Half an hour later.
Shao Yichen sat in the original owner's ntor's ho, feeling sowhat awkward. After all, in her previous life she had attended a diploma mill that granted degrees simply for paying tuition fees, idling away her university years, and never considering graduate studies after graduation, so naturally she had no experience with academic advisors. Therefore, she feared revealing so inconsistency and appeared visibly uncomfortable. But thinking about her urgent desire to return to her original world, Shao Yichen steeled herself and put on a natural facade.
Indeed, her solution to the cara problem was to borrow a digital cara from the original owner's ntor. This wasn't a desperate asure, as she knew the ntor actually had a cara at ho that would be sufficient for filming a shoddily produced low-budget horror film—it was a cara discarded by a TV station, still about 80% new and of reliable quality.
As for how she knew the ntor had a cara, this was thanks to the original owner's mories. The original owner had completed her graduation short film in March—yes, she had finished it completely in March! Though they shared the na "Shao Yichen," the original owner's efficiency was clearly much greater than that of the reincarnated Shao Yichen, giving her a rare sense of sha. When the original owner completed her graduation short film, she had used the ntor's cara, and at the ti, the ntor had kindly indicated that if she needed anything, she could borrow from him directly.
Speaking of the original owner's ntor, his surna was Zhao, given na Kang, broad-minded and portly, approaching retirent age, and a very approachable person. Before concentrating on being a ntor, he had made several films of solid quality and won so awards, though unfortunately the box office results weren't very impressive, so he devoted himself to teaching and stopped making films that earned critical acclaim but not comrcial success.
Shao Yichen sat on the sofa, watching the ntor's wife place a plate of washed fruit on the table, smiling at her, saying: "Old Zhao is looking at our granddaughter's report card. Her grades improved a bit these past few weeks, and he's quite pleased, so he's taking a little longer."
Saying this, the ntor's wife raised her voice and called out: "Old Zhao! Your student has co to see you, co out quickly!"
After about ten seconds, Shao Yichen saw ntor Zhao Kang walk out of the room with a pleased expression. After sitting down, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Xiao Shao, borrowing the cara is no problem at all, just take it and use it! But what do you need the cara for? Didn't you already finish your graduation short film? Are you planning to revise it?"
Shao Yichen quickly shook her head and explained her intentions to the ntor, and also ntioned that the script was ready but so of the actors hadn't been confird yet, along with so other film preparation details.
However, she didn't reveal the truth that the budget was only 100,000 yuan, nor did she ntion that the horror film would be screened in theaters, instead implying that the script would be made into a web film for video platforms. After all, there was still so distinction between theatrical films and web platform films. This quality of cara would seem inadequate for a theatrical film, but was perfectly sufficient for a web film.
After listening to Shao Yichen's explanation, ntor Zhao Kang seed thoughtful for so reason. While thinking, he said: "Web films aren't considered very mainstream in our circle, but it's fine for practice, especially since it sounds like just a small production. Go ahead and do it, and if you have any questions, you can co to , and I'll provide help as much as I can."
Shao Yichen hurriedly expressed her gratitude.
Zhao Kang waved his hand: "No need to thank , you're the most talented student I've ever taught, so it's only right to give you a bit more support." (The nest-usurping Shao Yichen displayed a guilty smile upon hearing this.) "However, you just ntioned that so roles haven't found actors yet... I have a student I'd like to recomnd."
Shao Yichen froze for a mont, about to find an excuse to refuse.
Although Zhao Kang wasn't particularly famous, he did have so connections in the industry, and among his students were a few sowhat notable directors. A person recomnded by soone like him would surely not have terrible acting skills, which would seriously impact her money-losing plans.
She had to kill any potentially profitable uncertainty factors in the cradle from the start!
But before she could speak, she noticed that Zhao Kang's expression wasn't entirely firm either, as if he was sowhat conflicted. He continued: "Actually, he's an undergraduate student from our university's performance departnt, only entering his senior year next sester, and I haven't personally seen his acting skills..."
Shao Yichen's interest was piqued, and she swallowed the refusal she was about to utter.
"But he's really in desperate need of money lately," Zhao Kang sighed, lowering his voice. "I'm not entirely clear on the specifics, but his family situation should have been decent, but he had so conflict with his father, and then his mother suddenly fell seriously ill. The surgery cost quite a bit, all paid from his own savings. Although the surgery was successful, recovery still requires additional expenses, and his mother is currently in the hospital, staying in the best ward, with him working various part-ti jobs to pay the hospital bills... He's been tutoring my granddaughter, and he's an exceptionally responsible young man. Seeing how difficult his life has been recently, yet he refuses to borrow money from others, I wanted to recomnd him to you... You could just let him do so minor roles in the film, paying him the salary of a crew mber, whether as a lighting assistant or a set worker, he can do it all..."
As Shao Yichen listened, she began to understand. The ntor wasn't really trying to recomnd a talented actor to her, but rather a general helper to assist with the film crew and earn so wages. The reason for choosing her film crew rather than other crews where he had connections was likely because other productions would shoot for half a year, whereas her low-budget film was expected to take only a week, and since she lived in the university dormitory, the filming location would presumably not be too far away, making it very suitable for a student from the sa university to work part-ti.
This actually aroused Shao Yichen's interest.
She was well aware that the ntor didn't know the script only had two characters, nor did he know her budget was only 100,000 yuan. He probably assud she had already negotiated terms with a web platform and would have a small work team collaborating with her. But with a budget of 100,000 yuan, this film wouldn't have any staff mbers at all—she would likely handle everything herself from directing to cara work to editing, and the entire crew would consist of just two people—herself and the male lead.
But of course, she wouldn't tell the ntor this. Insufficient crew ant a decline in quality, or in other words, it ant a terrible film. And the temptation to make a terrible film was sothing she couldn't resist.
Moreover, although she had been a rich second-generation in her previous life, she wasn't a heartless person. On the contrary, she could even be described as overflowing with kindness—as evidenced by the increasing number of neutered stray cats in her ho.
In any case, the budget for the male lead couldn't be saved anyway, so why not spend it on soone who needed the money more?
With this thought, Shao Yichen nodded to the ntor: "I trust your recomndation regarding his character... but I'd still like to learn a bit more about him first."
Shao Yichen didn't commit fully because she still had so concerns about his acting skills—what if he was an undiscovered acting genius?
Hearing this, Zhao Kang knew the part-ti job was practically secured, and he also felt relieved. He smiled and said: "He's in the inner room tutoring my granddaughter right now!"
Saying this, he looked at his watch, ntally estimating that this week's tutoring ti should be finished, so he raised his voice and called out: "Xiao Li! This week's tutoring ti is up, co out for a mont, I want to introduce you to soone!"
Shao Yichen: ...Why does this sound so much like a blind date?
Author's Note: The male lead is still partly concealed, like holding a pipa half-hidden behind a screen.
Even if he only appears in the ntor's words, it's still an appearance... I suppose.
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