Counterattack 1988

Wang Lin participated in the plot discussion meeting of the movie version of "Shanghai Bund" only once.

After that, he turned his energy to work.

As for the plot and filming, Wang Lin believed that there was such a group of people, and there was no need for him to intervene.

No matter what kind of script they discussed and what kind of movie they made, Wang Lin has no regrets.

He didn't think that he could be better than these people in terms of screenwriting, filming, and acting.

What Wang Lin has to do is to provide funds and help for filming in the mainland, so that the crew can finish filming in Shanghai without a green light.

Zhao Yazhi was very interested in learning that Wang Lin's wife had opened the largest beauty salon in the mainland, and dragged Wang Lin to bring her to Aixiu Beauty Salon.

When Zhao Yazhi appeared in the beauty salon, Li Wenxiu recognized her immediately.

Zhao Yazhi is so beautiful, and her face also has a strong sense of discrimination.

"Feng Chengcheng!" Li Wenxiu heard Wang Lin mention Zhao Yazhi's real name, but she still only remembered the role she played.

The employees of the beauty salon have also seen Shanghai Tang, so they naturally recognize her.

In addition, "Joking about Qianlong" is the first TV series about the palace of the Qing Dynasty that caused a sensation in the mainland of my country. For the post-80s audience in the mainland of my country, "Joking about Qianlong" played a pivotal role in their growth process. This TV series has become A collective memory cherished by a generation.The play not only opened the precedent for "joking dramas" with historical themes in mainland my country, but also had a profound impact on the later historical dramas of the joking type.

Through Qianlong's three tours in micro-clothes, the play describes the legendary love story of the romantic emperor meeting three folk women in the process of visiting people's feelings and punishing corrupt officials.

And these three women are all played by Zhao Yazhi alone.

When the show premiered on Taiwan TV, the highest single-episode ratings reached 41%.

More than ten years later, the show was broadcast on an old studio in the mainland, and the single letter ratings still reached 8%.

This shows the influence of this series in the three places on both sides of the strait.

Therefore, many people who have watched this new drama will also recognize her as Cheng Huaixiu, the handsome and sassy leader of the Salt Gang.

Sister Zhao has no celebrity airs at all, she is gentle and approachable, and soon chatted with Li Wenxiu.

"I want to go to the mainland to film, and I will stay for at least half a year. I was still thinking, there is no better beauty salon in the mainland, where can I go to get a good maintenance? Finally, Mr. Wang told me that there is a beauty salon here. And it's newly opened, which is really great." Sister Zhao happily chatted with Li Wenxiu.

Li Wenxiu took her to visit the entire beauty salon, and she was extremely envious of Sister Zhao's natural beauty.

The 38-year-old is actually taking care of himself like a girl!
With a slender figure, a beautiful face, and an elegant temperament, it really makes men love and women envy.

That night, Li Wenxiu told Wang Lin that it would be great if she could still be half as beautiful as Sister Zhao when she was 38 years old.

Wang Lin said with a smile, you have everything that Sister Zhao has. She has a rich husband, and you also have a rich husband. What she can do for skin care and beauty, you can do too.

Li Wenxiu said, I have learned about beauty needles, and this kind of needle is a double-edged sword, so I can't use too much.Putting some hyaluronic acid on the face can hold up the face without any wrinkles on the face, so that it looks much younger.However, I heard people say that because there is a cross-linking agent in hyaluronic acid, the cross-linking agent can basically not be metabolized and absorbed by the human body, so if you apply too much hyaluronic acid, your face will become a silicone face, which looks very stiff, and when you smile It's very unnatural, like laughing on the skin but not smiling.

Wang Lin was surprised and said, there are such side effects?For the beauty of youth, one has to pay the price of ugliness of old age!

Li Wenxiu said: "That's why, if you gain something, you will lose it. I'd better not get this kind of injection. I don't look like I will be old in the future. I don't even smile naturally, and my face is stiff like a ghost."

Wang Lin smiled and said, "How do you know?"

Li Wenxiu said: "Sister Zhao told me. She told me that in Xiangjiang's film and television industry, many women have received this kind of injection. Those female stars who received the injection early have already developed sequelae. They can't laugh. A smile is like I was watching a horror movie. So Sister Zhao told me that it is okay to love beauty, but don’t overdo it. What time has bestowed on us is the best. Every woman in each stage will have the beauty of this stage. Accompany the years to age gracefully , may not be a kind of beauty."

Wang Lin lifted his wife's face and said with a smile: "You are right, no matter how old you are, you are the most beautiful!"

"Is there?" Li Wenxiu smiled shyly, "I'm afraid you will dislike me for being old and ugly."

"Well, old age is the law of life, and it is not terrible. You have also seen that not every old man will turn ugly. The tragedy of old age is not that a person is old, but that he is still young. A kind, kind old lady, I like it too!"

