1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 121: Witch, I want you to help me practice!

Let’s put aside the story of Journey to the West, and talk about April this year, a lot of things happened.

The most noteworthy event is undoubtedly the Falklands War that broke out on April 4.

A war broke out between Britain and Argentina over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

This war is regarded as the largest and most intense war during the Cold War, with almost all modern weapons deployed, including nuclear submarines, Super Etendard aircraft, aircraft carriers, Exocet missiles, etc. Therefore, it can be called the first relatively modern joint sea, land and air battle after World War II.

This war also created a classic example of strategic maritime delivery.

It can be said that Britain, which achieved the final victory, was the last rays of the sun that never sets.

Before summer, I always thought the Falklands War was about Madagascar!
I wonder why the fight for territory has ended in Africa?
In China, Pengcheng’s International Commercial Building was completed 94 days ahead of schedule, creating the “Pengcheng speed” of building one floor in less than 5 days on average!
At the same time, the construction party was recognized by the then Deputy Director S of Pengcheng and received the full bonus of 94 Hong Kong dollars, which caused a sensation across the country.

After the construction process of the China World Trade Center was reported, it became a typical example of urban construction and was widely publicized.

Therefore, "Pengcheng speed" and "one floor every three days" were the words commonly used by the media when referring to Pengcheng.

This experimental field has begun to show differences!

In April, Xia Tian saw a piece of news in the newspaper that the National Committee on Aging Issues was established in Beijing.

This was something Xia Tian had not expected - he had already realized the problem at this time?!
But in fact, this is an old-age security committee, so it is useless~
……

At the end of April, maybe the weather started to get hot?

Milan is wearing less and less clothes - and her suspenders often "accidentally" slip off.

Xia Tian finally couldn't help it, stretched out his hand, and pulled up the suspenders: "You bought clothes that are too big."

Milan pouted: "Nonsense, I bought the right clothes!"

Xia Tian: Humph, my old shoulders are so slippery!

Seeing that Xia Tian was not fooled at all, Milan accidentally pulled off her suspenders with an “Oops~” sound! ! !
"You are responsible!" she cried.

"Ah? What am I responsible for?" It's a scam, right?!

“You saw it all!”

Xia Tian's eyes widened: "I just saw a belly button... Can you stop being so feudal? Are you trying to blackmail me?"

But how to say it? In this era where the average person is less than C-level, D-level is enough to move people~
Xia Tian: I managed to resist this round of temptation, and I feel that my skills have become more profound. I’m awesome!
As a result, I had another dream at night - Witch girl, I want you to help me practice!
The inner demon, it must be the inner demon~
……

In May, the fifth issue of "Popular Movies" was released.

As a result, the editorial department found that the magazine was unsold by hundreds of thousands of copies.

Editorial Department: The magazine is unsalable, please help us~
It is said that later the owner of a newsstand on Baiwanzhuang Street came up with an idea and turned the back cover of the magazine upwards to reveal the photo of the actress on the back cover.

"This trick really worked. Soon all the magazines on this newsstand were sold out."

The reason why this issue of the magazine was unsalable was very simple. Zhang Yan, who won the Best Actor Award at the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards for his starring role in the movie "Laughter of Moon Bay", appeared on the cover of "Popular Movies".

It’s true that if there’s no beauty on the cover, readers won’t buy the product!
Dachun passed by the newsstand three times but didn't see "Popular Movies". Just tell me whether it had a big impact or not!
When he came back, he was still stubborn: "The stall owner didn't restock the goods, and I didn't see "Popular Movies"!"

It seems that without beautiful women, he has subconsciously become selectively blind.

After this "lesson", it would be difficult for male actors to appear on the cover of "Popular Movies" again.

The four most popular young actors now, Tang Guoqiang, Zhou Liqing, Guo Kaimin and Zhu Shimao, have only had their drama stills on the cover, and none of their personal artistic photos have been on the cover.

At the same time, stars such as Liu Xiaoqing, Zhang Xiaomin, Pan Hong, Li Xiuming, Zhang Yu, Chen Chong, and Gong Li have appeared on the cover and back cover many times.

Later, it even appeared on the cover of "Popular Movies", which became an honor second only to winning the Hundred Flowers Award.

……

After Labor Day, classes continue.

That afternoon, Xia Tian and Da Chun were walking past a newly opened noodle shop after school - at that time, there were more and more small individual restaurants.

As they smelled the fragrance, Xia Tian and Da Chun's stomachs started rumbling at the same time.

The two looked at each other.

Xia Tian: “I’m tired of riding.”

Dachun: “Yeah.”

Xia Tian: "Sit down for a while!"

Dachun: “Yeah.”

The two sat down, and Xia Tian called out, "Comrade, give me two bowls of shredded pork noodles!"

Taste it first~
However, as soon as the noodles came, Dachun took a big bite and one third of the bowl of noodles went into his mouth!
That's a good smell~
But when I looked up, I found that Xia Tian hadn’t eaten it!
Dachun: Hmm? Oh no! The noodles are poisonous!

Dachun reacted really quickly at this time! However, he was reluctant to spit it out!

The reason why we don’t eat noodles in the summer is not because the noodles are poisonous. It has nothing to do with the noodles, but the bowl they are served in!
The self-employed run a small business, with tables, chairs and benches cobbled together, and the bowls are also of various kinds.

