1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

After greeting Xie Jin, Cheng Xuemin greeted Wang Yang from Yan Film Studio and Wu Tianming from Xi'an Film Studio.

Since we are all acquaintances, there is no need to be so polite with each other.

"Xiao Cheng, wait a moment. I have invited a comrade to come with me!"

Just when Cheng Xuemin invited everyone to get in the car and leave, Wang Yang from Yanying Studio stopped them.

"Is there anyone else?"

"Are there any other comrades in your Yanying Studio?"

Cheng Xuemin didn't mind it. It didn't matter if there was one more or one less person. It would just be a little more crowded. There was no overloading check these days.

It was Xie Jin who asked doubtfully.

In addition to "The Shepherd" which will be previewed at the film screening, Yan Film Studio actually also has a film called "Look at This Family".

Xie Jincuo thought that he was the main creator of the movie and wanted to go and watch the movie too.

"It's not from our Yanying Studio!"

"In fact, you should all know Old Xie and Old Wu, and you should have heard some rumors!" Wang Yang shook his head and mentioned this to Xie Jin and Wu Tianming.

"What's the rumor..."

Before Xie Jin could get to the bottom of it, a middle-aged man in a Mao suit came out from the main office building of Yanying Studio. Wang Yang took a few steps towards him, waved and called out, "Old Chen, this way!"

"Chen Wen?"

"Why did he come to Beijing?"

After Xie Jin and Wu Tianming saw the man, they indeed recognized the man in the Zhongshan suit, but they were even more shocked and confused. They didn't know when this man came to Beijing.

"The famous director from Hong Kong is called Chen Wen. He also graduated from Yanying Studio in his early years!" Seeing Cheng Xuemin's face full of confusion, Xie Jin whispered a reminder in his ear.

"He came from Hong Kong, and he's gay?"

When Cheng Xuemin heard this, he immediately thought that this was a bit complicated.
And Wang Yang also mentioned it just now, saying that Xie Jin and Wu Tianming should have heard some rumors.

But what exactly is this rumor?
What does it have to do with this great director from Hong Kong?
You know, the domestic situation has not been fully liberalized yet, and there is almost no connection with Hong Kong.

But it is indeed not easy for a big director from Hong Kong to suddenly come and participate in the film screening held by China Film Corporation.

"Hello, Comrade Chen Wen!"

"Comrade Chen Wen!"

Following closely, Xie Jin and Wu Tianming both stepped forward, shook hands with Chen Wen in front of them, and greeted him warmly.

"Hello, Old Xie. I haven't seen you for over 20 years. You look much older!" Chen Wen and Old Xie have been old acquaintances for 20 years. It is indeed not easy to see each other now.

"Time makes people grow old. It's been more than 20 years in a blink of an eye. How can I not grow old?" Xie Jin also sighed.

"Old Wu, you seem to be in high spirits. I heard that your Xi'an Film Studio has a good film at this Central Film Festival?"

After Chen Wen exchanged pleasantries with Xie Jin, he started to joke with Wu Tianming.

"There is indeed a movie, otherwise I wouldn't have come to Yanjing today, and I wouldn't have met you, Old Chen!"

"It must be about twenty-four or twenty-five years?"

When Wu Tianming saw Comrade Chen Wen, he recalled the days when they worked together at Yanying Studio. It seemed like a lifetime ago.

"It's been twenty-four or twenty-five years!" Chen Wen nodded.

"Old Chen, haven't you always wanted to meet our pioneer general Cheng Xuemin?"

"Look, this is the pioneer of reform and opening up appointed by the higher-ups, and also the original author and screenwriter of "The Shepherd" from our Yanying Studio!"

After exchanging pleasantries with old acquaintances, Wang Yang introduced Cheng Xuemin to Chen Wen.

"The screenwriter of this film of our Xi'an Film Studio is also Xiao Cheng!" Wu Tianming from Xi'an Film Studio echoed.

"I heard about it!" Chen Wen and Wu Tianming nodded, looking at Cheng Xuemin with extremely surprised eyes, and then said, "Pioneer! Since I was in Hong Kong, I have always wanted to meet you!"

"I also knew that you, Xiao Cheng, would be very young, but now that I see you in person, it's really... the younger generation is pushing the older generation forward, it's amazing!!"

"Xiao Cheng, this is the famous director from Hong Kong, Comrade Chen Wen!" Wang Yang quickly gave Cheng Xuemin a brief introduction!
"Hello, Director Chen, you are praising me too much. I don't deserve it!" Cheng Xuemin was surprised again. Is he so famous?

Even the big director from Hong Kong praises him so much?

"Let's get in the car first and talk later!"

After some pleasantries, mainly to let Cheng Xuemin have a brief introduction to Chen Wen from Hong Kong, Wang Yang asked everyone to get in the car quickly.

Chat in the car.

"Old Chen was invited by Mr. Liao to come to Beijing to receive a mission!" After the car started slowly, Wang Yang began to talk.

