519: Chapter 519 "La La Land" - Submitted for Review

In the end, they really decided to go with all three wedding dresses.

On one hand, Lin Chuyan kept encouraging his girlfriend, finding something beautiful to praise about every single one.

On the other hand, Ruan Xingyu herself couldn't decide and couldn't bear to part with any of them.

Since that was the case, there was no need to struggle; they would just shoot with all of them! Chinese style, Western style—they arranged for everything. They even specifically reserved the first one to make a stunning appearance on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Perfect.

On December 12th, the final 5 shows of the "Soul Power" tour concluded successfully.

A total of 49 performances, spanning nearly two months, had really exhausted Lin Chuyan.

But then he thought about it: in his past life, the God of Songs had performed over 1,000 concerts, with one year featuring over 100 shows—an average of one performance every three days. And he was much older than Lin Chuyan was now. By that comparison, the God of Songs was truly impressive.

After waiting another day, Ruan Xingyu returned to Beijing. The two immediately set a time with Director Yu and threw themselves into the first rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala.

Everyone else had already rehearsed; the two of them had "connections," with Director Yu providing special care throughout the entire process, enjoying the treatment of having matters handled exclusively for them.

As for the "Spring Festival Gala Wedding" idea, Director Yu had previously taken the recording of "marry me today" that Lin and Ruan had prepared in advance and submitted it for approval. A while ago, he had already given Lin Chuyan the reassurance: it was basically no problem, so go ahead and do it with confidence.

This program was of great significance to both Lin and Ruan, as well as Director Yu, so both sides naturally attached great importance to it.

Furthermore, only a few people knew about this idea, and Director Yu had no intention of leaking it. It seemed he was determined to keep it a secret until the very last moment to surprise the national audience with a "trump card."

The lineup watching the rehearsal on site remained the same; besides Director Yu, there were the editors and reviewers, just like last year.

Lin and Ruan's performance was naturally impeccable. They had sung this duet so many times, and they had polished and practiced the song repeatedly in the recording studio, so there naturally wouldn't be any mistakes.

It was just that "marry me today" seemed to have a magical quality. Director Yu, watching from below the stage, found himself "shipping" the couple, and as he listened, an auntie-smile unconsciously appeared on his face. It wasn't just Director Yu; the editors and reviewers next to him couldn't help but smile, and the group started discussing it.

"You two, how do you feel?"

"I think it works. Young people should be like this. It's great, and the higher-ups will definitely like it too."

"This song really fits the atmosphere of the Spring Festival Gala, and even more so when performed by these two. I think it couldn't be more suitable."

"Lin Chuyan, this is the right way to go. It's much better to listen to than last year's "dragon fist"..."

"Indeed, last year I was completely confused by it."

Since there were no issues with the song, the rest didn't have much to do with the performance itself. At this moment, Director Yu was racking his brain on how to cleverly guide the national audience to "ship" the Lin-Ruan couple together...

The little genius Director Yu put his brain to work, with only one firm thought in his heart: He must successfully hold the "Lin Chuyan & Ruan Xingyu" wedding on the Spring Festival Gala!

Not only did he have to hold it, he also had to find them an emcee! Hehehe, is there anyone in this world more impressive as an emcee than Zeng, the number one brother of CCTV?

In short, this matter was basically settled.

After saying goodbye to Director Yu, Lin Chuyan rushed back into his busy schedule without stopping. What were concerts? This period at the end of the year was too critical; he was destined to be so busy he wouldn't even have time to touch the ground.

First, he thoughtfully had a meal with his girlfriend, then dropped her off back at Tianxing, and immediately rushed to the production company, throwing himself heart and soul into the final acceptance work for "la la land."

Editing, dubbing, scoring, subtitle design, and special effects were all completed. Lin Chuyan carefully watched the film from beginning to end twice, finally confirming the final version of the film—although the submission for review could be handled by someone else, he insisted on doing the acceptance process himself, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

"Director Lin, how is it?"

"You've really worked hard during this time. Let's go with this version!"

It was indeed hard work. During this time, Lin Chuyan had been busy with concerts, and the editor had been working overtime every day. But at this moment, the editor was in a great mood because the project was finally finished, and all previous fatigue instantly vanished: "Congratulations, Director Lin! Congratulations, Director Lin!"

Lin Chuyan couldn't help but laugh, "Where does this joy come from?"

"I've watched the final version of "la la land" three times. It's the most impressive romance film I've seen in recent years." The editor said, looking slightly shy, "I couldn't help but cry the first time."

"Alright, with you saying that, I can rest easy."

"By the way: You and Teacher Ruan are such a great couple to 'ship'."

Great, one more fan of the couple.

...

Time waits for no one.

Once the acceptance was finished, the next step was to submit the film for review, commonly known as "getting the dragon mark." Lin Chuyan expected to get it within two months at the latest, which would definitely be in time for the Spring Festival Movie Season.

Lin Chuyan entrusted the matter of submitting the film for review to Wu Yue. He himself started scheduling a meeting with Boss Yang and asked Xia Zhi to help book a flight—he had to go to Hong Kong in person, bringing the completed film of "la la land" to discuss it with Boss Yang face-to-face.

Boss Yang had been waiting for him, and that evening, the two met at Emperor Group.

"Xiao Yan, you're moving fast."

Lin Chuyan didn't beat around the bush and spoke his mind: "No choice, I'm in a rush to release it and crush Director Deng Yu."

Boss Yang couldn't help but crack a smile upon hearing this: "Let's go, let's watch the film."

Boss Yang had expectations for this film, after all, the other party was Lin Chuyan. Some people might underestimate him because of his age, but Boss Yang wouldn't think that way.

Young? Lin Chuyan was already 26, okay! Back in the day, he had been doing smuggling jobs at 12...

Besides, hadn't many classic works by famous directors been created when they were young?

"la la land" was 128 minutes long; that wasn't short.

The film started playing.

Right at the beginning, Boss Yang started to doubt reality: Hmm? Long take? 5-minute Long take?

Interesting, very interesting.

Continuing to watch, the surprises Lin Chuyan gave were far more than just that.

Singing and Dance, cinematography, plot... the completion level in every aspect was shockingly high; this didn't look like the work of a new director.

Especially the love story inside, which seemed simple, just an ordinary plot of two people meeting, falling in love, and finally separating helplessly, but under Lin Chuyan's careful arrangement and packaging, this story became exceptionally touching.

In Boss Yang's opinion, the biggest highlight of the entire film was reflected in two words: Romance.

Ultimate romance.

Especially that starry sky Dance sequence later on, where the two of them just flew up and transcended reality—was that even allowed? This kid really knew how to do it, right? Was this how Ruan Xingyu was handled?

In the middle, the two of them even paused to go to the bathroom, and then... they saw there was even behind-the-scenes footage at the end? And the behind-the-scenes footage featured a marriage proposal scene? You're really something!

"Boss Yang, how is it? This film."

Boss Yang tapped his fingers gently on the table: "Xiao Yan, come, let's talk about how to promote this film next."

It seemed that some things needed to be re-evaluated.