Chapter 187: A fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken
There are many subdivisions in a general direction. Not everyone who studies finance is a stock manager, and not everyone who majors in computer science is a programmer.
In the same literary and art circle, Qin Boya, who has worked in the song and dance troupe for seven or eight years, doesn't know much about movies, and Sun Tao doesn't know much about it. He won't become an expert in a certain field if he doesn't work in that circle many times.
In the eyes of ordinary people, especially in the eyes of Jichun people, Changchun Film Studio is a giant, with titles such as "Five Golden Flowers", "Shangganling", "Heroic Sons and Daughters", "Sanjie Liu" and "White-Haired Girl"... Sun Tao remembers 99 Last year, Li Ke and I went to see "The Director of Men and Women," starring Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan. Before graduation last year, the school also organized everyone to watch "The Days Leaving Lei Feng" starring Song Chunli...
Although Changying's name was rarely seen later, Sun Tao thought it was probably because he watched too many short videos and too few mainstream movies...
In fact, China's eight traditional film studios have begun to decline since 1993.
In 1993, the country began to reform the film distribution mechanism. It changed the past method of unified discovery by China Film and let the studios negotiate with the discovery units themselves. The film studios have to be responsible for their own profits and losses! In the past, they only focused on production and not sales, but now they have to ensure that the movies they make can be sold.
The flowers and plants in the greenhouse were suddenly released into nature, and the outcome was actually doomed.
In fact, Sun Tao has heard that private film companies such as Enlight Media, Chinese Brothers, Warner Pictures, etc. are the winners in the competition. They have stepped on the eight major film studios to rise to the top.
In 2002, Changying did not make a single movie for a whole year and was already dead in name only. Her last factory director was the deputy director of the Jichun Sports Lottery Center. It suffered losses for many years and was unable to make ends meet. More than 1,000 registered employees were scattered across the country to fend for themselves...
In Sun Tao and Qin Boya's imagination, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the old artists must look down on their little money.
In fact, the old artists have long been informed that the studio is about to completely collapse and be transformed into a film group. It is unclear whether they can get their pensions. People are panicking.
There is no dead camel that is bigger than a horse, only a phoenix that has lost its feathers is not as big as a chicken!
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I heard Qin Boya say that he would take Wu Xiaoying to continue lobbying old artists.
Sun Tao put down his chopsticks and said leisurely: "No need, rushing here is not a business. Those people who haven't encountered each other after going there several times must not be some mistake. They are just avoiding us.
I don’t think there’s any point in going through all the trouble on this cold day. You were right what you said on the phone before. Old people in the same circle have some connections with each other. If you really don’t like us or have connections, It’s no use even looking for it a hundred times. Those who have no way to cash out urgently rush to contact us. Those of us who are still waiting and watching don’t rush to contact us. If we follow them too diligently, they may even raise the price.
I’ve also been looking for someone to contact Teacher Xu Jingqing from Yanjing, but I stopped going there a year ago. If I want to visit, I’ll have to wait until next year..."
It has to be said that Sun Tao actually managed to get it right.
Qin Boya asked doubtfully: "Then, if Qinglei goes to Jichun to rehearse, we, as her management company, can't help but go with someone, right?"
Sun Tao didn't answer in a hurry. He leaned down and asked the proprietress to place a large bowl of butchered vegetables in the middle of the table.
Gangjian is a big bowl. At first glance, it is filled with sauerkraut and blood sausage. When you stir it up with chopsticks, it contains large slices of meat.
"Eat slowly, call me if you want something to order." When the proprietress saw them talking and put down the dishes, she walked back to the counter and continued to read her "Yilin".
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Sun Tao picked up a piece of blood sausage, raised his glass and gestured to the three girls before swallowing it, "Hiss, ah!" After finishing the blood sausage, Sun Tao spoke again.
Sun Tao, "I will accompany Li Qinglei!"
As soon as Sun Tao finished speaking, Qin Boya's white wine spurted out, Wu Xiaoying's chopsticks for picking vegetables stopped in mid-air, and Li Xiaojun looked at him with a half-smile. Sun Tao smiled and shook his head, "Hey, what do you think I do? Who do you think I am? I won't live with her.
It's just a gesture for me to go, and there's really no need for me to do anything.
This is the first time that two heavyweight programs in Wu'an have been selected for the Spring Festival Gala of the provincial station. On Laba Day, Director Wang Jun also went over to encourage us. The song and dance troupe was led by Director Wen who also brought several logistics, so We can all learn from it.
When the time comes, let Li Qinglei join Tian Rui and the others.
I also want to make more connections with Teacher Han Haiyu. In addition, I have encountered some bottlenecks in my creation. My novels and songs are both stuck. I also want to change the environment and see if there will be any improvement..."
Qin Boya nodded. It was a good thing that Sun Tao was very concerned about the company.
Li Xiaojun pursed his lips and smiled. One of the backup dancers this time was from the cultural center. It was unknown what kind of background the little girl had taken. It was said that the deputy director of the cultural center, Liu Dali, would also bring people to follow her to show that they valued her.
Sun Tao is the boss, and since he insists on taking the lead, the three girls naturally have no reason to refuse.
The four of them ate and drank, and Sun Tao told the three of them to continue collecting audio files to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and to add distinctive labels to the audio files that had been authorized by the original author.
"Well, this is very important. You can make a VIP icon and add it to the back of the link. Make the icon bigger and trigger the text description as soon as the mouse passes over it. Oh, if you are not sure, please contact me by phone or go find me directly. Wang Yu from Fangyuan Computer owes all the favors anyway, so if you have too many lice, you don’t have to worry about too many debts.”
Wu Xiaoying smiled. Although she majored in physics, she had also learned simple web page creation.
A portion of pig-killing vegetables costs RMB 38, braised white meat RMB 12, skin jelly RMB 5, and Laolongkou RMB 19. The meal cost RMB 74.
The Northeastern dishes are very large, and Sun Tao finally packed them back for dinner.
Qin Boya and Wu Xiaoying went back to rest, while Sun Tao and Li Xiaojun returned to the company and put down the rolling shutter to test with confidence.
There is a rolling shutter outside the door and a screen inside the room. Thinking that Sun Tao will be leaving for another two weeks tomorrow, Teacher Li put down his reserve.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2003.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the bus stopped at the entrance of Yunlin Holiday Hotel, which is a cooperative unit of Jichun Satellite TV.
In recent weeks, Jichun TV has booked the entire resort hotel. Of course, unknown actors live here;
Big-name stars, Hong Kong stars, and Korean stars all stay at the Purple Flower five-star hotel, and they won't participate in the first two rehearsals. It's a face-saving thing to have one day in advance before the last recording.
The person who paid the money pretended to be a grandson, and the invited celebrity pretended to be a big-tailed wolf. This kind of thing was, well, quite common in those days.
The song and dance troupe came with seven dancers and a female leader Wang Xinxin, plus Li Qinglei, there were exactly ten girls, and they happened to be sharing a room for two; Jiang Lin, Liu Yu, the driver, and a newcomer also shared a room for two.
Wen Jianjun and Sun Tao both have single rooms, which were arranged by the TV station, because when they contacted us, one of them was identified as the leader and the other as the boss;
Everyone got off the bus. Li Qinglei was still sitting with Tian Rui chatting, "Qinglei, get off the bus." After chatting with Wen Jianjun all the way, Sun Tao still remembered that the main task of this trip was to accompany Li Qinglei.
"Yes!" Li Qinglei agreed readily, got up and was about to get off the bus with Sun Tao.
(End of chapter)