Chapter 42 Crazy Fans Zhongyuan Film Production Company is a standard...
Zhongyuan Film Production Company is a standard Chinese film company, formed by the merger of Great Wall and Phoenix.
Faced with the gradual loss of their cultural position, they are also looking for a way out, and co-producing films is a new method they have found.
"Xinyan, how was your trip back inland this time?"
"Great, great! The inland is indeed vast and rich in resources, and full of talented people."
"Oh, what do you mean?"
In fact, Zhang Xinyan was not originally from Hong Kong Island. He came to Hong Kong Island in the 1950s to learn editing and stayed here.
The film and television technology of the mainland at this time is still far behind that of Hong Kong Island. Every time there is an exchange, it is mostly the mainland learning the technology from Hong Kong Island.
"It was only when I returned to China this time that I learned that there was a young writer in the country."
It's just a young writer. This is not uncommon in Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is not only supported by the older generation of writers, but also has many new writers, including Jin Liang and Gu Wen, old, middle-aged and young people gathered together.
Besides, the works of domestic writers are not well accepted in Hong Kong Island.
Yuan Yangan is also a film practitioner himself and knows that the excellence of a work is not absolutely proportional to whether it is suitable for the market.
If they want to promote the country, they must first attract talent. Simply relying on patriotism is useless and has no market in Hong Kong Island.
"This writer is different. We don't know enough about the domestic situation in a timely manner. Teacher Daohua's works are also very famous in America. The movie Billionaire was adapted from her novel."
"Oh? But didn't the newspaper say that it was a biography of Ian Lee's father, an American?"
"The newspaper also said that Ian Li's original surname was not Li. I heard that this was just a propaganda trick."
Yuan Yangan then became interested: "Are there people in China who understand marketing?"
In their view, domestic literary practitioners at this time were too straightforward, too serious, and did not know how to promote and package themselves.
“Others may not understand, but this one is different.”
He gave a detailed account of what he knew about Li Daohua, including the fact that she often debated with scholars in the newspapers.
Finally, he took out the half-written "Above the Rooftop", and Yuan Yangan immediately decided to make this TV series.
Their film studio doesn't actually just make movies, but if they make TV series, they inevitably have to deal with TV stations.
Today’s TV stations are basically controlled by the government, especially TVB, which is their rival and will definitely drive down prices severely.
“Can’t it be made into a movie?”
"It's very difficult to explain a novel like this through a movie." He has also read "One Roof" and deleted a lot of clips from the novel, only taking some clips from the middle and late stages.
Because of the popularity of the novel, it is still watchable. If "Above the Rooftop" does the same, it will definitely not work.
"I heard that Rediffusion Television seems to be re-bidding recently, and Far Eastern Group seems to be planning to acquire a stake in Rediffusion. If Far Eastern Group acquires a stake in Rediffusion, then can we broadcast our film on Rediffusion?"
Rediffusion Television was the head of Rediffusion Voice in the UK, but after Rediffusion Voice was acquired by Australia in March this year, Rediffusion Television became a nobody.
That is why they are in the situation of looking for a new boss. Next year, Far Eastern Group will acquire shares in Rediffusion Television, and Rediffusion Television will be renamed Asia Television, which is the ATV we are familiar with later.
"Mr. Yuan, this TV series will definitely be a success."
"Let's have a meeting to discuss it. You should finish Shaolin Temple first."
Zhang Xinyan knew that this matter could not be rushed, and he also knew that if "Shaolin Temple" could become popular, it would mean that the co-production would be feasible and "Above the Rooftop" would be more likely to succeed.
"Shaolin Temple" was certainly a success. As a Spring Festival movie, "Shaolin Temple" successfully set off a martial arts craze, especially in inland areas, where it was extremely popular.
The two sides subsequently co-produced many martial arts films, but few were as successful as "Shaolin Temple".
"For the next three days, our commune will show movies. We will show three movies every day for three consecutive days. The first one will be "One Roof" by the writer Daohua who came from our village!"
Lijiazhuang, the new team leader, Li Zhuzi announced the good news to the villagers.
This time, the movie screening was paid for by their commune. According to the normal rotation order, it would take a long time for their commune to get its turn.
Even when it is my turn, they only play one movie, and it is an old one that I have sometimes seen before.
The commune is willing to pay because it has made money this year. Not only the commune, but ordinary people in the commune have also made money.
They successfully made a batch of the snow boots that Li Daohua had told them about before, and then sent them to the north to sell. They were very popular in Heilongjiang Province, and many people from Heilongjiang Province resold them.
As a result, in order to have more sheepskins to make shoes, they had to go to farther places to collect sheepskins, and even turned out their old sheepskin mattresses to make shoes.
Within a year, a group of skilled workers in tanning sheepskin were trained, and each production team began to raise sheep.
After the sheep are killed, the skin is used to make shoes and the meat is sold.
They didn't have their own transport team, so they asked passing coal trucks and ox carts to help them transport the coal.
