1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 56: Nezha Conquers the Dragon King

After the last Pierre Cardin fashion show, the weather has gradually become warmer.

May has quietly arrived.

I have a habit in the summer. At the beginning of every month, I would go to Xinhua Bookstore and other bookstores to buy books and magazines.

At this time, print media is the only information channel, so it is natural to pay attention to various newspapers and periodicals in the summer.

Milan stopped her bike, got off and straightened her dress.

It can be seen that the fashion show not long ago still had an impact on her.

At least when it comes to clothing, people are still quite particular about it—everyone loves beauty.

"Here I am! You've been waiting for a long time~" she said.

The plain floral dress worn by the 17-year-old girl looks as if it has been filtered through a soft light filter under the sunlight, and her smile is very moving.

But Xia Tian is not a person who has never seen the world, nor is he an impulsive teenager like Ma Xiaojun whose mind is dominated by hormones.

"I've been waiting for a long time. If you don't come soon, I'm leaving."

Xia Tian: That’s all. Don’t even think about ruining my moral integrity!
"Hmph~" Milan snorted, ignoring Xia Tian's cold words.

She has already worked out the strategy and tactics. No matter how stubbornly the "enemy" resists, even if the results are little, they will eventually be captured by her!
The two walked into the bookstore and began to select books and magazines.

Xia Tian still focused on the most mainstream literary magazines such as "People's Literature", but Milan was naturally not interested in these. She read the "entertainment-oriented" ones.

Suddenly, she handed a magazine to Xia Tian, ​​"Look!"

She is a little excited!
"Popular Movies"? "Little Flower" Chen Chong?
Xia Tian glanced at her and said: Why are you blushing like a bubble teapot? !
Milan saw that Xia Tian's eyes were not right, so he turned the magazine to the back cover...

When I took another look in the summer, wow~ this copy of "Popular Movies" actually had a colorful kissing still on the back cover!
It was the French movie "The Crystal Slipper and the Rose" which had just been introduced into China, and the color stills of the prince and Cinderella, dressed in classical European costumes and kissing passionately, were printed on the back cover of the magazine!
This is quite exciting!
Although Xia Tian was too lazy to watch this, it is a bit "out of scope" for Chinese people today!

Milan blushed because she saw this still...wait, wait!
Xia Tian looked at Milan, her eyes sparkling. Why didn't this girl blush out of shyness? You're not blushing out of excitement, are you? !

Milan quickly bought this issue of "Popular Movies", and luckily he acted quickly - it was sold out in no time!
Although everyone resists verbally, the body is still very honest.

With the resumption of publication, "Popular Movies", a magazine with national influence, has revived again.

I have said before that actresses who have not been on the cover of "Popular Movies" would be embarrassed to say that they are famous.

During the magazine's peak period in the 1980s, its sales peaked at nearly 10 million!

I guess the most frustrated person right now is the actress Chen Chong. She finally got on the cover of a magazine, but the limelight was overshadowed by the back cover of a foreign film.

However, the movie "Little Flower" in which she starred also left many traces in Chinese film and television.

This movie not only made Chen Chong famous, but also Liu Xiaoqing!
"Just wait and see, this matter will definitely get more serious!" Xia Tian said to Milan.

"What's going on?" Milan was so busy looking at the kissing photo that he didn't react.

"What do you think?" Xia Tian glanced at her.

"Ah! You mean..." Milan also reacted.

This photo is so exciting. If it is published in a magazine, it will definitely cause a sensation!

What happened next did not go beyond what Xia Tian saw from Apocalypse.

The reaction of all walks of life to this photo was extremely intense, and there was crazy criticism!

The magazine office is about to be overwhelmed by all the letters!

One of the readers was so indignant that he claimed that this was immoral!
In his letter he criticized:
"It's a shame that you have fallen to such a level that your magazines are no different from those of the proletariat!"

"Is it true that what our society needs most right now is hugs and kisses?"

"I think it's better not to publicize the decadent love of those foreign adults, the love that involves hugging, cuddling and kissing."

At the end of the letter, he also said:
"If you have the guts, please publish my letter verbatim in the readers' letters column of Popular Cinema, so that the 900 million people in the country can judge for themselves... Otherwise, I can only think that you are guilty of a crime."

Who knew that the editor of the magazine was so tough that he published the letter in the magazine, causing a series of heated discussions!

"Popular Movies" published an article signed by "Ye Jia" titled "A Conversation Provoked by a Back Cover Photo". In the article, Ye Jia fictitiously created a conversation between A and B and discussed the back cover photo.

In the following 9th and 10th issues, the editorial department continued the discussion in the magazine and opened a column called "Discussion initiated by a reader's letter".

At its peak, the magazine received nearly 700 letters a day.

