Era: Beginning from the Modu Translation Studio

Chapter 431 National Treasure Movie Episode
"It's not that the curtain hasn't been raised yet,"

Jiang Shan, who was sitting upright among several leaders, raised his hand and pointed:
"We need to open it up a bit so the audience can see it first!"

"I see,"

Gu Zhengzheng remembered: "You did this before the Rising Star Concert opened for ticket sales."

A "Rising Star Concert" co-organized by Pujiang TV and Oriental Metropolis Daily.

Before the official ticket sales, a lot of behind-the-scenes footage was released.

Vigorous publicity online and offline, in newspapers and on television, resulted in all three days' worth of tickets being sold out in just half a day.

"Are we going to do this again this time?"

Hu Xiao still remembers the stage of that concert, which really made the radio drama of "Undercover" shine.

"We have to do it," Jiang Shan said, "Since it is a proven successful experience, we must continue to pass it on..."

Of course Jiangshan also remembers what Hu Xiao remembers.

At this point, facing so many publishing houses interested in publishing the novel "The Lurker", Jiangshan has already released the conditions for "royalty cooperation" distribution.

Although he hasn't received an "I do" reply yet, Jiangshan doesn't care about one or two days.

"Then let's do this," Hu Xiao said, "If anyone needs our dubbing studio, we will fully cooperate!"

It just so happens that I have another radio drama of "Gone with the Wind" waiting to be promoted!
At this time, Director Shi and Xie Jin of Pujiang Film Studio looked at each other expressionlessly.

I didn't express my opinion together.

"Xiaojiang,"

Gu Zhengzheng reminded at this time: "The reason why the "Rising Star Concert" was so successful is that

One reason is that the audience has never seen this kind of evening party.

Second, at this concert, the audience met many new people and heard a lot of new music.

Especially the two large-scale song and dance performances you choreographed, which directly ignited the atmosphere of the venue.

But this time... where can we find so many new people and new songs?"

"Young Friends Come to Meet", "Camel Bells", "Naval Port Night"...

Su Xiaoming, Wang Jieshi, Xie Lisi, Zhu Mingying, Wu Xiaosong... The collaboration between a group of new stars and their predecessors is indeed the reason for the success of the "Rising Star Concert".

Originally, the purpose of holding the "Rising Star Concert" is to introduce new people and new songs.

Nowadays, these people have already become famous actors in various song and dance troupes!
"You are right,"

Jiangshan's eyes are clear, and you can trust him just by looking at him:
"But singing new songs is not necessarily the best choice. Often, old songs tend to resonate more easily."

"Oh?"

From the expressions of several people present, it can be seen that they obviously disagree with the young man's point of view.

After all, even they love to listen to Teresa Teng and Taiwanese folk songs that were smuggled in over the past two years, not to mention those young people.

"Before coming here, I really didn't think about it,"

Jiang Shan met the gazes of Director Shi and Director Xie:

"I didn't have this idea until I heard that our film studio would also participate in this party."

Director Shi: "What do you mean?"

"Please think about it carefully," Jiang Shan thought carefully:

"Our film studio is a huge treasure trove. There are so many good things waiting for us to pick."

"Little comrade," Xie Jin understood now:

"From what you said... you want to sing the theme song from the movie?"

"Yes, that's what it means."

"I'm afraid this won't have the effect you say," Xie Jin said.
“Most of the movies that have been released will be handed over to TV stations for broadcast after a while.

The audience has long been tired of hearing it over and over again.”

"That's right," Gu Zhengzheng agreed. "Nowadays, as long as the prelude of an old movie sounds, I can sing along."

"All I want is for you to sing it,"

Jiang Shan snapped his fingers and said, "We don't want anyone who can't sing it."

"..." Gu Zhengzheng was silent for a few seconds: "What do you mean specifically?"

“What kind of songs do the people like to listen to?”

Jiang Shan asked himself and answered: "Being able to sing must be a requirement, right?"

"of course."

"My daughter is better at memorizing lyrics than reciting texts."

"As long as it's a song that meets this condition," Jiang Shan said as he stood up, "let's change its form and play some tricks..."

What other tricks can be played on this?
In the eyes of Director Shi, at best, it was just: "Moving it to the stage and letting the singers sing it?"

"In the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, a Fengtai Photo Studio opened in Liulichang, Yanjing,"

Jiang Shan moved his feet in the room: "The owner of the photo studio is called Ren Qingtai..."

