Chapter 471 I want to be Meng Baige's "sister" for life!
In 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, and the Japanese attempted to launch a comprehensive invasion of China. Under the wave of the national war of resistance, the 87th and 88th divisions of the National Army launched a siege on the Japanese base in Hongkou, Shanghai, trying to drive the enemy into the sea, and the "Songhu Battle" broke out.
The war began on August 14 and extended to the autumn. More than 420 officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan, entered the Sihang Warehouse in the middle of the night of October 26 and fought for four days and nights, repelling more than ten crazy attacks of the Japanese army until the end of the war.
The "Battle of Sihang Warehouse" marked the end of the Songhu Battle. The soldiers of the National Army who participated in this defense battle were called "Eight Hundred Warriors".
This is also the background story of the movie "Eight Hundred".
This movie started as early as 2017 and was completed in the middle of 2018. It was originally scheduled to be released in the summer of 2019, but it was withdrawn before it was released. The reason given to the public was "technical problems".
Of course, everyone knows that this is just an excuse. Everyone knows the real reason. There are obvious problems with the ideological orientation of this movie and the special time node last year.
When the movie was first withdrawn, it was said that it would be released after the National Day, and then it was delayed to the end of the year, and then the flu.
Many people thought that this movie might be put in the warehouse for a few years, but they didn't expect Huayi to take advantage of the current gap to move it out.
Don't say it, this is really a good time.
The theater needs an attractive big production, and the industry hopes that someone can come out to test the market. The audience has been waiting for so long and looking forward to the new work.
Even in the promotion, the first half of the year has just shown a wave of unified mutual help among the whole people because of the flu. At this time, a movie about the "National Army's War of Resistance" is also a good opportunity.
As an old film and television company, Huayi was once the leader of the Beijing circle, but it has been getting worse and worse in recent years and urgently needs results to recover. This movie is just sitting there, so why not take a chance? If you lose, it won't have much impact, but if you win, you'll make a lot of money.
On Heng Teng's side, Chen Zhixi and his team originally felt that it was a bit tiring for them to take the lead. When they saw that someone was accompanying them, they immediately decided on the release of "Famous".
"The trailer materials for publicity have been prepared a long time ago. If you want to start publicity now, you can use them directly." Meng Bai said.
"Famous" was originally scheduled for May Day, but the theaters were not open at that time. However, all kinds of publicity work have been prepared in advance, and now they can be used directly after a few minor changes.
After the meeting, everyone went about their work according to the set plan, and Meng Bai stopped Chen Sicheng.
"Has preparations for "Detective Chinatown 3" begun?"
"Yes." Chen Sicheng nodded, "Originally, it was planned to start in the first half of the year, and it should be finished by now, and directly prepare for the Spring Festival next year. Unexpectedly, we had to wait for half a year."
"Good things take time, it's better than being interrupted in the middle of filming." Meng Bai comforted.
Chen Sicheng laughed and said, "That's true."
He then sighed and said, "But the third part takes place in Neon, and the situation there is worse than ours. I originally wanted to shoot all the scenes there, but now it seems that I have to combine the two places." "
Actually, it may not be a bad thing if you think about it. There are quite a few scenes in central Tokyo in the script. Usually there are a lot of people, and it is troublesome and expensive to use a place to shoot. Now it's good, few people dare to go out on the streets, which is convenient."
"Hiss - don't tell me, I really didn't think of this."
Chen Sicheng's eyes lit up: "That's right, for example, the part that needs to be filmed at the Ginza intersection in the plot was originally going to be set up. But now that I see it this way, I can actually try to apply directly to see if I can go to the actual location to shoot."
Seeing the old man's excitement, Meng Bai smiled and asked, "By the way, has the lead actor from Japan been decided? I know that Satoshi Tsumabuki will continue to play Noda Hao, but who are you going to find to play Kobayashi Anna?"
As a standard commercial mystery comedy, in addition to reasoning and action, every "Tang Detective Series" is inseparable from "Qin Feng's aunt.
" "Landlady A Xiang" in the first part, "Policewoman Chen Ying" in the second part, and "Suspect Kobayashi Anna" in the third part.
When it comes to this topic, the two men are obviously more interested.
"What do you think of Nagasawa Masami?"
