Chapter 49
That night Qiao Yi Qiao rushed to Qian You's room.
He looked at Qian You's two dark circles and teased, "Didn't you say you wouldn't stay up late?"
Qian You smiled bitterly: "Isn't this just a high-pitched edit? It's your fault for making it look like this!"
Qiao Yiqiao was shocked and asked hurriedly, "How is it going to be filmed?"
"It's such a great shoot!" Qian You shouted to the sky, "One after another, I can't stop!"
"Ah..." Qiao Yiqiao was a little embarrassed to be praised in person, "Then let's see now?"
Qian You looked at the watch: "Although I should rest, but if you don't finish reading this, I won't be able to sleep."
"Okay, let's take a look." Qiao Yi Qiao said.
Qian You turned off the lights in the room.
Only the computer screen remains, emitting a dim light.
Qiao Yi Qiao's heart beat faster again.
Although this was not the first time he watched the film he had edited, or even the second time, he still couldn't help feeling nervous when it came to this part.
The rough cut was 172 minutes, almost three hours.
But the rough cut of a film is usually like this. The rough cut of many projects is even longer than four hours, which is normal.
When Qiao Yi Qiao was watching, he was quite nervous for more than an hour, but he became more relaxed the more he watched.
He actually got into his own play.
Many times, he had to force himself to jump out of the plot and watch the film with the eyes of a film reviewer, looking for any logical loopholes, which scenes were good or not, and even whether there were any bloopers or deficiencies in the performance.
But Qian You's editing was very detailed, and these basic problems were almost non-existent. Even if Qiao Yiqiao opened his eyes wide, it would be difficult to find one or two.
So, he focused on the length of the film.
As we all know, the length of a film is an important factor affecting the screening schedule. For a 180-minute movie, a theater may only show it twice a day, but if it is 120 minutes, it may show it three or four times a day, which is a significant difference.
But focusing on where the film can be cut also has its drawbacks.
Qiao Yiqiao felt that every shot and every line of dialogue were necessary, and the filming was pretty good, so he really couldn't bear to remove them.
For example, in the first scene, there was a group fight. Many people couldn't get through that stage when they watched it.
After the film ended, both of them fell silent.
"What do you think?" Qian You asked.
"I think it's great." Qiao Yiqiao replied.
They both: “…”
Finished.
This is really not because the two people are arrogant and think that what they took is the best.
The key is that now the whole story flows smoothly, and the transitions of each character are very sufficient, especially in the second half of the story. After the natural disaster, everything seems particularly thrilling, and the growth completed by each character is also very beautiful.
I really don’t know where to start!
Moreover, even without special effects, you can feel the sense of urgency just by looking at the language of the shots.
They can almost foresee what it will look like after adding special effects, which should be even better.
So, Qiao Yi Qiao and Qian You were really confused for a while.
How about just go with the 170-minute version?
But Qiao Yi Qiao quickly rejected this idea.
It is now 170 minutes long, and with the opening and ending credits, "When the Walls Fall Down" is likely to exceed 180 minutes.
This is definitely a disadvantage in a commercial film.
Not to mention whether it will affect the screening schedule, it is even more of a question whether the audience will choose to watch it if they know that the film is so long.
What's more, the subject matter is not that appealing.
After much deliberation, the two decided to pool their ideas.
So the next day, Qiao Yi Qiao gathered the entire crew, as well as Qi Hong who was taking classes there, to watch the movie together.
Fortunately, Yizheng Campus had renovated a film viewing room on the third floor before. More than a hundred people squeezed in, and the floor was fully occupied.
Everyone is going to watch a movie and is very excited.
Even Qi Hong wanted to see Qiao Yiqiao's first commercial genre film, so she came to the front row early and even took out a watch and notebook to record it.
The screening begins.
Qiao Yiqiao sat in the front row.
He has to keep an eye on everyone's reaction - if this person is distracted or pouts, it means that the scene is likely not that good.
It was the first time that he expected the audience to give him some "bad" reactions.
Fortunately, he was good at observation, and he noticed all the subtle micro-expressions of some people expressing their dissatisfaction.
