1979 Golden Age

"Do you think it can be done this way?"

"Don't do a full shot, just edit Yang Yugan's hand movements. After a busy period, the camera turns and Feng Hualian has been hung up."

In the editing room, Chen Qi communicated with the master as usual.

After these days of in-depth study, the master also has an understanding of "Tai Chi" and feels that this "fast and sharp" style is better.

His surname is Fu. He was reported by the factory for taking private jobs outside, which resulted in him not being able to join the party. If he can't join the party, he will lose certain titles and benefits. The old man hates it in his heart and doesn't like anyone.

But he is short of money, and he gets along well with Chen Qi. They chat occasionally, and gradually they feel that they have the same fate because they were both reported by villains.

"You can edit it this way, but your binding method is very strange. Where did you learn it?"

The master looked at the material screen. Feng Hualian is a ninja who is good at using flying claws and ropes. He fought with Yang Yugan and was finally tied up in a way called "rope art" and hung on the beam.

This was naturally Chen Qi's idea. He had tried it in his previous life. No, he saw others try it...

"Director Li Wenhua did it. I don't know. Just cut it like this."

He passed the buck as usual. The two were studying it when someone came in from outside and said, "Xiao Chen, the director asked you to go."

"Oh, okay!"

Chen Qi stood up, left the editing room, and went straight to the main building. He saw a car parked downstairs and wondered: Who is here?

…………

In the director's office, Wang Yang was entertaining guests.

He had thick eyebrows and small eyes, wore black-framed glasses, had dark skin, a big mouth, wore a decent suit, a tie, and combed his hair meticulously. He was both elegant and cunning.

His name is Li Hanxiang, and he is 54 years old this year.

Born in Liaoning and raised in Beijing, he studied painting. In 1947, he went to Hong Kong to enter the film industry. He is a pioneer and one of the best directors in Hong Kong.

Representative works include "The Beauty of the Kingdom", "The Butterfly Lovers", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Warlord", "Feng Yue Qi Tan", "Jin Ping Shuang Yan", etc. Jackie Chan also played a cameo role in "Jin Ping Shuang Yan", telling the story of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, and Jackie Chan played the pear-selling Yun Ge.

This film faithfully restored the scene of "Pan Jinlian hanging upside down on the grape trellis": Jinlian spread her legs and was tied to the grape trellis, Ximen Qing sat opposite and aimed, and threw the grapes into her vagina...

I won't go into details about Li Hanxiang's brilliance, just say that he has a very high level of classical art attainments and a strong pursuit of historical dramas, but real historical dramas cannot be filmed in a place like Hong Kong. And he sold himself to Shaw Brothers, Shaw Brothers knows that they have to make money.

Li Hanxiang likes classical and romantic films.

In order to cater to the market, he combined the two and created a unique type of film: classical romantic films.

Hong Kong only had a classification system in the late 1980s, and it was called Category III films at that time. Before that, they were all called romantic films. So, classical erotic films, to put it bluntly, are ancient costume third-level films.

Li Hanxiang filmed this stuff for many years until 1978, when he secretly went north to visit relatives and friends.

At that time, he came to Beijing Film Studio and met Wang Yang. His colleagues in the mainland urged him to come back to film. Li Hanxiang also wanted to make some real classical movies, so he readily agreed.

The first choice was Lao She's "Tea House", and he was ready to cooperate with Beijing Film Studio, but he thought again and again that it would not be good. Then he took a fancy to Puyi's "My First Half of Life", but the official said that some people in the book were still alive and had not yet been finalized, so it was recommended to choose another subject.

After choosing and choosing, Li Hanxiang decided to film this period of Cixi's history, which was later "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Behind-the-Curtain Hearing".

It was decided last year to cooperate with Changchun Film Studio and the contract was signed. As a result, Changchun Film Studio had funding problems and could not pay the money. There was no progress here, and Shaw Brothers urged him to renew the contract.

Li Hanxiang also had to make a living, so he had to go back to Hong Kong and continue filming for Shaw Brothers.

