"It's not that the curtain hasn't been raised yet,"
Jiang Shan, who was sitting upright among several leaders, raised his hand and pointed:
"It needs to be opened a little bit more so that the audience can take a look first!"
"I understand,"
Gu Zhengzheng remembered: "You did this before the "Rising Star Concert" opened to buy tickets."
A "Rising Star Concert" organized by Pujiang TV Station and "Oriental Metropolis Daily".
Before the official ticket sales, a lot of behind-the-scenes footage was released.
Online and offline, newspapers and televisions vigorously promoted it, and the three-day tickets were sold out in half a day.
"Are we going to do this again this time?"
Hu Xiao remembered that the stage of that concert really made the "Latent" radio drama show off.
"Go ahead," Jiang Shan said, "Since it is a proven and successful experience, of course we must continue to pass it on..."
Of course what Hu Xiao remembered, Jiang Shan also remembered.
Now, in the face of so many publishers interested in publishing the "Latent" novel, Jiangshan has released the terms of "royalty cooperation" for the release.
Although I haven't received an "I do" reply yet, Jiang Shan doesn't care about this day or two.
"That's what we'll do," Hu Xiao said, "If anyone needs our translation factory, we will give our full cooperation!"
Just in time, I have another radio drama of "Gone with the Wind" waiting to be promoted!
At this time, Director Shi and Xie Jin of Pujiang Film Studio looked at each other expressionlessly.
There was no follow-up statement.
"Xiaojiang,"
Gu Zhengzheng reminded here: "The reason why "Rising Stars Concert" can be so successful is that
One is because the audience has never seen a party of this kind.
Second, at this concert, the audience met many new people and heard a lot of new music.
Especially the two sets of large-scale songs and dances you choreographed directly ignited the atmosphere of the venue.
But this time... where are we going to find so many new people and new songs?"
"Young Friends Come to Meet", "Camel Bell", "Night at the Military Port"...
Su Xiaoming, Wang Jieshi, Xie Lisi, Zhu Mingying, Wu Xiaosong... The cooperation between a group of new stars and their predecessors is indeed the reason for the success of "Rising Stars Concert".
Originally, the purpose of holding the "Rising Stars Concert" was to introduce new talents and new songs.
Nowadays, these few have long become famous actors in various song and dance troupes!
"You're right,"
Jiangshan’s eyes are clear and reliable when he looks at them:
"However, singing new songs is not necessarily the best choice. Many times, old songs are more likely to resonate."
"oh?"
It can be seen from the expressions of several people present that they obviously disagree with this young man's point of view.
After all, even they love to listen to Teresa Teng and Wanwan folk songs smuggled over the past two years, let alone those young people.
"Before coming here, I really didn't think about it."
Jiang Shan met the eyes of Director Shi and Director Xie:
"It wasn't until I heard that our film studio was going to attend this party that I came up with this idea."
Director Shi: "How do you say this?"
"Think about it carefully," Jiang Shan thought about it carefully:
"Our film studio is a big treasure, isn't it? There are so many ready-made good things here waiting for us to pick them up."
"Little comrade," Xie Jin understood now:
"You mean... you want to sing an episode from the movie, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
"I'm afraid this won't have the effect you said," Xie Jin:
"As long as the movies have been released, most of them will be handed over to TV stations for broadcast after a while.
After being broadcast over and over again, the audience has long been tired of hearing it.”
"That's right," Gu Zhengzheng agreed: "Now as long as the intro from an old movie plays, I can sing along."
"All I want is that you can sing it,"
Jiang Shan snapped his fingers and said, "We don't want anything that can't be sung."
"..." Gu Zhengzheng was silent for a few seconds: "What do you mean specifically?"
"What are the songs that the people like to listen to?"
Jiang Shan asked himself and answered: "Being able to sing must be considered a condition, right?"
"of course."
"My daughter memorizes lyrics better than memorizing texts."
"As long as it's a song that meets these conditions," Jiang Shan said, already standing up: "Let's change its form and play some tricks..."
What other tricks can this play?
In Director Shi's eyes, the best he can do is: "Move it to the stage and let the singer sing?"
"In the 18th year of Guangxu's reign, Fengtai Photo Studio opened in Liulichang, Yanjing."
Jiang Shan moved around the room: "The owner of the photo studio is named Ren Qingtai..."
All the old comrades here are aware of these old millet and rotten sesame seeds.
