novelraw Chapter 1 2003 years
Chapter 1 2003 years
"Impossible! I knocked on the door and left it there according to... the address above. How could I not find it?"
Shen Qing suddenly woke up in the darkness, fumbled for an old Nokia phone on the bedside table, turned it on and glanced at the time: 0:37 on November 22, 2003.
He laughed self-deprecatingly.
It's been two weeks since I traveled through time, and I still dream about losing takeout food.
Before transmigrating, Shen Qing was quite a failure. She graduated from a 985 university and was once the pride of her village, but after wasting several years, she eventually joined the ranks of food delivery workers.
Shen Qing turned to her side, resting her head on her hand, lost in thought.
In comparison, the original owner of this body was actually doing quite well.
She graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1998 with a major in GG (Growth/Growth). In just over a year since graduation, she has already directed two films and several GG (Growth/Growth) movies, making her the pride of her whole family.
Although he directed two films, the total investment for the two films was less than 80 yuan.
Dingxin Film and Television Company, which hired him, specializes in producing TV movies for the movie channel.
A TV movie is a film that is only shown on television and is not eligible for theatrical release; otherwise, the investment would not be so low.
Shooting with a Betacam SP analog camcorder or a Panasonic or Sony standard definition digital camcorder typically costs around 300,000 to 400,000 yuan. Selling the footage to a movie channel can recoup 500,000 to 600,000 yuan, earning a small profit from hard work.
The Movie Channel was established in 1995. Within three years of its launch, it had broadcast almost all of the nearly 3000 films made since the founding of the People's Republic of China, some of which were even broadcast more than a dozen times.
By 1998, the film shortage crisis had become the most important issue affecting the survival of the movie channel.
Based on the requirement of showing one new film every day, more than 300 films would be needed every year.
In the late 90s, the total annual film production in China was only about 100 films.
Even if we bought them all, it still wouldn't be enough!
The government has also stipulated that the proportion of imported films broadcast on movie channels cannot exceed one-quarter.
What should I do?
The movie channel can't just keep showing old stuff every day!
Therefore, starting in 1999, the movie channel officially launched its TV movie program.
The channel allocates 6000 million yuan annually to invest in over 100 television movies.
"Get on the Bus" starring Huang Bo and "Uncontrollable Love" starring Pan Yueming are both products of this plan.
The general process is that someone with influence with the movie channel recommends aspiring creators to the channel. The channel then provides the topics, and the creators write the scripts based on these topics. Once the scripts are completed, they are submitted to the movie channel for review. After the movie channel approves the scripts, it allocates funds.
The founder of Dingxin Film and Television, Zhao Hongwei, and its first employee, Wang Damin, were both graduates of the Beijing Film Academy. These two senior students of the original author keenly grasped the opportunity and easily found suitable introducers, and then successfully obtained many projects from the movie channel.
Zhao Hongwei will also direct the film himself, with Wang Damin serving as the production manager.
The company also accepts male clients regularly.
When there are too many projects to handle, I find a capable junior from the Beijing Film Academy to direct for me.
We can't hire famous directors either, otherwise how much would you charge them? The total investment for a film is only three or four hundred thousand!
With such a huge demand from the movie channel, more than 100 films a year, the sheer number of which is equivalent to the entire film market in the past, well-known directors could easily find work directly with the movie channel. Especially in the past few years, the movie channel accepted almost anything.
This gave the original owner the opportunity to catch the eye of the two senior students, and he filmed two movies in just one year after graduation. He started by filming GG for Dingxin, and then naturally transitioned to filming TV movies.
Each TV movie shoot typically lasts no more than 20 days, with a paycheck of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. In addition to filming GG, Shen Qing has earned 70,000 to 80,000 yuan since graduation.
But he wasn't an employee of Dingxin. Dingxin only had seven people in total: the chairman and vice president, two core screenwriters, plus an accountant, cashier, and administrator. The company couldn't afford to employ more people, so they would hire people temporarily when needed.
The original owner would take any job available, and if there was no work, she would find her own way to make a living.
When Shen Qing transmigrated, she was filming a scene for Dingxin Film and Television in the studio of Beijing Film Studio.
He didn't know how to be a director, but having inherited the original owner's memories, he naturally understood.
Also, Shen Qing has a system.
A few days ago, he was filming GG in Studio 2 of Beijing Film Studio. It just so happened that director Zhang Yimou was filming "House of Flying Daggers" in Studio 3 of Beijing Film Studio. Shen Qing shamelessly asked the famous director to take a photo with him.
Back in his rented room, he looked at the group photo, and then a magical thing happened.
The group photo suddenly shattered into countless starlight points, which then flew into his mind.
Immediately afterwards, a virtual panel appeared in front of him.
His photo with Zhang Yimou was quietly displayed on the panel, like a mobile phone photo album.
Suddenly, Shen Qing sat up in the darkness.
With a thought, the virtual panel reappeared before his eyes.
The photo of him and director Zhang Yimou on the panel was shimmering with a soft light.
Even though he knew the system would always be there, he still called it out from time to time to take a look, which made him feel more at ease.
I put away the system, lay down, and continued to let my mind wander.
According to the system's description.
He can invite a maximum of one person from the entertainment industry to take a photo with each year. After the photo is automatically uploaded to the system, he can obtain 99% of the professional abilities of the person he took the photo with.
There is a limit to the total number of people in a group photo.
No more than four people.
Putting aside the maximum number of participants for now, let's just talk about the present...
Shen Qing now possesses 99% of director Zhang Yimou's professional abilities, and in the future, she will be able to replicate 99% of the abilities of three other people in the entertainment industry.
Zhang Yimou is not only a very good director, but also a top-notch cinematographer. He is also the first Chinese actor to win an international Best Actor award.
If there's anything to criticize...
The director excels at camera work and visuals, but his scriptwriting skills are rather ordinary. Over the years, he has needed to rely on several masters in the Chinese novel writing world for textual support.
Shen Qing, as a time traveler, is strong precisely because of the script.
In other words, the time traveler plus 99% of Zhang Yimou's abilities