Chapter 547 How Much Budget Is Needed?

Hu Mei took the students to have dinner and got up and left. They had some plays to arrange behind.

After Zhou Yan took it, he went back to the office directly.

A lot of scripts were collected for the short film scripts, and their judges sifted a few pretty good scripts to come over, wanting to show them to Zhou Yan.

It just so happened that Zhou Yan had nothing to do today, so he decided to read the script.

After returning to the office, Zhou Yan took out the box to hold the script.

A total of three scripts were sent, which were placed in three folders, and the script information was written outside each folder.

Zhou Yan took out the top script, just glanced at the name, and raised his eyebrows.

This name is too long and several lines are written on the label paper.

Because the title is too long and the label paper is too small, the words have to be written smaller.

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at the note, and saw that it read: Jin Xiaoyong's buddy, Hu Meimei's escort family, Liang Changyou's son: Xiao Wu.

The entire title, punctuation marks, and there are twenty words.

However, after Zhou Yan finished reading his name, his eyes lit up.

Isn’t this “Xiao Wu”?

He was sure that this was "Xiao Wu", not only because of the word "Xiao Wu" behind it, but also because the other names appear in the title are all characters in "Xiao Wu".

Below the label with the name written, there is another label, which writes the contributor, and there are three names written on it, namely Jia Zhangke, Gu Zheng and Wang Hongwei.

Seeing these three names, Zhou Yan smiled, it was indeed them.

Unexpectedly, a short script collection activity could actually bring "Xiao Wu" in it, which is a feature film.

However, Zhou Yan can understand that for students, such an activity is very rare, and Jia Zhangke and the others are unwilling to miss it.

Knowing it was "Xiao Wu", Zhou Yan became interested and immediately opened the folder and read the script.

Although it is a short film, the length of the script is not short at all, probably because there are many plays Jia Zhangke and others are reluctant to delete.

But there is nothing special about this thing.

The film festival stipulates the duration of the work to be submitted, which is clearly visible. It is said to be thirty minutes, but more than one minute does not meet the requirements.

But the script collection is different.

Although it is a short script, there is no specified number of words in the script, and it is no big deal to have a long script.

Originally, the length of the script cannot determine the length of the final film.

A script worth 50,000 words can be filmed for an hour, and a script worth 200,000 words can still be filmed for an hour.

Zhou Yan roughly estimated that after the script of "Xiao Wu" deleted by Jia Zhangke and others, it should be between 40 minutes and an hour. This time is obviously no longer a short film.

But at the same time, it is not a feature film.

At this time, Zhou Yan saw a small paragraph written on the last line of the last page of the script.

[This script can be deleted, but it can also be increased. 】

Seeing this small word, Zhou Yan couldn't help laughing.

These guys Jia Zhangke are playing tricks with him.

They want to meet the requirements of this event, but also have a chance to get more funding to make a movie into a long-term film.

Zhou Yan shook his head with a smile, put the script of "Xiao Wu" aside first, and then looked at the other two scripts.

The other two scripts were also voted by students from Yanjing Film Academy, but their level was slightly worse and did not make Zhou Yan interested.

After reading the last two scripts, Zhou Yan turned his attention to "Xiao Wu" again and pondered.

He must use this script, and the reason why he hesitated now is that he is considering making "Xiao Wu" into a short film first, or making a new film in one step.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Yan called Liu Hang's office from the inside line.

The phone rang twice and was picked up.

"Hello?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You haven't gotten off work yet?"

"No, boss, are you in trouble?"

"You come here and I'll tell you about the short script."

"Well, I'll go there now."

The phone hung up, and after a while, Liu Hang arrived at Zhou Yan's office.

"Boss, how do you read the script?"

Zhou Yan did not rush to express his opinion, but asked Liu Hang first, "Have you read the script?"

Liu Hang nodded, "I've seen it."

"What do you think of these three scripts?"

Liu Hang looked at the script on the table and tried to figure out what Zhou Yan meant, but found no clues, so he said according to his true intentions, "I think the script with a very long name is good, but it's too long, the other two The script is also good, but it lacks intention and the content is a bit empty."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "You can contact the author of "Xiao Wu" tomorrow and ask him to come to the studio."

