Chapter 1 00 years?
"Gu Wei, please answer this question."

Looking at the students sleeping on their seats, the middle-aged teacher with a bald head on the stage said in a bad tone:
"Gu Wei, Gu Wei," the person next to him shouted, and then pushed him with his hand.

"Um... where is this?"

I opened my eyes blearily and saw that I was in a classroom. There was a middle-aged man on the stage staring at me.

"Have you fallen asleep?" said the person next to you.

"Teacher Wang, Gu Wei stayed up late writing a script last night, so he fell asleep in class today," the classmate next to him stood up and answered.

"Is that so? Gu Wei."

The middle-aged teacher asked again.

"Script? I am indeed writing a script, but it should be in the company. Where is this?"

Looking at the middle-aged man on the stage and the unfamiliar environment, a confused voice sounded.

"Company? I see you don't want the credits anymore," the teacher on the stage said angrily.

"Okay, if you're not feeling well, go back and rest. Don't come up with excuses about the script. What kind of script can you, a freshman in the directing department, write?"

Looking at the students in front of him, the middle-aged teacher controlled his emotions and said.

Hearing this, Gu Wei stood up and left his seat. When he turned around, he tripped and almost fell, causing laughter from other people in the class.

Sighing, the middle-aged teacher touched his head and said to the student next to Gu Wei: "Jiang Zhenggang, you go with Gu Wei and send him back to the dormitory. Other students, please stop laughing."

"Okay, Teacher Wang, I'll take Gu Wei back," a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and short hair answered, and then followed Gu Wei out of the classroom.

Looking at their backs, the middle-aged man sighed.

After leaving the classroom, Jiang Zhenggang asked the person in front of him, "Gu Wei, what happened to you today? Why did you fall asleep in Teacher Wang's class? Don't you usually like Teacher Wang's class very much?"

A memory flooded into Gu Wei's mind. Thinking about what had just happened, he said to the person next to him, "It's nothing. I'm just a little sleepy. I'll be fine after a nap in the dormitory."

As he said that, he walked towards the dormitory.

"Wait a moment, Teacher Wang asked me to take you back," Jiang Zhenggang hurriedly followed.

After arriving at the dormitory and confirming what happened to Gu Wei, Jiang Zhenggang returned to the classroom to continue his class.

Lying on the bed in the dormitory, Gu Wei still couldn't believe what had just happened. That's right, he was not from this era, and he traveled through time with the memories of future generations to the body of this person named Gu Wei.

As a film and television screenwriter and third-rate director in later generations, Gu Wei has written about the competition for favor in the harem, modern urban business wars, love scripts, and directed several movies, but most of them were flops and did not make any splash.

Strictly speaking, Gu Wei is an angry young man with a somewhat extreme personality. He doesn't want to make bad movies, but he doesn't have the money to invest himself, and he is unwilling to compromise. In the end, no one dares to invest in him to make a movie.

I didn't expect that the day would come when I would travel through time. A wry smile appeared on the corner of my mouth, but I didn't think much about it. Since I was here, I might as well live well. With my memories of the afterlife, at least I wouldn't do too badly. After thinking for a while, my mind felt tired, so I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it was before I heard someone next to me say, "What's wrong with Gu Wei today? He usually looks smart, but why is he so stupid in class today?" said a young man with semi-long hair and acne on his face.

"Zhang Rui, do you know how to speak? We are classmates. If you don't care about me, that would be fine, but you are saying such things here," Jiang Zhenggang glared at him, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards him.

"Brother Gang, Brother Gang, I was wrong. Let's talk it over nicely and don't use violence," Zhang Rui said hurriedly when he saw Jiang Zhenggang was about to attack.

Then he pointed at Gu Wei who was lying on the bed and said, "Gu Wei and I are good friends, how could I not care about him? When he wakes up, I will invite him to the cafeteria for dinner."

"You are back."

Gu Wei woke up and said to the people in the dormitory.

"Gu Wei, you're awake. How do you feel? Are you okay?" Jiang Zhenggang walked to his bedside and asked with concern.

"I'm fine. I just heard someone invite me to dinner, and I was hungry, so I woke up. Haha," Gu Wei said jokingly.

"Haha, kid, let's go to the cafeteria to eat," Jiang Zhenggang said with a smile and shook his head.

