Two hours after the short video was uploaded.
Counselor’s office.
Counselor Yang Yang, who had been busy for half the day, half-reclined in her chair, picked up her phone, and searched for Song Qiuyu’s account name.
The account showed no works.
“Still hasn’t been approved yet.”
“What hasn’t been approved?”
The female university English professor opposite her looked up, smiling as she asked.
Counselor Yang Yang smiled, not hiding anything, and told her about the student making a short video.
After all, if more people watched it, it would gain more popularity, which wouldn’t be a loss for them.
“Those students who performed the skit? I remember them; their performance was quite good. I didn’t expect this batch of students to be so diligent, they just started college, and they’re already trying to shoot short videos?”
“Filming short videos is different from performing skits. They haven’t even learned to crawl yet, and they want to run. They’re probably just filming for fun; you shouldn’t have too much hope.”
The Mediterranean-haired male professor of Introduction to Directorial Arts smiled without warmth, and the more he smiled, the more it seemed like a hidden dagger, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
Although he had heard that their skit performance at the military training art show was pretty good.
But performing a skit and filming a short video were completely different things.
Given that they sat in the back row every day in his class, constantly whispering and playing on their phones or sleeping, how high could the quality of this short video be?
Although what this professor said was a bit harsh, other teachers secretly agreed.
Many students filmed short videos, but very few achieved any results.
For a moment, the counselor’s expression turned a bit sour.
“It’s about getting started, isn’t it? Song Qiuyu’s account is called ‘Sugar-Dipped Lemon,’ right?”
The female university English professor timely intervened, opened a certain app on her phone, and started searching.
“Let me see… Hmm… ‘When the clever lawyer and the cunning criminal and ordinary you are targeted by a perverted killer?’ Well… a unique subject matter…”
The female university English professor smiled awkwardly.
Counselor Yang Yang also reacted.
It was finally approved!
“This cover, is that a black stocking over his head?”
“It seems it’s not just an ordinary black stocking.”
The young professors at other desks, out of curiosity, also opened the app and searched.
Ordinary short videos could be ignored, but a short video with a black stocking over the head, something so perverse, had to be watched a few times!
Let’s see what these new students are up to!
Hearing what others said, the Mediterranean-haired male professor sneered even more.
What a strange title, what an odd cover; it was clear they hadn’t listened carefully in his class.
He wanted to see what they had filmed.
So, he also took out his phone and started searching.
The opening shot showed Jiang Xiao, playing the perverted killer, standing in a dimly lit environment, casually tossing props like a wooden cane, rope, and handcuffs from a distance.
“Camera movement… it’s so-so… learned a bit from ‘The Godfather’.”
He had initially wanted to criticize the camera movement as terrible from the start, but unexpectedly, the camera work was actually quite good.
At least for a student’s debut work, it was quite a good standard.
The composition was also unexpectedly good.
It had a serious aesthetic.
It seemed they had indeed listened to the content taught in his class.
Just as this thought arose, the pervert in the video suddenly got close to the camera, letting out a perverted, crazed laugh.
[Hehehehe, let’s play a fun game together!]
The Mediterranean-haired male professor’s smile immediately froze.
Unexpected Twists and Emerging Talent
He hadn’t even had time to react.
The next second, amidst chilling screams, the scene abruptly shifted to a dimly lit classroom, where three boys in hospital gowns sat with their fists pressed against their foreheads.
Song Qiuyu, playing the cunning criminal, was hunched on a chair, while Xie Zhuran, playing the elite lawyer, sat upright and proper.
Both were silent.
Lin An, playing the timid ordinary person, also sat on a chair, but in the farthest corner, and was the first to speak.
“Who are you? And who are you? Who are all of you! Did you kidnap me and bring me here? Where am I?” Lin An’s hand, holding his glasses, trembled uncontrollably.
“First, let me introduce myself. I am a con artist. You can call me Mr. Song,” Song Qiuyu said mysteriously.
“A con artist? What con artist wears handcuffs?” Xie Zhuran, beside him, exposed.
“Heh, these handcuffs are fake, of course!”
“Fake? So, these handcuffs on my hands are also fake? In fact, we haven’t been kidnapped?” Xie Zhuran asked, surprised.
“No, what I just said was also a lie! In fact, we have been kidnapped.”
“Damn it.”
At this point, laughter erupted in the office.
Ten seconds into the video, there were two consecutive comedic reversals: one with a stocking over the head, and another with the con artist joke, a comedic reversal every five seconds.
The counselor nodded with considerable satisfaction.
They did quite well.
The script was great, Song Qiuyu’s portrayal of the useless con artist was spot-on, and Xie Zhuran’s final “Damn it” was also delivered with a significantly distorted expression.
You could tell they put in a lot of effort.
Jiang Xiao should be making his appearance soon.
She continued watching.
In the subsequent video, the story not only maintained this high-frequency, reversal-filled, nonsensical comedic mode, but also effectively advanced the plot.
One part, in particular, was especially interesting.
Jiang Xiao was delivering terrifying criminal remarks when, the next second, his mother pushed open the room door, telling him to come down for dinner and mentioning that his inflatable doll had arrived and he should go get it.
The scene became incredibly awkward.
In the end, Jiang Xiao, with a forced smile, continued explaining his criminal plan.
At the very end, there was another big twist: it turned out Jiang Xiao wasn’t a pervert, but a psychiatrist, and everything was just a battle of personalities happening in the patients’ minds after he hypnotized them!
The criminal and lawyer personalities eventually disappeared, and the ordinary person’s dominant personality survived.
The treatment was very successful.
The directing and scriptwriting were quite good, and the video quality was very impressive.
After watching, all the teachers were left wanting more.
It was hard to imagine this was a newcomer’s work.
Many teachers looked towards the Mediterranean-haired male professor.
“It’s decent… Although this type of work sacrifices some logic, many parts are handled a bit awkwardly, lacking professionalism, and it’s not mainstream, so it’s not suitable for grand occasions, but for newcomers, it’s already very good.” The Mediterranean-haired male professor’s old face flushed slightly.
It really was quite good.
While his evaluation had a hint of stubbornness, it was also a serious, objective assessment.
Other professors also nodded in agreement.
“Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that in this short video, Song Qiuyu also played two roles. The mother who called Jiang Xiao but didn’t show her face just now, that was him!” Counselor Yang Yang said with a particularly gratified expression.
Upon hearing this, the Mediterranean-haired male professor couldn’t help but ponder.
These students truly have potential.
Next time in class, he should make them sit in the front row to properly correct their habit of not listening, and then properly cultivate them.
Especially Song Qiuyu; she was responsible for the last skit adaptation, and she probably led this filming as well.
She’s a dark horse; perhaps she could enter the entertainment industry and become a famous director in the future.
He felt it was his duty to firmly correct her bad habit of not listening in class.
With that, he clicked the follow button and silently made up his mind.