1979 Golden Age

"Bao Qingtian" was filmed steadily.

Chen Qimen was writing his own script at home, and occasionally went to the studio to take a look and met the entire creative team.

Lipo put on a big beard, painted his face black, put on a costume-style official robe, and took every step. Not to mention, he really looked like Jin Chaoqun. A major feature of Jin Chaoqun's version of "Bao Qingtian" is that it borrows many opera formats, which is very strict, but the effect is particularly good.

Chen Daoming is in his 20s, a fair-faced scholar with a few strands of long beard, and he looks a lot like Gongsun Ce.

Chen Qi was not very interested in him. He still had some acting skills when he was young, but after playing the role of Kangxi, he was all the same, and he couldn't stand it.

"Brother Qi!"

"Call Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen!"

On this day, Zhang Guangbei took advantage of Chen Qi's visit to the class and finally found an opportunity to run over and bowed: "Thank you for giving me the opportunity. I am blind and I have offended you before!"

"Okay, you've said it again, am I such a coward? Will I give you a role if I'm such a coward?"

"Yes, your prime minister can hold a boat in his belly!"

Zhang Guangbei's face changed in an instant, and he was so smiling. There was nothing he could do. He couldn't afford to offend Chen Qi back then, and he couldn't afford to offend Chen Qi now.

"By the way, has your amateur acting class started?"

"It's open. Classes will start in early March."

"Then you won't delay filming?"

"Many of my classmates have jobs, and the school gives us classes after get off work every day, which is equivalent to night school. The one named Li Chengru, and Zhu Lin, wow, they are envious of me. Hey, I'm the only one who has a role to shoot!"

Zhang Guangbei is also a funny guy.

Chen Qi shook his head and gave him some advice, saying: "You play the role of Ma Han, one of the four guards of Kaifeng Mansion. In fact, you don't have much chance to show your face. If you have nothing to do, you can stick to Bao Zheng's side. You can stand behind him. Director Yang and I will Let’s talk about giving you a few more shots.”

"Oh! You are really, you are really my great benefactor. If you call me if anything happens in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Zhang Guangbei was so excited that he wished he could bow down and bow to him, saying, "Bu has been wandering for the rest of his life, and I just wish he had never met his master..."

Okay, okay!

Chen Qi waved his hand, "I just want to have fun."

…………

Mao Dun passed away on March 27 at the age of 85.

One of the six big bosses, Lu, Guo, Mao, Ba, Lao, and Cao, left, leaving only Ba Jin and Cao Yu. Cao Yu died in 1996 and lived to be 86 years old. Ba Jin lived the longest, passing away in 2005 at the age of 101.

Also at the end of March.

China Film’s second quarter film screening will be held.

Representatives of film companies from various provinces gathered in the capital to follow the previous steps, first watch the films and then order copies to determine the spiritual food for the audience in the second quarter.

"Hahaha!"

"Ha ha!"

"So interesting!"

In the screening room, half were happy and half were frowning. The happy ones were all representatives from the Central Plains and the northern provinces, while the frowning ones were all representatives from the south.

This film is called "Xiyingmen" and tells the story of a big family in the northern countryside. The director went deep into the countryside to collect stories. The materials are all real. It is the various jokes created by these real materials that make people smile.

However, due to geographical barriers, there are differences between the north and the south.

After "Xiyingmen" was released, the director went to various places to collect statistics: in Shanghai, the audience laughed forty or fifty times; in Jinan, it was seventy or eighty times; in Yantai, it was more than a hundred times; in the countryside, it was even more Reached 1,780 times...

This is just like southerners watching the Spring Festival Gala and northerners watching burlesque shows.

"Xiyingmen" is a rural-themed classic in the 1980s, but it has been rarely mentioned in later generations, not as much as "Lushan Love".

After watching the film, statistics were collected on the spot.

Representatives from each province wrote down the number of copies they ordered on paper and put them into the hands of representatives from China Film Group. After the final calculation, they were all smiles: "241 35mm copies of "Xiyingmen"!"

"It's over 200, not bad!"