So they all took advantage of this moment to pick up the teacups on the table.
"The photos of Cixi left in Yanjing City were all taken from him."
The country moves one step at a time, just like a yamen master:
"Not long after, something called 'Western Shadow Play' appeared in the teahouses of Yanjing City.
Hang a piece of cloth, and you can see Western-style buildings, foreign girls, cars, trains, etc. thousands of miles away on the cloth.
This is where movies first started in China.
The emergence of "Western Shadow Movies" was definitely a shock to the people at that time, especially the owner of Fengtai Photo Studio.
Soon, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces arrived, and there were more and more foreigners on the streets.
Faced with the increasingly rich content of "Western movies", the idea of making a Chinese movie became stronger and stronger in Ren Qingtai's heart.
He first spent a lot of money to buy a French camera and film.
After all the equipment was purchased, I went to persuade one person over and over again——
The king of actors and the founder of the Tan School of Peking Opera: Tan Xinpei..."
In that era, Tan Xinpei always enjoyed the reputation of "no one can learn from Tan".
Not to mention the many theater fans.
From the palaces to the common people, they are his fans everywhere.
Among them, of course, is Ren Qingtai.
At first, Tan Xinpei did not take Ren Qingtai's many visits seriously.
"Finally, Boss Tan was moved by Ren Qingtai's words: Leave this unique skill of yours to future generations to take a good look at!
So, in front of Ren Qingtai's camera, Tan Xinpei chose to perform a play that everyone loved most: "Dingjun Mountain"."
Speaking of this, Jiang Shan paused:
"In December 1905, this Peking Opera film "Dingjun Mountain" without sound premiered at Qianmen Grand View Tower.
At that time, Ren Qingtai's clerk had just hung up the curtain not long ago.
The top and bottom of the city gate tower are densely packed with young and old men, girls and boys..."
Because it was a silent film, Ren Qingtai recorded a synchronized record of "Dingjun Mountain" in advance.
But when it was played live, the sound in the phonograph was of no use at all.
Having said this, Jiang Shan, who stopped, raised his hand and gestured:
"Looking at so many people going up and down, staring at a curtain with only images and no sound.
Ren Qingtai was so anxious that he started singing along with the screen regardless of opening his mouth..."
But his voice was still muffled by the crowd around him.
Just when Ren Qingtai thought that our country's first movie was about to become a joke in the eyes of foreigners.
"A voice pierced the night sky, and the unstoppable sound of nature came down from the high city gate tower.
It turned out that Tan Xinpei himself happened to be standing on the city gate building:
This letter comes by chance, God helps Huang Zhong succeed..."
Jiang Shan stretched out his hands and clasped his two fingers together, singing as if he were really singing.
He looked like an amateur player.
However, a scene that suddenly appeared really shocked everyone present!
After recalling the stories from Jiang Shan's mouth, listen to the impure but powerful drama.
Hu Xiao, who had always liked this one, also spoke:
"Standing at the gate of the camp to give orders, the young and old listen to the roots and seedlings..."
"Tou Tong Gu, Zhan Fan Zao,"
When it comes to singing, no one here can sing better than Xie Jin: "Two drums, tight shirt..."
Gradually, the three speakers came together:
"Three-way drums, swords out of sheaths,
Four drums, hand over the troops,
Everyone will be rewarded if they move forward,
If you retreat, you will inevitably get a knife.
The three armies and I...return to camp!"
When the song ended, the conference room burst into applause, and everyone said it was so wonderful.
The three people who just started singing felt refreshed and their blood was flowing smoothly!
…
"Same as we just did, when Tan Xinpei sang the first two lines on the city gate tower,
All the people present sang along.
So, facing a silent curtain, thousands of Chinese people sang in unison and sang the same play!
The sound and the scene shocked the foreigners present and took several steps back without realizing it.
Finally, the scene where everyone cheered became the best support for our country’s first movie!”
Although most of the filmmakers here have heard of the origin of the first movie "Dingjun Mountain".
But what Jiang Shan said was really unheard of, but everyone listened to it with excitement and enthusiasm.
In fact, the book that Jiang Shan talks about is selected from a later movie "Dingjun Mountain" starring Yang Lixin.
It's also the only good part of the movie.
"For the audience at that time, it felt like singing "Dingjun Mountain" together with Tan Xinpei,"
Jiang Shan began to focus: "I will definitely remember it for a lifetime!"
