Chapter 17: Premiere
Jiang Lin naturally didn't know this, in addition to preparing for the exam, his mind was more looking forward to the premiere of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" in the evening, and in fact, there were many, many people who had the same mind as him.
Maybe the 40 million drama investment seems to be nothing in 2016, because people at that time were used to the so-called sky-high price system, 130 million "Divorce Lawyer", 118 million "Dream of New Red Mansions", 155 million "New Romance of the Three Kingdoms", 130 million "New Water Margin", 240 million "Legend of Chu and Han", 300 million "The Legend of Wu Meiniang", 150 million "Red Sorghum", 100 million "New Journey to the West" and even that starring Huang Xiaoming, The criticized body is incomplete, and the drama series also called "Jingzhong Yue Fei" has a production cost of nearly 200 million, 40 million, which is only slightly higher than Zhou Xun's 30 million package salary for starring in "Red Sorghum".
But many things are actually relative, and the investment of 40 million in the original time and space can only be regarded as a low-cost ordinary drama series after 2010, but at the beginning of 2002 in this time and space, this is undoubtedly a sky-high price system, a blockbuster of the year that brings together well-known director Teng Jilin, big-name stars Zhang Zhengyi, Xiao Bingbing, Song Rongkai and others.
Coupled with the overwhelming publicity created by Yanjing Satellite TV and Tangde Film and Television, the premiere of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" in prime time on the evening of February 23 is particularly eye-catching.
"Xia Bing, how about going to dinner at night and then singing K?"
In an office of Hanhai Culture Brokerage Company, a subsidiary of Hanhai Film and Television, Zhang Jie said to Xia Bing with a smile that like Xia Bing, the artists she brought were just ordinary artists.
As the leading film and television media company in China, the scale of Hanhai Culture Brokerage Company is also quite large, with many well-known film and television stars in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Within Hanhai Culture Brokerage Company, artists are clearly divided into two groups, one group is ordinary artists, led by ordinary agents, and the other group is star artists, or led by veteran agents, or a brokerage team is completely centered on individuals.
Unlike the agents of popular stars, these ordinary artist agents spend most of the year in the company office desperately contacting various job opportunities for the artists under their hands, and they are busy like dead dogs every day.
Therefore, when we finally wait for the end of the day, everyone naturally can't wait to relax.
For this kind of activity, Xia Bing would not refuse in the past, but this time he shook his head without thinking: "Tonight, no, I want to go home to watch the premiere of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" in the evening." ”
"Jingzhong Yue Fei"? Is it the TV series starring Zhang Zhengyi, Xiao Bingbing, and Song Rongkai? Hey, when have you watched this kind of drama, I remember you don't like to watch this kind of costume historical drama? I think the historical drama is too serious. Zhang Jie looked surprised.
"Ahem." Xia Bing coughed dryly, slightly unnatural: "This one is different, I watched the trailer and think it's pretty good." ”
"That's right, I also watched the trailer, Song Rongkai's ancient costume is really handsome, and Xiao Bingbing's brocade robe is even more gorgeous" Zhang Jie suddenly became excited and said endlessly.
"Ahem." Xia Bing coughed again, his eyes full of helplessness: "Aren't you going to sing K?" It's not too early, go quickly, I should go back too, otherwise I won't be able to make it to the TV premiere. ”
"Please, you don't go, what's the point of me singing K alone, you don't know, Sister Song and they want to go home to accompany their families, so why don't I go to your house to watch "Jingzhong Yue Fei" with you." Zhang Jie's eyes lit up.
"Uh, well, that's very welcome." Xia Bing reluctantly agreed.
And similar scenes still occur in many parts of the country, maybe the reasons are different, but no matter what the specific reason is, anyway, on February 23, 2002, countless people are looking forward to the premiere of "Jingzhong Yue Fei".
Jiang Lin turned on the TV at 7:50, and when the time came to 8 o'clock in the evening, the much-anticipated "Jingzhong Yue Fei" was officially launched on Yanjing Satellite TV.
In the picture of the battlefield killing, the majestic music sounded, and then Guo Chengang's full and heroic singing voice reached the ears of everyone in front of the TV.
"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls, the horse grows, the sword is like frost, the heart is like the Yellow River, twenty years of vertical and horizontal, who can resist, hate, long knife, how many siblings are loyal to the bones of other places, what a pity to die to serve the country, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, and China wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate"
"Oh, what an imposing song!" "What kind of song is this, it's so good!" "The sword qi is like frost, the heart is like the Yellow River, and the lyrics are also written so well!" As the song sounded, the audience in front of the TV set lit up one by one, and many people were even more amazed.
