to screen them. Of course, it is not that the total score is high, but several factors such as rhythm and story that are really important are the most important factors for genre films.

The hundred students that Ning Hao brought now are the ones who have been screened and are relatively excellent.

Zhang Ran picked up the mouse, clicked on the short video, and slowly viewed it. Every time he finished reading a work, he would have a brief communication with Ning Hao, and mark the work, whether or not, and explain the reason, why, why not.

Zhang Jingchu also watched from the sidelines, peeling fruit for Zhang Ran and them while watching.

Zhang Ran shook his head after watching a relatively literary short film, the short film was okay, but it was not suitable for genre films, but when he saw the name of the author of the short film, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked: "Is it Yu Feihong who is acting?"

Ning Hao nodded: "It's that Yu Feihong." ”

Zhang Ran frowned and said, "Isn't she messing with Li Sheng?"

Ning Haoqi said: "Who is Li Sheng?"

"Leave this alone, the author's brain is in water. Zhang Ran smiled, then shook his head and said, "Yu Feihong is a female literary youth, Wenqing pursues individuality, and what we want to cultivate is genre film directors, and the pursuit of industrialization is the opposite." If she wants to come in, she will definitely not be able to stand it, since it is a waste of her time, and it is also a waste of our time, Yu Feihong can't ask for it!"

Zhang Ran watched Feihong shoot "Love Has an Afterlife", and the filming was okay, but if you compare Xu Jinglei's "Letter from a Strange Woman", then the narrative rhythm and expression fluency are far inferior. Of course, Xu Jinglei has a ginger pattern behind the movie, and a group of old men in the Beijing circle to help her, which is normal to be stronger than Yu Feihong.

However, the biggest problem with "Love Has an Afterlife" is not the narrative and rhythm, but Yu Feihong committed the taboo of a new director's first filming, and there was a serious problem with budget control. Such a niche theme, which could not win awards overseas, nor could it be a box office hit, cost 40 million. After the movie was released, the box office was only 2 million, and in the end it was lost.

Zhang Ran once heard that Yu Feihong worked hard for this movie for ten years, and even built his own house into it. It's amazing for a woman to put her best 10 years into a movie. Zhang Ran has also worked hard for a movie for ten years, and he can understand the hardships during it, so he plans to pull Yu Feihong along, even if he can't save the defeat, at least he won't let her lose so badly.

The most important reason why the cost of "Love Has an Afterlife" is as high as 40 million is that it took eight months to shoot. This is too amateurish, except for Wong Kar-wai, even Jiang Wen doesn't dare to play like this. The cost of lighting, photography, vehicles and other equipment for a crew, plus food and accommodation, is cheap to spend 100,000 yuan a day, and eight months is 240 days, which is 24 million. If you let a professional director shoot it, this kind of scene can be filmed in about 3 months, which can save 15 million.

To solve the problem of "Love Has an Afterlife", there are two ways, either find a professional producer, or Yu Feihong learns to control the budget!

Zhang Ran pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, you tell Yu Feihong that we are training a genre film director, and she is not suitable for us, but I lack an assistant director, if you are interested, you can come to me as an assistant director!"

Ning Hao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call her at noon!"

Zhang Jingchu stuffed the peeled apple into Zhang Ran's mouth, and said sourly: "You are really enjoying it more and more, and you actually found a beautiful woman to be your assistant director!"

Zhang Ran took a bite of the apple fiercely: "I'm not a mature 1 female controller like Li Sheng, and I'm not interested in Feihong." I've just heard that she read a novel 10 years ago, and then she recommended it to the director everywhere, but no one was interested. In the end, someone said, "Since you like it so much, why don't you shoot it yourself?" She was right when she thought about it, no one wanted to shoot it, so I would shoot it. She has been working on this for the past two years, and she wants to go to film school for that movie. Now this circle is very impetuous, and it is really precious to be willing to spend ten years for a movie, so I plan to help her!"

Zhang Jingchu sighed a little emotionally after listening to it: "I know that story, it seems to be called "Ginkgo", she told me that story, it is a story of unfinished love between people and ghosts." She's amazing, a woman who spends the most energetic decade of her years brewing a movie!"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised: "Do you know Yu Feihong?"

Zhang Jingchu said speechlessly: "Yes, we have acted in "The Sword of the Third Young Master" together!"

Zhang Ran doesn't watch much TV series, hasn't watched "The Sword of the Third Young Master", doesn't know anything about this drama, says "So that's the case", and then continued to watch the short film.

Zhang Jingchu sat on a stool and began to ponder, Xu Jinglei made two movies and was praised as a talented girl, and now Yu Feihong is also preparing to make a movie, Zhang Ran seems to respect her a lot, and she graduated from the director department, if she were a director, would she be worse than them?

Approaching noon, Ning Hao got up and said goodbye.

Zhang Ran stretched out his arm, turned his head and found that Zhang Jingchu was sitting on the chair in a daze, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her: "Jingchu, what do you want?"

