Chapter 180 The Harvest of Huayu Director Star Program
Yang Hao didn't even need to look up to know that it was Yang Chaoyue who pushed the door open.

That is what I am used to.

In the company, she is the only one who dares to barge into her office without knocking.

Yang Hao raised his head and looked at Yang Chaoyue, then nodded secretly.

I still remember when Yang Chaoyue first came to the company for an interview, she didn’t even know how to wear high heels and looked very unfashionable. After staying with me for a month, her dressing style was completely different from before.

Yang Chaoyue now wears high heels and walks with confidence. Except for her young age and immaturity, her temperament is not much inferior to those of later generations and she has the style of a big star.

"Boss, these are the documents that Sister Yu Li asked me to pass on to you," Yang Chaoyue said as she walked up to Yang Hao, holding a stack of documents in her arms.

After taking the document handed over by Yang Chaoyue and opening it, Yang Hao suddenly realized.

Previously, Yang Hao asked Yu Li to spread the news of the "Huayu Director Star Plan" in the circle.

This document is the project information that has come to my company to solicit investment in the past month.

Director Zhang Ying, script "Goodbye, Dad".

Directed by Han Yan, script by "Go Away, Tumor Man".

Directed by Wang Wensheng, script by "Dragon Roar".

Yang Hao has no impression of "Goodbye, Dad" and "Dragon Roar", and he also doesn't remember the two directors Zhang Ying and Wang Wensheng.

I think these two movies are going to be flops.

But the movie "Go Away Tumor" became very famous in later generations.

Director Han Yan's trilogy of life, "Go Away, Tumor", "Send You a Little Red Flower", and "Let's Shake the Sun Together", are all classics.

In particular, "Go Away Tumor" and "Send You a Little Red Flower" have achieved great success in both word-of-mouth and box office.

Yang Hao's original intention in launching the "Huayu Director Star Plan" was to expand his reputation in the circle.

Unexpectedly, just one month after the release of the "Huayu Director Star Plan", a big fish was caught.

The movie "Go Away Tumor" must be won.

After reading the document, Yang Hao looked up and found Yang Chaoyue sitting on the sofa playing with her mobile phone.

Seeing this scene, Yang Hao couldn't help but shook his head. Yang Chaoyue really didn't treat him as an outsider and had no awareness of being an assistant at all.

"I'm not good at anything and I'm the best at slacking off," Yang Hao sighed and suddenly missed his former assistant Wang Caichen. Although she wasn't as pleasing to the eye as Yang Chaoyue, her work ability was impeccable.

But if he had to choose between Yang Chaoyue and Wang Caichen as his assistant, Yang Hao would still choose Yang Chaoyue without hesitation.

Men are so superficial.

"Surpass!" Yang Hao, sitting in the boss chair, called out to the other party softly.

"Boss, what's the matter?" Yang Chaoyue stood up from the sofa, walked back to Yang Hao and said.

"Go and call your sister Yu Li over."

"Okay, boss." Although Yang Chaoyue was a little lazy, she really listened to herself. With the bonus of the star filter in her previous life, the emotional value she provided was far beyond what her former assistant Wang Caichen could compare to.
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"Boss, you called me?" Yu Li knocked on the door and then walked into Yang Hao's office.

"Sit down," Yang Hao nodded, motioning the other party to sit down and talk.

After Yu Li sat down, Yang Hao put the documents in his hand on the desk.

He said: "For the film project "Go Away Tumor", we..."

Yang Hao suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words. Originally, Yang Hao wanted to say that we want to invest in this movie.

But Yang Hao suddenly realized that the success rate of his investment in movies was already frighteningly high. If he came up with a "Huayu Director Star Plan", the success rate of film and television investment would still be 100%. This seemed a bit too high-profile.

The three films, Goodbye, Dad, Go Away Tumor, and Dragon’s Roar, are all low-budget films that are more literary.

Why not invest in both? It won’t cost too much anyway.

That way, even if Go Away Tumor is successful, it won’t stand out too much.

Moreover, in the first month, our company invested in all three films that came to us for investment, which sounded good when we talked about it ourselves.

It's like buying a horse bone with a lot of gold.

"Yu Li, the company has invested in three movies, Goodbye, Dad, Go Away Tumor, and Dragon Roar," Yang Hao said after pondering for a while and thinking again and again.

"Boss! All in?" Yu Li thought she had misheard and asked in confusion.

