Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 373 One Story, One Song
Maybe I have to ask, Cao Zhiqiang has a lot of things to do recently, especially his current main direction is to make records, why did he think about making movies again?Is this too hasty?

Frankly speaking, Cao Zhiqiang didn't think about making movies at first, at least he didn't consider entering the field of film and television in the near future, but who made the plan not as fast as changing.

In fact, when it comes to filming, we need to talk about the root cause, and we have to talk about a dinner five days ago.

At that time, Cao Zhiqiang had just finished recording all the songs in the album "Life in Bloom", and it was the most relaxing time, so he planned to take advantage of that time to deal with the affairs of Qinghong's father Wu Zemin, that is, to get rid of him. Going to Shanghai, the provincial wandered around the capital every day, preventing him from reuniting with Qinghong.

But since it doesn't matter if Cao Zhiqiang is in Shanghai, he can only ask the leaders in the capital to see if there is any way.

In fact, the best way is to ask Yu Deshui for help, but Yu Deshui has a special relationship with him. He has always regarded Cao Zhiqiang as his son-in-law, so it is not easy for Cao Zhiqiang to find Yu Deshui.

It would be terrible if Yu Deshui knew about Wu Zemin and Wu Qinghong through Wu Zemin.

Although Cao Zhiqiang hasn't really given Yu Yuanyuan to the bottom yet, he can be regarded as hiding Yu Yuanyuan in the golden house, and Yu Deshui has always treated Cao Zhiqiang as a prospective son-in-law, and always thought that Cao Zhiqiang would not openly follow Yu Yuanyuan for the time being. The relationship is for the sake of business.

Therefore, Yu Deshui didn't know about Qinghong, and conversely, Wu Zemin also didn't know about Yu Yuanyuan.

It is best for these two families not to know each other. If the two families know each other, then it will be the real Asura field.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang could not find those familiar urban leaders through Yu Deshui's relationship, but had no choice but to ask Secretary Dong of the machinery factory for help to see if there was any leader he knew who could help.

Then one day, Secretary Dong suddenly found him and asked Cao Zhiqiang to attend a dinner with him, saying that he had invited a director of the Ministry of Culture to dinner, and he could help with this.

During this period, looking for someone to do business is all about eating and talking at the dinner party, so finding someone to do business is to treat guests to dinner.

That being the case, of course Cao Zhiqiang readily agreed.

For this reason, Cao Zhiqiang specially asked his sister Cao Jiajia to book the largest private room in "Food is the Sky", and also gave some high-end ingredients such as abalone, wings, belly, hump and bear's paw in advance for Sha Zhu to prepare in advance.

On the night of the dinner, Secretary Dong really called the leader of the Ministry of Culture.

But that leader did not come by himself, there were two men and a woman accompanying him.

That's all for the two men, but Cao Zhiqiang recognized the woman at a glance. Isn't that Zhu Lin, the king of the Daughter Kingdom called Brother Yudi?

After that, everyone introduced each other first, during which Cao Zhiqiang discovered that the woman was indeed the actor Zhu Lin.

Zhu Lin is now considered a famous actor, but of course he can't compare with his later fame.

Now the most famous young actress in mainland China must be Cong Shan who played Li Xiuzhi in "The Wrangler", followed by Ding Lan who played the shepherdess in "Shaolin Temple", and then Pan Hong and Gong Xue.

To put it simply, in this period, the five golden flowers of each of the four major film studios are the most dazzling female stars of this era.

As for Zhu Lin, it's not too late, it can only be said that he has just emerged.

It can be said that during this period, apart from Cao Zhiqiang, there were not many people who really valued Zhu Lin. Even in the circle of actresses in Beijing, the five golden flowers of Beijing Film Studio and the five golden flowers of Bayi Film Studio were more famous.

By the way, Liu Xiaoqing, one of the five golden flowers of the Beijing Film Studio, is shooting the movie "Burning the Old Summer Palace" in Beijing at this time. He is also a co-producer with Xiangjiang, and now he is considered a famous actor.

Of course, although Zhu Lin is very good-looking, she belongs to the role of Huadan who wins by her appearance at this time, but in Cao Zhiqiang's view, her appearance is just like that.

Anyway, in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion, Zhu Lin's appearance is not as good as Qing Hong and Yu Yuanyuan, even Hao Shuwen is not as good as him, and he is better than Jin Xiuying.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang is already a little anxious about the relationship between men and women, so he doesn't have any idea about the truth.

If you want to say that the domestic female stars in this period are really good-looking, or the ones who are really prettier than Qinghong and Yu Yuanyuan are probably that Gong Xue and later Tao Huimin.

