1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 114 It left in 81, and I miss it very much
On December 12, the weather was sunny, windy and a little cold.

Xia Tian, ​​Dachun and Ma Xiaojun were sitting in an old car, waiting outside the Yanjing Railway Station.

Ma Xiaojun borrowed this old car for show, and he only has the right to use it for one morning.
Ma Xiaojun rolled down the car window despite the cold weather - at that time, the car windows were all raised and lowered by hand.

He lit a cigarette and watched people coming and going outside the station.

Hey, now that I have borrowed the car, I have to equip it!

There were very few cars at that time. They even parked a car in front of the Forbidden City and charged money for taking photos. They would send each photo to you home for 50 cents!

I don’t know who has such a good business sense!
"Why hasn't he come out yet?" Dachun stretched his neck and looked around.

"Why are you in such a hurry? How could he get lost?!" Ma Xiaojun flicked the ash off his cigarette and felt very cool.

This boy has really grown up since he went to college. His face has become stronger and his hair has grown longer!
Dachun: "I'm anxious to go home and watch TV!"

"Here it comes!" Xia Tian said.

"Where where?" Dachun asked.

And summer has already opened the door and got out.

"This way!" he shouted, walked quickly forward and took the luggage bag from Ye Jing's hand.

Wow, what a difference two years have made!

The kind of unsatisfied and angry energy that we had in the past is no longer seen, at least not in their expressions.

His face was angular and darker, and his expression was more mature and steady, apparently he was exercising.

Several people were hugging, embracing, hammering and hitting each other outside the train station!
Soon, get in the car and go home!

On the way, Ma Xiaojun asked Ye Jing: "Why did you come back so soon? I thought I wouldn't see you for many years!"

"Hey!" Ye Jing exhaled a puff of cigarette, "I'm telling you guys, don't spread the word. The higher-ups have made some new moves... just wait, they won't be in the army for long."

Xia Tian vaguely guessed what was going on.

On the way, Ye Jing was still bragging, saying that he had won a third-class merit!

“Is this true?” Ma Xiaojun’s small single-lidded eyes widened.

Ye Jing glanced at Xia Tian: "You don't think that Zhuo Yue is the only one who has been exercising, do you? I haven't fallen behind!"

"I'm the second place in the military district competition! What do you think?!"

This is all thanks to summer~
When I get back, I'll send Ye Jing home to meet his parents first. Although his father is busy with work and not at home, he still needs to meet his mother.

The next day, I got together with my friends from Yanjing and had a drink.

After two days of wandering, he went to work with the documents...

After all, he had a good family background and a stable job - he worked in a government agency, reading newspapers and drinking tea, and had a very leisurely life.

Two days later, when a few friends were having a party, Ye Jing mentioned something: "Hey, what do you think of this blessing?!"

Milan said: "That's called the TOEFL test."

"What do you do?" Ma Xiaojun asked.

"It's an English test, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. If you pass it, you can apply to study abroad." Milan was eating melon seeds and didn't care about it.

In fact, most people present didn't care much.

This is the first time we hold the TOEFL test, and there are three test sites in Yanmoyang (Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou).

The registration fee was $19, and there were 732 people taking the TOEFL test for the first time.

It is said that this is also the first time we use answer sheets and the first time we take a listening test...

There is a first time for everything, and since then, TOEFL has become popular. The number of people going abroad has increased every year.

English also became popular.

Later, in order to make it easier for Chinese people to learn English, CCTV introduced the situational conversation English teaching program "Follow me" from the BBC, which became popular in China as soon as it was broadcast.

"New Concept English", which has not yet obtained copyright, has also become a "Bible" that young people are scrambling to borrow.

Ma Xiaojun asked Xia Tian: "Hey, Xia Tian, ​​haven't you been to the United States? What's it like there?"

Everyone is quite curious, after all, people are talking about how developed and wonderful that place is...

Xia Tian thought about it and smiled: "If you love someone, send him to America, which is heaven. If you hate someone, send him to America, which is hell..."

Xia Tian picked up the teapot and poured tea for everyone: "One day you will all go and have a look, but I am sure you will come back. Because no matter good or bad, that is the Americans' America, not ours..."

There was nothing happening for the whole month, but at the end of the month, there were new programs on TV.

