December 14th, 8pm.

The sky was already dark, and it was snowing again.

Sun Hao, wrapped in the cold air, walked into the restaurant of Fulong Hotel through the back door.

Seeing him, everyone sitting in the restaurant became excited.

"Haozi, where is your chicken?"

Well…

Sun Hao was startled, you bastards, if you don't tell the whole story, it's easy for others to create ambiguities.

"Yes, Haozi, where's the chicken?" This time, the person who spoke was Jiang Wen.

"Haozi, we agreed in advance that if the beggar's chicken you made at the "Saw" finals banquet doesn't satisfy me, then you have to pay me the original price for the film."

"Hey, don't worry, director, I guarantee you will be satisfied..."

As soon as Sun Hao clapped his hands, two hotel waiters walked in from the outside. Each of them held a tray in his hand, with seven or eight mud lumps on each tray.

Jiang Wu, who was closest to the waiter, was the most impatient. He didn't care whether the lumps were hot or not, so he picked one up and put it on the table where he was.

Picking up the beer bottle on the table, cracking the mud on the outside of the beggar's chicken, and then tearing open the tinfoil, the aroma suddenly filled the restaurant...

"Hiss...it smells so good!"

"Here, waiter, bring one to our table!"

"Waiter, we want two..."

…

"The color is bright maroon, the aroma is fragrant, the meat is crispy and tender, and the mouth is crispy and tender. Well, Haozi, you really surprised me with your cooking skills."

Jiang Wen was a gourmet, and even though he was making comments, it didn't affect his speed at eating the chicken at all. In the blink of an eye, there was only a solitary chicken bone left in a plump chicken leg.

"director…"

"Um?"

"Can I discuss something with you again?"

"What, you want to ask for leave?" Jiang Wen, who was about to attack the other chicken leg, turned to look at Sun Hao.

"Hehe... Director, Yingming!"

A small flattery, Sun Hao hurriedly sent it.

"What a wise ass."

Jiang Wen was habitually vulgar in his speech and didn't care if there was a woman sitting at his table.

"I can figure it out with my toes. You kid must be trying to strike while the iron is hot to work on the later stages of "Saw"."

"good."

Now that he had guessed his thoughts, Sun Hao stopped hiding it.

"Director, look, the snow hasn't melted yet, and our crew can't shoot the outdoor scenes. So, I thought, just being idle here is just idle, it's better..."

"That's different." Before Sun Hao could finish speaking, Jiang Wen shook his head like a rattle.

"Junior brother, I have paid for you.

According to the contract, as long as the filming of "The Devil Is Coming" has not been officially completed, you will always be an employee of this crew and cannot be late, leave early, or be absent from work."

Chewing the chicken leg in his mouth, Jiang Wen spoke with righteous words.

"Then...director, how can you approve my three-day vacation?"

"Only three days?" Jiang Wen narrowed his eyes.

Sun Hao is really a talented guy. He was already very good at shooting a movie in two and a half days. Unexpectedly, he even planned to complete the production of this movie in three days.

"Yes!" Sun Hao said confidently.

"Uh..." Jiang Wen thought for a moment and said: "Haozi, don't say that my brother won't give you a chance. Just tell me something. Not only will I give you three days off, but I will also introduce you to an excellent editor."

Let me get to know you."

"Oh... Director, please speak." Sun Hao suddenly became interested.

Jiang Wen took two napkins, wiped his hands, and said: "I admit that "Saw" is a very good horror movie. It can even be said that it created a new way of "playing" horror movies.

But what?

The scenes we shot were too bloody, and guns were used in the movie, so I want to ask you, how do you plan to distribute this movie?"

"Release..., I didn't think about release!" Sun Hao explained with a smile:

"Director, there is no film rating system in China, so I never imagined that it would be released in China.

The reason why I made this film is that I plan to use it to compete in small foreign film festivals, such as the Saint Denis Film Festival in the United States."

"Participate and sell films?" Jiang Wen seemed to understand the meaning of Sun Hao's words.

The cost of the movie was not much anyway, most of it was extravagant, and the total cost was 140,000 to 50,000 yuan.

But if you get picked up by a foreign film distributor because of your participation in the competition, it will be a breakthrough, and it will probably sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at the very least!

What's more, for this kind of horror and suspense movie, foreign movie audiences watch the atmosphere and plot, rather than stupidly competing with the culture represented by the movie itself.

"hehe…"

After trying to understand the connection, Jiang Wen smiled easily, then took out a pen and paper from his pocket and quickly wrote a note.

"This person's name is Zhang Yifan. His hometown is Sujiang Province. He grew up in the Construction Corps. Three months ago, he came to Tanga Mountain and said he was coming to my crew to interview an editor assistant. I felt that he

Some of the ideas were good, so I decided to keep him.

And when you return to the capital tomorrow, you might as well go and see him.

Take it, here’s his address…”

[No. 25, Beisantiao, Jiaodaokou, paging 127*****]

Seeing this address, to be honest, Sun Hao felt a very familiar feeling coming over him.

~~~~~

next day

The snow was falling heavily, and we kept walking and stopping until three o'clock in the afternoon when the commercial vehicle of the "The Devil Is Coming" crew took Sun Hao and his party to the Central Theater.

Sun Hao didn't drive, not because he didn't want to show off, but because he didn't have a driver's license.

If you are caught by the police driving without a license, it will be a lot of fun.

There were many people coming to greet the school gate, including Zhang Ziyi, Hu Jing, Niu Qingfeng... and, of course, Qin Hailu, a female classmate whom Sun Hao had never seen.

"You are a rat, you are a bull, you have just made one movie, and you are already a director."

Facing this girl with small eyes who came up to him, Sun Hao didn't know what to say, so he just smiled.

Former master, are the former master really familiar with this girl who doesn’t have an outstanding appearance?

"Why, Mouse, have you started to act like a big star? You even ignore your sister when she talks to you?"

Zeng Li was a good comrade, and he started quarreling with Qin Hailu as soon as he got off the bus.

"Two is too much, what can I say?

Is Haozi that kind of person?

He was just instructing the novice driver to drive, and he talked so dryly all the way that he couldn't chat with you."

"real?"

Qin Hailu squinted his eyes, which turned into slits.

"Of course it's true!" Liu Ye took a step forward and said, "Haozi is really awesome. Even if he doesn't have a driver's license, he is better than those veteran drivers who have been driving for many years.

What is the appropriate speed to drive in ice and snow; what to do when a vehicle skids; how to follow a car on a road full of ice and debris..."

However, just when Liu Ye was spitting and expressing his admiration for Sun Hao, a cold voice sounded from behind them.
Chapter completed!