As for the others, including Cong Shan and Ding Lan, who are the most popular at the moment, they may be more famous, but Cao Zhiqiang doesn't catch a cold at all for his good looks.

Of course, this only refers to the country. If you count Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, then there is no way to talk about it.

In short, although the actress Zhu Lin appeared at the dinner, Cao Zhiqiang paid a little attention, but that's all.

Simply speaking of status and wealth, Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin at this time are already in the same world, not in the same class at all.

Among other things, Cao Zhiqiang could use his status as host to chat and laugh happily with Liu, the director of the Ministry of Culture, but Zhu Lin couldn't.

To put it more bluntly, she is now a vase for eating, drinking and socializing.

As for whether there are other matters, it is difficult for Cao Zhiqiang to ask, but it should not be the case.

After all, the mainland film and television industry in the 80s was relatively clean, mainly due to its conservative style and strict censorship, and the film studios are all state-owned enterprises, so the protection of actresses is still in place.

So unless the actress is not clean and self-conscious, such things as unspoken rules, at least in the early 80s, were still rare in the inland, because if they were found out, it would be over.

Not to mention finding out the truth, even a rumor without a truth can destroy an actor.

For example, Gong Xue later had to leave his hometown at the best time of his career because of some pretentious rumors.

Of course, in this time and space, whether Gong Xue can still be involved in that disturbance is hard to say.

Therefore, Zhu Lin's appearance at the dinner this time is probably not because he was forced to eat and drink with him in the traditional sense. It is more likely that he really came to socialize normally.

Because the inland female stars these days, no matter how famous they are, their income is actually the same, they are all paid a dead salary, about 50 yuan.

As for the box office share, what are you thinking? Mainland actors are not eligible to share any box office at this time.

Inland female stars really started to rise, it had to be the 90s, 80s, it can only be said to be the era of accumulating fame, don't think too much about making money.

Therefore, the inland female stars in this period really made money through other means, such as shooting magazine covers, taking calendar covers and so on.

It is precisely because of this that the inland female stars in this period are actually more arrogant, and they can really have the final say.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Lin's appearance in this dinner was probably not forced, but willing.

In short, after everyone met and introduced each other, the next thing was to eat and drink, and talk about things while eating and drinking.

Cao Zhiqiang, as the host of the treat, of course had to talk about his affairs first.

So Cao Zhiqiang quickly told him that he wanted to ask Director Liu to help a friend of his, that is, Wu Qinghong's father, to transfer to Shanghai.

After listening to Cao Zhiqiang's request, Director Liu was very easy to talk about. He said that this matter was easy to talk about, but he couldn't do anything else, but it was still very easy to transfer someone to a movie theater in Shanghai.

It's not that he's bragging, but that he really has this energy.

At this time, the Ministry of Culture has a lot of power. It can be said that as long as it has anything to do with culture, including book publishing and the movie theater system, it is all under the control of the Ministry of Culture.

It was not until 1986 that film management was transferred to radio and television management.

Including movie theaters all over the country, at this time, they also have to listen to the Ministry of Culture.

Therefore, the director said that it was not difficult to transfer Wu Zemin to work in a movie theater in Shanghai.

But after talking about this matter, Director Liu began to introduce a middle-aged man who was almost 40 years old by his side.

The middle-aged man who looks very young is called Xu Qingdong. It is said that he was born in the United States, and his parents are real high-ranking officials.

Then, this Xu Qingdong is a top student in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. After graduation, he once worked in the Ministry of Culture. Later, because he liked movies, he was transferred to work in Beijing Film Studio.

Although Xu Qingdong has a great background and is said to be talented, he is a versatile director who can write and direct, but in the film and television industry, he is still a newcomer.

At present, the only work he can produce is a movie called "Awakening", but the impact is just that.

This time, the reason why Director Liu agreed to help Cao Zhiqiang and transfer work to Wu Zemin was, to put it bluntly, to help Xu Qingdong.

In other words, it was Mr. Xu Qingdong from Beijing Film Studios, who wanted to make the first music movie in China, similar to "The Sound of Music", so he found the former boss of the Ministry of Culture, Director Liu. help.

Director Liu understood Xu Qingdong's background very well and was willing to help.

But there is one thing, that is, the domestic film circle in this period is also ranked by seniority, and has its own unique circle.

Even if Xu Qingdong's parents have amazing backgrounds, they are not from the film and television industry after all, so this background will not bring him much help.

To be more precise, with Xu Qingdong's qualifications, if he wanted to make a movie, a regular film studio would never give him the chance.

Just kidding, today's film studios have very limited funds, and if they want to make a film, they must first film a big director, and it is not yet the turn of a newcomer, Xu Qingdong.

Although Director Liu is a senior official of the Ministry of Culture, he is very high in terms of position, level and power, but he can't directly intervene in the film and television industry, especially the internal planning of the film studio.