For example, when watching the group fight in the first scene, many people curled their lips because they thought it was bloody.
Some of the later scenes of playing football and basketball were too long, and some people yawned.
Surprisingly, although the chorus scene lasted only nearly five minutes, everyone was very engaged in watching it.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about it and thought that it might be because it was almost the middle of the film and everyone needed a "break" to rest.
He also took note of this rhythm arrangement as an experience.
When it came to the earthquake scene, everyone started to squint their eyes.
Qiao Yiqiao knew that this meant that the brightness of this part of the play was too dark.
There are many more details...Qiao Yi Qiao recorded them one by one based on the audience's reactions.
After the screening, Qiao Yi Qiao was just about to find a few people to ask questions, but unexpectedly applause broke out in the screening room.
This made Qiao Yi Qiao feel a little surprised.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a...rich and delicate film," Qi Hong also applauded, "I didn't expect you to make the scenes involving a group of prisoners so delicate and touching, especially the last scene when the national anthem sounded, even I was a little moved."
After hearing Qi Hong's evaluation, Qiao Yi Qiao felt relieved.
If this play can impress Qi Hong, it should also impress some other audiences, right?
"Of course, there are still some minor problems," Qi Hong took out a notebook, and Qiao Yiqiao saw that the notebook recorded some of his psychological feelings when watching the movie, "The first is that it is too long. The rhythm of the first scene, the eighth scene, the...these dozen scenes are a bit slow. Qiao Yiqiao, you have to know that we are a movie, not a TV series. In fact, many scenes are halfway through and everyone knows what will happen next, so there is no need to tell them all."
Qiao Yi Qiao wrote down Qi Hong's opinions one by one.
"Also, I want to ask, do your actors really have no relevant experience?" Qi Hong said unsurely, "The interviews interspersed in the middle are so brilliant that it's hard not to suspect that they are...acting in their true colors."
After Qi Hong finished speaking, everyone in the audience laughed.
Qiao Yiqiao could only smile politely: "Ah... this, it's really not true."
"I have to say that you are very good at selecting actors and directing," Qi Hong nodded with a smile. "I am looking forward to the final film, but I have a small suggestion."
Qiao Yiqiao said seriously: "Please speak."
"I noticed that your actors' dialogues didn't seem to be that good when they were performing, but now we only have the synchronous sound, and we can't hear the details," Qi Hong thought for a while, "Have you ever thought about having them speak their native dialect when dubbing? This can weaken the feeling of reading the lines and make it more lifelike."
Let the actors speak in dialect...
That’s a great idea indeed!
Qiao Yi Qiao also felt before that although the performances of these actors were very good, after all, the ability to speak lines is not acquired overnight, and some parts were still a little awkward.
But with Qi Hong's suggestion, there will be no problem!
Letting the actors speak their native dialect not only weakens the feeling of reading lines, but also makes it more down-to-earth and more topical.
It just so happens that Jiang Weiguo and his friends come from all over the world, so it would make their voices more authentic if they add a bit of their hometown dialect!
Qi Hong is indeed a great director.
The issues raised are all to the point.
After Qi Hong expressed his opinion, Qiao Yi Qiao asked other people for relevant suggestions, wrote down some common problems combined with his own observations, and then went over them carefully with Qian Youzai. After calculation, they concluded that the length of the film could be shortened to about 130 minutes.
That's enough.
Qian You continued editing and handed the three hard drives to Qiao Yi Qiao before leaving.
"These are all the shots that require special effects. I have marked them all," Qian You said. "Next you can find a special effects company to do it. We can work together and it will be faster this way."
Qiao Yiqiao put away the hard drive and nodded, "Okay."
…
Qiao Yi Qiao flew to Yanjing again with three hard drives.
Nowadays, all the larger film and television companies seem to be in Yanjing. On the plane, Qiao Yiqiao was still thinking about whether he should set up an office in Yanjing to facilitate operations.
But after getting off the plane and checking the rent in Yanjing, this idea was dispelled a lot.
It's better to fly round trip and save some money.
