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Super Zoo-Chapter 621 - 616: Seeing the Little Fairy Again
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The most mature film industry in the world is in North America, and Disney is among the best of the best. This movie is Disney Film Company’s blockbuster product in recent years. Being part of the filmmaking process is an extremely rare learning opportunity. The newly established Taoyuan Film Industry is in dire need of talent, so it’s obvious that those who can join this inspection group not only will enhance their personal skills, but will also assume important positions in Taoyuan Film Industry upon their return.
Besides, it is a business trip overseas.
Therefore, the registration was fiercely competitive. With Suming not attending, Cai Liming would lead the team and serve as the acting associate director. Nangong Huang had completed Wang Jin’s filming tasks ahead of schedule, securing his place on the team. The rest would be selected from the current Taoyuan Film Industry staff.
There was a small interlude. Suming originally thought Jiao Shou would definitely go, but after some consideration, Jiao Shou decided to stay with Wang Jin’s crew to continue assisting with the filming. According to Jiao Shou, there were two reasons for his decision. In Wang Jin’s crew, he served as an associate director, which offered more learning opportunities and exposed him to a broader scope. Going abroad only made him one member of the inspection team. Additionally, Jiao Shou was positioning his future in the domestic market. Although the film industry in North America is mature, it isn’t completely suited to domestic conditions. On the contrary, Wang Jin’s crew adopted the Xiangjiang film production model, which, after decades of refinement, is more suited to Asia and China’s actual conditions.
On reflection, Suming thought Jiao Shou’s considerations were not without merit. Integrating with international standards does not mean giving up on the local market. On the contrary, the significance of domestic box office revenue would definitely remain paramount for some time. The growth trend of China’s total box office revenue is remarkable, not far behind North America. At this rate, it might surpass it in a few years. What’s more, overseas distributions face many restrictions, and the profit-sharing ratio is not as favorable as in China. If North American box office revenue is a piece of cake, then domestic box office revenue is the solid staple rice. Cake might be appealing, but it isn’t the foundation of survival. Therefore, he didn’t push and agreed to let Jiao Shou stay in the country.
The list of the inspection team members followed, including everyone’s personal information, age, professional background, past experiences and achievements, specialties, and Cai Liming’s personal remarks about them.
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Cai Liming’s list was carefully crafted. The selected individuals were the pillars of the newly established film company. After viewing the list, Suming had a general understanding of the staff situation in this film company.
It was not only carefully crafted but also very ’skilful’. All of Cai Liming’s comments only highlighted each person’s strengths and advantages without a single negative word. However, the brief introduction in the personal experience section allowed discerning individuals to spot the weaknesses and areas for improvement.
Without offending anyone yet effectively reflecting the actual situation to the leadership, Suming smiled. These were the slippery middle-aged men.
Cai Liming was unaware that Jiao Shou had decided not to go. It was during lunch that Jiao Shou discussed his decision with Suming, so the reported list still included Jiao Shou’s name.
Consequently, there was now an extra slot, needing an additional person.
Suming reviewed the list carefully again, put down the form, folded his arms, closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, left the office, signaling for a Pleasant Goat tourist cart.
"To the back mountain."
The cart halted at the base of the back mountain, where there was no road to continue. As Fairy Li Wanting had taken away the wild pigs, Suming had to get off and walk up the small path leading into the Demonic Taoyuan Region.
The weather seemed prone to rain these past few days, and the sky had constantly been overcast. Coupled with the bizarre trees, scattered rocks, and overgrown grass in the Demonic Taoyuan, strolling along the path with the cool, eerie breeze sent shivers down one’s spine. It appeared even the animals on this mountain had learned to play tricks; one might be walking when suddenly a snake would dangle from the tree branches overhead, or the bushes would shake violently as dogs dashed through.
Musing over these thoughts, Suming considered that maybe after some time, he should simply have the giant vampire bats also reside in the Demonic Taoyuan. The idea of vampires hanging from the branches was quite stylish. Yet, this scene seemed a bit chaotic—was it Eastern or Western fantasy? No, that’s wrong. Vampires existed in Huaxia legends too. It was said that one of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, was originally a vampire bat, and specifically a white vampire bat with albinism.
A white vampire bat… That’s basically a sanitary pad… It seems the ancient folks who came up with this tale were rather dirty-minded too…
Lost in such random thoughts, he soon reached the vicinity of Lanruo Temple. Pushing aside a large patch of overgrown grass, he could see the busy scene at the entrance of Lanruo Temple where Wang Jin’s crew was at work. The two leads were suspended on wires, flying back and forth in the sky, as a large group of crew members bustled about.
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A bevy of art school fairies stood on the second floor of Lanruo Temple, giggling behind the windows as they looked down.
Suming was here to find the fairy leader, Li Wanting, but after scanning the area and not seeing her, he finally spotted a familiar slim figure not far behind Wang Jin’s directorial spot, squatting at the edge of the set with a sun visor on and her head bowed, continuously writing and drawing in a small notebook.
"What’s this, have they roped you in as a scene recorder?" Suming said with a chuckle.
Li Wanting turned around, saw it was Suming, and smiled sheepishly, saying, "Not at all, Mr. Wang is really good to us, he wouldn’t pressgang us into service. I figured since they’re filming anyway and we’ve got nothing else to do, why not follow them and learn some film production knowledge? We don’t get such a great opportunity in school."
Suming glanced at her notebook, which was densely filled with writing, and laughed, "What have you written down? Can I take a look?"
"It’s just some stuff I’ve been mulling over; don’t make fun of me." The little fairy shot him a tender look that irresistibly called for a bit of coddling and handed over her notebook.
Suming was zapped, as if electrified. Damn, this little fairy was nearly attaining enlightenment, with a self-sustaining aura of electricity.
His thoughts returned to the notebook, neatly filled with elegant small characters.
’How to deal with actors throwing tantrums,’ with a list of Mr. Wang’s various strategies enumerated below, one, two, three, and some of her personal thoughts added at the end, alongside a smiley face;
’Preparations before the start of shooting,’ again itemized as one, two, three, four;
’Tips for lighting and camera lens use on overcast days...’ this was the latest entry.
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Suming briefly scanned it, finding specific technical operations as well as experiential insights.
He closed the notebook and handed it back to Li Wanting, examining her with a smile and saying, "I hadn’t realized you were so dedicated. Oh, right, weren’t you supposed to be off playing with those two wild boars? Where are they, I don’t see them?"
Li Wanting had an expression that said, ’you’re not going to blame me, are you?’ and bit her lip before saying, "The wild boars are inside taking a bath... They were so dirty... And you have to refill the gas and wash the car before returning it to someone."
She had Suming laughing, "Never mind, looks like you won’t have time to ride wild boars anymore. I’ve got a spot for an overseas study visit, are you interested?"
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