When "Dream of Red Mansions" was just being prepared, the director of the film bureau at that time called CCTV and said don't shoot it, our old directors have been preparing for decades, you shoot something else, don't occupy this theme.

This old director refers to Xie Tieli. A representative of the third generation of Chinese directors, he has filmed "The Storm", "Early Spring February", "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" and so on.

Later, the TV series version was launched, but there was no movement over there, and I was lucky to say that I might not shoot it. As a result, the news of the official establishment of Beijing Film Studio is now coming, which is no less than a bolt from the blue.

"Do you all know?"

In the small room of the guest house, Wang Fulin and Ren Dahui had been bored for two hours.

"Newspapers and magazines are all published, not to mention them, the whole country knows about them. ”

Ren Dahui's face was full of sadness, he didn't notice that the cigarette fart between his fingers was about to be burned, and said hoarsely: "Why are you making a movie at this time, this is forcing us to die!"

People have 20 million, we have 5 million, people invite Liu Xiaoqing, let's have a bunch of raw melons and eggs...... If you want to do it sooner, forget it, our brothers don't do it themselves, so we won't shoot it, but this stall, this, what can I do?"

“......”

Wang Fulin also felt pressure, but he had always been introverted, speechless, and only listened to his old friends complain.

"The five million are almost spent, the Grand View Garden and Ningrong Street have also been built, and a group of children have come from all over the world, and the director and director are shouting...... In the end, after filming, it was nothing, and when the movie was broadcast, they said that what kind of thing is your TV series......"

Ren Dahui was emotional, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, "We will become sinners!"

“......”

The atmosphere became more and more depressing, and there were a few unburned cigarette butts lying on the ground, which made the room a little choking. After half a sound, Wang Fulin said: "Let's just say what you say, don't tell the children." ”

"I understand, I understand. ”

"How much money do you have left in the group?"

"There isn't much left, just enough to finish filming these scenes, and if you can't get any more funds, you can only stop filming. ”

Ren Dahui was even more worried, and said: "The Chinese New Year will be in two months, and these children will go home, and they can't afford to buy tickets." ”

"Lao Dai called me a few days ago, and a group of reporters in Hong Kong came to visit during the Spring Festival, and they said that we were going to receive reporters and that there would be no holiday during the Spring Festival. Wang Fulin said.

"That's all I can ......"

After the two discussed, they went out of the house and wiped their faces, nothing happened.

The next day, on the set.

Ning Rong Street has not yet been completely built, but the general appearance is already there. The camera rack is at the gate of Rongguo's mansion, filming a few cutscenes.

"Walk a few times, walk a few times!"

"Hey, stop!"

The assistant director shouted beside him, and finally asked, "Director, okay?"

Wang Fulin stared at the monitor, unconsciously picking his fingers, his eyes were empty, but he didn't hear it.

"Director?"

"Director?"

After shouting a few times, he reacted, "Oh, yes. ”

"That's officially filmed, ready!"

"Good!"

After a while, the cutscene is done, and I will rest for the time being.

The crowd was no longer frolicking and seemed absent-minded. Hu Zehong and Dongfang Wenying muttered for a while, and finally couldn't help but run over and ask: "Director Wang, director, there are movies over there, what should we do?"

"yes, are you still shooting?"

"Say there's Liu Xiaoqing over there!"

Hearing this, everyone's ears pricked up.

Ren Dahui pretended to be relaxed and said: "Shoot, why don't you shoot? People are big brothers, they must be better than us, but the nature is different, people shoot an improved version, we shoot a popular version, and it is a villain children's book."

I can tell you, no one is allowed to be nervous, let's hurry up and shoot, and when the shooting is finished, it will be victory. Who is that, Sister Feng and Jia Yun, you also do your work, don't let everyone lose your energy. ”

That being said, everyone is not a real child, and the news is like a dark cloud, hanging over the entire crew.

In this era, TV series have just started, and the absolute younger brother of the younger brother, the movie is a well-deserved big brother. For example, the camera, lighting, and art in the group all come from the film studio, or the film studio eliminates it.

And Xie Tieli is a super-big director, as soon as the news came out, public opinion was overwhelming, and no one was optimistic about the TV series.

But no one expected that the TV series would become a classic. When the Beijing Film version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was released in 89, it only made a little splash, except for a group of people who learned to praise, the audience didn't like to watch it at all.

The reason for the failure is simple:

One is that "Dream of Red Mansions" itself is not suitable for the carrier of movies, and classical masterpieces must be filmed by TV dramas, with large capacity, long length, complete presentation, and in-depth character portrayal.

The movie version made this mistake, Bao Dai and Chaifeng are quite plump, but the roles of maids such as Qingwen and Ping'er are very thin.

A total of 22 million was invested and eight episodes were filmed, which is equivalent to eight films. But eight films can't fit "Dream of Red Mansions", not to mention who has the leisure to go to the cinema to watch it eight times?

Moreover, the North Film version is based on one hundred and twenty episodes, and the last forty episodes are filmed according to Gao E's sequel.

This also gave rise to a conspiracy theory, that is, another group of people from Hongxue, referring to Feng Qiyong and others, secretly exerted their strength to promote the movie version to fight.

The second is the failure of casting.

First of all, Baoyu is reversed by an actress, and this alone is enough to play. Liu Xiaoqing's Sister Feng is even more violent, and her style is exaggerated.

Daiyu is pitiful, Baochai is full of charm, they are all great beauties, but the magic is here, the girls are very beautiful, but they are not like the characters in the book.

And the tone, lighting, and makeup are not very good, looking rustic.

Of course, the Beiying version also has many advantages, the costume scenes, the details are exquisite, and it also reproduces the twists and turns of the fantasy realm.

is like Baochai fluttering butterflies, the TV series version takes a group fan, and the movie version takes a folding fan, because the original book writes "Take out the fan from the sleeve." ”

The fan is so big, it definitely can't be put in the sleeve.

............

In this way, everyone naturally does not know, and only feels that the pressure has doubled.

And many people can see that the crew is now short of funds, and the accommodation conditions have dropped again and again, and they try to spend every penny on production.

The reality is also the same, "Dream of Red Mansions" was stopped for a time because of poverty, and it was not until the sponsorship of the farmer entrepreneur in Penglai that filming resumed.

Not only that, but the crews on both sides really have the intention of fighting.

After a few days, several screenwriters and scholars who followed the group came to say goodbye, saying that they had private matters, but in fact, Ren Dahui was clear in his heart, and they were all poached by that side.

What are the conditions?

The car is delivered by car, the meal is managed, and a hundred yuan a day is given.

Xu Fei saw it in his eyes, and felt a little like he was slapped in the face, he used to think that these people were dignified in the training class, but now when he looks at it, he can understand it.

Scholars need to have just the right meal!

In short, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and bad things happened one after another. Teacher Xu couldn't help, but he wasn't too worried, because he knew the historical process.

For him, it was a moment of different significance.

83 years of registration, 84 years of training, 85 years of joining the group, and now he is finally finished.