Don't end up like Qian You, who rented a place as remote as Yanjing, which was not only laborious but also costly. That would be more trouble than gain.
In short, after the usual traffic jams and stops along the way, Qiao Yiqiao arrived at a film and television park.
This is a visual effects company he specially found, called Bo Ji. Next to their company is also a sound effects company that can record and mix sounds. The two companies are together, which also makes it convenient for Qiao Yi Qiao to move around.
This visual effects company is well-known in the industry. It is cheap, fast and has produced several blockbuster films in recent years. Qiao Yiqiao and Xiao He both feel that this is a trustworthy company.
After all, their special effects are not that complicated, and some natural disaster content is not a challenge for most companies.
"You are Director Qiao, right?" Director Wu came downstairs exhausted. "Hello, hello. I'm the director here. My last name is Wu. We've communicated before."
The person who came to receive him was the visual effects director of a group at Boji Company, whose surname was Wu. Qiao Yiqiao had communicated with this person before, and felt that apart from being a bit slick, he was an okay person.
Qiao Yiqiao stood up and greeted: "Hello."
"I only heard your voice before, but didn't see you. I didn't expect you to be so successful at such a young age. I've been in this industry for more than 20 years, and this is the first time I've seen such a young director," Director Wu said in a flurry of praise. "Are you from Heng City? Are you used to the weather in Yanjing? Is it too dry? Should I ask my secretary to turn on the humidifier?"
"No need," Qiao Yiqiao asked, "Where is the computer room? Shall we go check out the materials first?"
Although he was the client of the company, Qiao Yiqiao didn't expect to be flattered for a long time as soon as he came in.
It made him feel a little bit at a loss.
Director Wu immediately gave up his seat: "Okay, follow me..."
Qiao Yi Qiao and Director Wu went upstairs.
Boji has some reputation in the industry and is naturally a large company.
The computer room upstairs was as cold as an ice cave. Even someone like Qiao Yiqiao, who was not very afraid of cold, shivered. There were about a hundred visual designers sitting in front of him, all wrapped in small blankets and doing various tasks.
Director Wu found a computer and connected it to the hard drive that Qiao Yiqiao handed over.
"Oh, this picture is really good. It seems that we are not so stressed when making it," Director Wu said while tapping the mouse skillfully. "I see that your main requirement is some special effects of natural disasters, right? Let me see..."
Director Wu said this while looking at the materials.
Qian You works very seriously and has already marked what special effects each material needs on the screen, such as "There is rain here", "There is a mudslide here", "Add some blood to the clothes here", etc...
Qiao Yi Qiao and Qian You had already discussed this part, which saved a lot of communication costs with the visual effects company.
Qiao Yiqiao saw Director Wu watching and writing something down in his hand.
But the light in the computer room was too dim, and he couldn't see clearly what Director Wu was writing.
I watched like this for about three hours and finally finished watching all the materials.
Qiaoyi Bridge also had some additions and subtractions and some minor modifications.
After watching it, Director Wu smiled and said, "The footage is really good. It makes me want to go to the cinema to support it. Please invite me to the premiere..."
Qiao Yiqiao has directed so many things and has seen many good and bad actors, but this is the first time he can't tell whether Director Wu is sincere or just giving a casual compliment.
But he prefers the latter.
Director Wu thought for a while before saying, "Overall, the special effects are not difficult. I'll give you a quote."
Qiao Yiqiao thought to himself that he had finally gotten to the point, and then he said, "You go ahead."
"The footage of the mudslide is about 34 seconds, or 816 frames. The footage of the rainstorm is about seven minutes and 22 seconds, or 10,608 frames. The footage of the bloodstains is 14 seconds..." Director Wu counted for a long time.
Qiao Yi Qiao also realized that these were what Director Wu had just recorded.
"Then, for things like mudslides, we call them A-level special effects, and the fee is XXX yuan per frame. Bloodstains are C-level special effects, and the fee is XX yuan per frame..."
In the end, Director Wu calculated a number for Qiao Yi Qiao.
It was similar to what they had discussed before and just within their acceptable range.
