1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 154 Interview with Chen Xiaoxu

Originally, I thought that summer would just pass in March, but unexpectedly, the Golden Eagle Festival was held in the south, and he also received an invitation from here to participate in the "First National 1978-1982 Outstanding New Poetry (Poetry Collection), Reportage, Short Story, and Novella Award Ceremony"!
Wow, that’s a long name!
Along with this conference comes an invitation to join.

After filling out the form, Xia Tian can be considered a semi-official writer~
The award ceremony was held in Yanjing on March 3. 24 works won awards, including Ai Qing's poetry collection "Song of Return", Shu Ting's poetry collection "Schwan", Li Cunbao's novella "Wreaths under the Mountains", and Lu Guang's reportage "Chinese Girl".

Ba Lao’s speech at the award ceremony - "The Road of Literary Creation is Endless" was published in the 4th issue of "People's Literature" this year.

Xia Tian just thought he was there to join in the fun, and quite a few people knew him, and quite a few people asked others to introduce them to him.

Among them, there was a name that caught his attention. There was a female comrade named Tie Ning who won the National Excellent Short Story Award. Her winning work was "Oh, Xiangxue".

She was only in her twenties, with short hair, prominent apple cheeks, and a shy smile.

She is considered a newcomer in the literary world and is quite respectful towards Xia Tian?
He also said that he would write to Teacher Jinghongke for advice...

According to the information from Tianqi, this person will not be a simple person in the future.

Officially called the head of the literary world! The first woman to be the Chairman of X! Such a long list of titles...

Xia Tian: Everything should be fine now, right?

Who knew that at the end of this month, the authorities held the 11th National Radio and Television Work Conference - at which the policy of running radio and television at four levels was proposed!

Amid the wave of local calls for institutional reform, the higher authorities began to implement the strategy of "running television at four levels."

That is to say, those who had radio and television stations before were specially approved!

Let go now!
In addition to radio and television stations at the central and provincial levels, all provincial cities and counties that meet the conditions can set up radio and television stations according to local needs and possibilities.

Later, even prefecture-level cities had their own television stations, broadcasting advertisements for "miracle drugs" and the like. This started from that time.

With more TV stations, there are more TV programs, and definitely more TV sets... That's right, for the next decade or so, TVs have been the biggest household appliance!

Looks like there will be a lot of things to come in the field of television!

The spring breeze is blowing even harder!

……

As April approaches, Director Wang’s “letter audition” is coming to an end.

He said there weren't many good prospects, but there were a few who had already written back.

A girl far away in Anshan, Liao Province in Northeast China received a reply letter asking her to come to Yanjing for an interview as soon as possible.

Chen Xiaoxu was an actor of Anshan Repertory Theatre. One day, the author of "Harbin at Night" came to her home to chat with her father and said that CCTV was going to film "Dream of Red Mansions" and was recruiting actors from all over the country.

Chen's father suggested that Chen Xiaoxu could give it a try.

Chen Xiaoxu gritted his teeth and wrote the letter. Unexpectedly, it was sent so quickly!
Click. Six days later, she received a reply from director Wang Fulin, asking her to go to Yanjing for an interview immediately, but with some caveats - she had to pay for her own food and accommodation, and her travel expenses would not be reimbursed if she was not selected.

When Xiaoxu told her father about this, her father was very excited and naturally very supportive.

Chen Xiaoxu's father is a teacher at a Chinese opera academy, and her mother is a dancer. It can be said that she was influenced by art in her family.

So she took leave without telling the troupe and went to Yanjing.

This was the first time for her, who was not yet eighteen years old, to go out so far. Looking at the scenery outside the window that kept receding backwards, she felt quite nervous.

On the train, she read "Dream of the Red Chamber" again - It is better to sharpen your sword before the battle, even if it is not sharp!

……

In the 701 office of Yanjing Overseas Chinese Building, Xia Tian was accompanying several other people from the Red Mansions preparatory group to "interview" actors.

So far, there is no satisfactory candidate.

However, Director Wang was very satisfied with a male actor named Huang Danian, a 16-year-old student at the Chinese Opera Academy.

He has a baby face and is about 1.65 meters tall, which fits the image of Jia Baoyu very well.

Although they didn't say it at the time, after Huang Danian left, Director Wang and other people in the preparatory group began to praise him - they took a liking to him and had initially decided to let him play Jia Baoyu.

Even the production director Ren Dahui has already considered going to the Chinese Opera Academy to sign a contract.

Xia Tian didn't say anything at the time, and Director Wang asked him if he had a different opinion. Xia Tian said, "Very good!"

Although I don’t know what happened, it was definitely not him who played Jia Baoyu in the end.

There can't be any butterfly effect on this, right?

There is another candidate for the role of Jia Baoyu, and the preparatory team is quite satisfied with him, and Xia Tian also "knows" him!
This young man is very handsome, a very bright and sunny boy, his name is Hong Jiantao! He looks very good in ancient costume.

Unfortunately, there was a scar on his forehead from an accidental stitch, so he was not selected in the end.

No one may recognize his name, but if you mention the fat squad leader Hong in "The Story of the Kitchen Team", everyone may have an impression of him!
Some people are surprised and ask, "You say squad leader Hong is handsome?"
That’s right, handsome!

That boy was so handsome when he was young. He should be the most handsome boy in the PLA Art Academy in a few years!

