Chapter 734: It's all right
Although Chinese films have won many awards at major film festivals around the world since 1987, "To Live" winning the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize in May is still a happy event for Chinese films.
As an award second only to the Palme d'Or, the Grand Prix is a very high honor for any film.
However, after the film festival award results were announced, domestic media fell into silence and public opinion was silent, which left many people puzzled.
Until a piece of news spread - "To Live" did not pass the review of the Film Bureau and was considered an illegal entry.
As soon as this news came out, all the people in the film industry and audiences who care about domestic films finally understood why public opinion was so silent.
Then, people in the circle heard two more pieces of news.
"To Live" is banned!
Zhang Yimou is banned from directing!
The Film Bureau’s penalties are so severe that one can’t help but feel awe.
It is impossible to issue a document to ban films or directing. It can only be proven by time.
The movie won an award and it was the best time to release it, but "To Live" was not released, which was obviously a ban.
But it is difficult to verify whether Zhang Yimou is banned from directing.
It takes at least a year and a half for a director to prepare a work. If he doesn't make any moves for a short period of time, it doesn't mean that he is banned from directing.
When people in the circle were whispering about it, a rumor spread from somewhere.
It is said that the film "To Live" violated the rules by participating in the Cannes Film Festival because it was all the investor Qiu Fusheng's own decision, and director Zhang Yimou was forced to agree.
There are also rumors that Lin Weimin was very angry when he heard about this and wanted to ban Qiu Fusheng and prohibit him from investing in domestic films in the future.
These two rumors spread rapidly in the domestic film circle.
Many people’s first reaction to the rumor was nonsense. How could Lin Weimin, a writer, have the ability to ban people who are friendly to him?
These people did not question the authenticity of the rumors, but questioned whether Lin Weimin had the ability to do so.
Then someone immediately exaggerated and talked about Lin Weimin's interactions with the Film Bureau in recent years, saying that he refused to be the director of the Film Bureau when he was asked to do so, and that he scolded the officials at the Shanghai Film Festival...
Such specious topics immediately became popular after some people irresponsibly exaggerated them, and many people really believed that Lin Weimin really had the ability to ban Qiu Fusheng.
As luck would have it, in September, news broke that Zhang Yimou was preparing for a new movie, proving that he was not banned from directing at all.
Someone clapped their hands and asked, “Isn’t this wrong?”
What is the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Lin Weimin? Lin Weimin promoted Zhang Yimou. How can he be banned from directing when Lin Weimin is around? How is that possible?
Looking at the investor again, it changed from Qiu Fusheng to Shanghai Film Studio.
Lin Weimin said that if Qiu Fusheng and Zhang Yimou's new film were banned, Qiu Fusheng would immediately lose funding. Lin Weimin helped the Shanghai Film Festival a lot, so he must have a good relationship with the Shanghai Film Studio. Isn't it natural for the Shanghai Film Studio to invest in Zhang Yimou's new film?
It's right! It's all right!
The rumor became more and more true, and even many senior people in the film industry believed it.
The most ridiculous thing is Zhang Yimou. He was originally preparing a new movie, but after hearing so many rumors recently, he actually went to Lin Weimin to verify the truth.
Lin Weimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You are over 40 years old. Don't you know what you can believe and what you can't believe? If I really had that much ability, I would be the Minister of Radio, Film and Television!"
Zhang Yimou looked honest, "Everyone says so. Besides, you did say that on the day when the filming of Forever Young began."
"I was just angry at the moment. Am I that overbearing to block the flow of other people's funds?"
Zhang Yimou whispered, "Everyone is saying that anyway."
"If it's all said and done, it must be true?" Lin Weimin glared at him, then thought for a moment and whispered to Zhang Yimou, "Actually, this matter..."
As Zhang Yimou listened, his eyes widened and he was speechless. He didn't expect there was such a secret.
“This, this, this…”
He stuttered for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Lin Weimin patted his shoulder and said, "I was pushed out by Old Tian to block the knife. But now you should understand the love and care that the higher-ups have for you."
Zhang Yimou nodded heavily and said with some emotion: "I understand!"
"It's not easy for our country to produce a master director. In the future, you may very likely become a business card for our country to the outside world. Do you understand this?" Lin Weimin said to Zhang Yimou meaningfully.
Feeling the burden on his shoulders, Zhang Yimou nodded again, "I understand. I will pay attention next time."
He couldn't help but ask again: "What about the rumors about you outside..."
Lin Weimin waved his hands, "Let them pass it on. Old Tian has me figured out, I'm definitely going to take the blame this time!"
Zhang Yimou was thinking in his heart, it is not certain whether he will be blamed or not, but in the domestic film industry, you do have the ability to stop children from crying at night, and you are notorious!
After seeing Zhang Yimou off, Lin Weimin ran to the car and turned on the car radio.
At 12:30 noon today, the China National Radio's first "Long-run News Program" officially began broadcasting the radio series "The Cliff".
This spy novel written by Lin Weimin more than ten years ago was once very popular all over the country. Not only the book, but also the radio broadcasts, TV series, and even the costumes and spoken language of the characters in the play became topics of discussion among countless readers and audiences.
