That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 532: Is there a chance to win an Oscar?

Li Ye's words worked. Wu Runfu, Chen Sihai and other roommates actually took the movie tickets and bravely made appointments with several female classmates.

Several people once again snatched the little hair oil left in the dormitory, picked out a few sets of the best clothes, made themselves look a little "fashionable", and made themselves extremely beautiful for the movie in the evening.

In the 1980s, the mainland had a very single form of entertainment. Therefore, eating, watching movies, and shopping were the "three standard love affairs" between mainland couples for a long time, and watching movies was especially exciting.

Because the movie theater is relatively dark, couples who are attracted to each other want to do some small tricks, so they are not so shy and shy. As long as they can hold hands or something, it is a substantial breakthrough.

In these days, if you can hold a girl's hand, then there will be a deep bond between the two. It's not like a few decades later, when the damn kids would fight several times and just break up. .

However, after Wu Runfu and others took care of themselves for a long time, their plan finally came to nothing.

It's not that those girls failed to make the appointment, but when everyone arrived at the cinema, they realized that there were a lot of Beijing University students here today, and the ratio was almost 50-50 between boys and girls.

If girls like Bian Jingjing and Wen Leyu have been married for a long time, they will naturally sit down with Li Ye and Sun Xianxian.
But those girls who were invited for the first time basically sat with girls they knew well because so many acquaintances were present.

"I said Brother Yi, what did you do? Sending out so many tickets at once completely disrupted our plan."

Sun Xianxian and Li Ye stopped talking to their roommates, who were top students in the mathematics department, and entered the cinema in pairs with Wen Leyu and Bian Jingjing, and gave some dogs to their already depressed roommates. grain.

Because of Li Ye's intervention, the filming of "Looking Homeward" not only introduced funds from Hong Kong Island, but also introduced Hong Kong Island's publicity concepts.

Since two weeks ago, major newspapers have had various warm-up soft articles, various gimmicks such as "80 million blockbusters" and "historical war masterpieces". In this year, they are super advertisements and have achieved strong popularity. publicity effect.

"That's right, there are hundreds of tickets for consecutive seats, so you can't be clever and scatter the tickets to every corner! It's really a waste of the last bit of energy."

One of Zhang Yi's works, "One Second," describes a prisoner who insists on seeing his daughter in the movie, and his daughter appears in this kind of newsreel.

"That's right, can't we just try again tomorrow?"

"Well, let's try again tomorrow."

Facts have proved that a few cents for a movie ticket is very worth it.

"Okay, do you have this little patience?" Li Ye curled his lips and said, "Since they accepted your movie tickets today, they just think you guys are okay.
Since I think you guys are okay, can't we just continue chasing you tomorrow? Can you use your brain? "

"They are right!"

Sun Xianxian, who came with him, also said contemptuously: "They knew they were sitting together when they got the tickets, why didn't they go to the scalpers over there to exchange the tickets?
With their IQs, as long as they use their brains, there are definitely more solutions than difficulties, but they are just lazy and are still waiting for girls to chase them! "

Before the main part of the movie begins, the audience first sees a short film.

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So today's cinemas are packed with seats, and many people would rather pay high prices to buy scalper tickets than come in to see if the 80 million is worth it.

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"Use your brain, do you think you want them to do math problems?"

Several roommates regained their confidence.

This kind of short film was very popular in the 1980s, and a positive short film about "a certain advanced unit or advanced individual" was often placed before the main film.

Anyway, there is no such thing as fraudulent propaganda these days, so why should it be amazing!

Li Ye really didn't expect this situation. Lao Xiong from Chang'an Film Factory got the tickets with the best serial numbers, but Li Yeluo complained.

It's just that the short film before "Looking Homeward" is not this kind of newsreel, but a large music MV.

As the music with rich historical charm sounded, the grand scenes of the prosperous Tang Dynasty appeared on the screen.
"In the five thousand years of civilization history of the flower-growing nation, we have been the center of the world for 4,800 years, and the scope of influence during the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty was one of its peaks.
Envoys from all over the world are learning about our economy and culture, thereby spreading the influence of this land to all directions."

The short film uses a combination of photography and animation, and the coordinated use of music, color, animation, and narration is simply amazing.
When the audience watched this short film, a consciousness was instilled in their minds unconsciously - we have always been the number one in the world, and now we are just dormant for a while.

Wen Leyu quietly approached Li Ye and whispered: "Is this short film the result of your persistence?"

Li Ye turned his head and leaned into Wen Leyu's ear and said, "It's the result of our persistence, and your contribution is also part of it."

Wen Leyu shook his itchy ears, punched Li Ye gently with his mouth open, and distanced himself a little away from him.

There are so many classmates around! You have to pay attention to some effects.

This short film is indeed Li Ye’s insistence.

At the beginning, Director Xie and others did not understand why a large amount of money was spent on shooting a five-minute music short film. The ancient-style soundtrack alone made people scratch their heads.

