Back to school again

  The next morning, Ye Sumang arrived at Xie Fei's office early in the morning.

  "Are you here?" The old man was originally holding a newspaper and reading it with great interest. When he saw Ye Sumang come in, the smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he greeted him in a bad mood.

  Ye Sumang knew he was in the wrong, so he wisely nodded his head and put on a cute baby face.

  "You little stinker, you've been absent for half a semester. If you fail the final exam this time, you'll be in big trouble." Xie Fei rolled up the newspaper and gently tapped Ye Sumang's head, saying with a hint of threat.

  "Thank you, Grandpa. I'm busy filming right now. Besides, our school's motto is to combine theory and practice, so I think this opportunity to direct a large crew is rare, and it's not easy to refuse." As he spoke, Ye Sumang quickly poured a cup of hot tea for Xie Fei from the teapot on the table, while explaining himself.

  Xie Fei helplessly smiled and shook his head, took over the teacup, took a sip, and continued to say: "In short, cultural classes still need to be listened to more, otherwise it's not worth the effort to take the exam and get into school?"

  "Yes, so I've come... After this TV series is finished filming, I'll focus on studying."

  As for Xie Fei's teachings, Ye Su Mang did not refute them because the old man's words were all reasonable. Moreover, in the academy, it was indeed possible to learn from many instructors, so Ye Su Mang had already planned to focus on further study at the academy after this TV series ended, to thoroughly supplement her theoretical knowledge.

  When Ye Sumang said he already had an arrangement, Xie Fei didn't say much, just handed him a key and told him it was the dormitory assigned to him by the directing department. He also pointed out the location of the directing department's classroom and asked him to go report for class now.

  The dormitory key was casually stuffed into Ye Sumang's pocket, not paying much attention to it. Although the school had arranged a dormitory for each student, it did not require students to live in it. Since Ye Sumang's home was so close, it was likely that this dormitory would be left empty all the time.

  As for the class, Ye Sumang still had to take a look, at least he wanted to leave an impression on his instructor, otherwise when graduation came and his instructor still didn't recognize him, that would be too depressing.

  The directing department has always had a small number of students, only about ten or so each time, and they are always scattered all over the place filming, so when Ye Sumang found his classroom seat, there was only one boy wearing thick glasses sitting in the entire room.

  This boy is currently burying his head in a book, with his brain close to the position of the book, obviously a severe myopia patient.

  Seeing that there was only one person in the classroom, Ye Sumang didn't want to disturb others from studying, but had no choice but to walk up to the boy and politely ask a question.

  "Hey, hello, may I ask, do you know when Teacher Tang Shaohong is coming?" Before leaving, Xie Fei had already told Ye Sumang the teacher's name.

  "Ah?" The boy was originally shrinking his head, lowering his head to gnaw on the book, and Ye Su Mang's sudden inquiry scared him in a big way.

  He rubbed his glasses and stared at Ye Su Mang for a long time before saying somewhat timidly, "T-t-teacher has something to attend to and went out, there's no class today."

  "Ah, so that's how it is... I finally made it to school once... Ah, hello, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm your classmate, my name is Ye Sumang!"

  When she heard that the instructor had left, Ye Sumang was very disappointed and sighed. However, looking at the boy who was still staring blankly at her, Ye Sumang slapped her forehead, only then remembering that she hadn't introduced herself yet.

  "Leaf... leaf... leaf... leaf..."

  "Ye Su Meng!" The boy suddenly spoke more stutteringly, Ye Su Meng saw it and immediately took over the conversation, looking at the boy stammering to read his own name, he was afraid that this guy would just 'leaf' past.

  The boy heard Ye Su Mang's words and immediately nodded excitedly.

  "Do you know my name?" Ye Sumang asked with some confusion.

  "When... of course, many seniors have mentioned you, saying that you are the most awesome student in this year's directing department..." The boy looked at Ye Su Mang with a mixture of admiration and envy, stuttering out the reason.

  Ye Sumang may have been absent from school for half a year, but his name had long been circulating within the school.

  As for the reason why Ye Sumang became famous, there are many reasons. One part is due to Ye Sumang's appearance, another part is due to Ye Sumang's outstanding performance, and the most important one is because of Ye Sumang's first film "Nightclub".

  This film, which was invested with only 10 million but harvested 300 million box office, is still one of the most popular topics in the film and television industry this year.

  Moreover, this film not only had a high box office but also made many actors famous, such as Huang Xiaoming, Dong Xuan, Huang Bo and Xu Zheng. Due to the success of this film, their value in the entertainment industry increased significantly, which is also why students from the Film Academy adore Ye Suixiang so much.

  Almost all the students in the performing arts department at that time remembered the small recruitment advertisement posted on the bulletin board, and many students still regretted their initial disdain and not having the courage to go for an interview. After all, no one expected this film to achieve such dazzling results.

  And so under the hype of these seniors, Ye Sumang's name became renowned throughout the campus even before he arrived.

  "What a situation!" Ye Sumang also sighed, recalling the cold treatment he received when recruiting actors at Kyoto Film Academy, and now that people have not arrived yet, his reputation has already risen, and his treatment is indeed worlds apart.

  "Haven't even asked your name yet?" Anyway, Ye Sumang started chatting with this bespectacled guy since she had nothing better to do.

  "Bai Ge, I... I'm Bai Ge." The bespectacled young man said shyly. (Bai Ge is a guest character from book friend Jian Xin.)

  "Don't be surprised, I'm just curious, how...how did you pass the interview with your language skills?" Ye Sumeng hesitated for a moment before asking the question that had been on her mind. After all, in her own exam, she had to tell and analyze a story within five minutes, and if White Ge were to be put in such a situation, he might not even be able to finish the opening of a story when he got nervous.

  "I...I...I originally used a pen...pen to answer." Bai Ge touched his head awkwardly, he didn't mind being questioned about this kind of thing, almost every classmate had asked him this in the past half semester, and he also knew that his stuttering was a weird habit for someone who got into the directing department.

  Ye Su Meng suddenly realized that the director's department had always emphasized the importance of special talents and potential when selecting students, so although Bai Ge was a bit stuttering, if one's talent was sufficient, it would cover up the previous shortcomings and gain the favor of the instructor.

  It's likely that this classmate named Bai Ge did very well on the written test and thus passed.

  Bai Ge had always idolized Ye Su Mang, who was of the same age as her. Now that she finally met him in person, all the questions she had accumulated over time poured out one after another. She asked them stammeringly, and Ye Su Mang answered each one patiently.

  "Ye... Ye classmate, what is the inspiration source of 'Nightclub'?"

  "No money."

  "Huh?"

  "It's because I didn't have any money, so I could only think of ways to save as much as possible. So that night, I was preparing to go out..."

  Just as Ye Sumang was telling Bai Ge how he wrote the nightclub script, the classroom door suddenly opened and a female teacher walked in. To Ye Sumang's surprise, it was Cui Li, the performance department director who had helped him with recruitment before.

  "Yè Sū Máng?"

  "Hello, teacher." Ye Sumang immediately stood up straight and gave a slight bow to Cui Li, still grateful from the bottom of his heart for this instructor from the performance department.

  "Oh dear, when did you get back to school? Perfect timing, I need someone's help right now. You're just in time, come with me quickly..."

  "Teacher, wait, what's going on?"

  "When you arrive, you'll know, and you'll definitely be able to help out!"

  Under Bai Ge's astonished gaze, Ye Su Mang was pulled by Director Cui Li towards the teaching building of the Performance Department in a daze.

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