Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

The black-and-white movie "Xin Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" invested by Shimai Department Store and Shaw Brothers' "Jiahe Films" was released in time for the end of the year.

Playing the role of Liang Shanbo is Ms. Yu Meihui who is very popular nowadays.She once again plays the role of Xiaosheng Liang Shanbo in the play.As for Zhu Yingtai, it is Miss Zou Xuaner, who is beautiful and sweet, and has the title of "Golden Voice".

The premiere ceremony of "New Butterfly Lovers" was arranged in the cinema of Seventh Heaven International Hotel.On the day of the premiere, there were naturally guests gathered, the clouds were fragrant and the temples were shadowed, the hairpins were bright and green, and there was a scene of singing and dancing.

The reporters surrounded Luo Xiazhi and the two leading actors and snapped the shutter, asking one question after another.

"Excuse me, Mr. Luo, it is said that you wrote the script of this movie yourself?"

"Where is it? I just came up with some ideas. The specific details are left to professional screenwriters."

Holding a tall champagne glass, Rorschach talked eloquently.

"May I ask why Miss Yu Meihui is the reverse character for the male lead this time? Is there no good domestic actor to play Liang Shanbo? Does it have to be a female actor?"

"Miss Yu is the spokesperson of my Shimai Department Store this year. This is a movie I invested in Shimai. It's normal to ask her to star in it. And Miss Yu's previous pre-roll advertisement is also very popular."

Luo Xiazhi nodded to Yu Meihui, and replied confidently.

Luo Sanye is humble, that advertisement is not only popular, it is simply "popular all over the country"!

The "Fake Phoenix Touring Time" patch advertisement was the advertisement for the Seventh Heaven Hotel taken by "Flying Dragon" before it was replaced last month.

As soon as the advertisement was released, it ignited the flow of people and sales of two department stores, Hong Kong Shimai and Shanghai Shimai.

Relying on this advertisement, the newly opened Shimai Hong Kong branch has become popular throughout Hong Kong and Zhuhai.Even fame spread far and wide, reaching overseas.Every weekend, overseas Chinese and wealthy businessmen from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand come across the sea with their families, just to see the "Small Shanghai Mansion" in the advertisement and live in the beautiful "Far East Shanghai Building". Restaurant".

"Huxin Pavilion" for morning food, "Zhaixing Tower" for night food, tasting "Great Shanghai" and shopping "all over the world" have become the most fashionable pastimes for Hong Kong citizens today.

In the ad, Yu Meihui and the two "modern ladies" are dressed in rouge and gouache, and the same products they selected at the counter of Shimai Department Store have become the most sought after products in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

In particular, the "Shimai brand western lace" that the two ladies specified to buy in the advertisement is completely hand-woven, which is foreign and elegant.After the advertisement was broadcast, there was a flood of orders for a while, and the female workers in the production department basically worked overtime every day, and they almost couldn't meet the orders required by the two department stores.

On the other side, at the entrance of Shimai Department Store in Shanghai, a group of female movie fans stood every day, waiting for the department store to open—then they rushed to the toothpaste counter at the speed of light, waiting to watch Yu Meihui.

Although after the beauty pageant ended, Yu Meihui also had a group of fans.But after the ad was broadcast, her popularity almost surpassed that of movie stars, and her fan base included all men, women and children, and her appeal was even more amazing than that of "Xiao Feiyan", which only attracted male fans.

Luo Xiazhi has only one requirement for these fans - please watch the idols in an orderly manner after shopping at Shimai Department Store, and don't cause adverse effects on others.

As a qualified "kanban lady", Heimei also tried her best to sell goods, not only her toothpaste, but also drove the sales of the entire daily necessities and cosmetics counters around her.

Luo Xiazhi had seen Yu Meihui pick up a lipstick more than once while patrolling the store, and gently apply it on the small mouth of a happy female fan.A group of girls who watched in a daze around paid for the same style one after another - the ability to bring goods is comparable to that of Li Xqi, the anchor of a certain treasure in the future.

Luo Xiazhi also asked Gu Hanlin about why female idols who are cross-dressing can have so many female fans.