Several people left the dormitory and walked towards the cafeteria...

Along the way, they saw many handsome men and beautiful women. When they arrived at the cafeteria, they found a seat and sat down. Zhang Rui asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it."

"Fried rice", "fried noodles".

Gu Wei and Jiang Zhenggang replied.

While Zhang Rui was buying food, Gu Wei looked around and found that there were many women in the cafeteria, and many of them were beautiful!
"Brother Gang, there are quite a lot of beautiful girls in our school."

"This is Beijing Film Academy, a school that produces movie and television stars. There must be many handsome men and beautiful women, of course, except for our directing department," Jiang Zhenggang joked.

After finishing their meal, several people walked out of the cafeteria and started strolling around the school...

As he walked, Gu Wei's thoughts drifted far away.

The original owner, Gu Wei, was a native of the capital, the only child in the family, and his parents worked in government departments.

He attended elementary, junior high and high school in the school affiliated with his unit, and his grades were always good. His parents' expectation for him was that he would finish college safely, then get a job in a government unit, and then get married and have children in an orderly manner, and live an ordinary life.

But the 18-year-old Gu Wei was young and energetic. He did not want his future path to be arranged by his parents, so he hid it from his parents before the college entrance examination and used his spare time to participate in the art examination of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy. After the college entrance examination, he filled in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy in his application form.

Judging only from the results of professional courses, Gu Wei was among the last, but with the college entrance examination results that were good enough to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University, he was eventually admitted to Beijing Film Academy.

When his parents learned the news, they had a big fight with him and wanted him to repeat a year and give up the admission to Beijing Film Academy.

Of course Gu Wei refused, so he secretly took the New Year's money he had saved over the years and went to Beijing Film Academy alone to study.

Arriving at the dormitory door, Gu Wei looked back and thought silently: "Now that I'm here, I can't let go of this opportunity. The film industry, especially directing, is a good industry that can make people famous and rich. With the memory of later generations, Gu Wei feels that he still has a chance to succeed. After all, he studied in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, which is a good sign."

Unlike later generations, anyone can be a director. Those who write books or run businesses can all satisfy their desire to be a director.

As a time traveler, he has a vision that is twenty years ahead of the times and has a large number of high-quality film scripts in his mind, both from home and abroad, including from the island country.

After returning to the dormitory, Gu Wei washed up and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Gu Wei went to the classroom for class as usual.

The year 2000 was a key "watershed" for the domestic film industry.

Before 2000, there was no concept of commercial films in mainland China. Fifth-generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were busy making art films. After Jiang Wen made "Sunny Days" and won the box office championship in 95, he also set out to become a master of art films.

In the next ten years, the development of domestic commercial films will have two directions. One is "Party A and Party B" in 97, with which director Feng Xiaogang opened the Lunar New Year movie season, and the other is "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou two years later, which opened the era of domestic commercial blockbusters. Thinking of these, Gu Wei decided to make art films first, which have low investment costs and can become famous quickly. Even if there is no box office in China, it can win awards at international film festivals. With fame, it can attract investment. When China joins the WTO at the end of next year and the country vigorously supports the film industry, it will be time for him to make a lot of money.

After class in the afternoon, Gu Wei did not go out for a walk with his classmates, but started writing a script in his dormitory.

"Tuya's Marriage".

Gu Wei wrote on the paper that this was a film adapted from the true story of "Marrying a Husband and Supporting Him", and won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 07.

Even if I get it now, the probability of winning is very high, Gu Wei thought to himself.

It took him about a week to write the script, and Gu Wei took the script with him to seek help from his teacher.

I came to the director's office, explained my purpose to the teacher, and took out the script. "Teacher, please help me look at this script."

Teacher Wang took the notebook and began to flip through it.

About half an hour later, I finished reading and closed the script.

"This is a very good book, the story is very profound, did you write this?"

"Yes, the script is adapted from a true story. I want to film it, but I lack investment, so I came to ask the teacher for help."

Teacher Wang was very surprised.

"Filming a movie? Are you sure you're not kidding?"

"Gu Wei, the teacher knows that you were very good at academic subjects when you entered school. From the fact that you can write such a script, I can see your academic foundation.

