Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

Chapter 168: Another Increase in Payment

"There was a customer who wanted to wear Hanfu for her wedding photos. I have never made Hanfu before. Grandma Ding said she had some embroidery works at home, so I asked her to bring them over for reference. I didn't expect that they were all very precious works of art." Gao Shuang looked at the embroidery and was moved by its beauty.

"Grandma Ding, do you have any ready-made clothes at home? I want to borrow a few to wear abroad." Gao You asked Grandma Ding.

Before, Yu Lishu had asked her and the twins what they would wear if they were notified to attend an award ceremony and walk the red carpet.

Gao You thought that he could just rent some clothes from a nearby dress shop.

Now when I see these embroidery works, I think it would be better to just wear Hanfu.

"A complete set of clothes? No, we just embroider, not make clothes." Grandma Ding said with a smile.

"Can I buy your works and turn them into clothes?" Gao You asked her.

"Yes, yes. These were embroidered by my daughter and granddaughter. They are not that good. The ones I embroidered before were not preserved." Grandma Ding felt a little embarrassed and regretful.

"How can they be bad? These are all works of art, priceless. You can go back and discuss it with your daughter and granddaughter. I want to buy four pieces, how much would you like to pay?" Gao You said.

"No need to discuss. These are what they use for practice. About 100 yuan each, including the materials and labor, is about enough." Grandma Ding said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, I'll choose four pieces here. Grandma Ding, do you know a craftsman who can make you a set of clothes?" Gao You asked her.

"Of course, my fellow villager, Lao Li, is a tailor." said Grandma Ding.

"Is he the master of the master from whom I learned tailoring?" Gao Shuang said.

"Yes, yes, her skills are much better than her apprentice's. What style do you want to make?" Grandma Ding asked Gao You.

Gao You said she wanted to wear Hanfu, any dynasty style would be fine, but she had to have it before the end of January.

"That's a bit rushed. You have to go and discuss it with Mr. Li," said Grandma Ding.

Afterwards, Gao You discussed with Yu Lishu and the twins to see if they were willing to have custom-made Hanfu.

Yu Lishu and the twins also thought that wearing Hanfu was a good idea. Even if they couldn't walk the red carpet this time, they could still wear it on important occasions in the future.

Several people each picked out their favorite embroidery works and went to Master Li's house with Gao Shuang to decide on the styles.

Master Li and his apprentice worked for more than half a month and finally finished making all the clothes before they set off.

The school has finished its exams and has had holidays.

Gao You and her team, as well as several members of Wang Qiyun's team who were also shortlisted, were led by Teacher Mo and flew to Sarolin.

When they arrived, there were still a few days before the film festival opened.

Many people come here for the first time and treat it as a trip.

Gao You and his group, led by Yu Lishu, who had traveled abroad the most, visited various theaters and museums every day.

Gao You and his companions took cameras and took a lot of photos.

They also took turns taking a lot of commemorative photos and group photos for each other.

While having fun, Gao You still has to take time out every day to write a little bit of her novel.

After learning that Gao You was serializing a novel, Yu Lishu and her friends would buy a few copies every month and circulate them in the dormitory.

Now they are also loyal readers of Fantasy Dragon Universe.

The biggest trouble for Gao You is that they can ask for updates anytime and anywhere.

Sometimes you have to urge them in a roundabout way.

Of course Gao You couldn't be influenced by them and had to proceed at his own pace.

Now "Fantasy Dragon Universe" has been serialized in "Novel Wenkan" for several issues. The sales of "Novel Wenkan" are higher than the previous one, and now it has broken through the two million mark.

After several discussions, the magazine has raised Gao You's remuneration from 100 yuan per thousand words to 200 yuan per thousand words.

This is the highest remuneration ever offered in the history of the entire magazine.

If Li Zhu hadn't heard that other magazines were asking around for the author of "Fantasy Dragon Universe" and wanted to poach him, they would not have been willing to offer such a high fee.

Fortunately, Gu Donghua knew Gao You from the beginning, so they could discuss anything.

Otherwise, Li Zhu would really be afraid of Gao You, and would jump to another magazine for the sake of royalties.

You know, the competition among many magazines is very fierce nowadays, and each one has at least one or two popular writers.

"Fantasy Dragon Universe" currently seems to have unlimited potential.

Even some imitations began to appear on the market.

Such as "Fantasy Outer Space", "War Through Time and Space", "Letter from the Universe" and so on.

Some people are more particular and come up with a time-travel story of their own.

Some of them directly imitated "Fantasy Dragon Universe".

Li Zhu and Gu Donghua were also very annoyed by this.

Some readers even wrote letters to curse those who directly copied the works, and some loyal readers of Fantasy Dragon Universe wrote letters directly to curse the magazines that published the plagiarized works.

Li Zhu and others specially selected several letters from readers and published them in "Novel Magazine", directly satirizing those who plagiarized and imitated.

Those magazines were not to be outdone and directly responded by posting some critics' comments.

These imitations, plagiarisms and arguments unexpectedly aroused the curiosity of some readers who did not read "Novel Literature Magazine" before about "Fantasy Dragon Universe" and they went to buy "Novel Literature Magazine".

At first glance, I found that "Fantasy Dragon Universe" is very well written, with a lot of imagination, novel plot, and suspense. It is really good to read.

This in turn caused many people to ask the magazine to print additional issues of the previous issues of "Novel Literature Magazine".

Now, even the previous issues of the magazine have been reprinted with more than 100,000 copies each, and they are still in short supply.

"Fantasy Dragon Universe" became the most popular serialized novel among various groups, especially young people.

Its popularity is almost comparable to the most popular martial arts novels currently.

For the sake of a little money, Gao You has to work hard at writing.

Moreover, Lawyer Qin had almost finished the negotiations with the glass factory, and also negotiated with the beverage factory next door.

The annual rent for the two factories adds up to at least tens of thousands.

Gao You has to hurry up and make money.

As the opening of the film festival approaches, more and more filmmakers and film producers from all over the world are arriving.

Among these filmmakers who came from all over the world, no matter in terms of qualifications or age, they are pure newcomers and no one knows them.

Gao You and her friends also regarded themselves as fans who were coming to learn, and watched many of the films exhibited this year.

Teacher Mo also took them to several gatherings of the Chinese film industry.

In fact, the exchanges between filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau have always been quite close.

There are also some directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan who come to Beijing Film Academy for further studies.

Teacher Mo also got to know some filmmakers from the other side because of this.

"This is Director Xu. You should know him, right?" Teacher Mo was also familiar with Director Xu Baoheng from Hong Kong.

"Hello, Director Xu!" Gao You and the others greeted Director Xu respectfully.

Director Xu is a famous female director in Hong Kong, and they have all seen her movies.

He is also the only Chinese feature film director shortlisted for the competition unit this time.

"Hello!" Director Xu said with a smile in not very fluent Mandarin.

After Director Xu chatted with Gao You and the others for a few minutes, he went to say hello to an old friend he knew.

"Isn't this Xiao Yu? Long time no see." A slightly obscene male voice came.