Yu Li has read the scripts of these three films and has a general idea of ​​what they are about.

"Goodbye, Dad" tells the story of family love, "Go Away, Tumor King" tells the story of illness and love, and "Dragon's Roar" tells the story of Huangmei Opera.

These three films are niche and have literary and artistic attributes.

If asked which movie she is most optimistic about, Yu Li would choose "Go Away, Tumor King".

This movie is adapted from a comic book and can be considered an IP with a fan base.

Although this movie tells the story of illness, it adds love to the illness, making the originally niche movie subject popular. If the love scenes can be filmed well, it may be a big hit.

"Boss, I think among these three movies, "Go Away Tumor Man" has the most potential. How about you reconsider it?" Yu Li tried to persuade.

Seeing that Yu Li could tell that "Go Away Tumor" had the most potential, Yang Hao couldn't help but look askance.

"It seems that I have underestimated Yu Li. Yu Li seems to have a certain vision for film and television investment," Yang Hao thought to himself.

"Just do as I say, I have my own plans," Yang Hao said arbitrarily.

There are some things I really can't say to Li. I can't possibly say that the reason I invested in all three movies is to reduce the success rate of film and television investment, right?

"Okay, boss." Yu Li was used to Yang Hao's autocratic style of doing things. She only gave him one word of advice, but when Yang Hao didn't listen, she stopped trying to persuade him.

After briefly explaining a few words to Yu Li, Yang Hao waved his hand, indicating that Yu Li could go back to her work.

Sitting alone in the office, Yang Hao sighed a little. He felt that he had not invested in many film and television projects in the past few months.

Unexpectedly, during this period of time, he invested in many movies, including "Shanghai Fortress", "Bridget Jones in Seattle", "Detective Chinatown", "Go! Tumor" and so on.

If I have a good chat with Senior Sister Han Jianu tomorrow, maybe she will invest in "Dying to Survive".
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Because he had Yang Chaoyue, the little happy person, around him, Yang Hao did not leave the company early today, and stayed in the company until six o'clock.

Suddenly Yang Hao's cell phone rang. The screen showed that it was an unfamiliar number, but the location was BJ.

"I'm Qiao Liang, Xiao Yang, right?" As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end introduced himself.

"Qiao Liang?" When Yang Hao heard this name, he was stunned for a moment and couldn't remember who it was.

But since I became famous, there are very few people who call me Xiao Yang. There are only a few people who call me Xiao Yang directly.

Suddenly, Yang Hao had an idea. Could it be Professor Qiao Liang from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy?

"Is that Teacher Qiao?" During the years that Yang Hao was at Beijing Film Academy, he also attended Professor Qiao Liang's open classes, so there was no problem in calling him teacher.

Qiao Liang is not only a senior professor at Beijing Film Academy, but also a prolific film and television director.

He directed dozens of movies and TV series, including "Tokyo Life and Death", "The New Son-in-Law", "What Can I Do to Save You, My Love", "My Mother Is Getting Married", etc.

But unfortunately, Professor Qiao Liang has no particularly popular movies or TV series.

Therefore, for ordinary people, the name Qiao Liang is relatively unfamiliar, but in the circle, Professor Qiao Liang is still very famous.

"Teacher Qiao, is there something you want to talk about that you called me for?" Yang Hao didn't have much contact with Professor Qiao Liang at school, so he must have something going on when he suddenly called him.

"It's nothing big. I called just to thank you," said Professor Qiao Liang with a laugh.

"Thanks?" This confused Yang Hao.

"Xiao Yang, didn't you agree to invest in a movie today? This movie, "Goodbye, Dad," is what my current students are about to shoot."

After hearing this, Yang Hao finally understood that the director of "Goodbye, Dad", Zhang Ying, was a student of Professor Qiao Liang.

"So senior Zhang Ying is actually your student. Why didn't you tell me earlier? There wouldn't be so much trouble. You could have just sent the script to me privately," Yang Hao said politely.

"Haha, that won't work. You definitely can't use any backdoor. Just do what you have to do. If you think the script is not good, you can just reject the investment."

After a few more polite chats with Professor Qiao Liang, the two hung up the phone.

Through chatting with Professor Qiao Liang, Yang Hao felt that the other party was satisfied with him.

After all, he has only been in the industry for two years, and he has already invested in "Yu Zui", "Bridget Jones Meets Seattle", "Bridget Jones Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter", "The Blades of the Assassin 1", "The Blades of the Assassin 2", and "Goodbye, My Dad".

