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Chapter 923 - 508: The Students Are Eager to Try (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 923: Chapter 508: The Students Are Eager to Try (Please Subscribe)

The next day.

Inside the meeting room of the Administration Building at Mist City Arts and Science University.

The Dean of the School of Film and Television, Zhu Youzhao, the Dean of the School of Agriculture and Forestry, Jia Nong, and others were waiting in the meeting room for the arrival of Principal Ding.

Zhu Youzhao had essentially figured out the general content of the meeting.

Because Zhu Youzhao and Jia Nong had just had a conversation, discussing how the School of Agriculture and Forestry had accumulated rich material for poverty alleviation over the past six months, and then Principal Ding said he wanted to prepare a TV drama or documentary based on this material with a theme of "poverty alleviation and agriculture assistance."

Whether it would be a TV drama or a documentary needed to be determined in today’s meeting.

"Director Jia, I’ve heard that your School of Agriculture and Forestry has achieved remarkable results with its assistance in the countryside this time?"

Director Zhu Youzhao chatted with Director Jia Nong in the meeting room.

"No, no, we just barely completed the task Principal Ding assigned to us," Director Jia Nong modestly shook his head as he spoke.

"That’s good, that’s good. Material like poverty alleviation and agriculture assistance fits the current mainstream themes. Director Jia, personally I lean more towards producing a TV drama. That way, it can help promote the deeds of your School of Agriculture and Forestry to some extent."

Zhu Youzhao expressed his thoughts.

"If it’s a TV drama, wouldn’t that require a lot of investment capital?" Director Jia Nong asked.

Jia Nong still felt somewhat "guilty," as initially he only wanted to ask Principal Ding for a small amount of

"Yes, the funding would certainly be much higher than for a documentary, but that’s just my personal opinion. The final decision has to come from Principal Ding."

Zhu Youzhao nodded and said with a smile.

"Principal Ding told me yesterday that he plans to produce a TV drama."

Director Jia Nong was also a bit nervous.

After all, Principal Ding hadn’t definitely said yesterday that they had to produce a TV drama. What if a documentary would be more suitable?

Just as Director Zhu Youzhao had just mentioned, the specific decision had to be made by Principal Ding once he arrived at the meeting.

As Jia Nong and Zhu Youzhao were chatting,

the figure of Principal Ding appeared at the entrance of the office.

"Principal Ding."

The two immediately stood up to greet him.

"Please, sit down."

Principal Ding gestured for the two deans to sit, as today’s meeting wasn’t so formal; it was just to finalize the Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Video Project.

"I’ve called the two of you deans here today to discuss the collaboration between the School of Agriculture and Forestry and the School of Film and Television in creating a Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Video Project. Director Zhu, Director Jia must have told you some details, right?"

Principal Ding looked at Zhu Youzhao and asked.

"Yes, yes."

Zhu Youzhao nodded and then said, "Principal Ding, Director Jia has basically told me everything. I think it is indeed a great video project. The School of Agriculture and Forestry can provide us with more authentic material, and our School of Film and Television can adapt this material into a video project. But this time, is the video project going to be a documentary, a TV drama, or a film?"

"What do you think, Director Zhu?"

Upon hearing this, Principal Ding asked for Director Zhu Youzhao’s opinion in return.

Zhu Youzhao looked at Jia Nong and then replied, "Principal Ding, after thinking it over, if we produce a documentary, it would be quite difficult to become popular. In recent years, our Xia Country has had notable success in poverty alleviation, and NTS has produced quite a few agriculture-specialized documentaries. Unlike food documentaries, we estimate that it would be very difficult to surpass them."

With these words, Zhu Youzhao made clear his opinion that producing a documentary on poverty alleviation and agriculture assistance might not be appropriate.

Principal Ding hadn’t thought so much about this, but after hearing Director Zhu Youzhao’s words, he agreed with his view.

The previous success of the Mist City Arts and Science University School of Film and Television’s "A Bite of Xia Country" food documentary was largely due to the scarcity of food documentaries in this parallel world.

Plus, the School of Film and Television also did a pretty good job.

However, when it comes to poverty alleviation documentaries, NTS already had plenty. With that, the advantage was gone unless they could produce something exceptionally unique?

This clearly wasn’t very realistic.

"So, Director Zhu, are you suggesting we produce a TV drama?"

Principal Ding looked at Director Zhu Youzhao and asked.

"Yes, yes, that’s what I think. What about you, Principal Ding?"

Zhu Youzhao replied promptly, nodding.

"Hahaha, Director Zhu, you certainly have a keen eye. You’re thinking along the same lines as me; a TV drama is the most suitable. As you just said, with a documentary we’d face too much competition in the same genre and it would be hard to stand out. As for a film, the subject matter is generally not what the market likes; it would also be difficult to stand out."

Principal Ding suddenly burst out laughing.

Seeing Principal Ding’s reaction, both Director Zhu Youzhao and Director Jia Nong felt relieved.

A TV drama!

It seemed they had essentially reached a consensus.

"Director Zhu, if we’re going to produce a TV drama, it’s going to be a major project. Does the School of Film and Television still have that many resources available?"

Principal Ding looked at Director Zhu Youzhao and inquired.

A portion of the School of Film and Television’s resources had already been invested in the science fiction movie "Wandering Earth," directed by Su Yangfan.

This was the biggest project of the School of Film and Television and also the most expensive.