Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 429 I Need Your Help

"This place is so big, and the scenery is beautiful."

Jing Tian first toured the villas at the Caoyang Arcadia Mountain Villa.

Finally, on the large terrace, looking down at the pool below and overlooking Los Angeles below, he stretched out his arms and did a dance similar to the ending of the "Swan Lake" dance, speaking with an elegant demeanor.

Cao Yang could tell that Jing Tian was very excited, simply excited.

It's like... a young girl experiencing her first love, the carefree joy she feels with her sweetheart.

Something stirred within Cao Yang, and though he wanted to give her a hard time and say something to scold her, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Let's talk about it later, there's no rush.

After that, Jing Tian seemed to have endless things to say, chattering on and on about all sorts of topics.

After Cao Yang went to wash up.

Jing Tian sat there grinning foolishly for a while. Just now, Cao Yang had asked her if she wanted to take a shower first, but she wasn't going to fall for it. It was the same thing last time in China. She went to wash up first, but unexpectedly, Cao Yang followed her in.

The two ended up washing for over an hour, and she gagged for a long time, her mouth felt a little sore, she never expected it to be like that...

Just thinking about what happened back then made her face flush; she wasn't going to fall for it this time.

After Cao Yang finished washing up, Jing Tian went to wash up as well.

Actually, there are several spacious washrooms here, but Jing Tian never thought of using any of them.

After she went inside, she hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not lock the door. She seemed to be thinking about something, and her face became a little hot.

"Bang bang..."

"Oh, I didn't say 'please come in,' how did you get in?"

I'll bring you some pajamas.

"Hey, why aren't you wearing any clothes?"

"I'm afraid of getting my clothes splashed with water. Didn't you splash them with water last time?"

"I...you...hey, hey, why are you taking my clothes off?"

"You need to wash up. Who washes up with their clothes on?"

"You said the same thing last time... um..."

……

This time, the washing took more than an hour.

Back in the bedroom, Jing Tian touched his red knee and couldn't help but complain softly, "It's all your fault. My knee hurts a bit. If it still hurts tomorrow, how am I supposed to go to the film set?"

Jing Tian was just being a spoiled little girl and complaining. Cao Yang was taking good care of her knees, so how could they possibly hurt tomorrow?
Don't even mention tomorrow; even now, it only looks red. This is because I knelt for too long. I had something underneath me, since the bathroom floor is much harder than my knees.

"Don't you feel pain in your hand?" Cao Yang asked with a smile.

"Ok?"

"At that moment, you were supporting your entire body weight with your hands, pressing against the bathroom mirror..."

"Don't say it!"

Jing Tian immediately covered Cao Yang's mouth with his hand and buried his head in the blanket.

It wasn't that she was being coy. Although she had known Cao Yang for seven or eight months, and it had been more than two months since their first meeting in Berlin, the time they had actually spent studying physiology together was very limited.

Apart from the time in Berlin when she was very proactive, the other two times she was very passive.

After all, the situation in Berlin was special. She won the Best New Actress award, and Cao Yang won the grand slam of the three best directors in Europe. As an artistic young woman, she got so excited that she didn't care about anything else.

Once the initial excitement wore off, I felt a little embarrassed.

"Sweetie, you know I'm filming here. You could have just called. Why did you come under the guise of a school intern?"

Cao Yang stroked her head and asked softly.

Jing Tian poked his head out from under the covers, his big eyes staring at Cao Yang, unaware of the consequences of his actions.

She really wanted to say that it would be too embarrassing for a girl like herself to come directly, just like sending something from afar, she always had to find a suitable reason.

However, he couldn't say that out loud, so he said instead, "I think it's quite interesting to watch you make movies. The school is organizing a group of interns, so I swapped with a senior who got an internship opportunity."

Did you change it?
You've invested a lot of resources and connections to get this internship opportunity.

More importantly, your change has crossed my red line.

"What's so interesting about filming? Let me tell you something interesting that happened to me not long after I started out."

Cao Yang organized his thoughts and said, "At that time, I had just started filming my second movie, called 'Empty Room.' During that period, many people were saying that my first movie was directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, and that I was just the person who was in the public eye."

In fact, it's not just rumors circulating outside; many newcomers in the "Empty Room" crew also think so.

