Chapter 43

Director Xia of the scenic area was in a very good mood. High-quality video advertisements for a scenic spot required professional personnel and equipment, so getting quotes from outside agencies was always expensive. Through a friend, he had been introduced to Teacher Zhao Jiaquan from Binhai Normal University. To his surprise, the price was half of the market rate. Although the crew consisted of graduate students who were still learning the trade, meaning the filming was a bit slow, the results were still within an acceptable range. He never expected that this budget project would yield footage of such high quality, rivaling the best in the industry. It was no wonder so many businessmen liked to collaborate with university teachers or students on side projects. They utilized school resources while the school absorbed the depreciation costs, and since the teachers managed the students—often paying them only a meager stipend for their hard work—the labor costs were kept to a minimum.