All the veteran comrades present here are aware of these trivial matters.

So they all took this opportunity to pick up the teacups on the table.

"All the photos of Cixi left in Yanjing City were taken from him,"

Jiang Shan took one step at a time, just like a government official:
"Not long after, a thing called 'Western movie' appeared in teahouses in Yanjing City.

Hang up a piece of cloth, and you can see Western buildings, girls, cars, trains... thousands of miles away on the cloth.

This is where movies first began in China.

The emergence of "Western movies" was definitely a shock to the people at that time, especially to the owner of Fengtai Photo Studio.

Soon, the Eight-Nation Alliance arrived, and there were more and more foreigners on the streets.

Faced with the increasingly rich content of "Western movies", the idea of ​​making a Chinese movie became stronger and stronger in Ren Qingtai's heart.

He first spent a lot of money to buy a French camera and film.

After all the equipment was purchased, he went to lobby one person over and over again.

The great king of opera, the founder of the Peking Opera Tan School: Tan Xinpei..."

In that era, Tan Xinpei always enjoyed the title of "One cannot sing without learning from Tan".

Not to mention the many fans of the drama.

From the palace to the common people, his fans are everywhere.

Among them, of course, is Ren Qingtai.

At first, Tan Xinpei did not take Ren Qingtai's repeated visits seriously.

"Finally, Boss Tan was moved by Ren Qingtai's words: Leave this unique skill of yours for future generations to see!
So, in front of Ren Qingtai's camera, Tan Xinpei chose to perform a play that the masses loved the most: "Dingjun Mountain."

At this point, Jiangshan paused:
"In December 1905, this silent Peking Opera film Dingjun Mountain premiered at the Grand View Tower in Qianmen.

At that time, Ren Qingtai's men had just hung up the curtain.

The city gate towers were crowded with men, young and old, girls and boys..."

Because it was a silent film, Ren Qingtai recorded a synchronized record of "Dingjun Mountain" in advance.

But when it came time to play it live, the sound from the phonograph was of no use at all.

At this point, Jiang Shan stopped and raised his hand to gesture:
"I saw so many people going up and down, staring at a screen with only images but no sound.

Ren Qingtai was so anxious that he started singing along with the screen without caring about anything..."

But his voice was still drowned out by the crowd around him.

Just when Ren Qingtai thought that our country’s first film was about to become a joke in the eyes of foreigners.

"A voice that pierced the night sky, an irresistible sound of nature, came from the high city gate tower.

It turned out that Tan Xinpei himself was standing on the city gate tower: This letter came at the right time, God helped Huang Zhong to succeed..."

Jiangshan stretched out his hand, put two fingers together, and sang like a real person.

He looks just like an amateur player.

But, a sudden burst of opera singing really gave everyone present a shock!
While recalling the story told by Jiangshan, I listened to the opera singing which was not authentic but full of power.

Hu Xiao, who had always liked this dish, also spoke up:

"Standing at the camp gate and giving orders, young and old men listen carefully..."

"The first drum, the battle meal is ready,"

When it comes to singing opera, no one here can sing better than Xie Jin: "Two drums, tight battle robes..."

Gradually, the three who started singing came together:
"Three drums, the sword is unsheathed,

The four drums are used to hand over the troops,

Everyone who moves forward will be rewarded.
If you step back, you will inevitably get stabbed.

The three armies and I...return to camp!"

When the song ended, the conference room burst into applause, and everyone said it was wonderful.

The three people who had just started singing felt refreshed and their blood circulation was smooth!
……

"Just like what we did just now, when Tan Xinpei sang the first two lines on the city gate tower,

All the people present sang along.

So, facing a silent curtain, thousands of Chinese people sang in unison to perform the same play!

The sound and the scene frightened the foreigners present so much that they took several steps back unconsciously.

Finally, the scene of thousands of people cheering together became the best support for our country’s first movie!”

Although, most of the filmmakers here have heard of the origin of the first film "Dingjun Mountain".

But what Jiangshan said was really unheard of, but everyone was immersed in it and their blood boiled.

In fact, the passage Jiangshan said was selected from a movie called "Dingjun Mountain" starring Yang Lixin in later generations.

This is also the only good part in this movie.

"For the audience at that time, it was like singing Dingjun Mountain with Tan Xinpei."

Jiang Shan began to highlight the key points: "I will definitely remember it for the rest of my life!"

