Gu Meng has the following requirements for foreign works whose copyrights he wants to purchase.
First, children's literature.
Second, full of justice and love.
Third, big production.
Fourth, foreign.
The first two are personal interests, and the last two are money laundering requirements. Needless to say, big productions must have foreign copyrights and make foreign films, naturally because each country is more relaxed about foreign investment.
In fact, Gu Meng basically made money abroad, so it was okay for him to spend it in China. It was just that he was more concerned about his wife's mood, so he usually didn't do his job under her nose.
Lin Xin understood Gu Meng's feelings very well and said that he would definitely help.
For the optical computer, the pure data collection work of screening is just a piece of cake. For him, it is just a piece of cake.
He had a pleasant cooperation with Gu Meng, who provided a lot of financial support to his foundation and made outstanding contributions to the development and growth of the 112233 Foundation.
Although Lin Xin and his partner Guangnao are very good at financial digital games, the initial capital is a big problem. If it weren't for Gu Meng's strong support, he wouldn't be able to make such a big move in a short period of time.
Gu Meng was also very grateful to Lin Xin. If it weren't for Lin Xin's help, he wouldn't have gotten ashore so quickly. I thought that what I had done in several lifetimes was now half washed away. The capital flow was fast and profitable, and making a lot of money could shut up many people and make some people settle down temporarily. After Gu Meng dealt with most of the troubles, he could deal with these elders.
No matter what industry you are in, money is the foundation. Lin Xin helped him lay a solid foundation and was his great contributor.
Before, Gu Meng and Lin Xin were close friends because they were the same kind of people and understood each other's buff bonus (Lin Xin: I don't agree with this statement.), and now they are also bound by interests. Probably, this friendship will last a lifetime.
The optical computer helped Gu Meng select foreign children's literature to invest in, while Lin Xin focused his attention back on the movie he was going to shoot.
The amount of investment that Lin Xin gave to Meng Lan was already huge for a romantic comedy. Coupled with the additional investment from Xue Fei and the original author, Meng Lan was only worried about how to spend the money.
Under this premise, the crew's staffing except for Lin Xin seems very luxurious.
Meng Lan invited a retired director who won the Yumei Achievement Award to be a consultant for Lin Xin. Yuan Qiuman, who has served as assistant director in many best-selling romance films, was appointed as assistant director. The music production was done by a well-known original music team in the industry. There were also photographers and others, all of whom were well-known in the industry.
It can be said that "The President's Chasing His Wife" has shown enough sincerity in terms of the composition of the crew.
People who have a good impression of Lin Xin began to praise Lin Xin's intentions and expressed confidence in the film; while some sour people said that this was a blasphemy of the film market by capital.
As for why it becomes blasphemy...well, as long as the haters are happy.
Not only are the crew members very luxurious, but the cast is also good. Many actors who have worked with Lin Xin have expressed their willingness to guest star in the crew for a low price, especially the actors in "East Sea Mulberry Field".
In "East Sea Mulberry Field", the old artist who played He Tian's father and his wife who is also a performing artist played Lin Xin's two children who taught them to be so ignorant of the world and who were distracted by Lin Xin's love; Shang Wenhui came to play Lin Xin's love rival, and the two became "love rivals" again; the old artist who played the overthrown King Jiang played the female protagonist's father who was obsessed with women...
Fans joked that this was to make up for the broken hearts of fans after watching this BE TV series, the original cast of "East Sea Sangtian" specially starred in a romantic comedy to make fans laugh.
With this nickname, fans of "East Sea Sangtian" are full of expectations for this romantic comedy, especially the bg love fans who are looking forward to Zi Linglan and Zhang Yun having a happy ending. They can't help but express their anticipation with great force. They sign in on the crew's Facebook page every day and count the days on their fingers.
Before filming, Lin Xin had memorized all the professional books on directing at Diying Film Studio and also took directing classes in the system space.
According to the requirements of the system's virtual courses, before studying directing, Lin Xin also learned photography and editing. Even with Lin Xin's almost photographic memory, he felt a little dizzy when he read these three professional courses and professional books.
Lin Xin missed her system-intelligent self. At that time, her processor would never overheat because of these dozens of textbooks.
Lin Xin: The human body is really useless.
Optical Computer: (Showing off its own database.)
Lin Xin: ...Don’t provoke me QAQ.
It’s not enough to just memorize the textbook, Lin Xin also needs to practice in the system space.
Perhaps the system intelligence does have some aesthetic problems, as Lin Xin's photography works were severely criticized by the teacher.
