Chapter 69 Reading of Datang Script
What the professors were worried about has not happened yet. After all, it is already holiday. Even if the students are full of enthusiasm, they can only go home to express themselves. Even if the higher-ups knew about this, they would not make a decision in a short time. The college entrance examination had just been resumed in 1977, and students this year would not be able to graduate until the summer of 1981, so the time was not urgent.
Liu Hongmin was also convinced by what he said. He invited Ge Chaoguang and others to stay in the capital and help study ancient books during the winter vacation. He has many ideas and needs support from the contents of ancient books.
However, the courtyard house at home is limited and can only accommodate about ten people. Therefore, Liu Hongmin asked Zou Shifang to ask around to see if anyone was selling their house. The price of courtyard houses has increased a bit in the past two years. The price of three-level courtyard houses in the surrounding area is about 25,000 yuan.
It only increased by 5,000 yuan, and Liu Hongmin could afford it.
In the next few days of rest, Liu Hongmin took Ma Weidu to visit Liulichang. Ma Weidu now works full-time for Liu Hongmin. He visits Liulichang when he has nothing to do, and notifies Liu Hongmin when he sees something good. When he has nothing to do, he also writes novels. If it sells like Liu Hongmin, he can achieve financial freedom in advance.
However, his talent in writing is not very good, and he can still only distribute tofu cubes in the Youth Daily. He was not discouraged, because according to Liu Hongmin's theory, novels can be written as soon as they are written.
Ma Weidu is a generous person and likes to make friends after he has money. However, whenever Liu Hongmin called him, he would always arrive in advance and would never let Liu Hongmin wait any longer.
Liu Hongmin had not rested for a few days when he received a call from Lin Yong. It turned out that the script of Datang had been written, and he, the original author, was asked to participate in a script reading to see if there was anything that needed to be changed. .
Script readings are very common in this era and will be conducted multiple times. Each round-up is a verification of the script. Only after passing the verification will the filming officially start. At this point, mainland studios are much better than Xiangjiang. Xiangjiang does not have script reading at all, and many of their scripts are written on the fly.
Shaobao became popular in Hong Kong largely because of its rigorous script. They are used to watching TV series with illogical logic, and suddenly there is a TV series with smooth logic. Of course they are willing to watch it.
On this day, Liu Hongmin rode his bicycle to Beijing Film Studio. The guard looked at his student ID card and then called Lin Yong.
Not long after, Lin Yong came to the door, took Liu Hongmin in, and gave him a temporary work permit.
"Take this with you. You may need to make a few trips during this period. When it is officially turned on, I won't bother you."
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "No trouble, I will I also want to see how you work. I have seen how to film TV series in Xiangjiang, but I have not seen it in our own territory!"
"If you are interested, you can. Come with us to the northwest!”
“Forget it!”
Liu Hongmin waved, going to the northwest to film in winter is simply a pain. It’s not just the weather that’s a problem, there’s also the human factor. It is very dangerous to live in remote areas without the help of local people.
Lin Yong took Liu Hongmin to a conference room, where director Zhu Jinming and a group of people were distributing scripts. Seeing Liu Hongmin coming, Director Zhu Jinming came over with a script and handed it to Liu Hongmin, "Comrade Hongmin, this is yours."
Then he introduced to everyone: "This is from Datang Author Comrade Liu Hongmin ”
"Hello everyone!"
Liu Hongmin greeted everyone. He was a little surprised to see someone he knew.
“This is the actor of Lu Shishi, Comrade Cheng Qiang.” Liu Hongmin said with a smile: “I watched Mr. Cheng’s works, but I didn’t expect Mr. Cheng to play Lu Shishi.”
Cheng Qiang waved his hand quickly, "I can't afford it, I can't afford it. I am just a young actor. I am lucky to be able to act in such a good work of Datang."
Zhu Jinming once again He introduced: "This is Xie Tian, who plays Guo Yuanzheng."
Liu Hongmin looked at Xie Tian and said to Zhu Jinming: "Director, these two are old comrades. They went to the northwest to film. Can your body handle it?"
"Comrade Xiao Liu!" Xie Tian stood up and said seriously: "There is absolutely no problem with Lao Chen's health. You can rest assured."
Zhu Jinming explained: "We also reviewed some information about the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers stationed there have been sent there for many years, and it is easy for people to grow old in the desert, so we decided to use an old actor to play Guo Yuan Zheng and Lu Shishi."
Liu Hongmin said helplessly: "I know, I'm just worried about their health. You know, in the northwest desert, the weather is cold and dry, and there is a lack of water. What if something happens. , but it’s not good.”
If Xie Tian wanted to say anything else, Cheng Qiang stood up and said, "Comrade Xiao Liu, we all voluntarily participated in the performance. And it's not like we haven't made preparations. Lao Xie and I have been exercising recently. In addition, the script is basically The above scenes are all scenes between me and Lao Xie. As long as we rehearse in advance, we can speed up the filming process. I believe it will be completed in a few days."
Liu Hongmin thought for a while, this is also a scene. way. However, he was deeply impressed by the two elderly people's professionalism.
Suddenly, a short video came to his mind.
“Director, you don’t have to shoot all the desert scenes in the desert. There seems to be a desert in Hunan Province. The winter there is not too cold. Most desert scenes can be shot there. Wait. When you need an ancient city, go to the desert to shoot.”
Zhu Jinming and Lin Yong looked at each other, and at the same time showed an expression that said we don’t know much, so don’t lie to us.
"Is there a desert in Hunan Province?"
Liu Hongmin nodded, "There is a large lead-zinc mine in Linxiang County. A large amount of tailings is deposited every day, for decades. It will gradually turn into a desert. You can send people to check it out. If possible, it can be used as a filming location for future scenes in the desert."
Lin Yong: "I'm going to find someone to ask."
He is a film producer and specializes in this kind of outreach work.
Zhu Jinming: “We don’t have to wait for him, let’s read the script first.”
So, under the guidance of two veteran actors, they began to read the script with great emotion. I have to say that the studios of this era were very professional and had strong literary skills, and the scripts were full of dialogues that were half a century old. While people can understand it, they can also feel that they are speaking from ancient times.
Except for a few places where the actors felt that the dialogue was not smooth, Liu Hongmin found nothing that could be changed. This reassures Liu Hongmin. Although there are limitations in shooting technology, this film will definitely look good.
(End of this chapter)