Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 121 - 120: Filming a Documentary (6)_1

Ding Yue immediately responded to Professor Luo’s private message.

Professor Luo: Principal Ding, if so, what’s your Whatsapp number?

After seeing Professor Luo’s response to his private message, Ding Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that Professor Luo had seen his private message and even asked for his Whatsapp number.

As long as he could add Professor Luo Xiang’s Whatsapp number, it would be easier to contact him in the future, and Ding Yue was also free to chat with Professor Luo about the Legal Enlightenment Robot, Big White, anytime.

Wouldn’t they gradually get to know each other better over time?

Then, when the Big White Robot project reached maturity, Ding Yue could tip his hand to Professor Luo Xiang.

By then, Professor Luo’s likelihood of being hired would have greatly increased, wouldn’t it?

Then finally, by creating an opportunity or something similar, he could invite Professor Luo to serve as a Professor of Law at Mist City Arts and Science University.

Perfect!

While Ding Yue pondered this, he sent his Whatsapp number to Professor Luo in a private message.

Not much later,

Professor Luo had added Ding Yue, after which they exchanged greetings.

And then.

Well.

There was no further text for now.

Because Ding Yue was pondering how to bring up the topic of Mist City Arts and Science University creating the Legal Enlightenment Robot, Big White, with Professor Luo.

However, he felt that simply putting it bluntly was not quite right, as it seemed too abrupt.

Also, the Legal Enlightenment Robot, Big White is still in the early stages of development, it hasn’t taken shape yet, and the Law School hasn’t even compiled the Comprehensive Legal Solutions file yet.

So Ding Yue didn’t say anything for the time being, he would wait until he had a chance later.

But wouldn’t he just add Whatsapp and exchange greetings without any follow-up text after that?

Ding Yue felt that this was not appropriate either.

So Ding Yue had a brainwave, and he thanked Professor Luo for conducting a legal education live stream for netizens and viewers, taking the lawsuit of Mist City Arts and Science University against Shuisi County as the theme.

Professor Luo: You’re too kind, Principal Ding. I would also like to thank Principal Ding for the many gifts sent during the live stream last night.

Ah~

Ding Yue had thought that Professor Luo was above worldly affairs; it turned out that he remembered the numerous gifts Ding Yue had sent him last night.

Those gifts had amounted to tens of thousands of yuan.

Professor Luo: I’m going to class now. Goodbye, Principal Ding.

"Goodbye, Professor Luo."

After having a brief chat with Professor Luo, Ding Yue had just finished breakfast.

Taking the tray to the tray recovery trolley, Ding Yue was ready to go to the principal’s office.

"Ding Yue!"

Just as Ding Yue was about to leave the canteen, his mother Zhang Yuping’s voice suddenly came from behind. Her tone was different from usual, as if Ding Yue had made some mistake, which startled him.

"Mom, what’s up?"

Ding Yue turned around and looked at his mother Zhang Yuping, who was approaching.

She was in charge of managing two canteens at the college, yet she couldn’t sit still and loved to be on the front line, donning an apron.

Wasn’t she tired?

Maybe because the canteen was too profitable, it had completely caused his mother Zhang Yuping to ignore her daily fatigue.

"Son, I heard that your school is going to sue someone recently? Is it serious? Has something serious happened?"

Zhang Yuping asked anxiously.

"Hm, where did you hear that from, Mom? You saw it online? Nonsense. If you had, why wouldn’t you have known that our school is suing others, not being sued?"

Ding Yue was stunned, then asked with a wry smile.

"I heard it while chatting with the canteen staff, saying that the school was about to sue someone, which scared me to death."

Zhang Yuping patted her chest directly.

She was busy from dawn to dusk every day. She used to have time to scroll through TikTok, but now she barely has time to use her phone for anything other than making calls and sending Whatsapp messages. As for yesterday’s incident where Mist City Arts and Science University sued Shuisi County, she had no idea about the details.

When she heard the canteen staff talking about the school suing someone this morning, she immediately wanted to ask her son for clarification.

"Don’t worry, Mom, there’s nothing wrong with it."

After calming his mother Zhang Yuping down, Ding Yue left the canteen. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to remind her, "I’m going back to my office then, remember to make me braised pork for lunch!"

"Just go, you can come to eat at noon!"

Once her worries were settled, Zhang Yuping’s mood instantly improved, and she waved goodbye to her son.

On the way to the Administration Building.

Ding Yue pulled up the system interface and curiously asked, "Where’s my task reward? Why hasn’t the task been completed yet?"

Yesterday a [Defend Against Patent Infringement] task was issued, with a reward of 50 reputation points, 5 million education funds, and a level 1 University Treasure Chest.

Ding Yue felt this task had already been completed.

Why hasn’t he received any notification and reward distribution yet?

"Host, the task has not yet been completed, currently in progress — the stage of suing the infringer. The task will be completed after winning the lawsuit."

Upon hearing the system prompt.

Ding Yue was initially taken aback and instantly closed the system interface, saying, "Pretend I didn’t ask."

When he returned to the Principal’s office in the Administration Building, Ding Yue planned to handle some outstanding issues from yesterday’s event in the morning.