The latter thought for a long time before answering him: It may be that Yu Meihui has broken the barriers of gender, possessing feminine tenderness and masculine charm at the same time, but without the aggressiveness and arrogance of masculinity, thus satisfying women's need for a "perfect partner" fantasies...

In addition, the well-known Yu Meihui still comes to work every day in a reserved manner, without any trace of arrogance, which is completely different from a male model whose tail is raised to the sky after a little fame.Only then did Luo Xiazhi make up his mind and let her be the "male lead" in his first investment movie.

"Master Luo, why is it called "New Butterfly Lovers", and is it different from the opera "Butterfly Lovers"?"

"Master Luo, why can't you see the poster at the premiere ceremony? Is there any secret on the poster?"

Facing a series of questions, Luo Xiazhi raised his head slightly, and smiled confidently, "Everyone will understand everything when they see the movie!"

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No one thought that the so-called "New Butterfly Lovers" was actually a modern version, directly moving the story from ancient times to modern Shanghai!

I saw Zhu Yingtai, a young lady from Shanghai with neat short hair, and the girl "Yin Xin" who also just cut her short hair and looked unhappy.The scene of wearing a Chinese tunic school uniform with great interest, carrying a suitcase, and taking the train to Hangzhou "Wansong Boys Middle School" to report, almost made the whole movie theater boil.

"How could this be? It's actually a 'modern' Zhu Yingtai!"

"It's so interesting! The girl went to the boys' school, thanks to Luo Sanye who figured it out!"

The reporters who participated in the premiere and the celebrities in Shanghai whispered excitedly, and the sound of discussion reached the ears of Luo Xiazhi who was sitting in the front, and he lifted his chin triumphantly.

"Tell me, how did you come up with this kind of drama?"

Gu Hanlin leaned close to Luo Xiazhi's ear and asked in a low voice.

He originally wanted to participate in the creation of this script, but now that he is in a high position, he really has no time.And in this matter, Luo Xiazhi was uncharacteristically, being mysterious to him, and refused to reveal the plot at all.

It turned out that they were waiting for him here!

"How? Is this 'gimmick' a joke?"

Rorschach proudly puffed out his chest.

You must know that this "boys' high school stalk" will last for a long time after 100 years!It is an out-and-out, "proven" old theme.

Whether it is mainland China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Thailand, I don’t know how many idol dramas have been filmed around this theme.Every year on TV, countless women from ancient and modern China and abroad go to boys' schools to study, and then "fall in love at first sight" with the handsome male lead.

There must be one or two good gay friends around the male protagonist, one is in charge of being funny, and the other is in charge of making troubles. A group of people in school basically have to do everything except not studying well.

Then the hero and one of the supporting actors must have a secret love for her in the day and night with the heroine, but they start to doubt their own sexual orientation in horror.Soon, the heroine will have the possibility of revealing her gender and being expelled from school...

Luo Xiazhi is also a TV kid at any rate, combining the common plots in future TV dramas with the story of Butterfly Lovers that already has a very popular foundation.Come up with this book that is bloody and funny in the early stage, and of course very miserable in the later stage.

"How many 'surprises' you have left, I don't know..."

Gu Hanlin said affectionately.

"Stop talking nonsense, interrupt me watching a movie!"

Sitting next to them in the VIP seat was the outdated former supermodel "Flying Dragon".

At this moment, he was completely attracted by this "fresh" plot, his eyes widened, and he wanted to fly into the screen.

It seems that he has completely forgotten about the previous matter of throwing up and down, scolding Luo Xiazhi for being disrespectful, and not giving him the leading role.

The movie theaters at this time are much more "humane" than the movie theaters of later generations.There is no situation where the audience needs to hold back their urine and watch movies hungry.The movie will be thoughtfully divided into two scenes, and there will be a 10-minute break before the two scenes. The audience can solve various physical problems without worrying about missing the plot.

More advanced movie theaters, such as the one in Seventh Heaven, will also provide tea break service.

