On the third day after the celebration press conference, Tang An rushed to CCTV to record a special feature.
If you go alone, it only lasts a few minutes, but if there are too many people there, you won’t have enough time.
Tang An has been to this place three times and is familiar with it. He went straight to the backstage.
However, today the battle seems to be a little bigger, with people moving in and out, and even the pace is a little faster than usual.
When we came to the backstage, there were already people inside who had arrived early.
Most of them were wearing formal attire, and two were wearing military uniforms. They seemed to be from the Bayi Film Studio.
For units at the deputy corps level, the two who came here were at the deputy division level, with military ranks of 23 cents.
"Hello, Director Tang!" The producer of the program team greeted him.
It can be seen that the movie channel attaches great importance to this program, and a deputy director of the Movie Satellite Channel Program Production Center personally serves as the producer.
Tang An shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Director Zhu!"
"Director Tang, let me introduce to you. This is Director Wu from Bayi Film Studio. This is Director Zhao. This is Director Yang Wenjun from "City of Memory". This is..."
"Hello, Director Wu..."
Tang An also nodded and said hello.
No one knew anyone, but Yang Wenjun did.
Later he directed "The Happy Past of the Old Ma Family" and "The Swordsman's Woman", both of which were considered good dramas. They also won the Magnolia Award for Best Director.
Not many people may know about these two dramas. Even if you haven’t seen the two subsequent movies, you may have heard of them.
The movie version of "Why Shengxiao is Silent" and the TV series "Fuyao" were both filmed by him.
It's hard to imagine that these four films were all made by the same director.
Except for the two leaders of Bayi Film Studio, several other younger directors all use honorific titles.
After chatting for a while, we started busy preparing for the program.
The movie channel is very careful about this kind of task assigned above. The director of the program production center of the movie satellite channel has come, and every guest's lines must be correct. Basically, recording the program is an endorsement.
It must be light! great! upright!
Every sentence and every word must be carefully considered!
The program started at 11 a.m., starting with the two leaders of the Bayi Factory, who together recorded a 15- to 6-minute program for nearly an hour.
Tang An, the third one, ate a lunch box and entered the studio.
There is nothing difficult about endorsing, nor is it a problem to have feelings.
As a director, you also need to be provocative sometimes, and occasionally give some chicken soup to the crew and actors.
Although it is not as good as those who work in MLM, it is still better than ordinary people.
Regardless of the majesty of a great director, no one dares to be lazy or slack off. People will naturally become lazy after a long time. It is more effective to organize a dinner party, sing a song, etc. every once in a while, and provide red envelopes.
“The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was the largest-scale struggle fought by the Chinese nation in modern times to save the nation, and it was also the most thorough mobilization of national consciousness in modern times.
In this stoic and brutal anti-aggression war, countless men, women, and children risked their lives for the survival and dignity of the nation. Although their bodies died, their aspirations will live on forever and have become the pillars of our national spirit. Among them, like Gu Xiaomeng in "The Wind"
For example, if you shoulder great righteousness with gentleness and sacrifice your life for the country, you will live up to your name and never be destroyed despite the ups and downs of history."
"A hundred years ago, the Chinese nation lay prostrate on the ground, allowing others to trample on and bully them. For a hundred years, the Chinese nation struggled on the ground, tossed on the road, rushed left and right, and searched up and down. After a hundred years of ups and downs, China has experienced ups and downs.
The nation is now a standing nation."
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"On this occasion, when we think back to the fallen heroes and the millions of compatriots who have fought for national liberation all their lives, we feel the preciousness of peace, and we are even more grateful for the blood and lives of countless forerunners for a dignified peace."
"Here, I only use the movie "The Wind" to express my respect for the martyrs and my prayers for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and global peace!"
It's ups and downs, impassioned, it makes me cry, it's so touching!
The program producers waiting outside the studio also breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for Tang An, who is younger, these people are all experienced. They are very familiar with this kind of program.
