Every era has its own literary and artistic form.
In fact, whether it is poetry, novels or movies, they are essentially expressing the spiritual sustenance of an era.
The literary and artistic works that are popular in the current era reflect, to a great extent, the most fundamental spiritual needs of the people of this era.
As the most popular art form among all the people, movies are of great importance in this era, whether among the upper classes or the common people.
At this time, all the practitioners in the film industry, whether they are directors, cameramen or actors, are worthy of being called people's artists.
Because making movies at that time was completely free of the utilitarianism and speculation that existed in later generations. The entire film crew, from top to bottom, had only one goal, which was how to make a good movie, make it popular among the people, and capture the spiritual outlook that this era wanted to show.
Therefore, when people in later generations look back at these movies from the 1950s to the 1980s, their first feeling is that the movies display a kind of innocence and simplicity.
You may even feel that the shooting of many scenes is simply incredible.
For example, when shooting some war scenes, the film studio actually sought help and cooperation from the military. There was even a record of hundreds of thousands of troops being dispatched to assist in the filming.
This is a cost that is totally unimaginable in later generations, but in these days, the cost for a film studio to shoot a movie is actually not that high.
For an average movie, a budget of between 100,000 and 200,000 yuan is sufficient.
Only some movies that require special occasions, props, and film will cost a little more.
It's not like the movies of later times, where nothing is available yet! Let's calculate the salaries of the actors first, okay, several hundred million have been spent.
These days, actors’ salaries are paid by their respective original units, and the film studios only give them some allowances at most.
Just like Gong Xue has now been seconded from the General Political Department Repertory Theatre to the Spring City Film Studio to shoot a movie, her organizational relationship and salary are still paid monthly by the General Political Department Repertory Theatre.
However, the Chuncheng Film Studio gave her an additional food and shooting allowance of three yuan per day.
Even at that time, this was considered a lot.
For example, Zhang Yu, the heroine who later became famous for her role in "Lush Mountain Love", was seconded from Beijing Film Studio to Shanghai Film Studio to film "Ming Girl" in 1983. The Shanghai Film Studio paid her an additional allowance of 200 yuan per month as a loan reward.
The big director from the Beijing Film Studio who came with Gong Xue only received five yuan a day allowance.
This great director has a very impressive background!
His name is Chen Huaikai. Perhaps the young people of the new generation are quite unfamiliar with his name.
But the name of his son, or his son's son, must be familiar.
His son is called Brother Chen Kai and his grandson is called Arthur. Anyone who pays attention to the domestic entertainment industry should be familiar with them.
Chen Huaikai himself can be said to be a real veteran artist. He was already a senior practitioner in the film industry before the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he filmed many well-known and excellent film works such as "The Yang Family Generals" and "Little Soldier Zhang Ga".
It can be said that Chen Huaikai must be one of the top directors in the country today.
Director Su of Chuncheng Film Studio would personally come to the train station to pick people up, and most of the time, it was for him.
so……
When Gong Xue got off the car, she was startled to see a large group of people coming towards her enthusiastically, and she instinctively hid next to director Chen Huaikai.
Chen Huaikai smiled and comforted her: "Comrade Gong Xue, don't be afraid! They are the comrades from the Spring City Film Studio who are here to pick us up."
"Ohhh! That's great. They came directly to the station to pick us up, so we wouldn't be like headless flies, unable to find our way."
Gong Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then we saw that Director Su of Chuncheng Film Studio, who was in charge, directly and enthusiastically shook Chen Huaikai's hand and warmly welcomed him: "Director Chen, we are finally waiting for you to come. It is our honor that you can come to support our Chuncheng Film Studio!"
"Director Su, that's too polite. All the film studios in the world are one. Besides, you asked me to direct the film Scars written by Haizi, which is exactly what I wanted!"
Chen Huaikai also expressed some emotion, because he himself had a similar experience of being demoted and lived in a cowshed for several years.
When he read the novel "Scars" for the first time, he couldn't stop crying.
"Then it seems that we are... in love and hit it off right away? Director Chen, don't worry. You will be in charge of the crew and script of Scars. We at Chuncheng Film Studio will only provide funding and assistance.
I hope that our cooperation can perfectly present Comrade Haizi’s Scars on the big screen.”
Director Su also laughed and let go of Chen Huaikai's hand. Then he looked at Gong Xue beside him and shook hands with her warmly, saying, "Comrade Gong Xue, welcome to the Northeast. Your acting skills are very good, and we hope to see your outstanding performance in these three films."
"Please rest assured, Director Su, I will definitely not let the organization down."
Gong Xue was also infected by this enthusiasm and immediately made a promise.
There is one very good thing about this era: when dealing with other public entities, the communication and cooperation between them are quite friendly and smooth.
We are all revolutionary comrades, and there are no conflicts of interest these days. We are all working towards the common goal of completing our work, so there will not be many problems even if the comrades are from different places.
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