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Chapter 29: Take on More Burdens (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
"In fact, if the film 'Wilderness' hadn't been blocked and couldn't participate in the competition and could only attend the screening, we might have been the second one." Bai Chengdao.

“The Wilderness.”

Huang Ze recalled and remembered.

The director of that film was a very influential person, and the lead actor was Liu Xiaoqing.

It seems that the director was the only one who went to the Venice screening. If I remember correctly, the film will not be released until a few years later.

"Hey! This isn't important!"

Xu Shangchu waved his hand, "The fact is that we are the first!"

"We were the first to enter the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival after passing the review!"

"Hahaha."

As he was talking, Xu Shangchu started to laugh. "Come to think of it, last year our film The True Story of Ah Q was the first domestic film to enter the main competition unit of Cannes."

"What a pity, I didn't win any award."

"If you can win any prize in Venice this time, it will be a victory!"

"It is a great start for our domestic films to go global!"

"us?"

Huang Ze was somewhat puzzled as to why Xu Shangchu asked him to come over.

As a director, Bai Cheng will definitely be able to go to Venice.

I am the assistant director.

Even if he was recognized as the executive deputy director of the crew, it would take his turn only when Bai Cheng was not there.

So there is an 80% chance that you won’t be able to go, after all, there is no award for you.

But from what Director Xu said...

"That's right, you and Director Bai should go to Venice together. Director Bai is old, so you should take care of him." Xu Shangchu nodded with a smile.

Then he suddenly asked, "What's wrong? You don't want to go?"

"Of course I do!"

"That's all." Xu Shangchu liked Huang Ze's spirit of daring to be the first.

The reason for letting him represent Shanghai Film Studio was, firstly, to reward him. After all, the script and music of this film were written by Huang Ze, and he made an indispensable contribution.

Second, it is to give him more motivation to make a good movie.

Young people, it would be good to go and see it for yourself.

Only when you have a goal can you have motivation.

"Okay, you guys should get your documents ready soon, and then you can take a plane to Italy in late August."

"I wish you all the best in advance when you return with the prize."

"If you really win an award, I will celebrate for your entire crew!"

"Oh, there's one more thing." Xu Shangchu lowered his voice and said, "Follow the people from China Film Group around the clock to see if the copyright of this film can be sold, and if so, how much it can be sold for."

"clear."

……

I'm in a good mood today.

Huang Ze rode his bike to take Gong Xing home again.

He was bragging and talking nonsense all the way.

When I came home whistling in the evening, I found a pile of tapes on the coffee table.

"Brother, that Xie Kun or something sent someone to give them to you. There are fifty plates in total."

"Oh."

Because he wanted to give a lot to his grandfather and let him share it with his old friends, Huang Ze asked for a little more this time.

China Record couldn’t produce it at the moment, and just said they would personally deliver it when the album is about to be released.

Now it seems that my second album will also be released to the audience!
"Can you give me ten plates?" Huang Lan looked at Huang Ze with a smile.

"Take it."

"Great, I have money again!" Huang Lan immediately picked out ten plates, then took out a pen and handed it to Huang Ze, "Brother?"

"You are good at making money."

Huang Ze rolled his eyes at Huang Lan and took out a pen to write, "How much is one plate?"

"It's not much, just enough to pay for food."

"Do you have to pay for meals?" Huang Ze frowned and was too lazy to ask any more questions.

The tower near the water gets the moon first.

My sister was able to think of this method to drink the soup, so I don’t have to give her any pocket money.

After signing, Huang Ze picked out 20 of the remaining 40 plates to share with Gong Xian and his acquaintances at Shanghai Film Studio, and found a bag for the remaining 20 plates, ready to give them all to the old man.

He has a lot of chess friends, so let him distribute them.

The next day, after work, Huang Ze went to the old man's house with twenty albums.

"Grandpa, I've finished all the songs you asked me to write. I've got four of them."