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "Okay, let's do this."
"Okay," Director Wu regained his sunny smile, "Then come with me, and let's go take a look at the contract."
"How long is the working cycle?" Qiao Yi Qiao asked again.
"It's hard to say. I can only say as soon as possible," Director Wu patted his chest. "How about this, we'll make the special effects for the mudslide first, which will take about three weeks. When it's done, I'll show it to you so you can rest assured. How do you think?"
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "Okay."
After that, the two of them went over the contract, but it still needed the company's seal and other procedures, so Qiao Yi Qiao asked them to send it to Xiao He.
With the previous experience of Yi Siqian's "team bombing", Qiao Yiqiao emphasized that they should add a clause that Party A has the right to terminate the contract at any time.
Although Director Wu was reluctant to add the money, he still did it.
…
It was already late when he walked out of the special effects company's door. Qiao Yi Qiao felt as if he had accomplished something for the first time in a long time and felt relaxed.
Since the special effects company would be able to see the result of the first shot in three weeks, and there was nothing to do on campus, Qiao Yiqiao decided to stay in Yanjing for a while.
He stayed in a youth hostel in the west of the city, partly to save money and partly because he liked youth hostels where he could meet many people.
Qiao Yi Qiao was assigned to a room with four bunk beds, but it was not full yet, as there was only one other person living here.
The other person was huddled on the upper bunk of a bunk bed farthest from him, with messy hair and a greasy face. Judging from his hairline, he must be in his thirties. At this moment, he was typing on a computer.
Qiao Yi Qiao originally wanted to say hello to this person, but seeing how engrossed he was, he gave up because he was afraid of disturbing him.
In the next two days, he first visited some famous attractions in Yanjing, such as the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, etc., and arranged a "special forces trip" for himself. The schedule was full and he gained a lot.
In the next few days, he plunged into a treasure trove he had discovered - Xiao Xitian Screening Center.
Some classic or unpopular movies are played here every day. Many of these movies would not pass the censorship standards, but they can be played here. This must be a place specially opened by the Film Bureau to provide nourishment for young literary and artistic people.
During these days, Qiao Yi Qiao has not found a chance to talk to the other living person in the room. He himself sleeps very little, and at most only sleeps six hours a day, but that guy sleeps even less than him. As long as he opens his eyes, he can see the other person typing on the computer, and he has no idea what he is doing.
However, Qiao Yi Qiao was inspired by him and did not give up his work.
He used the three weeks to write the outline of the horror film he wanted to make.
As we all know, Chinese horror films cannot have ghosts or real supernatural things.
So Qiao Yi Qiao had to find another way and find another scary point.
After watching many horror movies, he discovered a characteristic.
The "ghosts" or "villains" in horror movies are mostly the embodiment of some kind of spirit.
For example, the ghost in “Lights Out” is the embodiment of domestic violence.
For example, all the strange phenomena in "The Shining" are the embodiment of loneliness and solitude.
For example, Kayako in “The Grudge” is the embodiment of unfair treatment and discrimination.
People instinctively fear things like "cause and effect". The image of ghosts they fear is only the first level. On a deeper level, they fear these emotions themselves.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about what he feared most.
Domestic violence, loneliness, unfair treatment... Although he is also afraid of these, he is not as afraid as before.
As for things like drowning, hunger, fire, etc., I am just afraid, but there is no fear from the bottom of my heart.
He thought about this problem for a whole day and found that what he feared most was wasting time.
To be precise, it is the mediocrity that comes with age.
He couldn't even completely relax during this long-awaited relaxing trip, and a feeling of anxiety kept creeping into his mind.
He always worries that he is "not putting in enough effort" when he goes out to play or watch a movie.
And he will also suffer "retribution" for this lack of effort.
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't even know where this idea came from.
How could someone feel more anxious just because they were relaxing?
That makes absolutely no sense.
Could it be that the learning environment since childhood forced him to be so competitive?
Moreover, he asked many people, including Sabri and Mike Lee, who were not even Chinese, but also empathized with this anxiety.
It seems that this is not a special case.
