1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 114 The Sunset is Beautiful (Happy Qixi Festival!)

"Comrade Fusheng, are the students from our Beijing Film Academy good enough for a genius director like you?"

In the afternoon, after Chen Fusheng and his team finished interviewing all the students who came for the interview, Principal Cheng Ying came to inquire about the results as soon as possible.

"Principal Cheng, please stop teasing me." Chen Fusheng continued, "The students of Beijing Film Academy are indeed worthy of being trained by Principal Cheng. They are all outstanding. Today, Director Yang Jie and I are truly dazzled by their choices."

"Haha, in that case, the two directors shouldn't be stingy and should provide more opportunities for the children."

"Of course I want to provide as many internship opportunities as possible for students, but I can't recruit every student who comes for an interview into my crew. So I can only select some students that I think are more suitable, or whose majors match the needs of certain positions in my crew."

At this point, Chen Fusheng paused for a moment, then looked at the homeroom teachers and continued, "At the same time, I hope you can help convey to those students who were not selected that they are not good enough, it's just that there are limited spots. Perhaps we will have another opportunity to cooperate next time. I hope they will not be discouraged or disappointed. In addition, I wish them a bright future and a promising future."

"Comrade Fusheng, you're too kind. We thank you on behalf of our classmates and will also pass on your blessings to them."

Chen Fusheng nodded, then exchanged a glance with Director Yang Jie. Without deliberately keeping them in suspense, they both took out their selected internship lists.

Is this the internship list?

"Correct."

Seeing that the school leaders and teachers had gathered around curiously, Chen Fusheng handed it over.

Principal Cheng reached out and took it, and immediately began to read it.

"Directing Class: Chen Kaige, Zhang Jianya, Peng Xiaolian"

Undergraduate Performance Class: Zhang Fengyi and Liu Jia

"Amateur Performance Class: Zhu Lin and Zhao Baogang"

"Photography Class: Zhang Yimou"

"Art Class: He Qun"

Everyone was quite satisfied with the internship list provided by Chen Fusheng, as there were nine students, which exceeded most teachers' expectations.

In comparison, the two internship positions offered by director Yang Jie seem rather meager.

Her two spots were given to Wang Yue from the undergraduate performance class and Zhu Lin from the amateur performance class.

Zhu Lin goes without saying.

Whenever people in later generations mention the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, she is the first person they think of.

As for Wang Yue, he was the first Tang Sanzang cast by director Yang Jie.

They filmed "Trouble at Guanyin Temple", "Stealing Ginseng Fruit", and "Three Battles with the White Bone Demon".

Because director Yang Jie's filming of "Journey to the West" took a long time, after Wang Yue finished filming "The Monkey King 2", he was invited to star in a movie. Moreover, the film crew and the "Journey to the West" crew were both filming in Zhangjiajie. Wang Yue thought of using his spare time to go and film the movie. However, director Yang Jie firmly opposed actors filming two movies at the same time. In the end, Wang Yue chose the movie and gave up continuing to play Tang Sanzang.

This led to the second Tang Monk, Xu Shaohua, and even the third Tang Monk, Chi Congrui.

"Director Yang Jie, why are there only two names on your list? And one of them is a duplicate of the name on the list provided by Comrade Fusheng."

"Although Xiao Chen offered a lot of internship opportunities, he returned the people to you after filming was finished."

Director Yang Jie continued, "But I'm different. Although I only hired two people, I will recommend them to join CCTV after they finish acting in my drama."

After hearing Director Yang Jie's explanation, no one knew what else to say.

After all, the fact that Director Yang Jie was able to promise two positions already shows a lot of sincerity.

However, some people still seized on the fact that Zhu Lin appeared on both lists and asked, "Then what's the story with this Zhu Lin?"

“Let me explain,” Chen Fusheng stepped forward. “The situation is this: Director Yang Jie’s ‘Journey to the West’ project is still in preparation, while my film is about to be shot. So Zhu Lin will first play a policewoman in my film, and then go to Director Yang Jie’s film crew after she finishes filming.”

"It's rare that one of our students is being sought after by two directors. I hope that the name of this student, Zhu Lin, will appear on the campus's wall of fame next year."

"..."

Meanwhile, all the students who participated in the interview were anxiously waiting for a result.

In the directing class.

Someone looked at Tian Zhuangzhuang and said, "Class monitor, you didn't seem to go to the interview, did you?"

"Well, no."

"What?"

"Because I'm preparing a short film myself."

Although Tian Zhuangzhuang said this, she wasn't actually that interested in the internship spots that most of her classmates were vying for.

Because his father was the first director of the Beijing Film Studio before it was renamed, and also served as the deputy director of the Film Bureau. Although he has passed away, the connections he left behind are still there.

His mother, Yu Lan, was previously a director and actress at the Beijing Film Studio. This year, she was promoted to the first director of the newly established Children's Film Studio.

