Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 402: The Movie Shelved for Four Years

Chapter 402: Chapter 402: The Movie Shelved for Four Years

"Going on the Spring Festival Gala." Yang Chengru yawned over the phone, hearing what Chen Yiyang wanted to talk about.

"Why, isn’t this difficult for you?" Chen Yiyang was practically forced to discuss this matter with Yang Chengru.

Because he really had no connections at CCTV.

Moreover, the chief director for this year’s Spring Festival Gala hadn’t been announced yet.

This left Chen Yiyang unsure whom to approach, so he had to rely on Yang Chengru’s connections to figure out whom to talk to.

"It’s not that there isn’t a difficulty." Yang Chengru said, "Using that Blue Diamond in your hands to handle this matter is definitely no problem. Don’t even mention having a group of robots perform a yangko dance, even if you wanted to perform it yourself, there would be no issue."

"You’re hilarious." Chen Yiyang rolled his eyes over the phone, "No matter what, that Blue Diamond can’t be dealt with in such a cheap manner."

Chen Yiyang knew Yang Chengru was joking. That Blue Diamond involved two medium-sized countries, its value couldn’t be compared to just a program on the Spring Festival Gala.

"Here’s what we’ll do." Yang Chengru said, "I’ll help you find out who the director for this year’s Spring Festival Gala is, and then you can directly talk to them."

The director of the Spring Festival Gala holds significant power over the show.

Especially those programs that don’t involve sensitive topics. As long as he approves, the program can basically be on the Spring Festival Gala.

So, Chen Yiyang asked Yang Chengru to find out if this year’s Spring Festival Gala director had been decided yet.

After some inquiries, Yang Chengru replied.

The director for this year’s Spring Festival Gala had indeed been decided, and he was quite renowned.

He was Zhang Yimou, often known as the National Master of the film industry.

Chen Yiyang had no prior interaction with Zhang Yimou.

Although the circle Zhang Yimou was part of was even harder to break into than Cheng Fan’s, Zhang Yimou himself was quite approachable for contact or collaboration.

As long as your parents have connections, or they are willing to spend money, or you are currently popular.

It seemed quite easy, and in practice, it wasn’t that hard.

Chen Yiyang remembered Shen Teng participated in one of Zhang Yimou’s films that hadn’t been released yet, so he called Shen Teng to help make the connection.

Zhang Yimou happened to be in the Imperial Capital, so after figuring out who Chen Yiyang was, he immediately invited Chen Yiyang over for a meeting.

"Hello, Director Zhang."

"Hello, Mr. Chen, have a seat."

In person, Zhang Yimou was different from what Chen Yiyang imagined, very approachable, without any of the aloofness typical of the older generation.

"I’ve long heard there’s a young person with a keen eye in the film industry, but never had the chance to meet you.

Then I heard from Shen Teng that you wanted to meet me, so I quickly prepared some of my previous films for you to review and give me some feedback."

"I was just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse."

"You’re being modest." Zhang Yimou said as he genuinely invited Chen Yiyang to his private home theater.

Chen Yiyang was there to ask for a favor, so he had no choice but to sit down with Zhang Yimou to watch the films.

Fortunately, Zhang Yimou only brought out two films.

One was a period drama starring Shen Teng called "Full River Red: Hair on End with Anger."

The other was an anti-corruption film shot by Zhang Yimou a long time ago called "Solid as a Rock."

"What do you think?" After watching, Zhang Yimou turned to Chen Yiyang for his opinion.

"Both films are of good quality. ’Full River Red’ is quite suitable for all ages to watch. If it’s released during the Chinese New Year or National Day, the box office could start at least from ten billion. As for ’Solid as a Rock’..."

Chen Yiyang thought for a while and straightforwardly said, "This film has yet to pass approval, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Yimou let out a sigh and continued, "It’s been suppressed for four years."

"The scale is indeed a bit too much, it needs some editing."

"Indeed." Zhang Yimou nodded, then changed the topic and asked,

"By the way, Mr. Chen, what brings you to see me today?"

"It’s about the Spring Festival Gala." Chen Yiyang briefly mentioned the desire for Yushu Technology’s humanoid robots to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.

"I just recently received my appointment as the Spring Festival Gala chief director, it’s not been publicly announced yet. Mr. Chen, you are well-informed."

Zhang Yimou didn’t expect Chen Yiyang was visiting him for this matter.

So he sat on the sofa pondering for a while before finally saying, "This program idea of yours is very good. I think the quality is sufficient for the Spring Festival Gala.

But since it’s my first time taking on the role of chief director for the Spring Festival Gala, I’m not familiar with many of the procedures. Whether the program can ultimately be on the show, I still need to discuss with others."

"Alright." Chen Yiyang didn’t speak after hearing Zhang Yimou’s words.

If it couldn’t be done, Zhang Yimou would have directly refused rather than speaking so diplomatically.

He was waiting for Zhang Yimou to propose conditions.

Zhang Yimou soon opened up slowly,

"This ’Solid as a Rock’ film, I still hope it can be released." Zhang Yimou said with a bit of regret, "Actually, I also know that some parts were shot beyond the limit, but no one tells me which parts specifically."

"I do know some relevant people. How about I help you inquire?" Chen Yiyang said to Zhang Yimou.

"Then I’ll leave it to you, Mr. Chen." Zhang Yimou gratefully shook Chen Yiyang’s hand.

Due to the previous Mingkuai Typewriter matter, Chen Yiyang really did know the leaders with the relevant approval authority.

So, Chen Yiyang spent some time consulting the relevant leaders about this matter.

The response from that side was, "Solid as a Rock" could be released, but it requires significant cuts to some scenes, conservatively needing to reduce the length by over thirty minutes.

After informing Zhang Yimou about this, Chen Yiyang went to find Gong Fan, who was still in the Imperial Capital.

Because he heard that Gong Fan’s "Earth Wandering 2" had finished filming and most of the special effects were complete, now samples could be viewed.

"Your speed this time is quite quick, I thought it would take a few more months for the film samples to come out."

"This time, filming and special effects production started simultaneously, so the speed was slightly faster." Gong Fan said, "But it’s still some time away from being completely finished."

"So, have you thought about when to release it?"

"During the Spring Festival, if we push it, we should have the film ready to release by the Spring Festival."

"The Spring Festival, huh." Chen Yiyang thought of the "Full River Red: Hair on End with Anger" film he saw at Zhang Yimou’s place.

Previously, Zhang Yimou mentioned that his film would also be released during the Spring Festival.

"This Chinese New Year, Zhang Yimou has a film to be released too. I got to see the samples," said Chen Yiyang.

"You can even see Zhang Yimou’s samples?" Gong Fan was a bit surprised.

"His film, I feel you might need to be cautious during the Spring Festival window."

"Why, is the quality very good?" Gong Fan’s expression became serious.

"Let’s say it’s acceptable, difficult to say it’s of poor quality." Chen Yiyang wasn’t sure if he should describe Zhang Yimou’s film as a lousy one.

"But I can assure you that his movie is more suitable for all ages to watch than yours."

"I understand." Gong Fan nodded.