It is said that more than 11,000 letters were received in just two months, all discussing this "ideological release"!
These days, it's popular to criticize each other in writing, just like the later online criticism of each other.
Five months later, the magazine ended this vigorous discussion with the article "The cold wave cannot stop the footsteps of spring - a summary of readers' letters."

"From the letters I have received from readers, less than 3% agree with his views..."

Facts have proven that the public of this era "is far more enthusiastic about openness than about conservatism." Everyone is so frustrated!
After this incident, kissing is no longer a taboo on the screen.

Xia Tian also participated in this discussion, and as a "Jinghongke" he debated with many readers and had a blast. The envelope and stamps alone cost almost a dollar.

Everyone involved in this incident at this time, except Xia Tian, ​​may not realize that this is actually a small node in history.

Of course, this is all in the future. …

In mid-May, an animated film was released - "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" produced by Shanghai Animation Studio!
It can be said that this is another peak of Chinese animation after "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"!

"Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", China's first color wide-screen animated feature film, has an extremely strong beauty of traditional art!
The content embodies the spirit of resistance to power, which is in line with people's spiritual pursuits today.

At this moment, our animation art is the best in the world, no doubt about it!

After watching this animated film, Xia Tian seemed to have something in his mind, and a melody began to sound...

The animation "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" is not only attractive with its pictures, story and spiritual core, but its music is also extremely excellent.

It is a fusion of East and West, orchestral music and folk instruments!

Moreover, chimes were also included!
That’s right, it’s the Zenghouyi chime bells unearthed not long ago!

Xia Tian is, after all, half a musician, so naturally he was interested in it and tried to restore it with the instruments he had in his spare time.

This requires Dachun's help.

You see, Dachun looks like a blacksmith, tall and strong, and doesn't seem to have anything to do with art.

But in fact, Dachun is very talented.

Especially on drums!
When it comes to playing drums, Xia Tian thinks Da Chun is better than him!

He could follow the pendulum of the wind-up clock in Xia Tian's house and clap his hands to completely different and extremely complex rhythms of one to four beats.

To be honest, the sense of priorities and various techniques cannot be acquired through practice alone.

This requires a very high level of talent!
This is how artistic abilities are. Hard work alone is not enough. Without talent, everything is useless.

But he himself is not interested in playing drums and doesn't like playing drums! It's a bit confusing.

……

Xia Tian and his friends, including Ye Jing, a proud young man from a large courtyard, watched this animated film several times or even dozens of times. They would ride their bicycles in the dark to watch it wherever it was shown.

Whenever Ma Xiaojun saw Nezha committing suicide, he couldn't help but think of the oil painting "Devil Child Comes into the World" painted by Xia Tian.

"Your drawings are still cool, just keep drawing." Ma Xiaojun advised.

At this moment, he felt that the painting seemed to have something deeper that entered his heart.

The three-headed, six-armed Nezha had a different expression on each face, and each pair of eyes seemed to be talking to him...

Because Ma Xiaojun let it slip, the Haoxiner dialect also knew that Xia Tian could draw, and even drew Nezha? They all clamored to see it.

There was no choice but to take them to see it in the summer.

When Ye Jing saw "Ne Zha", he was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time, "I thought you could only draw Sheriff Black Cat and an ear!"

Zhuo Yue directly exposed his true colors: "Didn't you say it was too childish? Don't you want to watch it?"

Xu Xun, who had a pimple on his face, also joined in the fun: "Exactly, he was watching secretly behind our backs!"

The "Black Cat Sheriff" published in the summer sold unexpectedly well. I made a lot of money and have more pocket money than I can spend!

However, Ye Jingfangyan and others said that this was for children and they would not watch it themselves!
I didn't expect that he was secretly watching!
"I... I just took a look! Don't you agree, Wang Ruohai?" Ye Jing stiffened his neck and said stubbornly.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Ruohai could only nod. You betrayed me too, are you still human?

He looked at Feng Kuzi's expression and said, "What are you looking at? I'm interested in being a police officer, is that not okay?"

"Okay~" Feng Kuzi said in a bad tone, with a very funny expression, "What's wrong with that? If you didn't say it, I would have thought you liked cats!"

"Fuck~"

Several people were laughing and making a fuss.

"Hey~ You draw so well, why don't you draw a comic strip of Nezha?" Yu Beibei came up to Xia Tian and asked with a smile on her face.

Xia Tian leaned against the table, looking at the oil painting under the light, "Let's talk about it later."

Personal destiny not only needs to consider personal struggle, but also the historical process... Many things cannot be done now.

At this time, Milan walked to Yu Beibei cautiously, leaned against her shoulder, and looked at her best friend with a playful look: Hmm? ~
Yu Beibei: Okay, okay, yours, yours. I’m scared of you!

Yu Beibei felt that she was so greedy!

There is no way, Milan has better vision.

What else can we do? Let’s make this sisterhood come true!

Thanks to book friends "Linbinliushui" and "Hegechajo" for the 100-point reward.

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