Chapter 35 Dropping out of school

After welcoming the new students, Liu Zhou’s sophomore semester officially began.

However, less than a week into the class, big news came from the Performance Department.

Mei Ting dropped out of school!

As Mei Ting was already well-known before entering the school, her withdrawal from school also caused some heated discussion on the campus of the Central Academy of Drama.

As someone who has very close ties with the 96 Acting Class, Liu Zhou naturally knew what was going on.

Previously, due to the broadcast of "Bloody Childhood", Mei Ting gained some fame in the entertainment industry.

During that period, she actually received quite a few invitations, but because the Central Academy of Drama had a rule that students could not go out to act during their first and second years of college, she rejected them all.

This brings us to a rule of the Central Academy of Drama. Since students in their first and second years of college are not allowed to film, if a production crew wants to invite students to film, in addition to obtaining the school's consent, they also need to pay a sum of money to the school.

This is not because the school is desperate for money, it is also a helpless move of the school.

If no one is allowed to go, then if they come across a particularly good play, they may miss the biggest opportunity. But once the loophole is opened, everyone will want to go out and film.

Therefore, the school will negotiate conditions with the crew and set some difficulties. Unless the crew is very sincere, they will not pay the school to let freshmen and sophomores go out to film.

Of course, if you meet a big director like Zhang Yimou, the school will usually let you go directly.

This rule has not changed until later generations.

This is actually a relatively good rule, but rules need people to enforce them.

Where there are people, there is the underworld. This time, Mei Ting can be said to have been involved in a turmoil in the underworld.

Mei Ting received an invitation to act in "Northern Story" during the summer vacation. The role was very good and made her very excited, but she still did not agree to it directly.

The crew obviously knew the regulations of the Central Academy of Drama and arranged for people to communicate with the school. Everything was going well in the early stages, but in the end, because they could not agree on the fees, the two sides had to put it on hold.

Mei Ting had no choice but to give up starring in "Northern Story".

But things are so ridiculous that the crew of "Northern Story" found another actress to replace Mei Ting. Unexpectedly, the actress fell ill just after the location shooting. The crew had no choice but to ask Mei Ting for help and invited her again.

This time, Mei Ting again applied to the school for permission to go out to film, but the school still refused.

And the opinion is very clear: either study hard in school or drop out.

Mei Ting, who had a stubborn temper, chose to drop out of school to film "Northern Story".

The main reason why the school has such a firm attitude this time, apart from the fact that the school does have this rule, is that "Northern Story" is produced by Beijing Sunny Production Company.

The boss of this company is Jiang Wen, and the screenwriter of this drama is also Jiang Wen.

But what many people may not know is that Jiang Wen does not have a good relationship with the Central Academy of Drama, and even has a particularly bad relationship with some people in the Central Academy of Drama.

If Jiang Wen had not participated in this play, Mei Ting might still have been able to leave, after all, the cast of this play is not small, and Hong Kong star Zhong Zhentao is the male lead.

Therefore, Mei Ting suffered some unprovoked misfortune to a certain extent.

Although the Chinese Academy of Drama is a school for teaching and educating people, it does not mean that it is a pure land.

Mei Ting didn't need to be expelled from school, but because of the filthiness of certain people who held certain powers, he became very dirty.

In addition to this incident, another sensational event also occurred in 2003.

It was the incident in which Zhang Mo openly beat his girlfriend Tong at the gate of the Central Academy of Drama.

The reason why Zhang Mo lost his mind was not only because of his eccentric personality, but also because of the unclear relationship between his girlfriend and Director Huang of the acting department at that time. You know, Tong often went out to film in his freshman and sophomore years, and many of the resources were introduced by Director Huang.

After the incident became public, Zhang Mo dropped out of school, but Director Huang was also fired by the school.

The facts speak for themselves.

The one who was hurt the most was Zhang Mo's girlfriend. Not only did her reputation become ruined and her classmates avoided her, but no film crew would invite her to film a movie.

As long as they have a common sense, people in the industry will not offend Zhang Mo's father for such a woman.

If she hadn't married a rich husband later, how could she have made it in the entertainment industry?

"Hey, Liu Ye, what was your class's reaction when Mei Ting dropped out?"

While having dinner in the evening, Liu Ye and Liu Zhou talked about this matter.

"Everyone feels very sorry. Mei Ting is a nice person and is very caring towards everyone in the class. Teacher Chang Li also feels it is a pity. She was very optimistic about Mei Ting, but there is nothing she can do."

"I also think it's a pity. Although I'm not particularly familiar with Mei Ting, I also feel that she is easy to get along with."

"Oh, who says it isn't!"

"That's not right. I remember that there were more than just Mei Ting who left your class. There were three others who dropped out. Why didn't you mention these three people?"

The screening period for the acting class is no joke, if you fail, you will be expelled.

After a year of screening during the freshman year, three people were deemed unqualified and were expelled.

"What's the big deal? I'm not that familiar with them, and I don't really care whether they drop out or not."

"Fuck, so ruthless!"

"go away!"

The next day was Saturday. After breakfast, Liu Zhou left the school to find Jia Zhangke and the others.

After Jia Zhangke and his colleagues returned to the capital, they rested for a day and then plunged into the busy post-production work again.

Liu Zhou had already transferred 20,000 yuan to him, and when he first came to the school, the two of them signed a new contract, and his income stratification ratio was also increased accordingly.

The post-production work of a movie is no easier than shooting. Although you no longer have to drag the entire crew around, it is still complicated and takes a long time to complete.

Things were not as easy back then as they are now. Digital editing was not yet popular in Beijing, so we could only use the traditional method, cutting one stroke at a time with scissors.

Liu Zhou had also gone to take a look before, and saw professional terms like "printing sample film", "hand-crank editing", "sound cord conversion", "mixing", "conforming"... These were terms he had only heard of in film technology classes.

This time Liu Zhou went there again, he also wanted to see how the post-production was going.

After all, Liu Zhou has put a lot of effort into this movie and he cares about it as well.

However, when Liu Zhou arrived at the rented editing room, he saw that Jia Zhangke still had a messy hairdo, a greasy face, and eye boogers, obviously he had worked all night again.

Jia Zhangke looked tired, but his eyes were shining. At this moment, Jia Zhangke put all his attention on the movie.

Liu Zhou didn't have the heart to disturb him and left quietly.

Yu Liwei had also returned to Hong Kong at this time, and Liu Zhou suddenly felt that he seemed to have made a wasted trip.

(End of this chapter)