Since the employees are still on vacation, Lu Ban only does preliminary planning and will officially start construction after the new year.

He has read a lot of award-winning works during this period to draw inspiration.

Having made so many movies, Lu Ban still knows how to cater to the audience's preferences.

He briefly summarized the common features of some award-winning films.

For example, many movies are about the topic of growing up, and it is not the ordinary growth of reading, eating, and drinking water, but a kind of growth that deviates from the normal trajectory and is accompanied by certain painful aspects.

There are also many movies that bear the distinct imprint of a certain era, reflecting the changes of the era through the depiction of characters in some small contexts.

Some films focus on special groups of people, depicting their lives, joys, sorrows, and emotions.

Many movies don’t have a complete ending, or everyone is miserable at the end, leaving regrets and giving people a blow.

There are also some experimental films that won awards through special filming techniques, photography techniques, shooting content, etc.

To put it in terms that most people can understand, commercial films are like steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, steamed buns, rice and noodles. Most people like them and enjoy eating them.

These literary and artistic films, and experimental works are like soy milk. People who like it love it very much, but people who don’t like it stay away from it as soon as they smell it.

For more than 90% of these movies, many people don’t want to watch them after seeing the movie titles.

As for the remaining viewers who were able to click the play button, no more than 30% were able to finish watching the movie without falling asleep in the middle.

Even fewer people still think it’s good after watching it.

When those blockbuster films were criticized for nothing, these movies were regarded as the standard.

When someone complains that they can't understand it or that it's not good to watch, fans will retort, asking if they understand the value of literary youth!

Lu Ban didn’t quite understand.

But he respected these films.

You have to know that if the quality of a film is judged only by its box office and commercial performance, then many such niche films, art films, and experimental films will not be made, and the techniques, skills, and lens language developed when shooting them will not be known to people, which in turn will lead to increasingly boring commercial films.

Just like breakfast, if you eat too much steamed buns and fried dough sticks, it’s not a bad idea to try soy milk occasionally.

He also likes drinking soy milk.

Lu Ban feels that "Spring Day Without a Fight" has a pretty good foundation as an art film.

There is growth, reflection of the times, special people, and imperfect endings.

All the elements are available.

After confirming this, Lu Ban checked the review time again.

These film festivals all hold their judging sessions around the summer vacation, and the latest time to submit entries is May, so Lu Ban really doesn’t have much time left this time.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to worry about the box office or complicated publicity, he just needs to make a good movie.

To be honest, from this perspective alone, Lu Ban felt that the difficulty was actually lower.

Before, both videos and movies required a larger audience and more viewers, so he did not include some restricted shots or plots.

But this time, he doesn't need so many audiences, as long as the judges are satisfied.

That's totally freeing yourself up.

In three days, before New Year's Eve, Lu Ban had completed the drawing of all the storyboards.

The theme of the story is the same as the background of the mission, which is mainly about Lu Ban and Amber's travel experiences, growth, and formation of a road movie-like structure.

"What do you think of this place? Is it better to use the first one or the second one?"

Lu Ban pointed at a storyboard draft on the screen and asked.

"Woof!"

Leica screamed, and it was unclear whether it was a response or a rejection.

Lu Ban looked at the gray fog on the side again.

The gray fog has been swirling since just now, without any change.

"What do you think?"

He looked again at the Indigo doll under the bed and the hair beside it.

The Indigo doll shrank back, its hair motionless.

"You guys don't give me any advice, I'm in a dilemma."

Lu Ban scratched his head.

Finally he decided to ask his air friends.

"Here, I think it's too direct for the audience. Will they be unable to accept it?"

Lu Ban looked at the air around him.

After a moment, he nodded.

"That's what you said, so I'll follow this plan."

Lu Ban continued to check and organize the storyboards.

Lunar New Year's eve.

Qin Tiantian did not return to her hometown this year. As a qualified receptionist of Silent Media, she chose to stay in Jiangcheng for the New Year.

Lu Ban’s home.

A cloud of smoke formed, fogging up the windows in the living room.

Lu Ban in the mirror wiped the glass to make it smooth, but soon a thin layer of mist covered it again.

The TV was playing a special program before the Spring Festival Gala. Outside, from time to time, one could hear the sounds of fireworks and children playing and fighting, and occasionally the clashing of pots and pans, giving the air a full flavor of the New Year.

Laika was lying on the mat on the ground, curled up in a ball, dozing off.

A cloud of gray mist passed over the mirror and then went into the air conditioner.

In the kitchen, three people were busy.

Feng Yu was the chef. She held the fish in one hand and used a spoon with the other hand to evenly pour hot oil over the cut fish, making the fish meat shrink and fixing the shape of the whole fish.

Qin Tiantian was washing vegetables in front of the sink. Because he was not tall enough and it was tiring to stand, he used a cardboard box as a cushion.

Lu Ban was cheering for the two people.

It’s not that he doesn’t know how to cook, but Lu Ban usually eats the food he makes himself, so he doesn’t pay much attention to it, the food doesn’t look good, and the taste is just so-so.

In contrast, it is obvious who should cook, Feng Yu, who has traveled to many foreign countries and mastered a variety of cooking skills, and Qin Tiantian, who comes from a southwestern province known for its foodies.

The three of them worked from noon to afternoon, and finally set up a table of sumptuous dishes before the Spring Festival Gala began.

The table was filled with boiled chicken, squirrel fish, Dongpo pork elbow, fried squid, steamed pork with rice flour, salted duck, as well as some stir-fried and cold dishes.

“Why are there so many bowls?”

Qin Tiantian glanced at Lu Ban who was carrying the bowl over.

Wow, he just took eight sets of bowls and chopsticks and placed them in a circle.

"With so many people, shouldn't there be so many sets of dishes and chopsticks?"

Lu Ban responded as a matter of course.

"You're talking weird again."

Qin Tiantian didn't bother herself. She felt that there were so many things in the world that she couldn't understand, so she might as well just drink and sleep.

Following Lu Ban, you can have delicious food, money, a computer to play with, and have fun. Everything else is just trivial.

"Forget it, let's eat together."

Qin Tiantian picked up the bowl and chopsticks and picked up the dishes while watching the party that had just begun.

"This is delicious, eat more."

She immediately saw Lu Ban pick up a piece of boiled chicken and put it in an empty bowl.

"?"

Qin Tiantian glanced at Feng Yu.

Feng Yu was eating normally, sometimes picking up some dishes and putting them in the empty bowls.

Qin Tiantian turned his gaze back to the bowl containing the boiled chicken, and suddenly found that the boiled chicken in the bowl had disappeared at some point.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing this, Lu Ban asked.

"No, this is delicious. This is a specialty of my hometown. It's really delicious."

Qin Tiantian said as he picked up a piece of Dongpo pork elbow and put it into the bowl of boiled chicken.

At this time, the host's voice was heard from the TV. Qin Tiantian turned his head to take a look. When he turned back, he found that the piece of meat was gone.

"!"

The alopecia on her head wanted to stand up but stopped.

But he looked at Lu Ban and Feng Yu.

The two of them were very normal, just like a lot of people having dinner together.

Qin Tiantian swallowed his saliva.

Decided to pretend I didn't notice anything.