"Play it and let me hear it."

"Okay, you can only listen to side B." Huang Ze immediately walked to the radio and put the tape in. Side A was all pop songs. Fast forward and play side B.

Hearing the familiar melody coming from inside, I sat down next to the old man and listened with him.

"It's a fine morning..."

From the first song, you can see the old man's eyes light up and he nodded with satisfaction, "Yeah, that's the taste."

After listening to all four songs, the old man stood up.

"Grandson, you go back first. Grandpa is going to play chess with someone."

"Didn't you just come back from playing chess?" asked grandma.

"Thinking of Lao Yang's unyielding look, I'm going to beat him a few more times and make him admit defeat sincerely!" Picking up the bag that Huang Ze had put his album in, the old man walked out with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

……

The next day.

Huang Ze’s new album is now on sale in various music and video stores and bookstores.

This time it sells much better than the first album.

After all, he was on the Spring Festival Gala and sang two songs, so his fame is no longer comparable to what it was before.

To sell an album, just type a few words: Spring Festival Gala, Huang Ze, new album.

Then stick the photo of Huang Ze on the cover of the new album on the wall, and the promotional effect will be great.

A video store in Shanghai.

Two girls who looked like they were in middle school or high school walked in arm in arm. The girl with the ponytail said excitedly, "Let's have a copy of Huang Ze's new album."

"Three dollars."

"Wow, so expensive? I remember it wasn't 2.50 dollars a tape before?"

"You think it's too expensive, and I think it's too expensive too. This is Huang Ze's album, and he wrote nine new songs in it, all sung by him. Just tell me if you want it or not."

"If there really are nine new songs, then I definitely want it!"

"Okay." The waiter took out a new album and handed it to the two girls.

"Isn't it too expensive? Others are selling it for 2.5 yuan, why is it 3 yuan?" said the short-haired girl next to the ponytail girl.

"By Huang Zehuo!"

"Because he's so handsome!"

"He writes all the lyrics and music by himself!" The girl with the ponytail was not happy and praised Huang Ze. "Others may not know, but I know that many singers nowadays simply sing covers of foreign and Hong Kong singers' songs. They have already prepared the lyrics and music, and then they sing them again. How can they be as good as Huang Ze!"

"Well, the extra fifty cents was worth it!"

The girl with the ponytail went home immediately, inserted the album into the recorder, and immediately gave the girl with short hair a look, "Hurry up and copy down the lyrics in your notebook!"

"Over the years, I have been alone, and the wind has passed and the rain has gone..."

More than half an hour later.

"It's so nice." The girl with the ponytail couldn't help but sigh when she saw her companion had finished copying the lyrics of Side A. "The lyrics aren't as good as the last album, but the music arrangement has improved a lot, it's pretty nice."

"Hmph!" The grandfather of the ponytail girl who had just returned and was sitting next to the sofa snorted, "Is this good to listen to? I really don't understand the thoughts of you young people. It's gaudy and soft. It doesn't sound like a song sung by a man. It's like the time when we were at war..."

"I won't tell you, grandpa. You don't understand!" The girl with the ponytail immediately turned to side B.

Listening to the singing inside, she was stunned.

Did I get the wrong tape?

But from the sound, it is definitely Huang Ze singing.

How could he sing such a song?
"Hmm? Sounds good!"

"What do you mean by good? This song is much better." Grandpa looked out the window, as if recalling something.

……

After the second album was released, it became an instant hit due to the fame accumulated from the previous album and the Spring Festival Gala.

And the fire is almost all-round with no blind spots.

Young people, middle-aged people and old people all have songs they like to listen to.

For a time, his fame even surpassed that of Zhang Mingmin, who sang "My Chinese Heart" and performed it all over the country.

What Huang Ze didn't know was that this trend had actually spread beyond the mainland.

In Hong Kong Island, someone is also targeting him!
(End of this chapter)