Finally, Lin Xin forced himself to memorize the data of some award-winning photography works, and asked the optical computer to measure the data, and then he did it exactly as it was. As for what to create... let's talk about it after imitating it.
Photography and videography can be imitated, but editing cannot be imitated.
Editing requires a strong personal touch. Even though Lin Xin has watched a lot of movies, he cannot copy other people's styles.
According to the teacher, Lin Xin must first understand what story he wants to tell, and then produce and organize the film based on his own understanding.
Lin Xin hugged his head, like a distressed Psyduck.
What story does he want to tell? What style does he like? Um...style...he doesn't know...
Lin Xin watched various romance movies in great distress, and the more he watched, the more confused he became.
Lin Xin's carefully crafted work was rejected by the teacher many times. Finally, the annoyed Lin Xin just cut one at random and it passed.
Lin Xin: ...This evaluation is really confusing.
Although he found the evaluation confusing, Lin Xin still moved on to the next learning session.
As for directing, Lin Xin did a good job. He has acting skills and knows how to show acting skills, so it is not difficult for him to guide others in acting.
In fact, directing is also a creative job. Designing each scene and action requires the director to be creative.
But in terms of acting, as long as Lin Xin puts herself into the role, she can easily tell whether the other actor's performance is appropriate. It seems that Lin Xin has some talent in acting.
This talent is developed through continuous high-intensity practice. It is better to call it proficiency than talent.
As for the scene design, Lin Xin's "vulgar" hobby was very "in tune" with the male protagonist's plot setting, which made the assistant director praise Lin Xin and think that Lin Xin was also very talented in directing.
However, when it comes to designing ordinary plots, Lin Xin is doomed.
The assistant director laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. It seems that Lin Xin is not gifted, but has special experience.
Lin Xin continued to hold his head in distress.
Is it really his problem? Is it his problem? Does he really have problems with his aesthetics and his way of dealing with people?
Yuan Qiuman smiled and patted Lin Xin on the shoulder: "It's good that you are special. It's boring to be the same as others. Leave the rest to me and I will teach you. If you know everything, I will feel guilty about my high salary. But you are really good and have solid theoretical knowledge. What you lack is practice."
Lin Xin nodded dejectedly.
He could rely on theoretical knowledge, but it really gave him a headache to rely on his own creativity.
Other people in the crew were also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. They felt that although Lin Xin was a genius who was envied by others, sometimes his shortcomings were really ridiculous.
Mr. Qu Zhengde, the consultant specially invited by Meng Lan, sighed and felt that although Lin Xin was not a professional, he had such solid theoretical knowledge. If he had chosen to be a director from the beginning, he would definitely be a rising star in the director world.
Lin Xin quickly shook his head and said that Mr. Qu was overpraising him. Lin Xin looked bitter: "I can make up for the lack of theoretical knowledge with hard work, but... the rising star in the directing world... I think it's too difficult. I'm learning editing now, and I can't understand what is called personal style. Just reading books won't help."
Qu Zhengde nodded vigorously: "Indeed, a director needs to accumulate a lot of experience. It is useless to just read books. But if you don't even have a solid foundation of knowledge, it will be difficult to just explore in the later stage. Although there are more and more directors who have changed their careers, I still hope that those new directors can read more books."
Qu Zhengde is a director who came from an orthodox academic school. Now that he has "retired", he teaches students at Imperial Film Academy. He has always believed that even a director who has started out halfway must undergo systematic learning. It is a good thing for people from other industries to switch to directing, which can enrich the talent pool of directors. However, if someone starts directing works based on his own exploration without learning or accumulating experience, even if it is the investor's money that is wasted and it has nothing to do with Qu Zhengde, Qu Zhengde still feels uncomfortable.
Seeing the film market flooded with shoddy works by those new "cutting-edge" directors, Qu Zhengde was so upset that he couldn't sleep.
You could also say it's a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Qu Zhengde really hopes that new directors can read more books, take more classes - even video courses - ask more people, and make more short films to try their hand before directing their debut film.
Qu Zhengde liked Lin Xin very much, even though Lin Xin did have big problems in creation and was not considered a talented "student".
But Lin Xin worked hard enough. Qu Zhengde had seen so many new directors, not to mention those who changed careers halfway through, just take the students majoring in directing at the Imperial Film Academy, how many dared to say that they had memorized all the textbooks by the time they graduated? Although this was due to Lin Xin's high IQ and good memory, Lin Xin at least memorized them.