CCTV's "Animal World" program starts broadcasting~
When that melody sounded, the following immediately came to your mind:
Elephants, hippos, lions, tigers, wildebeests~
Cheetahs are running, kangaroos are fighting~
Then came the magnetic low voice of Jin Ye: "Spring is here, everything is reviving, and it is the breeding season for animals~"

The music is called "Just Blue" and is the work of the French electronic music band Space.

Their record was brought to the bear space station for playback, so maybe aliens have heard this song "Just Blue"~
……

There are many things worth mentioning this year, such as Cheng Lin’s album "Little Trumpet".

For example, the children's song "Little White Boat" was published in the "Yenching Music News" on May 5 and was later selected into the music textbook for the second volume of the third grade of compulsory education.

"Little White Boat" was originally named "Half Moon" and was created in 1924. It is a Korean nursery rhyme that is loved by children. It was written and composed by Korean composer Yin Kerong. It was translated into Chinese in 50.

"The Little White Boat" was written by the author to his sister to mourn his deceased brother-in-law...It is generally used as a requiem in the peninsula.

But here, we treat it as a lullaby (laughable and sad).

In addition, Wang Jieshi and Xie Lisi’s first album, “When Will We Meet Again,” sold 500 million copies!

It can be seen that the cultural field has begun to exert its strength~
In addition to music, China has also produced many excellent works in animation.

"The Nine-Colored Deer" was adapted by Shangmei Studio based on the story of "The Deer King's Birth Story" in the Dunhuang murals.

"Three Monks" is adapted from a Chinese folk proverb.

"The Monkey Catches the Moon" is adapted from the folk fairy tale "The Monkey Catches the Moon".

"Mr. Nan Guo", a paper-cut animation adapted from traditional idioms.

The puppet animation "The Taoist Priest of Mount Laoshan" adapted from the story of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"...

In addition, CCTV also broadcast a Japanese cartoon "Jungle Emperor" also known as "The Little Lion King".

"Jungle Emperor" is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, created between 1950 and 1954.

Fuji TV in Japan first animated it in 1965 - it was Japan's first color cartoon. Later, some people thought that Hollywood's "The Lion King" borrowed ideas from it.

However, this 52-episode animated feature was cut short after only 26 episodes were aired, because CCTV only bought half of it...

In any case, this Japanese animation, which has had a greater impact due to the popularity of television, has allowed Chinese people to see a wider world outside of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio!
As for movies, "Du Shiniang" produced by Changchun Film Studio stars Pan Hong as the lead.

The movie "The True Story of Ah Q" starring Yan Shunkai - what a great performance!

Although Agui has no wife, he has many descendants who continue to this day...

This film will be shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival next year, becoming the first Chinese film to be shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes.

There is also the suspenseful action thriller "The Mysterious Big Buddha" produced by Beijing Film Studio and starring Liu Xiaoqing.

The films of this period had a very "broad" scale, ranging from "literary to physical", and also contained a lot of "supernatural" elements.

Some people even dared to shout in the 81 issue of Popular Movies: "Set up a movie F, and stop arbitrary interference!" and called for the establishment of an F in the film rating system in China.
It makes summer seem magical!

After all, he was never able to be established in the following forty years... If he is not established, he will have unlimited power!
In that year, the highest circulation of a single issue of Popular Film magazine reached 960 million copies.

Among them, the unique cover photos of actresses of "Popular Movies" contributed greatly to this.

Anyway, I buy two copies of each issue in the summer, one to read and one to keep!
……

Another thing happened during this year.

That is, CCTV introduced the Japanese film "Journey to the West"... How can I put it? It was simply a disaster.

The audience reacted extremely strongly and wrote letters to criticize - what the hell is this movie, give me my money back!
It's the kind of nonsensical Japanese light comedy - the shy female Tang Sanzang wearing a fake headgear, the kappa Sha Wujing, Monkey King turned into the ugly Monkey King, the male Guanyin and the female Tathagata, the King of the Golden Horn and the King of the Silver Horn became husband and wife...

At that time, Dachun even asked Xia Tian: "The actor who plays Sun Wukong is black, right?"

Dachun has never seen a black person, but it is obvious that this Japanese actor is not black. But he is really black!
It seems to be the popular "日焼" later. I learned this word from the keywords of some websites in summer...

