Chapter 33
Only then did Qiao Yi Qiao look around the so-called conference room of the Ministry of Justice's Film and Television Center.
There were miscellaneous items piled everywhere. Although there was a large table in the front, making it look like a conference room, there were actually five or six small desks at the end of the room, with items on the desks in a messy state.
Apparently... it was just established not long ago.
And it was established in a hurry.
"Director Qiao, please take a seat!" The middle-aged man hurriedly greeted Qiao Yiqiao, "Just treat this as your own home, don't be polite!"
As he said this, he was about to place Qiao Yiqiao in the main seat.
"No, no, no, no need, you sit here," Qiao Yiqiao dodged quickly, "I'll just sit on the side, the side will be fine..."
"Okay, okay, let's be casual, don't be so reserved," the middle-aged man smiled and sat down. "Well, I'm the director of the Film and Television Center of our Ministry of Justice. My last name is Jin, Yi Jin Revolutionary Jin. You can just call me Old Jin."
Who dares to shout like that?
Regardless of whether this film and television center was newly established or not, it must be a department-level department at least...
Director Jin signaled his subordinates to pour tea for Qiao Yiqiao: "Let me briefly introduce the situation of our department to you, please listen~"
Qiao Yiqiao smiled politely: "You're welcome."
Then Director Jin began to introduce.
In recent years, a large number of administrative units in my country have established their own film and television centers, including but not limited to the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, various emergency management departments, etc.
The purpose is to help film and television projects and expand the influence of the department.
The cooperation process between most film and television centers and film and television companies in society is that the film and television companies submit projects, these film and television centers charge fees, and then provide guidance, assist in review, etc.
The approximate cost of a collaboration is around 300,000 yuan, which can be considered as generating income for the department.
The Ministry of Justice was unwilling to miss this trend, so it quickly established its own film and television center called "Tianping".
But the embarrassing thing is that there are very few projects coming to them.
This is not surprising. If you ask people on the street, you will find that few people know what the Ministry of Justice does besides drafting laws and regulations.
But it is obvious that their Ministry of Justice is the place that should be promoted the most.
So, Director Jin was very anxious.
He was suddenly given the order because of this matter.
However, the leaders only pointed out the general direction, saying that they would increase the creation of film and television dramas related to the judiciary, expand the credibility of the judiciary, and let the public
Recognize the work of the judiciary and so on.
Qiao Yiqiao didn’t know whether any specific KPI was set, but he only knew that Director Jin was indeed very anxious and had a big pimple on the tip of his nose.
Director Jin himself admitted that after thinking about it for several weeks, he realized that the only way to get more people to find them was to first have a few well-known works to make a name for themselves.
Although Qiao Yiqiao was once an undercover agent, he didn't know much about the Justice Bureau, so he asked embarrassedly, "Excuse me, what is the main responsibility of our Justice Department?"
Director Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It is mainly responsible for guiding and supervising the popularization of legal knowledge across the country; undertaking the interpretation of laws and regulations; formulating the construction of a public legal service system; and organizing a unified national lawyer qualification examination..."
Director Jin mentioned more than ten points in one breath.
Qiao Yi Qiao was listening attentively at the beginning, but became a little distracted in the end.
After thinking it over, he decided to ask a few practical questions.
"Director Jin, if there are any films or TV series involving courts, is it up to our Ministry of Justice to assist in the review?"
Director Jin shook his head: "That's under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court."
"Oh..." Qiao Yiqiao thought for a moment, "Then for legal dramas involving lawyers, does our Ministry of Justice assist in the review?"
Director Jin shook his head again: "That's under the jurisdiction of the Bar Association."
Qiao Yiqiao gave up completely and simply asked, "So, Director Jin, what kind of film and television work do you want to make?"
Director Jin immediately took a stack of documents and showed them to Qiao Yiqiao.
"Here are a few topics that we think are good. I want to see if Director Qiao is interested."
When Qiao Yi Qiao opened the file, he felt dizzy.
