1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 156 Yu Beibei goes abroad, Yandian recruits her~
Yu Beibei went abroad, and Xia Tian and Milan went to the airport to see her off.

She only brought a small suitcase, and her expression was indifferent, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or disappointed.

Milan accompanied her alone for the last short distance. The two of them whispered something to each other, hugged each other, and pointed at Xia Tian who was not far away.

On the way back, Milan sat on the back of the bicycle, very silent.

Xia Tian was worried that she would be in a bad mood, after all, she had lost one of her friends - her best friend.

Xia Tian comforted her: "Don't worry, she is just going abroad to study, she will be back in three to five years."

“Three to five years sounds scary, but it will be over in a flash.”

Milan said gloomily: "Three to five years may not be long, but once the wind blows away there will be nothing left..."

Xia Tian: Hmm? You've been reading a lot lately, haven't you? You've made great progress!

After all, Milan has experienced a lot of things. After two days of adjustment, there is nothing unusual.

I was writing a manuscript this summer, a piece of children’s literature I hadn’t written for a long time - there was no other way, the old editor asked me to write it.

But it was not a big deal for him, as it would only take two or three days to write tens of thousands of words.

"Knock knock knock~" There was knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Milan poked her little head in—she never dared to disturb Xia Tian when he was writing.

"Have you finished writing?"

"I've finished writing and am checking for typos."

"Let me help you!"

"Come on~"

But Xia Tian discovered that Milan actually came in with a radio.

"Hmm? There's a new storytelling?"

"It's not a storytelling..." Milan pulled a small stool and sat next to Xia Tian, ​​"It's Dream of the Red Chamber~ a radio drama!"

Ah! It turned out to be the Red Mansions radio drama hosted by Aunt Wang Zhifu. Is it so fast?
This is much more efficient than Director Wang~
Milan read the manuscript from the beginning and did the first round of proofreading—"The Disappearance of the Atmosphere?"

"Well, it's a children's science fiction..."

A train hijacking caused a large amount of highly toxic drugs to leak, burning through the atmospheric ozone layer above a certain area. As the only human who knew about this situation, a Chinese boy, with the help of his animal friends, searched for the source of the leak and saved lives around the world.

The little boy unexpectedly learned to understand what animals were saying, and in the end it was the dog that sacrificed itself for him, using the explosion to eliminate the leaked pollutants.

The last words left by the dog were: "Child, I love life too, but you humans don't cherish this world. You kill each other and destroy the water sources and forests that feed you. Finally, you burn through the atmosphere. The sun will kill you. No one can escape."

"But you are wise and can save the world. Please tell your children and our children that the sky on this earth should be blue, the water on this earth should be clear, and the grass on this earth should be green. People, I love you."

The world is not beautiful, so beauty is worth pursuing.

"Send it to Zhang Qilin?"

"Correct."

"Then I'll mail it to him tomorrow..."

Milan unexpectedly liked this story. She liked children's fairy tales and cartoons like this.

Summer always feels so awkward!
How about writing a story about palace fighting and see if she likes it?

However, at night, "palace fighting" began.

Milan was holding a glass of water, muttering sadly: "Jiji, jiji, Mulan weaves by the window. I can't hear the sound of the loom, only her sighs..."

Xia Tian asked, "What are you mumbling about?"

Do you still want to join the army in your father's place?

Milan leaned on the table, sculpted herself into a graceful pose, and stared at him resentfully: "When can we do that... boiling a frog in warm water, slow cooking, my pot of water is almost dry!"

Seeing her approaching, Xia Tian leaned back on the chair and said, "Wait, calm down. A forced melon is not sweet!"

Milan's style suddenly changed. His eyes became moist and his expression became unrestrained. He twisted a strand of his hair with his fingers and said, "Who said I want to eat melons? I was just playing around because I had nothing to do~"

Milan: A forced melon is not sweet, but if you don’t force it, you won’t be able to eat the bitter one!

"I'll twist it off to quench my thirst first!" She had a vicious expression, as if she was a bully who robbed a decent woman!

Xia Tian was amused, and took the initiative to hug her and gently stroke her back, as if to comfort her breasts: "Wait a little longer, wait until the college entrance examination is over, I will let you quench your thirst~"

Xia Tian's words obviously exceeded Milan's expectations and stunned her for a moment. After being stunned for two seconds, she said in a coquettish tone that she had never heard before: "Ah~ You stinky hooligan~" and then covered her face and ran away!
Xia Tian quickly shouted: "Hey, be careful, watch the road! Don't hit the wall!"

