Ningxi, located at the eastern gateway of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, should be regarded as the provincial capital with the lowest presence in China, along with Wushi and LS in the west, or Lanzhou in Gan Province, which are much more well-known than it.

It is precisely because of this not embarrassing and embarrassing geographical location that the Ningxi Municipal Government began to vigorously develop tourism and increase popularity, and at the same time warmly invited the "Huaxia Media College Student Video Festival" to settle in Ningxi. In order to be able to distinguish it from other film festivals and be more directional, the organizing committee renamed it "FIRST Youth Film Festival" after soliciting the opinions of the majority of fans, and also referred to it as "Youth Film Festival".

It is also because of this name that this film exhibition has attracted many young filmmakers. There are a lot of graduates from Chinese opera, Nortel, and Shanghai opera, including many famous filmmakers that Zhou Cheng saw in another world.

The Youth Film Festival opened on July 24 and lasted until the end of the 28th, with a total of more than 60 films exhibited in major theaters in Ningxi.

The closing ceremony was held at the Ningxi People's Grand Theater. Although Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran also had admission tickets, they did not walk the red carpet, but entered through the special channel for participating filmmakers on the side.

With the strong support of the Zaining West Municipal Government and Guangdian Zongju, the guests invited to participate in the closing ceremony of the film festival are not as star-studded as the "Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award".

According to the official disclosure of the organizing committee, there are a lot of actors alone, including Chen Kun from "The Ballad of Yunshui", Feng Bingbing from "Ink Attack", and Yu Nan from "Tuya's Marriage", as well as many newcomers in film and television. In terms of directors, there are Jia Zhangke and Lou Ye, who are known as the sixth generation of directors, Wang Jiquan, who won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, young female directors Ma Liwen and Li Yu, and Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and others who shined with "Crazy Stone" last year. In addition, Han Sanping, who came to support on behalf of the official, and the CEOs of several film and television companies were also invited to attend the closing ceremony of the film festival.

Zhou Cheng and several people entered the venue, and through the windows of the venue, they could see that the red carpet outside had not yet started, and some well-known filmmakers had not entered, and there were some fans holding star posters and entertainment media reporters from all over the country on both sides.

Chu Ran looked at the red carpet with hot eyes, and said to Zhou Cheng unwillingly: "You are the 'Youth Film Support Program' award, if it is the 'Best Screenwriter' award, Brother Li and I will be able to accompany you to the red carpet for a while, maybe there will be some Ningxi people who know me, let them worship Brother too." ”

The script "Donkey Gets Water" won the "Youth Film Holding Scheme" award, which is not part of the traditional sequence of the festival's traditional award ceremonies. It is the first creation of this film festival, and the Ningxi Municipal Government specially applied for a support fund of 500,000 yuan to select five excellent film scripts for support. These funds are not much, but they can be labeled as "FIRST Youth Film Festival", which is a good means to expand the influence of Ningxi City, which is ready to use "FIRST Youth Film Festival" as a business card.

"Brother Li, we work hard to shoot it in the first half of next year, if we can catch up with next year's Youth Film Festival, then let Chu Ye take the heroine on the red carpet together. Let him show his face in front of his hometown fathers. ”

"Rubbing the red carpet? Chu Ye didn't do it. Seeing that Zhou Cheng was serious, Chu Ran shook his head and refused, but without waiting for Zhou Cheng to react, he said cheaply: "If Brother Cheng can let me follow him to take a position, I can reluctantly agree." ”

"What do you want to do?" Zhou Cheng asked with some doubts, this is the first time Chu Ran has made such a request for this play.

Chu Ran said embarrassedly: "How is the casting director?" ”

"Casting director?" This is about to divide power from Chen Li, and Chen Li, who was slightly displeased, suddenly realized after a little thought: "I think you kid wants to take the opportunity to pick up girls." ”

"After changing the script for a period of time, I have become fascinated by the role of Zhang Yiman, I'm afraid that Brother Li, you won't be able to choose Zhang Yiman in my mind."

