1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 167 Director Training Class and Maxim
In the third week of school, the "Director Training Class" that Xia Tian had been dreaming of finally came into being.

Now Yandian University does not recruit students every year. For example, there was no actor class in the past two years, only an "amateur class".

The same goes for the directing class. Maybe they feel that we don't need that many directors now, and the major film studios have their own training, so they don't recruit many undergraduate directing students.

For example, this year, Yandian is recruiting students for the "Director Training Class", which is composed of students recommended by various film studios.

On September 9, all the students for the advanced training class finally arrived. There were 18 students in total.

In the summer, he will join the course as an auditor.

For this, Wang Shuyan was very angry: "Trust me, it would be a waste if you don't become an actor! Waste is shameful! Corruption and waste are great crimes!"
Xia Tian: It makes me feel like I’m going to be shot…

But we couldn't go back on our word after we had agreed to it. Besides, Xia Tian was an actor who was very proficient in his major courses.

Many teachers are so proficient that they are afraid: Teacher Wang, please persuade Xia Tian to be just fine! There is really no need to be so liberated!
Teacher Wang took Xia Tian to report to the advanced training class. When they got to the door, he still advised: "Think carefully, it's a pity for you to be a director with your image!"

The director of the directing department who just came out: ??? You are prejudiced against directors!!!

Soon, summer began the "happy life" of double classes.

Fortunately, he is energetic and learns quickly, so he doesn't have much academic pressure. Teacher Wang didn't have the opportunity to help him "return to the right path"~
Among the group of big brothers in the director training class, Xia Tian also made a few friends.

That’s right, these classmates are all big brothers, and they are all quite old!
For example, Brother Han San, who is already thirty years old!

He came from Emei Factory and had worked there for many years. He was appointed as the bushu recorder of the training class.
This person was later known as the film circle's mountain eagle~
There is also Huang Jianxin, the monitor of the advanced training class who is one year younger than him.

There is also the father who was the top official in Chengdu, but he chose not to join the government. Later, he filmed Mi Jiashan in "The Troublemakers".

Lu Xiaowei, who is one year older than Han San Ge, participated in the establishment of Beijing Television in 78 and became the first director of the TV series. He later filmed "Desire".

how to say?

These are the backbone figures of various film studios. They come here for paid training, which lasts for one and a half years.

Among the teachers of the advanced training class, there was Xie Fei, who was a generation younger than the three Xie directors. He later directed "Scented Soul Girl" and won the Golden Bear Award together with Ang Lee's "The Banquet".

Teacher Xie’s father is one of the five elders of Yan’an and has a very strong background.

Xia Tian felt that he had finally come to this advanced training class~
Some people think they shouldn’t go to school because they are young! They don’t understand what social circles and connections are…

The courses in the advanced training class are also very intensive, including how to cut each shot, how to position the camera, how to handle the scene, and how to handle the shot according to the environment, script, character psychology, and light...

These are the skills that earn you a living.

In the film era, various later technologies did not exist yet, and it all depended on personal skills.

At this time, every camera assistant has to work hard.

For example, those in the photography department have been practicing blind film changing for more than half a month, and will continue to practice for another month or two.

The film box contains 1000 feet each, while the one on the camera contains 400 feet each. Within the prescribed 35 seconds, you need to blindly change the film in the dark, insert another 400 feet, quickly spray the lens, and then come on action (start shooting).

Of course, the film cannot be exposed to light, otherwise it will be ruined.

How many feet of film does a movie have?
Assuming a movie is 90 minutes long, that's 5400 seconds, and the camera is 24 frames per second.

Movies all choose 35mm copies, about 2000-3000. A reel of film can hold about 4 minutes of footage, excluding the beginning and the end.

Not counting the cost of developing and copying, the film alone costs around 4.5 to 6.5 yuan.

The scrap rate is very high, and it can be reduced to the lowest 3:1, which will cost about 15 to 20 yuan.

Is it okay if I don’t have time?
If you waste a reel of film, do you think the director or cameraman will just kick it?
I had a lot of fun attending the refresher classes in the summer, and after class I could chat with the seniors about interesting things in the factories and my experiences in the film crew.

That’s such a happy feeling!

Among them, he had the best relationship with Brother Han San. On the one hand, it was intentional, and on the other hand, they really got along well.

Brother Han San has a flexible mind and is not rigid at all. At this time, he can even be considered too flexible.

Many ideas are not recognized or even accepted by others.

His ideas are too modern.
But it is consistent with Xia Tian’s thoughts.

The two of them have a lot of common topics. For example, commercial films~
When other students mentioned it, they wanted to spit.

But they both chatted privately and both felt that commercial films would definitely be the mainstream in the future! There are already signs of this happening!
Xia Tian: It turns out that it is more interesting to chat with mature men.

Because of the "neglect" in the summer, the students were very unhappy.

So, rumors started to spread that the dean personally persuaded Xia Tian to change his major, saying that he would be shot if he didn't?

Xia Tian: You guys wish I could be shot ten times a day!

……

In the dim light, Xia Tian felt something covering his face.

