Chapter 860 859 The Spring Festival Gala, like Chinese literature, music and football, has begun to deteriorate hopelessly.
On the night of January 4th, Fang Minghua drove to the Bell Tower Cinema with Song Tangtang. This time, in addition to the crew members such as the leading actors Jiang Wen and Gong Li, Zhang Yimou and a group of Wu Tianmin's former disciples also came to attend the premiere, as well as film and television Celebrities from the industry also came to support the event.
Some people joked that the premiere of Wu Tianmin's movie shocked half of the domestic entertainment industry.
Although the premiere was huge and the media rated the film relatively high, the box office was not that good when it was actually released, far behind Feng Xiaogang's "Big Shot" which was released earlier.
The comedy film starring Ge You and Rosamund Kwan tells the story of You You, a laid-off employee in the photography department of a film studio, who organizes the funeral for Taylor, the big-name Hollywood director.
The total box office of the film in mainland China was nearly 40 million yuan.
However, everyone including Wu Tianmin was mentally prepared, so they didn't feel much disappointed.
The current domestic film market is like this. It is basically a world of commercial films, or even comedies.
The Spring Festival of 2002 was later than last year. February 11th was New Year's Eve. My daughter Fang Rui had returned to San Francisco to study half a month ago, leaving only my daughter-in-law and son at home.
This year, Fang Minghua made an exception and did not watch the Spring Festival Gala at home with his wife and children because Song Tangtang took his son to attend the Spring Festival Gala!
For the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2002, the director team was unique. In addition to live broadcasting in the CCTV hall, they also set up an open-air branch venue in Shenzhen's "Window of the World" and used locations in Shanghai, Shenyang and Xijing'an to insert.
The audience was invited to participate in the event on the spot. As the CEO of Shengshi Film and Television, Song Tangtang was honored to receive the invitation and lead the whole family to participate in the venue in Xijing to have fun with the people.
However, the performance location is on the city wall of Xijing!
On a cold day, watching a performance outdoors in minus ten degrees Celsius is a sour feeling.
Thinking of this, Fang Minghua decisively refused because he had a headache and a cold today.
"Minghua, just look after the house, let's go." Song Tangtang dressed up carefully and took her son to the performance venue happily.
"Goodbye, Dad!"
"Goodbye!"
Fang Minghua watched the two people leave and just prayed that they wouldn't catch a cold tomorrow.
To be fair, although the 2002 Spring Festival Gala was fancy, the program was really average.
From the opening song and dance, the host's speeches were all at high decibels, and the sketch actors even went up to an octave higher, making jokes and asking for applause;
Dancers on stages in Yanjing and Shenzhen come and go, fans in Shenyang, fireworks in Shanghai, dragon lanterns and lions in Xijing circle around;
The almost professional sound of applause and applause is endless.
The only highlight is Zhao Benshan's sketch "Selling Cars", but like last year's "Selling Kidnappings", it has the meaning of discriminating against people with disabilities.
The Spring Festival Gala, like Chinese literature, music and football, has begun to deteriorate hopelessly.
What Fang Minghua was worried about happened. After his wife came back with her son in the middle of the night, she started sneezing constantly.
The next morning, my son was very angry and in good health but had no serious problems, but my wife had caught a cold and was lying in bed moaning and unable to get up.
Therefore, during this year's Spring Festival, Fang Minghua spent all his time busy around his wife.
After the Spring Festival was over, Song Tangtang's illness was cured, and he was active again and took a group of people on a business trip to Huacheng to negotiate the acquisition of a movie theater.
Alas, the Spring Festival was a lonely one.
But spring is here, let’s go out and walk more.
Since finishing the novel "A Woman's Life" last year, Fang Minghua has basically stopped writing. He spends the day at home reading, surfing the Internet, and practicing calligraphy. When the weather is nice, he goes fishing and plays mahjong when he is interested. It is quite leisurely. comfortable.
The weather is nice today, the sun is warm. Fang Minghua originally planned to go fishing, but when he called Bai Miao and the others, they said they were all busy at work and you were the only one free all day. Indeed, among the several chairmen and vice-chairmen of the Qin Provincial Writers Association, Chairman Chen Zhongshi is responsible for overall work.
Vice Chairman Lu Yao is responsible for the work of the Novel Committee.
Vice Chairman Jia Pingwa is responsible for the work of the Prose Committee and is also fully responsible for the work of the Xijing Writers Association.
Vice Chairman Bai Miao is responsible for the work of the short and medium story committee
Vice Chairman Fang Minghua is responsible for literary training.
In fact, literature training is mainly implemented by the Qin Provincial College of Literature, which is a division-level institution.
The main responsibilities are to guide, coordinate, and promote literary creation, research, and criticism; organize professional writers and contracted writers to actively engage in literary creation; provide training for members of writers associations at all levels, literary workers, and enthusiasts; undertake the magazine "Novel Review" and be responsible for hundreds of The cultivation, training and daily management of excellent plan writers
But there is a dean of the liberal arts college and a president of the magazine. Fang Minghua is just a hands-off shopkeeper.
So he likes this division of labor very much.
Hearing that no one wanted to go, Fang Minghua also felt that it was not interesting. He drove around Xijing City alone. When he walked near Bianjia Village, he suddenly saw the bookstore opened by Lei Xuecheng.
I haven't been in for a long time, so I decided to go in and have a sit.
The car parked on the side of the street and Fang Minghua walked in.
Fang Minghua and Lei Xuecheng have known each other for almost 20 years and have been old friends for many years. However, they don't have much contact with each other. They occasionally come to his bookstore to chat about literature and other things. It can be regarded as a gentle friendship between gentlemen.
Lei Xuecheng's bookstore has been open for ten years and has become the largest private bookstore in Xijing. In addition to Bianjia Village, it also has two branches on Xianning West Road and Chang'an South Road. These places are where universities are concentrated. There are more readers.
When Fang Minghua entered, he immediately saw a large space. The original backyard was renovated by Lei Xuecheng and became part of the bookstore.
But today there weren't many people reading or buying books, it was sparse.
The staff in the store naturally knew Fang Minghua and came up to greet him when they saw him coming in.
"Chairman Fang, our boss Lei is resting in the back, please come with me."
Fang Minghua followed the employee to a lounge at the back, knocked on the door and saw Lei Xuecheng leisurely drinking tea alone.
"Hey Minghua, long time no see." Lei Xuecheng immediately stood up and greeted: "Come and try my new Longjing this year."
"Longjing? It's not time to go on the market yet, right?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised when he heard this.
"In the greenhouse."
After the tea was brewed, Fang Minghua tasted it. It was indeed Longjing, but the taste was much lighter than that grown naturally. It was probably just a new taste.
The two started chatting while drinking tea.
"Minghua, I haven't seen you for almost two years, what are you busy with?" Lei Xuecheng said.
"Oh, I went to the United States the year before last and didn't come back until August last year. There were some messy things afterwards, so I didn't come here." Fang Minghua told the truth.
"Oh, go to the United States." Lei Xuecheng was thoughtful, and suddenly asked: "Have you ever visited American bookstores in the United States? How is their business?"
(End of chapter)