Chapter 690 "World Book Day"
Since he decided to film "Prime Minister Liu Luogu", Fang Minghua first called Jia Pingwa to explain the situation, and Song Tangtang contacted the three screenwriters in the name of Shengshi Company. Buy the rights.
Of course, the more important thing is to determine who will film the film.
When Song Tangtang asked about this, Fang Minghua laughed: "Isn't there a director named Zhang Zi'en at West Film Studio?"
"You said that you were the director of Wu Tianmin's movie "Life" "The director who was the art designer of "Douyin", and later the film "Silent Little River", "Yellow River Heroes", and "The Embarrassing Husband and the Pretty Wife" the year before last?" Song Tangtang asked.
"Yes, that's him! You're right to find him!"
Because, historically, this TV series was filmed by Zhang Zi'en! Later, he filmed the first part of "Kangxi's Private Interview in Private Clothes" and "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan" and other TV series.
I have to say that Xiying Film Studio is full of people with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
"Okay, I'll talk to Zhang Zhi'en!"
"Also, as for the starring roles. I suggest the director find Li Baotian to play Liu Luogu, Zhang Guoli to play Qianlong, and Wang Gang to play the corrupt official He Shen!" Fang Minghua added.
Song Tangtang was surprised when he heard this.
"You asked Li Baotian, who starred in "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", to play Liu Luoguo?! Isn't the contrast too big?"
"Also Wang Gang, is he playing a storyteller in the TV series "Harbin at Night", and he is now the host of CCTV, how can he play He Shen, a corrupt official? "
"Haha, don't underestimate Li Baotian, he is an excellent one? He is an actor who is very malleable and can look like anything he plays. As for Wang Gang, you see he has a chubby face. If he plays a big corrupt official who smiles all day long but only does bad things and goes against Liu Luoguo, wouldn’t it be a kind of debt? Feeling flat?”
Song Tangtang couldn’t help but burst into laughter. "Husband, what you said makes sense! Okay! I'll find Zhang Zhien and talk to him about this!"
Song Tangtang started to take charge of this matter vigorously and resolutely. "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" will be the highlight of Shengshi Film and Television this year, and she will take charge of it personally.
Of course, there is not only this TV series, but also a movie "The Road to Xixia" that started shooting at the same time.
This is a historical film written and directed by Lu Wei of Xiying Studio, starring Ni Dahong and Badma.
As a screenwriter at Xiying Studio, Lu Wei wanted to be a director and make movies himself, so he took the script to Song Tangtang of Shengshi Film and Television, hoping to invest.
Song Tangtang read the script carefully.
It is written about the grievances and resentments between the northern nomadic Xixia Kingdom, the Khitan Liao Kingdom, and the Han Song Kingdom in western China in the 11th century AD.
It is a rare story about the emotions of ordinary people in history. The script does not favor any ethnic group, whether it is the Han, the Dangxiang, or the Khitan. The final ending is full of despairing warmth.
The script is very well written and very poetic. He is indeed a gold medal screenwriter at the West Film Studio, but I don’t know how it will be produced?
Song Tangtang thought about it and agreed again and again.
Maybe it won’t be very good at the box office, but because the director is Lu Wei, the backbones of Xiying Studio also want to make it.
This film was handed over to Wu Tianmin as the producer. With the former director of Xi Film Studio as the producer, Lu Wei would work harder on the film.
Song Tangtang was busy again, but Fang Minghua was completely idle.
Fishing, practicing calligraphy, and reading, my days were very leisurely.
Today is April 23, Sunday. The weather is clear and the sun is not dry in the morning.
This time Fang Minghua did not go fishing, and Song Tangtang was not busy working overtime. After breakfast, the family of four sat neatly under the grape trellis in the yard, each holding a book and reading.
Because today is "World Book Day".
Starting from this year (1995), UNESCO has designated April 23rd every year as "World Book Day." Fang Minghua saw this news from the newspaper a few days ago, and its purpose is to Promote more people to read and write, and hope that everyone can respect and thank the masters of literature, culture, science, and thought who have made great contributions to human civilization, and protect intellectual property rights.
This news was only reported in an inconspicuous corner of Guangming Daily and did not receive much attention from the domestic media.
Of course, in later generations, the country gradually paid attention to it, and some cities would hold celebrations on this day.
Fang Minghua felt that it was necessary to hold a small reading activity at home on this day. The purpose was to stimulate the enthusiasm for reading in his two children.
After telling his wife about this idea, Song Tangtang immediately agreed.
So this morning, everyone took a book and read it in the yard.
My daughter Ruirui watched "The Legend of Pipilu" by Zheng Yuanjie, and my son Lele watched the children's version of "One Hundred Thousand Whys".
Song Tangtang read carefully while holding a thick "Chinese Film Yearbook 1990", which was published by China Film Publishing House and provided detailed information and analysis on the Chinese film industry in 1990, including the film industry. Development status, policy changes, etc.
Fang Minghua was flipping through a psychology book, "The Crowd: A Study of Popular Psychology" written by French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon.
There is no Chinese version in China yet. Fang Minghua read the English version sent by Li Li from the United States. The letter also said that he planned to translate the book into Chinese.
Fang Minghua just took it out and looked through it and found it quite interesting.
Today is Reading Day, and the whole family is reading. Fang Minghua took out this book to read again. It doesn’t matter what book he reads, the main thing is to have this atmosphere.
It feels good for the whole family to read quietly together.
However, because my son is young, it is a bit difficult to watch the children's version of "One Hundred Thousand Whys". I often ask him, and he always answers patiently.
"Dad, why do you call today "World Book Day"?" the son suddenly asked.
There seem to be hundreds of thousands of questions about this, why is there none?
However, Fang Minghua still answered seriously.
"The newspaper said that the proposal to establish World Book Day was put forward by Spain. There is a legend in their country: "A beautiful princess was trapped in the mountains by an evil dragon. The warrior George defeated the evil dragon alone and rescued her. The princess gave George a book as a gift in return. "Since then, the book has become a symbol of courage and strength."
“And this day is the anniversary of the death of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, the birth and death anniversary of the great British writer Shakespeare, and the death anniversary of the Peruvian writer Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Today is also the birthday of American writer Nabokov, French writer Maurice Drouant, Icelandic Nobel Prize winner Laxness and many other writers. So it is very meaningful to position this day as World Book Day? "
"Then why are there no writers from our country?" My son Lele asked innocently, tilting his head.
"Brother, you are stupid, dad said, this is a festival proposed by foreigners, there must be no Chinese people." Sister Ruirui replied.
"Well Ruirui is right, but our country also has great writers who died on this day. The scholar Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty and the dramatist Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty died on this day according to historical records."
"Wow, dad knows so much!" Both children looked at their dad with admiration, and even his daughter-in-law Song Tangtang also expressed admiration.
Fang Minghua felt a little proud.
Hey, thanks to the Internet of later generations, I saw it out of curiosity
Thinking like this in my heart, I said: "Actually, it doesn't matter who was born and who died. What's important is that we have to Study hard and read good books, you know?"
"This book is a good book!" The son immediately held up "One Hundred Thousand Whys" with a proud face.
"Yeah, it's a good book. If Lele understands it, he can become a scientist in the future! Just like his uncle who studies airplanes!" Fang Minghua said with a smile.
When her daughter Ruirui heard this, she seemed a little unhappy. She rolled her eyes and suddenly said: "Dad, you don't mean what you say!"
(End of this chapter)