This kind of thing can affect the director's prestige, and in more serious cases, some people will dare to disobey the director and go against him. In that case, how can the movie be made?
So, after discussing it with Tian Zhuangzhuang, during filming, I found a random excuse and gave her a good scolding. From then on, everything on set went smoothly.

"Wow, I never expected something like this to happen."

Jing Tian said.

She only thought Cao Yang was telling her about the past, without realizing the purpose behind his story.

Cao Yang smiled and looked at Jing Tian, ​​saying, "Do you know why I had to use Tian Zhuangzhuang to establish my authority? It's not because others suspect he's in control of the crew, but because he's my senior brother, my family, one of our own."

There's something I need your help with right now, because in my heart, you're one of my closest relatives, like family... Would you be willing?

Jing Tian sat up abruptly, staring intently at Cao Yang with her big eyes, and said firmly, "I'm willing!"

After filming wrapped up the next day, Ning Hao called a meeting with the interns.

At first, everyone was whispering among themselves, and some were even gloating, because Jing Tian, ​​the intern who got in through connections, hadn't come to the set all day.

However, some people don't think so.

Jing Tian has worked with Director Cao before. Is that why she came to intern?
Is she only here today because she has worked with Director Cao, and that's why she has special privileges?

Unexpectedly, Ning Hao announced at the meeting that an investigation revealed that Jing Tian was not an intern selected by the school, but had been replaced by someone else without authorization, which violated the school's regulations on the selection and assignment of interns.

Effective immediately, Jing Tian's internship qualification is revoked, and he will be barred from participating in internship selection for the next four years of university. He will also be publicly criticized throughout the university.

In the future, any such incidents will result in the cancellation of the intern's qualification and disqualification from further selection, as well as a school-wide public reprimand and a major demerit recorded in their personnel file.

The remaining fourteen interns were stunned for a moment, and then, without anyone noticing who started clapping, they all began to applaud.

Jing Tian stayed at Cao Yang's villa for another ten days until Cao Yang finished filming the indoor scenes and was about to go to another city to film the outdoor scenes, at which point she returned to China.

She knew that Cao Yang was using her to establish his authority. Not only did she not resent Cao Yang, she also felt that she was very proud to be able to help him and to help him close a "bad" loophole regarding the intern—what Director Tian could do, she could do too, and she could do it even better.

Feeling that she had done Cao Yang a great favor, she was very excited. When she was excited, she would relax a lot. Over the course of more than ten days, she was very happy and learned a lot.

Of course, in the eyes of the other interns, Jing Tian had already been "repatriated" back to China.

These days, Jim Carrey's agents, Jimmy Miller and Eric Gold, have found him a very famous psychologist in the United States.

This psychologist treats Jim Carrey once a week.

In addition, Jimmy Miller and Eric Gold also tentatively released some news, but not about Jim Carrey getting too immersed in the role. Instead, it was about how he lost a lot of weight for the role and to fit the character.

Jim Carrey is still a top Hollywood star, and news of his dramatic weight loss quickly spread throughout Hollywood. Some praised his dedication, while others looked forward to comparing him to Heath Ledger's Joker.

In short, the external reaction was mixed.

Jimmy Miller and Eric Gold also let things ferment first, preparing for the later hype that Jim Carrey, like Heath Ledger, became too immersed in the role and suffered from depression in order to play the Joker well.

They had already contacted Warner and told Cao Yang about their plans. After all, they wouldn't dare to act on their own without Warner and Cao Yang's consent if they wanted to hype up Jim Carrey.

Furthermore, Jimmy Miller and Eric Gold even watched some clips of Heath Ledger's Joker in Warner Bros.' internal screening room, which solidified their idea of ​​"tying" Heath Ledger and Jim Carrey together.

Just as they expected, Warner was certainly happy to do so.

Now all that's left is to wait for the release of "The Dark Knight." Warner Bros. has prepared a series of backup plans, and Jim Carrey's studio has also prepared a number of countermeasures.

On May 12, devastating news came from China: the most destructive, widespread, and devastating earthquake since the founding of the People's Republic of China had occurred, and the relief efforts were the most difficult.

A magnitude 8 earthquake is extremely rare.

The Tangshan earthquake that year was only 7.8 magnitude.