Hearing this, Xie Jin, who had just finished his trick, nodded affirmatively:
"In the decade that followed, Peking opera became the whole of Chinese cinema, and feature films did not appear until 1913."

"During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of young people emerged who sought to save the country through film,"

When talking about his own business, Director Shi of the film studio also started to talk a lot:

“But they also know that if they want to make this go further, they have to rely on commercial interests.

Only if you help the film companies make money will capitalists choose their scripts. "

"So, they decided to focus on the script's watchability first, and then add some progressive patriotic appeals," Jiang Shan continued:
"This is also the advice given by Qu Qiubai, an early writer of the Chinese Communist Party, to screenwriters such as Xia Yan and Tian Han..."

Amid the enemy's incessant artillery fire, the 1935 film "Fisherman's Song" won an honorary award at the Moscow Film Festival.

This is the first Chinese film to win an international award.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room had become heated, Jiang Shan continued:

"Next, a film with the most powerful theme song in history, 'Children of Storms', appeared..."

This film, co-written by Tian Han and Xia Yan, originally did not have a theme song.

But a comrade brought out a song lyric written by Tian Han on a cigarette box after visiting Tian Han who was arrested and imprisoned by the reactionary government.

After Nie Er learned about this, he decided to compose music for the lyrics.

"What did it say in the movie?" Xie Jin recalled: "Oh, right..."

The next second, Jiang Shan and he said at the same time: "Compatriots, stand up, stand up and kill our enemies!"

Then, the two of them said together: "Rise up, those who refuse to be slaves, and use our flesh and blood to build our new Great Wall..."

Hu Xiao and Gu Zhengzheng: "The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous moment..."

Director Shi and Tong Zirong: "Everyone was forced to let out the final roar..."

At this moment, everyone in the conference room stood up:

"Get up, get up, get up!
We are one mind, braving the enemy's fire, and marching forward!

Braving the enemy's fire, advance, advance, advance!"

Until this point, everyone seemed to have understood Jiangshan's intention.

"In that era, the appearance of the March of the Volunteers instantly aroused the passion of countless Chinese people.

It also allowed these filmmakers to see the power of film..."

Jiangshan continued speaking, and everyone present recalled the past along with him.

"But it also caused the Kuomintang to start increasing its film censorship efforts.

In the following months, dozens of scripts were rejected.

However, even in such a situation, progressive films still remain true to their original intention and fight wits and courage with the authorities.

Some classic songs that have been passed down to this day have also appeared one after another.”

"For example," Jiang Shan hummed, "Spring has arrived and the windows are full of green..."

As soon as this national treasure-level movie theme song appeared, the whole conference room immediately started singing: "The girl is embroidering mandarin ducks under her window..."

"The interlude of "Street Angel" "Four Seasons Song"

At this moment, every cell in Xie Jin's body was jumping.

Not only him, but everyone present did not expect it to be just an ordinary meeting.

It turned out that a young man could stir up such a lively scene.

"The young man's name is Jiangshan, right?" Xie Jin said with a smile.

"That's right, you can just call me Xiao Jiang."

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, it seems that you are very knowledgeable about the history of film!"

"When I was editing a National Day tribute film for CCTV a while ago," Jiang Shan:
"I looked up a lot of modern history materials, and I also read some film materials for fun."

"No wonder,"

Xie Jin asked with a smile: "But do you know what the most classic part of this movie is?"

"where?"

All Jiangshan could think of at this moment were the two interludes in this movie, "Four Seasons Song" and "Songgirl of the End of the World".

"The film Street Angel, starring Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan, not only featured many filming techniques that transcended the times,

The most amazing part is that there are several shots that contain hidden secrets.

In order to pass the review smoothly, the director and screenwriter deleted many progressive clips.

But there are still some subtle places that have been successfully preserved.”

"where?"

Not only Jiang Shan, but even Hu Xiao began to be curious: "Why don't I remember these?"

"Do you remember this scene in the movie?"

Xie Jin said slowly: "The protagonist played by Zhao Dan asked Lao Wang: How do you write the word 'difficult'?

Lao Wang, who was pasting paper on the wall, couldn't answer for a moment, but he suddenly pointed to a piece of newspaper on the wall:
Look, here it is. The word "difficult" happened to appear in yesterday's newspaper.

At this time, a close-up shot followed, and a piece of newspaper pasted on the wall had two lines of large characters clearly printed on it:

When the country is in crisis, every citizen has a responsibility!"

(End of this chapter)