“First, the history of the drafting of our country’s constitution.”
“Second, the history of the compilation of our country’s criminal law.”
“Third, the history of the compilation of our civil law.”
“…”
"Nine, the history of the progress of our country's judicial examination."
"Ten. The learning process of our country's judicial police officers."
“Eleven, the history of progress of our country’s community correction units.”
The topics are all good ones, and in fact, some people should want to read them.
But Qiao Yiqiao probably knows why no one has approached the Ministry of Justice to collaborate on these topics.
——The threshold is too high!
There are two things that are circulated within the film and television industry: I would rather die than shoot a courtroom scene, and I would rather die than shoot a hospital scene.
The reason is simple, because both types of dramas involve a lot of professional knowledge, which is difficult for ordinary creators to control.
And the Ministry of Justice's project is even more outrageous than the court and hospital dramas.
Qiao Yiqiao had a feeling that it would take two or three years to look up information before he could start writing.
Qiao Yiqiao was speechless and said awkwardly: "I don't understand this at all. May I ask why Director Jin found me?"
"Because you are very innovative," Director Jin said righteously, "and..."
"What?"
"Because Qiao Tang said you are cheap and very good at saving money."
Qiao Yiqiao: “…”
Who wants this kind of reputation!
Mine is obviously economical!
Director Jin said embarrassedly: "You can see that our film and television center has no money and the subject matter is not pleasing, so it is estimated that we will not be able to attract any investment..."
Qiao Yiqiao already understood: "I understand. I'll think about it again."
After saying that, Qiao Yi Qiao lowered his head to look at the twenty or so topics.
I looked at it over and over again several times, but still couldn't find one... that I was confident I could do.
What's more, this project of his may very well be the first official collaboration between the Ministry of Justice and a film and television company.
It also plays a leading role.
If the film is good, it will naturally bring both fame and fortune, and it will also attract a wave of people to pay attention to this poor Ministry of Justice.
But if it fails, I'm afraid no one will dare to come to the Ministry of Justice to look for projects anymore.
The pressure is huge.
Director Jin added: "Although we can't invest, we will still give you the best resources and give you the green light all the way to protect you. Whatever unit you need, as long as we can reach it, we can fully cooperate with you!"
"You have helped the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Education produce award-winning films, and you praised the Bureau of Justice for so long. For Qiao Tang's sake, you should at least help our Ministry of Justice Film and Television Center, right?"
"You are the best new director, please help us, and we will definitely give you double the return in the future."
"We are all movie lovers in this department. We entered this department to make a living. We have always had a dream of making movies in our hearts. We really want to have this opportunity to promote the work we have done..."
Qiao Yiqiao originally wanted to refuse.
But he looked at the Ministry of Justice employees in front of him, each of whom was looking at him with expectation...he was shaken.
Now that he is an award-winning director and has not been banned, there will definitely be better projects waiting for him.
But on the one hand, the Ministry of Public Security, the Education Bureau, and Qiao Tang did give him a lot of help in "Chaotic Campus". In a society where favors are given, since he has accepted favors, he must give back; on the other hand, he is indeed born with a Don Quixote heart that wants to help the weak. He just wants to do something good for no reason.
Qiao Yiqiao gritted his teeth and looked at the list again, "I'll look for it again, look for it again..."
Director Jin couldn't help but feel moved when he saw Qiao Yiqiao's expression. Then, he suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, Director Qiao, turn it over, there's something else on the back..."
While Qiao Yiqiao silently praised the Tianping Film and Television Center's environmental (poverty) attitude, he quickly turned the paper over.
There were only seven big words written directly on the back.
However, this made his eyes light up.
"Let's take this," Qiao Yiqiao decided on the spot, "I'll go back and think about it."
"Okay, okay. We are not in a hurry. Director Qiao can think about it slowly," Director Jin rubbed his hands. "Your film Chaos Campus is about to be released. I will pay for a screening of the film out of my own pocket and invite our colleagues, relatives and friends to watch it. We will study it carefully and deeply understand the spirit..."
