Chapter 487: Great changes occurred in the West Film Studio (first update)
In the afternoon, Fang Minghua took his lunch break as usual. After getting up, he washed his face and prepared to go to the study to code. The phone rang. Fang Minghua went to answer it and heard from the other side of the phone. The man spoke with a thick Guanzhong accent.
"Minghua, this is Yimou, have you received the letter from the Golden Rooster Awards jury?"
"I received it this morning. Why, you also received it?"
"Yes, in addition to the Best Screenplay Award, "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" also won six awards for Best Story, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Costume, and Best Sound Recording."
"Congratulations, Yimo, you have another great harvest." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
"Isn't this because you wrote the script well? Minghua, do you have time tonight? I want to celebrate and call all the creative staff of the crew."
"Okay, What time? Where?"
"It will be at Xijing Restaurant at six o'clock in the evening."
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Fang Minghua changed his clothes and went out to take a taxi. He knew that he would inevitably have to drink this time, so it was better not to drive.
Arrived at a private room on the second floor of Xijing Restaurant, Fang Minghua went in and saw several people already sitting there.
Gu Changwei, Zhou Xiaowen, He Ping, Lu Wei. Fang Minghua knows these few. They are all disciples of Wu Tianming and the backbone of Xiying Studio
Of course there are two or three who don’t know each other, one of them She is a young girl with bright eyes, white teeth, and heavenly beauty.
Never seen in real life, but often seen in movies and calendars.
Gong Li.
As the heroine in "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" and won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, it was natural for her to come to this party.
Gong Huang was really beautiful when he was young, with his face covered with collagen.
Fang Minghua sighed in his heart.
Gong Li was very respectful when she saw Fang Minghua. She didn't call him by his pen name Minghua or Chairman Fang. Instead, she called him Teacher Fang non-stop, which sounded very cordial.
Of course, Gong Li doesn't live in Xijing. She came to Xijing this time to shoot an advertisement for Huanghe Color TV Factory.
Sitting next to her is Zhang Yimou.
At this time, Zhang Yimou was smiling and in high spirits.
"Minghua, come here, sit down. I'll introduce you to Chang Wei and the others. You know them. This is Hu Xiaofeng, my producer."
“Hello, Chairman Fang.”
"Hello, Director Hu."
Both parties smiled and shook hands.
Hu Xiaofeng is also a celebrity in the film and television industry, especially Feng Xiaogang's "Queen" producer. He is the producer of Feng Xiaogang's films such as "1942" and "Tangshan Earthquake".
However, at this time, Feng Xiaogang was still unknown, but Hu Xiaofeng had already made a name for himself in the film and television industry.
"This is the recording engineer Li Lanhua, who won the Best Recording Award"
"This is the costume designer Tong Huamiao, who won the Best Costume Award"
Zhang Yimou introduced them next to each other, and Fang Minghua shook hands one by one.
After the introduction, Fang Minghua sat down next to Zhang Yimou, and suddenly realized that someone was missing. He hurriedly asked: "Yimou, where is your Director Wu? Are you busy today?"
Hearing Fang Minghua's words, the lively atmosphere of talking and laughing suddenly became quiet. After a while, Zhang Yimou said: "Director Wu, you can't come back in the United States now, and he is no longer our director."
"What's going on?" Fang Minghua looked shocked when he heard this.
Only then did Zhang Yimou tell the specific story.
Just this summer, in order to commend Xiying Studio, superior leaders agreed to Xiying’s proposal to arrange for the main creative staff to go abroad for study tours. Wu Tianming took the lead in going abroad for a one-month study trip.
“Everything was going smoothly at first, but Director Wu accepted an interview with a reporter during the inspection. I don’t know if the reporter dug a hole for him and said something he shouldn’t have said. His superiors were furious and canceled it. He holds the position of factory director and is temporarily not allowed to return to China. "That's it!
Fang Minghua sighed deeply.
Before he came to this era, he saw on the Internet that Wu Tianming stayed in the United States for several years before returning to China. He didn't know the specific reason.
What a pity.
Fang Minghua not only felt sorry for Wu Tianmin, but also felt sorry for Xi Film Studio.
This Xiying Film Studio, known as "Oriental Hollywood" and "Professional Chicken Farmer", has completed its most glorious period and started to decline.
Although Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, and Zhou Xiaofeng are still active in the film industry and creating their own brilliant careers one after another, these fifth-generation filmmakers have gradually had nothing to do with Xiying Film Studio. Many people left Xiying Film Studio for various reasons, and many started their "Beijing Drifting" career.
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
A proud field in Qin Province is about to decline.
But now, the men here are still chatting and laughing. After all, they have each made their own way in the film and television industry. Maybe they don’t need the fat director who once shielded them from wind and rain, right?
Thinking of this, Fang Minghua couldn't help but sigh again.
During the entire banquet, Fang Minghua seemed a little uninterested. After drinking, he declined Zhang Yimou's invitation to dance in the ballroom and left the hotel to take a taxi and go home directly.
The lights in the living room were on. It turned out that Song Tangtang was back and studying with an English book in his arms. Seeing that Fang Minghua came back smelling of alcohol, he asked: "Is there another dinner party today?"
"Well, didn't "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" win an award? Zhang Yimou hosted a few friends for a meal , celebrate.”
“I saw this news in the newspaper. He has won several awards. This Zhang Yimou is really amazing. He has won awards for everything he shoots.” Song Tangtang praised and looked at Fang Minghua. Didn't you go dancing after drinking? "
"What activities?" Fang Minghua sat down on the sofa and unbuttoned the collar of his T-shirt: "Wu Tianmin is stranded in the United States and cannot come back. ”
“Ah, what’s going on?”
Fang Minghua told what happened.
Song Tangtang sighed deeply after hearing this, not knowing what to say.
Knowing that her husband had a good relationship with Wu Tianmin, she comforted her softly: "I guess it's just temporary. Director Wu will be back soon."
"Soon?" Fang Minghua laughed bitterly.
It seems you came back in the mid-1990s, right?
Moreover, when he came back, Xiying Film Studio was no longer the same Xi Film Studio, and Chinese films were not what they were when he was there.
But this is history, no one can change it.
Fang Minghua naturally couldn't let his discomfort affect his wife's mood. He no longer wanted to talk about this topic but said: "How is the visa application going?"
"It has been processed this year. There are so many people going abroad." Song Tangtang said, "I went to the embassy to get the visa documents the day before yesterday, and I met a poet you know."
"Bei Dao."
"Bei Dao has also gone abroad." Fang Minghua sighed again.
“Well, those of them who go abroad will eventually come back. You don’t have to sigh. This is their home and the root of their literature. As a poet, he gave up the direct closeness to his mother tongue, It’s a very scary thing,” Song Tangtang advised.
“Tangtang, your insights are very profound!” Fang Minghua couldn’t help but raise his thumbs up.
Indeed.
Beidao, who lives in exile in a foreign land, often feels the suspended state of his mother tongue.
He once wrote in his "Xiangyin": "When I speak Chinese in front of the mirror, I feel that my motherland is a kind of local accent. Therefore, I am terrified of the alienation caused by being far away from my motherland. "
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore in Minghua. My visa has been applied for and I will take my children abroad to meet Lili with my second aunt in two days. What do you want to say to her? "Song Tangtang said.
(End of this chapter)