Gentlemen and ladies can leave their seats, the gentlemen go to smoke a cigarette, the ladies go to touch up their makeup, then eat some snacks provided by the cinema, drink some coffee and black tea, and discuss the plot.

"Third Master, oh, Third Master Luo is really a genius, how could he come up with such a plot."

"Third Master, with this ability, you can make movies a long time ago, and even the film companies can open them."

A lady wearing a pearl headband and the latest "Chanel" Kun bag covered her mouth and her stomach and laughed non-stop.The gentleman standing beside him echoed while smoking a cigar.

The movie theater of the Seventh Heaven Hotel is warm in winter and cool in summer. Ladies take off their mink coats and wear the latest evening dresses and cheongsams, so there is absolutely no problem of freezing.

"Yu Meihui's Liang Shanbo is too handsome, he can't tell that he is a woman. He suspects that he has a 'broken sleeve addiction', and let 'Sijiu' wear skirts to show himself, wanting to make sure that he really likes men I still like the drama with women. Hahahaha, I laughed so hard."

"There is also Yingtai's 'Heroes to Save the Beauty' who rescued the school belle from the girls' high school next door, and that school belle fell in love with her at first sight, and wanted to make a promise with her body, hahaha..."

It is obviously the first time in this era that these idol drama plots that have been "by mistake" after a hundred years have been put on the big screen, and all the movie viewers are overwhelmed by it, and they all praise Luo Xiazhi for his ingenuity , bringing new ideas to a play that everyone has heard for hundreds of years.

Luo Xiazhi unceremoniously accepted everyone's praise, then returned to the screening hall, and took off the red cloth hanging on the movie poster——

On the poster, Zou Xuan'er, dressed in men's clothing, is carrying her schoolbag and looking up, looking at Yu Meihui, who is also wearing a school uniform with one hand in her pocket, elegant and unrestrained.The scenery behind the two is the scenery of the West Lake, which is exactly the scene in the movie where Zhu Yingtai "falls in love at first sight" with Liang Shanbo on the first day of school.

The crowd suddenly realized.

That's it!

If you saw this poster in advance, the effect of the "gimmick" would be reduced by at least half.

At that time, most of the movies in the Republic of China were shot in indoor studios. The scenes were either in the living room, in the bedroom, or in the dance hall. If you watch too much, you can’t help but feel that it is very closed and not interesting.

However, the film that Rorschach spent a huge amount of money to shoot was uncharacteristically, allowing the actors to go outside.Let a group of young and beautiful men and women perform various youth stories in a school with a lake and mountains as the background.

In the film, Zou Xuan'er also gave full play to her "golden voice" and sang several episodes - beautiful scenery, beauties and good music. If this unconventional drama is not popular, it is really unreasonable.

If the first half of the scene is so funny, then the second half is so bloody and tragic.

After Zhu Yingtai received a letter from her family's company that was on the verge of bankruptcy and required her to stop her studies and return to Shanghai immediately, the whole plot took a sudden turn for the worse.

The wicked Luo Xiazhi deliberately arranged all the plots belonging to Ma Wencai in the original work to a fictional Japanese——Ari Ma Wenya.

Let this 60-year-old Japanese man who runs a spinning mill in Shanghai fall in love with the young and young Ms. Zhu.

For this reason, he planned to close down the Zhu family's silk cloth shop in Shanghai, and then forced Miss Zhu to marry him, and forcibly took this patriotic and progressive girl back to Japan.

"What the Japanese called 'Arima Wenya' did seems to be what Sakura Department Store did to you..."

When the movie was played, Ma Wen also bribed the maid at home, and attempted to poison Master Zhu.After the plan failed, he bought the boy from the silk shop and set fire to the cloth clothes in the middle of the night, causing Zhu's family to go bankrupt, and the master Zhu couldn't afford to fall ill.

Gu Hanlin squinted his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"This is called 'art comes from life'."

Rorschach blinked.

The audience around the two of them gritted their teeth, filled with righteous indignation, Liang Shaolong was so excited that he wanted to rush to the backstage, drag that "You Ma Sang" out, and beat him up.

"You're crazy, Luo Muze didn't think you were that angry when he did something bad, why are you doing this now?"