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't listen to the rest of the words.
His mind was filled with those seven words, and his thoughts were flying all over the sky.
"Twenty-eight, Chinese Prison."
…
Qiao Yi Qiao has not yet told anyone, including Xiao He and Tu Yu, about his plan to collaborate with the Ministry of Justice on a movie.
Because he doesn't like to talk about something before it's even started.
During the time when he was thinking about it, the Film Bureau also selected the release date for "Chaotic School". The film will be released on the last Thursday of October, and the first round of screenings will last for a total of 35 days.
For general movies, the release time is usually 28 or 31 days. Very rarely, it will be postponed to more than a month. Of course, there are even worse ones that will be released for several months and re-screened. Everyone knows the reasons, so there is no need to mention them.
And 35 days is already a small record for art films in art theaters.
Although the end of October is not a popular period, the popularity of the November movie season has passed and the Christmas and New Year season in December has not yet arrived, so this is a time when there is not much competition.
All the details show the meticulous consideration that the Film Bureau has made for them.
So Qiao Yi Qiao was also very happy.
And most importantly, if "Campus Chaos" is to be released in art theaters, it will save the most tedious and complicated step of "distribution" - it is too expensive to hire a distribution company, and if it is done by oneself, it would be like applying the verbal battle with Williams to every theater manager in the country. Qiao Yiqiao feels that even if there are a hundred Xiao Hes, they cannot stop it.
Qiao Yi Qiao soon received a call from Sister Wu. As the main controller, they had some publicity obligations that required the director's cooperation.
The first thing is that the director needs to help look at the editing of the trailer.
I took a quick look at the Qiao Yi Bridge.
Ever since they won the Golden Tiger Award (and more importantly, made a lot of money from selling copyrights), Huarui Entertainment seemed to have found the industry's top trailer editing team and poster designers.
The trailer was edited in such a way that even a demanding person like Qiao Yiqiao couldn't find any fault with it.
It not only highlights the weirdness of the filming of this movie, but also highlights the excitement, laughter and absurdity.
After watching the movie, Qiao Yiqiao even wanted to go to the cinema to watch it again.
The second thing that Qiao Yi Qiao needs to do is to attend the premiere and roadshow.
Because it is an art film, there will only be a few roadshows, and the most important thing is the premiere.
This will be held three days before the film is released in a cinema in the core area of Yanjing CBD.
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't take this matter too seriously. After all, the premiere was just some simple interactions and there shouldn't be any major problems.
So Qiao Yi Qiao was very free during this period, so he spent almost all his time on prison-themed movies.
That’s what a director is like, he keeps moving forward, if he doesn’t move forward he will regress.
…
Huarui Entertainment Dormitory.
Ming Ziqin hasn't been back here for a long time, and the three teammates from US have not been idle recently.
Here, we need to first mention the background of these three people.
Xiao Du's family is the richest. His parents opened a film and television post-production company and have taken on many big jobs, so they have a certain status in the industry. Aji's family runs a small Internet company. They have an app for star chasers called Huaduo, which has a good number of users. Dafeng's family is not that rich. They just run a clothing factory, which can be regarded as mediocre in the circle of rich second-generations.
Ming Ziqin was not there, and no one knew what he was up to for a while. The three of them didn't have much work to do, and it felt like they had been exiled from Huarui Entertainment.
The three of them were extremely bored.
Until one day, Xiao Du's mother suddenly called him and said, "Son, there is a company that wants to cooperate with us in a drama, and they are still short of a few actors. Do you want to try? Being an actor is much more prestigious than being an idol."
It is no exaggeration to say that Xiao Du jumped up from the bed in an instant.
"Really, Mom?" Xiao Du laughed, "I am willing, I am so willing! What book? Let me see it!"
"Okay, I'll send it to you."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Du's mother quickly sent the script over.
