6 p.m., Hengdian.

As soon as he returned to the rental house, Fang Bo was so tired that he was lying in bed.

This morning, I watched the tome "The Art of Film" for a long time, and although he learned a lot, he was really dizzy by the esoteric and obscure words, so he thought about going out for a walk in the afternoon to relax his mind.

There are too many crews in Hengdian, and he didn't go out for a while when he saw a crew filming, and when he was standing on the sidelines and watching, he was actually picked by the assistant director of the crew passing by, and asked him to play a foreground role.

It's just a prospect, you don't have to say lines when you stand there, it's okay now anyway, and you can earn some living expenses by acting.

Fang Bo agreed with such an idea.

He thought that he would be able to finish filming soon, but he didn't expect that the heroine couldn't cry alive or dead, and he couldn't pass four or five crying scenes, and finally forced the director to have no choice but to give the heroine eye drops, which reluctantly passed.

Tossing and turning, Fang Bo was tired in the afternoon.

Lying on the bed, looking at the yellowed ceiling, he secretly made up his mind.

I must not use such an actor to make movies in the future!

What does acting look like, and you have to use eye drops to shoot a crying scene, isn't it a shame to get such a high salary?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

Don't look at the poor acting skills of the female lead, her salary alone is worth dozens of "Night Clubs", I am afraid that if she wants to use it, others will not look down on it.

Besides, if you don't receive a nomination for the Yenching Film Festival, "Night Club" doesn't know when it will be released, and it will be even more distant if you want to make the next movie.

Oh, that's right.

When he thought of the Yenching Film Festival, he suddenly sat up and finally remembered what day it was.

I almost forgot, according to the process arrangement, the organizers of the film festival will announce the list of nominated films today!

After waiting in Hengdian for more than a month, at first he looked forward to this day every day, thinking about the moment when the results were announced, and he had insomnia for several days.

So in order to not worry so much about this matter, he turned his attention to other places, and deliberately ignored the specific date in his heart, so that he almost forgot to look at the registration results today.

took out his mobile phone from his pocket, found the website of the Yanjing International Film Festival, clicked on the announcement column, and sure enough, there was a list of nominated films for this year's film festival.

Before clicking in, Fang Bo was inexplicably a little nervous, his finger stopped at the top of the screen, and he hesitated not to click it.

He knows very well that his family is not a wealthy family, and on the premise of not affecting his normal life, 400,000 yuan is already the maximum that his parents can support, so he can't afford to fail.

If the plan to apply for the Yenching Film Festival is not successful, although you can go to other film festivals to find opportunities, but miss the most influential and well-known Yenching Film Festival, it will undoubtedly be more difficult for "Nightclub" to seek distribution.

"Whew."

Fang Bo took a deep breath, let out a long breath, settled down, and finally clicked into the detailed page.

"The 24th Yenching International Film Festival Nomination List"

"Golden Tripod Award Main Competition Unit, Animation Unit, Short Film Unit......"

His gaze swept across the screen, his fingers flickering.

This page is not, the next page is not, and after turning a few pages in a row, I found the list of film newcomers at the end.

Dream Chaser

"Dying"

"Above the White Clouds"

"Life by the Sea"

……

Nightclub

At the bottom of the film list, Fang Bo finally saw the name of "Night Club".

At this moment, it was as if a big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, and he had never been so relaxed for more than a month.

The surprise came so suddenly, he even couldn't believe it, and watched a short film list several times in a row.

"I'm shortlisted!"

After confirming it again, Fang Bo jumped out of bed and circled back and forth in the small rental house, an unprecedented joy filled his heart, and he couldn't wait to share it with others.

With the thought in mind, he almost didn't hesitate and subconsciously called his parents.

……

Fang Bo's hometown is in a small county town, in an ordinary noodle restaurant.

It was the meal, and there were seven or eight diners sitting in the small noodle restaurant.

There are no other waiters in the store, Fang's mother greets customers in the front, and Fang's father is in charge of cooking noodles in the back kitchen, and the two of them have run this small shop in this way, and it has not changed for more than ten years.

When the phone rang, Fang's father was cooking noodles, holding long chopsticks in his hand, staring intently at the noodles flipping up and down in the pot.

After wiping his hands on his clothes, he picked up his mobile phone and connected the call, still not taking his eyes off the cauldron in front of him.

"Hey, who?"

"Dad, it's me, my movie is shortlisted!" Fang Bo's tone was very excited.

"Shortlisted?" Dad Fang was stunned, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, it's the one you said a few days ago, Yanjing, Yanjing Film Festival, right?" ”

"Well, it's the Yenching Film Festival!"

I felt Fang Bo's joy from the words, although he didn't know anything about the Yanjing Film Festival except for his name, it didn't affect Fang's father to be happy, "Is this film festival held in Yanjing?" Then you are going to Yanjing to receive the award? ”

"It's not necessary to accept the award, it's just that I'm shortlisted, but I can also go to Yanjing to participate in the film festival, and my film will be released publicly." Fang Bo explained the film festival to his father.

"Screening? It means that you can show it to others, right, okay, I didn't expect our family to have a big director! The career pursued by his son has made progress, and Fang's father is overjoyed and can't help but praise again and again.

It made Fang Bo embarrassed, "Dad, it's just a shortlisting and screening, I'm still far from a big director, not to that extent." ”

Fang's father was immersed in joy and said happily: "Eh, the name of the Yanjing Film Festival is so loud, even I have heard of it, it is amazing to be shortlisted." You didn't study this directing major in vain, and you are much more productive than your father! ”

Fang's mother happened to walk into the back kitchen and said curiously: "Who are you talking to, what's the interest?" ”

"My son's phone, his film was shortlisted for the Yenching Film Festival!" Dad Fang turned around and said.

"Yes, come on, come on, give me the phone, I'll tell my son!"

"Okay, here you go. Son, your mother wants to say a few words to you. ”

Dad Fang handed out his mobile phone, and then he had the heart to pay attention to the noodles in the pot, after boiling for so long, the noodle soup was about to boil, so he quickly added some cold water into it.

After chatting with Fang Bo for a while, Fang's mother finally hung up the phone and happily went out with noodles.

"Lao Liu, the noodles are a little soft, you will eat them, if not, I will change the bowl for you."

"It's not a problem, it just tastes good."

The customer surnamed Liu is an old customer, who often comes to the noodle restaurant to eat noodles, and he doesn't care, he just takes the bowl and is about to eat, when he sees the fried egg on the noodles and stops the chopsticks, "Eh, I didn't add eggs." ”

"It's a gift." Fang's mother explained with a smile, and said to the other customers in the store: "The back kitchen is still cooking, everyone has it, and it will be brought over in a while!" ”

Lao Liu said curiously: "Seeing that you are so happy, what good things have you encountered?" ”

"Confidential!" Fang's mother didn't say much, replied with a smile, and then turned around and went back to the back kitchen.