Mr. Liao?
Coming to Beijing to receive the mission?
Wu Tianming and Xie Jin were in Shanghai and Xi'an respectively, and they didn't know much about the news in Haizi. They had indeed not received any of the rumors that Wang Yang mentioned, so they were a little confused.

But when Wang Yang mentioned Mr. Liao, the driver Cheng Xuemin reacted instantly!

Shaolin Temple!
This reminded Cheng Xuemin of some declassified information about the behind-the-scenes preparations for the movie "Shaolin Temple".

The Mr. Liao mentioned by Wang Yang should be Mr. Liao Chengzhi, who is in charge of the united front work of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office in Haizili, and is the direct superior of Mr. Wu in the department.

Back then, when Mr. Liao was in charge of the united front work of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the films he watched the most were the internal reference films sent from Hong Kong. After all, the front line of the united front work in that era was Hong Kong!
The most outstanding feature of Hong Kong is its highly developed film industry, which is closely linked to cultural exports. Therefore, the united front work in Hong Kong is mostly focused on cultural and literary competitions.

On the surface, it is a clash in the film industry.

Therefore, the country must attach great importance to the development of the film industry in Hong Kong and have a certain control over the content of the films shot there.

It is for this reason that Mr. Liao is arranged to watch films sent from Hong Kong from time to time. After watching them many times, he will receive guidance!
Especially martial arts films. I feel that the martial arts films in Hong Kong are not shot on real scenes like those in our country, and cannot play the role of united front work for us. I feel that we must pay attention to them.

Mr. Liao's original words were: "Our Henan Dengfeng Shaolin Temple has a long history and is world-famous. Why can't we make a movie about it? We can make a movie called "Shaolin Temple" or "Tai Chi"!"

This is the cultural guidance of the superstructure. After Mr. Liao said this, Mr. Wu in the department also gave guidance. China Film Group and Yanying Studio came up with a plan together, whether to shoot "Shaolin Temple" or "Tai Chi".

Finally, it was decided that "Shaolin Temple" would be funded by China Film Group, produced by Yanying Studio, and directed by the left-wing New United Company in Hong Kong. The two places jointly shot this politically-charged "Shaolin Temple".

Therefore, Chen Wen is the director appointed by the Hong Kong New Union Company, and this time he went to Beijing to take on the task of filming "Shaolin Temple".

"Shaolin Temple?"

"A martial arts film?"

After hearing Wang Yang reveal more details, Xie Jin and Wu Tianming were shocked again, it turned out to be a martial arts film.

This was a bit surprising since everyone was used to making serious films, or traditional art films.

Then the very sensitive Wu Tianming seemed to have caught some signal and asked: "Old Wang, will this Shaolin Temple be shown in our country?"

This is the real signal!

What signal does it send if this martial arts film is released in the country?
"Change it, change it!"

"The leaders have been saying that culture needs to take the lead, and don't be afraid, you can take bigger steps!"

"So it's settled!"

“Then it will be released in Hong Kong and mainland China at the same time!” Wang Yang knew what Wu Tianming had realized. This would be the first time in history that a martial arts film would be released in mainland China.

It is easy to imagine what kind of sensation a martial arts film would cause in a country that has become completely accustomed to art films.
It is no exaggeration to say that this will be an atomic bomb detonated in the domestic film industry.

“Two places showing it at the same time?”

"Does the step have to be so big?"

Not to mention that Wu Tianming took a deep breath, even Xie Jin, who had been listening, was not much better.

Cheng Xuemin, who had also been listening, thought to himself, it was indeed "Shaolin Temple".

But sorry!
As far as Cheng Xuemin knows, Shaolin Temple was actually filmed in two versions with twists and turns.

The first version was indeed directed by Chen Wen. The actors were mainly from the Peking Opera Troupe in Henan, and four martial arts designers were recruited from Hong Kong.

But after filming started, many insiders commented: Although the actors fought well, it was not real martial arts.

After watching the filming, a friend from Japan's Shaolin Kung Fu Federation said: You can tell at first glance that these are actors acting.

Singapore's film producers made their position clearer: "It is cliché for actors to act in kung fu movies. If it is made into a real martial arts movie, we are willing to reserve the copyright."

In a word, the film is too fake and it is not pleasing to the audience, so they are bound to not buy it!

to this end!

The Hong Kong New United Company was also very bold and made the decision to scrap the entire film and reshoot it. This led to the second version of "Shaolin Temple" directed by Zhang Xinyan.

That is the "Shaolin Temple" that everyone has seen now. Once it was released in mainland China, it created a box office miracle.

However, there was no concept of box office in that era, and the distribution of all new films was decided by China Film Group.

Before he knew it, Cheng Xuemin's car had arrived at China Film Group.

"Old Wang, Old Wu, Old Xie, you are here!" The person in charge of China Film Group is a man named Ding Daming. He was surprised to see that Wang Yang and the others came by car.