Xia Tian rubbed his face: What disturbed my nap... Is it the facial cleanser? !

In summer, I bury my head in the mountains and sniff ~
The air in the mountains is really charming~
Milan's voice rang softly in her ears: "Get up, aren't we going to Sister Song's place this afternoon to attend the restaurant opening ceremony?" Oh, yes!

The Maxim's restaurant hosted by Song Huaigui officially opens this afternoon, and I have to go.

However, Milan did not stand up, "Look at my pair... isn't it good? Beibei likes it, she is so envious!"

Xia Tian: "What? That woman got there before me?!"

Milan rolled his eyes at him and asked, "Who told you not to do it earlier?"

Xia Tian: I’m just afraid of the arrival of the divine beast…

After dawdling for a while, the lunch break finally ended.

I have to get up quickly and go to show my support.

No. 2 Chongwenmen West Street used to be a roast duck restaurant. Now the decoration has been changed to look like a Paris restaurant!
Maxim's restaurant was opened by the French foreigner Pierre Cardin.

It was originally a historic restaurant in France, but later fell into decline. After he took it over and revamped its packaging, it gained new life.

The fashion show we held last time was very successful, so we plan to open Maxim's Western Restaurant here to test the waters. The person in charge is Ms. Song.

That's quite impressive!

When summer came, when Milan rode a bicycle to Chongwenmen West Street, we even saw reporters from CCTV interviewing them!

There are not many restaurants that can be interviewed by CCTV.

In the evening, it was even on the "News Broadcast"!
It can be said that it is another weather vane~
The French media were quite pessimistic, saying: "Spending millions of dollars to open a restaurant in China is crazy."

Before Maxim's opened, there were only a few Western restaurants in Yanjing, such as "Lao Mo" (Moscow Restaurant), Peace Hotel, and Xinqiao Hotel. All of them mainly served Russian food and bore a strong imprint of the pre-reform and opening up era.

Maxim's is known as "the first Sino-foreign joint venture western restaurant after the reform and opening up" and "the first purely capital-based high-end restaurant in Yanjing".
haha~
There were quite a lot of people coming to this foreign restaurant today. Ms. Song, with her long hair tied up behind her head and wearing an elegant dress, was greeting the guests at the door.

She didn't treat Xia Tian and the other two as outsiders: "You guys go shopping first, I still have to welcome guests..."

She was so busy that she was running around, and in summer Milan and her husband were happy to visit on their own.

The decoration is really nice!
Pure French!
Chestnut leaf-shaped chandeliers and wall lamps, European church-style stained glass windows, imported crystal glass mirrors... and beautiful murals copied from the Louvre in France!

From a later perspective, it is a very romantic space.

The two of them stopped in front of the mural.
ok~
Pure human T art, textiles without any artificial processing~
That is fruit painting!
On the mural, the round and smooth figure of the young lady is fully revealed~
Summer is pure artistic appreciation: After all, I am a painter! You don’t understand art~
Milan is very straightforward: I just came here to see the naked body~
Unfortunately, there is a layer of gauze covering the front of the painting, so it doesn’t look very real!
It is said that the door is only opened when foreign guests are dining.

That's discrimination!

Because of this mural, the restaurant almost couldn't open.

After several rounds of negotiations, it was finally a vice president who made the final decision to keep it as it is!

Oh, and there are many sculptures.
Oh~art!

Later, Xia Tian asked about it, and was told that covering the mural with a veil was only a temporary solution, and that after a while they would invite teachers and students from the Academy of Fine Arts to "cover" the naked woman in the painting with a layer of clothing.

Xia Tian: What a pity! If it is pornographic, delete it completely. If it is art, don’t hide it.
Ms. Song racked her brains to open this restaurant.

Even the tableware was made in a porcelain factory because it had to be exactly the same as in France.

At that time, Ms. Song complained to Xia Tian: "Jingdezhen is so powerful, but they are too lazy to accept orders worth hundreds or thousands of dollars! I am so angry~"

There are also cutlery and knives!
The materials used here are considered military materials and cannot be bought even if you have money.

With the help of the Yanjing government, 3 tons of nickel-white copper were specially approved, and the Magic City Mint imitated the identical knife and fork.

Ms. Song: "In order to ensure that the silver plating on the knives and forks is as bright as new, they have to be sent back to Shanghai for re-silvering three times a year."

In short, awesome~
Xia Tian brought Milan to take advantage of the opening of the store today and get something for free.

Eat as much as you can!
Xia Tian: "You're welcome. After all, there will be no such restaurant if we miss this opportunity. We will have to pay for our own meals next time!"

This French restaurant is really dark~
The average monthly salary in Yanjing is only 60 yuan, and they charge 5 yuan for a cup of coffee, plus a 10% service charge?!

Boil
Not to mention eating!

After looking at the menu in the summer, I think the average cost per person is between 100 and 150!

A meal costs 300 to 500!

This is not oriented towards the people.

That’s right, the money they earn is not that of ordinary people!

This restaurant later became a gathering place for the first batch of inland stars.

The editor told me that he would review my answer several times...Alas!

It made me feel very bad, and I didn’t write anything for a day~
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