1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 216 Awakening
Xia Tian arrived at Xiao Xu's dormitory and found Xiao Xu reading a book. After a closer look...

"Hey, hey, hey, let me show you this. This! Give me this one. Give it to me!"

Xia Tian snatched the book from her hand and stuffed Zhang Li's English-Chinese dictionary into her hand.

Xiao Xu pouted: "You scared me!"

Seeing Xia Tian hiding the Buddhist scripture behind her back, she became excited: "Oh~ I thought I was looking at something extremely sinister!"

It is indeed a heinous crime for you!
Xia Tian smiled and said, "If you want to read a book, I have some good ones~"

Many of the props used in the production are real old things and antiques, including some books.

For example, the "Romance of the West Chamber" in "Bao Dai Reading the West Chamber" is an ancient thread-bound book that Xia Tian collected herself.

Xia Tian whispered, "I have a copy of 'Golden PM'. How about I lend it to you... Hey! Don't hit me if you don't read it! Do you know what book that is and why are you hitting me?"

Of course, he didn't come to the crew today to promote the book. Instead, he came to the "main show"!
That’s right—the changing scene of Qin Keqing and Jia Zhen!
Director Wang saw Zhang Lei tugging at her clothes and looking very nervous, so he shouted, "Clear the scene! All irrelevant people, get out!"

A group of people walked out very depressed.

Xiao Xu immediately became dissatisfied and pointed at Xia Tian: "Why doesn't he go out?!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Let him go out too!" Zhang Li also spoke.

Xia Tian raised his neck: "Ha~ I'm a lighting technician! Staff, do you understand~"

You know what, there are few people in the crew who know lighting. Most of the time, it’s summer that does it!

At that time, there were only a few lighting technicians in China, and most of them were just learning by groping in the dark. They were not as good as Xia Tian, ​​the veteran self-media and short drama investor.

Actually, there's nothing good to see, except for the upper half of the back.

Jia Zhen leaned down, supporting himself with his hand that was not visible inside the camera...

For today's actors, this kind of scene is already very difficult to film. We filmed it over and over again for a long time.

In the end, Jia Zhen's arms started to tremble - he couldn't hold on any longer!
As soon as Director Wang yelled "Cut," Jia Zhen started scolding the cameraman, Li Yaozong! He chased after him and scolded him!
I’ve had enough of the excitement in the summer, so I’m going out.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Xu was outside the door holding Zhang Li's arm, and Deng Jie was watching the show next to them, blocking him!

"I see. It's very beautiful and you're satisfied, right?" Xiao Xu showed his white teeth.

Xia Tian said righteously, "How could that be? I stayed here as a lighting technician, looking at it from an artistic perspective, with an eye that criticizes feudal decadence! My thoughts are very healthy!"

Xiao Xu: "I think it's a bastard!"

Zhang Li: "That's right! Don't be shy!"

Deng Jie: I absolutely want it!
Xia Tian: How can you say such cold words with a temperature of 36 degrees?

Xia Tian knew that Zhang Lei, the actress who played Qin Keqing, later went abroad, which resulted in some of the subsequent reshoots having to use a stand-in.

So he suggested to Director Wang that he move her scene forward.

In fact, there was not much. He then became seriously ill and died, and then appeared in Wang Xifeng's dream.

The main thing is that Xia Tian and the crew added a "Land of Illusion" that was not in the original time and space!
You have to take the photo quickly, don’t wait until they are about to leave, because you won’t be able to keep them!

……

At school, during lunch break, a group of students gathered in a circle around a tape recorder.

When Xia Tian saw it, he wondered what this was for.

I leaned over to take a look, and then I heard my own voice on the radio, and then the tape recorder was pressed and started recording.

As I said before, genuine tapes are very expensive now, but blank tapes are very cheap, with the difference being about six or seven times.

Many people choose songs they like from the radio and record them themselves to make an "album"~
Xia Tian: Zhuo~ You guys can listen to pirated books, but stealing books is not stealing. How did I end up with this? I feel bad~
I always avoid people!