……

In the summer, I went to Director Wang’s house to meet with the crew of “A Dream of Red Mansions”.

Arriving earlier than summer was a young man, screenwriter Zhou Ling.

The young people at CCTV, well, 34 years old is still considered young at CCTV.

If you are not a young person, it is impossible to take on this hot potato!
Previously, the station approached Jiang Zilong, who wrote the book "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", but he turned it down. This is a thankless job!

The station contacted several veteran writers one after another, but when they heard that it was "Dream of the Red Chamber", they all said they didn't dare to take the job.

I don’t know if this person is just like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger, or if he really loves “Dream of the Red Chamber”!

Zhou Ling has semi-long hair, and looks very artistic and energetic.

In fact, there are two other screenwriters, but they are more of assistants, and the main work is still by Zhou Ling.

Soon, the other two screenwriters arrived, as well as several other production directors and assistant directors.

During the meeting, Wang Fulin said to the three screenwriters: "Someone suggested to me that the first five chapters are boring and we should not shoot them anymore. Let's start from the sixth chapter, 'Daiyu Enters the Jia Mansion'."

The three screenwriters were stunned when they heard this, and hurriedly said to director Wang Fulin: "No, director! The first five chapters are a microcosm of the whole book, which just reflects the rise and fall of the Jia family. How can we remove them?"

The three of them talked at once, making Director Wang dispirited.
Xia Tian quickly tried to smooth things over: "Director Wang is thinking from a director's perspective. And as a director, the person in charge of the entire project, Director Wang has to bear a lot of pressure from all sides..."

The person who gave Director Wang advice was definitely not an ordinary person!

"But we are adapting a famous novel after all, so we have to try to stick to the original novel in many aspects. Otherwise, we will be criticized to death!"

"If the content about the Fairy Ying and the Immortal Crimson Pearl Herb is cut, then when Jia Baoyu first meets Daiyu and says, 'I've seen this sister before,' wouldn't that be considered hooliganism?" "If it really doesn't work, use narration or ink-and-wash animation to make a transition, or just briefly explain it in a few sentences."

"If I were to chat up a little girl, I would also say 'Hey, I think I've seen you before'. Of course, usually it's little girls who chat up me, and I would be scared and hide everywhere~"

Everyone was amused by Xia Tian, ​​and they all laughed and passed the matter over.

During the meeting, Director Wang also said that he did not want to shoot in the Land of Illusion, as he felt it was too unreal and difficult to shoot.

The main fear is that they are accused of promoting feudal superstition, which would be bad.

Xia Tian had to continue to cheer him up: "I think the fantasy world needs to be filmed, the interior set and dry ice smoke are just special effects."

"It was the Grand Illusion that led to the verdict of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling. If we don't film it, we will lack that sense of fate."

"If we talk about feudal superstition, isn't Journey to the West even more superstitious?"

"Let's go all out first, and then we'll retreat step by step if the higher-ups don't allow us to. We can't just retreat to show respect before we even start, right?"

Everyone said: Yes, yes, yes, we have to give it a try, director, just go for it, we fully support you!

Director Wang is a soft-hearted person who can accomplish things but needs support from others. He is completely different from Director Yang, who is a strong and hard-line person.

The script of "Red Mansion" was very difficult to write. Let's put it this way, it was not until less than two months before the filming of the whole drama was completed that it was completely written.
There's nothing I can do. There's just too much to consider!

Redologists Zhou Rulin and Feng Qiyong support 80 and 120 chapters respectively.

Later, the 80-episode faction gained the upper hand, and the TV series was filmed according to the 80 episodes, with the rest being written by the original writers.

But the 120th faction was not satisfied and hired someone to make a movie version...

To put it nicely, this is an obsession that I have been studying for half my life; to put it bluntly, this is my job.

It seems to be an academic dispute, but in fact it is a dispute over interests. It represents the right to speak on the Redology.

Whoever destroys my rice bowl, I will fight with him. Whoever steals my food, I will get angry with him!
There are many academic cliques in the literary circle... In fact, it is the same in all walks of life. Look, the crosstalk performers are always trying to sabotage and exclude each other.

After the meeting, Director Wang once again "retreat to practice" and study Dream of the Red Chamber: I thought among the four great classics, Dream of the Red Chamber was the easiest!

……

At the end of May, Xia Tian was invited by director Li Hanxiang to join the crew.

This time in Changping, they actually built a simulated Old Summer Palace location here!
For this "Old Summer Palace", Li Heizi persuaded the big boss behind New Kunlun Pictures, Mr. He from Hong Kong (not the gambling king, just his given name, Xian), to build an outdoor scene in Changping at a cost of 64 RMB.