This year is one of the rare years when the commune has no outstanding debts and even has a considerable surplus.
As a result, there was always a foul smell in the villages of the commune, which was caused by raising sheep and drying sheepskins.
It was also because of this that the lame Li Zhuzi overcame others and was successfully elected as the new captain of Lijiazhuang.
Li Sanzhu didn't take his bicycle away, but left it to Li Zhuzi. Li Zhuzi's lame leg was not amputated, but he couldn't walk properly with his other leg. He could still ride a bicycle.
This bicycle has been used very well this year. Li Zhuzi relies on this bicycle to handle matters in and outside the village.
Not long after lunch, some people started to reserve seats under the big tung tree in the middle of the village.
Movies in the village are shown under a big tung tree, which makes it easier to tie up the screen. The big leaves of the tung tree can also temporarily block the rain when it rains, giving the projectionist time to pack up the machine.
Li Fengshou's mother was one of the first people to take a seat, and she was the only adult in the group.
Most of those who take seats so early are children at home, as the adults still have things to do.
It was also because she was the only adult that the children did not dare to compete with her for a seat, and she successfully occupied the middle seat in the first row.
When the adults came over, they saw her and understood that if their family had a movie star like this, they would want the whole world to know about it.
When the movie started in the evening, people from other villages and even other communes came from far away to their village to watch the movie. There were three screenings in a row. Their commune had never been so generous before.
When Li Fengshou appeared, the people in Lijiazhuang present were instantly in an uproar.
"Fengshou looks much more handsome now. Why didn't I notice it before?"
"He looks mature now, not the brat he used to be."
"Oh, my girl almost married Fengshou, what a pity!"
"You just despise me because I have no father and my family is poor. Now you can't curry favor with me even if you want to."
"Stop making noise, I'd rather listen to you guys while watching a movie!"
After makeup and lighting, the Li Fengshou in the movie is completely different from his dusty and rustic appearance in Lijiazhuang. If they were not sure that Li Fengshou was the protagonist, they would not dare to recognize that this was Li Fengshou.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Li Daohua and her family are also going back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year. The ancestral graves and relatives of their family are all in their hometown, and there is nothing in Beijing.
It was also because of going home that I missed the first release of "Shaolin Temple" in mainland China.
This time when he returned home, Li Fengshou was much more prominent than Li Daohua. From the moment he showed up, a large group of people gathered around him to watch him curiously, as if Li Fengshou was not a person but an interesting monkey.
Not only women, but men also gathered around Li Fengshou to watch. If they couldn't squeeze to the front, they would climb up trees and rooftops.
Li Fengshou's name was also changed. People no longer called him Li Fengshou, but Zeng Fang.
Li Fengshou was forced to run to Li Daohua's house and hide in the middle of the night.
When I was in Peking, there were too many celebrities there, and no one knew where he lived, so as long as he paid attention to protection when going out, he could live a normal life.
In Lijiazhuang, everyone knew where Li Fengshou's home was. Even if he covered his face, people who were familiar with him could still recognize him from his figure.
"Mom, why is my autumn coat missing?"
"It's hanging on the clothesline, can't you see it?"
Li Fengshou looked at the empty clothesline and said, "Where are my autumn clothes?"
Li's mother, who was busy in the kitchen, came out of the house and was also startled when she saw the clothesline: "Ah! Where is your autumn clothes?"
Seeing Li Fengshou's look, he explained, "I put the clothes on the clothesline after washing them. You saw it, too. Could it have been stolen?"
Although life was difficult in the 1980s, it was not so difficult that people had to steal other people's clothes, and Li's mother had not encountered clothes theft for a long time.
In a grove near Lijiazhuang, a young man was holding an autumn shirt and a pair of cotton gloves.
"Come, come, this is Zeng Fang's clothes, the highest bidder wins!"
With Li Fengshou helping her disperse the firepower, Li Daohua was happy and at ease.
After Li Sanzhu and his friends came back, they became even busier. The large and small bags of things they brought back from Peking were all rare things they brought for their relatives.
After Li Daohua traveled through time, she felt that most things were nothing special. She had seen too many things, from all over the world.
But for Li Sanzhu and his friends, the specialties of Peking are rare enough, not to mention the local specialties that Ouyang Yuan and his friends brought from other places in their sports cars, which are even more unheard of and unseen.
In the days before online shopping, local specialties were truly local specialties, and many of them were sold outside of that province and had never been seen in other provinces.
At night, when Li Daohua was getting ready to go to bed, she heard a lot of noise and crying outside.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Li Daohua ran out of the house quickly and ran to the place where the sound came from. Lin Jinfeng was already on the front line of the battlefield.
Lin Jinfeng was holding a shovel in her hand and stepping on a man, looking like she wanted to beat the man to death.
Li Daohua's aunt was kneeling on the ground crying and wailing, surrounded by a large group of villagers.
"Mom! What are you doing!?"
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