Hearing this, Xie Jin, who had just gotten over his addiction to tricks, nodded firmly:
"In the next ten years, Peking Opera became the entirety of Chinese cinema. It was not until 1913 that feature films appeared."
"During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of young people seeking to save the country through movies appeared,"
When talking about his old business, director Shi of the film studio also started to talk a lot:
“But they also know that if they want this thing to go further, they have to rely on commercial interests.
Only if it helps the film company make money will the capitalists choose their scripts."
"So, they decided to focus on the readability of the script first, and then add a little progressive and patriotic appeal," Jiang Shan continued:
"This is also the advice Qu Qiubai, a writer in the early days of the CCP, gave to screenwriters such as Xia Yan and Tian Han..."
Amid the constant fire from the enemy, the 1935 film "The Song of Fishing Lights" won the Honorary Award at the Moscow Film Festival.
This is the first Chinese film to win an international award.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room had become tense, Jiang Shan continued:
"Next, a movie with the strongest theme song in history, "Children of the Storm" appeared..."
This movie, co-written by Tian Han and Xia Yan, originally did not have a theme song.
But after a comrade went to visit Tian Han, who was arrested and imprisoned by the reactionary government, he brought out a piece of lyrics written by Tian Han on a cigarette box.
After Nie Er learned about this, he decided to compose music for this lyrics.
"What was said in the movie at that time?" Xie Jin recalled: "By the way..."
The next second, Jiang Shan and he said at the same time: "Comatriots, get up, get up and kill our enemies!"
Then, the two of them said together: "Rise up, people who don't want to be slaves, and cast our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall..."
Hu Xiao, Gu Zhengzheng: "The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous time..."
Factory Director Shi, Tong Zirong: "Everyone is forced to make one last roar..."
At this moment, everyone in the conference room stood up:
“Get up, get up, get up!
We are united as one, braving enemy fire and moving forward!
Advance, advance, advance, advance under enemy fire!"
Until then, everyone seemed to have understood Jiang Shan's intention.
"In such an era, the appearance of "March of the Volunteers" instantly aroused the passion of countless Chinese people.
It also allowed these filmmakers to see the power of movies..."
Jiang Shan's words continued, and everyone here followed his words and recalled together.
"But it also made the Kuomintang begin to increase its intensity of film censorship.
In the following months, dozens of scripts were killed in succession.
However, even in such a situation, progressive films still did not change their original intention to compete with the authorities.
Some classic songs that have been passed down to this day have also appeared one after another.”
"For example," Jiang Shan hummed: "The windows are full of green when spring comes..."
As soon as this national treasure-level movie episode appeared, the conference room immediately started singing: "The big girl is embroidering mandarin ducks under the window..."
"The Interlude "Song of the Four Seasons" from "Street Angel","
All the cells in Xie Jin's body were jumping.
Not only him, but everyone here did not expect this to be an ordinary meeting.
How could he be disturbed so vividly by a young man?
"The young man's name is Jiang Shan, right?" Xie Jin said with a smile.
"That's right, you can just call me Xiao Jiang."
"Comrade Xiao Jiang, it seems that you have a lot of research on the history of movies!"
“While editing a National Day gift video for CCTV a while ago,” Jiang Shan:
"I checked a lot of information on modern history. I thought it was interesting and also read some information on movies."
"No wonder,"
Xie Jin smiled and asked: "But do you know what is the most classic part of this movie?"
"where?"
All Jiang Shan could think of at this moment were the two interludes in this movie, "Song of the Four Seasons" and "Song Girl from the End of the World".
"The film "Road Angel" starring Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan not only featured many shooting techniques that transcended the times, but also
The most amazing part is the several shots that hide mysteries.
In order to successfully pass the review, the director and screenwriter deleted many progressive scenes.
But there are still some subtle points that have been successfully preserved.”
"where?"
Not only Jiang Shan, but also Hu Xiao became curious: "Why don't I remember these?"
"Do you still remember such a plot in the film?"
Xie Jin said slowly: "The protagonist played by Zhao Dan asked Lao Wang: How to write the word 'difficulty'?
Lao Wang, who was plastering the wall, couldn't answer for a while, but he suddenly pointed to a newspaper on the wall:
Look, here, yesterday's newspaper happened to have the word "difficult" written on it.
At this time, the close-up camera also followed, and a newspaper stuck on the wall clearly printed two lines of large characters:
The national crisis is at the forefront, and everyone is responsible!"
