Who says Beijing Film Academy has no great directors? (2002)

That day, Chen Yan ate at Liu Yifei's place.

At the dinner table, she received a call from Jiang Yiyan.

Looking at the caller ID, she glanced at Chen Yan strangely before getting up to answer the call outside.

"Yiyan, what's wrong?"

Ever since she realized that Jiang Yiyan had some feelings for Chen Yan, Liu Yifei has rarely spoken to her, and her occasional holiday greetings are just perfunctory.

The two exchanged a few perfunctory pleasantries.

Jiang Yiyan, after a slight detour, still brought up Chen Yan: "It's nothing, it's just that I heard Director Chen is going to make a new film? Yifei, do you have any inside information?"

Liu Yifei frowned.

But his tone remained calm: "Yes, but I don't know exactly what kind of actor he wants."

That's obviously a lie. The day Liu Yifei received the script, she discussed it with Chen Yan, what kind of actor they hoped would play each role, and even gave a few examples.

Of course, none of the characters in the case thought of Jiang Yiyan.

Seeing that Liu Yifei was avoiding her topic, Jiang Yiyan decided to be direct: "Oh, Yifei, the main thing is that I don't have any good projects to film lately, so I wanted to ask if you could recommend me to Director Chen. I can play any role."

Throughout their conversation, they were using the excuse of being old classmates to ask Liu Yifei for help.

Liu Yifei's brows furrowed even more. "I never ask about Chen Yan's movies, so it's really hard to say."

"However, he will be holding a public audition at the Beijing Film Academy in a while, so you can just go and audition then."

Jiang Yiyan was stunned and didn't reply for a moment, feeling very frustrated.

Audition news is everywhere, why would I need you to tell me? I called her through connections just to secure a role early. If I wanted to audition directly, why would I need to contact you?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yiyan's reply became indifferent: "Oh, okay, I understand, Yifei. You go ahead and do your work. I feel that our relationship has become a bit distant. You don't come back to Beijing Film Academy often. Let's get together again next time we have time."

Liu Yifei paused for a second, then said, "Mm."

After all that talking, Liu Yifei couldn't go back.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan's good mood from having dinner at my house was completely ruined.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei didn't go back immediately. Instead, she stood on the balcony for a while to process her bad mood.

Until Chen Yan came to find her.

"What's wrong? Who called you?" Chen Yan asked, glancing at Liu Yifei's face, which did look rather unwell.

Could it be from Wuhan?

Chen Yan hasn't told Liu Yifei about paying back the money to her father yet, so it shouldn't be for that reason.

Liu Yifei tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and replied with a evasive look, "It was Yiyan on the phone. She just called to catch up, and didn't say anything."

Seeing Liu Yifei's evasive gaze, Chen Yan guessed, "You're here to ask about 'So Young'?"

Sure enough, Liu Yifei's eyes widened as soon as she finished speaking.

She exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know?"

Chen Yan chuckled: "Is it that hard to guess? I can tell just by looking at your disgusted little face."

Liu Yifei blushed furiously when her little secret was guessed, "I didn't!"

Seeing Liu Yifei's annoyed expression, Chen Yan quickly changed the subject, saying, "Let's go, are you full?"

"Oh." Liu Yifei found that after talking with Chen Yan, her restless emotions completely dissipated.

On the way back, Liu Xiaoli casually asked, "Whose call was it?"

Liu Yifei answered as usual, "It's Yi Yan's."

Liu Xiaoli paused in her soup-drinking, then looked at Chen Yan and saw him still putting on gloves to peel shrimp for Liu Yifei. He didn't even look up when he heard what was said.

"Oh," Liu Xiaoli said, understanding, and stopped asking questions.

After leaving Liu's house, Chen Yan felt the urge to buy a house. He thought he should buy one next to Liu Yifei's house so it would be convenient for them to meet in the future.

Otherwise, it would be really tiring for me to run back and forth like this every day.

