A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 206: The crew is preparing and encountering difficulties in filming

In the principal's office, Principal Tang looked at Chen Jinnian across the desk with a headache. The other party really posed a difficult problem.

"It's certainly a good thing to make a movie, and the school will provide the necessary assistance, even lending you a few of its buildings for filming. But it's really hard to find a school that's designed in the style of the 1980s and 1990s."

Chen Jinnian smiled bitterly after hearing this and said, "Principal, I really have no other choice. I've found several filming locations, but they're all too new, so I can only ask you for help."

If you go to rural areas in the central and western regions, it is actually not difficult to find a school that meets the filming requirements, but if you limit the scope to Beijing and surrounding areas, it will be a little troublesome.

Because even if there is such an old campus, it has been reinforced and renovated over the years, and the interior decoration must have been completely replaced. It is impossible to let students use antiques from 20 or 30 years ago.

What's more, he also needs a playground with an old enough style, which makes it even more difficult.

After thinking for a moment, Principal Tang said, "I'll ask a friend to help me find out if there's an abandoned old campus, or if there's a deserted school left over from the merger of schools in Murakami Town. I'll let you know when I find one."

Chen Jinnian grinned immediately after hearing this, "Thank you, Principal. I will definitely take good pictures and not embarrass our Chunfeng."

"Okay, okay, I can't guarantee that I'll find someone who meets the requirements." Principal Tang gave him a heads-up, then he continued encouragingly, "But I saw your last movie, it was pretty good, and your acting was great too. Haha, you have a promising future."

After Principal Tang finished speaking, he saw that Chen Jinnian had no intention of getting up, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "Tell me, what else do you want to say?"

"Hehe, the principal really has a keen eye." He quickly offered a little flattery, then leaned forward slightly and said, "Can I borrow the newly renovated library at our school?"

Chen Jinnian thought that since he had already troubled Principal Tang once, he might as well not bother two people and just solve the scene at the end of the movie together.

"When will it be used?" Principal Tang asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"After the Spring Festival, around February 20th." Chen Jin replied. This was the date he had planned to start filming. He would finish filming the ending of this scene that day and then turn around to shoot other scenes.

"no problem."

Principal Tang agreed to such a small matter without thinking twice. It was nothing more than giving a heads up to the General Affairs Office. Besides, the film was shot in the school, which was also a good thing for publicity work.

He is now considering whether to promote Chen Jinnian as this year's outstanding graduate. In previous years, students who were admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University were selected as representatives, but the results were not satisfactory. After all, every high school in Beijing has a few students from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

If it was Chen Jinnian, it might be easier to attract attention.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Lin Lei'er did not get the first place in the district. If Lin Lei'er got the first place in the district, Principal Tang would have to hang Lin Lei'er's photo at the school gate and show it off for three months.

After Chen Jinnian got the answer he wanted, he stood up contentedly. However, before leaving, he said, "Principal, don't forget to look for the school. I will definitely advertise our school well at the end of the film."

"Hurry up and go back to class. If you keep dawdling, I'll have Teacher Li mark you as absent."

"I'm leaving now, right away." As soon as he finished speaking, he ran out of the office.

Principal Tang watched him flee in panic and laughed, "This kid, Li Meng is right. We can't be too polite to him, or he'll start to get angry."

After he finished the work at hand, he took out his cell phone and made a call, "Hello, it's me, Lao Tang. I want to ask you something."

……

By lunchtime, Qiao Yingzi, who had been trying to catch Chen Jinnian, finally found a chance to pin Chen Jinnian down, and then poured out all her thoughts to him.

After hearing this, Chen Jinnian bit his chopsticks and was speechless. He raised his head and found that Qiao Yingzi, Huang Zhitao and Wang Yidi were all looking at him.

"Don't look at me. How can I analyze this kind of thing? Yingzi, are you sure you want to stay in Beijing again?"

He was a little confused. Some time ago, Qiao Yingzi was angry because Song Qian didn't agree with her going to Nanjing. Why did she change her attitude recently? Did the mother and daughter reconcile?

"I'm asking you because I'm not sure," Qiao Yingzi replied.

"You are not sure why you ask me." Chen Jinnian was also dumbfounded.

Huang Zhitao saw this and quickly said, "You know a lot, don't you? Please help analyze which school will make it easier for Yingzi to realize her wish."

"Wish, what wish?"

"Nonsense, of course I want to be an astronaut." Qiao Yingzi rolled her eyes. She didn't expect that the other party would forget her wish.

"Uh, you're talking about that? I thought you were joking. Hey, don't do it." Chen Jinnian saw the other person clenching his fist and quickly stopped him. He continued, "We're different from the United States. If you want to become an astronaut, there's only one way, and that's to become an excellent fighter pilot first."

"Is there no other possibility? Perhaps..."

"No, there has always been only one way to Mount Huashan, and there are no two ways. So if you plan to work hard in this direction, you don't have to worry about it. Just participate in the open recruitment in August. If you are selected, there is still a theoretical possibility. If you are not selected, just get drunk to forget your worries." Chen Jinnian's words shattered Qiao Yingzi's unrealistic fantasy.

After hearing this, Wang Yidi hit him a few times, blaming him for being too direct.

After hearing this, Qiao Yingzi remained silent, lowered her head and started eating. She also knew something about the other matter, but she just deliberately ignored the difficulty.

After everyone had eaten half of their meal, Qiao Yingzi asked again, "What if I didn't want to be an astronaut and just wanted to participate in space engineering?"

"Then it's still the ones I mentioned last time: Harbin Institute of Technology, Beihang University, and Northwestern University." Chen Jinnian paused briefly before continuing, "But I have something to remind you. No matter which path you choose, you won't let someone with a fragile heart participate in such a major national project. So you must learn to be a strong person."

He had no doubt about Qiao Yingzi's learning ability, but he was not sure about her psychological problems. The example before him was Qian Sanyi, who dumped Lin Miaomiao.

Until now, they still don’t know why Qian Sanyi abandoned Lin Miaomiao in a foreign country and could still pretend with a clear conscience that nothing had happened.

"There are only a few days left before the winter vacation. You and Aunt Song should go to Peking University Sixth Hospital. Some things may not be your problem." Chen Jinnian finally reminded.

"Okay." Qiao Yingzi nodded vigorously.

After lunch, Chen Jinnian asked for leave from school. The filming time was approaching, and the crew was currently in the formation stage. As an investor and director, he had a lot of things to do.