Meng Bai frowned: "I feel that she is not as good as Aragaki Yui."
"Oh--" Chen Sicheng gave him an ambiguous look: "What those netizens said on the Internet is quite right. Your aesthetic taste is really consistent and mediocre."
"You can't say that. I think Ishihara Satomi is good too."
"Okay, no need to explain. I know you like to take a flat road."
Chen Sicheng put his arm around Meng Bai's shoulders and said enthusiastically: "When we go back to shoot, if you have time, come along. I'll take you to have some fun."
Meng Bai took his arm away with disdain: "Senior, you've got the wrong person. I'm not such a casual person."
"Haha, we don't know each other, try this on me."
"The main reason is that I don't speak Japanese and can't communicate, so it takes away a lot of fun."
"Fuck, you still want to communicate about this stuff. Yada, Siguoyi, big meda, a library, these words are not enough for you?"
"... Awesome!"
Meng Bai gave a thumbs up and said sincerely: "You play, I'll see if I have time when the time comes."
As an investor, it is normal to inspect the filming of the crew, and it has nothing to do with the Japanese style.
"But you'd better be careful, don't get caught by Senior Sister Tong."
"Haha, brother, your mentality is not good." Chen Sicheng said nonchalantly: "She has known it so many times, what can she do in the end. Women, just coax them a little, don't take it too seriously."
This time Meng Bai just smiled and said nothing else.
...
Chen Zhixi acted quickly. As soon as the meeting was over, Hengteng started to connect with the theaters to prepare for the release of "Famous".
She also took advantage of the situation and first asked clearly that "Eight Hundred" was scheduled for August 21, and then chose the same date.
The actions of Huayi and Hengten have aroused a strong reaction in the industry.
One of them is an old-fashioned powerhouse, and the other is a newcomer in the industry. They decided to arrange the release of new films almost at the same time, which exceeded everyone's expectations.
But in this way, everyone can save trouble and no longer need to argue. Wait and see how the two companies perform, and you will naturally know the real market situation.
Compared with the cold-eyed observation of practitioners, the audience is quite looking forward to the two films.
Since the Spring Festival, everyone has not been to the cinema or watched new movies for more than half a year.
In comparison, the voice of "Eight Hundred" is higher than that of "Famous", after all, the former's star lineup and subject matter are there, which is definitely more attractive to the audience.
However, the popularity of "Famous" is not low. On the one hand, the label of "Archlight Production" still has some appeal, and on the other hand, there are only two movies. If you pay attention to one, you will definitely pay attention to the other.
Everyone also wants to see how the two movies perform.
However, there is still a month before the release of the film, and the most popular topic on the Internet is the just-announced college entrance examination results.
Compared with ordinary candidates, art students from major film and television schools need to pay attention to another result, which is the re-examination and admission of major colleges and universities that come out immediately after the college entrance examination scores.
Speaking of which, there are quite a few "star candidates" from the three major colleges this year, but the two most concerned are Zhang Zifeng and Zhao Jinmai.
As the two most popular "post-00s little flowers", it is impossible not to be compared.
That is to say, the two have already stated before that one wants to take the Beijing Film Academy and the other wants to take the Central Academy of Drama, which is different from each other. Otherwise, if they both apply to the same school, their fans will definitely quarrel more fiercely.
Under this kind of attention, the specific scores of the two people naturally cannot be concealed. Before they even announced it, their scores have been dug out on the Internet.
Zhang Zifeng's college entrance examination score is 394, and she ranked third in the art examination of the Beijing Film Academy's performance department.
Zhao Jinmai's college entrance examination score is 524, and she ranked first in the art examination of the performance department of the Central Academy of Drama.
394 vs. 524, although the two are from different provinces and the difficulty of the test papers is different, the score difference is still too tragic when compared.
It's nothing for Zhao Jinmai. First, she has a high score, and it's not just ordinary high. 524 points is enough for a normal candidate in Liaoning to get into the first-tier line. Second, she is less popular and usually low-key, so everyone's expectations of her are low.
But for Zhang Zifeng, her recent reputation is a bit bad.
The main reason is that this girl has previously marketed the "student tyrant persona". When recording "Longing for Life", the program crew often gave her the camera of studying and reading.