Tang Monk cried and shouted that he wanted to marry a monster, but was knocked unconscious by Sun Wukong with a stick, and then was rescued by Zhu Bajie who performed a magic dance!

All kinds of adaptations and jokes have made Chinese people very angry - they are ruining our four great classics!

How can we accept this style at this time? !

Then it went off the air.

The suspension is just the beginning. The entertainment industry is holding back its energy, especially CCTV - the current CCTV is still very responsible and capable.

It’s natural that we started thinking about filming our own “Journey to the West”.

If you don't take pictures of this kind of thing, even if they do, it won't take many years before many people think that the thing belongs to them.

This Japanese version of "Journey to the West" was translated into English and broadcast in many parts of the world.

When the time comes, foreigners will ask, "Isn't Journey to the West from Japan?"

Do you think you feel uncomfortable? It's hard to explain.

It's like stealing a country's culture, and telling lies a thousand times.

Compared to stealing a country, living a simple life requires more patience, doing things quietly and subtly!
So, this is a cultural struggle! We can't back down!

In fact, in 79, director Wang Fulin proposed to film the classic!

He was the first person in China to shoot a TV series, "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp".

It's not surprising that he had this idea.

Oh, by the way, the song "When Will We Meet Again" from the album that sold five million cassettes this year was written by Director Wang Fulin.
This time, the Japanese version of "Journey to the West" has aroused everyone's anger - we can't let our daily life ruin our own masterpiece like this.

So there was a conversation between Wang Fulin and the deputy station director and director of the art and literature department.

At that time, when Hong Tai asked, "What are you going to shoot next year?"

Director Wang said: "We will film the Four Great Classics!"

Hong asked again: "If you were asked to shoot a movie, which one would you choose?"

Wang thought for a moment and said, "Dream of the Red Chamber, maybe!"

He thought: Because "Red Mansions" is a literary drama, it can be filmed indoors, which is easier than the other three.

To some extent, that is true.

The ghosts, monsters, and gods in Journey to the West, those magic spells can’t be filmed!

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a costume war film. How many people and how much money did it cost?
The same goes for Water Margin, the scenes are too big and there are too many characters.

So, he felt that Red Mansion was simple.

That’s a wrong idea…There’s a reason why they are listed as one of the four great classics.

It does not have an advantage in other areas, but is unparalleled in connotation and subtlety, which is the most difficult to express through a picture!
Pictures are the most direct and intuitive form of expression. However, in some obscure and inexplicable aspects, words have their own unique advantages.

It is not easy to transform this feeling into a picture!
Because Director Wang was going to direct "Dream of the Red Chamber" next, at the Art and Literature Department group leaders' meeting in November, Hong Tai announced the decision that director Wang Fulin would shoot "Dream of the Red Chamber".

After the meeting, Hong Tai called Director Yang Jie, who was in charge of opera work in the department.

He asked Yang Jie: "Yang Jie, if I asked you to make Journey to the West into a TV series, would you dare to take it?"

At this time, Director Yang had submitted his request to transfer to the drama group three months ago, but it had not been approved.

She wanted to film Red Mansions, she loved it very much, but Director Wang got there first!

Director Yang was already furious after watching the Japanese version of Journey to the West, feeling that a good thing had been ruined.

When asked if she dared to film Journey to the West, Director Yang almost blurted out: "If I have money, I dare. Why not!"

Hong Tai immediately made the decision: "Okay! The D Committee of the Bureau has decided that Comrade Yang Jie will film Journey to the West!"

So my friends, be more careful when talking to your leaders in the future, and don't be provoked.
After Wang Fulin confirmed that he would take over the production of Dream of the Red Chamber, he did not dare to start directly. He is a steady player.

It took him a whole year just to stay in the guesthouse and study the original version of Dream of the Red Chamber.

The more I read this, the more disappointed I became - it's not as simple as I thought! It's actually too difficult!

It is almost impossible to express the spirit and core of the original work in the form of a TV series!

Moreover, the original book only has the first eighty chapters, what about the rest?
Use those sequels on the market? What can those Redologists do? !

Director Yang Jie, who is two years older than Director Wang and is already 52 years old, can be described as decisive and efficient!

A few days later, the preliminary preparations began!

(End of this chapter)