1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 357 I will never play abstract again~
When filming the TV version of Dream of the Red Chamber, Director Wang was almost depressed and needed Xia Tian to boost his morale.

Finally, after all this time, the film version of Dream of the Red Chamber was finally released to the audience.

However, the product that was produced after so much time of polishing was not a masterpiece with excellent reputation.

The movie version of Dream of the Red Chamber was released. The first part was okay, but the second part had less than half the attendance, and the third part had less than a quarter of the attendance... the reviews were not high either.

Both the Redology circle and the commentary community are depressed!

The more he shouted at first, the more obedient he is now. It's really true that you can't get a fart out of him even with three sticks!
Even when I was in Hong Kong in the summer, I didn't let them go. I wrote an article and faxed it to them, and asked everyone who had worked there to comment on it in the newspaper.

The title is also very interesting "..."!
The last sentence of Xia Tian's article: I asked those great people who had praised me so much to comment on it, but they kept silent. At this moment, I suddenly felt that this silence was deafening...

Hahahaha! The silence is deafening!
Well said! This sentence became the golden sentence of the year at that time!

It is said that on that day, several old comrades chose to be hospitalized because their blood pressure could not be lowered by taking antihypertensive drugs.
The young and old men in Yanjing were so happy: We haven't heard from Xia Tian for several months! Why did he go to Hong Kong? !

But it's also amazing. It can make some old men so angry that they are hospitalized even though they are thousands of miles away!

Technology is really advanced nowadays~
If we really have to say something about the problems with the movie version, there aren't too many to say, it can be considered a good work.

But the reviews were low and not many people finished watching it.

Eight movies, who can watch them all?
There are many small problems.

Miaoyu was portrayed as a snobbish and scheming woman, which does not do justice to He Saifei's cold beauty.

He Saifei was born in 63 and was only in her twenties when the photo was taken. She could have dressed up to look more like a girl, but as a result... she looked like the third concubine in a palace quarrel.

Lin Daiyu was originally modeled after characters like Li Bai and Tao Yuanming, or an intellectual woman with advanced, aloof, and detached ideas - but Tao Huimin appears as a young wife in the movie.

She was already dressed as a coming-of-age girl when she first appeared - in Xiaoxu's version, she was wearing children's clothes for most of the first part, and only after episode 20 did she wear the coming-of-age girl's clothes.

The same is true for costumes. The drama version has gradually gotten rid of the influence of opera costumes in early costume movies, but the film version has gone back to that, with obvious opera stage makeup, more like Yue Opera.

In short, it’s more like being born at the wrong time.

I had already said these words in the summer, but now they have come true.

The film had an initial budget of 20 million, was directed by a famous director and had many stars, and had full official publicity resources, but in the end it got such a result - the box office was so dismal that it was not even announced later.

There’s even talk that not all eight films were shown, and the last two never made it to the screen at all!

This money is really wasted~
It is right that no one mentions it, because no matter what you say, it is a slap in the face. You can only keep silent!
Even if Xia Tian pointed at my nose and scolded me, I would rather stay in the hospital than say a word in reply.

In a few years, everyone will forget about it and pretend it never happened!

After all, it’s not your own money.

……

On June 1st, Xia Tian had already joined the group.

However, in order to cooperate with the publicity, ATV has another "program"!
First, the equity issue of ATV was announced. The owner changed from Tycoon Qiu to Tycoon Lin of Li & Fung Group and Tycoon Zheng of New World.

Among the small shareholders are Holly Holly and Lijiang Group - by privately absorbing some retail stocks in the market, both sides' shares exceed 5%.

This news attracted a lot of people's attention, after all, there are a large number of stock investors in Hong Kong.

As the second largest television station in Hong Kong and the only one that can compete with TVB, ATV is unavoidable.

——No matter how good the radio station’s programs are, it is impossible for the audience to watch only one TV station.

Therefore, this change in equity can be said to be eye-catching.

Tycoon Lam is also a capable business tycoon. During the month he kept the acquisition of ATV a secret, he made a lot of preparations.

The first move was to poach talents from Uncle Shaw - a lot of talents in front of and behind the scenes were poached from TVB. This was the largest poaching war TVB had ever encountered.

After all, what has been said all along is that Uncle Shaw is unwilling to share money with the working cows and horses, and always treats them as tools and screws to make money. But it was because of 10,000 US dollars that Bruce Lee was pushed to the people of Golden Harvest~
Now that ATV is offering high salaries, these people naturally shout out, "It's great to have a choice!"

