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Chapter 10 Want to be popular?

This person was Xu Shangchu, the director of Shanghai Film Studio at that time.

Since he took office, the Shanghai Film Studio has reversed its decline and has a bright future.

From 1977 to now, there are seven movies whose national box office has exceeded 100 million yuan!

Among these seven films, four were produced by Shanghai Film Studio!

"Lush Mountain Love", "Murder Case 405", "Legend of White Snake", "The Shepherd".

The remaining three films, "Gunshots in the Secret Bureau" was produced by Changchun Film Studio, "The Mysterious Big Buddha" was produced by Beijing Film Studio, and "Shaolin Temple" was produced by Zhongyuan Film Studio.

It is no exaggeration to say that Shanghai films are the best.

But amidst the raging fire and blooming flowers, he felt a strong sense of crisis.

The boss is often just a figurehead.

As soon as you open your eyes, you will find that everyone, from the second to the last place, is hostile to you and regards you as an opponent.

In addition, the Shanghai Film Studio is not in Beijing, but thousands of kilometers away, so it is naturally not as close as the Beijing Film Studio.

Not to mention the most important talent pool.

The Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy are both in Beijing.

When the time comes, won’t those who stay in school be more inclined to cooperate with Beijing Film Academy?

Thinking back to the shock he felt when he first watched "Star Wars", Xu Shangchu realized that it would be difficult for the old director to make a movie of this type in his lifetime.

Therefore, it is still necessary to train young directors.

It's just not a very eye-catching choice.

It was not until Bai Cheng told him the idea of ​​selling music tapes for the ending song that he praised Huang Ze again.

He noticed this young man who graduated from the photography department.

When he heard that he actually handed in a notebook, he immediately took the notebook and took a look at it.

After reading it, I felt so happy!
The quality of the book is very high, there is no doubt about it.

The key is that he saw Huang Ze’s unique ideas.

The students are singing, but what songs are they singing?
Huang Ze didn’t write it.

This is definitely the profit point after selling the film, and it can be directly released as an original soundtrack of "The Underachievers".

If the movie is popular enough, maybe we can make a lot of money like those audio and video companies!
As for Huang Ze's music creation ability, he has already felt it from "Tomorrow Will Be Better" and he is quite confident about it.

"Sure, young man."

Xu Shangchu couldn't help but laugh.

"Then it all depends on the response to 'Under the Bridge' and how much the tape with 'Tomorrow Will Be Better' added to it can sell."

"If this path is really feasible, he can be the assistant director of "The Spring of Underachievers". First, find an experienced director to take charge and test the directing ability of the young people in the middle."

"If he really has that ability, no matter how young he is, why not let him be the director for the next movie?"

"I advise the God to shake himself up and send down talents in all kinds of ways!"

……

time flies.

It's November 1st in a blink of an eye.

Nanjing East Road, Peace Hotel.

For this famous landmark building.

After his rebirth, Huang Ze had always wanted to come here for a meal.

At the beginning I had no money, and after I received the script fee, I had no excuse.

Gong Xing thought it was too expensive and kept disagreeing.

It just so happened that "Above the Bridge" was released today, and his song would also be shown to the audience, so Huang Ze forcibly brought Gong Xing here.

"too expensive."

Even though he was already sitting on the chair, Gong Xing still complained, "One meal costs more than a month's salary."

"It's okay. I'm happy today. Let's go to the movies after dinner." Huang Ze smiled and pushed the menu over. "Just eat your food. Here, you order some food."

"You order it. I can't bear it. Every dish makes me feel painful."

"I'll order what I want." Huang Ze took the menu and looked at it.
have to say.

It’s really not cheap.

It’s the early eighties now!
Beef with tangerine peel, five pieces.

Brine shrimp, six pieces.

One spicy cucumber, two pieces.

Learned a lot.

"These prices are a little scary." Huang Ze was shocked for a moment and ordered about fifty yuan, which was one month's salary worth of food, and then stopped.

Just enjoy the atmosphere.

There are only two of us, how much can we eat?

If you order more, you will always feel like you are being taken advantage of!
We can stimulate domestic demand when we have no shortage of money.

"You're a scary person for spending money!" After looking at the dishes Huang Ze ordered, he added some and silently calculated the price in his mind. Gong Xian said seriously, "Promise me, just this once, there will never be a next time! If you don't agree, I'll turn around and leave."

"I can agree to your request, but I have one condition. If my income increases, the restrictions will be relaxed appropriately. Is that reasonable?"

"Reasonable."

"Then it's settled."

Because it was so expensive, after the food came, both of them ate until they were 110% full and then left the restaurant.

They rode west along Jinling Road, dropped off the bike at the Grandview Cinema, and then walked back another two kilometers to help digest the food. Then they arrived at the cinema and waited in the queue for a while before it was their turn to buy tickets.

"Two tickets for Under the Bridge."

At this moment, the ordinary ticket of Da Guangming is 3.50 yuan per ticket.

But the night club is five cents more expensive.

After spending a total of 80 cents, Huang Ze and Gong Xian walked into the cinema, ready to appreciate this film, which was very important to both of them in terms of career and love, from the perspective of an audience member.

After a while, the lights went out and a beam of light hit the screen.

After the logo of Shanghai Film Studio, there is a picture overlooking Shanghai.

Accompanied by the sound like bells, Gong Xing, who was dressed simply and wearing sleeves, holding two fried dough sticks in his right hand and carrying a basket in his left hand, hurriedly walked into a place that was somewhat out of place with the building at the beginning.

The scene was not long and soon stopped under a bridge.

Four yellow words "Under the Bridge" appeared.

The video is officially played.

While the film was being shown, Huang Ze could hear words like "This heroine is so beautiful" from time to time.

There are also voices sighing or lamenting the fate of the heroine as the plot progresses, or cursing the gossiping old lady.

Even a woman next to them began to sob quietly.

I have to say that the situation in the film is by no means an isolated case.

It’s a story in the movie, but for some people, it’s their life.

Fortunately, as the end came, it finally came to a happy ending.

The hero accepted the heroine's child and became a father immediately. The two of them moved towards a bright future!
When the movie ended and the cast list came up, many people had already stood up and were ready to leave.

at this time.

A pleasant melody appeared.

"Knock gently to awaken your sleeping mind and slowly open your eyes."

"Hmm?" The audience's eyes lit up immediately. "This song is good! It's nice. I haven't heard it before!"

The audience who were originally preparing to leave also stood where they were, looking at the lyrics on the screen, listening carefully, and then slowly humming along.

After the song was over, someone asked the audience around him, "Is this song called "Tomorrow Will Be Better"?"

"It should be. It's always written on it."

"Buy a tape tomorrow and I'll listen to it eighteen times a day."

"Riding my Phoenix, with the tape recorder on the back seat playing this song, it feels so cool just thinking about it!" A long-haired man wearing bell-bottom pants couldn't help but fantasize.

"I think your song is going to be a big hit!" Gong Yu lowered his voice and whispered to Huang Ze, "The audience's reaction is great."

(End of this chapter)