Li Wenxiu bit her husband's ear lightly, and said, "The last time I went to your office to deliver razors, you and Shen Xue were not in the office, where did you go?"

Wang Lin thought, after all, she still mentioned this matter.

Since Li Wenxiu found Shen Xue's handbag in his office that day, she must have guessed that Shen Xue came to find Wang Lin and then left together.

Wang Lin also smiled half-lying and half-seriously: "I went to Little Braun with her, and she forgot to take her handbag that day. Isn't this going to be a movie for Shanghai Beach? The artists in the company also want to be in it To play a supporting role or something, we have to pick out some suitable people.”

Li Wenxiu believed it to be true, because what Wang Lin said was really watertight.

In the next two days, the crew members wandered around Shanghai, saw the Bund, went boating on the Huangpu River, went to the old concession, and especially went to the former Xiafei Road, which is Huaihai Middle Road.

In the 20s and 4s, Xiafei Road was the source of fashion in Shanghai.This [-]-kilometer-long commercial street is full of famous shops and famous products, many of which are old shops of Russian overseas Chinese, or the best of their kind in the French Concession. With their European-style commercial layout, they show a trend that is almost in sync with that of developed cities in Europe and America. High-end consumer goods, especially western food, pastries, suits and daily necessities are the most distinctive.

There are a large number of garden houses on this road, which is where celebrities gather.

Middle Huaihai Road, also known as Xiafei Road in the 20s and 4s, became the fashion center of Shanghai. This [-]-kilometer-long commercial street began to be planted with French plane trees, and became a high-end boulevard lined with famous shops.At that time, the commercial prosperity of Xiafei Road was not inferior to that of Shanghai in the future. The old French-style buildings, western-style restaurants, western-style dessert shops, and famous-brand shops at that time have even continued to this day.It is also known as the Champs Elysees of the East.

Today, there are phoenix trees on both sides of Huaihai Middle Road, and the old houses built at that time have become the most luxurious residences in Shanghai.Middle Huaihai Road is still an urban luxury street where every inch of land is expensive.This romantic street, which combines Western European and alley styles, not only retains the century-old Shanghai-style food culture, but also a leading place for Chinese and Western fashion in the past century.

Wang Lin also bought two garden houses on this road, but he hasn't renovated these two houses yet, so he can't live in them for the time being.

After entering 1992, with the development of the economy and the impact of emerging consumption, those who used to hold bungalows also began to look for new villas to live in, so they sold the old garden bungalows.

People in this period still cannot see the future value of these garden houses.As long as the citizens have money, they just want to change to a new elevator room.High-end buildings with elevator access have become people's pursuit.

This kind of garden house is really valuable, at least ten years later.

After seeing Wang Lin's garden house on Huaihai Road, the crew all said that this house can be used as a scenic spot.

In addition, a larger and more luxuriously decorated garden house is needed, which will be used as a scenic spot for the Feng family.

Shen Xue immediately thought of the Wang's Bieye where she lived.

The main building of Wang's Villa is very luxuriously decorated, and it is decorated in a retro European style, which fits the needs of the plot.

This main building used to be where Sister Lin lived, but now that Sister Lin is temporarily in Shencheng to give birth, the main building here is vacant.

It takes half a year to a year to make a movie, and it just so happens that the filming here is over, and Sister Lin is back.

When the crew arrived at Wang's Villa, they immediately made a decision, saying that this was a villa tailored for the Feng family.

Shencheng has just entered the development period, and many old buildings still retain the appearance of the folk period.

Even the Paramount Dance Hall still exists.

In order to shoot Shanghai Beach, the crew had done enough homework before. Like the three screenwriters, they had a deep understanding of the influential figures in Shanghai Beach during the folk period, especially the prototype of Mr. Feng. They did a lot of homework.

After the field tour, they had a richer imagination of the plot and characters.

Soon, a brand new script plan appeared in the screenwriter's mind.

They decided to play on the basis of the original creation and create a brand new story.

One is about the encounter between Xu Wenqiang and Feng Chengcheng, the screenwriter changed it to the train.

The two met by chance on the train back to Shencheng, and they hit it off right away, and they fell in love secretly.

Next came the first peak of the whole drama, that is, the fire at the train station. Xu Wenqiang showed his skills and rescued Feng Chengcheng who was plotted and assassinated. From this, he got to know the boss Feng, the big boss, and met the good guy in the future. Brother Ding Li.

The development of the story is mainly based on two clues.

The first clue is the career development line of Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li. This branch line has produced a lot of conflict scenes between Boss Feng and the Jianghu gang.

The second clue is naturally the love triangle between the two male protagonists and Feng Chengcheng.

In order to enrich the emotional scene, a female supporting role will also be arranged. The female supporting role is the singer of Paramount and will also be Xu Wenqiang's confidante.

