1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 118 "Transformation" is released, I will remember you!
Dad Xia polished the projection equipment until it shined, put on a new shirt, and polished his leather shoes, making them look dazzling!
Today, he will personally screen the movie starring his son!

Director Lei used to direct dramas and movies, so this is his transitional work. But the quality is very good!

Because of his attainments in drama and films, he is particularly adept at filming this kind of costume film.

As for the male protagonist Xia Tian, ​​I won’t talk about his looks.

Xia Tian, ​​with long hair and ancient costume, looks extremely handsome even when he plays a fool.

When he recovered at the end of the performance, he was truly as handsome as a jade tree!
When they were filming and looking at each other, Wei Huili could be made to blush.

Mother Xia invited a group of colleagues from the song and dance troupe to watch a movie. When they saw Xia Tian appear, a group of sisters and aunts shouted with excitement.

Mother Xia kept pulling her colleagues around her, suppressing her excitement and whispering, "My son, my son!"

"Oh, I know, I know! I knew it ten years ago!" The aunt stared at the screen, too lazy to pay attention to Xia's mother who was showing off.

Even the deputy group leader Auntie Wang said: "I didn't expect Xiaotian to be so handsome in ancient costume!"

"That's right, you don't dress up at ordinary times!"

"Do you think he's a young actor in our troupe? He has to wear makeup all the time?!"

The overall quality of the movie is good. Although from a literary and artistic perspective, the content is not enough, and from an entertainment perspective it is not a particularly exciting story, but in the field of costume dramas, it does capture beauty.

Xia Tian’s performance as the protagonist was superb. The transformation from a fool to a gentleman was a very smooth transition. The look in his eyes when he suddenly looked up after waking up gave people a stunning feeling!

Wei Huili's fox fairy Xiao Cui is also very lively and agile, very vivid.

Overall, it is a superb work.

What makes Xiatian not very satisfied is the picture quality, which is really rough at this time.

There is nothing we can do about this; it is simply the limitation of the times.

After the movie, everyone praised it.

The audience praised the male lead for being so handsome!
Another audience member said: "At first I thought they really got a fool to play the role? How come he acted so well?!"
Xia Tian: It feels amazing to show a movie in which I acted!

Dad Xia: It feels so good to watch the movie starring my son!
Audience: This handsome boy really plays the fool! Just like the real one!
Xia Tian told his father, "Director Lei said that he has also dubbed the film in Cantonese and will send it to Hong Kong for screening soon."

"Okay! Okay!" Dad Xia patted Xia Tian's shoulder, a little excited and didn't know what to say.

In fact, Xia Tian was not optimistic about the box office of "Transformers" in Hong Kong - although the quality of the film was good, what kind of movies were popular in Hong Kong now?
"Best Partner", "Lucky Stars", "Project A"... I'm afraid the tastes don't match.

Even if someone likes it, it's too niche.

"Transformation" has a good reputation, and many colleagues in the industry are praising the film for being well-made and the actors chosen very well.

Even Popular Movies published a photo of Xia Tian and Wei Huili in modern attire.

Xia Tian was very happy because she was the lead actor in her first movie and it was quite a success. It was not easy!
As a result, when I followed Xia's father to a nearby factory to watch an outdoor movie on Sunday, the audience kept asking, "Is it the movie Shaolin Temple?!"

That’s right, “Shaolin Temple” is very popular now, and many people can’t buy tickets and are extremely anxious.

Xia Tian put a smile on his face, "No!"

"Are we going to show 'Shaolin Temple'?" Another one comes!
"No!" Xia Tian continued to smile.

"Shaolin Temple! We're going to show Shaolin Temple, right?"

"no!"

"Oh, that's a pity!"

Xia Tian: Zhuo! Li Lianjie, right? I'll remember you!

(Old photo of Shaolin Temple in Songshan one year after the release of "Shaolin Temple")

……

While a movie was showing here in the summer, there was some new movement over there.

On March 3, the Congress passed the "Decision on Severely Punishing Criminals Who Seriously Damage the Economy."

As early as the beginning of January, the authorities had issued an "urgent notice" demanding the punishment of crimes such as smuggling, corruption and bribery.

This combination of punches was directed towards the southeast coast.

In Lucheng - the place where the first business license for individual business owners was issued.

The area is close to the sea and has a lot of goods imported from abroad, so the business is prosperous.

On March 3, there was an article on the second page of the Yanjing Daily - "Actively subscribing to treasury bonds to share the country's worries."

Xia Tian: "Huh? It's time?!"

Trading treasury bonds is a famous way to make money after rebirth!
But Xia Tian calculated the time: No, no, it’s still not the right time. If I buy it now, I’ll have to store it for many years.

Well, as I said before, many things cannot be done before the time comes!

…At the end of March, “Transformation” was released in Hong Kong.