However, filming is different from general exams. It takes time to accumulate experience and an understanding of filming. I'd better put the script aside for now and consider filming after my freshman and sophomore years."

Teacher Wang said this earnestly.

Teachers of this era are still very responsible, Gu Wei thought silently.

"Teacher, I think filming a movie should be..."

Looking at Gu Wei talking in front of him, Teacher Wang's expression kept changing.

"Is this a freshman? Even a senior student in the directing department may not be able to fully explain these professional filming terms and techniques."

"Teacher, I also know a lot about filming. As long as I have the right equipment and people, I am confident that I can make a movie."

Gu Wei said in a firm tone.

Gu Wei was not bragging. Although some of the equipment nowadays is different from that in later generations, some shooting techniques are the same. Before traveling through time, Gu Wei had made several movies. Although he was not very famous, he still knew the shooting process and methods.

The two talked for a long time in the office.

In the end, Teacher Wang, who was unable to persuade Gu Wei, took him to see the head of the directing department.

The director read the script and thought the story was good. After hearing the teacher talk about Gu Wei's story again, he let him go back first and promised to help him ask about investment.

The next day, the head of the directing department took Gu Wei out of the school and went directly to China Film Corporation, which was newly established last year and renamed China Film Group Corporation.

The head of the department that was scheduled to meet with the school director gave face to him.

After reading the script, they did not agree to invest because many veteran directors and senior colleagues were queuing up for investment.

Gu Wei is a freshman with no qualifications and no achievements, so it is impossible for the group to invest in him.

After leaving China Film Group, the director took him to Guangxian Film and Television Company.

Guangxian is a private enterprise established in 98, and currently focuses on television and radio channels.

The staff of Guangzhai Studio were very enthusiastic about the visit of the director of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy. Unlike China Film Group, Guangzhai Studio was established not long ago and has not yet entered the film industry. They also want to seize the ready-made opportunity.

In the Guangguang office, Gu Wei met the person in charge of Guangguang, a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing glasses and very gentle.

"You must be Gu Wei, you are indeed young and promising. Did you bring the script? Let me take a look first," the other party said with a smile.

"I brought it. Here you are."

Gu Wei took a sip of water, sat opposite him, and watched the other person slowly flipping through the script.

After more than half an hour, the other party finished reading the script and returned it to Gu Wei.

"I've read the script, it's pretty good. And you were brought here personally by Director Xie. Guangguang can participate in the investment of this film, and we can also be responsible for the subsequent publicity and distribution."

Gu Wei paused and asked, "Any conditions?"

"Guangzhou invested 300 million yuan, plus the publicity and promotion, which accounts for 80% of the share. The film copyright is distributed according to this ratio."

Gu Wei thought to himself: "With the other party's funding, plus the later publicity, 80% is acceptable."

The investment discussions went smoothly, but Gu Wei needed to register a company or studio, and the subsequent funding and investment agreements had to be signed and remitted in the name of the company or studio.

After Gu Wei returned to school, he registered a personal studio through an agent. As for an office, he didn't have one for the time being and he didn't have the money to rent one.

The signing went smoothly. The Guangguang funds were directly transferred to the company's account, and a person was specially sent to follow the post-shooting. After all, it was impossible to be completely assured when handing over millions of dollars to a newcomer.

With the contract and transfer certificate, Gu Wei went to the school to find the teacher, hoping that the teacher would help recommend a few seniors from the photography department to shoot with him.

The teacher of the directing department directly sent him to a youth film studio under the college.

Beijing Film Academy Youth Film Studio is a film production organization affiliated to the Beijing Film Academy. Its main task is to cooperate with the teaching plans of various departments and complete the film assignments and production internships of students in various teaching links. It is a place for teachers in the academy to carry out creative practice. It can produce 3 to 4 feature films and several short feature films a year.

Gu Wei exclaimed that it was worthy of being the Beijing Film Academy, with everything including personnel and equipment.

The funds and crew are all in place, now all that’s left is casting.

The film's project establishment and reporting and review are all handled by Guangxian Company. According to their reply, everything is almost ready.

The film is planned to be shot in Inner Mongolia. The script reflects the customs and culture of the Mongolian people everywhere. The excellent qualities of Mongolian people such as "Tuya" were nurtured in such an environment.

　The first part is a bit confusing, so you can skip it if you find it boring.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)