Era: Starting from Modu Translation Studio

In 1979, Liao Gong was very dissatisfied with the samples of Shaolin Temple and ordered re-shooting.

By the early 1980s, director Xiangjiang attached great importance to the theme songs of film and television dramas.

Director Zhang Xinyan, who has recently taken over the filming task, has come to Yanjing.

The person he wanted to meet this time was the composer Wang Liping who would later write all 13 soundtracks for the TV series Dream of Red Mansions.

By coincidence, Wang Liping, Wang Jieshi and Xie Lisi were sitting on the train heading to Pujiang.

The purpose of their trip was to participate in Pujiang's Rising Stars Concert.

At this time, another Xiangjiang director was slowly walking towards Peking University Hospital, accompanied by a friend.

He is Li Hanxiang, the director of the earliest Qing palace trilogy films Burning the Old Summer Palace, Behind the Curtain, and The Demon Queen.

As early as 1975, director Li Hanxiang tried his best and used all available resources to shoot two films about the Sino-Japanese War of 1888 and the Reform Movement of 1898: A Falling Country and Crying Blood in Yingtai.

After the release of the two blockbusters, overseas Chinese-speaking regions were applauded.

When these two films entered the VIP screening room in the mainland, senior officials from the Ministry of Culture couldn't help but praise them.

They really didn't expect that in a cultural desert like Xiangjiang, there could be talented artists who knew history well.

Director Li Hanxiang also told everyone he met that it would be his lifelong regret not to be able to shoot these two films in the Forbidden City.

If one party has a request and the other party is interested, it will be easy to talk about it now.

In 1978, Li Hanxiang, who was born in Baishan and Heishui and grew up on the Great Cultural Wall, embarked on a secret trip with the help of a friend.

He left his footprints all over the country, both inside and outside the Great Wall.

During this period, he had contacts with famous inland film studios such as Beijing Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, and Western Film Studio.

After a wave of excitement, Li Hanxiang decided to shoot a movie in the mainland.

But everything after that didn't seem as easy as he thought.

First of all, the selection of movie materials is a problem.

In 1980, when Li Hanxiang excitedly handed several themes to the leaders of the Ministry of Culture.

He was told that his options had already been taken away in advance.

Lao She's Teahouse was given to director Xie Tian.

Puyi's The First Half of My Life has been bought by Italy as The Last Emperor.

The movie Zhou Enlai will definitely not be made for him...

After racking his brains, Li Hanxiang decided to return to his old career and simply film a Qing palace drama.

Coincidentally, the Ministry of Culture thinks so too.

As a result, the two parties hit it off immediately and initially decided on the filming plan for The Biography of Cixi.

But when Li Hanxiang made tea, lit a cigarette and was about to start editing, he found that the more he read, the more outrageous it became.

It turns out that my little historical knowledge reserve has been completely consumed by the two Qing palace dramas in Xiangjiang.

There is no other way but to seek help from higher-ups.

This request resulted in a series of donations from the Ministry of Culture.

This directly made Li Hanxiang's next works become classics that cannot be surpassed by future generations.

Through the matchmaking of the Ministry of Culture, Li Hanxiang visited many experts on Qing history.

After pestering Zhu Jiazhu to study for a long time, not only did he get his authoritative guidance, but he also brought back a lot of historical materials.

In the end, Zhu Jiaxin was simply appointed as the historical consultant of the play, and Hou Baolin was the folklore consultant.

After the return of gilding, Li Hanxiang overturned the previous single version of The Biography of Cixi.

The five-part series of The Queen Mother of the West was redrafted.

These five parts are respectively The Burning of the Old Summer Palace, Listening to Government Behind the Curtain, Tongzhi Zhongxing, Reform and Reform and Eight-Power Allied Forces.

However, the script was written as early as 1980, but the filming was delayed until October 1982.

If you ask about the reason, it's a complicated one.

Since the news of Li Hanxiang's cooperation with the mainland came out, he first received questioning and difficulties from the relevant departments in Hong Kong, and then the contract pressure from Shaw Brothers.

What's even more terrible is that due to poor management of Changying Film Studio, the filming funds have been delayed.

Then, what is more terrible is followed by the most terrible thing.

The capital in Xiangjiang also withdrew...

It was not until 1982 that Li Hanxiang co-founded New Kunlun Pictures, and the relationship with the Ministry of Culture continued.

After holding back for two years, Li Hanxiang accumulated a large amount of historical materials and wild materials.

As a result, the script that Director Li rewrote within 14 days was too strong.

I just finished the scripts of Under the Curtain and Braised Old Summer Palace together.

Afterwards, Li Hanxiang, who was used to seeing sudden changes in the situation, decided to take advantage of the Ministry of Culture's pleasure and simply shoot the two films together.

The reason is for the wealthy and prosperous Fuhua Road and the royal filming location.

Today, Zhu Jiaxin never imagined that not only would someone else sit on the dragon chair that he and Huang Yongyu didn't dare to sit on, but he would also personally instruct others how to sit on it.

The resources prepared by the Ministry of Culture for Li Hanxiang are unprecedented and unprecedented.

This trilogy is said to be epic, but where is the epic?

In addition to a huge film crew composed of more than 60 units across the country,

The entire Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Chengde Summer Resort...all are open to the crew.

Everything seen in the camera is a genuine cultural relic.

But just like this, it cannot be called unprecedented.

As a top-notch service provider, Gubo supported these two movies.

According to the different characters and incident locations in the film, the story opens different treasure chests.