The government quickly organized disaster relief efforts, and people from all walks of life extended a helping hand.

Cao Yang gave the film crew half a day off. After thinking it over, he ultimately decided not to return to China. Individual efforts are truly powerless in the face of such a natural disaster.

All he could do was donate money and supplies.

Thinking back to what I had Little Cannon do before, I hope it can play its greatest role.

As time went by, some rumors that were unfavorable to the Little Steel Cannon began to circulate online.

It's not that the rumors themselves are detrimental to Xiaogangpao, but rather that these rumors raise doubts about whether the earthquake was predicted in advance.

After all, Little Cannon even fabricated a prophecy about an earthquake this year to promote the movie.

He initially just made up a story on a whim and started hyping it up, but what can we say now?
Even Little Cannon was scared.

He didn't even dare to use his cell phone, so he secretly called Cao Yang from a public phone on the street, his tone extremely low.

"Brother, I'm suffering! I need your help. You have to give me some advice. You have no idea how much pressure I'm under right now. I swear to God, I really don't know what's going on!"

Why did an earthquake suddenly happen? How could something like this happen?

Even if I had a thousand mouths, I couldn't explain myself now. You wouldn't believe it, I even saw online that I caused the earthquake, that I stirred up the earthquake topic, some nonsense about divine intervention causing the earthquake..."

When he said the last sentence, Xiao Gangpao was almost crying.

Then, he lowered his voice and asked in a very low voice, "Brother, you... tell me honestly, should I go and hide in America for a while?"

Should we hide?
Cao Yang was a little confused. You just stirred up an earthquake topic, what's there to hide from?

If you really think about it, you have done something for the people. At least the earthquake safety knowledge, especially the repeated broadcasts on Sichuan TV, has saved countless lives.

Why are you hiding?

Cao Yang couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

This guy is acting strangely; he hasn't even dared to use his cell phone to make calls. What is he trying to hide? Did he really do something shameful?

"I've seen people online saying I can predict the future, others saying I'm some kind of reborn person, and still others saying I can interpret the Tui Bei Tu (a prophetic text)..."

Little Cannon continued to lower his voice, sighing, "Brother, you don't know, now I see everyone as someone sent down to spy on me... Aren't they supposed to dissect and study people like this? I'm scared!"

MLGB!

Cao Yang almost threw his phone as a reflex.

He swallowed hard, then unconsciously lowered his voice to comfort her, "Who told you they were going to slice it up for research? Don't scare yourself, it's impossible, how could it be?"

After speaking, he pursed his lips, swallowed, and quickly began to think about whether there were any oversights or omissions.

If the authorities were to investigate, it would be easy to find out that he and Xiao Gangpao conspired to hype up the earthquake, and that Xiao Gangpao did it on his orders.

If it really comes down to a section-by-section analysis, the small cannon is probably not going to be included, but Cao Yang felt that he might actually be in a bit of trouble.

Putting aside the earthquake, the achievements I've made in film at such a young age are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Thinking about it carefully, this is not something a normal person would do!

Am I being too high-profile?

"Brother, brother..."

Cao Yang jolted awake and came to his senses.

MLGB!

That little cannon is a real bastard; I almost got dragged down by him.

What kind of slice study? What's so high-profile?

Damn it, there are so many things and people in this world that are beyond our comprehension, who cares about this?

Putting everything else aside, the difference between people is said to be much greater than the difference between people and dogs, yet we don't see those geniuses being dissected and studied.

There are quite a few gifted, geniuses in this world.

At best, I'm just considered to have some talent in film, and at most, I'm categorized as a genius.

"What the hell are you hiding from... cough, are you crazy? What kind of prophecy is this, what kind of bullshit rebirth? You've been reading too many online rebirth novels, haven't you? Do you want to go back to the Ming Dynasty and be a prince, or do you want to live the life of a happy family?"

Cao Yang first scolded Xiao Gangpao, and then said:
"Remember, your original intention in hyping up the earthquake was to promote the movie, but you unintentionally and by accident popularized earthquake safety knowledge to the public. This is a great deed!"

What are you afraid of?

Then she added quietly, "You're not someone who's been reborn."

Cao Yang decided to postpone his return to China and finish filming "Joker" first to see how things develop.

(End of this chapter)