Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 88 The frustrated poet Cheng

As the Spring Festival approaches, Chen Shiping becomes even busier.

There are endless meetings held every day in the factory, including factory general meetings, departmental meetings, and production planning meetings for the coming year. There are so many meetings.

Occasionally, I have to go to Zhonghe Production Company for meetings. Zhonghe is in charge of film co-production, and Chen Shiping can't push it away even if he wants to.

At around seven o'clock at night, every household in the family building has lights on, and you can see a happy family through the windows.

In front of a window on the third floor, Tao Huimin was sitting by the radiator, reading a book in a daze.

The pot in the kitchen is still steaming, and the cooked dishes are still hot in the pot.

Suddenly, the sound of a car engine came from downstairs. Tao Huimin stretched his head to look down, then put down his book and went to the kitchen to start cooking.

Jiang Shan, who was in the same building, was also standing by the window looking downstairs, and saw Chen Shiping coming out with large and small bags in his hands.

Looking at the figure downstairs, Jiang Shan felt mixed feelings.

In the past, Chen Shiping would ride his bicycle, hide behind the tree downstairs, shine his window with a flashlight, and secretly take her out to play.

Now Chen Shiping drove a car and walked into this building openly, but the purpose was no longer her.

"Shanshan, it's time to eat." Jiang Huayan's voice came from outside.

After a while, Jiang Shan sat at the dining table and the family began to eat. While Jiang Huayan was eating, he suddenly took the initiative to stir up a conversation.

"Have you read that novel?"

Jiang Shan chewed the rice and responded with a hum through her nose.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Huaiyan had no choice but to say, "If you don't want to act, I will reject Chen Shiping."

Jiang Shan suddenly put down her bowls and chopsticks and looked at Jiang Huaiyan and said, "You took the initiative to ask for the role, and now you regret it. Is there any way to do things like this?"

"I'm not happy to see you." Jiang Huayan said helplessly.

"Then when you came to find Chen Shiping, you didn't ask me if I was happy or not!" Jiang Shan snorted and said, "I'm full, you can eat slowly."

Jiang Huayan suddenly said unhappily: "Oh, you kid! I'm not doing this for your own good!"

Unfortunately, the only response to him was the sound of Jiang Shan closing the door.

At this time, Chen Shiping on the other side had just returned home and was washing his hands and preparing to serve dinner.

Tao Huimin looked at the things Chen Shiping brought back and said complainingly: "Why did you buy so many things?"

Chen Shiping pinched a piece of braised beef and put it into his mouth and said, "These are gifts from others. See which ones you use. Give away the ones you don't use."

Tao Huimin heard this and knelt down to take a look and found that they were all tea, wine and specialties.

There is nothing particularly valuable among the pile of things. I basically have them all at home, so it would be a good idea to give them away during the Chinese New Year.

After finishing the meal, Chen Shiping sat at the desk and wrote. Tao Huimin brought him a cup of tea and took a curious look at what he had written.

Chen Shiping put down his pen and said with a smile: "Write a letter to Mr. Ba for New Year greetings, and send something by the way."

"What can I send? I'll prepare it." Tao Huimin asked proactively.

Chen Shiping took Tao Huimin's hand and said, "I'm ready, just rest."

After hearing this, Tao Huimin sat next to Chen Shiping and read his letters, chatting from time to time.

"By the way, I met Teacher Jiang today and he asked me when you were going to film Wives and Concubines."

Tao Huimin said with some confusion: "Did you ask the Literature Department to get you a script?"

"No." Chen Shiping turned around and told Tao Huimin that Jiang Huaiyan wanted a role.

Tao Huimin nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile that he was embarrassed to let Jiang Shan play his servant girl.

Chen Shiping smiled and didn't answer. This servant girl is not ordinary. She even wanted to replace you as the wife in the movie.

But Jiang Shan probably doesn't think much about herself now, and won't stab her master in the back like that maid Chen Hong did.

As soon as Chen Shiping thought of Chen Hong, the pager he placed outside rang. Before he could get Tao Huimin, he stood up and helped him get it.

"Who is this Hong? I left a message asking you to call me back." Tao Huimin handed the pager to Chen Shiping and said, "Why are I looking for you in the middle of the night?"

Chen Shiping naturally took the pager and said: "Chen Hong, there is a role that suits her very well. I just called to ask. I think I have already considered it."

Hearing the name Chen Hong, Tao Huimin's expression was a little unnatural, and he snorted and said, "You do take good care of her. Go and call her back quickly, so that she won't have to wait anxiously."

Chen Shiping: "." Why is Duan Duan jealous?

Has it been discovered?

It shouldn't be. Chen Hong has been attending theater and school during this period, and he has not gone to Shanghai.

"How can I answer her call?" Chen Shiping took Tao Huimin's hand and said with a playful smile: "It's getting late, it's time to go to bed!"