The location covers an area of ​​about 8000 square meters. The main restored building is the "Great Fountain" of the Old Summer Palace, and the ratio of the restored scene is about 1:2.

What’s even more abominable is that they wanted to burn it down at the end of filming.

Damn, I feel bad even in the summer! I took my camera with me and took a lot of photos - I won't be able to take photos anymore.

However, this place has just been built. Although the buildings are complete, the open space is deserted!

Since the Old Summer Palace is a royal garden, it must have flowers, plants and trees to enrich the environment.

It is estimated that there will be several thousand square meters of green area. If all of it is planted with lawns, it will cost more than 30,000 yuan.

Moreover, there was no turf technology like that available today, so it had to be planted a year in advance so that it would barely be enough in the second year - and it's too late now!

This problem was solved in the summer while eating a box lunch: "This is easy. Since there is no time for lawn, then there is no need for lawn..."

After Xia Tian finished speaking, he started eating. Everyone looking at him became anxious!
Li Heizi wanted to go up and grab his lunch box, but then he thought that this kid was too good at fighting, so he gave him a piece of meat: "Xiaotian, how can I treat you?"

Xia Tian almost laughed out loud, "My suggestion is to grow wheat!"

"If you sow seeds now, the wheat seedlings will be three to four inches tall in 20 days, and they will be so dense that they will look like a lawn."

“Simple and cheap~”

Xia Tian: I won't eat your lunch in vain~
Everyone looked at each other, a little confused as to whether this was true or not - these people were either from Hong Kong, or were professional filmmakers and had never grown wheat.

Soon someone went to the crew to ask, and they said - OK! This is a good idea!

So we contacted the local authorities and asked the farmers to plant some land.

In the afternoon, many people and cars came to the filming location, and in summer we even saw some foreigners - because the "Old Summer Palace" was completed, the press conference for the film was also held here.

Xia Tian hid aside to chat with Liang Jiahui, and mentioned that people from nearby often came to watch the crew, especially after Liu Xiaoqing put on makeup, dozens of people gathered outside the car to watch "Cixi Laofo"!
Xia Tian told him a joke:
It is said that in the late Qing Dynasty, a man yelled at the entrance of an alley: "Cixi is an idiot."

As a result, he was sentenced to beheading.

The charge was - leaking court secrets.

I wonder if this joke about the woolly bear has been created yet?!

At this time, a female comrade who looked to be in her forties came over and said, "You must be Xia Tian! I am Wang Shuyan, a teacher at Yandian University..."

Liang Jiahui immediately greeted him: "Deputy Director Wang!"

This teacher Wang was still working as an assistant director on the crew, but I had never met him before summer.

The reason she came to find Xia Tian was because she had heard Li Ranran and Lin Hongtong, who taught the amateur class at the time, talk about Xia Tian many times. When she met him in person, she was attracted to his talent.

She asked about Xia Tian's college entrance examination. When she heard that Xia Tian was planning to apply to a film and television arts school, she was very optimistic about him and strongly invited him to take it.

"We at Yandian have our own youth film studio!"

Of course I considered it in the summer, but in the end I felt it was not a good idea.

"Teacher Wang, it's not that I don't want to apply to YDU, but I want to be a director! YDU only has an acting department this year, so I can only go to the Central Academy of Drama!"

Teacher Wang frowned at first: "Learning directing? Isn't that a waste?"

When she looked at Xia Tian’s face, she felt that it would be a waste if she didn’t become an actor!
But she quickly changed her mind: "But it's not impossible..."

Teacher Wang's attitude was neither too hot nor too cold, neither too impatient nor too impatient, using gentleness to overcome hardness, and he advised little by little: "...The Central Academy of Drama is more focused on drama, don't you want to make a movie? It's not appropriate to go there..."

"Well, our school has a director training class this year, and we'll arrange for you to audit it then!"

Xia Tian: Huh? Our school, this is us?!

Teacher Wang: With your looks, it would be a waste if you don’t become an actor but a director! If you come to me, you will definitely have a bright future!
This is just like the ancients choosing disciples. Most people would ask the master for help when they wanted to learn skills, but if the master met someone who could inherit his legacy or even bring glory to the family, he would do everything he could to accept him as his disciple!
Of course, Xia Tian did not agree to it immediately. We still have to wait and see about this matter. We will talk about it when the time comes.

Xia Tian and Mr. Wang talked a lot about mainland movies, Hong Kong crews, celebrities, actors, directors, and even photography techniques...

(End of this chapter)