This has become the foundation of all Qiao Yiqiao's ideas.
If there is any possibility, even just a slight possibility, would you be willing to go back to the past, make up for those years when you didn't work hard, and start over?
If you could, what price would you be willing to pay - even if it meant killing your younger self?
In 2049, Xiaoqing, an ordinary middle school student, and her friends received a notice from school to retake the exam.
They had not studied hard at all in their high school life and had wasted their time, so this time they were going to take a make-up exam.
But I didn’t expect that the make-up exam would be held at nine o’clock in the evening.
What they didn't expect was that this was not an ordinary exam, but a game of chase.
All students will be divided into six groups and hide from killers in six representative buildings on campus - and these killers from the future are none other than their old selves. The purpose of these middle-aged and elderly people is not to kill, but to use a device called "reconstruction" to infuse their consciousness into their 18-year-old selves and replace them.
The protagonists are forced to play a battle royale game with their older selves in school. They gradually discover that their older selves are the most terrifying killers because they fully understand all of their thoughts and ideas when they were young, and even have various targeted traps that make them unable to resist.
These may be the slowest, most merciful, and most understanding "killers" in history.
Late at night on campus, the bloodshot eyes in the bathroom mirror, the wrinkled face of myself, the wailing and roaring...
These are the selling points of this "horror movie".
After two extremely thrilling and terrifying escape scenes, the truth was gradually revealed in the third act.
The protagonist ran to a covered bridge. Each tile represented the choices he had made in his life. If the protagonist wanted to reverse everything, he had to live his life "perfectly" again...
The moment he stepped onto the covered bridge, he was pulled back to the real world.
It all seems to be just a dream - but is it really a dream?
They thought everything would turn out well, but the phantom of their older selves followed them everywhere, almost forcing them to make decisions that were completely opposite to their previous lives.
As time goes by and people reach middle age, the protagonists find that they are not happy. Compared with the "escape exam" that seems like a lifetime ago, life on thin ice seems even more terrifying.
When he was getting old, a technology company suddenly launched a game - as long as he hunted down his younger self in the game, he could live again in the game.
The protagonist entered the game without hesitation.
He hopes to "rebuild" himself again, and this time, he wants to choose the most free and unrestrained life.
Just like that, he became the "hunter" of another game, and the "target" of the hunt was still his eighteen-year-old self.
But in the end, he could no longer tell whether he was just a piece of data about his "younger self" in the game or a living person.
Finally, he stood on the top floor of the school, looking at countless old hunters hunting down his younger self, and suddenly fell into confusion.
What kind of life is considered good?
This question may never end.
But the sun rose.
It rises every day.
Just like there is no one in this world who is forever young, but there is always someone who is young.
They will always make mistakes and waste their time, but as long as they can bask in the real sunshine, it is not a bad life.
[over]
…
While the plot is a bit convoluted, it has enough of a school horror spin to sell, avoids censored elements like ghosts, and has a simple theme - "If you start over, you may not be better off."
We don’t need to worry too much about wasting time when we are young, because no matter what, we will “regret” it when we are older.
Qiao Yiqiao felt that he had reached some kind of reconciliation with himself while creating.
As long as he is still breathing, perhaps every minute and every second will not be wasted.
If a horror movie wants to show some scary scenes but cannot have real ghosts and spirits, then it can only end up as schizophrenia or a big dream.
But Qiao Yi Qiao wanted to solve this problem with a relatively new science fiction setting.
Passing the review is the first priority.
If a film cannot pass the review, then there is nothing.
Another advantage of this movie is that it saves actors.
All middle-aged and elderly selves will be played by the actors themselves with special effects makeup.
In a way, this can also make an actor successful.
After writing this outline, Qiao Yi Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s the story he wanted to tell.
With this story, his time in Yanjing can be considered as "wasting time"... right?
…
Three weeks passed quickly, and Qiao Yi Qiao received a call from Director Wu and came to Bo Ji to see the results of the special effects.
A mudslide scene was actually very quick, only about two or three minutes, and very few parts required special effects.
But even with this workload, Director Wu's team took three weeks to complete.