In the afternoon, he was going to conduct a physics experiment in the lab, aiming to get the experiment completed as soon as possible in order to earn some credits.

However, no sooner had Ding Yue arrived at his office than his secretary, Wen Ruohan, and a bespectacled middle-aged man in his forties also dropped by the office.

Ding Yue was somewhat surprised to find himself ’unfamiliar’ with the bespectacled middle-aged man at first glance.

Or to put it more precisely, he didn’t exactly not know him.

There was a glint of recognition, and if Ding Yue’s guess was accurate, this bespectacled middle-aged man should be a staff member of the university.

With over five hundred academic and administrative staff, Ding Yue couldn’t possibly know them all by face and name, could he?

Frankly, he occasionally got confused even among the couple dozen department heads, as apart from Chen Ping from the School of Architecture, and the heads of the School of Medicine, the Computer Science Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Art Department, and Legal Department, he seldom saw the rest.

However, Ding Yue finally figured it out.

This bespectacled middle-aged man should be the department head of the Film and Broadcasting College, right?

His name is...

His name is Zhu Youzhao, yes, that’s right.

When Ding Yue saw Secretary Wen Ruohan and Director Zhu approaching him, he pulled himself together and greeted them amiably, saying, "Director Zhu."

"Hello, Principal Ding," Zhu Youzhao warmly greeted Principal Ding as he came in.

No one comes to a temple without a cause.

Inferring from Zhu Youzhao’s enthusiasm, Ding Yue sensed that Zhu must have some business with him.

Ding Yue had never paid significant attention to the Film and Broadcasting College.

The Mist City Arts and Science University, coupled with its newly established faculties, had over twenty departments, and it’s been less than a year, so it’s practically impossible for Ding Yue to look after every department.

Currently, in terms of cultural arts, Ding Yue had only cultivated Lin Zhirou, a student in Music Arts, in the last semester.

For the Film and Broadcasting College, achieving remarkable results wouldn’t be that easy.

However, Ding Yue did have some plans.

For instance, the Big White Robot experimental project could perhaps be expanded to encompass other departments.

If the university is going to build a Big White Robot, why not also create an animated movie like ’Super Combat Team’ at the same time?

This would also serve as a promotional benefit.

"Director Zhu, is there something you need?" Ding Yue gestured to Wen Ruohan to pour a glass of water for Zhu Youzhao, and then asked.

"Principal Ding, here’s the thing, our students from the Broadcasting College saw the Arts and Architecture Colleges winning honors for the university and were greatly inspired. So, they’re all very enthusiastic and eager to create a film to participate in some competition and hopefully bring back an award..."

Zhu Youzhao had come to find Principal Ding on behalf of the students of the Broadcasting College.

"Oh, I see, I fully support that. The teaching of our Broadcasting College should indeed not be confined to classroom instruction, practical application is the key."

After hearing Zhu’s proposal, Ding Yue expressed his support for the Broadcasting College’s idea.

"Then... Principal Ding, when it comes to the funding aspect of making a film..." Zhu Youzhao hesitantly brought up the issue.

"Concerning the funding, I’d like to ask what type of film is the Broadcasting College planning to produce?"

Ding Yue’s eyebrows slightly raised as he earnestly asked.

This question needed to be clarified.

If they intended to make a movie, this would be somewhat outrageous. Leaving aside whether the teachers and students of Broadcasting College had the capability to produce a qualified movie, the investment itself for a movie would be excessively large.

Easily tens of millions or more for marketing, would it not amount to a hundred million?

Unless they planned to produce a typical web movie.

However, it’s basically impossible for a web movie to achieve a high viewership.

"Principal Ding, after conducting research, our Broadcasting College has decided to produce a documentary. We’re yet to decide on the specific theme, though."

Zhu Youzhao immediately answered.

Oh~

A documentary, huh.

That wasn’t a big issue.

Because compared to making a movie, the cost of producing a documentary was evidently much lower. It may only require a few cameras, a shooting team, and a post-production team to resolve it. Even if the budget was high, it wouldn’t be astronomical.

Ding Yue definitely supported this.

"So you plan to make a documentary, that’s a good idea, and you have my support. Now, how much budget do you estimate you’ll need?" After expressing his support, Ding Yue still inquired about the amount of funds needed.

"Principal Ding, my main aim for coming today was to convey to you the intentions of the students of the Broadcasting College. Since we’ve yet to finalize the theme of the documentary, we haven’t made a budget estimation yet."

Zhu Youzhao scratched his head and continued, "The budget varies depending on the theme of the documentary. However, it shouldn’t be much whether it’s a historical, animal, food, biographical, or city documentary."

"I think a food documentary sounds good."

As Ding Yue listened to what Zhu Youzhao was saying, an idea suddenly came to him.

Back in his past life on Earth, the most memorable food documentary Ding Yue had watched was ’A Bite of China’.

After transmigrating into this parallel world, alas, there was no similar program.

Why not have the teachers and students of Mist City Arts and Science University’s Broadcasting College give it a shot? How about they make a ’A Bite of Xia Country’ to test the waters?