But after being surprised, he quickly stepped forward and greeted Chen Wen who had just got out of the car, and said politely: "Old Chen, if you didn't tell me in advance, I would have sent a car to pick you up!"

"What? Have you seen our young pioneer?"

The person Ding Daming came out to greet was definitely not Wang Yang and the others, because his rank was there, and he was the head of China Film Group. The life and death of subordinate studios like Wang Yang were all in his hands.

So the person Ding Daming came out to greet specially must be the famous director Chen Wen from Hong Kong.

It was also known in advance that Chen Wen's visit to Yanying Studio, in addition to reminiscing about the past, was mainly to meet the most popular young pioneers of reform and opening up in the country, especially those in the cultural field, and his trip to Beijing was to pay a visit to them.

Although, the young player Cheng Xuemin is still too young and has not yet fully grown.

But this young general is the one who was pushed out by the cultural outlet. Although outsiders coming to Beijing don’t really have to pay a visit to him, it is definitely necessary to make necessary acquaintances with him!

However, Cheng Xuemin himself has not yet realized that he has become a dock and a golden signboard for the cultural outlet.

But it doesn't mean that others can ignore it.

That's the portion size!
A young pioneer who can enter and exit the lake and is chosen by the superiors has great importance!

For example, this time the China Film Group’s film screening!
Even if Cheng Xuemin did not have two films at the conference, China Film Group had to send him an invitation to watch the films.

Not just this time!
After this first time, China Film Group would send out invitations to Cheng Xuemin for every quarterly film screening.

Whether Cheng Xuemin comes or not is one thing, but China Film Group must publish it, which is another matter.

"I saw it, I saw it!"

"We are lucky enough to have our young general serve as our coachman for a while!"

Chen Wen nodded repeatedly, then pointed at Cheng Xuemin in the front driver's seat with a sullen smile and teased.

"what?!"

Ding Daming was surprised again when he heard this, and then he quickly looked forward, only to see a smiling face that looked too young, waving at him and saying hello, "Hello, leader. Can I stop the car for a moment?"

"He is Cheng Xuemin!" Wang Yang, acting as a middleman, mentioned this to Ding Daming.

"ah!"

"You are the pioneer general, Comrade Cheng Xuemin!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, I'll have someone stop the car, you get out first. When Mr. Wu came over just now, the first thing he asked was whether you had arrived, Xiao Cheng!"

Ding Daming did not dare to neglect him when he heard this, because this man was a trusted and beloved general of the department, whom Old Wu would always ask about his concern whenever he came!

So he can park the car by himself and quickly ask people to get out of the car. There will naturally be other staff to park the car.

"Mr. Wu has arrived!?"

Cheng Xuemin smiled angrily. It was so rude to let Mr. Wu wait here!

But Cheng Xuemin also had a legitimate reason. He originally lived near Yan University, which was far from the inner city. Although he had a car, it was much more convenient than before.

But didn’t this mean that they took a detour to Yanying Studio and picked up old comrades like Wang Yang?
I didn't dare to delay any longer and got off the car quickly.

"It's here!"

"Come here and name the name and watch the movie "The Horse Herder" you wrote right away..."

"no!?"

"Xu Lingjun or did you play the role yourself, Xiao Cheng?"

Ding Daming wanted to say a few more words, but when Cheng Xuemin got off the car and saw his face, he couldn't help but be extremely surprised.

Isn’t this Xu Lingjun, the hero in the movie “The Shepherd”?

It seems that Cheng Xuemin, the original author and screenwriter, acted in the film himself! ?

The finished film of "The Shepherd" had been sent to him some time ago, and Ding Daming must have seen the film a long time ago, so he was quite surprised to find out that the male protagonist was actually played by Cheng Xuemin himself.

"Director Xie, your kindness is hard to refuse! I can't decline even if I want to!" Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly. This should be the first person who has watched the finished film of The Wrangler and was surprised, right?
There will be more to come, and by the time the film is released, there will be thousands of them.

And there is also a heavyweight who has already gone in!
Cheng Xuemin immediately said to Wang Yang and the others standing beside him, "Mr. Wu has already gone in and has started to look. Is he not as surprised as this leader?"

Mr. Wu above doesn’t know yet that Cheng Xuemin will play the male protagonist Xu Lingjun in "The Shepherd".

It’s not that Cheng Xuemin and the others deliberately concealed it, it’s just that Mr. Wu didn’t ask questions in this regard, so Cheng Xuemin couldn’t be so pretentious and say to Mr. Wu, “Is this my acting surprising or unexpected?”

So, Mr. Wu still doesn’t know anything about it, but the person has already gone in!
I'm sure they would be very surprised at this time.

"That's not the case!"

"Go in and take a look first!"

Wang Yang also smiled brightly and called for everyone to go in quickly.

If they had known that Mr. Wu would come so early, they would not have delayed and would have accompanied Mr. Wu to see the case as soon as possible.

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