But the one in Xia Tian’s hand is a little different.

The outside is the color of purple eggplant skin, and the outer wall has patterns and glaze...

I didn't pay much attention to it at first, I was just looking at the shredded pork noodles. But as soon as I held the bowl in my hand, I felt it! I raised the bowl and saw the six characters "Made in the Guangxu Period of the Qing Dynasty" in double lines of regular script on the bottom of the bowl!
It’s settled, there’s no escape!

It’s actually an official kiln!
Seeing Dachun staring at him, unable to chew or swallow the noodles in his mouth, Xia Tian nodded to indicate that everything was fine.

He quickly made a bowl of noodles with both the soup and water, then took the bowl to the boss.

"Hello comrade, business is booming~"

Not many people say this these days, and the boss was stunned for a moment, then he laughed.

This is a nice word, and it sounds nice.

And it feels different when it is said by such a handsome and bright young man.

"Have you finished your meal?"

"Mmm! Very fragrant..."

Xia Tian handed the bowl over and said, "I have something to discuss with you..."

"My family had a bowl like this one a long time ago, but I broke it. The old man in my family felt very sad about it and said it was handed down from the Qing Dynasty."

"Although the old man in my family has passed away, I came across your bowl by chance - it's exactly the same as yours, so I wanted to buy it and keep it as a souvenir."

Although Xia Tian made up this lie, he was mainly afraid that if he asked directly to buy a bowl, the boss would think he was some kind of bad person, so he said such "sincere and heartfelt" words.

What kind of acting is that?
Dachun, who was still drinking soup, was stunned when he heard this: Could it be that Xia Tian's family really had such a bowl? But didn't his grandfather die before he was born?
As soon as the boss heard Xia Tian’s words and saw her expression, he was immediately drawn into the drama and really believed it!

"Oh, that's impossible! It's just a bowl. It's not worth a few cents! Take it! It's free for you!" the boss said frankly.

But summer is not harmful to people!

If a fraudulent "collector" sees this, they will basically say, "I want to take it home to eat, but I don't have a container. I'll give you an extra dime and you can take the bowl away with you, okay?"

The boss had no idea what was going on, so he probably just agreed.

But Xia Tian couldn't do that, so he told the truth directly: "Don't worry! This is what happened! This is not an ordinary bowl, it should be an official kiln bowl from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. I won't take advantage of you, I'll give you 5 yuan."

"Even if you send it to an antique shop, it won't sell for this price."

This is true. If the government collects it, it will probably be three yuan at most. At most, if you are good at talking, they will raise it to three and a half yuan.

The boss didn't think much about it. He felt that Xia Tian was sincere, so he agreed.

At first I felt embarrassed, thinking that five dollars for a bowl was too much, so I asked for three dollars.

After much persuasion, Xia Tian finally gave him five dollars!
When Zhu Youguang saw this bowl and realized that noodles cost only five yuan in the summer, he was so angry!

"I eat noodles every day, how come I don't meet him? Huh?! This is weird!"

This is a Qing Dynasty Guangxu eggplant purple glaze bowl with engraved dragon pattern!

Eggplant purple glaze is a traditional low-temperature glaze variety of the Qing Dynasty official kiln, which was first fired in the Kangxi period. However, the number of each dynasty is limited, and it is a relatively rare classic variety.

The outer wall of the bowl is engraved with a dragon pattern playing with a pearl under the glaze, with sharp carvings, and an eggplant purple glaze is applied on it, with a clear glaze.

Quite rare!

It was so comfortable in the summer: "Oh~ I can't help it, I have good luck!"

Zhu Youguang was getting angrier and angrier as he thought about it: No! I can't let this kid be so proud! I have to go to the ghost market more often, I have to pick up some good stuff!
……

A few days into May, Director Yang finally came back.

Xia Tian thought that since Director Yang left last time, he would come back in a few days.

I didn't expect that he was so tough and would really get things done.

In the past half month, I have traveled to many places, looked for many people, thought about it again and again, and solved it again and again, and only now did I come to find Xia Tian.

First of all, Director Yang confirmed that the difficulties Xia Tian mentioned were objectively existing, and were even more severe than what Xia Tian said.

For example, the length of shooting!
Not to mention the possible changes in the actors, it is basically certain that the funds will not be enough, and we haven’t figured out a solution yet.

If you want to find the TV station or the Optoelectronics Bureau, there is no way!
I don’t know how many people are eyeing these three million.

Just say that what can be solved is the script!
We can't film all 81 difficulties, right? Which one should we film? How to make the transition? These all need to be solved.

At the beginning, Director Yang cut through the mountains and built bridges over the rivers. He just worked on it and then found ways to solve the problems when they occurred.

If it is applied to writing novels, then I will say nothing, and start coding as soon as I have an idea! I will talk about the writer's block only when I am stuck!

Can a living person be killed by holding his urine?!
However, Xia Tian suddenly came up with an "outline", which made Director Yang a little confused.

The questions on the outline should indeed be prepared in advance!
It would be fine if you didn’t have an outline before, but it would be stupid if you don’t use it now that you have one.

But you can find someone to help with things like stylists, pyrotechnicians, and even special effects.

But what Xia Tian said, such as "finding money" and "Hong Kong's wire technology", etc., there is really nothing we can do.

So, I came back to look for summer again.

(End of this chapter)