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Liu Hang also knew that Zhou Yan should be optimistic about "Xiao Wu". He nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, I will arrange someone to contact you."

These students have no contact number, and they are all left with contact addresses. So if you want to contact them, you either call the department office or send someone to find them.

...

"Old Wang, have you sent the script?"

On the way back to the dormitory after class, Jia Zhangke, Wang Hongwei and Gu Zheng walked together, and Gu Zheng suddenly asked.

Wang Hongwei yawned, "You just remembered to ask, I sent it the day before yesterday."

Recently, Wang Hongwei has been rushing to do his homework and has not had a good sleep for several days.

"Have both been sent?" Gu Zheng asked again.

"It's all sent."

This time they prepared two scripts, one is "Xiao Wu" and the other is written by Wang Hongwei himself.

"Then do they respond?"

Wang Hongwei rolled his eyes, "How could it be so fast? Their solicitation event lasted for a month. Logically speaking, the result will take at least one month to be announced. I guess, the script is sent over and no one has read it yet."

"Oh, I'm too anxious."

"You're just too anxious."

Jia Zhangke smiled and said, "It's useless to be anxious. No matter how anxious we are, we can't change the result."

"Old Jia, do you think our script is too long? Should we delete it more?" Gu Zheng said worriedly.

"It's okay, the script cannot determine the length of the film, and didn't I add a sentence to explain this?"

"I'm afraid that people haven't even finished reading the script, let alone the lines you wrote."

Jia Zhangke curled his lips, "That's because they have no vision."

He said this very confidently because he was very confident in the script "Xiao Wu".

Moreover, even if the other party doesn't like it after the vote in "Xiao Wu", he doesn't care. Anyway, he is now preparing to raise money to film "Xiao Wu" himself.

No matter what, this movie must be made.

Although Jia Zhangke was very confident, Gu Zheng was still worried. After all, they had already encountered failures before.

As for raising money to make a movie, Gu Zheng is not optimistic. If he really wants to shoot "Xiao Wu", it may not work without hundreds of thousands.

Not to mention whether they can raise hundreds of thousands, even if they have enough money, if the movie is sold and cannot be sold, they will lose all their money.

Jia Zhangke saw that Gu Zheng was very worried, but he didn't say anything.

This is what Gu Zheng is like. His mentality is not stable enough. He always cares about everything he does. He is at a loss when he encounters a little failure. Even if he says he is useless now.

Jia Zhangke has already made plans. If Gu Zheng is really so worried later, he will not take him with him after filming "Xiao Wu".

When the three of them were about to arrive at the dormitory, Liu Wen, who was in the same class, chased him from behind.

"Jia Zhangke, Gu Zheng, Wang Hongwei."

The three of them turned their heads at the same time when they heard the shout.

"What's the matter, Old Liu?" Wang Hongwei asked.

"Teacher Wang is looking for you." Liu Wen said.

Teacher Wang, who Liu Wen mentioned, is their chief teacher Wang Zhimin, similar to their class teacher.

"What did Teacher Wang ask us for?" Wang Hongwei looked curious, "We haven't caused trouble recently."

Liu Wen smiled, "It shouldn't be causing trouble for you. I saw a man talking to Teacher Wang in the office, and it seemed that he was looking for you."

"man?"

All three of them were puzzled. Who would find them?

"You three will know if you go and have a look?" Liu Wen said.

The three of them looked at each other and nodded together, and they could only do this.

Then the three of them went to Wang Zhiming's office together. As soon as they entered the office, they saw a young man in his twenties sitting in front of Wang Zhimin.

All three of them shook their heads and said that they did not know this man.

At this time, Wang Zhimin saw the three of them and waved to them with a smile, "Come here for the three of you."

Seeing Wang Zhimin's smile, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. This should not be a trouble for them.

After posing with the three of them, Wang Zhimin smiled and said to the man in front of him, "Assistant Li, these three are Jia Zhangke, Wang Hongwei and Gu Zheng."

After introducing the three, Wang Zhimin said to Jia Zhangke and the others, "This is Assistant Li from Zhou Yan's studio. He is here to find you this time."