It is a very ordinary campus romance drama, the main characters are three noblemen from an aristocratic university. It is like a pirated version of "Let's Watch Meteor Shower Together". The script is also terrible. Even a layman like Xiao Du feels disgusted when watching it.
The only advantage is that the project has been approved and as long as the investment is in place, filming can start immediately.
So Xiao Du really wanted to seize this opportunity.
He immediately sent the script to his other two teammates. After reading it, Dafeng and Aji also felt that the script was not very good, but they both wanted to give it a try.
"Whether the script is good or not is secondary. The key is the topicality. It's OK as long as it can become popular," Xiao Du said. "I think our group acting in this play together is quite topical, and it is also everyone's favorite campus play."
They quickly reported this intention to the top management, but unexpectedly, Mr. Qian was very indifferent to them.
"If you want to shoot this, you have to terminate your contract with the company," Mr. Qian said calmly, "but your contract is about to expire. If you can find a company willing to take over, I won't ask for your liquidated damages. Just make the business arrangements and leave."
The three of them were very angry.
But this also made them understand the company's attitude more clearly and strengthened their determination to leave.
It just so happened that Xiao Du's parents also had an entertainment company that could handle economic business, so Xiao Du's parents simply took the three of them over. Mr. Qian was also straightforward and let them go directly, issuing an announcement and that was that.
Although US's popularity is not high and its Weibo fans are only a few hundred thousand, it still has some real fans. First, Ming Ziqin left, which was one of the problems, but now the three of them have collectively terminated their contracts. A group of fans immediately attacked Huarui Entertainment's account.
The super topic was full of messages like "I feel sorry for the three brothers" and "Give my baby Du a hug".
The three of them followed up on their fans' concerns and officially announced their desire to star in the drama "Victory Campus."
Fans expressed their anticipation.
It’s a pity that the expectations of tens of thousands of true fans cannot reverse the dilemma of no one investing.
In fact, when the script of this film was handed to Xiao Du's parents, it was already a dead end.
Any investor with a bit of experience would not want to invest after reading the script.
But Xiao Du and the other three were at a loss.
Even if they really want to be actors, there are no other opportunities for them. Do they have to go to Hengcheng Film and Television City to play supporting roles?
They can only take a gamble.
They found a director and production team willing to take over, and everything started to work properly.
The funds come from the "strong support" of their three families.
The initial team building and preparation alone almost emptied their savings.
So, they have to succeed.
…
Inside Hengcheng Film and Television City.
At a set in Yueguang Folk Street, Ming Ziqin was rehearsing with makeup on.
This was a crew where one of his few friends in the industry worked. As they couldn't find anyone temporarily, they came to La Ming Ziqin for help.
After Ming Ziqin came back from Rotterdam, he had been attending classes and preparing for high school knowledge. It was also because a friend needed his help that he took on a role in his free time, which only took two days to shoot.
Although he is already eighteen years old and will inevitably face some criticism if he goes to high school, Ming Ziqin believes that he is strong enough and should not be affected anymore.
More importantly, he found his purpose through his experiences with Qiao Yiqiao over the past few months.
He was going to finish high school, then apply to an art school, and eventually become an actor - a good one.
With this strong goal as support, he will not care too much about the current difficulties.
But he didn't expect to meet three acquaintances here...
Xiao Du, Da Feng and Aji are also here, scouting locations for their new drama, which is about to start filming.
When the three of them first saw Ming Ziqin, they didn't recognize him.
Ming Ziqin wore light makeup and clean campus clothes. She had a calm and indifferent aura as she stood quietly under the shade of the tree.
Even if they didn't want to admit it, they had to admit that he was really good-looking.
Moreover, his temperament is completely different from the cowardly and timid one before.
There were also many crew members and tourists around, looking at this clean and bright man.
Some people even took pictures secretly, and Ming Ziqin responded to them with a faint smile.
What a good young man.
But soon, Ming Ziqin also noticed his three former teammates.
He thought he would hate them when he saw them again, and it might even evoke some of the darkest emotions in his heart.