Just as he turned to leave, he was suddenly discovered by his classmates.

Then Lin Fangbing shouted: "Hey, Tiange, can I trouble you with something?"

"Say!"

"Please sign my tapes! They're all your songs, even those tracks!"

"Yes, yes, yes, there's also mine, sign one for me too!"

Summer is about to turn red and warm: Fuck me! I sign sign sign sign sign~~~
As a result, a related incident occurred that afternoon.

As Xia Tian was riding her bike out of the school gate, she was stopped by someone!
Xia Tian: Wow~ I haven’t had my door blocked by anyone in five or six years. You came at the right time!

The other person was very polite: "Are you sure you are Comrade Xia Tian? Hello, I am the manager of Yanjing Culture, Art, Audio and Video Publishing House, my name is Chen Yang!"

This man in his early thirties, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, works for an audio-visual publishing company.

He was looking for Xia Tian because he wanted to...

"Release an album?"

"Yes! Xia Tian, ​​you are so popular now, and many of your songs are classics. If you could release an album tape, it would definitely be a big hit!"

"This... I don't have any plans in this regard. Let me think about it first."

……

When shooting a film or TV series, every shot needs to include detailed and accurate recording of the shot number, shooting method, shot length, actors' movements and dialogues, sound effects, scenery, props, costumes, makeup and other details and data on the set log.

This is the job of a script supervisor, and it requires detailed records of every shot, the director, and the artistic treatment of the main creative staff.

It's quite cumbersome.

While working as a script supervisor for the Dream of Red Mansions crew, Qiu Peining suffered a lot. In addition to the daily work of a script supervisor, he often had to do miscellaneous tasks on the set.

But as the saying goes, wait till the clouds clear and the moon appears.

No, she got a role, and it's a "big" role~
Fairy Jinghuan!

The god of love and beauty, the master of the illusory world, first proposed the concept of "intention" in the book.

Entrusted by the two Dukes Ning and Rong, she let Baoyu read the fate book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the illusory world of Taixu and listen to the fourteen songs of "Dream of Red Mansions". She also betrothed her sister Keqing to Baoyu and guided Baoyu to "pay attention to Confucius and Mencius and devote himself to the way of economics."

Of course, Baoyu was busy with the clouds and rain~
Wanting boys who are entering puberty to realize that sex is normal, to pay attention to the right path, and to commit to the economy... isn't this nonsense?

Everyone here has had similar experiences. Who among you can...

Forget it, let’s not talk about it. Maybe Yanzu who gets a vote can do it!
By the way, the Red Mansion crew plans to open the "Land of Illusion" as soon as possible. The scenery and decoration have already been discussed and made.

Just a little arrangement and some dry ice, and the illusory world will be created!
When Miss Qiu heard that she was asked to play the role of Fairy Jinghuan, she was really surprised!

"Xiaotian'er, do you think I can act?"

"Of course, I was the one who recommended you!"

"Thank you so much."

"Why are you being so polite? I even recommended you to play the role of Chang'e."

"Chang'e? There is also Chang'e in Dream of the Red Chamber?"

"There's no Dream of Red Mansions, but there is in Journey to the West!"

This studio was borrowed from the crew of Journey to the West!

Director Yang: No! Not only did you not come to our group, but you also wanted to take advantage of us! No way!
Xia Tian: Aunt Yang, you know me well. I am in Cao Ying but my heart is with Han! If I hadn't been held back by my studies, I would have gone to all corners of the world with the crew of Journey to the West! I feel sorry for you guys too~ By the way, I also found Chang'e for us~
Li Chengru: This grandson is such a good actor, he made Director Yang smile so happily!
Although Director Yang lent it, he was furious: I rented the studio, and I haven't used it yet, but you lent it to the Red Mansion crew! Are you being mean? Okay, you wait!

……

Speaking of the illusory land, Director Wang decided to shoot it under certain pressure.

First of all, it is difficult to deal with gods and ghosts, and it is taboo now.

