Chapter 22 second quarter

In the Mentougou Mountains to the west, the mountains in Mentougou are unattractive. They are all rocks and there is no vegetation. The intuitive impression is barren mountains and wild mountains. In addition to quarries, there are coal mines in the mountains.I don't know why the Swiss fell in love with this place. It may be that they have a strong Alpine complex, but the two mountains are too far apart, and they are not a beauty at all. Zheng Xiaolong thought of an idea, which was to transplant the concept of Hong Kong and Taiwan New Year's films to China, and make a New Year's TV series to be broadcast during the Spring Festival.

After much deliberation, several people agreed that writing two episodes of "The Story of the Editorial Department" has a greater certainty of success. Many viewers have been looking forward to the sequel of "The Writer".The matter of screenwriting fell on my head, and at the same time Xiaolong also entrusted me with the important task of convening the original crew.It took me 3 days to think about it, and 10 days to finish writing the script, and I came up with a very festive and auspicious title, "All the Best". One day in November 1996, six years later, the original crew of "The Story of the Editorial Department" arrived as scheduled and filed into Xiangshan Studio.Looking at the "Guide to the World Editorial Department" built according to the original structure, everyone felt that time is ruthless and time flies by like water.Li Dongbao, Ge Ling, Yu Deli, Niu Dajie, Liu Shuyou and editor-in-chief Lao Chen all sat silently in their original seats in the play, and no one spoke for a long time.Liu Shuyou and Niu Dajie still look the same, but Li Dongbao and Ge Ling are no longer young.What's rare is that 90% of the staff are also from the same shift, and everyone is very cordial when they meet each other.Director Zhao Baogang walked in, still in the old habit, with a pencil in his ear and a script in his hand. It was obvious that he was also very emotional.All the lights hanging on the set were turned on, and Baogang said: Yes.The scene was quiet, and at that moment I suddenly realized that Baogang was already middle-aged, with a lot of gray hair on his temples.I stood in the dark, looking at the familiar scenes and characters, listening to the familiar lines, as if going back in time.My throat tightened up and down, and I thought that if this scene was made into a documentary, its moving power would be far greater than that of a script written with all my brains.I walked out of the studio lightly and silently, and sat in the dressing room alone. In the dressing room, there was a circle of bright frosted light bulbs in front of each mirror. real world.

I recalled a past incident. Six years ago, when filming "The Story of the Editorial Department", Hou Yaohua, the actor of Yu Deli, was unhappy because he always ate the leftover rice at noon at night, so he approached the production director Liu Sha When he raised his opinion, Liu Sha said that he would correct it, and ordered him to go down immediately. On the second night, Hou Yaohua got his wish and ate freshly stewed rice.Unexpectedly, instead of thanking Hou Yaohua, he became even more angry.I was very puzzled by this, so I asked him: Brother Hou, you made suggestions to others, and they immediately corrected them, why are you in such a hurry?Brother Hou said to me: If I raised my opinion and they still haven’t changed it, it means that they really have difficulties and can’t do it. I raised it today and changed it tomorrow. What does that mean?Explain that this is not a difficult task for them, but they are unwilling to do it for you.Do you think I can't be in a hurry?

Hou Yaohua's way of thinking about things has inspired me a lot. This kind of thinking that seems to be unreasonable but reasonable provides me with a new perspective for understanding life in the future. "All the Best" was aired during the Spring Festival of 1997 as scheduled. In all fairness, due to the script, the drama was very mediocre, but thanks to its reputation, the ratings were not low. It was equivalent to saving a sum of money in the past. interest. The significance of this TV series is that it created a precedent for Chinese New Year films, and Zheng Xiaolong was the instigator of it.

The spring of 1997 has arrived.Since then, with the auspicious title of "All the Best", my filmmaking has also started to feel a little bit smooth.