Han Sanping was a decisive man who acted with remarkable efficiency.
Once he decided to invest, he immediately launched the project and assigned someone to coordinate with Wang Yan.
That very day, Wang Yan called Cui Lin over and had him communicate with the producer assigned by the studio, drawing up a detailed list of everything needed for filming. He also found two more screenwriters from the studio to help Xu Shengli refine the script.
Interestingly, the screenwriters sent over were the very people Xu Shengli had repeatedly run into walls with when he had come to the studio to submit his script—and the ones who had mocked him.
Of course, they were all shameless adults. Under the pressures of life, everyone had to bow their heads. So they acted as if nothing had happened and got along peacefully with Xu Shengli. Following the identities Wang Yan had laid out, they took Xu Shengli to schools around Jingcheng to chat with professors of all kinds.
Geography, history, literature, philosophy, and so on. Philosophy alone was divided into Eastern philosophy, Western philosophy, even religious subjects, as well as scholars specializing in the most important great thought.
Though Wang Yan had copied the screenplay's concept from the West, he was no slouch when it came to stuffing it full of substance. If they were talking about history, then naturally they had to talk about progress, comparisons, and the East versus the West.
As for casting, Wang Yan did not have many demands. The actors merely needed to have the air of intellectuals. They could not afford big stars anyway; suitable was enough. He could arrange for Shen Ranran and Guo Zongbao to act in it, while he would consider the other major roles after the decision was finalized.
Though the film and