The other actors had already arrived. When choosing the female supporting role, the director directly pointed out that Shen Xue's temperament, professionalism, and appearance all met the requirements of the top dancer in Bailemen.

Shen Xue quickly refused. Firstly, she had no intention of entering the entertainment circle, and secondly, she was going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, so she didn't have time to film.She introduced her good sisters to the crew, saying that they are good-looking and have extraordinary dancing skills.

The director wanted Shen Xue to play a supporting role, but he also wanted to please the management. Seeing that Shen Xue refused, he stopped persuading him.

After meeting Zhao Bailing, Fu Meifang and others, the director appointed Zhao Bailing to play the female supporting role.

Zhao Bailing had nothing to do, anyway, it was only half a year, and besides, there were not many female supporting roles, so she agreed to act on the spot without delaying her serious work.

Everything was ready, Wang Lin invested 8000 million to start filming the movie "Shanghai Bund".

This year, there were not no movies with an investment of more than 8000 million, but very few.

In any case, this movie is considered a big production.

In the Hong Kong film industry in the 90s, 1000 million Hong Kong dollars could already be used to make a medium-sized film, and around 3000 million Hong Kong dollars could be regarded as a blockbuster film, where first-line superstars could be invited to star.For example, in "Days of Being Wild" in 1990, with an investment of 4000 million, there were many Uranus superstars participating, which can be called a super luxurious lineup.

For this film invested by Wang Lin, in terms of remuneration, Fa Ge was the highest. He asked for 400 million Hong Kong dollars, which was in line with his remuneration during this period.

Brother Ding Li and Sister Zhao, 200 million Hong Kong dollars each.

Other actors are paid less.

The entire film salary is controlled below 2000 million, and most of the funds are invested in shooting, setting up scenes, restoring street scenes, etc.

Regarding the required group performances, it was not a problem for Xiao Bailing at all.

Little Bailing itself has high-quality actor resources.

Shen Xue only needs to shout, and at any time, hundreds of group performers with certain qualifications as actors can be summoned.

Like Paramount's backup dancers, they can be picked out casually in Little Bailing.

In order to save money, the crew decided that the exterior scenes of Paramount would be filmed at the original location, but the interior scenes would be filmed on the Little Braun Stage. Only a certain amount of decoration would be needed, which would save a lot of venue rental costs.

Of course Shen Xue would cooperate.

The next step is to polish the script.

Under normal circumstances, a movie script needs at least several months of precipitation, but our famous oriental Hollywood Xiangjiang has shortened this time to the minimum, writing while shooting, and the script is finished after the film is shot.It may take a year or a few years for the masters to create a script, but a movie without a script does not mean it is not good-looking.Therefore, how long it takes to write the script mainly depends on the requirements of the producer.

Of course, for the Shanghai Tang film crew, the framework and blueprint of the script are ready-made, and they just need to improve it.

So Wang Lin's request to them is to write while filming, which is more conducive to controlling the plot.

Therefore, as long as the film is approved, it can be shot.

In order to start filming, a film needs to be filed first, which is also called a film production license.

After submitting the filing application, a filing receipt will be obtained.

After obtaining the filing receipt, you can start filming. After the filming is completed, the film review must be carried out.Submit the application for film review and get approved to obtain the "Film Review Decision Letter". After obtaining the "Decision Letter", hold the "Decision Letter" and "Send Review Standard Copy Technical Appraisal Certificate" to obtain the "Film Public Screening License", which is what we usually call The dragon logo.

After obtaining the Dragon Label, it can be announced and released in theaters.

This is the release process of mainland movies.

For Little Bailing Company, the filing was just a formality. Through the relationship, special approval could be obtained. In less than a week, the film production license was obtained.

During the period of obtaining the license, the crew has built several related sets, and then entered the formal filming stage.

On the day the film was launched, Wang Lin and Shen Xue attended the press conference in costumes.

That night, Li Wenxiu and others saw this scene on the TV news.

It happened that Yanzi was at home on vacation that day. She watched Wang Lin and Shen Xue on TV, giggled and said, "Look, they are really a good match, like a couple! In my opinion, if Shanghai Beach is run by them It must be very good-looking to play the heroine and heroine!"

When Li Wenxiu heard this, she couldn't help being startled.

Because the more she looked at it, the more she felt that Wang Lin and Shen Xue were really right!

Especially when the two of them stood side by side, their silent eye contact made them even more lovers than lovers!

Xu Ying saw that something was wrong with Li Wenxiu, and quickly scolded her daughter: "Swallow, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Wenxiu said indifferently: "Tong Yan Wuji, sister Xu, stop scolding Yanzi."

However, Yanzi's words were like a thorn, piercing deeply into Li Wenxiu's heart.