However, with the insistence of Mr. Huo Renqiang, the employer’s representative, the short film was filmed.

"Why are you always so reserved and humble? We should tell our ancestors how powerful they are in the most straightforward way.

A powerful hometown and a low-key hometown, which one do you think overseas Chinese will like? "

This is the reason for Aqiang, the former young and Dangerous boy in Hong Kong. In fact, "Dunhuang" later filmed by Japanese people also showed the power of the Tang Dynasty in the film. After all, the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty in the film cannot be bypassed. If the Tang Dynasty is not awesome, why would you send foreign students here?
But they did not show the historical status of the Tang Empire in a positive way. Those who watched the movie only saw the grand historical scenes, but did not understand the specific significance.

Aqiang's reasons were finally recognized by everyone. Chang'an Film Factory not only found the best soundtrack, but also used their connections to use aerial photography.

And this short film also played its due role.

After the main film started, when the rows of cavalry were pressing toward the enemy in darkness, all the viewers were thinking - "So this is the number one army in the world at that time."

Even if the Tang Empire lost in the end, it still used the power of the Western Region Protectorate to compete with the then powerful Central Asian coalition for the number one position in the world. Even if it lost, it would still be number two in the world.

When the princess played by Pan Hong appeared on the stage wearing a gorgeous phoenix wedding dress, Li Ye heard the exclamations from the audience.

"It's so beautiful! Who is this?"

"Princess?"

"I said who is the actor?"

"I didn't recognize her. I just looked at her clothes. They were so pretty."

Wen Leyu's little hand grabbed Li Ye's arm tightly, as if he was saying urgently, "Husband, I want this too, husband, I want it too."

The Chinese people in the early 1980s were far less confident than later generations. Many people felt that the developed countries in the West were more advanced and powerful than the mainland.
Even if the other person is just a little bit bigger than a nose, many people think that everything about the other person is good, even the clothes are good.

This movie is to let the audience know that we were once strong, and we have the potential to be strong again.

At the end of the movie, when a group of gray-haired veterans from the Western Regions finally saw the thick walls of Chang'an City after going through all kinds of hardships, the audience had fully accepted this sense of "we are finally strong again."

"Papa papa ~"

After the lights came on in the theater, all the audience started to applaud.

Wen Leyu took Li Ye's hand and walked out.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Be careful of being squeezed."

"Hurry up and buy a ticket to watch it again. I want to see the princess's clothes again. I think her fourth dress is different from the one I drew at the time."

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Thanks to the comic version of "Looking Homeward", the crew spent a lot of money to produce a large number of props and costumes based on the characters in the comics, especially women's clothing, and several of the women's clothing were designed by Wen Leyu.

Unfortunately, Wen Leyu and Li Ye did not buy tickets. They are not the only ones who want to watch it a second time. Many couples insist on watching it a second time.

If it were just a historical war movie, that would be fine, but Li Ye added a love story between a warrior and a princess, as well as a gorgeous fashion show from the Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't it attract viewers to watch it again and again?

Wen Leyu looked at the long queue to buy tickets and suddenly asked Li Ye: "If this movie is a hit, will I give you some money?"

Li Ye laughed in a low voice and said: "Our family has investments. The more people watch, the more money our family will get."

Wen Leyu immediately narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "That's pretty much it."

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"Looking Homeward" was a hit, a huge hit.

Lao Xiong from Chang'an Film Factory was busy for several days, and it was not until nearly a week later that he brought a group of actors and crew to Gujun Literary Society.

Lao Xiong first asked people to put down several large baskets of gifts, and then held Li Ye's hand tightly.

"Brother Li Ye, it's really thanks to you this time! You gave us the script and you brought in foreign investment. It seems that our film is going to be a big success."

"Brother Xiong, it's too early to say it's a big success now," Li Ye said with a faint smile, "When the film wins awards overseas, it will be considered a big success!"

"Yes, yes, it's too early, it's too early."

Director Xiong immediately changed his mind and said: "News has also come back from Nanyang. Since the film was released at the same time, the theaters have also been full. Not to mention whether it makes money or not, just look at the comments in these newspapers."

Director Xiong took out a few newspapers, which turned out to be Chinese newspapers from Lijiapo and Malay.

"Brother Li Ye, read this," Director Xiong pointed at one of the newspapers and said nervously and excitedly: "They said that our film is likely to be the number one box office hit this year, and it also has a chance to win the Oscar. .Do you think this is possible?”

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All the actors and crew at the scene looked at Li Ye in silence.
Their eyes were as excited as Director Xiong.

"It's not difficult to be number one at the box office, and there is definitely a chance for an Oscar, but it's not easy."

Li Ye is not making unrealistic lies, although in a few years, there will be a "The Last Emperor" that won the 60th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Nine awards including Best Artwork, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Effects, and Best Original Score,
But that movie was a co-production between Britain, Italy and China.

There are too many subtle reasons for an award like the Oscar.

(End of this chapter)