Assistant Li continued Wang Zhimin's words and said, "Hello, three classmates. This time I came to you because of the script you submitted to our studio "Jin Xiaoyong's buddy, Hu Meimei's escort, Liang Changyou's son: Xiao Wu."

Somehow, when the three of them felt a little embarrassed when they heard Assistant Li say the name of the script.

When they gave the script this name before, they didn't feel this way.

The main reason is that Assistant Li speaks quite slowly. Just pronounce the name, it will take seven or eight seconds.

Wang Zhimin next to him also twitched when he heard this name.

She previously published an article in "Movie Creation", which mentioned the name of the movie and said that the name of the movie should not be too long.

But her student gave the movie such a long name.

After a brief period of embarrassment, Jia Zhangke and the others all showed an excited expression on their faces.

On the way back to the dormitory just now, they were discussing the script being sent to participate in the collection, but they didn't expect that they would find them all.

This studio is too efficient.

Wang Hongwei responded the fastest, and he smiled and said, "Hello Assistant Li, we really voted on this script. This is Jia Zhangke, and he wrote the script."

Assistant Li nodded, "Director Zhou admires this script very much. I wonder if you have time to go to our studio?"

"Today?"

"Well, if you can, you can come with me now."

Jia Zhangke looked at Wang Zhimin hesitantly, "We have time now, but we have five or six classes, but we just don't know if we have enough time."

Wang Zhimin smiled and said, "You guys go with Assistant Li, I'll give you a leave."

The reason why Jia Zhangke saw Wang Zhimin was that he wanted Wang Zhimin to give them a green light. Now that he was criticized for leave, he was naturally happy.

“Thank you, Mr. Wang.”

Wang Zhimin waved his hand, “Go ahead. You must seize the opportunity to meet Director Zhou and learn a lot from him.”

…

The distance from Yanjing Film Academy to the studio is very close, and it doesn’t take long to walk.

Assistant Li drove here. Jia Zhangke and his friends sat in the car and felt that they had just stepped on the accelerator and arrived at the place.

When they arrived at the studio, Assistant Li first informed Zhou Yan, and then took Jia Zhangke and his friends to Zhou Yan’s office.

When they arrived at the office, Zhou Yan had just hung up Xu Xiangjie’s phone call. Seeing them coming, Zhou Yan smiled and stood up, “Three students, please sit down. Xiao Li, please help me pour three cups of tea.”

After Jia Zhangke and his friends sat down, they wanted to look around Zhou Yan’s office, but they were embarrassed, so they just sat upright on the sofa, looking at the coffee table in front of them.

Zhou Yan looked at the three people in front of him with a smile on his face. He thought Jia Zhangke was very young at this time, after all, he was still a student. He didn’t expect Jia Zhangke to look quite old at this time.

Of course, Jia Zhangke is not young anymore. He was born in 1970, the same year as Zhou Yan.

Being looked at by Zhou Yan, the three of them were a little nervous. After all, Zhou Yan was well-known and was a high-ranking figure in their hearts.

Zhou Yan saw their nervousness and said with a smile, "You should know that I called you here because of the "Xiao Wu" incident. There is a problem with the length of this script. I am afraid it did not pass the short film script collection this time."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, the three of them were stunned and felt disappointed.

They originally thought that Zhou Yan sent someone to call them here because the script passed the collection activity, but they did not expect that Zhou Yan's first sentence was that their script was eliminated.

Of course, they also felt strange. Since they were eliminated, why did they call them here with great fanfare? It can't be just to announce the elimination result in person, right?

Can a busy man like Zhou Yan have such a bad taste?

Before they figured it out, Zhou Yan continued, "However, I plan to invest in them and make this script into a feature film. Do you have confidence?"

As soon as Zhou Yan finished speaking, the three people's eyes gradually widened. They looked at each other in surprise, and then Jia Zhangke nodded repeatedly, "Confident, of course confident."

Wang Hongwei couldn't help but say, "In fact, we originally wrote the script according to the feature film, but we deleted it because of this short film event."

Zhou Yan smiled, in this case, "Then tell me, how much budget does this movie need?" (End of this chapter)