Have you ever been a celebrity? Why are you writing about entertainment?

Chapter 61 Is this fucking a college student?
The readers are going through their rebellious phase again...

Sometimes Yu Weizhen really wished this were in a literary novel, since the netizens in novels are just NPCs who only wave flags and shout, without so many fancy tricks.

Unlike our group of real readers, who are all up to their own tricks and cause trouble, and there are also many IDs like "Rating Bro Wei Yu" who go around rating people, can you believe it?

Even the dogs on the street get scored by them.

Last time, Yu Wei saw a video of a soldier he had trained. The video collection was divided into four tiers based on the score, and each collection was filled with beautiful women.

If you cause trouble in the future, just don't mention your teacher...

Yu Wei hadn't expected the letter of complaint. Readers wanted to hear songs but felt that writing the book was a waste of time and time. But if the book really didn't work, where would the songs come from? Why did it have to come to this?
Go ahead and stir things up! If the real report is lost, nobody will be happy.

Reporting someone is like a ghost knocking on your door; if you haven't done anything wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of. Otherwise, books that easily attract hatred would have been taken down long ago.

"Thankfully, there wasn't a female lead."

Yu Wei couldn't possibly write anything else, and he didn't have the chance to write about the only risky thing, Se Se. So this book was still safe for the time being.

Report it, but remember to follow up.

When I redeemed "Riding the Waves," the system's data requirement had already ballooned to 3000. The novel will be available again soon, and the free chapters will become paid chapters, so the system's requirements will definitely change...

It's a real headache. During the new book season, it's all just small-scale stuff. Real floppers get nervous as soon as they see their books go on sale. It's funny to see an old flop like me struggling to get 200 average daily subscriptions.

Just as he was communicating with the editor about the release date, his agent, Liu Ning, sent him a mysterious code that looked like a phone number.

"After the show's recording ended, Director Qi contacted the company and asked for your contact information."

He could have just asked Qi Yuan, but he still contacted the company? This is definitely the proper procedure; fathers are much more disciplined than daughters…

"What's up? Shall we talk about a collaboration?"

After the recording of "Beyond Class" ended, many professionals from the judging panel did want to talk to him about collaboration, but Yu Wei really didn't expect that Qi Yunming, who had been giving up, would also have this idea.

"That's what he said, but he also mentioned something... a personal matter."

Private matter?

Yu Wei instantly realized that Qi Yunming must have discovered that his daughter was the female lead in his music video, and he was trying to test the waters.

The ghost was knocking on the door, but Yu Wei wasn't flustered. After all, he and Qi Luoan had nothing going on, and there was nothing to hide.

After adjusting his mindset, he calmly dialed the number. Despite Lao Qi's numerous bad films, his status in Chinese film history is undeniable.

It's a bit unfair, but if Lao Qi had kicked the bucket after making that masterpiece, he would undoubtedly be the number one filmmaker right now...

"Director Qi, you were looking for me?"

“Call me Uncle Qi. Qi Yuan is your friend, and An An is also familiar with you… Heh, calling me Uncle isn’t too much to ask.”

He thought Qi Yunming would take the opportunity to directly question him about his relationship with his daughter, but Qi Yunming didn't mention it at all. Instead, he seriously talked about cooperation.

He genuinely wanted to collaborate. Qi Yunming makes a terrible movie every few years, the last one being three years ago. Considering the timeline, it seems he's trying to make history again.

Working with the king of bad movies, huh? Has Yu Wei gone mad?

But soon, Qi Yunming made a condition that he found hard to refuse: as the director, he would not be involved in anything, and Yu Wei could take full control of the specific work.

This is something only a director like him, who's just giving up, could do. Which other director would dare to delegate so much power?

He made several bad movies in the same way: the director ignored politics, the screenwriters and actors abused their power, and the audience suffered.

Don't underestimate the power of "delegation." It's like he takes the blame while everyone else benefits. Look at how bad the previous movies were; in the end, only Qi Yunming got the blame.

If a movie is bad, the director is blamed the whole time; if it's good, everyone else gets credit. That's the reputation of the king of bad movies...

