On Damuqiao Road in Shanghai, there is a Shanghai Film Village.
As the name suggests, it is a residential area built by the Shanghai Film Studio, with more than 400 households and a standard two-bedroom apartment of 50 square meters. This project is much more generous than that of the Beijing Film Studio.
Historically, after Gong Xue won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers double film, she was assigned a house with a flush toilet here. Nowadays, she is doing well in the capital. Except for the film "Romance in Lushan Mountain", she has not caused any butterflies in Shanghai Film and Television.
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Zhang Yu is still the number one favorite of Shanghai Film Studio. She is married and her husband is Zhang Jianya.
The two had just finished quarreling in their new house.
Because Zhang Yu wanted to imitate Chen Chong and study abroad and make a career in Hollywood, her husband, of course, disagreed.
"Don't worry about whether I can leave the country or not—"
"How could I ignore it!"
"Why don't we talk about this matter today? Don't interrupt. Let me ask you, the factory is cooperating with Oriental Company to make five American films. Will you go or not?" Zhang Yu asked.
"I'm not going!"
"I have recommended you to the leader, you must come to me!"
"Who told you to make your own decisions? You didn't even look at what kind of trashy movies they were. Demons, monsters, bloody violence, no style, everyone in the factory avoids them, and you still let me go?"
"What do you know? You have a daily subsidy of 15 Hong Kong dollars, including food and accommodation, and you can also work in Hong Kong and make American films. What a great opportunity this is!"
"Then why don't you act?"
"I want to break into Hollywood. Those movies will be released directly on video tapes, so I won't act in them!"
In the 1980s, there was a craze for going abroad, and the literary and art circles were the main force. Zhang Yu did not play "Romance in Lushan Mountain", but she was still a well-known actress, and she also wanted to go abroad. After going abroad, like most people, she divorced her husband soon and worked as a nanny.
I worked as a tutor for more than ten years and then returned to China to pursue my career.
In this family, the women are strong but the men are weak. Zhang Jianya is no match for her, so she has no choice but to agree to take a look.
The couple went out, made love again in front of their colleagues and neighbors, and rode their bicycles to the Shanghai Film Studio on Caoxi North Road. Zhang Yu took him to meet the leader to finalize the matter.
Zhang Jianya looked depressed.
He was originally an actor at the Shanghai Film Studio. He was admitted to Nortel in 1978. He was classmates with Zhang Yi and Chen Kaige. After graduation, he returned to the Shanghai Film Studio as a director's assistant. Later he also achieved some success, and his masterpiece "San Mao Joins the Army"
Notes" "Love Call Transfer".
Shanghai Film Studio has more than a dozen film quotas every year.
But there are sixty or seventy people who can be directors, which is not enough. Zhang Jianya is only in his 30s. It would be good to be able to direct independently at the age of 40. He is particularly envious of several classmates. Chen Kaige filmed "Yellow Earth", Zhang Yimou
The brothers followed Dongchang, doing one movie after another.
"Xiao Zhang?"
"Hey, Lao Liu!"
A photographer in his 40s came over, handed a cigarette, and asked in a low voice: "You agreed?"
"Ah? Oh, I agreed!"
Zhang Jianya was stunned for a moment before realizing what he was asking. Old Liu was delighted when he heard this and said: "Okay, come to the small conference room in the afternoon, I will take you to meet everyone, and you will be one of my own from now on.
"Why don't you just go to Hong Kong to film a movie? Why do you still act like a small group?"
"What's this? We all go to work in Hong Kong together. We are not familiar with the place. It's good to be familiar with each other so we can take care of each other."
"Oh, that's true."
"As long as you understand, come on time at two o'clock in the afternoon!"
Lao Liu dodged. Zhang Jianya scratched his head and didn't want to go, but after thinking about it, he decided to go and take a look.
In the blink of an eye it's two o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhang Jianya arrived at the small conference room and was shocked to see dozens of people inside.
Lao Liu introduced him enthusiastically. At a glance, he saw that they were all employees in their 30s and 40s. Some were doing art, recording, etc.
Those who do editing, those who do lighting—no matter what the position is, they are assistants or deputies.
In other words, those who can film seriously in the factory don’t want to go to Hong Kong.
"Xiao Zhang! Come on, I'll give you a summary of the story. It's more detailed than the previous editions."
Lao Liu gave him a few pages of paper, which he copied by hand.
