Final Interview

  Maybe he was busy with something, Grandpa didn't say much on the phone. He just told Ye Sumang to go straight to the film studio after finishing the exam and mentioned that there might be some play with the script. Upon hearing this news, Ye Sumang's eyes sparkled and her heart couldn't help but get excited.

  "What's up, buddy? What's the good news?" Huang Bo couldn't help but ask curiously as he saw Ye Sumang hang up the phone with a smile.

  "A small happy thing, if it comes true I'll tell you again."

  Things hadn't been settled yet, and Ye Sumang wasn't planning on telling anyone about this matter, although it gave him a great sense of accomplishment himself.

  "Alright! But when the time comes and what you said makes you happy, don't forget to tell me too, so I can be happy as well." Huang Bo saw that Ye Su Mang wasn't saying anything, so he didn't ask any more questions.

  The final three exams are about to take place this afternoon. Since it's a random selection, everyone doesn't have much of a studying goal, just hoping for their on-site performance. As the last hurdle to enter the directing department, this exam also attaches great importance to daily accumulation.

  Huang Bo didn't leave, but instead waited for Ye Su Mang at a small teahouse outside the academy while watching crosstalk, as he put it, to witness 'China's most handsome director' take his first step.

  There were less than a hundred people left in the directing department, and when Ye Sumang walked into the corridor, almost everyone's eyes focused on her, revealing an expression of seeing a ghost.

  After all, when the re-examination results were announced, Ye Sumang caused a stir, and many people present at the time noticed this handsome but unremarkable young man.

  Ignoring the strange glances around her, Ye Sumang found a seat and began to meditate with her eyes closed, her mind also constantly thinking about those interview questions from previous years when she came to the director's department for the third trial.

  What he didn't notice was that among the many candidates, there was an ordinary-looking young man who kept glancing at him secretly, with a look of unspeakable jealousy in his eyes.

  The candidates didn't have to wait long before a teacher came over and handed out number cards to each of them.

  Then the teacher divided everyone into several groups according to the number plate, with about ten people in each group. Ye Sumang was lucky and didn't get assigned to the first or last group, but ended up at the end of the third group, although his number was a bit embarrassing - thirty-eight wasn't exactly a great number for a guy.

  The exam will officially start soon.

  The first batch of students who went in were all tense and pale, the most amusing thing was that Ye Sumang even saw one of the boys walking with his hands and feet together, almost making him laugh out loud, fortunately he covered his mouth in time.

  This is also a difficult situation, the first batch of people must be particularly nervous, while the last batch of people, because they have been interviewed until the end, the teachers are definitely eager to go home, plus fatigue, their temper may rise, and it's uncertain whether they will take a serious look.

  Time passed relatively slowly, and it wasn't until about half an hour later that the first batch of ten classmates walked out with pale faces. Looking at their expressions, they were all filled with disappointment, clearly not having answered as expected. This also put a lot of pressure on the second batch of people going in.

  Now the examinee who is most relaxed, undoubtedly is Ye Sumang. He was seen directly closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, causing the teacher responsible for calling out numbers in the corridor to be taken aback. It wasn't until the teacher called out the third batch of people that he slowly got up and followed the crowd into the room.

  After entering the room, the leading instructor made Ye Sumang and his group of ten stand in the middle of the room like prisoners.

  Behind them was a large silver screen, facing a row of five interviewers and a professional camera and projector, and in the middle of the room there was also a Steinway piano.

  What was slightly unexpected for Ye Sumang was that among these five people, one of them was someone Ye Sumang was very familiar with, and that was the director of the Directing Department, Xie Fei, who was a close friend of his grandfather.

  It wasn't clear if it was an illusion or not, but Ye Sumang seemed to think that the familiar face across from him had winked at him.

  "As expected, he's an old stubborn child." Ye Sumang couldn't help but mutter a sentence of disdain towards the old man's character.

  Although Xie Fei is his grandfather's old friend, Ye Su Mang doesn't think the other party will go easy on him. People of the older generation are always especially serious when it comes to important matters, and talking about going through the back door is simply not allowed, because even if you mention it, you'll only get scolded.

  After everyone stood still, the director's interview also officially began.

