Entertainment Era: My Good Sister Is All Over the World

Chapter 81 Becoming Chen Kaige's Brother-in-Law? (Fifth Update, Requesting First Subscription and Follow-Up)

"Hahaha, this is interesting."

Xie Tieli was the first to break down in laughter, saying, "This kid is definitely not an ordinary person."

Cheng Yin said somewhat speechlessly, "We're a bunch of old guys here, our combined age is several hundred years. You expect us to treat you to a meal?"

"When you invite someone to dinner, it's not just about showing sincerity."

Huang Wenbin has great respect for these senior figures in front of him, but he doesn't tremble in front of famous people for no reason. "It has nothing to do with age."

He only fawns over young and beautiful women.

"Stop being so cheeky." Wang Yang patted Huang Wenbin on the shoulder and pulled up a chair for him. "Sit down and let's talk. A few senior colleagues just finished reviewing your film and are curious about you, so they'd like to chat with you."

Huang Wenbin sat down and said, "I understand. This is a joint trial of Galileo by three judges."

"A joint trial of Galileo by three judges?"

"Hahaha, you little rascal!"

Xie Tiexing has a low threshold for laughter, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh again, and couldn't stop.

"Stop laughing, or you'll get sick." Cheng Yin looked at him with a hint of disdain.

Xie Tieli waved his hand, pressing his stomach, still laughing: "Never mind me, I haven't laughed this heartily in a long time."

"Are you crazy?!" Xie Jin couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Fortunately, some experienced people present gave Xie Tiexing a massage for a while, which stopped the laughter.

Otherwise, if you keep laughing like this, you might actually cause problems.

"Don't talk for a while!" Ouyang Hongying said with some disdain, "How old are you? You're still acting like a child."

Xie Tieli blushed and dared not speak, feeling embarrassed.

These people were actually curious about what influenced Huang Wenbin's creative techniques.

Huang Wenbin was well-prepared for this. The Yenching Film Academy watches one or two hundred films every year, many of which are European and American films. This editing technique had its prototype, but it was not fully formed until the 1990s.

These senior colleagues didn't make things difficult for Huang Wenbin; they mainly offered encouragement.

After chatting for a while, they discovered that Huang Wenbin was indeed an extremely talented young man with unique vision and ideals, which was a great blessing for China's literary and artistic circles.

They chatted until lunchtime, when Huang Wenbin's stomach started growling with hunger, and the senior colleagues finally let him go.

After saying goodbye, Huang Wenbin went straight to the cafeteria. He hadn't eaten anything since last night and was starving.

If I don't eat something soon, I'll get low blood sugar.

During the meal, Xu Xiaoming and Wu Tianming also came up and asked him how the movie editing was going.

"The initial cut is over. The old factory director just organized a screening of the footage this morning."

Huang Wenbin said calmly, "There shouldn't be any problems, but we'll have to wait for the Film Bureau's official reply for details."

"That's good." Wu Tianming nodded and murmured, "We've almost finished our training here. After New Year's Day, we can head to Hubei and finish filming the scenes in Wudang Mountain."

Huang Wenbin nodded: "How are the preparations going on the grasslands?"

Wu Tianming replied, "We contacted the Shandan Military Horse Farm in Gansu, and nearby troops are also willing to send 500 people to assist us with filming!"

These days, filming is a national project, especially since "The Cotton Robe" was a co-production with Hong Kong. The support from above was considerable, and whether it was personnel or land, it was almost unimpeded.

"That's about right, the movie was already edited by then." Huang Wenbin nodded.

The three of them discussed it and decided on the departure date, which was mid-January.

They first went to film scenes at Shaolin Temple, Wudang Mountain, and some scenes in Xi'an.

After filming, it will be just around the time spring arrives, and then we can go to the Shandan Military Horse Farm to film the grand scene of thousands of horses galloping.

The next day, the Film Bureau responded that there were no problems with the initial cut.

The next step is to do some fine-tuning of the film, compressing it to a length suitable for theatrical release, and then add music and sound effects.

By this time, Chen Huaikai had almost fully recovered and participated in the final editing.

Huang Wenbin and Chen Huaikai quickly produced the final version, which was shorter than Jiang Wen's version, but still 110 words long.

At several minutes, it's definitely a long film in this era.

Wang Yang asked Huang Wenbin if it could be compressed further, but after discussing it with Chen Huaikai, Huang Wenbin still shook his head.

If it were any shorter, the pacing of the entire film wouldn't be as smooth.

Jiang Wen's version has removed a lot of irrelevant details, causing some misunderstandings and becoming fodder for countless conspiracy theory content creators and marketing accounts. It has even created something as abstract as "Let Learning".

Huang Wenbin doesn't care how others interpret this film, but he doesn't want to leave too many loopholes.

Wang Yang reviewed the 110-minute version again and found no room for further compression, so he had no choice but to submit it as the final version for review.

This matter is now temporarily settled, and he will be busy with the "Kapok Robe" project next.

Before leaving, Huang Wenbin also needed to arrange the manuscripts he had on hand.

First, he agreed to the long novel "Harvest". He spent a few days copying the TV series "Cliff" and asked Zhang to help him revise it into a movie script. He sent this to Changchun Film Studio, which was considered to have settled his manuscript debt.

After adding some plot details, a copy was sent to Wang Gang, as he had already promised to give him a manuscript.

This can be considered as using the same draft three times.

Although it's the same story framework, there are some slight differences.

He also drew up the plot outlines for the two subsequent Wong Fei-hung films and gave them to Leung Hiu-sing to write.

However, Liang Xiaosheng absolutely refused to accept the pen name "Rainy Night with a Knife but No Umbrella," and instead chose "Longjiang Daoren" for himself, because he was from Heilongjiang.

However, with this change, Huang Wenbin's "Young Abin" has a rather unique style.

But he has no intention of changing it.

New Year's Day was uneventful.

The film crew was given a three-day break, and the actors all went home.

However, Chen Huaikai warmly invited him to his home.

Huang Wenbin had politely refused twice, but Chen Huaikai came directly to his door, dragged him out of the guesthouse, put him on the back of a bicycle, and took him away.

Since things have come to this point, there's no way not to go.

Huang Wenbin couldn't go empty-handed, so he stopped halfway and bought some fruit or other gifts as a token of his appreciation.

"Comrade Huang, you're here." Chen Huaikai's wife, Liu Yanchi, also liked Huang Wenbin quite a bit. Seeing him enter the courtyard, she immediately greeted him with a smile: "You're here, no need to bring anything. Just come and eat."

In the courtyard, Chen Kaige and his wife were washing and picking vegetables.

Liu Yanchi called out from the inner room, "Yanchi, I'm busy in the kitchen. Could you entertain Comrade Xiao Huang?"

A moment later, a young woman in her early twenties walked out somewhat shyly.

"This is my daughter, Chen Kaiyan. She just turned 25 this year," Chen Huaikai said with a smile to Huang Wenbin. "She currently works at a company and is very interested in literature and art. You young people should have something to talk about."

For some reason, Huang Wenbin felt something was off.

Could it be that Chen Huaikai wants to recruit him as his son-in-law?

Am I going to become Chen Kaige's brother-in-law?

Huang Wenbin quickly banished all these thoughts from his mind. Although Chen Jieyan was indeed quite good-looking, well—forget it.

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