So Director Liu wanted Xu Qingdong to shoot a music video to test the waters.

The theme of music TV has never been seen in China before, so you can definitely give it a try.

And it's easier and less expensive to shoot TV.

But no matter how easy it is, it still costs money, and it also needs to be sponsored by a unit.

As for the Ministry of Culture, it doesn't matter how powerful it is, but when it comes to money, it really doesn't have much.

So Director Liu suddenly thought of someone who was taking advantage of him, no, it was the big benefactor, and that was Cao Zhiqiang who had met once before.

Coincidentally, Secretary Dong found him, and when he heard what Cao Zhiqiang wanted to find someone to do, he felt that he could do it, so there was this dinner.

To put it bluntly, this is a deal.

Director Liu helped Cao Zhiqiang arrange for Wu Zemin to work in Shanghai, while Cao Zhiqiang wanted to invest in Xu Qingdong's TV production to realize his dream of becoming a director.

As for what Director Liu could get, of course he got Xu Qingdong's favor.

Xu Qingdong's favor was the favor of his parents, so it carried a lot of weight.

What's more, it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to treat him badly during this period. It is also necessary to have a big meal and give some small gifts.

Anyway, after all the calculations, everyone is not losing money, and Director Liu feels that he is making the most money.

Cao Zhiqiang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that he wanted money to shoot TV, and then asked how much he wanted.

As a result, Xu Qingdong, a big man, hesitated for a long time, and said the number of 30.

After hearing this number, Cao Zhiqiang almost spit wine.

Ma Dan, Cao Zhiqiang is not a baby now, and he also knows the actual purchasing power of RMB today.

30 is definitely not a small amount of money in this era, it is enough to make a serious movie.

But this Mr. Xu Qingdong is just going to shoot a short TV series, and the initial estimate is only about 10 minutes.

This is a bit excessive, the cost of making TV is completely different from that of film.

If you’re making a magical drama like Journey to the West, let’s not talk about it. You’re just making a modern musical, only about 10 minutes long, and you need a budget of 30 yuan, which is outrageous.

In fact, that's all, the main reason is that Cao Zhiqiang didn't like Xu Qingdong's script.

Because the musical TV series that Xu Qingdong is going to shoot is called "Golden House".

The play mainly tells the story of a young woman named Wen Jing who, because she loves music very much, opened a music restaurant "Golden House" with her companions, and through hard work, she realized her dream of being a singer and gained love.

Not to mention the vulgar story, the key to this kind of musical TV series, music is very important, so you have to have a reliable music producer to make some reliable music.

As a result, the music producer surnamed Wang that Xu Qingdong sought was unknown, but the key point was that Cao Zhiqiang frowned when he saw the theme songs and interludes that had already been written by others.

And according to Xu Qingdong, this play is a song and dance drama, if you want to dance if you disagree, and sing if you disagree, this is a bit too much.

The country is not India, and there is no such singing and dancing atmosphere. If you force yourself, you can only become a laughing stock.

It is okay to let Cao Zhiqiang invest, but he is not being taken advantage of, and he will not take 30 yuan for nothing.

Just kidding, it's just a job transfer for Wu Zemin. With Cao Zhiqiang's current strength, he can't even use 30, let alone [-].

In this era when households with ten thousand yuan are rich people, 30 yuan is really not money.

But the most important thing is that this film is a bad film at first glance. If Cao Zhiqiang votes, this will be an indelible stain.

Although Cao Zhiqiang was very conflicted in his heart, it was the leader of the Ministry of Culture who led the conversation after all, so it was not easy to refuse directly.

So Cao Zhiqiang simply came up with a new idea, saying that the investment is fine, but he doesn't like the script, and if he wants to shoot, he has to shoot what he wants.

Xu Qingdong was not happy at first, thinking that Cao Zhiqiang didn't know how to play.

As a result, Cao Zhiqiang first emphasized his identity as a famous poet, and then criticized his script on the spot, which made him blush.

Just when Xu Qingdong was so angry that Cao Zhiqiang wanted to leave, Cao Zhiqiang changed his voice and told the story he wanted to shoot.

The story is very simple, but it captured Xu Qingdong's heart at once.

Not only Xu Qingdong was very interested, but everyone at the scene was also very interested.

So what is the simple story that Cao Zhiqiang told?

It's very simple, Cao Zhiqiang just slightly modified the story content of "The Garden of Words" written by Makoto Shinkai in his previous life, and said it in his own language.

Not only that, after he finished telling the story, he took out his harmonica on the spot and played the melody of the theme song "Rain" of "The Garden of Words".

In this way, a story and a song directly conquered everyone present.

(End of this chapter)