This whole thing is quite mysterious. I only know that there will be five films to be filmed. I have not read the complete script yet. It is said that the scale is too large and I am afraid that it will be circulated as a "spiritual pollution article".
"I got a message that Comrade Chen Qi will be coming to Shanghai Film Studio in a few days. It is estimated that our departure to Hong Kong will be soon.
People look down on these five plays, and we are the only ones willing to do them, but we can’t think that way. We are here to earn foreign exchange, earning Hong Kong dollars, which is also called bringing glory to the factory————”
Lao Liu is obviously the initiator, the PUA master of Balabala.
Zhang Jianya listened and read the outline of the story. It was indeed a little more detailed than what he knew before. It was simply shocking.
For example, "Sweetheart" contains descriptions of seducing adults.
Yo!
Zhang Jianya quickly closed it, feeling that he would be arrested and paraded through the streets in the next second.
But he knew that "Sweetheart" was about a little girl who avenged her sisters, set up a trap in a house, used herself as bait, and killed all the old perverts.
The theme actually does justice, but the scale of justice is a bit too big.
"Xiao Zhang!"
"Why!"
Old Liu suddenly called his name and said, "You are from a major, you might have the opportunity to direct a few scenes! We had no work to do in the factory, so Dongfang Company promised to let us use pseudonyms and go out to work for a month.
You can exercise and make money, so why not?"
These words reached everyone's heart, and they expressed their opinions one after another.
Zhang Jianya shouted a few times and became less resistant.
There are more than 2,000 employees at Shanghai Film Studio, and they are under greater pressure and are also taking out loans.
In the late 1980s, the Beijing Film Studio could not even afford the heating bill of 10,000 yuan a month, and the Shanghai Film Studio was not much better off. But it is impossible for the two studios in Beijing and Shanghai to collapse. The state does not allow it.
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Compared with the merger of Beijing Film Studio and China Film Studio, the fate of Shanghai Film Studio was relatively good. Later it became the Shanghai Film Group and is still a big player.
The new factory director is Wu Yigong. When he took over, it was a mess. He wanted money everywhere and was dizzy. The only good news was that Dongfang Company transferred 300,000 Hong Kong dollars from Hong Kong a few days ago.
This is the "secondment fee" agreed upon. Wu Yigong has a very good impression of Chen Qi. The factory is kind and righteous, but he hasn't even finished the work yet.
The money was given first.
At this moment, he had been waiting in the office, and someone finally announced: "He's here!"
"Director Wu!"
"Comrade Chen Qi! Please sit down, please sit down!"
Chen Qi showed up. He had no friendship with Wu Yigong. He shook hands, exchanged a few words and said, "How are you preparing for the secondment?"
"There are exactly 50 people, all of whom are the backbone of the factory's business.
"How are your age and health? We work very hard and our poor health can't bear it."
"They are all young and strong! This is the list."
Chen Qi took a look and found that 99% of them didn't recognize him. Only one person named Zhang Jianya had some impression, and said: "We will go to Hong Kong in two batches. We will start work in April and come back in May. I will give you some compensation for exceeding the construction period. I have no requirements for you.
Just be strict with your words, don't let the whole world know your tricks."
"Don't worry, if you don't abide by the rules, you can kick them back and I'll handle it."
"That's good!"
Chen Qi paused and asked, "Director Wu, what do you think about this matter? You're welcome, I want to know more."
"Woolen cloth."
Wu Yigong looked a little embarrassed and said tactfully: "Some comrades think this is unnecessary, and some think the film is not high-quality, but some comrades support it. There are too many people in the factory, and the annual quota is limited. They want to take this opportunity to exercise."
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"Oh, it's good to have someone to support me, otherwise I'll end up having to do something different."
"No, no, we also want to cooperate for a long time."
The old director Xu Sangchu pulled Chen Qi over, and Wu Yigong continued to be friends. He actually didn't understand why the other party did this, but he was very curious about what this kind of "movie OEM" would develop into.
Chen Qi came from the capital and specifically stayed in Shanghai for a day to visit Gong Xue's parents and visit Meiying.
A game of chess across the country.
The problems faced by each factory are similar, and they are all in the throes of reform. From the factory leaders down to the employees,
It’s all about art and commerce, the old system and the new situation.
There are too many details about his strategy, so I won’t go into details. I just want these five films to start shooting as soon as possible.
Because he got Bob Shea a great little girl.
Chapter completed!