Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 477 You're in charge, this person has no magnanimity.
In the literature department's conference room, afternoon sunlight streamed in through the blinds, carrying a hint of early autumn warmth.

Several teachers were chatting around a long oval table, on which sat steaming teacups and several course schedules for the new semester.

Cao Baoping leaned back casually in his chair and turned to Xue Xiaolu: "Xiaolu, has filming for 'Ocean Heaven' wrapped up? When are you planning to release it?"

Xue Xiaolu nodded slightly, her tone calm but unable to hide her weariness:

"Filming just wrapped up during the National Day holiday, so it won't be released until next year at the earliest. I don't know what release date to look for, it's just an art film."

Upon hearing this, the other teachers all looked at her and couldn't help but laugh.

"You call that an art film? With a cast like Li Lianjie, Wen Zhang, Gwei Lun-mei, and Gao Yuanyuan, it could easily beat any other film."

"Hahaha!"

Just then, the conference room door was pushed open, and Liu Yibing walked in with a radiant expression, carrying a stack of documents.

His gaze fell upon Liu Debin, his tone filled with barely concealed joy: "Old Liu, you teach the main subjects so well! I knew you were suited to come back and be a teacher."

Liu Debin was taken aback, subconsciously putting down his pen, his face full of confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Bao Jingjing wrote a short story, which caught the eye of Wu Chen and Liu Yifei. Adaptation shouldn't be a problem," Liu Yibing announced the good news without holding back.

This is definitely good news for everyone, especially since Bao Jingjing hasn't graduated yet.

Each department has teaching targets, and the workload is not light, especially for majors like literature that are directly linked to industry, where "output" is highly valued.

Liu Debin never expected that Bao Jingjing would give him such a big surprise.

Bao Jingjing was one of his first students after he was invited back to teach.

"This girl, she told me last time that she wrote a short story on Douban."

“Jingjing, her story is indeed well-written. She’s one of the better students in the class at writing stories and scripts,” Xue Xiaolu said, also with a hint of surprise.

On the other side, Wu Chen and Liu Yifei followed Bao Jingjing out of the teaching building.

"Senior brother, senior sister, bye-bye!" Bao Jingjing's eyes sparkled with excitement, and she seemed overjoyed as she waved.

"Okay, then you can get ready. The script is yours." Wu Chen smiled and nodded, then started the car.

Liu Yifei rolled down the car window, chuckled, and waved: "Remember to check your messages, I'm waiting for your script."

"Thank you, senior sister!" Bao Jingjing grinned, her eyes sincere and filled with girlish frankness. "Senior sister, you look so beautiful when you smile."

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Liu Yifei was visibly taken aback, then couldn't help but chuckle softly, revealing her tiny teeth. Sunlight slid down her temples, outlining a gentle curve.

As the car slowly drove away, the gatekeeper's door lever rose. Watching them leave, Bao Jingjing couldn't help but take a deep breath, unable to suppress her excitement. She quickly ran back to the Literature Department building to report the good news to her teacher.

"Sure?"

"It's true, my senior brother told me personally that I can start writing the script."

"For movie scripts, you should consult with teachers Xue Xiaolu and Cao Baoping more often," Liu Debin said without being arrogant. He knew very well that his strength lay in television scripts, not movie scripts.

Meanwhile, in the car, Liu Yifei sat in the passenger seat, still looking incredulous, and pointed to herself: "Are you sure you want me to be in charge of this project?" "Yes." Wu Chen glanced at her, his smile casual yet confident, "You're the one who uncovered the story, and you and Bao Jingjing get along well, so you'll be in charge."

Xingchen is in charge of investment and production. Didn't your company buy back its shares? That would be a good opportunity for us to invest together. As for whether to add other companies, we'll see.
As for the more detailed matters, I'll leave them to Xiang Zhuo and the others. I need to focus my energy on "1939" later, and I don't have that much free time. Besides, there's Guo Fan to deal with too.

Wu Chen was also at his wit's end.

There's a lot going on. Guo Fan definitely needs suitable films to practice on; otherwise, how can he mature from a novice director and take charge of larger projects?
"Actually, things aren't as complicated as you think. You happen to have some free time recently, why don't you give it a try?"

Liu Yifei's eyes were filled with excitement, as if it really wasn't too troublesome, since Xiang Zhuo and the others were responsible for the more complicated matters.

"No, I'll ask you."

Upon hearing this, Wu Chen nodded with a smile.

Meanwhile, as news from the Literature Department gradually spread, the topic of Guo Fan was still hot, and then Bao Jingjing came along, stirring up another wave of interest.

Guo Fan is a graduate student, a freshman, and not many people know him. However, he has participated in many projects, can design, draw comics, and has also served as a program producer, so it is clear that he is quite talented.

But Bao Jingjing is different.

An ordinary student in the literature department, who was not particularly outstanding before, was chosen by Wu Chen personally for her short story and was given the opportunity to be adapted into a movie, which made everyone curious about her.

Students from all departments also started discussing this matter.

"Really? Senior Brother Wu Chen has selected another script from the Literature Department?"

"That's definitely true, it's all over the literature department."

"I heard it was Senior Sister Yifei who helped."

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First, Guo Fan was selected and signed a contract, and then Bao Jingjing's novel was to be adapted into a screenplay. The two students' affairs are definitely a double blessing for the Beijing Film Academy.

Zhang Huijun was also pleased with this outcome.

These are all reflections of the teaching achievements of each department, but in summary they are the school's success stories. If there are good film and television projects, they will carry great weight in the year-end summary and the Ministry of Education's report materials.

Therefore, he spoke very politely on the phone.

"Old Xu, I asked about the lecture at the Central Academy of Drama. Wu Chen really doesn't have time right now. Maybe next time, there'll be another opportunity."

Xu Xiang wasn't too disappointed. He had roughly guessed the outcome. Bringing it up now was like making a point first, making it much easier to bring it up again later.

"By the way, I heard Wu Chen signed another graduate student from your management department today."

"Oh, you heard about this too." Zhang Huijun chuckled, picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said, "Not only that, there's also a young lady in the literature department who has a story that he's interested in, and he just mentioned having someone write a script for it."
Actually, these are all minor incidents.

Before Zhang Huijun could finish speaking, the other end of the phone went silent, followed by a series of beeping sounds as the call was disconnected, and then a muttering sound came from the receiver:
"This guy is magnanimous, yet he's a school principal and a department-level cadre."

He shook his head, poured himself another cup of tea, took a slow sip, and his eyes held a hint of smugness.

Xu Xiang curled his lip in the principal's office at the Central Academy of Drama. He shouldn't have asked that one extra question; now Zhang Huijun's uniform had arrived again.
(End of this chapter)