At first I was a little worried about Tang An. Young people never like these things.
Unexpectedly, Tang An expressed his feelings quite well, which made him very satisfied.
After recording the program, Tang An came out and said with a smile, "Director Zhu, how was it?"
"Director Tang has such a high level of political consciousness that even an old man like me was moved!"
"After the program is produced, it still needs to be reviewed by the optoelectronics team. It should be broadcast tomorrow night!"
"Then I'll be waiting in front of the TV when I get there!"
Tang An did not leave immediately after that, but returned to the backstage and found Yang Wenjun.
"Director Yang, do you have time after the recording of the show?"
"Yes, Director Tang, what can I do for you?"
Tang An's return made Yang Wenjun at a loss, but when faced with the great director's invitation, he still hurriedly accepted.
"It's nothing, just communicating with Director Yang." Tang An said with a smile.
Yang Wenjun was a little frightened and said quickly, "Director Tang, you are serious. I won't be here for another hour. How about I treat Director Tang to a cup of tea?"
A big director communicating with a second- or third-rate director like him really made him feel a little flattered.
Tang An waved his hand and said, "We are recording a program, so it wouldn't be good to leave like this. I'll ask Director Zhu to see if we can arrange a room!"
Without saying a word, Director Zhu graciously gave up a small conference room to Tang An, and he chatted with Yang Wenjun for a while.
He has a bachelor's degree and majors in TV dramas. He is good at dramas, suspense, romance, comedy and action.
He is a director who knows how to tell stories, although he is not a first-rate director.
It can be seen from the later "Happy Past of the Old Ma Family" and "The Woman of the Swordsman Family".
As for how he later made two bad movies, "Why Is the Shengxiao Silent" and "Fuyao" made, it is unknown.
But at that time, Wang Xiaoming and Yang Mi were not something he, the director, could direct.
When "Why is the Shengxiao Silent" being filmed, Huang Bin, CEO of Wang Xiaoming Studio, served as both producer and director.
With such a person standing next to him and gesticulating, he must not have been in charge of the entire film.
"Fuyao" even has three directors. If it can be filmed well, it will be amazing!
Although nothing can be seen from a short conversation, but combined with his later films, he is quite a capable person.
Moreover, he also worked as an assistant to Brother Chen Kai and had certain connections. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for him to officially direct a TV series on his own from the age of 30.
Afterwards, they chatted about movies for a while, and then Tang An left.
With "The Wind" having a box office of 200 million, and winning 4 stars at once. Tang An's position in Huayi has become more and more stable, and then the studio can slowly start to make some moves.
Bernard's first blockbuster movie was released in December. Nowadays, the movies produced by Huayi every year do not account for a large proportion of Bernard's distribution share. It is necessary to let Yu Dong separate from Huayi as soon as possible.
If Bernard is stripped away, Huayi will be in decline in less than a year!
As for how to make Yu Dong make up his mind and would rather offend the giant Poly, he has to think carefully!
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The special program on the movie channel will be broadcast on Wednesday night. At the request of Optoelectronics, many media began to build momentum to promote the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War and patriotic sentiments.
Not only in the entertainment section, other newspapers also reported a little bit, and various TV stations also spent 5-10 minutes briefly describing it.
Political tasks are impossible!
"The Wind" also benefited from some success. Although it coincided with the release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," its fourth week decline was only 58%.
It took in 24 million at the box office in the fourth week and was released for 25 days, with a total box office of 232 million!
The fifth week of "Transformers" was greatly affected, with a box office of only about 6 million in seven days.
The total box office in the 33 days of release was 230 million!
After being released for more than a month, the box office path of "Transformers" is basically the same. It will be finished if it only takes 3 to 4 million at the box office.
And "The Wind" was also released for 25 days, the last day of the fourth weekend, surpassing "Transformers"!
August 12th!
As the summer season is about to come to an end, "The Wind" officially won the summer season championship and became the annual box office champion!