This time, the Guowen Press launched a copyright operation mechanism and established Tiantian Changting to record radio series. Lin Weimin contributed his old work as a test product.
"The Cliff" has been published for more than ten years. Readers have seen it as a novel, radio broadcast, and TV series. It is very famous. Now it is being tried out as a radio series, which is just the right way to test the audience's reaction.
There is a certain degree of overlap between the audience of the novel and the TV series and the radio listeners, but the scope should not be very large. If the radio series of "The Cliff" can achieve good listening results, it will be enough to prove that this approach can work, and then we can move forward rapidly and in great strides.
The time in the car showed 12:30, and the "Long-run News Broadcast" program officially began broadcasting.
"Kuchikuchi", the sound of a train running on the rails came from the car radio, mixed with the whistling sound of the car body breaking through the wind, which instantly reminded people of a train running in the snow and ice.
This was followed by the sound of faint talking. The voices were not loud, but very mixed. One could tell at a glance that it was on the train.
Then, a clear male voice read aloud: "It is reported that the Nationalist government is in chaos, with factional struggles one after another. Those who have always advocated peace..."
The male voice was obviously reading a newspaper, and the content immediately made the audience realize that this was during the Anti-Japanese War.
After reading the contents of the newspaper, a clear male voice angrily scolded the government and politicians for their weakness and incompetence, "Traitors!"
He seemed to notice the strange look in the eyes of the person sitting opposite him, and asked, "What? Sir, am I wrong? This bastard is just like that fake emperor, both are traitors!"
"You are not from Manchuria?"
The voice on the other end was a middle-aged male voice, deep, magnetic and impressive.
Lin Weimin immediately realized that this was the voice of the protagonist Zhou Yi.
"I am Chinese, but I live in Hong Kong. Manchukuo, how ridiculous!"
The clear male voice sounded disdainful. He shook the newspaper and seemed to continue reading after saying this.
…
The sound from the radio spread clearly in the car. Lin Weimin closed his eyes and listened to the conversations and sound effects on the radio. He did not try to imagine it deliberately, but he could still feel as if he was there.
In the first episode, there are more than 10 characters, and each has a different voice, allowing the audience to clearly determine the identity and personality of each character.
The quality of sound effects and character dubbing is much higher than that of traditional novel broadcasts. Most importantly, because of the coordination of various ambient sounds, it is easy for listeners to immerse themselves in the listening process.
In order to better immerse the audience, the radio drama of "The Cliff" has greatly reduced the narration of traditional novels, and instead uses character dialogues and various environmental and media sounds to advance the story.
Apart from the lack of pictures, there is almost no sensory difference between "The Cliff" presented on the radio and the TV series. In fact, because of the single communication channel of sound, it even has a bit more suspenseful atmosphere that a spy war work should have.
This discovery was a pleasant surprise!
Overall, the effect of the radio series of "The Cliff" is far better than the novel broadcast at that time.
The "Long-run News Broadcast" program is broadcast at 12:30 every day, lasting 30 minutes, and there is a replay in the evening.
Time passed quickly and it was the end. After the broadcast ended, many listeners thought that today's content had ended, but they did not expect that the voice of the protagonist Zhou Yi sounded again.
"Adapted from Lin Weimin's novel of the same name, the new radio series "The Cliff" has officially landed on China National Radio's first set of "Long-running" programs, and will be broadcast to you on time at 12:30 every day.
At the same time, the tapes of the radio series "Cliff" have been released. Listeners in the Yanjing area can go to the local Xinhua Bookstore to buy them. Listeners in other provinces and cities can contact the local post office..."
Lin Weimin listened to the voice on the radio and a smile appeared on his face.
The radio series has been broadcasted by your radio station for free, so it’s not too much for me to give you an advertisement, right?
Tiantian Changting was established more than two months ago and invited Ye Yongmei, a senior professional in the broadcasting industry, to help carefully polish the radio series "The Cliff".
We found eight people for the dubbing roles, including actors from the People's Art Theater, students from the Film Academy and the Broadcasting Academy, and dubbing actors from Yanying Studio. This job is like earning extra money, so everyone is willing to do it.
Of course, Tiantian Changting also spent a lot of money. The labor cost of a radio series alone exceeded 3,000 yuan, in addition to the cost of renting a recording studio and distributing tapes...
This was my first radio series, and I spent nearly 20,000 yuan just to listen to it every day.
The media broadcast of the radio series was exclusively entrusted to China National Broadcasting Station, and the 1,000 sets of recorded tapes were placed on the counters of the audio-visual stores and audio-visual counters of major Xinhua Bookstores in the Yanjing area.
A set of "The Cliff" radio series consists of 8 tapes, each tape is priced at 4 yuan, and the whole set of albums is 32 yuan.
At that time, a music tape could be sold for 10 to 12 yuan, and some imported tapes could even be sold for 25 yuan a box. Compared with the price of music tapes, the pricing of the "Cliff" radio series tapes was very reasonable.
Tiantian Changting set this price by comprehensively considering the relationship between cost and dissemination.
Now, the radio series has been aired, and it depends on how effective it is!
(End of this chapter)
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