Even in the program, she said to Peng Yuchang, who is also a fixed member, "400 points is not enough to have hands."
With the degree of involution in the Henan college entrance examination, 400 points is indeed not a very high score, so there was nothing wrong with her saying this at the time.
But the problem is, since you said that, everyone will naturally expect you to do so. As a result, the final result has not been achieved, so the boomerang will naturally follow.
Zhang Zifeng has a good reputation because of her good acting skills and the persona of "national sister", but now her persona has collapsed more or less.
But it’s not bad, at least the scores are all above the passing line, and the overall third place result is not bad, which saves some face.
Compared with those who usually clamor for 500 or 600 points, but finally scored 200 points and failed to pass the line, it can only be regarded as a small problem.
Zhao Jinmai took advantage of this wave of turmoil to reap some dividends. Many viewers discovered that the Han Duoduo who "saved the earth" at the beginning has grown into a big girl.
And as she grows older, her appearance is much better than when she was a child. At first glance, she is the kind of cute "girl next door".
It can be said that she now only needs a big hit drama as the leading role to break away from the previous "child star" image and firmly establish herself in the first echelon of "little flowers".
"I heard that you called Zi Feng?"
Meng Bai said cheerfully, "That's good, girl. You've learned to kill people and hurt their hearts now."
"I didn't!"
Zhao Jinmai's shy and anxious voice came from the phone, "It's just a normal phone call, how can it be sarcastic."
"Well, it's more clever to let the other party feel it without any leakage."
"I really didn't..." The little girl groaned, "Brother Meng Bai, you are bullying me again."
"Haha, okay, no more jokes." Meng Bai said, "I still have to congratulate you, Mai Mai, you are the first in the major, and you will be my junior sister in the future. When you go out and have something to do, just report your name, Brother Meng Bai, so I still have a little face."
"Hello, Brother!" Zhao Jinmai called sweetly.
"Hello, Junior Sister." Meng Bai smiled and said, "I'm used to hearing you call 'Brother Meng Bai', it's a bit strange to suddenly change the name."
"Then I'll still call you 'Brother Meng Bai'."
Zhao Jinmai was happy in her heart. She didn't really want to call Meng Bai Brother, after all, this name was too common and many people could call it.
"Brother Meng Bai" is different. After knowing each other for so many years, she knew that she was the only one who would call him that.
Although it was just a title, it made her feel that she had a special position.
Meng Bai didn't care too much about what the little girl was thinking. He just said it casually, letting her call him whatever she wanted.
"Are you planning anything recently?"
"I don't really have any plans. I'll study the script more before school starts."
"Oh, right. School will start in just a month."
Meng Bai thought about it. The Central Academy of Drama starts in early September, and "The Beginning" will start filming in late September. This girl will definitely not be able to complete the military training. It is estimated that she will have to make up for it next year with the new batch of "junior brothers and sisters".
Thinking of the start time, he remembered another thing: "Mai Mai, I remember your birthday is at the end of September, right?"
"Yes, September 29th." Zhao Jinmai said, "It should have started by then."
"Do you have any wishes? Senior brother can help you realize one."
"Ah?" Zhao Jinmai was surprised and happy to hear this, but still suppressed her excitement and said, "No need, Brother Meng Bai, you have already given me the script, this is the best gift."
"Let's not talk about it. The script is a meeting gift for you, my junior sister, and birthday gifts are another matter." Meng Bai said, "It's your eighteenth birthday, a coming-of-age ceremony, it only happens once in a lifetime, and it is still very memorable. If you have any wishes, just tell me and I will help you realize them." After all,
Zhao Jinmai is a "sister" who has grown up with her since she was a child. It is also a coming-of-age ceremony that only happens once in a lifetime, so it is no problem to fulfill a small wish.
"I want to be Brother Meng Bai's 'sister' for life!"
Zhao Jinmai wanted to say this in her heart, but the shyness and scruples of the girl still made her shut her mouth tightly.
Taking a deep breath, she said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "I don't really have any special wishes... How about I think about it?"
"Sure, it's valid until your birthday. I won't care about it after it expires." Meng Bai said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll remember it."
Zhao Jinmai smiled and said, "Then Brother Meng Bai, let's meet at Blue Island."
"See you at Blue Island."
(End of this chapter)
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