1979 Golden Age

In 1958, the first domestic TV series "One Bite of Vegetable Pancake" was born.

The dramas here are usually one episode or two episodes, and only three episodes can be called a series. Last year, the national TV drama production was only 20 episodes, which is in the embryonic stage.

"I am preparing a movie called "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", which is adapted from the novel. It is expected to take 9 episodes, which should be the longest in China."

"Nine episodes? That's a big task! How much funding do you have?"

"Uh, about 100,000."

"..."

Wang Yang's expression was subtle. Now that movie costs have skyrocketed, hundreds of thousands are nothing. As a result, nine episodes of the TV series only cost 100,000.

This is impossible without a sense of superiority. In fact, in the current film industry, watching TV series is like a big brother watching a brat. He knows that it has potential, but doesn't take it to heart.

So when the movie declined later, some people complained about the government: Why didn't you stop the development of TV series in time?

"We want to do something fresh, not like a model drama. But now there is a shortage of talent in TV dramas, including directors, screenwriters, and actors. Our station cannot rely on "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" to support it. I heard that The screenwriter is a young man who may have something new in mind, and I want to ask him to try it.”

"He is not in the capital, but in Henan."

"It's okay, just leave your contact information."

"That's okay, I'll ask him to come back to you."

"Thank you, old factory manager!"

Wang Fulin left, and Wang Yang scratched his head. That brat was now a favorite!

…………

Hong Kong, staff dormitory of Great Wall Company.

At night, the lights in the house were dim. Fu Qi was lying on a sofa, holding a letter in his hand, closing his eyes and not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he opened his eyes and read the letter again. The last sentence read:

"I am willing to carry the three-foot sword to help you and achieve unparalleled achievements!"

It’s hard to imagine that this was written by a young man from mainland China.

Mainlanders regard Hong Kong as a paradise, and everyone yearns for it, but this guy said: Old-timer! I like you leftists, and I am willing to help you with all my strength and kill them together!

Who is Fu Qi?

He has seen blood. However, due to the change in national policy, he had to cooperate with the united front in Xiangjiang. In fact, he was still in his twilight years and no longer had ambitions.

In addition to the letter, this young man also handed over two scripts, some storyboards, and painting settings, which shows his sincerity.

Snapped!

The lights suddenly turned on, and Shi Hui walked into the bedroom and said with a smile, "Do you still want to read this letter?"

"Well, looking at it, I just feel like we haven't been forgotten and there are people supporting us."

"So what, we can't do anything."

"If you can't do big things, at least you can do something small in the movie..."

Fu Qi paused and said: "I made a special trip to Guangzhou a few days ago and watched "Romance on Lushan Mountain". Although it is full of united front ideas, some things are still very novel. Can you imagine that this is a romance movie? "

"So, are you excited?"

Shi Hui sat on the armrest of the sofa and hugged his shoulders. The two of them stayed together forever and grew old together.

"You have also read those two scripts. It is not mainland style at all, nor is it Hong Kong style. Its structure and subject matter are more like those in the United States. I really don't know how he wrote it. I can only say he is a genius."

Fu Qi sighed and said: "I asked someone to estimate it. It's only a few hundred thousand. We can still come up with it. We are worried about what film to make anyway, so we might as well make this one. What do you think?"

"Where are the directors and actors? There are not many people left in the company, even A Jing is gone." Shi Hui said.

"There is a group of new wave directors emerging in Hong Kong. They are most in need of opportunities. Let's borrow from Run Run Shaw. As for the actors, this kind of film doesn't need big stars, so it's easy to handle."

"Then let Liu Xuehua and the others try it?" "Well, this is fine!"

The Great Wall used to be so glorious, but now it is withering away, with only a few veterans supporting it.

Bao Qijing, whose masterpieces are "Days and Nights in Tianshuiwei" and "Moon Hennessy", her father Bao Fang is the famous director of the Great Wall, and her younger brother Bao Dexi went to Hollywood to study and won the Oscar for Best Cinematography with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Bao Qijing grew up on the set of The Great Wall and joined the company as a matter of course. Before being formally employed, leftists had to undergo re-education from workers and peasants, so she went to work as a female worker in a textile factory in Guangdong for a few months.

She is 31 years old this year. She did not leave the Great Wall when it was most difficult, but now she has left and jumped to Li's TV station, ATV.

This is the only Mesozoic Era.

Fortunately, the Great Wall Actor Training Class has recruited a group of new people. The new people don't know anything about left and right, as long as they can get into the industry. Among them, four young and beautiful girls were specially trained, and one of them was Liu Xuehua.

The heroine of Qiong Yao drama, yes, she is from a leftist background.

She stayed there for a few years and was tepid, then jumped to Shaw Brothers. She didn't succeed in Shaw Brothers, so she went to Taiwan to film TV series. Oh, this time she found the right path and finally became popular.

Fu Qi and Shi Hui studied and found out that these four girls could play "Deadly Turn" and "Dark Invasion".

As for the director, they plan to borrow it from Shaw Brothers.

A cunning old man like Run Run Shaw must be hedging his bets. He is openly anti-leftist, but privately he turns a blind eye to company directors who help make films for leftists. For example, Wang Jing’s father, Wang Tianlin, worked on the Great Wall film under a pseudonym.

There are two strange directors in Shaw Brothers who are more suitable. One is Mou Dunfu, who is Chen Qi's favorite (of course he did not tell Fu Qi and others), and the other is Gui Zhihong.

Gui Zhihong has a unique style and his imagination is extraordinary. "Evil", "Gu", "Demon", and "Evil vs. Evil" are all rare Hong Kong cult classics.

"Mom and Dad!"

At this moment, a little girl about 10 years old ran over and threw herself into Fu Qi's arms, saying coquettishly: "What are you doing? Can you play with me?"

"We are talking about work, you go play by yourself first."

"Hmm~"

The little girl began to hum. She had a pretty face and was a beauty at first glance, especially her watery eyes. When she grows up, she will definitely have a pair of peach blossom eyes. She is the couple's youngest daughter, Fu Mingxian.

"Okay, okay, I'll play with you!"

The two were pestered and had no choice but to play with their daughter and spoil her very much - later Fu Mingxian wanted to enter the circle, Fu Qi directly called Run Run Shaw, and Fu Mingxian signed with TVB and played Guo Fu in "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

At this moment, Fu Mingxian made a fuss for a while and ran away again.

Shi Hui looked at her daughter leaving and suddenly said, "She's grown up now. Should we take her to BJ?"

"As our daughter, of course we have to go to BJ and see Tiananmen Square!"

Fu Qi did not hesitate.

In this era, many things have changed.

…………

"Lush Mountain Love" has been released for more than a month. It should be almost offline in the future. Now the first round is not over yet.

According to the standards of the future, it should be as good as "Hot and Sour". Ah, bah! It should be more than 4 billion. Unfortunately, it is rough now and the accurate box office statistics cannot be calculated.

In August, summer is still here.

The crew of "Tai Chi" completed the exterior scenes of Xiaodian Village and Yesanpo and officially finished shooting.

(No more...)