Zhang Jingchu came back to her senses, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Zhang Ran, what do you think of me as a director?"

Zhang Ran's eyes suddenly widened: "What, you also want to be a director?"

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Zhang Jingchu felt a burst of anger, and said with her hands on her hips: "What's wrong with me being a director, I graduated from the Chinese Opera Directing Department, if you want to say that I am more professional as a director, I am more professional than Xu Jinglei and Yu Feihong, they can be it, why can't I be it?"

Zhang Ran didn't think that Zhang Jingchu couldn't be a director, but he was just a little surprised: "Being a director is much harder than being an actor, I just don't want you to work too hard." Of course, if you really want to be a director, I will definitely support you!"

Zhang Jingchu was very happy and said with a smile: "I just want to try!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "Since you want to try, then try it! You have studied art, at least in composition, you must be better than others, and you are a director, you must be more professional than many people, Xu Jinglei can be mixed into a talented girl, you will definitely not be worse than her!

Zhang Jingchu was happy when she heard this, and immediately realized that Zhang Ran's words were very problematic: "Cameron and Bigelow have long been divorced, and Cameron is a big carrot and has been married five times!"

Zhang Ran immediately drew a line with Cameron's flowery carrot: "Then we will do Jacques Demi and Varda!"

There are many dazzling screen couples in the history of cinema, but there is no second couple in the world who are directors like Jacques Demi and Agnès Varda, who have been together for a long time. Zhang Jingchu laughed: "It's pretty much the same, but you can definitely catch up with Demi, but I definitely can't catch up with Varda, she is the godmother of the New Wave!"

Zhang Ran felt that Zhang Jingchu was very self-aware and asked, "Do you have any stories you want to shoot?"

Zhang Jingchu thought for a while and said, "Some time ago, I saw a novel "All the Nights in the World", I like it very much, if I can, I want to try it!"

Zhang Ran didn't ask what the novel was about, and said directly: "You first ask if the copyright of the novel is there, if so, buy the copyright, and you will start writing the script after the filming of "The Great Earthquake". Writing a script is very important for directors, especially for new directors, to understand the details of the structure of the film and the essence of the film. I've written five drafts and then show them to me!"

Zhang Jingchu said "um", and then saw that the time was almost twelve o'clock, and asked, "What do you want to eat at noon?"

"I want to see it......" Zhang Ran smiled, and then lowered his voice and said, "I want to eat you!"

Zhang Jingchu's face flushed: "What are you thinking about at noon!"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Yifei walked in, holding a thermos in each hand, and said, "Master, Sister Jingchu, I brought you something to eat." Then she put the thermos bucket on the bedside table: "Master, you are injured, you must pay attention to nutrition, I brought braised pork ribs, as well as kelp pork rib soup, which is very helpful for the recovery of the injury!"

Zhang Jingchu looked at Zhang Ran and said with a smile: "It's good to have an apprentice, so you don't have to worry about what to eat now." ”

Zhang Ran also felt that this apprentice was good: "Baozi, say thank you to your mother on my behalf when you go back!"

Liu Yifei unscrewed the lid of the thermos bucket, and the room was suddenly filled with fragrance. She proudly corrected, "Master, this is what I did! Mom just helped a little!"

Zhang Ran was shocked when he heard this: "Ah, then can you eat this, it won't be poisoned, right?" Then she pushed Zhang Jingchu and said: "Daughter-in-law, this is my apprentice's filial piety to you, you can eat, I have no appetite at noon, I can't eat!"

Liu Yifei was so angry that she almost wanted to put the thermos bucket on Zhang Ran's head: "Master, you are too much." I'm kind enough to help you make food, and it's really disgusting that you say that!"

Zhang Ran also felt that he seemed to be a little excessive, so he said: "This kid is really, Master is joking, and he is in a hurry! Okay, Master will try your craft today!"

Zhang Jingchu moved the computer on Zhang Ran's desk, put all the meals on the table with Liu Yifei, and then ate with Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran felt that Liu Yifei was obviously bragging, she should have cut it, and then threw the cut vegetables into the pot, and the rest must have been done by Liu Xiaoli. It's completely counterintuitive that the dish is cut so small and distinctly amateurish, but it tastes so good. Of course, the apprentice has this heart, and he, the master, is still very moved.

Liu Yifei looked at it with a smile on the side, and after Zhang Ran ate a few bites, he asked, "Master, what do you think?"

Zhang Ran nodded and was about to speak, when he suddenly frowned, and then his expression became very painful, his face was a little distorted, and his eyes were full of panic and fear.

Liu Yifei was taken aback: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Jingchu also became nervous, and asked with concern: "Zhang Ran, what's wrong with you? Do you want me to call a doctor?"

"I, I'm ......" Zhang Ran said with great difficulty, then raised his hand and pointed at Liu Yifei painfully, "Apprentice, I have food poisoning!"

Liu Yifei took a few seconds before he came back to his senses and yelled at Zhang Ran: "Master, you are really too much!"