Zhou Cheng asked in surprise: "Do you have any intention of candidate?" ”

"I have some ideas, let's talk about it after we return to Beijing this time, and I will ensure that you and Brother Li are satisfied when the time comes."

Chen Li made a promise: "Okay, as long as the role you choose satisfies the two of us, the casting director will give you a name." ”

"God babble." Zhou Cheng shook his head, there was also a candidate for Zhang Yiman in his heart, but that girl had no news in this world.

Although the red carpet ceremony of the closing ceremony began, many practitioners in the film industry poured into the venue. Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran are both newcomers to the film, and they don't know much of them, but there are a lot of people who know Chen Li.

"Senior Brother Zhao, hello, they are graduates of the Department of Literature in the class of 06,......" This is Zhao Zhigang of Nortel's Performance Department, one class earlier than Chen Li.

"Mr. Liu, we are Nortel students, it's really an honor to meet you here this time, can I take a photo with you? ...... "This is Liu Linlin from the Chinese Opera Performance Department, Chen Li once communicated with her in Chinese opera.

"Hello, Mr. Lou. ......" Lou Ye's nickname in Nortel is "Lou Gongzi", he and Chen Li both belong to the directing department, and Chen Li's teacher is also Lou Ye's classmate.

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As the red carpet ceremony began, there were more and more filmmakers in the venue, and finally a star known to Chu Ran appeared, watching Chen Li and Lou Ye talking happily, Chu Ran, who was a little silent, pulled Zhou Cheng to say hello.

"Senior Brother Ning, long time no see."

After Ning Hao dealt with some acquaintances, he heard a greeting from behind him, and turned his face to see Chu Ran standing there with a somewhat familiar man.

"Chu Ran, I didn't expect you to come to the film festival too? Oh, by the way, you are from Ningxi...... "Ning Hao is familiar with Chu Ran, Chu Ran was a popular figure in various departments in the school, and his writing is very good, and he is the object of many directors' favorite relationships.

"I accompanied Zhou Cheng to the film festival." Chu Ran pointed to Zhou Cheng beside him and introduced it to Ning Hao.

"Senior Brother Ning, hello, I'm Zhou Cheng."

"Zhou Cheng? This name ......" Ning Hao thought for a moment and asked in surprise: "You wrote the script of "Donkey Gets Water"? ”

"Yes." Zhou Cheng smiled faintly.

"This script is really well written, and it is one of the best submissions to participate in the new film project."

Ning Hao is one of the promoters of the "Youth Film Support Program" of this Youth Film Festival, when he filmed "Crazy Stone", he was constrained by fame and capital, and finally received the support of a "Asian Rising Star" film project promoted by Liu Dehua to complete the production.

Zhou Cheng replied a little shyly: "Thank you, Senior Brother Ning, for your compliment." ”

Ning Hao then said to Zhou Cheng: "What are you going to do with this script?" If you want to sell, I can help you contact the interested director. ”

If it weren't for Ning Hao's own preparations for a new film, he would have wanted to buy the copyright himself. Of course, if Zhou Cheng has no intention of making it, Ning Hao doesn't mind buying it first and shooting it in a few years. For an excellent director, when you see an excellent script, you will definitely not let it go.

"Director Ning, this script is not for sale, Zhou Cheng and I are ready to work together to produce this film." Chen Li, who heard Ning Hao's intentions, hurriedly walked over and said that the director of the play had been found.

"You invest on your own? Do you know how much you need for such a film? Ning Hao asked in some surprise when he heard Chen Li's words.

Zhou Cheng smiled and said confidently: "I have already made a budget, and it will take about 10 million." ”

"If you can't solve it with so much money, I can help you introduce Mr. Liu Dehua, and he should still have a share of this year's Asian Rising Star Film Project."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Ning. I will definitely come to you if I need it. ”