"May I ask, what are you after?" Yu Wei was indeed a little tempted. This kind of mediocre director would be a perfect opportunity for him to showcase his talents, and he wouldn't have to take the blame. If the film was good, it would be because his script was good.

The only thing that puzzled him was why Lao Qi kept making films like this. Directors are either greedy for money or fame, but Lao Qi seemed to be indifferent to both.

"I'm so bored. I go fishing and come back empty-handed every day. Can't I find something to do?" Qi Yunming's lazy tone was inexplicably grumbling. "No rush. The script can be written slowly. It would be best if I could finish recording the show and then lie down for another six months before we start filming next year."

Fisherman, that's alright then.

Qi Yunming is just lazy, not stupid. Although he doesn't care that much about the box office and word-of-mouth of a movie, who doesn't want their own work to be well-received?
He himself really didn't want to work hard, so if he wanted to make something, he could only find someone capable. The more capable the second-in-command was, the more comfortable he would feel doing nothing.

The last few times he made bad movies, he said he would delegate authority, but they still messed things up and he had to clean them up. It was so annoying and troublesome.

Yu Wei is quite talented; he can revise scripts, act, and, more importantly, truly understand the core of film. Someone like him is bound to write something pretty good.

Of course, the specific details of the cooperation have not been finalized yet, and we will have to wait and see what happens. Today, we mainly discussed the intention to cooperate.

Yu Wei could accept this. He felt that such an opportunity to "dominate the film set" was a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Whether they could actually cooperate was another matter, but they wanted to make contact in advance.

You want to lie down for half a year, huh? I'll give you a script in three days and you'll behave!
Although we're preparing an album, it'll take at least a month or two. Even the protagonist in a novel can't just stagnate and stop leveling up, so we need to arrange some transitional content first.

"Also, An'an said that you were introduced to her by Qi Yuan, is that true?"

"?"

Qi Luoan is a master at tricking his brother, but logically speaking, there's nothing wrong with what he said. Qi Yuan did give his sister Yu Wei her contact information, so how can it not be considered an introduction?
Chinese culture is profound and extensive, and this is the process, but in Qi Luoan's context, this matter has become Qi Yuan's main problem.

I thought it was a case of pigs robbing cabbages, but I never expected there to be a mole inside.
Qi Yuan is in danger now.

……

It's quite interesting that they share the same name.

Xue Ying glanced at the prominent name Yu Wei in the film's main cast list and thought she was seeing things.

He wasn't a fan of Yu Wei, but his child loved listening to Yu Wei's songs. The line "Having eaten his fill, Yu Wei wanted to sleep, and took a leisurely stroll in the eastern garden" comes from Wang Zhidao's "Walking Alone" in the Song Dynasty.

He happened to know the poem, so he subconsciously remembered the celebrity. As the deputy editor-in-chief of a film newspaper, he certainly had that much literary knowledge.

"Okay, let me see Yu Wei's movie."

The judges of the college student micro-film competition include many big names, including members of film associations and art research institutes. However, they are all just figureheads; the ones who actually do the work are the group of people from newspapers and websites.

At least, they won't interfere with the qualifying rounds.

"Not a case of the same name?"

Within seconds of opening the video, Xue Ying saw Yu Wei sitting at the piano, shirtless, playing a piece that was somewhat similar to his live-streamed singing and playing.

His daughter had seen him so many times; he would recognize this kid even if he were ashes...

But he was quickly drawn in by the cleverly crafted suspense story; in the fourteen-minute short film, almost not a single frame was superfluous.

Before she knew it, Xue Ying had finished watching the whole film. Hitchcockian suspense, O. Henry-esque plot twists, and a touch of dark humor—this was something a college student could have made…

Where did this college student come from? This isn't a college student at all!
What kind of college student is Yu Wei? Is he some kind of professional team here to stomp on newbies?

The College Student Micro-Film Competition is open to college students and young micro-film enthusiasts within five years of graduation nationwide.

Even from the perspective of young enthusiasts, Yu Wei's participation in the competition was compliant, not to mention that there was indeed a college student in their team.

It's compliant, but there's something strange about it... You're a celebrity participating in a college student gilding competition, is there no law anymore?
"Forget it, let the audience judge the broadcast schedule."

(End of this chapter)