Tao Huimin patted Chen Shiping's hand and told him to wash his face and feet, otherwise he should not go to bed.

Chen Shiping obediently ran to wash his face and feet. Xiao Baicai felt uncomfortable today, and he didn't dare to sing the opposite.

Chen Shiping didn't call Chen Hong back until he went to work in the factory the next day.

After waiting all night to receive a call back, Chen Hong was not angry, as if Chen Shiping had just called back after seeing his page.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, are you very busy?"

Chen Shiping looked at the densely packed documents on the table and said helplessly: "You're right, I'm so busy."

"Then don't work too hard and pay attention to rest." Chen Hong took the opportunity to care about Chen Shiping for a few words, and then said: "When will the filming of Heroes of Jingwu start?"

"Probably in April, you won't mind being a small character, right?"

The role given by Chen Shiping to Chen Hong was the second female lead in the movie, Huo Tingen's girlfriend.

It's just that this is a man's drama. Except for the female lead, who has more roles, the other female characters have very few roles.

Chen Hong naturally felt that the role was too small in her heart, but she couldn't say it on the surface.

After chatting for a while, Chen Shiping said to Chen Hong: "Let's make an appearance in this drama first, and I will arrange a good role for you next time."

"This is what you said, I will keep it in mind." Chen Hong said happily.

"Yeah, don't worry." Chen Shiping took a look at the time and then said to Chen Hong, "I'll hang up now. There's still a lot of work to do."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shiping started to get busy. There are so many movies to be shot next year, and the shooting schedule has not been finalized yet.

Time flies, the factory is on holiday in a blink of an eye, and the Spring Festival is coming as scheduled.

The dark night sky is inlaid with stars, but this night view is not suitable for the Spring Festival.

Countless fireworks lit up the night sky with red light, and finally exploded into brilliant fireworks, illuminating the earth in colorful colors.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Chen Shiping couldn't help but sniff. He liked the smell so much.

This is the flavor of the year!

Chen Shiping stood downstairs and looked at the fireworks in the sky. He hugged the excited Xiao Baicai and said, "Would you like to set off another big one?"

"Okay! I'll put it off this time!" Tao Huimin said enthusiastically, holding Chen Shiping's lighter and stopping far away from the fireworks.

Squatting on the ground, he stretched out his hands cautiously, as if the fireworks would explode in the next second.

The weak flame of the lighter was extinguished by the wind. Tao Huimin lit it several times but failed to light it. He looked at Chen Shiping for help.

Chen Shiping couldn't help but laugh, and he nuzzled at her, gesturing for her to borrow the incense in his hand from the child next to him.

Tao Huimin's eyes lit up and he immediately ran over and exchanged a box of broken cannons for a stick of incense.

With incense that won’t go out, these are much easier to light.

When the dry fuse touched the burning incense head, sparks burst out and burned.

Tao Huimin was so frightened that he immediately stood up and ran behind Chen Shiping, sticking his head out to look at the burning fuse, waiting for it to burst into beautiful fireworks in the night sky.

Bang!

Fireworks suddenly burst out and exploded into beautiful flowers in the sky.

The New Year passed quickly, and it passed by eating, drinking, paying New Year greetings and giving out red envelopes.

After waiting for the Chinese New Year, Chen Shiping got in the car and left the capital, went to Shanghai to sign a copyright contract with Su Tong, met with Chen Hong by the way, and hurried to Gansu to scout the scene.

Yellow sand was flying on the desert, and the temperature was so low that it could freeze someone to death. Chen Shiping jumped out of the jeep and wrapped himself tightly in a military coat.

The people in the scenery workshop who came with Chen Shiping from the factory sniffed and looked at the surrounding scenery.

"The inn is set up at this location."

Chen Shiping pointed to a severely weathered rock, turned to the crew and said, "It must have a Western style, desolate and lonely! Have you ever seen an American western movie?"

"I have seen it, but the American West is not as beautiful as ours."

"Haha, that's right, the sun sets over the long river, and the solitary smoke stretches straight across the desert. Foreigners can't understand this artistic conception."

After Chen Shiping carefully surveyed the surroundings with the people who set up the scene, he decided on this place to build the inn. This location with the wind in the back is a good camping spot.

The most important thing is that it is not far from the county seat, and it will be very convenient to film here later. I can't live in a tent in the desert every day.

Chen Shiping didn't stay long in the desert. After choosing a place, he hurried back to the capital.

After returning to the capital, Chen Shiping found Liu Xiaoqing and planned to find her to play Qiu Moyan, which was something he had promised to the rich lady.

The rich lady had just finished filming The Demon Queen and was in the middle of a break, so she agreed immediately.

She wanted to play the role of Once Upon a Time in the previous film, but it was a pity that Chen Shiping did not choose her.

Chen Shiping didn't know whether his choice of Liu Xiaoqing was a good choice, but it didn't matter even if it was a wrong choice.