Li Ye pressed him hard, and then said dumbfounded.

"I don't know either...Maybe the actor who played the Japanese is too good at acting, it made me angry..."

Liang Shaolong said beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"This is the charm of art..."

Rorschach made two clicks.

It is precisely because of the charm and effect of literary and artistic works that Japanese people are so eager to set up their own film companies, cultivate their actors, and make films with Japanese characteristics, so as to instill their culture and ideas into the then Chinese.

When the movie was put on the scene of "Farewell to the Eighteenth Party", there were still sporadic laughter in the theater.But then the plot took a sharp turn for the worse, making all the people who watched the drama sob softly at first, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so they just burst into tears.

"Liang Shanbo, he was beaten to death by the Japanese! Little Japan is really nothing!"

Liang Shanbo, a "progressive youth" played by Yu Meihui, called on everyone to boycott Japanese goods.

Unexpectedly, after being followed by Ma Wenye's men, he was killed at the gate of Zhu's house.

Knowing that Liang Shanbo was coming to visit, Zhu Yingtai, who stood at the door waiting for a long time, witnessed the whole process.She cried and cried, her liver and gallbladder burst, and she hugged Liang Shanbo's body... and sang Huangmei tune for 5 minutes.

There is no way, the movies these days still have the shadow of opera everywhere, which is similar to the "Legend of the New White Snake" starring Goddess Zhao that became popular in China in the future.The leading actors often can't help singing while they are acting, just like the Indians in Bollywood blockbusters, dancing at every turn.

Anyway, the current audience is not at all surprised by this kind of plot, and will be moved by the libretto and singing skills of the hero and heroine.

No, after Zou Xuan'er sang this passage, Liang Shanbo finally spit out a mouthful of blood, hiccupped his fart completely, and the whole movie theater burst into tears.

Liang Shaolong, who was so emotionally rich, couldn't help crying.

Then there was the scene of Liang Shanbo's "first seven days", when Ma Wen also held a gun and forced Zhu Yingtai to marry him in the church, otherwise Zhu Yingtai's family would be killed.

Wearing a white wedding dress and a pearl necklace, Zhu Yingtai, who was as beautiful as an angel, bumped her head against the beam next to the priest after entering the church.There was Ma Wen who was left stunned and like a clown -- of course, before she died, Miss Zhu sang a section as usual.

"If you don't seek the same life, you will die together. Yingtai will not change in this life. It will be passed on for thousands of years. Liang Shanbo loves Yingtai."

Zou Xuan'er uttered the last line of the lyrics and passed away.

Unable to bear the excitement, Marvin ran out of the church yelling.

Suddenly, he was struck to death by a thunderbolt from the sky.

"The sky was clear just now, where did the thunder come from?"

Gu Hanlin was completely stunned by the sudden turn of the plot.

"The screenwriter said that if there is thunder, there will be thunder."

Rorschach said calmly.

how?Is it necessary to arrange a good end for the Japanese?

"This lightning strike is so good! God can't stand it anymore!"

"Yes! Hack him to death!"

The surrounding audience applauded with tears in their eyes.

"Have you seen it? The audience all agreed after seeing it."

Luo Xiazhi pointed to a lady beside her who was holding a handkerchief, almost biting her silver teeth and said.

"This unscientific……"

Gu Hanlin insisted.

"Science? Liang Zhu has 'turned into a butterfly', what's the 'science'?"

As soon as Luo Xiazhi finished speaking, he saw on the screen, a rainbow suddenly appeared outside the stormy church.

Zhu Yingtai's white wedding dress stretched out a pair of beautiful transparent wings with colorful luster.

In the exclamation of the audience, she turned into a beautiful white butterfly and flew into the flowers.

"This... how did you do it? It's amazing."

The female audience, who were still aggrieved just now, stared dumbfounded at the miraculous scene in front of them this time, and it took a long time to hold back such a sentence.

Luo Xiazhi heard this, and excitedly wanted to shout: Sister!Know the goods!

This special effect cost Rorschach a lot of money!

