Chapter 356
Chapter 356: This Story Is Purely Fiction
Translator: BeetleBarker Editor: Tennesh
Tan Min had no other choice . As a native, participating in the film festival had its advantages, as it was close to home and he had some privileges .
Usually, as he had some reputation as a local, there were people willing to invest in some of his films . However, in the past, he had directed documentary reels about the ocean . Now, he had decided to shoot a movie and he wanted to pull in investors . It was a pity that, given 10 directors, 11 would be looking for investors, and the extra was one who had previously been in a different profession .
For someone who had changed his profession to a director like Tan Min, attracting investors was much harder, more so when he wanted to change his genre . He didn't wish for people's impression of him to always be about ocean documentaries .
After busying himself for a few days without any success and being unable to squeeze into a few venues, Tan Min could only hang around in the surroundings . Today, he had come over to purchase a few sea slugs for the little kids in his family when he'd unexpectedly run into Fang Zhao .
Fang Zhao had been all over the news some time back, so Tan Min knew that Fang Zhao was loaded, and he also knew that some actors liked to invest in films when they weren't acting, so he had come running when he had spotted Fang Zhao .
"Invest in a movie?" Fang Zhao had never expected to hear such a question .
He did not intend to act, but investing in a movie wasn't out of the question .
Tan Min was delighted when he saw that Fang Zhao wasn't immediately rejecting him . With an extremely warm smile, he hurriedly said, "If you are free, how about we head to the coffee shop over there for a chat? My script has already been written!"
Seeing Tan Min acting this way, Ren Hong helped out and suggested, "How about this: Fang Zhao, you have walked around for quite a bit in the expo . You guys can have some tea and a chat while resting, and when the results are out, I will bring them over . "
Fang Zhao nodded . "All right . "
Tan Min also knew the staff at the coffee shop, and they helped prepare a quiet little private room and recommended some of the region's specialties .
Fang Zhao ordered a cup of tea and was in no hurry to read Tan Min's script . Instead, he asked Tan Min some questions . "Back then, what made you decide to be a director?"
Tan Min drank half his glass of lemonade to cool himself down . When he heard what Fang Zhao asked, he paused for a second before saying, "The ambience of movie and film is very dense in the Corale Archipelago . People here are fond of randomly filming or photographing things in their free time . I used to be a diver and frequently collaborated with the research center . Sometimes, when they wanted to collect specimens in a certain ocean region where it is difficult to operate equipment, us divers would go over and help . As technology advanced, I went to the deep sea a couple of times, and I can be considered to have a better understanding of the ocean than most . "
As he spoke about his experiences in the shallow and deep seas as a diver, Tan Min was in a good mood . His previous nervousness and apprehension had largely dissipated .
"In the beginning, I only tried my hand at filming some videos relating to the ocean to make a special collection . Afterward, I received an award, and that aroused my interest in this profession and opened a new door in my life . I wanted to record even more films about the ocean so that when people looked up at the starry sky, they would also look to our planet's very own vast ocean . " Tan Min's voice was slightly excited . "A director that came to participate in the film festival once told me that 'curiosity and imagination bring about stories . ' The ocean is such a magical place, and it brings me a lot of inspiration . I have been to mainland Huangzhou for directorial advanced classes, and I even recommend a few of my mainland classmates visit the oceanarium when they feel lacking in inspiration . They might be able to find the things they need there .
"Nowadays, some bigger oceanariums have a quite a number of deep-sea-creature exhibits . These deep-sea creatures have always grown rampantly in certain places, and they have strange, unimaginable appearances . I feel that these creatures surely have the sort of mentality that 'Since no one can see me, I will just grow as I wish . ' And whenever someone steps into the deep-sea-creatures exhibit for the first time, they might go 'Wow, they can even look like this!'"
As he waxed lyrical about the ocean, Tan Min started to chuckle to himself .
A smile also appeared on Fang Zhao's face . He knew that the ocean had many creatures with strange appearances . Furthermore, with the huge environmental changes brought about by apocalypse, triggering mutations, these creatures might have become even stranger now .
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