Xia Tian had already written a letter to He Chen asking him to help check what the reviews were over there, as well as the attendance and box office.

Less than a week later, He Chen wrote to me: "Brother Tian'er, the screening schedule is not high! The movie "Shaolin Temple" is still showing in the most theaters. It's been almost two months, and there are still many people watching it..."

It is indeed a breakthrough work of mainland Chinese films!

"You are so good at martial arts, you are much better than that little monk! If you were to play the little monk, you would have killed Wang Renze as soon as you appeared on the stage! Why don't you make a kung fu movie? It will definitely be very popular!"

If the villain is killed right after the first scene, what will happen next? Dominate the martial arts world? Or become Li Shimin and become the emperor himself?!

They gave me a subsidy of thirty or forty yuan for this movie? Do I need that?!
Besides, do you think I can shoot whatever I want?
However, according to He Chen, although there are relatively few theaters showing the film and only the zuopai theaters broadcast it a lot, the attendance rate is still okay.

Just as Xia Tian thought, an excellent niche movie.

If you like it, you will naturally like it, but if you don’t like it, you can’t pull him in to watch it.

However, He Chen's letter mentioned the reports in the Hong Kong newspapers.

I have to say those cinemas and film producers really know how to have fun!
They even publicized the bizarre rumors behind the filming of the film.

It was said that the crew "offended the fox fairy" and several people died, and things only went smoothly after the male lead was replaced.

After exaggerated reports, it actually became the publicity gimmick of the film, and when it was released, it was even promoted as "the first supernatural fantasy movie in the inland."

After "Transformation" was released in Hong Kong, Hong Kong's "Big G Newspaper" actually called Xia Tian "the number one young actor in mainland China"!
I don’t know where the information came from, but it was revealed that Xia Tian is only 17 years old and is a real “xiaosheng”!
It is also said that he had autism in his early years, but was miraculously cured later. He is the prototype of the movie!
He must have been blessed by the fox spirits, as the two little foxes on the set were very close to him...

Damn, haven’t you read Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio?

Pu Songling was a man who was very good at fortune-telling. He predicted that there would be an autistic person like me three hundred years later, so he wrote "Xiao Cui", right?
Xia Tian: "Hiss? Who leaked the secret?"

Director Lei: Tian'er, I'm sorry! This movie is really important to me! The same goes for you~ You won't be angry if I make fun of you, right? !

In fact, it was the investors from Hong Kong who came up with this idea after hearing Director Lei’s bragging after drinking.

The reason why several cinemas in Hong Kong are willing to show "Transformers" is that this promotion is really effective.

People there are very superstitious, and many people like it!
By April, "Shaolin Temple" was still very popular in inland areas, but "The Transformation" was shown less frequently.

Xia Tian: Give me my diary! I’ll write it down!

……

The weather got hot early this year, and it started to get warm in April.

Director Yang Jie felt even more anxious and worried!
Normally, they should have gone to scout the location at this time - she planned to shoot "Journey to the West" in real locations as much as possible, using the beautiful scenery to interpret the journey to the west.

This must be very difficult, but Director Yang is not some delicate little woman!

This is a female warrior with great perseverance who came from the war era!

However, for some things, perseverance alone is not enough, such as being an actor.

No matter how determined you are, you need actors to make a TV series.

But Director Yang hasn't found an actor that satisfies him yet.

Especially the main actors - the four masters and apprentices.

Zhu Bajie is easy to deal with, he must wear props and headgear. But what about the monkey? What about Tang Seng? !

As a female director, she must have attached great importance to Elder Tang, who was described very beautifully in the original novel and coveted by all the female fairies.

She didn't allow herself to just find any Tang Monk and start filming, she couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.

Although I have a backup candidate now, I am still not satisfied with him because he is too dark and not handsome enough.

There was no other way, so maybe I just used it.

But just a few days ago, she saw a movie and fell in love with the male and female protagonists at first sight!
That’s right, it’s “Transformation”!
Director Yang used several connections and finally contacted Director Lei in Shandong Province, from whom he got Xia Tian's contact information.

I don’t know if he forgot or did it on purpose - Director Lei didn’t tell her Xia Tian’s age, and he gave her the address of Xia Tian’s school...

So, Director Yang went there according to the address.

After the commercial development:
At that time, those who did big business were called "XX King".

So Xia Tian has been reminding himself to develop slowly because it is far from the right time.

(If there are book friends who have been reborn, please remember this)

It is 180,000 miles away from Yanjing, and Xia Tian is not sure either.

But one thing is clear. On March 3, Xinhua News Agency reported: ... recently issued the "Instructions on Further Improving the Work of Planned Education", and planned education was determined to be the basic policy of our country.

The slogan “It’s better to have only one child” began to resound.

Xia Tian thought of his father and mother: OK! I told you to create a new account a long time ago, but you refused! Now the zone is closed~
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(End of this chapter)