However, Ming Ziqin didn't expect that he just nodded at them.
There is no need to say more about some things. After all, they seem to be on a different level.
But the three teammates did not let him go.
"Hey," Ah Ji said with an exaggerated smile, "Isn't this Xiao Ming? How come you left the group and became a drifter?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around looked at him.
Who here is not a drifter?
But Aji didn't think so much.
He had no idea what happened to Ming Ziqin after he left the group, and thought that this poor boy had reached the end of his rope and had no choice but to wander here.
Ming Ziqin restrained his smile, turned his head away without any expression.
He didn't want to show off his verbal skills, which were the most useless things in the world.
This is also what Qiao Yiqiao taught him.
But Aji continued: "If you want to act, come to our group. We are still short of a younger brother role. Xiao Ming, you are the right one to play this role. We will pay you very well."
"Yeah, let's act together for fun, don't you miss us?"
"Acting in our play is much better than what you have now, so don't be ungrateful."
Listening to the three people talking at once, Ming Ziqin was afraid that they would affect the current crew, so he finally said lightly: "No need. Thank you."
"Tsk, you really are from the countryside, what kind of vision do you have?" Aji curled his lips, "When you first came to the troupe, you wanted to show off so much, wasn't it just to become famous? How can you become famous by filming these crappy dramas? We are all doing this for your own good..."
"Good old man!"
A rough male voice interrupted the chatter of Aji and the other two.
Ming Ziqin took a look and found that they were Wang Song and Su Lang.
The two of them made an appointment to visit the set today, carrying low-sugar milk tea and fruits for the entire group.
Wang Song couldn't help but scold: "I don't know what you are pretending to be all day long. Aren't you tired? Your cerebellum is underdeveloped and your brain is not well-nourished. You are always here to cause trouble? Have you never been beaten by others?"
Aji felt that these two people were not easy to deal with. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Xiao Ming, why are you hanging out with people like this..."
"What kind of person is this?" Ming Ziqin sneered, "We are all the same people. It is you who should not stay here any longer."
"Okay, you... just take care of yourself," Aji was speechless, "I don't believe you can still make it."
"Get lost," the good-tempered Wang Song was extremely angry. "You should be thankful for the rule of law, otherwise I would have thrown you to feed the fish long ago."
"Grass."
Aji finally couldn't hold it in anymore, left a few words, and walked away with a grim look on his face.
After the three of them left, they sat in the cafe in silence.
They said they were here to scout locations, but in reality they were just going through the motions, so we didn't continue working.
The three of them held their breath and complained in their hearts.
I don’t know what Ming Ziqin’s identity is now. Is he unable to make it and has to seek help from the underworld?
You know what, it feels like he's really hard to mess with.
This was the first time they had been counterattacked by Ming Ziqin, and it was such a bad feeling...
But this is not what makes them most angry.
What’s even more infuriating is Ming Ziqin’s look before…
When looking at them, the look in his eyes was as if he was looking at a naughty kid throwing a tantrum on the high-speed train.
Full of contempt and disdain.
How come Ming Ziqin has become like this after just a few months of not seeing him?
Just when they were at a loss for words, they turned on their cell phones.
What catches the eye on Weibo are the news released by some entertainment accounts.
@每日娱乐: Chinese films have won international awards again! Let us congratulate "Chaos School" for winning the Golden Tiger Award, the highest award in the main competition unit at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Today, "Chaos School" released its first trailer and promotional song. The film will be released in art theaters next week. Let's look forward to it together~~ [Video link]
It’s not just one account, but many accounts are sending it.
The three people who had nothing to do clicked on the link and started watching.
This movie is the same as theirs, it's about campus youth, and according to the reviews it has some passionate elements.
It starts with a fight at school, and it seems to involve some elements of school bullying...
Then.
Three people: “???!!”
Isn’t this... Ming Ziqin?
Why is he in there too?!
At first they thought Ming Ziqin was just playing a small cameo role.
But I didn’t expect that the latter part of the trailer was all about Ming Ziqin.