And there is a strong sense of fatalism, although the original work has a strong sense of fatalism, but nowadays it is not popular. How dare you call the sun and the moon that?
Also, in the end, Baoyu experienced the romance of the world with Fairy Jinghuan's sister (Keqing).

Normally, apart from the ghosts and gods, it was just the boy entering puberty and having his first sexual fantasy… no, it was just a passing of the elixir~
It can be said that 100% of boys have had similar experiences.

The problem is that Qin Keqing is Jia Baoyu's niece-in-law, which is embarrassing.
The main thing is that it has to be on TV, in front of the national audience, so it is normal for Director Wang to have concerns.

However, with Xia Tian's encouragement (CPU), Director Wang also gave it his all.

Director Wang: For art, for Dream of the Red Chamber! Go!
The Grand Illusion Realm part wasn't too difficult. It was mainly a test for Ouyang.

Xia Tian: It’s a good thing for young people to be tested more~
Seeing Ouyang's awkward look, Xia Tian sneered: "No, it's not like you don't have a partner, be more generous!"

Ouyang blushed with embarrassment and explained in a low voice: "We don't have these either!"

Xia Tian: There will be some in the future, just treat it as a drill~
Although the filming went smoothly, someone's sensitive nerves were touched. After the filming, when Director Wang called over, he actually started sobbing.

When she started crying, several people started crying too, and then a group of people started crying.

I stared at the fate book of the twelve golden hairpins and couldn't stop crying.

These girls are too into the role, and this scene of fantasy is exactly what reveals the fate and the tragic ending of each girl.

At this moment, they really felt the same way and were overwhelmed with grief.

It is true that thousands of beauties cry together and tens of thousands of beauties grieve together.

Director Wang gestured and told the cameraman and others to pack up and leave. Then he patted Xia Tian on the shoulder and said, "Please persuade them not to be too sad, ah!"

"Ah?" Xia Tian was stunned - you, the director, don't you want to persuade her? Did I make her cry?
Xia Tian looked around and saw that not only Xiaoxu, Zhangli, Yuanmei and the others were crying, but even the eldest sister Deng Jie, who was supposed to be able to comfort people, was crying. She cried more miserably than anyone else!
Others just resonate with the characters in the book, but she truly felt the pain - for this play, for this role, she even gave up her marriage!

Once the depression and pain accumulated in my heart are released, it’s like a dam bursting!
Xia Tian had no choice but to think about it - if they cry, I will sing!

A group of girls were crying, and he was singing "Qingwen Song" on the side.

This time I cried even harder~
As the saying goes, when Dayu was controlling the floods, it was better to dredge than to block.

Everyone cried for another five minutes as they sang, and finally they stopped crying.

Xia Tian took out the makeup remover cotton pads that were shipped back from Hong Kong and gave them to each of them to wipe their tears.

He looked out the window with his hands behind his back, "Daiyu was trapped by love and died of love, Baochai succeeded in being transparent and was also trapped by being transparent, Xifeng was trapped by greed and died of greed. Xiren was confined by loyalty, Qingwen died of madness, and Baoyu suffered from stupidity."

Everyone looked up at him while wiping their tears.

He continued: "Miaoyu's limitation is pride, and she was humiliated in the end; Qiaojie's luck in the first half of her life came from her family background, and in the second half of her life she was harmed by her family and was lucky to meet a benefactor; Tanchun's ability was ultimately unable to save the things she cared about."

"Each of them has their own values ​​and personality, what makes them who they are, what they are stuck with, what they die from."

"This is the worldview that goes back to the Yijing's concept of birth, health, illness, and death, and even further back to the Tai Chi fish diagram. From Jin Ping M to the Dream of the Red Chamber, they are still telling this story. Today, people passing by in the street in the sunlight are still walking on this track."

Xia Tian turned his head and looked at everyone, his gaze pausing on each person's face, as if he wanted to remember this scene.

"I talk about this prosperity because I hope everyone will not be trapped in the Red Mansion. This dream must be awakened eventually, because we still have a broader and better future."

(End of this chapter)