When the female lead, Liu Xiaoqing, came on stage, Gu Bo took out Cixi's jewelry box, from the rings and necklaces she wore... to the phoenix chair she sat on, and the jade bowl she used to clean her hands...

When the male lead, Tony Leung Ka Fai, appeared on the stage, the pendants and folding fans used by Xian Feng... the shoulder carriage, the dragon chair, and the dragon bed he lay on when he died...

The jade seal when Tongzhi ascended the throne, the Kowloon crank cover, the cultural relic carpet...

Xianfeng closed his eyes in the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall in Chengde Villa, so this scene was filmed at the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall.

Xiao Tongzhi ascended the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, so this scene takes place in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Anyway, wherever it happens, it must be filmed there.

In addition to the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Summer Resort, there are also the Temple of Heaven and the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty...

What to do if the Old Summer Palace is gone? Spend more than 600,000 to imitate one.

With the forced support from the Mainland Ministry of Culture, not only did Li Hanxiang move to a high-end position, but it also opened the eyes of Ma Weidu who was following Li Hanxiang.

It was precisely because of this feast of cultural relics given by the emperor that Ma Weidu embarked on a journey to see Wang Shixiang.

But at this moment, they were still living their own lives without any intersection.

But taking a closer look, it seems a little different.

Because in the first echelon of experts, there is a support player.

So at this moment, director Li Hanxiang was standing impartially behind a group of young nurses.

Because Xu Bangda, the last one to arrive in the ward, forgot to close the door.

At this moment, in the first-class 5-bed ward, I didn't even notice that I was in a live broadcast state.

Just because he heard a few more words in the crowd, Li Hanxiang, who made a special trip to express condolences to the leader of the Ministry of Culture, immediately joined the crowd of angels at the door.

It's a pity that he came a step too late and didn't hear the part where Zhu Jiaxu outsmarted the gold-plated dragon chair.

Several old experts in the ward talked about national treasures but kept silent about allusions.

Listening to Hu Yuan and Ma Yuan, they felt that they were surrounded by legendary figures.

Especially this old comrade who has just entered the house, even if he is wearing a gray coarse cotton-padded jacket, he can't hide his Taoist fairy style.

Dean Ma asked curiously: Why do you all call Professor Xu Xu Banchi?

Dean Ma, you don't know something, Zhu Jiazhu said with a smile: Old Xu's ability to appraise cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings is beyond our comparison.

Xu Bangda waved his hand modestly: Qigong is still comparable.

Qi Gong smiled and returned to the topic: The reason why Brother Banchi is nicknamed Banchi is entirely because of his extraordinary eyesight. Generally speaking, he can tell whether a calligraphy or painting is true or false as long as he opens it half a chi. .”

That's right. Dean Ma sounded really impressed: In my impression, those who appraise paintings seem to have to use a magnifying glass to look at them bit by bit.

It depends on the situation. Xu Bangda also has times like this: When you encounter someone who can't make up your mind, or you have disagreements with other experts, you have to work harder.

Zhu Jiaxin agreed: But the most reassuring thing about Lao Xu is that he seeks truth from facts and does not follow the crowd.

In fact, Qi Gong is the same: This is also the reason why we get along.

At this moment, Wang Shixiang smiled: I really admire Lao Xu's eyesight, let alone half a foot.

One time he and I went to visit Brother Boju's house. I had just unfolded a scroll of painting on the table an inch.

Only then did he see that it was a bamboo leaf. He opened his mouth and said it was Li Fangying. When I opened it and took a look, it was really a painting by Li Fangying.

In fact, Xu Bangda also had his eyes opened sometimes.

That year, when he was only twenty-eight years old, he suddenly collapsed.

Without consulting anyone, I spent 20 taels of gold to buy one.

When I excitedly ran to show off to the teacher, I realized how worthy I was of being deceived.

From then on, a thin young man began to study everywhere regardless of spring or summer.

Unlike his two descendants and colleagues, he was born into an ancestral merchant family.

Because I was too rich, I simply bought the real and fake paintings together.

Because only in this way can he intuitively feel the mystery of forgery.

The main focus is an extreme high-end game.

After this, Xu Banchi was finally awarded the title of Grand Master Appraisal.

In the industry, only Xie Zhiliu, the curator of Pujiang Museum, can discuss swordsmanship with him.

…

Snowflakes are falling in the north, and the cold wind is howling in the south.

At this moment, Jiang Shan, standing next to the ticket window of the Pujiang Sports Center, was looking down at a manuscript.

Just halfway through reading it, he raised his head in surprise: Brother, where did you get this manuscript?

Jiang Hai looked at the long queue of people buying tickets from a distance: Why, you are only allowed to have friends in Yanjing, but you are not allowed to have acquaintances in Yanjing?

Jiang Shanhehe: Is this acquaintance of yours encountering a problem?

Jiang Hai was startled. He originally thought that the third child was going to ask him a few questions, but he never thought: Why, do you know who this Xu Bangda is?

Who else is there?

Jiang Shan glanced at the boss with disgust: Now you are becoming more and more like that!

What does it smell like?

I won't tell you anymore, Jiang Shan lowered his head and looked at the time: I have to go to the train station to pick him up quickly.

In a little while, the train that Wang Liping, Wang Jieshi and Xie Lisi are riding will arrive at Pujiang.

Jiang Hai: What do you say about this manuscript?

Come out, Jiang Shan waved his hand without looking back: We must get the draft out!

Not to mention that he already knew the funeral, even because of the friendship between Huang Yongyu and Xu Bangda, he had to publish this manuscript.