Qiao Yiqiao actually asked around in the industry before coming here.
Being able to complete this product in this time is already considered relatively fast in the industry.
Qiao Yiqiao and Director Wu watched the show.
To be honest, it was pretty much what he expected. There were no surprises, nor anything that made him very dissatisfied.
After watching it, Director Wu asked, "How do you feel about it?"
Qiao Yiqiao answered truthfully: "Very good."
"That's good," Director Wu smiled like a flower, "After all, Director Qiao's original material is very good, and our work is just the icing on the cake. If you are satisfied, we can continue to cooperate..."
Before he finished speaking, Director Wu's phone suddenly rang.
"Sorry, I have to take a call first." Director Wu said.
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "Please go ahead."
Then, Director Wu continued talking on the phone and walked out.
"Director Wu, you have already completed 80% of the special effects. Don't hurry up. Your material is good, so we are working so hard..."
Qiao Yiqiao: “…”
Well, it seems that Director Wu uses the same rhetoric no matter who he meets.
Director Wu took a long time to answer the call, and Qiao Yi Qiao seemed bored, so he dragged the progress bar again and watched the footage over and over again.
But after re-watching it two or three times, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Why does this mudslide look so much like a two or three second special effect copy and paste?
He immediately moved closer to the screen and watched it carefully several times, and finally confirmed that the mudslide was only serious in the first two or three seconds, and the rest was just these two or three seconds played in a loop.
Qiao Yiqiao frowned.
He was not very satisfied.
But this was not what made him most unhappy.
He clicked on the footage of the mudslide on the timeline and found a time number "20xx0618"...
The year 20xx was three years ago.
Qiao Yi Qiao is not someone who doesn't understand technology. He had already learned some skills in operating special effects software when he was studying editing.
So he clicked on the background of this material.
I was stunned for a moment.
This footage has been used four times in the past three years.
In other words, this is not original material created for When the Walls Come Down.
Qiao Yiqiao originally wanted to see in what other projects this material was used.
But any further action would be illegal, so Qiao Yi Qiao did not move.
Just in time, Director Wu came back.
"What do you think?" Director Wu smiled. "If it's okay, shall we move on?"
"No hurry," Qiao Yiqiao said, "Why do I feel like this footage looks familiar?"
Director Wu's smile froze on his face instantly.
"You didn't make this material in the past three weeks, did you?" Qiao Yiqiao asked again, "Has it been used in other projects before?"
Director Wu forced a smile: "You...know special effects?"
He didn't expect that a director would find out this information.
So I didn’t care too much about it.
"You made this special effect three years ago, and it was used in four other projects during these three years," Qiao Yiqiao shook his head, "but I won't ask which projects they were."
"It's not a big project, and none of them are as good as yours," Director Wu wiped his sweat, "but it's the same in our industry. It's called 'borrowing' materials. Don't worry, the special effects materials have no copyright, or in other words, the copyright is in our own hands, so there is no risk at all."
Qiao Yiqiao sneered: "Is this also the unspoken rule in the industry?"
He had only asked Gastly to ask about the unspoken rules on the set, and there were hundreds of them in total. He didn't expect that special effects also had their own little tricks.
"Yes, everyone does it this way," Director Wu explained. "And think about it, this is just an ordinary mudslide, there is no need to spend any effort to redo it - every mudslide is a mudslide, right?"
Qiao Yiqiao was silent.
What Director Wu said seems to make sense.
"We spent a lot of time re-pasting the materials," Director Wu added, "If you feel uncomfortable after watching it, we can still discuss the price. Moreover, let alone us, look at those science fiction movies nowadays, many planets, spaceships and even many extras' models are shared. Everyone does it, so there is really no problem."
Yes, everyone does this, and there are no copyright issues with special effects materials.
But is this right?
Qiao Yiqiao disagrees.
"Although you think that all mudslides are the same, I tell you, they are not the same," Qiao Yiqiao dragged the progress bar, "The rainfall here is far from enough to cause such a large mudslide, and the leaves floating on the mudslide and the color of the soil are not what you should see near the Aba area."