The whole drama focuses on Zhou Huaian and Jin Xiangyu. Qiu Moyan seems to be the leading female lead but is actually the second leading female lead.

Judging from the characters in the movie, Qiu Moyan's role overlaps with most of the characters, and his labels are highly overlapped with those of the Jianghu righteous men and Zhou Huai'an.

Only the image of the gold inlaid jade and the butcher in the inn are in great contrast, which will leave a deep enough impression on the audience.

Even when Chen Shiping himself recalled the entire movie, what impressed him most was the coquettish and aggressive Jin Xiangyu and the butcher with terrifying knife skills.

When Xu Ke was looking for Lin Qingxia in the original time and space, he was looking for her to play the role of Jin Xiangyu.

It's just that Lin Qingxia insisted on playing Qiu Moyan, and in the end the limelight was stolen by Zhang Manyu.

Lin Qingxia has been worried about this for many years. Every time someone mentions the New Longmen Inn, she is unwilling to say more.

Why did Lin Qingxia choose Qiu Moyan? It can only be said that she was trapped in love at the time, and she preferred Qiu Moyan's tragedy of not being able to love.

Celebrities are human beings too, they all have emotions and desires, and they also emo late at night.

Chen Shi only hoped that Lin Qingxia could change this time and not waste such a good role as Jin Xiangyu.

At this time, all the workshops in the Beijing Film Studio were already in operation. In previous years, all workshops were very idle, with only seven or eight films being produced a year.

There are so many movies in the co-production department this year that all workshops are extremely busy.

In particular, Chen Shiping has extremely high requirements. From the setting to the costumes, every aspect is personally inspected and accepted. No one dares to fool Chen Shiping.

New Dragon Inn is essentially a martial arts western movie, and if it didn't have that feel in the costumes and scenery, the movie would be a waste.

Chen Shiping is busy preparing, and the actors are not idle either. Liang Jiahui and Lin Qingxia have already started training at the Yuan Family Class in Xiangjiang.

Liu Xiaoqing was also sent to Shichahai Martial Arts School to practice basic skills by Chen Shiping.

When the New Longmen Inn was being prepared, Cheng Kaige, who had returned from the United States, also walked into the door of the film studio.

When Chen Shiping saw him in the office of the Creative Arts Center, he was a little surprised as to why Poet Cheng returned to China early.

In the office, Cheng Kaige narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Chen Shiping coming in, feeling that he didn't like this person for some reason.

Chen Shiping saw that he didn't move and didn't take the initiative to say hello to him.

Who is the great poet Cheng now? If his father showed up in the office, Chen Shiping would take the initiative to call Director Cheng,

Director Xiao Cheng? Forget it, Chen Shiping is not qualified to say hello yet.

However, other people at the Creative Arts Center took the initiative to introduce Chen Shiping, which was too serious to ignore.

Chen Shiping took the initiative to nod to Chen Kaige as a greeting, but Cheng Kaige was dissatisfied with Chen Shiping's perfunctory attitude.

He used to be the most valued young director in the factory! He was invited back by the factory!

You, Chen Shiping, are a newcomer who has only been here a few years. Are you too arrogant?

Cheng Kaige, who felt uncomfortable, looked at Chen Shiping and said, "Are you Chen Shiping? Me"

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows and interrupted him directly: "Please call me Director Chen by my position in the factory."

Cheng Kaige: "." Damn, I'm so angry!

The atmosphere in the office was extremely quiet at this time. Many old people were watching the show silently. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. It is normal for young people to fight.

But now it seems that Chen Shiping is more powerful.

Chen Shiping looked at Cheng Kaige with a smile, unscrewed his thermos cup and took a sip of tea, and said in an extremely casual manner:

"Director Xiao Cheng is back just in time. The co-production department wants you to be the director of a film, so I'll report back later."

Xiao. Director Xiao Cheng? !

Cheng Kaige felt a queasy feeling in his heart. He was much older than Chen Shiping, but now he was called Little Director Cheng, but there was nothing wrong with being called that way. Who made him the Great Director Cheng?

And what’s the tone of this command? If you come to me, I have to take pictures?

Cheng Kaige was about to choke back when someone interrupted and asked Chen Shiping what good projects the co-production department was working on.

Chen Shiping did not hide anything and simply told the story of Farewell My Concubine.

Cheng Kaige next to me was also listening, but the more he listened, the more familiar he became. Isn’t this a third-rate novel by that female writer in Xiangjiang?

When Chen Shiping finished speaking, Cheng Kaige couldn't help but choked and said: "I thought it was some kind of movie, just a third-rate novel. Your taste is not very good."

Chen Shiping turned to look at Cheng Kaige and said, "Third-rate novels? My taste is bad? Do you know who I am? I don't know!"

　Something happened at home today, so the update is late. Sorry everyone, there will be another chapter later.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)