With his background, he has no worries about not finding a job after graduation.

So for Tian Zhuangzhuang, even if she didn't plan to make a short film, there was no need to compete with so many classmates for an internship spot today.

Li Shaohong, Hu Mei, and other classmates shared similar thoughts, as they all had connections. The young poet was originally supposed to be in their group, but his father had received advance notice and spoken to him beforehand, and even Chen Fusheng had given instructions, so he was the only one who got in through connections.

"Chen Kaige, Zhang Jianya, and Peng Xiaolian, the three students whose names I have called, please go to the conference room on the second floor of the administration building."

The head teacher of the directing class was Situ Zhaodun, who was also a filmmaker from a family with a strong background in filmmaking. He was later hailed as the father of Chinese documentary filmmaking.

The same applies to the directing class; the class advisors for the other classes were equally impressive. It's as if the country sent in the most talented and authoritative group of filmmakers to train the students, and they personally mentored each class for four years, during which time college entrance examinations were suspended. With such treatment, it's no wonder that the class of '78 produced so many talented individuals.

At the same time, Zhu Lin, Zhao Baogang, Zhang Yimou, and others also received a notice to go to the conference room on the second floor of the administration building.

People's joys and sorrows are not the same at this time.

Just like their classmates who came to the meeting room were very happy.

Those who weren't selected were naturally quite disappointed.

"Is everyone here?"

After the last classmate came in, Chen Fusheng put his hands together and said, "Okay, then I'll just say a few words."

"First of all, congratulations to all of you for passing the interview. Let's give yourselves a round of applause."

He led the applause, and then a burst of excited and surprised applause filled the conference room.

After the applause subsided, he continued:
"I don't know if your homeroom teacher has told you about the assignments, but regardless, I'll just repeat it here."

Chen Fusheng then read out his and Director Yang Jie's respective lists of selected actors to everyone. After seeing that everyone understood, he went on to say the third point.

"Third, if my production goes smoothly, we may start filming next month. So, students who are going to intern on my set will have to start filming next Monday. If you don't come next Monday, even if you come on Tuesday, and you didn't give me any advance notice, I won't hire you."

"Fourth, I want to emphasize again that I only provide internship opportunities and do not guarantee your job placement."

"So, while there's still time to change your mind, those who don't want to go can leave now."

Chen Fusheng wasn't surprised that no one got up.

On the contrary, if someone actually stood up, he might be taken aback.

Then he turned to his left and asked, "Director Yang Jie, do you have anything to add?"

"Then I'll say a little bit."

Director Yang Jie looked at Wang Yue and said, "I'm not in a hurry, so you can come to the film crew after this semester ends."

Then, turning to Zhu Lin, he said, "As for you, Zhu Lin, I don't need to say much. You at least have to finish filming Director Chen's movie, right?"

"Yes!" Zhu Lin nodded solemnly.

Seeing that Director Yang Jie gave him a look that said, "I'm done speaking," Chen Fusheng added, "Okay, that's all I wanted to emphasize. Now, if you have any questions or difficulties, feel free to speak up."

"Director Chen... I'd like to ask where the movie is being filmed, because we have our final exams at the beginning of next month, and I don't know if we can make it in time."

"We'll be filming in Beijing. You'll be given a break to come back and take the exams, but you'll have to study hard in your spare time. If anyone fails, don't blame me."

"Haha, then you can't blame Director Chen."

Once someone asked the first question, the rest of the audience felt less constrained.

Zhu Lin asked, "Director Chen, where are we going to report for duty?"

"The third office on the left on the second floor of the main building of Beijing Film Studio was the temporary 'base' assigned to our film crew."

Next, Chen Fusheng answered many of everyone's questions. Just then, he remembered something he hadn't mentioned and quickly added, "By the way, some of you will be assigned to Director Ling Zi's 'The Cotton Robe' crew. As for who it will be, I'll decide after communicating with Director Ling Zi, but I'm letting you know in advance so you can be mentally prepared."

"And what about us?" Zhang Fengyi asked.

"No actors needed."

"Oh~" Zhu Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, that's all for now. Everyone, remember to report to the crew next Monday. If you really have something to do, just ask someone to come and ask for leave."

"it is good……"

As they emerged from the conference room, the fiery red sunset on the horizon signaled that it was getting late.

It would take nearly an hour to cycle back from the Beijing Film Academy, so Chen Fusheng and his two companions declined the invitation from the academy's leaders. After a brief farewell, Chen Fusheng rode his wife on the back, while Director Yang rode his own bike... The three of them turned a street corner and, chasing the sunset, headed home.

"so beautiful!"

On the bus, Liu Xiaoli suddenly sighed.

"What's so beautiful?"

"The sunset is so beautiful!"

"Yes, it really is beautiful!"

(End of this chapter)