Lin Xin not only learned directing, he also taught himself photography and editing, and did a lot of homework. Qu Zhengde also read these homework. Although there are big problems in editing, the photography has a certain aesthetic quality. It can be seen that Lin Xin has spent a lot of effort, and it can be seen that Lin Xin has taken one step at a time from the basics. Although he is self-taught, he has taken each step very steadily.
Qu Zhengde believes that Lin Xin must have prepared for the relevant studies to switch to directing career a long time ago, and now that he has made some progress in his studies, he will direct his own works.
So much homework and so much study cannot be completed in a short period of time.
Lin Xin did spend a lot of time, but it was in the virtual space. However, although the time in the virtual space is different from the time in the outside world, the time that happened to Lin Xin is real, so the time Lin Xin spent is also real.
One of the "characteristics" of Lin Xin as a system intelligence is that after giving itself an "command", it will not procrastinate or be lazy like humans.
Of course, if no "order" is given, Lin Xin is still very lazy. His former hosts can attest to this.
Lin Xin resumed his eight-hour study time every day (that's sixteen hours in the virtual space), and used all of this time to study directing-related courses. After waking up, Lin Xin did not stop studying.
In the intervals between shooting, Lin Xin kept watching other people's works, practicing videography, and then editing his own video works into short films of different styles.
The people in the crew looked at Lin Xin's crazy study and didn't know what to say.
Although they knew that Lin Xin worked very hard in learning acting, they did not fully appreciate how hard Lin Xin worked. Therefore, many people attributed Lin Xin's success to her talent. In particular, many people only worked with Lin Xin after she became famous. They only saw the grown-up Lin Xin and were even less aware of her efforts.
Now they finally saw how horribly hard Lin Xin's "effort" was.
Lin Xin once said that he did not have much talent and relied entirely on a lot of study and practice.
Others just laughed it off and thought Lin Xin was being modest.
But now looking at Lin Xin like this, they began to doubt whether what Lin Xin said before might be true.
He has indeed achieved such success through a lot of study and hard work.
Now, as the male lead, Lin Xin has many scenes to shoot; as a director, he has to stay in the crew all day to watch other actors filming; during the breaks, Lin Xin carries a camera or turns on the computer to practice, or consults Qu Zhengde and Yuan Qiuman about relevant knowledge and experience.
Meng Lan knew Lin Xin and knew that Lin Xin was also from an academic background. Therefore, the consultant and assistant director he chose were both from academic backgrounds. Yuan Qiuman was also a top student in the directing major. Both of them were of great help to Lin Xin.
Yuan Qiuman was also very satisfied, and she even returned half of her salary.
"I have learned a lot from Mr. Qu in the crew, and I have noticed some shortcomings that I had not noticed before." Yuan Qiuman insisted on returning half of the remuneration to Lin Xin, "I have benefited a lot from communicating with you, and you have worked hard enough. It is very easy for me to work with you. Whether in terms of what I have learned or the workload, it is not worse than other famous directors' crews. I really can't charge too much. If you don't accept my refund, I can only use this half of the remuneration to buy tickets for the theater. This will lose some money to other people."
Since Yuan Qiuman said so, Lin Xin did not transfer the money Yuan Qiuman transferred to him back.
Yuan Qiuman felt much more relaxed and spent more time with the crew asking questions.
Qu Zhengde was even more happy. He felt that Yuan Qiuman and Lin Xin were both talented people with great potential, so he put his school work on hold and spent every day on the crew, as if he had found a second spring in his career.
In the end, Qu Zhengde decided to treat Lin Xin and Yuan Qiuman as his apprentices - not students, but real disciples.
Although it is a modern society, there are still some traditions in some aspects. For example, although Qu Zhengde is not stingy in passing on all his knowledge to his students, his connections, etc., are of course given to his "apprentices". Lin Xin and Yuan Qiuman naturally accepted it with great trepidation and offered Qu Zhengde tea to pay homage to his teacher.
After becoming disciples, Lin Xin and Yuan Qiuman had to hand in homework to Qu Zhengde.
Yuan Qiuman was fine, as she was a director. As an actor, Qu Zhengde gave Lin Xin a lot of leniency in terms of homework. When Lin Xin did not have his own directorial work, he only needed to hand in a short film he shot and edited himself to Qu Zhengde every year as homework. If he had a directorial work, he did not need to hand in extra homework.
Moreover, every month Qu Zhengde would give these two apprentices a lesson via video, imparting some experience to them individually and commenting on the films released that month.
The news that Qu Zhengde accepted Lin Xin as his apprentice was spread by Qu Zhengde himself. Qu Zhengde found his media friends to report the news and praised Lin Xin and Yuan Qiuman highly.