What's more, he didn't even change his name, and just kept it Ming Ziqin.
As for what the film was about, social experiment and pseudo-documentary shooting, they didn't understand.
The three of them could only think of one thing right now - Ming Ziqin made a movie, starred in it, and even won an award.
What's even more annoying is.
This film looks very exciting, and Ming Ziqin also showed a side of him that they had never expected, and it really looked realistic.
With all kinds of questions and shock.
They actually replayed this short two-minute trailer three times.
There are many people like them in the comment section.
"Ahhh, did a Chinese film finally win another award?!"
"Isn't this another boring art film that glorifies suffering?"
"No, I read a review from the Rotterdam Film Festival saying that this film is very interesting and that although the issues it explores are profound, it is not boring at all."
"Can someone tell me more about the Rotterdam Film Festival? I've never heard of it."
"The Rotterdam Film Festival is also a Class A film festival. Just think of it as Cannes that specializes in selecting weird films! Our country hasn't won an award in several years!"
"So amazing?! This director Qiao Yiqiao is also a newcomer, I heard this is his debut film!"
"Bushi, you guys are all paying attention to this, am I the only one who thinks the male lead is very good looking?"
"Thank you for liking him, his name is Ming Ziqin, he is a former member of the boy band US~"
"Members of a boy band are coming to act...hiss, I'm just waiting and watching."
"I have to mention that you are all looking at the protagonists, while I am looking at the supporting characters. Su Lang and Wang Song, as well as the people from the one-week experience who appeared later, all look scary..."
"+1, it's really not true?"
"I saw the headline of the Rotterdam newspaper was even 'gangster'... They acted so realistically, are they trying to save their lives?!"
“…”
The news that a Chinese film won an international award has finally become popular on the Internet.
Many people who clicked on the trailer were attracted by its funny, absurd and even refreshing temperament.
Can this movie win an award?
How come it is so different from the kind of art film they had imagined before!
It looks quite interesting.
As a result, on the Leopard Eye APP, in just three days, the number of "want to watch" for "Chaos School" soared to more than 100,000.
And the audience is mainly concentrated in first- and second-tier cities.
Even in Doujia, an app that specializes in judging movies, there are many groups of "artsy people" who have shown interest in this film and are willing to go watch it in groups.
The promotional song "Flowers in the Dark" sung by Ming Ziqin for this film was also praised by many people.
After all, Ming Ziqin was originally chosen to join the boy group because of his strong vocal skills.
But many people began to feel confused while falling in love with Ming Ziqin.
Why would such a good-looking and talented artist be removed from the boy group?
In response to this, Huarui Entertainment also issued an announcement.
@花锐娱乐: In response to everyone's recent speculation, Hua锐娱乐 can only respond that our agency contract with Mr. Ming Ziqin has not been terminated. The reason for disbanding the US boy group is due to some internal adjustments. We will continue to work with Mr. Ming Ziqin to bring you more high-quality content, so stay tuned.
At this point, everyone began to speculate what the reason for this so-called adjustment was.
Why Hua Rui let Ming Ziqin leave the boy group to film first, and then disbanded the boy group and directly terminated the contracts with the other three people, has become a mystery.
Many paparazzi have already started to take action secretly.
Of course, in addition to paying attention to Ming Ziqin and Huarui Entertainment.
More people turned their attention to Su Lang and director Qiao Yiqiao.
Soon someone discovered that they were from the same company - Yi Zheng Entertainment.
But the Internet has memory, and everyone still remembers that someone tried to dig up Qiao Yiqiao because of the dispute with Le Ran.
The A'mo at that time now also belongs to Yizheng Entertainment.
Some kind-hearted people even checked "Tianyancha" and found out that Qiao Yiqiao was the boss of Yizheng Entertainment.
Now everyone was even more curious about him, and he seemed to have never appeared in public before.
Qiao Yiqiao looked at Yang Yang and himself - the premiere of "Chaotic Campus" a week later. !
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