"Yes, yes, this is the first movie to hit 200 this year, right?"

"China Film has made a huge profit again!"

Representatives from various provinces murmured that they were actually happy because the movie was good, so they would order more and earn more at the box office. In the entire film system, China Film only has a distribution monopoly, but these film companies have a market monopoly.

Because most theaters across the country are affiliated to film companies at all levels.

County-level companies are in charge of theaters in the county, municipal-level companies are in charge of the whole city, and provincial-level companies are in charge of the whole province. There are barriers between cities and provinces, and they can show movies how they want. There are no national theater chains at all.

"Everyone, let's go have a meal. We'll continue in the afternoon!"

I took a short break at noon and then watched a movie.

All the representatives were in high spirits, even holding back diarrhea. They all stared at the big screen. "Tai Chi", which was making a lot of noise in the newspapers, "Tai Chi", which earned foreign exchange outside, finally returned to China.

Time has never flown so fast. After 108 minutes, everyone was still staring at the screen, as if they could still watch for five more minutes.

It wasn't until the lights came on that everyone sighed in unison.

"It's well-deserved!"

"I'm convinced, I'm so convinced!"

"This is not on the same level as in China. How was it possible to film it?"

"Okay, okay, let's start filling in the form!"

China Film Group represents a dead face, which is completely different from "Xiyingmen". How many copies of "Tai Chi" are sold has nothing to do with them, it has to be handed over to Dongchang. That’s right, Dongchang!

Beijing Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, Changying Film Studio... So why is Oriental Culture and Arts Co., Ltd. called Dongchang? This nickname has been secretly circulated, and everyone is envious, jealous and hating that Eunuch Chen!

"How much do you want to order?"

The representatives from each province hesitated while holding the paper, writing, correcting, and crossing out. The representative from Henan suddenly gritted his teeth, wrote down a number, and handed it in with his eyes closed, as if he didn't dare to read.

"Fuck!"

The representative of China Film Group was shocked when he saw it. Is Henan crazy?

If you buy too many copies and don't return them, your money will be wasted. The other party is betting that "Tai Chi" will become a big hit. After all, Chenjiagou is from Henan.

"for you!"

"this is mine!"

"Oh, forget it, just give it to you!"

They handed it in one by one, and the China Film Group representative calculated it on the spot. Then the movement got stuck. He calculated it twice more and asked loudly: "Are there any changes? Are you sure these are the ones?"

"any left?"

"Then I'll announce it!"

He swallowed, his voice trembling: ""Tai Chi", 35mm copy, order quantity 480!!!"

boom!

A bomb was dropped, and everyone was confused. After a brief silence, they all started shouting again: "You are not mistaken, 480? China has never issued so many copies since there were movies!"

"How much is "Lushan Love"? 360?"

"No, there were 20 more later, for a total of 380!"

"Oh my god, there are 100 more copies all of a sudden. Is Beijing Film Studio going to be a mountain sculpture?"

"Lao Wang, you are really lucky. Where did you find the baby? Why didn't you give it to us at the Eying Factory?"

"..."

The representative of China Film Group was no longer interested in communicating. He waved his hand to signal everyone to disperse. He hurriedly went to the film bureau and slapped the order on the leadership table.

"480?! That's right?"

"It's absolutely true, what do you think we should do?"

"What should I do? If the data is correct, just follow the process!"

"Then I have to give that guy 4.32 million yuan! (9,000 yuan each)"

"Have you not made enough trouble? You still want to refuse to pay, so don't come to me to intercede when the time comes!"

"..."

The representative of China Film Group gritted his teeth and had no choice but to admit it, and then said: "Then shall we distribute the copies at once, or give 200 copies first like "Lushan Love"?"

The leader stood up and walked around the room twice, thought for a long time, and waved his hand: "'Lushan Love' made us so petty and made people laugh for a long time. This time, all 480 copies will be sent out!"

(The number of copies of "Shaolin Temple" is 480. The data in this article are basically based on reality, or may be appropriately enlarged, and there is no indiscriminate obscenity.

No more, the third update will be resumed tomorrow...)