Without hesitation, Chen Yan went back and contacted a real estate agent to ask if there were any suitable houses near Liu Yifei's home.

On August 10th, the entire faculty and students of Beijing Film Academy were enveloped in a strange sense of excitement.

Just because Chen Yan's audition was held at the Beijing Film Academy again, the students at the Beijing Film Academy naturally had an advantage over others.

Some students who went home for summer vacation bought tickets in advance and returned.

Why not give it a try? What if you get selected? Then you'll be set for life!

Haven't you seen how Chen Yan has produced a Best Actor and a Best Actress?

The Beijing Film Academy attached great importance to Chen Yan's audition this time, and specially set aside a small auditorium for Chen Yan to use.

Xie Xiaojing smiled and looked at Tian Zhuangzhuang, saying, "Your student is really good. The movies you've been making recently all feature students from the Beijing Film Academy. This audition is also at our school. That's great."

"They're much better than those big directors who went abroad. Look at Kai Ge and Yi Mou, they're all looking for talent from the Central Academy of Drama now. Does that mean our Beijing Film Academy has wasted its time training them?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled silently and did not respond.

Xie Xiaojing is about to be promoted to vice dean, and the person who will succeed him as director is Tian Zhuangzhuang, who is standing next to him.

Xie Xiaojing naturally kept a close eye on Chen Yan. It was Xie Xiaojing who helped Tian Zhuangzhuang with Chen Yan's postgraduate recommendation. At the time, he complained that Old Tian acted too quickly.

Xie Xiaojing mumbled a few more words, then saw Chen Yan arrive and waved him over with a smile.

Chen Yan walked over and greeted them politely: "Director, Director Tian, ​​what are you two doing standing here?"

He just saw a long line outside the door.

Xie Xiaojing said with a smile, "Xiao Chen, you're a good kid. You know how to give your classmates a chance. Lao Tian and I just wanted to help you make an informed decision."

Chen Yan waved his hand. "Director, there are quite a few famous senior students in our school. I need to ask them for help."

Both of them knew it was just polite talk; while the Beijing Film Academy produces many stars, the Central Academy of Drama is the place to go for truly famous actors.

Fortunately, Chen Yan's film this time is a campus-themed film, which doesn't require any superb acting skills. As long as his appearance is suitable, he's basically got the job done.

Chen Yan didn't dare to continue talking to Xie Xiaojing. In the future, when he needed to film other challenging scenes, he might have to go to the Central Academy of Drama or the Shanghai Theatre Academy to find someone.

Tian Zhuangzhuang smoothed things over, "Alright, it's almost time, you should hurry up and go, they're probably all waiting for you."

Then he looked at Xie Xiaojing and said, "Shall we go for a walk together?"

Xie Xiaojing agreed, and the two left.

Today, Qiao Liang and Ning Hao were the ones who helped Chen Yan with the interview.

After some twists and turns, Ning Hao's "Incense" was finally scheduled for release in September. He was extremely anxious before the release, so Chen Yan directly recruited him to work for him.

Ning Hao agreed readily.

"There are quite a few people here. Your title as a big director is really useful. Otherwise, next time I need to recruit someone, I'll just issue an announcement in your name." Ning Hao joked.

Chen Yan chuckled: "Whatever you want. Just don't worry about getting banana peels thrown at you and people accusing you of fraud."

As they were talking, the first interviewee came in.

Bao Beier...

Chen Yan frowned slightly. Bao Beier did indeed play the role of Zhang Kai in the original movie, but Chen Yan didn't like him.

Chen Yan glanced at Ning Hao.

Ning Hao immediately received the signal and asked, "What role do you want to audition for?"

"Director Chen Yan, Director Ning Hao, I'd like to audition for the role of Zhang Kai from the original novel." Bao Bei'er smiled ingratiatingly, her smile incredibly bright.

Ning Hao thought the actor looked pretty good, but he didn't understand why Chen Yan seemed to dislike him at all.