Director Wu sighed: "Oh, this shot is only a few seconds long, how can the audience see it so carefully?"
What Director Wu said makes sense.
No one would be as serious as the director about the speed of a mudslide, the color of the soil, or even the shape of a leaf.
But Qiao Yi Qiao was unwilling to do such a thing as deceiving the audience.
Not even the slightest deception is allowed.
"Maybe no one cares about this shot, but if your company continues to have this attitude, there will definitely be other problems, and then someone will care," Qiao Yiqiao also sighed, "I think we should terminate the cooperation."
Director Wu was anxious: "Or maybe you are a new director! We have worked with many big directors before, and there has never been any problem with this operation. Why can't L work with you? I have already said that the price is negotiable!"
Qiao Yiqiao shook his head: "What I care about is the attitude."
"Then I promise you, if you go out and find another special effects company, they will do the same thing," Director Wu's smile disappeared in an instant, "They may even go further than us, and their prices are even higher than ours!"
"There's no point in saying more," Qiao Yiqiao had already stood up and left. "Please ask your company to delete all the source files of my project. Someone will be in charge of the contract later. Goodbye."
Director Wu was still saying something.
But Qiao Yi Qiao no longer cared.
It was already dark when he walked out of Boji.
There is heavy smog in Yanjing tonight. Neither the stars nor the moon can be seen.
The cold wind was blowing and Qiao Yiqiao shivered unconsciously.
Am I being too serious?
Maybe the audience really doesn’t care about these details?
Qiao Yiqiao shook his head.
Now is not the time to regret.
His first priority was to find a new special effects company.
A special effects company that would respect him and his work.
In the next three days, Qiao Yi Qiao visited seven or eight special effects companies of all sizes.
But as soon as Qiao Yi Qiao asked the question "Will you lend me the materials?", the cooperation could not continue.
The construction period was delayed again and again, and Qiao Yiqiao even wanted to set up his own special effects company.
Only in this way can one be considered to have completed the entire process of film and television industrialization.
However, Yizheng Entertainment is far from reaching that target in terms of both human and equipment investment.
L was so anxious about this matter that he couldn't sleep at night and kept tossing and turning to think of a solution.
After a few days, he had met almost all the special effects companies in Yanjing.
No one was willing to give him a definite answer that “they will not borrow materials”.
After Qiao Yi Qiao returned to the youth hostel, he was feeling distressed when suddenly, the whole room became pitch dark.
Before he could react, he heard a loud "Fuck" from inside the room.
It was the unkempt middle-aged man sitting on the bed in the distance who shouted.
Qiao Yiqiao thought he was injured, and asked hurriedly: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay L..." The other party's answer was weak, "My laptop ran out of battery. I was just about to charge it when the power went out. Luckily I clicked save."
This was the first conversation between the two in three weeks.
Qiao Yiqiao couldn't help being curious and asked, "You have been working on the computer, what are you doing?"
"Doing homework." the man replied.
"Homework?" Qiao Yi Qiao couldn't help but feel strange.
Although we should not judge a book by its cover, this man's hairline does look like it has experienced some vicissitudes.
"Yes," the man pushed up his glasses, "I'm a junior student in the Film and Television Technology Department of the Film Academy."
"Ah..." Qiao Yi Qiao was a little surprised that this guy was only a junior.
But he reacted immediately.
Department of Film and Television Technology? !
"Are you doing your homework?" Qiao Yiqiao asked again, "Why don't you do it in school?"
"The school computer lab is full," the boy replied, "I can't compete with them. Although the laptop's configuration is a bit poor, it can be used."
Qiao Yiqiao was puzzled: "Why are they all full?"
"There is a competition, and many people from our department participated," the boy answered, "It's the kind of competition where you have to make a special effect. There are many of them every year, and the prize money this time is also high, a full 5,000 yuan!"
A competition where you are paid 5,000 bucks to create special effects?
Qiao Yiqiao was blessed with a spiritual feeling.
There is no cheaper and more conscientious labor force in the world than college students!
Qiao Yiqiao instantly had an idea. !
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