"Old factory director, long time no see, you are still so tough!"

He spoke fluent Beijing dialect and was very talkative. He said: "This time, Rongbaozhai (a time-honored shop selling four treasures of the study) celebrated its 30th anniversary. More than 200 people from all walks of life gathered together. I was fortunate to be invited, so I went north again and came to visit you."

"You are quite proficient in antiques, so you should go and see it. I don't know anything, so it would be a waste of time if I went."

Wang Yang didn't smoke cigarettes, but the foreign cigarettes brought by Li Hanxiang. He felt that the power was not strong, and said: "Have you made any progress on that play?"

"No, the mainland has not come up with a specific plan, so I can't start work. The script has been written several drafts. I will visit the playwright tomorrow and go back the day after tomorrow... Alas!"

Li Hanxiang was a little lonely and sighed He said, "I have signed another 10-movie contract with Shaw Brothers. Go work for them."

"Are you still going to make your erotic films?"

"Why not? Erotic films have a market. That old guy Run Run Shaw never loses money. By the way, I heard that your company is going to make "Tea House"?"

"Directed by Xie Tian, ​​the original cast of the People's Art Theater is in action, including Yi Shizhi, Zheng Rong, Lan Tianye, Ying Ruocheng, and Huang Zongluo."

"Stop, stop, you are tempting me!"

Li Hanxiang laughed at himself and said, "When you are famous, you cherish your body. I am afraid that I will not be able to make "Tea House" well and ruin my reputation. I regret it after hearing what you said. I should have insisted on making "Tea House" earlier."

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Come in!"

At this moment, Chen Qi knocked on the door and came in. He was very surprised to see the man on the sofa. Oh, isn't this Li Hanxiang, Li Heizi (dark-skinned)?

But he had to pretend not to know him and said: "Director, are you looking for me?"

"Come on, Xiao Chen, I'll introduce you to a great director from Hong Kong!"

Wang Yang stood up with a smile and introduced him personally, saying, "This is a young screenwriter in the factory who has written three scripts for Great Wall."

Li Hanxiang considered himself a scholar and was arrogant. If Wang Yang mentioned "Lushan Love", he would definitely not care. But when Wang Yang mentioned that he had written three scripts for The Great Wall, he couldn't help but look at Chen Qi and be quite surprised.

"how old are you?"

"20 years old!"

20 years old!

Li Hanxiang raised his eyebrows, agreeing that he was qualified to sit here. He was not so awesome when he was 20 years old.

Chen Qi rolled his eyes secretly, bam! You despise me, and I despise you. You do a lot of shit and ruin things. But there is no need to pay attention to this. Li Hanxiang's behavior is at best a failure of the private ethics of a scholar.

Didn’t he sign a ten-film contract with Shaw Brothers?

Before he could finish it, he went north to film "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain". Shaw Brothers reported him. Li Hanxiang was banned from Hong Kong and Taiwan, so he could only come to the mainland to film - and he was also given a Tony Leung Ka Fai, so he was also a target of the United Front.

At this moment, Li Hanxiang looked at this young man.

As everyone knows, the other party is thinking about how to take him in.

Wang Yang intended to let Chen Qi show his face more in front of the great director, and said with a smile: "Even though he is young, he also likes to collect old objects. There are only two of them in his room. Uh, are they from the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty?"

"Two chairs from the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, there are old books and so on, piled all over the house."

"Oh? Are you good at this too?"

Li Hanxiang's eyes lit up.

"I know a little bit about it, and I usually go shopping when I have nothing to do. Nowadays, many good things are scattered among the people, and some people use Qianlong's porcelain to pickle pickles. It hurts to see it."

"That's right! We have the obligation to collect them and keep them well to prevent the pearls from becoming dusty!"

Li Hanxiang collected antiques all his life and entrusted them to Ma Weidu before he died - Ma Weidu said it himself. He couldn't sit still now and said: "This is a rare opportunity. Let's go to your place to see the chair?"