When Lu Weijian and Xu Haofeng were most miserable, they even felt that sponsorship was not that important. As long as they were no longer allowed to change the script, they could do anything.

Now, they can finally "get out of the sea of ​​suffering".

Seeing the three of them having fun, Lin Chaoyang warned: "Don't be too happy too early. Making a good movie and writing a script is just the first step."

"Yes, yes, you are talking about it, uncle." Tao Xiwu showed a little bit of his legs and kept nodding.

Then hesitantly asked: "Then look at the sponsorship matter-"

Lin Chaoyang chuckled, "I know you can't forget this."

Tao Xiwu smiled embarrassedly.

"Wait."

Lin Chaoyang said something, then got up and went to the study.

Tao Xiwu and the two classmates looked at each other, their eyes full of eager desire. At this moment, the few people forgot the despair and hard work of revising the script.

A moment later, Lin Chaoyang returned to the main room and handed over a thin piece of paper. Tao Xiwu subconsciously took the paper. Looking at the form of paper, he immediately thought of the scenes in the Xiangjiang TV series.

Cheque!

He looked at it carefully and it turned out to be a cash check from the Bank of China.

After looking at the credit limit again, Tao Xiwu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Big uncle, this-"

Looking at Tao Xiwu's reaction, Lu Weijian and Xu Haofeng couldn't help but glance at the check with their necks, and their breathing became rapid.

In 1996, China's per capita GDP was US$709, equivalent to less than RMB 6,000, and the average monthly wage of urban employees will reach 500 yuan this year.

Don’t discuss the moisture of data statistics, just talk about the current income level of Chinese people.

500 yuan is equivalent to the monthly salary of an ordinary urban employee. Tao Xiwu wanted to recruit 50,000 yuan from Lin Chaoyang to sponsor it, which is equivalent to the income of an ordinary worker who does not eat or drink for nearly ten years.

At that time, Xu Haofeng's understanding was beyond his knowledge, and the number filled in on the check in front of him was 1.200,000 yuan!

Almost equivalent to all the income of a person's life. The huge impact made Xu Haofeng's mind confused for a while. He finally concentrated his energy, and only had the bright numbers in his head.

He subconsciously licked his lips, moved his eyes away from the check with difficulty, and glanced at him.

Lu Weijian looked crazy, even worse than him.

"Big uncle, there's too much of this, right?"

Tao Xiwu was more knowledgeable than the two of them, and was only surprised for a few seconds. He said "too much" but his hands were not slow. As he said that, he planned to take the check into his pocket.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chaoyang fainted for a moment, and the check was still in his hands.

"Big uncle--"

"There is nothing to say before. It's not enough to attract sponsorships on a simple note. This money is my investment in you.

Tao Xiwu nodded quickly without waiting for the two classmates to speak, "I understand, understand. You can invest in us,

That is our honor!”

Lu Weijian and Xu Haofeng also reacted at this time. 200,000 yuan was enough for them to make a feature film.

Students from film academy like them who can get such a huge investment before graduation is simply a dream start to their respective directorial careers.

Xu Haofeng has even begun to fantasize about the beautiful scene of him holding the Golden Lion Award in his left hand and the Golden Bear Award in his right hand, and the Golden Palme drew in his mouth for a few years.

After taking the check from Lin Chaoyang, Tao Xiwu was filled with joy and felt that the hard work of the past two months had been rewarded at this moment.

"Big uncle, what else do you have to teach?"

After receiving the money, Tao Xiwu's attitude was extremely straightforward, and he almost stood attentive and followed the command.

Lin Chaoyang paid and worked hard again, but he had no time to teach them a few younger generations again.

"You guys think about it yourself, and you can hand over the movie in the end."

Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to worry about the investment of 200,000 yuan.

If the film was reasonable, he wouldn't mind supporting it. As for whether the money would be wasted,

Lin Chaoyang didn't care.

After repeatedly confirming that Lin Chaoyang had no requirements for them, Tao Xiwu happily left with his two classmates.

When he reached the entrance of the alley, Lu Weijian stopped.

"Weijian, what's wrong?" Xu Haofeng asked him.

Lu Weijian did not look at him, but looked at Tao Xiwu, who was still immersed in the joy of obtaining "sponsorship".

He whispered a few words to Xu Haofeng. Xu Haofeng's expression was first surprised, and then he thought.

