Early the next morning, Xu Yang took Liu Ruoning and set off from the hotel, their first stop was the University of California in Los Angeles, the reason why Xu Yang came here was to see the difference between the film school here and the one in China.

Although the universities here generally do not allow outsiders to enter the classrooms to listen to lectures, they are not involved outside the classrooms, no one pays attention to them, and besides, he also wants to see how the atmosphere of college students here is different from that in China.

It's just that when the two of them arrived, they heard that there was a movie editing competition held today, which belonged to the internal competition of the branch, which made Xu Yang overjoyed, it was better to come early than to come!

Speaking of which, many foreign film and television schools are different from those in China, they often care more about the film, but in China, the TV drama industry is more prosperous, and over time, the development of film is a little lagging behind.

Although this game is a small scale, there are not many people who come to visit, and at a glance, there are hundreds of people.

When he came to the front, Xu Yang saw that the game in the field had been going on for a while, looking at the busy contestants and the whispered conversations of the people around him, Xu Yang knew that the five people who were playing in the field were editing a clip from the same movie.

The competition here is not like the one in the crew, there are no rules, but there are time and requirements, first, the time cannot exceed 20 minutes, and second, a small complete storyline must be edited, which is difficult, and the operation is relatively more challenging.

It was only when he saw the unhurried attitude of the contestants that Xu Yang understood that it seemed that they were already very familiar with this kind of similar competition.

Just when Xu Yang was thinking like this, the first contestant completed the requirements of the competition, which took 14.4 minutes, and then, a judge began to screen and evaluate his works, of course, the final results were not announced immediately, after all, there are still four people who have not completed their works.

It wasn't until the time reached 20 minutes that Xu Yang found that in such a short period of time, four of the 5 people had completed the set requirements, which made him feel a little shocked in his heart.

However, when the work is completed, it is worth agreeing on how well the work will be screened.

The judges were the first to announce the first contestant to complete the work, this person's name is Paul, a third-year student majoring in film, with a score of 8.1, this score is already very powerful, according to the people around him, this kind of competition, for more than ten years, the highest score is 9.2, Paul is also a very outstanding one, of course, this kind of competition can only be participated in by students, only from freshman to senior students.

Then it is to show Paul's finished work, a big screen play, the film is very short, only less than 5 minutes of screen, but, not to mention, the story from beginning to end is very complete, it's just that Xu Yang feels that this small short film is too bland, there are no highlights, and he can't help but be a little disappointed.

After Paul, it was the work of a girl named Joan, she was a senior student, and the final score was 8.8, seeing this, Xu Yang looked at her twice, and then went to see the big screen, just at the beginning, Xu Yang had a feeling of confusion, because, he didn't figure out what he wanted to interpret at the beginning, what this film was going to talk about, until he watched the whole short film, he suddenly realized, it turned out that the beginning was foreshadowing, and there was also the meaning of mapping, which is amazing.

You must understand that such a competition needs to be completed on the spot, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can do if they can have this vision, this idea and operation.

Looking back, Xu Yang glanced at the ordinary-looking girl not far away again, perhaps, this is a treasure!

This was followed by the work of two other people, Tom and John, who finished short films that were simple and unattractive.

The editing contest, although it is a competition that is divided into sessions, but the final winners are only the top three best people, and this result will not be known until the end of the competition in the afternoon, so seeing that the girl named Joan wants to leave here, Xu Yang hurriedly pulled Liu Ruoning to chase after him.

"Joan, wait a minute. ”

Here, if it is too polite, it is better not to say it, it is better to say the key point directly, so when he came to Joan's side, Xu Yang shouted directly in English.

"Hey, you're calling me?"

Joan was surprised to hear that it was a yellow-skinned man who called her name, and asked with a hint of doubt.

"Yes, it's me, do you have time now, I want to talk to you about something, about movies. ”

This is the school, and it is still on the main road, Xu Yang didn't want to talk about things here, so he asked.

"Okay, there's a coffee shop over there, let's go over!"

As a film major and a student studying directing, Joan didn't feel that Xu Yang's sudden question was abrupt, and pointed not far away very enthusiastically.

With her, Xu Yang and Liu Ruoning came to this coffee shop together, and after ordering 3 cups of coffee, Xu Yang began to ask: "Joan, I just watched your edited work, it's very good, if I were a judge, I would at least give you a 9 point." ”

Listening to Xu Yang's words, Joan just smiled faintly and said thank you.

The atmosphere was up, and Xu Yang began to formally introduce: "I am the owner of an entertainment company from Huaguo, and I am also a director and screenwriter, my Chinese name is Xu Yang, and this is my girlfriend Liu Ruoning. ”

Joan really didn't see that the man in front of him was in the same industry as himself, and the other party's age was not very old, and he also had his own company, so it can be seen that people are really unseemly!

Thinking of this, she asked more curiously, "Xu, then what are you looking for me for?"

"I fancy your talent and want to work with you. ”

Now that Joan knows her identity, Xu Yang doesn't want to beat around the bush. In fact, before coming here, he really didn't think about developing his career in Los Angeles, but talent is hard to come by, especially in the film director industry, which is very rare.

When he was in China, Xu Yang wanted to shoot many classic movies in his memory, but whether it was himself or Luo Hong, Shi Fei's directing level was still poor, not enough to support such a big scene.

Now, if you can meet an amazing and talented director in this foreign country, if you don't look for her, you will definitely regret it in the future.

Although Joan only revealed her editing skills, Xu Yang understands that if a good director does not have enough editing vision, his achievements will be very limited.

Thinking of these, Xu Yang couldn't help but impulsively want to sign a new director like Joan, who has not yet risen.

"Do you want me to make a movie?"

At this time, Joan was not wary of Xu Yang at the beginning, but stared at him expectantly, God knows, the film career is her dream, but the conditions in her family are very poor, and it was very difficult to come here to go to school, after all, she is not good-looking, and she is also a woman, and she wants to be famous in the director industry in the United States, what a hardship it is, if she does not achieve it in a short period of time, maybe, she will choose to change careers in order to take care of her parents, younger brothers and sisters at home, or even marry early.

Nowadays, someone is looking for herself to make a movie, is this God favoring her?

Not understanding why Joan was so excited, Xu Yang nodded and said with certainty: " Yes, however, you also know that as a foreigner, if you want to make a good movie in a short period of time in Hollywood, it is just whimsical, therefore, I want your help, first set up a film and television company, and then, gather a team, I will find a way to write the script, there is no shortage of actors with good acting skills in the United States, as long as you grasp the level of being a director, as for the release, the same, in a hurry, let's figure out a way together, this, what do you think?"

After Xu Yang finished speaking, originally, he thought that Joan was very grateful, but who expected the other party to come up directly: "So, what about my remuneration?"

After being embarrassed for a long time, Xu Yang said: "The monthly salary is 5,000 US dollars." ”

"Thank you!"

Before graduating, there was such a high salary, Joan was very excited, and then, after confirming that Xu Yang would definitely use her, he briefly told them why she asked the remuneration directly, and at this time, Xu Yang learned about some of Joan's family conditions.

No wonder a future director cares so much about money, but, based on this, Xu Yang believes that Joan will work under his banner for a long time, after all, this is a good girl who will take care of her family.

After talking about the matter and exchanging each other's contact information, Joan said goodbye, after all, for a student like her who graduated in less than 2 months, she would not appear outside because of today's competition, but would be buried in the dormitory to write her graduation thesis.

I'm glad that I appeared on the field today, otherwise, a job opportunity would suddenly fall out of the way.

(End of chapter)