Yuan Qiuman is fine, she has always had a good reputation in the director circle. People say that this girl is hardworking, talented, and not arrogant or impatient.
The praise for Lin Xin surprised many people.
Some people said that Qu Zhengde was trying to please Lin Xin, to which Qu Zhengde responded with "Haha, sour", which made those haters so angry that they couldn't eat or sleep.
As for the onlookers, they ridiculed those haters to pieces.
What is Qu Zhengde? He is a director of the national treasure level in China, a retired old artist who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and an educator who has made outstanding contributions to the training of directors in China.
As for Qu Zhengde, whether they are actors or investors, they all try to please him and take advantage of him. If Qu Zhengde wants to make a comeback, a group of people will wave money to ask for investment.
Besides Qu Zhengde, none of his family members are in the entertainment industry. His wife and daughter are both in business, mainly engaged in the development of various types of food and restaurant chains. Although they are not as good as Xue Fei, they are much more powerful than Lin Qin, a new entrepreneur, and they are also multinational companies.
Although Lin Qin's Sihai Group has gradually become famous in China, its market share abroad is not large. However, Qu Zhengde's food and catering are selling well in most countries around the world.
Although the group Xue Fei belongs to is also very powerful, it has nothing to do with the catering industry. At most, they can cooperate on food ordering. To say that they are trying to please them is simply a joke.
Whether in terms of status or money, it is nonsense to say that Qu Zhengde tried to please Lin Xin.
It should be said that Lin Xin clung to Qu Zhengde's thigh.
In an interview, Qu Zhengde said that the reason he valued Lin Xin was that he worked hard enough.
"He actually has no talent, and his creativity is terrible. But he makes up for his lack of talent with hard work, and his talent in other areas is enough to make up for his lack of creativity." Qu Zhengde said, "Although one percent of inspiration is crucial to success, if you really work hard to a certain extent, experience will also be transformed into inspiration. Lin Xin gave me this confidence."
"He has taught himself all the courses for the undergraduate major of directing at the Imperial Film Academy. During the filming process, he was able to take time out to shoot and edit a short film every day. It is hard to imagine how he has so much time. Does he not need to sleep? I can only wonder if he has some special ability to split one minute into two minutes." Qu Zhengde smiled, "After selecting the material for a short film, you have to watch and edit it frame by frame. Anyone who has made a video knows how much time and energy it takes. In this respect, Lin Xin is also very talented. I am really optimistic about him."
Qu Zhengde's praise for Lin Xin made the reporter who interviewed him dumbfounded, and he even asked if it was true. Qu Zhengde said that Lin Xin's efforts were even better than his praise.
"I really doubt whether he is tireless and studies day and night," said Qu Zhengde.
The reporter scratched his head and said, "From his efforts in learning directing, we can infer that he must have worked hard in other aspects. As a genius, he also has perseverance that ordinary people can't imagine, so it is natural that he has so many and such high achievements."
After this report came out, both the Internet and traditional media began to praise Lin Xin. The education department even considered whether to wait until Lin Xin achieved certain achievements before writing Lin Xin's story into textbooks. At the very least, it should be acceptable as extracurricular reading material.
Now, we need this kind of hard-working idol.
After reading it, Lin Xin said that Teacher Qu had actually guessed the truth of the matter in a subtle way.
First of all, he did study day and night without stopping - when studying in the system space, his body went into a deep sleep. As a system intelligence, he currently did not feel "mental fatigue", so he did not need sleep time at all;
Secondly, the system's spatial time flow rate is half of that of the outside world, so he really broke one minute into two minutes;
Finally, as a system intelligence, he also has the assistance of an optical computer. For a short film, he only needs to think about how to process it. Once he has decided, the production can be operated by thought alone. After all, he is a system intelligence. So the long production process for ordinary people is just a blink of an eye for him, which means that it takes time to collect materials and creativity.
To sum up, the level of effort that Lin Xin can achieve is impossible for ordinary people to achieve, and this is due to the golden finger.
Therefore, Lin Xin is not at all complacent about the praise for his efforts.
Possessing a system golden finger, or system intelligence, what is there to boast about? His current achievements are far inferior to those of his former host.
Some of his hosts also turned to being directors midway through their careers. Although they do not have his own super memory and super high IQ, their first directorial works have never failed simply relying on their own talent and hard work.
In terms of "spirituality" and "creativity", Lin Xin couldn't even compare to his previous hosts. Even if he redoubled his efforts now, it would still be difficult for Lin Xin to make up for the gap with his previous human hosts.
There is a reason why humans can still dominate when coexisting with system intelligence. This is the gift of intelligent creatures.
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