How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 21 General Manager Huang

"General Manager Huang has connections in Cangnan TV station."

Before the establishment of the cinema chain in Cangnan Province, it belonged to the Cangnan Provincial Film Studio.

Back then, Cangnan TV and I were sister units; their older generations still maintained connections!

Wang Xiaohao feigned sudden realization: "I see! This General Manager Huang is quite something!"

I already had some guesses about Mr. Huang's identity.

It seems that a retired deputy director of Cangnan TV Station has the surname Huang!

This aligns with Huang Anzhong's cautious approach to business!

If family members were still in office and held great power, there would certainly be no need to be so cautious.

He's probably resigned, but he's left behind some legacy and goodwill, allowing Huang Anzhong to make money through Cangnan TV.

But since he's not the current ruler, his personal relationships can't compare to those in power, so he can only get by with the scraps!

Qu Qiuju dared to say that Huang Anzhong had connections with cinemas, so this matter is probably true.

But it's really hard to say exactly how close they are!

But having a relationship is better than having no relationship at all!

Many things need a fulcrum.

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

The worst thing is not being able to find this fulcrum!

If you have connections, you can negotiate. As long as the film is of good enough quality, it should be able to get some screenings and won't be completely relegated to the sidelines!

Wang Xiaohao had specifically researched this, and found that the box office revenue in this parallel world had already reached around one billion. It was in the period when the box office was beginning to explode.

Last year's box office champion was a film that grossed 1.3 billion yuan!

In other words, the domestic film market in the world now has enough capacity to give low-budget films of decent quality a chance to shine.

Even without sufficient promotion, box office revenue can still grow solely through word-of-mouth!

This is also why Wang Xiaohao was confident in making the movie "My Sassy Girl".

If there is no hope, failure is inevitable. Unless he's insane, no matter how much he wants to become famous, he wouldn't get involved in such a mess!

Regardless, after talking with Qu Qiuju today, the pressure on him really eased up a lot.

Perhaps it was because he became more relaxed that his subsequent filming went much more smoothly!

He left the exterior scenes for last, filming all the simple interior scenes first, and then filmed the slightly more complex exterior scenes.

In the final scene, the female lead is drunk and staggering along the roadside, almost getting hit by a car, but is saved by the male lead.

This scene was originally supposed to take place in the subway, but the national conditions are different, and the situation in subway stations is different. At least in domestic subway stations, there are barriers in place.

So, in the end, Wang Xiaohao simply moved the scene to the side of the road!

After the scene was filmed, the script supervisor suddenly announced, "Director, all the scenes are finished! We've wrapped up filming!"

Wang Xiaohao was momentarily stunned, unable to react for a long time: "It's over already..."

There was a lingering sense of unfinished business, and also a lot of confusion.

Then he was surrounded by cheering crew members and thrown into the air.

Wang Xiaohao was a little afraid of heights. His initial disorientation vanished instantly, replaced by panic. He shouted, "Put me down! Put me down!"

Nobody paid him any attention!

He noticed that the one leading the group was that kid, Lin Baoquan.

Wang Xiaohao immediately made a mental note of this kid.

If this kid directs my movie again, I'll make him suffer!

However, he noticed that Wang Xiaoshuang had also joined in and was taking the opportunity to deliberately cause trouble, scratching him several times. Wang Xiaohao was furious but dared not speak out!

The production team had a considerable amount of funding, so that night Wang Xiaohao treated the entire crew to a wrap party, where they all got completely drunk.

I can't remember how many people I toasted with or how many drinks I had.

Anyway, he still had a splitting headache when he woke up the next day.

Then Huang Anzhong called to congratulate him on wrapping up filming and inquired about the post-production progress.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohao took a hot shower, changed his clothes, and was back in battle mode.

Two hours later, Wang Xiaohao met Huang Anzhong, as well as a well-known editor that Huang Anzhong had invited!

"This is Mr. Cheng Dawei, a renowned editor who has been nominated for a Phoenix Award!"

Huang Anzhong introduced Wang Xiaohao.

Then, Wang Xiaohao was introduced: "This is Wang Xiaohao, the director of 'My Sassy Girl'!"

Cheng Dawei, in his fifties, had a serious, unsmiling face and said bluntly, "Bring out your footage so I can see if I can edit it!"

Clearly, even with Huang Anzhong's influence, it's still uncertain whether Huang will actually take the job.

I don't know if they were worried that Wang Xiaohao would make a terrible film and that taking on this job would damage their reputation!

Wang Xiaohao didn't have professional editing software, so he could only import the footage he had shot into his computer and show it to Cheng Dawei.

If the footage hasn't been edited yet, it's incredibly vast and complex, and most people wouldn't be able to make sense of it.

Under normal circumstances, a 90-minute movie will have ten to twenty times more footage, which means there will be one to two thousand minutes of footage.

For Wang Xiaohao's first time making a film, he was fortunate to have references in his mind, but the amount of footage he shot was seven or eight times greater.

Even if an ordinary person has a storyboard, it's difficult to glean anything from it.

However, Cheng Dawei only glanced at a few images from the materials before raising an eyebrow: "Good basics! Not just messing around!"

With so much material, Cheng Dawei is just a professional editor, not a genius.

It's impossible for him to understand all the ins and outs of this film.

What he was looking at was nothing more than Wang Xiaohao's composition, set design, and lighting.

This person clearly comes from a proper, formal academic background!

Don't think that being conventional is a derogatory term!

In fact, this is already a very good compliment.

Most students with formal acting training don't even have the ability to make a decent narrative feature film!

Even worse, some haven't even mastered the basics before starting to make artistic statements, resulting in a bunch of bizarre and terrible films.

It's clear from the footage that Wang Xiaohao has excellent basic skills. His set design, composition, direction, and camera work are all straightforward and precise, without any unnecessary frills.

With this basic skill, as long as the story can be told clearly, it is a qualified narrative feature film!

Old man, uh, this Cheng Dawei is only in his fifties, so he can't really be called an old man.

As a professionally trained actor, although the style he produced wasn't his preferred style, it was meticulous and conformed to all the rules.

It's obviously not a bad movie made by an amateur!

That put his mind at ease!

Cheng Dawei is somewhat conservative in nature.

Although this was a chance to earn some extra money, he wouldn't have the nerve to edit the film if it was too bad, would he?