However, time is a butcher's knife!
The school idol of the PLA Art Academy seems to be a magical title. The male actors who are given the title will quickly "swell up" as if they were fattened by eating pig feed!
For example, in addition to squad leader Hong’s Sha Yi, there is also Shen Teng, and Yang...ah, it’s not time for him to have an outburst yet.

On this day, Xia Tian had nothing to do again and went to the Overseas Chinese Building to "help with the interview". In the past, others would interview me, but now I interview others - this feeling is really good, no wonder there are so many troublesome HRs!
When summer came in the morning, the weather was still fine. It started to rain around nine o'clock, but not heavily.

"It looks like we'll have less work today." Xia Tian said.

"Free time, huh? Come on, help me look through this pile of actor materials..."

Pan Xinxin, the assistant director in charge of casting, placed a stack of actor information in front of Xia Tian.

"Don't you like watching? I'll let you watch enough!" she said.

Xia Tian suddenly smiled bitterly: I used to love watching it, but it has hurt me in the past two days!
Before, he even questioned whether Li Chengru was showing off to him?
Now that I know, I’m really dazzled!

Milan will definitely like this job. She likes looking at beautiful women the most.
Just when everyone thought that the morning was going to be wasted, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door was opened, and a pale, thin girl walked in timidly: "Excuse me, are you from the Red Mansion crew? I'm Chen Xiaoxu, from Anshan..."

He looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing light green clothes and holding a dripping umbrella in his hand, and had the "temperament of a poet".

She is the kind of girl who “holds an oil-paper umbrella in the rainy alley, with sorrow like a lilac.”

Sister Pan asked her to sit across from her and looked her over. "We all know about your situation, but you're here too early. We won't start selecting actors for the video until a few days later. Can you wait here for the video?"

Actually, that's not the case. Director Wang and the others just wanted to see the actors' first reactions to this situation...

Chen Xiaoxu shook his head repeatedly, "No, I came here secretly without telling the group, and I have to take a bus back in the afternoon."

Afterwards, Sister Pan talked a lot with Chen Xiaoxu and asked many questions about the Dream of the Red Chamber, and she answered them one by one.

Finally, Sister Pan thought for a while and said, "Well, you go back and wait for notification. Leave the photos and poems behind."

"Well, then I'll leave." She stood up slowly, a little frustrated.

Maybe it was because I didn’t get a clear answer, so I felt confused.

At this time, Director Wang, who had been observing from the side without revealing his identity, suddenly said, "Xia Tian, ​​please see Comrade Chen Xiaoxu off."

Xia Tian stood up and nodded. Chen Xiaoxu glanced at him and said: So tall! And good-looking!

Xia Tian led Chen Xiaoxu to the elevator and sent her up. Just as the elevator door was about to close, Xia Tian said, "Keep your train ticket so you can get it reimbursed next time you come."

Chen Xiaoxu was stunned when he heard this, and then the elevator door closed, leaving him no way to ask.

…So, there is hope for me?!
The elevator began to descend, and she smiled comfortably, then stepped out of the elevator, jumped down the stairs three steps at a time, and walked onto the sidewalk.

The rain stopped, and the shiny asphalt road reflected the blue sky. The willow trees beside the road were slightly damp and swayed in the wind, and the cicadas were chirping happily.
……

I was making a phone call in a phone booth in the summer, and the person on the other end was Director Yang from the Journey to the West crew, just for daily contact!
"Aunt Yang, where did Xixing go?"

"Hey, you have to be careful in those wild mountains and wilderness."

"Is the crew okay? Is the filming going well?"

"Is there any news from the station?"

"...Don't worry, I have sorted out the latest news and handed it over to Fang Xiaoyan. We have agreed to report it every two weeks."

"How are you preparing for the promotional clip that CCTV will broadcast in two months?"

"Me? I haven't been doing anything lately. I'm just thinking about what role I can play in the Red Mansion crew."

When Director Yang heard this on the other end of the phone, he immediately got angry and asked, "What are you going to act out?"

She was furious: You didn't come even though I told you to, saying you had to go to school. Now you're joining the Red Mansion crew... Are you looking down on my Journey to the West crew? !

Xia Tian didn't hear it over the phone, and was still talking: "Liu Xianglian! With my looks and height, plus I've practiced martial arts since I was a child, and I'm the best at Yanjing swordsmanship, I can easily play Liu Xianglian!"

"That young man is quite immodest!"

"Excessive modesty is pride~" Summer is still beautiful!

Director Yang put the phone into Li Chengru's hand, who had been waiting for a long time, and said, "Just talk to him!"

Li Chengru: Hmm???
"No, what did you say again to make Director Yang angry?!" he said into the phone.

Xia Tian: "Ah? Me?!"

After chatting for a while, Xia Tian hung up the phone, and Li Chengru was called by Director Yang, who issued him a new task: Find me a pretty girl! Find the prettiest one!
Many years later, Director Yang Jie was interviewed on the show and talked about this:

"Xia Tian provided enormous help to the crew of Journey to the West. He found Little White Dragon, secured sponsorship, and even got cameras. He also helped me with the shooting sequence, shooting location, publicity plan, etc. Even the actor for Tang Monk was suggested by him."

"But, he wasn't actually on the set for very long."

"He preferred to be with the Red Mansion crew... Later I thought: There are many young girls in the Red Mansion crew. There are only four masters and apprentices in the Journey to the West crew. I would not want to come if it were me."

"I'm angry too! I'm so angry that I have to find the most beautiful actress to act in the movie and make this brat regret it!"

(End of this chapter)