"Is this the theme song he wrote? What a monster, I don't know how he wrote such a song at his age? Xia Bing's eyes were confused, so far, she has not had much contact with Jiang Lin, in her eyes, Jiang Lin is completely like a mystery, bringing unexpected surprises again and again.
"Not bad." Listening to the singing on TV, Jiang Lin smiled, the music scene in this world is really capable, and the version of "Serving the Country with Loyalty" sung by Guo Chengang is no worse than Tu Honggang's version.
And after the surprising opening song ended, with the broadcast of the main drama, the audience was soon immersed in the plot of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" and the excellent production.
Jiang Lin has read countless films in his previous life, and naturally has a strong ability to appreciate film and television, I have to say that even from the perspective of the original time and space in 2016, "Jingzhong Yue Fei" is also an out-and-out good drama.
If you want to talk about the shortcomings, the characters and plot are too serious, and they also seem contrived in some aspects, this is not because the creator himself is not strong, but the limitations of this era, shaking his head, Jiang Lin immediately turned off the TV, and was affected by American dramas and British dramas, this style of TV series is really not his dish, he has no interest in continuing to watch, but he can be completely relieved, even if the world's "Loyal to the Country" is not as popular as in the previous life, it must be enough to help him sell songs in the future.
"Jiang Lin, the theme song is very well written, I believe that after the premiere of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" tonight, you will soon become famous." Later, Xia Bing called to congratulate him.
"Thank you, I hope so!" Jiang Lin smiled slightly, his tone was quite indifferent, he was not one of those young people who loved to dream, when the song was popular, the musician would be popular? Anyway, he doesn't believe that in this world, how many people care about who wrote the song and who arranged it when they listen to it? And how many people care about who the screenwriter is and who the photographer is when watching a movie? The reality is that people only care about whether the song itself is good or not, whether the movie itself is good or not, except for a very few people, the eyes will only be on the actors and singers.
It is precisely because of this that Jiang Lin doesn't care much at all, usually it's okay, but now he is in a special period, compared to whether he can make a name for himself in the music circle with "Loyal to the Country", he is more concerned about the ongoing art exam, and he doesn't want to repeat it for another year for the activation of the system.
The night passed quickly, and the next morning, Jiang Lin still came to the Yenching Film Academy early, although he was full of confidence in his performance in the preliminary examination of the Department of Literature, but in line with the idea of insurance, he naturally needed to go all out in the preliminary examination of the Department of Management today.
Jiang Lin applied for the film and television management direction of the Department of Management, that is, the direction of production, which is the same as the Department of Literature, and the Department of Management is also a written exam, but it involves a more hodgepodge of content, such as astronomy and geography, history and archaeology, politics and military, music and games, there is almost everything.
Even though he has been preparing for the exam for more than two months, Jiang Lin still can't help but complain in his heart, who came out of the exam paper of the management department, it's too fucking bullshit, expecting such an exam to screen out real producer talents, well, it's no wonder that there are very few outstanding producers in the Chinese film field, and it seems that none of them are from the management department of the film academy.
After finishing the examination of the Department of Management, he ignored the others, Jiang Lin continued to devote himself to the preparation of the Department of Literature and the Department of Performance, no way, he was really not much interested in studying film, if there was a choice, he naturally wanted to enroll in the Department of Literature, preferably the Department of Acting, in his opinion, the production of the Department of Management is the same as the marketing he studied before. Egg Professional
When the time came to February 25th, Yenching Film Academy became extremely lively again, the playground was crowded with candidates and parents, and today was the day when the preliminary examination results of the acting department, the directing department, and the literature department were released.
Whether it is the acting department, the director department, or any other professional direction, the school examination of Yenching Film Academy is in the same place, but the position of the list is separated, and at the same time, for the sake of order and safety, the time for different departments to post the list is often different.
Today's preliminary examination is like this, in terms of time arrangement, the acting department is posted at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the director department and the literature department are both at half past one in the afternoon.
Jiang Lin didn't go to Yenching Film Academy early, the acting department has the most candidates, and he doesn't have to think about it to know that the morning list must be very crowded, he is eager to know if he has passed the first exam, but he is not stupid.
Sure enough, when he came to Yenching Film Academy after lunch, the performance department's performance situation was much better, and there were many candidates who thought the same as him.
Fortunately, there were no accidents, after reading the list, Jiang Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was the Department of Literature or the Department of Performance, he entered the re-examination smoothly, which can be described as a victory in the first battle.
In terms of the schedule of the re-examination, the Department of Literature is February 26, and the Department of Performance is February 26-27.
Holding back the joy, as soon as he returned to the hotel room, Jiang Lin immediately plunged into the preparation for the exam, now it is only the first test, and there are re-exams and three exams behind, what is there to be excited about, if you don't pass the final three exams, no matter how good the start is, it will not be enough.