  The interview for the directing department is different from other departments. For example, the performing arts department usually calls out individuals to showcase their talents, whether it's singing, dancing, or even reciting poetry.

  The director's department is more focused on the collective, generally, a problem is raised by the instructor, and then all the candidates present answer one by one. The instructor scores each person according to their different answers, and the final comprehensive score can determine whether they can enter the director's department.

  There were prepared stools in the room, and ten people sat down in a circle under the teacher's guidance, no longer standing like prisoners, waiting for the interview questions from the teacher.

  At first, the teacher asked everyone to make a self-introduction. This can also be considered as giving each other the first impression.

  At this time, many students with small cleverness thought about taking the lead. Some showed off their foreign language skills, while others deliberately made self-introductions into a comedic cross-talk performance. However, the instructors opposite them didn't react at all, some lowering their heads to look at the forms in their hands, others playing with pens, as if these things were more interesting than those flashy introductions.

  It was soon Ye Sumang's turn. He didn't deliberately think of any special vocabulary, because there really wasn't a need for it. He simply gave himself a straightforward introduction.

  "Ye Sumang, I know you. Your re-examination results were dazzling, and the teachers in our department unanimously ranked you first!" After listening to Ye Sumang's self-introduction, the instructors did not remain silent like before, but instead looked up at him. Among the five instructors, the only female instructor suddenly smiled and said a sentence that made all the examinees present involuntarily look at the young man standing in the field.

  Ye Sumang also showed a hint of surprise. He knew his re-examination results should not be bad, but because the publicly announced list was unranked, he didn't know what ranking he actually got. At this moment, being called out by the female instructor, he only then found out that he was actually the top scorer in the re-examination, and he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth in delight.

  Idle talk ended, the instructors had obviously prepared the questions in advance. This time it was the female teacher who asked first.

  "Now someone invests 30 million to let you make a movie, please give an introduction to the story you are going to shoot, as well as the core creative techniques of your film and the actors you want to invite, within three minutes, think carefully before answering."

  After hearing the question, everyone immediately fell into deep thought, but Ye Sumang had already thought of a way to answer. The fund of 30 million is not much, and the limited theme can only be a low-cost realistic movie. However, it just so happens that Ye Sumang wrote such a low-cost script a few days ago, which can be used at this moment.

  But just as Ye Sumang was about to raise his hand, a classmate in front of him had already stood up.

  "Tell the story, let's start." Without the gentle smile she had when facing Ye Su Mang, the female instructor was very cold and threw out a sentence before pressing down on the timer. The male classmate opposite her obviously wasn't ready yet, and upon seeing that the teacher had already pressed the timer, his face suddenly lost confidence and he exclaimed in surprise: "I'm not ready yet!"

  "You're not even prepared, what are you doing here, playing with us?" The five instructors' faces were slightly cold, their eyes all focused on this classmate.

  "Not not, I mean I was already prepared, it's just that you pressed too suddenly, mentor..."

  "No need to explain, there are two minutes left, you can choose to answer or not." The originally silent Xie Fei suddenly looked up at the sweaty male classmate and threw out a sentence with a very cold tone.

  The boy classmate who was sweating suddenly became greatly shocked, and hastily began to organize his thoughts to answer. Unfortunately, he had wasted too much time at the beginning, and just barely managed to finish telling the story he wanted to describe before introducing the core idea of the film and the actors he wanted to choose, when time was already up. The instructors did not give him even one more second to answer, directly waving their hands for him to step down.

  The male student walked away in a daze, which also made the other candidates present feel a sense of sympathy and fear that they would be the next to encounter such a situation, so they all became even more cautious and hesitant to raise their hands.

  "Why isn't anyone raising their hand? If no one raises their hand, I'll have to call names." Xie Fei obviously didn't have the patience to waste time with these youngsters, as there were still several batches of candidates waiting for interviews. If they didn't hurry up, they wouldn't make it home in time for dinner.

  Just as Xie Fei was about to take roll call, Ye Su Mang calmly raised her hand.

  I've collected 42 already, and I'll definitely update more when I reach 50. Also, can I ask book friends to leave a few recommendation votes for me? New books need to rush the list, recommendations are crucial, please help!