Tea-flavored Romance

"You'll see, I promise." Ning Yuan thought for a moment and then asked, "Let's not talk about that... Jiang, can you play the piano?"

"..."

"You're not planning to let me off easily, are you?"

“Jiang, you’re being too polite,” Master Ning said seriously. “We’re on the same page, and we both hope the confession will go smoothly… On that basis, what’s wrong with us friends helping each other out?”

Chapter Twenty-One: Hardened, Hardened, the Fist Hardened

After all, she's the strongest hairpin girl we've encountered so far, so let's take advantage of her while we can... who knows if we'll ever have a chance to get this SSR later.

Master Ning glanced at Jiang Manyue, the most beautiful girl in the department, with a hint of melancholy. He thought to himself that if this girl had been more cooperative, he wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble to find that lazy beauty, Gu Guanxue... It was obviously much easier to create a scandal with Jiang Manyue than with Gu Guanxue, since he had to make sure that the lazy beauty Gu wouldn't reject him on the spot...

No, that's not right. According to Ning Yuan's plan, Gu Guanxue wouldn't be able to refuse, because his planned confession would be the legendary Schrödinger's confession!

Everything is for the great cause of the God of War conquering the world through pure love!

That being said, if the person being rumored to be dating him cooperates, the success rate of hooking up with Master Lin will definitely increase significantly...

or……?

A bold idea popped into Master Ning's mind, and so he once again turned his attention to Jiang, the most beautiful girl in the department...

"Ahem... Also..."

"Nothing else."

"I haven't said it yet!"

"I didn't say I could tell just by looking at your eyes." Jiang Manyue said leisurely, "If you want to cheat on Gu Guanxue, I might find it quite interesting... but if you want to cheat on me, then it's not interesting at all."

"..."

“Jiang, you’ve misunderstood me.” Ning Yuan spoke with a serious expression, showing no embarrassment or anger at being exposed. “Do you think I’m the kind of person who would covet my best friend’s looks? We’re all friends, and saying such things is an insult to me.”

"Don't say things like that again that could damage our friendship, understand?"

"I'll forgive you this time, but don't do it again next time."

Jiang Manyue: "..."

It's hard now, its fist is hard.

"Alright, let's not dwell on those unhappy things... Jiang, how's your piano skill?"

"so so."

"so so?"

"Ah."

"Actually, Gu Guanxue can also play the piano. If you are bold enough, you can invite her to compose the score for your movie."

"Let's skip this. I love her, and it has nothing to do with her."

"Pfft."

Jiang, the most beautiful girl in the department, couldn't help but laugh out loud: "He's clearly a single dog who's never been in a relationship, but what he says is quite funny."

You fat otaku, your talking is actually pretty funny.jpg

Ning Yuan was stunned: "How do you know I've never been in a relationship?!"

"..."

Who exactly leaked the information?

"It's nothing, let's talk about what you asked me to do... When are you planning to start?" Jiang Manyue paused slightly, then changed the subject, "Where are you going to get the music?"

"That's still a long way off. I haven't even rented the filming equipment yet... By the way, Jiang, are you familiar with the music department? We can go there to record later."

……

The meal was very fruitful, and both host and guests were happy (?). Ning Yuan finally managed to get Jiang Daxi to spend a lot of money thanks to his shameless basic skills...

Cough... Of course, it wasn't the kind of bleeding some people were imagining—Ning Yuan hadn't forgotten the time when the little vampire Jiang Manyue stole a cup of milk tea from her, and she believed Ning Yuan hadn't forgotten either. How could there be only one-sided giving between friends?

We have to give her a chance to reciprocate! (We absolutely have to take advantage of this!)

What does it matter if I get Jiang Manyue's labor for free? In order to make her feel that she doesn't owe me anything, I'll just bear this pain of getting something for free all by myself.

Honestly, if it weren't for Lu Jiujiu, that silly rich girl who only knows how to draw and has no interest in music, Ning Yuan would have planned to hire her to handle everything... from character design to soundtrack, a one-stop service. Now that some tasks have been distributed to Jiang Manyue, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

If we want to maximize the efficiency of taking advantage of loopholes, we can add a role for Jiang Manyue in the short film.

Thinking about it carefully, the main reason why Jiang Manyue was willing to get involved in this matter seems to be Gu Guanxue. I don't know what kind of love-hate relationship they have that makes Jiang, the most beautiful girl in the department, so interested in this matter.

Could it be that love has turned into hate?

Okay, I've gone a bit too far with my fantasies... Ning Yuan shook his head, clearing away those strange emotions, and re-examined the current situation.

Time is of the essence; it's time to activate the prodigy mode!

Back in the dormitory, Ningyuan went straight to the point and asked Lao Wu.

"How do I register for that film school competition...? Do I need to go to the film school?"

"Register on the official website, it's the College Student Micro-Film Festival..." Old Wu sat on the bed, rubbing the screen, and looked up during the gray screen time to ask, "What's going on, Brother Yuan, are you starting work?"

"Yeah, we'll start filming tomorrow... Lao Wu, do you know where people usually rent equipment for movies?"

"Then you've asked the wrong person... Monkey might know, didn't he used to work part-time as an extra?" Old Wu paused after speaking, then leaned closer with a sly look on his face and said, "Hey Yuan, are you really planning to make a short film to pursue Gu, the most beautiful girl in the department?"