It can be said that this "butterfly" special effect, which is only ten seconds long, is the essence of the whole film.

In this era where computer special effects do not exist at all, to achieve such an effect, the only way to achieve such an effect is to rely on the artist to draw it out bit by bit with a brush on the film.

To put it simply, this is a combination of live-action movies and animated movies. In this era when there is no "animated movie" at all, Rorschach wanted to make such an effect. Know how much is wasted.

Different from the era of digital photography that followed, in the era of shooting movies on film, it can be said that every film is extremely precious, and a scene NG means that the corresponding film fee is deducted from the budget.

It's really unknown how much film was wasted during the testing phase for this scene.

However, after hearing the exclamation of the audience and seeing the childish but shocking effect on the screen, Luo Xiazhi knew that his investment was worth it!

This "New Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" will definitely be included in the annals of Chinese film history and become an eternal classic!

At the end of the movie, in the soft and graceful chorus, two butterflies fluttered in a beautiful garden, and finally flew into the depths of the rainbow, symbolizing the eternal love between the hero and heroine.

Almost thunderous applause exploded in the next second. People cheered, stomped their feet vigorously, whistled, and shouted the names of the leading actors and actresses and Rorschach to pay them the highest respect.

When the headlights came on, Luo Xiazhi stood up while applauding, and walked onto the stage with the two leading actors who were also crying and excited.

Sitting under the stage, Gu Hanlin patted Liang Shaolong who was crying so badly beside him that he was too embarrassed to look up.He himself took out his handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Okay, is it reasonable to be seen like a big star like this?"

"Whoa, anyway, I'm already 'passed', no one wants to see me..."

Even though he said that, Liang Shaolong still put on sunglasses to hide his eyes that were swollen like walnuts.

"Third Master, it's amazing...how can it be so amazing..."

Li Ye looked adoringly at Luo Xiazhi, who was talking about his creative journey on stage, and muttered to himself infatuatedly.

The pair of cousins ​​beside him cast wary looks at him at the same time.

little comrade!Pay attention to control yourself!

"How can there be such a reason! How can there be such a reason!"

Tsubaki Yingko slapped the table, and said with a distorted face, "Luo Xiazhi from Shimai Department Store is too much!"

Finally, the business has improved this year, and Sakura Department Store has gradually gained a bit of word-of-mouth among Shanghai residents.Unexpectedly, as soon as the movie invested by Luo Xiazhi was released, all kinds of rumors about Sakura Department Store would spread again.

These film critics, who are full and full, can just evaluate the movie well.All the gossips were terrible, and they turned out all the old accounts from many years ago.

This one said that the movie was reflecting the fire in the department store at that time. The Japanese may have done it. The other said that the Japanese have become a habit of stealing and looting. It is not news that the Japanese cotton mills abused workers. The prototype of the virtual character "You Ma Wenye" ​​in the movie is Luo Muze and his wife from Sakura Department Store!

"He made his movie, why did he join us Japanese? This story happened in ancient China, and we didn't have anything to do with it."

Chun Yingzi not only speaks Chinese well, but under the influence of Luo Muze, she also has a little knowledge of traditional Chinese culture, and even understands Shaoxing opera and Peking opera.

This "Blessed Lovers" is a very famous play in Yue Opera, she knows exactly what the plot should be like.How could there not be a Japanese who was struck to death by lightning!

"It seems that this Luo Xiazhi not only has a business mind, but also has an insight into the next step of our Ministry of Culture's plan to promote 'Sino-Japanese Cultural Friendship'."

Sitting opposite her was Hiroshi Nogi, who was a senior member of the established "Sino-Japanese Institute of Natural Sciences".

He wrote the article in the newspaper that asked "what is Japanese goods" three times before.

As soon as the article came out, there was an upsurge of discussion in Shanghai and Peking, and people who wrote the article responded one after another.

Some said that his rhetoric was slick, trying to hide the truth and cover up the essence of economic aggression.But some people say that what he said is justified. Nissho Nisko has indeed promoted the development of China's industry and economy, and its contribution cannot be denied.

