Chapter 17: Assembling Shanghai Tang

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When Shen Baoxing returned to Ming Pao sullenly and saw Jin Yong, he suddenly said: "Oh, I'm fooled, this Li Mingbao is really not a fuel-efficient lamp!" The reason why I said this was because Shen Baoxing also understood the intention of Li Mingbao's words before at this time, so he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

"Baoxing, what did you do?" Jin Yong rarely saw Shen Baoxing write his expression on his face like this, so even though he spoke very briefly on weekdays, he also asked at this time.

Hearing Mr. Jin Yong's question, Shen Baoxing was not polite, and immediately told Jin Yong about the meeting with Li Mingbao this time. After Shen Baoxing finished speaking, Mr. Jin Yong asked again: "Can that book really have such a high evaluation?" ”

"Can I still be joking? If I hadn't seen that novel on his desk, I would have thought it was your new work, Mr. Cha. This kid dug a pit. It seems that there are really some complaints about the price we have reported. ”

"It's not in the way, so many people have complaints, and he is not one of them. But you also pay attention to the issue of publishing, if "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" can be published, you should do it for him earlier, it is more or less a personal favor, listen to you say this, this Li Mingbao should be short of money, then we will give him the money as soon as possible, and let him know the credibility of our Ming Pao. As for the remuneration, wait until his book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" comes out, see the readers' reactions, and then deal with it as appropriate. Jin Yong was in the office and set his own tone.

A strong person can avoid the rumors of the outside world for a long time, let the breeze blow on the hills, and the bright moon shines on the river. Obviously, Mr. Jin Yong is such a character, not to mention that he is just a Li Mingbao who has never met, even if Ni Kuang wants to increase the manuscript fee, it is a two-word answer: "No way." ”

Originally, it was just an excuse to delay time, but I didn't expect that after two days, Li Mingbao really didn't have any time at all. Before that, he asked Wang Tianlin for the position of assistant choreographer of "Shanghai Tang", in order to exercise his ability. Although the process of making a movie in that memory is quite clear, it is quite impractical to use it in Hong Kong at this time.

First of all, there are these things such as photographic equipment, and in the big 6 in the later generations, these things can be taken out even if it is a small company, and even without relying on the company, you can get a lot of things just by renting. In Hong Kong these days, it is not so convenient, not to mention the rental company of photography equipment, even if it is an ordinary small film company, they do not have their own complete things, and they have to borrow them to make movies.

Of course, since the drama "Shanghai Tang" is to be filmed by Uncle Tim Lin, for Uncle Tim Lin, who has just made great achievements, there is no problem with wireless equipment, which is quite time-saving.

And another big problem, about the actors, this requires Li Mingbao to run in person. With Uncle Tim Lin's brand, it is easy to borrow someone in wireless, and you can ask for it in the past, even if it is a big name like Zhou Yan, Uncle Tim Lin wants someone, he has to agree, the key is to run.

This run is really running, these years, mobile communications have not yet been popularized, if you want to find someone, you have to call to make an appointment first, and then you have to say it in person, arrange the schedule, adjust the time, even if Uncle Tian Lin's face is big enough, you can't let other people's dramas stop filming halfway, right? Just like Sister Yazi, Li Mingbao is very familiar with her, and generally speaking, it can be done with a phone call.

But in fact, this is not the case at all, because Sister Artistry is now a wireless celebrity. What is a celebrity? For the Hong Kong film and television industry, it is not about how many scandals you have (hype scandals are not popular these days), but how many films you have to make. Su Rongrong's role is popular, Zhao Yazi's already many film appointments in wireless have now become more numerous, and countless crews need Zhao Yazi, even if they don't play the main roles of No. 1 and No. 2, it is quite necessary to coordinate, even if Li Mingbao and Zhao Yazi have a good relationship, Zhao Yazi has agreed, and the producers above may not agree.

The process of running the starring role is relatively better for Li Mingbao, after all, those leading actors are all big names, with the face of Uncle Tian Lin, and they can say that it is better or less, even if Li Mingbao can't handle it, Uncle Tian Lin can come forward. The key lies in the problems of those tricks and the behind-the-scenes personnel of the crew, which is really boring.

If you want to make a film in the future, a serial, the director arranges the assistant choreographer to do these things, and the assistant choreographer makes a phone call to the head of the group, saying how many extras you want, what the price is, and what you need behind the scenes, and then make a call to the company's behind-the-scenes team, which can be arranged properly, including logistics issues, and you can also make it clear on the phone, no matter how tired you are, you can't get tired.