Only then did Tao Xiwu notice that they were the same, "What's wrong?"

Lu Weijian and Xu Haofeng looked at each other and saw a definite answer in each other's eyes.

Xu Haofeng said, "Xiwu, you can be the director of our film!

"ha?"

Tao Xiwu looked puzzled, "What do you mean? What director do I do? Isn't the director Wei Jian?"

A trace of bitterness flashed across the corner of his mouth, and Lu Weijian held a smile and said, "You are all responsible for investing, and you have participated in writing the script. In terms of your contribution, you will naturally be the director. Haofeng is still a screenwriter, and I will take the lead."

"How come this is done, I'm a recording student——"

Tao Xiwu still wanted to shirk it, Lu Weijian said, "What's wrong with someone who has learned recording? Zhang Yimou is also learning photography.

What we learn is to make movies. You contribute the most to this movie, Haofeng and I will help you with willingness.”

Xu Haofeng also said: "That's it. Besides, this is just a nominal division of labor, and in fact everyone is still creating together."

Feeling the sincere intentions of the two classmates, Tao Xiwu suddenly realized it and seemed to understand the reason why the two suddenly changed their attitude and wanted him to be the director.

I didn’t have the joy of becoming a director for some reason, but instead felt a little disappointed.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Okay, I'll be the director, Wei Jian as the photographer, and Hao Feng as the screenwriter."

After saying that, he cheered up.

"Brothers, let's go! Go back to school and recruit soldiers!"

Lu Weijian and Xu Haofeng laughed, "Let's go!"

Several people returned to Yanying with checks, proclaiming that they had invested 200,000 yuan and were about to prepare a feature film. The news immediately caused a sensation in Yanying.

Tao Xiwu and his team are in the 93rd class, and there are only a dozen people in the director department. The most outstanding person is Jia Zhangke from Shanxi.

Two years ago, he used a video recorder to shoot a short film "Going Home to the Hill", which was appreciated by Professor Yan Ying and was elected to participate in the 9%-year Xiangjiang Independent Short Film Level Video Competition and won the competition award.

I used this to meet producer Zhou Qiang, and I brought him an investment of 200,000 yuan. I am now filming my first feature film "Xiao Wu".

Before graduation, he received the honor of short films and was given the opportunity to direct feature films.

For Yanying's students, this is undoubtedly the most dreamy start for them to move from school to society.

The news brought back by Tao Xiwu and others is more like a myth of getting rich overnight than Jia Zhangke's step by step.

While the students were spreading their words, some rumors were also quietly circulating in private.

"You don't even look at who Tao Xiwu is?"

"What's the point of making a movie? Otherwise, why do you think he is the director?"

"That's it! Stop envying. Reincarnation is a technical job. People have been standing at the end we can't reach since they were born!"

Yan Ying's rumors did not escape Tao Xiwu's ears. He felt very uncomfortable when he heard these remarks.

He did imagine being a big director when he first started school, but this time he invested, he really didn't have the intention to be a director by himself.

I just want to like a movie with a few good classmates before graduation, which is worthy of the four years of college.

On this day, he came to Xiaoliubukou Hutong with the planned list of actors to look for Lin Chaoyang.

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang was talking to someone, he waited in the wing room.

The guest at home was Liu Jinyun, the dean of the People's Art Theater. Several deans of the People's Art Theater are all front-line screenwriters, actors, and attach great importance to script creation.

In recent years, the drama industry has no longer had its grand scenes and is very lonely.

As the leader in the domestic drama industry, the People's Art Theater does not have to worry about opening the show, but the script is worrying about the talent.

The People's Art Theater does not lack scripts, but it lacks good scripts.

The People's Art Theater is not short of talents, but talents are now flowing into the film and television industry.

These two issues are all caused by money. The People's Art Theater allocates funds every year, but the amount is not large, and it depends more on performance income.

Prices have soared in recent years, and ticket prices of the People's Art Theater have also risen a lot.

But the benefits of performing theaters are limited after all.

At the People's Art Theater, the monthly salary plus subsidy is only a few hundred yuan.

The script is even worse. If you work on a script for half a year, or even one or two years, the manuscript fee will be one or two thousand yuan, and the performance will be divided into two or three hundred yuan a year in the future.
To be continued...