Chapter 48: Building King In the 1980s, many places of interest and historical sites were still...
In the 1980s, many historical sites had not yet been protected, and the country did not have the financial resources, energy and manpower to repair and maintain these sites.
People are still struggling to make ends meet.
When "Shaolin Temple" was being filmed, the Shaolin Temple in Songshan was in a dilapidated state. There were only ten elderly monks guarding the entire mountain gate.
After "Shaolin Temple" became popular, the situation of Shaolin Temple in Songshan gradually improved.
Li Daohua and his friends walked straight into the garden that they liked. There was no entrance fee and no management or cleaning. It was just like an ordinary park.
"It's ruined." Li Daohua looked at some places in the garden that were badly damaged, and some people had written "so and so was here".
Negotiating with the local government to borrow the garden is the easiest step; the difficult part is repairing the garden.
After all, they want to film this place as a luxury building, it can't be shabby and run-down, that would look terrible.
"We try to maintain the original appearance and not damage it too much. When we use it, we mostly just shoot exterior scenes and choose one place inside to renovate it."
“This decoration…”
The crew was a bit hesitant. If they followed the pure retro decoration method, many places would be inconvenient and it would not suit their crew. The wealthy people in Hong Kong Island do not pursue pure retro style either.
“It’s a combination of the past and the present. It draws on ancient decoration ideas, and the furniture is modern, but not purely Western.”
Li Daohua is talking about the new Chinese style, which has both Chinese charm and is combined with modernity.
However, if the new Chinese style is not well designed, it is easy to end up with something worse than what you intended.
The new Chinese style of decoration should be retro, combining the real and the imaginary, with blank space and embellishment. It should not follow the modern minimalist decoration concept.
But if they did that, the furniture would have to be custom-made, and they didn't have the money or the time.
"Actually, I think Daohua's house is pretty good. I wanted to shoot there before."
Li Daohua's house is decorated in the neo-Chinese style. When Zhang Xinyan went there for the first time, he thought it looked a bit strange, but not the kind of strange that was annoying.
He thought it looked pleasing to the eye, but he didn't know what was pleasing about it. It was only after he left that he realized that the decoration of her house was different from the ones he had seen before, which made him feel strange. What was pleasing to the eye was that such a combination did not look out of place in the courtyard.
"Then we'll use the garden for the exterior scenes, and my house for the interior scenes, and edit them together after we're done."
“This is good!”
Zhang Xinyan was originally an editor, so this kind of editing method is a piece of cake for him.
The crew brought in hired help, and a group of people spent a day cleaning up the garden, choosing the best angles to shoot a bunch of exterior scenes to facilitate later editing.
After the garden was cleaned, there were no dead branches or leaves, and there were many beautiful flowers in full bloom, many of which could not be found in Beijing.
This is why we had to shoot in Suzhou. The difference in climate between the north and the south led to very different choices of plants for garden construction.
Li Daohua went home without telling Lin Jinfeng in advance, and she was very surprised when she saw her come back.
"Oh, you're finally back. Mom missed you so much. Look at you. You've lost weight."
This is not what Lin Jinfeng's biological mother saw. Li Daohua has indeed lost weight. She is not used to the food in Hong Kong Island during this period.
She doesn't like socializing with people, but in Hong Kong, she has to do so a lot of the time. Eating Chinese food is fine, but eating Western food is more painful for Li Daohua.
If I ask the chef to give her a snack in the middle of the night, I will feel guilty, as I always feel that if I eat in the middle of the night, all I will grow on my body is fat, not muscle.
"I have to take good care of myself when I get back. Mom, you must make more delicious food!"
The body is the capital of revolution, and especially for her, the body is more important.
"Mom, the crew wants to shoot at our house for a few days, so you guys should stay in the hotel with us during these days."
"What, shoot at our house..." Lin Jinfeng was a little reluctant.
If it were in the past, if she heard that a film crew was going to shoot at her home, she would definitely feel honored and feel that it was an honor for her family.
In the past year or so since coming to Beijing, I have met many people and I know how capable my daughter is, so she will not show shyness in front of others.
The filming of the drama crew is great, but the things in this house are all earned by my daughter with great difficulty, and they are not cheap. There are also many things that ordinary people cannot buy and can only be bought with foreign exchange coupons.
With so many people in the crew, it is inevitable that some people are clumsy. Even if no one steals anything, if they accidentally break something in the house, they will have to repair it later, which is very troublesome.
In the end, it was Li Daohua who convinced her, and Lin Jinfeng reluctantly agreed.
Li Sanzhu has no problems. He acts like a hands-off boss every day, except for following Lin Jinfeng's instructions to buy things. Recently, he has become obsessed with playing chess.
He is learning to play chess with the old men in the alley. The biggest impact of changing his place of residence is that he has to go to bed early and get up early every day, and walk a longer distance to play chess.
"Hey, this hotel also has a TV, which is perfect, the TV series I was watching hasn't finished yet."