But in Hong Kong in these years, especially here in TVB, if you want to talk about the group leader, it is Shaw Brothers himself who can match the number, and there are not a few people who film on the Shaw Brothers set every day. It stands to reason that this is a good arrangement, and you can do it with a hello.

Li Mingbao also thought the same way before, but when he actually did it, he knew that this job was not easy to do, it was really not easy to do. Can he call Shaw Brothers like he did in later generations? This is, there are people in Shaw Brothers, but there are no professionals in this area at all, all of them need to contact themselves, those who are in Shaw Brothers, although they are in Shaw Brothers, but they have not signed a contract with Shaw Brothers, if you want to find someone, you have to run by yourself, make phone calls, it's useless.

It was at this time that Li Mingbao realized that many things in his head were on paper, and it was basically difficult for him to really want him to do it himself. Fortunately, Li Minghui, a person who really knows how to do things, helped on the side, and it took him a week to stumble, and he finally did all the work behind the scenes.

Of course, doing such a behind-the-scenes job is not without gain for Li Mingbao, at least the famous characters in "Shanghai Tang" are familiar with Li Mingbao, especially the brother, who is even more humble.

Although he is now also a popular student of wireless, but he has not yet reached the height of popularity, as a model who has stood at the elevator door for three years, brother is definitely the kind of person who is best at seizing opportunities, after knowing that Li Mingbao is not only the assistant director of the crew of "Shanghai Tang", but also the screenwriter of the script of "Shanghai Tang", Zhou Yan's senses for Li Mingbao have changed a lot, from tepid at the beginning, to say a few words when there is something to do.

These are the gains of big actors, as for those tricks, not to mention, many tricks and behind-the-scenes who have appeared in "Chu Liuxiang" before, and now when I see Li Mingbao, I don't say that he didn't fit in before, but patted on the back, saying that Li Mingbao has a bright future. As for some of the weird things before, that's hehehe.

Hong Kong people are very realistic, especially when it comes to their own jobs, so it is even more realistic, although there are no unspoken rules or the like, but there are still many topics to invite Li Mingbao to dinner. For such a thing, Li Mingbao did not completely pretend to be high, and did not give face, especially when Li Minghui went to the appointment with a smile every time, Li Mingbao felt that although his brother was honest, he was not a fool.

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and after Uncle Tian Lin showed the script to Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu also gave face quite a lot, gave the crew of "Shanghai Tang" the green light, and prepared all the work in an orderly manner.

And "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" on the Ming Pao also began to be serialized. Since "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is written about history, the audience in Hong Kong is certainly not as wide as that of martial arts novels, and in the first few days, it did not cause much turmoil at all.

But later, a critical article written by a university professor in Ming Pao completely made "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" popular. Ming Pao's style tends to be neutral, and neutrality means impartiality. Many times, there are many debates in Ming Pao.

The so-called multi-party polemic is a war of words in the newspaper, often with the top of the previous page of the newspaper being the positive side and the next page of the newspaper being the negative side. Or the length of both sides is relatively short, then it is directly published on the same page, and there is a fight left and right. And Hong Kong people are also happy to see such a hot scene, so Ming Pao has no objection to such a thing.

And the cause of the incident is that a certain history professor at the University of Hong Kong published a newspaper saying that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is nonsense, and history is a strict topic, and this author has grandiosis and made such a thing that is not like it, and newspapers and periodicals like Ming Pao should directly reject "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", instead of publishing it in a grand manner, which is a blasphemy against history.

Originally, the history professor criticized and criticized, but he shouldn't have accused Sang of scolding Huai and saying that he was an opponent, saying that this book was in the same vein as him, and it was all smelly. It just so happened that his opponent also read Ming Pao, and of course he was not happy to see such an argument, so he immediately went to war.

At the beginning, it was just a debate between two people, but it didn't seem very lively, and I couldn't finish writing a page. But more and more people joined later, and it became a complete melee, and each scuffle brought more articles from the previous day's newspaper "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Now, Hong Kong people, who didn't watch "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" at all, couldn't help but look at it curiously, and the result was out of control. And this situation led to the fact that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", which was originally just a normal serialization, actually began to drive the growth of Ming Pao's sales, and it was a substantial increase.

In half a month, when Li Mingbao was busy assembling the crew, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" began to completely become popular in Ming Pao. Not only in Hong Kong, but also in Taiwan, it has also caused heated discussions. At first, it was just a discussion of people in the historical circle, and then it was discussed in the entire cultural circle, and then it was discussed by the general public, and in just half a month, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was discussed everywhere.

Even people who don't read history at all are very happy to see this book, after all, it is the first time that someone has written history so interestingly, and it is more enjoyable than reading a novel. And this book directly leads to the history of the Ming Dynasty and began to attract more public attention than other histories.