"what happened?"

"It's nothing... it's just a bit sad..." Old Wu sighed, "Before, you were always chasing after those scumbag girls, and the three of us were quite worried about you. Later, when we saw you fail and get rejected, we didn't really care... we just thought you were probably just playing around... Now that you're chasing after Gu Guanxue, it's really a bit hard to get used to..."

"Brother Yuan, you're not actually getting serious, are you?"

Ning Yuan: Was I just playing around?! I was just craving the aroma of their tea!

"I'm always serious, okay...?"

Old Wu: "..."

"Gu, the most beautiful girl in our department, seems quite mysterious... She doesn't have a boyfriend. I hope you can win her over this time, Yuan-ge, and make our Computer Science department proud!"

"Sure thing! Come to my film set tomorrow to move the equipment. Let's change the world together!"

"Tomorrow? Oh dear... Brother Yuan, look at my body... I've been feeling really weak lately..."

"Xiao Ling said she found a few girls who are interested in making movies to come and lend a hand..."

"I've been feeling really weak lately, this is the perfect time to get some exercise!" Old Wu put down his phone and said seriously, "Brother Yuan, don't say anything more, I'm definitely going to help you out, giving me money would be an insult to our brotherhood!"

Master Ning patted Old Wu on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Don't worry, we won't treat you badly after winning the award... Tomorrow! We'll start the machine as soon as we rent the equipment tomorrow!"

"So...where's the script...?"

"I'll work myself to the bone tonight to finish this." Ning Yuan said, sitting down and turning on his computer. He clicked on a tutorial video titled "Screenwriting, From Beginner to Death," and confidently stated, "You probably don't know what it means to go from a beginner to writing an excellent script in one night. We usually call someone like that..."

"A clod of earth?"

“He’s a genius.” Master Ning continued to speak eloquently: “Back then, the poet Li Qinglian could write a hundred poems after drinking a cup of tea. I can write a script after drinking a cup of tea… Don’t talk to me now, I’m going to activate King Mode.”

Old Wu: ?

……

The next day.

"Brother Yuan, your script..."

"I'm coding, I'm coding (0%)..."

Two days later.

"Brother Yuan..."

"Almost done (creating a new folder)..."

three days later.

"source……"

"Cuckoo~"

Master Ning's inner monologue: "Are scripts even written by humans?!"

Chapter Twenty-Two: Do ​​you recognize this formation?

A screenplay is different from a novel. It serves as a medium for communication between directors, actors, and screenwriters, and its writing process is completely different from that of a regular novel. It's an exaggeration to say that a novel can be directly adapted into a screenplay. Truly transforming an idea or concept into a complete screenplay and presenting it to others requires a long period of refinement and effort.

This is why the scripts of many classic films are polished over many years – the script for Inception even began when the director was sixteen.

For Ning Yuan, a novice director, lacking basic skills and time to refine the short film in his mind and bring it to life, this was a daunting task. If even a short film was this difficult, then for those seasoned filmmakers who, after time-traveling, started making movies from scratch with only vague memories, Ning Yuan could only offer a respectful bow and say:

I'm so embarrassed. I'll take off my skirt... oh no, I'll leave the group.

In the end, when all else failed, I had no choice but to copy it verbatim... I followed the entertainment materials I had redeemed from the system, going through them shot by shot... The script and such could be as simple as they came...

As long as it's watchable, that's fine. As for the actors' emotions and acting skills... well, there aren't many actors in this short film, and it's only about ten minutes long.

In just over ten minutes, it's undoubtedly difficult to wow everyone and grab their attention. But there's no way around it; for the sake of the "good guy" card on Lin Xiaoya, the strongest SSR character discovered so far, we have to go for it no matter how difficult it is.

If only I could run into another SR someday... Honestly, chasing after Master Lin is really exhausting, it's like going in circles in every sense of the word.

Unfortunately... there's a limit to the number of times you can search for "good person cards" per day, otherwise Ning Yuan would probably have already gone to find a new tea plantation for this variety...

Once again, I must say that appreciating tea is no easy task; even a master would sigh in admiration.

For several days in a row, Ning Yuan was as busy as a spinning top, never stopping for a moment. This included not only renting various equipment, but also thinking about scene design and personnel arrangement and scheduling. These were all mentally and physically demanding tasks that could not be relaxed at all.

Compared to those wealthy second-generation film students, Ning Yuan's only advantage might be that he already has the entire outline of the short film in his mind. He doesn't need to worry about post-production cuts. The competition is scheduled for May, but the submission deadline certainly isn't the day before the competition starts—after all, the teachers need some time for a preliminary selection.

Time was neither abundant nor scarce, but there was still room to slack off occasionally. Against this slightly leisurely backdrop, Director Ning put on a pair of sunglasses, donned his signature director's baseball cap, and swaggered out the door.

It's the weekend, time to go cast the actors.

The male lead will undoubtedly be himself; given his superb acting skills, casting someone else would be a waste. As for the female lead, Lu Jiujiu has already been cast… the other roles aren't very significant, mostly featuring only one or two shots, some even just showing their backs…

Because the male lead's acting skills are the most important element in the entire film's design, Director Ning was able to confidently cast actors from his friends and acquaintances, rather than going to great lengths to find actors with exceptional acting skills from the acting department.