The boycott of Japanese products that has lasted for many years has gradually dissipated. With the fuel of this article, many people do think that buying Japanese products, especially Japanese products produced in Chinese factories, is no big problem.

In addition, Japan has built its own good image at all levels during this period, and organized various cultural groups to come to China for exchanges.It also launched several Japanese singers, who won the love of the Chinese people by singing popular songs.Compared with previous years, the image of the Japanese is not a little bit better.

But as soon as Rorschach's movie came out, the extremely hateful image of the Japanese was portrayed, which almost brought their years of business back to the original place.

The key point is that the subtitles at the beginning of the movie said directly - this story is purely fictional and does not involve any real events - this makes Hiroshi Nogi and others unable to find a place to criticize.

Really go to the pole to compete with Rorschach. People spread their hands and say that the movies are all fake. You are so serious, are you guilty?

Isn't that just asking for fun!

This movie is now the most popular movie in Shanghai, except Luo Xiazhi's own Seventh Heaven Cinema.The major movie theaters in Shanghai, such as "Great Brightness", "Great Shanghai", "Mai Qi", "Taishan" and other cinemas, are playing this "New Butterfly Lovers" in rotation almost 24 hours a day.

The other films all avoided, and those who were released after the release were released, and the files were adjusted, and they did not dare to try their edge.

It is said that there is an infatuated movie fan lady who loves both Zou Xuan'er and Yu Meihui.In order to support the two of them, I watched this movie for a week. From the morning show to the midnight show, I never stepped out of the cinema.

There is also a man who loves these two men so much that he wrote more than 100 love letters to the film company, asking to have dinner with these two women.Then he was scolded by a group of fans for being shameless and wanting to enjoy the blessings of everyone.Yu Meihui and Zou Xuan'er are a natural match, the stinky man should not try to penetrate into it, otherwise he will end up being struck to death by lightning just like the Japanese.

After Luo Xiazhi knew about it, he secretly sighed that the CP fans of this era are also very good...

Major newspapers and magazines, especially the "SMART" magazine, received a steady stream of contributions from movie fans, and the hot articles were full of love for the movie, as well as for Yu Yu and Zou.

And these two leading actors have not let everyone down, and have already started a national movie parade.At present, I have traveled all over the Yangtze River Delta, and the next step is to go south or north, and I am ready to receive face-to-face love from movie fans.

This has caused the fire of "New Butterfly Lovers" to spread all over the country, making the Chinese people crazy, and it may last for several months.

At this time, if Tsubaki Yingko was looking for Rorschach, or the movie's mold, she and her department store would probably be drowned by a mouthful of saliva.

"Using movies to promote ideas... this Rorschach is very interesting! Very interesting!"

Hiroshi Nogi picked up the civilized stick and stood up.

"If possible, please help me arrange it. I want to meet this Mr. Luo."

"This……"

Tsubaki Sakura frowned.

Since Luo Muze's death, the Luo family has not concealed their dislike for her at all.In addition, she had suffered many defeats in front of Luo Xiazhi, so she didn't really want to face him again.

"You're still 'relatives', aren't you?"

Hiroshi Nogi raised the stick of civilization, and tapped the calendar hanging in the corner of the room.

"In a few days, it will be the one-year anniversary of your deceased husband's death. I heard that Chinese people attach great importance to the death anniversary of the deceased..."

"Hi, I see."

Tsubaki Sakura took a deep breath and nodded.

Yes, as long as she doesn't remarry for a day, just like what Luo Xiazhi said, she will still be the daughter-in-law of the Luo family.

Luo Muze, a fool, thought that marrying him would allow him to control the Luo family.I didn't expect this idiot to bring me so much trouble.

But now that he is dead, those who can be used should be used...

The author has something to say: Our golden finger is what the Japanese want to do, just reverse the operation first.

The first live-action animation in history should be "Song of the South" launched by Disney in the 1940s.But let's let it appear in China a little earlier hahaha.

Preview the next chapter "Singin' in the Rain"

感谢在2020-11-1921:39:32~2020-11-2021:37:27期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Aimengbao Maomao;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!