1979 Golden Age

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 Shadow, she was assigned a house with a flush toilet here. Nowadays, she is doing well in the capital, and except for the film "Romance in Lushan Mountain", she has not caused any butterfly effect on Shanghai Film and Television.

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 arguing in their new house.

Because Zhang Yu wanted to imitate Chen Chong in studying abroad and working in Hollywood, her husband certainly 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, will you go to the five American films the factory is cooperating with Oriental Company?" 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 those 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. 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 films 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 lost "Romance in Lushan", but she is still a well-known actress, and she also wants to go out. After going abroad, like most people, she quickly divorced her husband and worked as a nanny and a tutor. After working for more than ten years, she returned to China to develop.

In this family, the women are strong and 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 Yimou and Chen Kaige. After graduation, he returned to the Shanghai Film Studio as a director's assistant. Later, there were some achievements, including the representative works "San Mao Joins the Army" and "Love Call Transfer".

Shanghai Film Studio has more than a dozen film quotas every year.

But there are only 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 was particularly envious of a few classmates. Chen Kaige filmed "Yellow Earth", and Zhang Yimou and several brothers followed Dongchang, making one film 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?"

"Huh? Oh, I agreed!"

Zhang Jianya was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was asking. Old Liu was overjoyed 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? Why do you still act like a small group?"

"What is this? We all go to work in Hong Kong together. We are not familiar with the place. It is good to be familiar with each other so that 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, not wanting 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 enthusiastically introduced them. At a glance, he found that they were all employees in their 30s and 40s. There are people who do art and recording,

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 the outline 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 heard a news that Comrade Chen Qi will come 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. We are the only ones willing to do them, but we can’t think so. We are here to earn foreign exchange, earning Hong Kong dollars, which is also called bringing honor to the factory————”

Lao Liu is obviously the initiator, everyone of Balabala's PUA.

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 traps in a house, used herself as bait, and killed all the old perverts.

The theme happens to be quite justice, but the scale of justice is a bit too big.

"Xiao Zhang!"

"Why!"

Lao 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 and come back. 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, but he was not so resistant anymore.

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, Beijing Film Studio couldn't even afford the heating fee of 10,000 yuan a month, and Shanghai Film Studio was not much better. But the two studios in Beijing and Shanghai could not fail, and the country would not allow it.

Compared with the merger of Beijing Film Studio into China Film, the fate of Shanghai Film Studio was relatively good. It later became Shanghai Film Group and is still a big crocodile.

The new director is Wu Yigong. He took over a mess. He was asked for money everywhere and felt dizzy. The only good news is that Oriental Company transferred 300,000 Hong Kong dollars from Hong Kong a few days ago.

This is the agreed "secondment fee". Wu Yigong has a good impression of Chen Qi. The factory is fair and righteous. The work has not been done yet,

but the money is paid first.

At this moment, he had been waiting in the office. Finally, someone reported: "The people have arrived!"

"Director Wu!"

"Comrade Chen Qi! Please take a seat!"

Chen Qi showed up. He had no relationship with Wu Yigong. He shook hands and exchanged a few words before saying: "How are your preparations for the secondment?"

"Exactly 50 people, all of whom are the backbone of the factory's business.

"How are their ages and health? Our work is very intensive, and people with poor health can't bear it."

"All are young and strong! Here is the list."

Chen Qi took a look and didn't know 99% of them. Only one named Zhang Jianya had some impression. He said: "Go to Hong Kong in two batches, start work in April, and come back in May. I will give certain compensation for the overdue period. I don't have any requirements for everyone.

Just keep your mouth shut and don't let everyone know about your tricks."

"Don't worry, whoever doesn't abide by the discipline can be kicked back directly and I will deal with 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 about it."

"Well."

Wu Yigong was a little embarrassed and said tactfully: "Some comrades think this is unnecessary, and some think the film is not of high quality, but there are also comrades who support it. There are too many people in the factory and the annual quota is limited. They want to take this opportunity to exercise themselves."

"Oh, it's good to have someone support it, otherwise I will be too enthusiastic."

"No, no, we also want to cooperate for a long time. "

The old factory manager Xu Sangchu pulled Chen Qi over, and Wu Yigong continued to make friends. He didn't really understand why the other party was doing this, but he was very curious about what this "movie OEM" would develop into.

Chen Qi came from Beijing and stayed in Shanghai for a day to visit Gong Xue's parents and visit Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

The whole country is like a chessboard.

The problems faced by each factory are similar. They are all in the throes of reform. From the factory leaders to the employees,

all are troubled by art and business, the old system and the new situation.

There are too many strategies for him, so I won't go into details. I just want these five films to start shooting quickly.

Because he asked Bob Shea to find a great girl.

(There are three more chapters·—·.—·)