Chapter 2 How about I give it a try

Boss Lin was very angry. Everyone in the crew kept scolding him and he couldn't find any useful information.

Chen An looked at the angry Boss Lin and there was nothing he could do. Although he didn't know where the director had gone, he probably went to the beautiful country like the Banana Man in later generations. But he was found by the director and he had taken the money.

On second thought, Boss Lin is pretty miserable. He just doesn't know how much he invested. It seems like it should be a lot.

Looking around the venue, there were about twenty people standing there, setting up light stands and having all the necessary equipment.

The camera was rented and the film was purchased, but the director ran away with the money.

Wait, the director ran away?!

"Is this an opportunity?" Chen An suddenly thought to himself.

The director ran away with the money, but in order to quickly set up the crew, the director looked for people everywhere.

In order to set up the team ahead of time, they gave all the money, and after the crew was ready, they scammed the remaining bulk of the funds and ran away.

The camera has been rented, the film has been purchased, the lights and everything are ready, the crew is set up, except for the director and the leading actress.

If the leading actress runs away, you can replace her with someone else. The same goes for the director. Everyone knows that the real directors of Beijing Film Academy are in the Photography Department or the Literature Department!
The remaining things may not be enough for a feature film, but should be no problem for a short film. Even if I don’t have much experience, I have the pictures in my mind and can polish them into something.

"But does it make sense?"

Chen An was not sure. Boss Lin was very angry and had just been cheated. He must be unhappy with everyone present.

But Chen An still planned to give it a try. After all, it had come to this, and maybe there was still a chance.

If you don't work hard, opportunities won't come to you.

Boss Lin was walking around with the phone in his hand. Chen An couldn't quite understand what he was saying, but he felt it was Shanghai dialect.

"Boss Lin, although you may think I'm lying to you, I still want to talk to you."

Chen An gave himself a deep breath and strode towards Boss Lin who was on the phone.

The silent crowd nearby also looked up and stared at Chen An who was walking towards Boss Lin.

Boss Lin turned around and glanced at Chen An without paying any attention to him, and continued talking to the person on the other end of the phone.

Chen An was also waiting quietly by the side.

The people around were also staring at this place, trying to see what Chen An would say. They all felt that they had been badly cheated this time.

But seeing Chen An take the initiative to go find Boss Lin, I just hope that he can really play a role.

After a few minutes, Boss Lin finished the call, turned around and looked at Chen An with a gloomy face and said, "Do you have anything to say, or are you in cahoots with that Liu guy and know where he went?"

"This matter is all waiting, it all stays here, I'm ready to call the police."

"And you, he told me about you before, a top student at Beijing Film Academy, an outstanding student in the photography department, and he praised you to the skies. He must be your senior, right? You two must be related. I will definitely find your school when the time comes!"

Chen An felt a headache after hearing this. That senior student even mentioned him specifically. He really fell into a trap.

"Boss Lin, I really don't know where he went. I am indeed a student of Beijing Film Academy, and I was deceived into coming here. I just want to ask you what you plan to do with the remaining things."

Chen An could only explain in the most sincere tone possible.

"These cameras and lighting equipment have been rented. If they are returned now, the rent will not be refunded. The films can only be resold at a low price." (I said yes!)

Boss Lin's face became gloomier when he heard this: "What does it have to do with you?"

"I don't mean anything else, Boss Lin. I just want to say that although the director has run away, the crew is basically intact. Although the follow-up funds are gone, the existing equipment can still continue filming, and I can still direct."

“But if there is no follow-up funding, we may only be able to shoot short films.”

"So I want to ask Boss Lin if he has any ideas to continue."

After hearing Chen An's answer, Boss Lin did not answer immediately. He thought for a while and asked, "What's the use of a short film? Can it be released?"

"It can't be shown in theaters, but I'm trying to see if I can get it sent to some overseas screenings through my school teachers. If I'm lucky enough to win one or two awards, I can sell it for some money, in US dollars."

"Short film? Isn't a feature film okay?" "There's not enough follow-up funding. I don't think you want to continue investing. If you change the script, you have to submit it for review. If you want it to be released, it needs to be distributed and produced by major studios. He should have told you about this before."

Seeing Boss Lin's increasingly dark face, Chen An probably understood and silently added: "But the short film is not currently under review, so you can shoot it directly."

"Don't they say that all you have to do to get the movie out there is buy a factory logo? Wait a minute, I'll make a call first." After thinking for a while, Boss Lin took out his cell phone, made a call and started chatting.

He didn't say anything after the call. Then more calls came in intermittently, and finally he thought for a long time.

The people behind also started to whisper to each other, looking back and forth at the two of them, not knowing what to say.

After thinking for a long time, Boss Lin lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "I will keep an eye on you. You'd better not have any other relationship with that Liu. It's already like this. If you dare to mess around again, the next person who will talk to you will be the police."

He just called his lawyer and learned that if he doesn't find the director who ran away, it will be useless to look for the rest of the people. The most he can do is to get everyone's salary back, but he can't return the rented items.

These investments are basically wasted, but it's not a serious matter. I can still accept the loss, but I have lost face. I'm afraid I will be laughed at when I go back.

He didn't care about this little salary, and he wouldn't be able to get much money back from the rest of the things. Things had come to this, and as one of the people who had gone into business, he chose to take a gamble.

"Do you have a script? What are you planning to shoot? Can you include my clothing factory in it?" Boss Lin said to Chen An with reluctance.

Chen An, who was delighted, nodded immediately and said, "Yes, I have been thinking about a short film for a long time, but I didn't bring the script with me. But I can write it for you!"

The sudden ups and downs made Chen An unable to stop being happy. He didn't expect that such an opportunity would fall into his hands. It was really a one in a thousand opportunity.

We had already made plans to return the money, and we might even have to go in and investigate.

I didn't expect that such an opportunity would fall into my hands.

"Does anyone have paper and pen?" Chen An immediately asked the people behind him.

A thin man immediately raised his hand and said, "I, I'm the original field clerk, I have paper and pen here!"

After saying that, he ran to a box, took out a notebook and a pen and handed them to Chen An.

"Thank you." Chen An expressed his gratitude.

The man smiled and shook his head. Chen An immediately found a table and thought about the short film in his mind.

I had watched some well-known short films in my previous life, and after carefully selecting them in my mind, I finally chose one.

"tuner"?
No money, pass!

"Car 44"?
The extras have even less money for their cars, pass!

After thinking about it for a while, I finally wrote down "Carrying the Burden and Moving Forward".

It is a short film about fatherly love, which was produced in Australia in 2013.

The subject matter is not popular in China at the moment, but it should be okay abroad.

This is a film with zombie themes. It does not have many audiences in China at present, but under the bombardment of George A. Romero's trilogy "Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead" and "Out of the Blue" abroad, it already has a basic audience.

Although it would be better if it was released after "Resident Evil" next year, the main theme of "The Carrier" is still about the fatherly love that is as deep as a mountain.

If you can understand what zombies are, you can basically understand what the movie is expressing.

As for how to explain it to Boss Lin, Chen An decided to explain it in detail later.

Pick up the pen and write:

'Time: Unknown'

'Location: Unknown, inside a car'

'The protagonist wakes up from a coma.'

　I'm reposting this. I can't stand it anymore. I don't care whether you guys are here for free or not. I'm very grateful that you can come and see me. There's no threshold for speaking, but you have to go to the comment section to disgust people. You always talk about other people's children. I just like young women, so what?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)