Li Daohua and his friends lived in the Peking Hotel, so Ouyang Yuan went to the small courtyard where they lived before and squeezed in with Li Fenghuo and his friends. It was more convenient to go to work from there.
"You'd better discuss it with Daohua. If Daohua disagrees, I advise you to listen to Daohua."
At dinner time, Li Fenghuo and his friends had a big bowl of buns, and the three men finished it all quickly.
"Yes, I should discuss this with my brother and sister-in-law."
"I know. I will definitely discuss it with Daohua. But Daohua is busy recently. I want to wait until Daohua is done with this."
At this time, the heat has not completely dissipated yet, and you can sweat profusely while eating.
Li Daohua was having dinner in the Peking Hotel when Zhang Xinyan brought her a piece of news that the inland area was preparing to introduce "Above the Rooftop".
It is not accurate to say that it was introduced. "On the Rooftop" can be considered a co-production, and it also has a part from the mainland.
If it is only to be broadcast in mainland China, we have to wait until the filming of "Above the Rooftop" is completed before it can be broadcast.
"There are not many TV shows in the mainland, and we had to import them before. Instead of importing other TV shows, we should take care of our own industry."
Zhang Xinyan saw it clearly, and many film and television programs in Hong Kong did not meet the mainland's introduction standards, so it was reasonable that "Above the Rooftop" was selected.
Up to now, the drama has been filmed for more than half a year, and the part about the King of Building is also nearing the finale of the TV series.
Since its launch, "On the Rooftop" has pushed ATV's ratings up with its overwhelming force. TVB's "The 12 Tigers" ended hastily, and the ratings of the finale were even lower than those of the premiere.
The newspapers that had previously been pessimistic about Yindu's modern dramas have changed their tune and started to be pessimistic about martial arts dramas.
Someone even interviewed Zhang Xinyan and asked him what he thought of martial arts dramas and whether he would shoot martial arts dramas in the future.
What does Zhang Xinyan think? He has asked Li Daohua this question before. Li Daohua’s answer is that in this era, no matter what drama it is, it is far from declining.
People's pursuit of spiritual level will make every type of TV series shine, and now is the time to shoot more and accumulate reputation.
It will be difficult to stand out when people become more picky in the future.
He will definitely shoot a martial arts drama, but I don’t know if Li Daohua has any plans in this regard.
He felt that he and Li Daohua got along quite well and that their collaboration this time would be a great success.
She is not optimistic about the introduction of "Above the Rooftop" to the inland areas. This drama is not made for the inland people at that time. People have not even fully accepted commercial housing, let alone the in-depth exploration of commercial housing.
“The response will definitely not be very good. It may take another decade or even decades before this drama is suitable for the inland areas.”
It was not until the 2000s that real estate speculation groups appeared in China and housing prices continued to rise, which was the time when the domestic real estate industry really took off.
Zhang Xinyan doesn't care much about the response of this drama in the mainland. As a Hong Kong director, he is more concerned about his base in Hong Kong.
After dinner, Li Daohua called the small courtyard and asked, "Are you still driving a sports car recently?"
"Run, we are now a small team with more than a dozen people and several cars."
Ouyang Yuan reported to Li Daohua and applied for a loan to buy the car.
This money came from Li Daohua's investment. The team told others that it belonged to Ouyang Yuan, but in fact, the largest shareholder was Li Daohua. When they officially set up a company in the future, both the money must be clearly divided.
"You guys should go to the south and bring back some clothes recently. Just make them based on the costumes from 'On the Rooftop'. 'On the Rooftop' will be airing soon, and the earliest batch will make more money."
Many industries compete on efficiency and time difference.
The first group of people eat the meat, the second group drinks the soup, and the remaining people may not even get to drink the soup.
Since we know that "Above the Rooftop" will be broadcast in mainland China, of course we want to make some money.
People may not understand or like the plot, but that doesn’t stop the costumes from becoming a hit.
The most popular outfit in Hong Kong Island now is the one from “On the Rooftop”. Even if “On the Rooftop” is not popular in mainland China, after a while, the outfit style from Hong Kong Island will spread to mainland China and will also be sought after.
In Hong Kong Island, today the new property development in Hong Kong Village that Anna is responsible for was unveiled, and the most popular building among them was particularly eye-catching.
In the drama, it is said that the building king was designed by a famous designer, a successful person, a top residence...
Many people sit in crowded homes, holding meals in their hands, eating while watching TV.
When the King of Buildings appears, shoot from a bird's-eye view to a close-up shot.
"Wow, what's the difference between this and a park!" A young man pointed at the TV with chopsticks. The lush trees of Lou Wang's house on TV stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Of course there is a difference. Have you seen how big a park we have here? Eat your meal!"
The young man pouted. He had never seen such a big park near his home. Doesn't that mean the park is not as good as other people's homes?
"Hey, this house is so exquisite!" The old man spoke slowly when the interior decoration of the building appeared.
"This is what we call a king of buildings. You can tell at a glance that a wealthy family specially commissioned someone to make it, not some common item you buy on the street."
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