This battle for talent alone took up half of the entertainment news, and ATV also prepared a lot of programs.

Among them are some high-quality mainland programs brought from CCTV in the summer, produced in cooperation with ATV at low prices!

What no one expected, not even Xia Tian, ​​was that the most popular song was actually the animated film "Havoc in Heaven" - accompanied by Xia Tian's singing of "Golden Cudgel" (the song by Gong Linna~)!
The scene of "Havoc in Heaven" coupled with the "Golden Cudgel" is so exciting!!!
When the short trailer was played, it attracted a large number of viewers.

When an audience member was interviewed, he said in front of the camera: "This is the song that should be sung in the summer~"

This is the style of the king of disco and the pioneer of Chinese dance music!
It has to be so upside down~
Let's cheer up, shall we?
Things like "The Great Sage Song", "Wukong", "Daughter's Love", and the Cantonese version of "Where is the Way" all have to step back a bit!
That's far from hot!

Xia Tian was confused: No, am I so abstract in your eyes? !

I will never play with abstract art again~ (crying)

In addition to "Journey to the West", Xia Tian has also negotiated for several comedies by Chen Xiaoer, which will also be broadcast on ATV at low prices in the future.

The main purpose is to let Hong Kong people gradually understand the mainland, let them know that we are no different, and reduce the uncertainty, fear and anxiety brought about by the return in a few years.

Some things can't be rushed, take your time.

Lin Daheng's taking over of ATV was not blind. He adopted ATV's new logo, added new columns, and created the famous "Morning News" in Hong Kong.

可以说是锐意进取、奋起直追，将亚视与无线的收视比从他接手前谷底的3：7甚至2：8拉到了4：6间或有5：5，甚至反超。

As a result of the TV station war, many classic TV series emerged on both stations during this period.

In the original time and space, if his family business had not been hit hard by the Asian financial crisis, he would not have let go of ATV.

Summer can take over then~
ATV's series of actions have once again aroused Xia Tian's popularity, and Xia Tian, ​​through those cheering paparazzi, directed the popularity to the movie "The Security Guardian" which is still being filmed!

A lot of information has been leaked in recent days, which has really whetted the appetite of the spectators - just like the black bass~
Now many people can’t wait to see the movie!

……

Hong Jinbao originally wanted to be the director of this film. After all, he had to prepare two or three million yuan to fool people at the beginning, so he naturally couldn't do it himself.

But now with additional investment, it looks like there is really a lot of potential - this young man Xia Tian was born for hype!
One thing leads to another, and Fatty Hong was completely confused by what he was learning!

To promote by first suppressing, to sneak through Chencang, the strategy of counter-espionage, to increase the number of stoves, to surround Wei to save Zhao, to make a feint to the east and attack in the west... As an actor, you don't read the script, you read the art of war!
Finally, Fatty Hong concluded: I have learned too much knowledge!

But he is used to being the boss and is too self-centered.

Xia Tian definitely couldn't agree with him being the director, so after much persuasion, he let Yuan Kui from the Hong Clan be the director, Yuan Biao be the martial arts instructor, and Chang Wei be the second male villain~
Xia Tian was able to convince Hong Jinbao not to join the crew, and the bigwigs at Jiahe also helped.

After Zou Wenhuai learned about this cooperation, he said: "This is a young man with great potential, and he has a lot of connections in Yanjing. He is not a simple person. Just treat it as making friends."

The shares of ATV and the second-generation investment alliance of Holly Holly are no longer a secret to these tycoons in the circle.

Xia Tian is not just an actor or artist from the inland, and he should not be taken lightly.

Even if you don't want to make friends, don't make enemies.

As for the producer Xia Tian, ​​the people of the Hong Family initially thought that he was just a figurehead.

I didn't expect he would be serious!

First, Xia Tian praised the costumes of the crew: "They look like they were prepared for the Beggars' Sect!"

The costumes used for filming here are so casual, many of them even look extremely cheap.

Xia Tian could not accept sloppy costumes and props, so after communicating with director Yuan Kui, he spent some money on this aspect.

Xia Tian even contacted friends in Pengcheng, had the design done here, and had the full set of clothes made there and then shipped over!
As for action design, he discussed it with Yuen Biao...

(End of this chapter)