The directors of these projects are all from Beijing Film Academy.

Beijing Film Academy is a small circle. If I use real money to support the directors of Beijing Film Academy, anyone would speak well of me in the circle.

This has resulted in Yang Hao having a very good reputation in the small circle of Beijing Film Academy.

Upon learning that Senior Zhang Ying studied under Professor Qiao Liang, Yang Hao picked up Senior Zhang Ying's information again and read it carefully.

"Zhang Ying, Zhang Ying..." Yang Hao kept muttering while looking through the resume of senior Zhang Ying.

Suddenly Yang Hao remembered that this senior Zhang was also the screenwriter of the movie "Your Wedding". "Your Wedding" was starring 95 flower Zhang Ruonan, and it was also the box office champion of 2021 movies in 51. It was considered a small hit movie.

I thought I had caught a big fish through the "Huayu Director Star Plan", but I never expected that senior Zhang Ying is also a talent.

Yang Hao’s company now has many projects and four or five artists, but what it lacks most is a director.

It would be perfect if we could bring both senior Zhang Ying and director Han Yan into the company through the "Huayu Director Star Plan".

Thinking of this, Yang Hao circled the information of Zhang Ying and Han Yan.
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The next afternoon, Yang Hao came to the company as usual.

At about 1:50 in the afternoon, Senior Sister Han Jianu came to her company.

Yang Hao went downstairs to greet him personally.

When they arrived at Yang Hao's office, they sat on the reception sofa. Yang Chaoyue was sensible enough to make a cup of tea for them.

"Is this your assistant?" Han Jianu said with some surprise when she saw Yang Chaoyue bringing tea.

When she first saw that Yang Chaoyue was so beautiful, she thought she was a newly signed artist by Yang Hao’s company. But when she saw Yang Chaoyue serving tea, Han Jianu realized that such a beautiful girl was actually an assistant.

Yang Hao has gotten used to it now. People in the circle are always surprised when they see such a beautiful assistant around him.

Every time he saw the other party's surprise, Yang Hao felt very proud. Yang Chaoyue really made him proud.

Seeing Yang Hao's smug look, Han Jianu rolled her eyes at him.

"Here, junior brother, how about you take a look at this script first?" As she spoke, Han Jianu took out a pre-prepared script from her bag and handed it to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao took the script with both hands.

What catches your eye are four big characters.

The Road of Life

Seeing that "Dying to Survive" was not what he had imagined, Yang Hao frowned.

But then he relaxed. It was normal to change the name of a script. "The Road of Life" should be the former name of "Dying to Survive".

Yang Hao opened the script and scanned it quickly. When he saw that the plot was basically similar to the movie in his mind, Yang Hao finally felt relieved.

"The Road of Life" is "Dying to Survive".

It is a recognized fact in the circle that Yang Hao is a master screenwriter.

Han Jianuo, who has worked with Yang Hao before, knows Yang Hao's strength as a screenwriter.

Therefore, when Yang Hao was reading the script, Han Jianu stared at Yang Hao's face closely.

I want to know the quality of the script in advance by the expression on the other person's face.

Before, when Yang Hao frowned and wondered why the name of the script was "The Road of Life", Han Jianu saw it all.

"Click!" Han Jianu's heart skipped a beat when she saw Yang Hao frowning.

"Is this script poorly written? Otherwise why is Yang Hao frowning?" Yang Hao's frowning expression touched Han Jianuo's heart.

She adapted this script based on a true story, the Lu Yong case that made headlines in 2002.

Han Jianu has been thinking about this script since the filming of "The Richest Tomato" was completed.

Han Jianu even visited the site and checked the files, which took her nearly half a year and countless efforts.

If Yang Hao rejected this script, Han Jianu felt that she might collapse.

The script of "The Road of Life" was only about 30,000 to 40,000 words, and Yang Hao finished reading it roughly in more than 20 minutes.

When Yang Hao closed the script, Han Jianu immediately came up to him and asked nervously: "Junior brother, how is it? Do you think the script is okay?"

In the past, Senior Sister Han Jianu was always organized in everything she did, and it was rare to see her looking so flustered.

Now, she is so nervous, it seems that she really cares about this script.

Yang Hao pondered for a few seconds, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "The script is well written, with emotion and depth. The only thing that worries me is whether this script can pass the review?"

(End of this chapter)