New Age Artists

Chapter 620: There is only one sun in Chinese entertainment!
Shen Santong didn't let Han Sanping come in vain. He didn't want to be tied up in the conflict between himself, Zhao and Zhen.

When the prototype of "Ip Man" was mentioned back then and brought up again, Zhen Zidan would not have gone to this extent.

Mainly in the entertainment industry, Shen Santong does not need anyone to speak for him, nor does he need allies.

Han Sanping was very relieved that Shen Santong was not blinded by anger and still had his rationality.

He also had some selfish motives for coming here today, to create a good atmosphere for the upcoming Academy Awards.

"Let the Bullets Fly" received nominations for 13 major awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

Nowadays, domestic films do not need Hong Kong film certification, but the combination is beneficial to both sides.

Domestic film, a family.

"Gua Pi!"

Han Sanping swore rarely and his face turned red.

On April 4, the 15st Hong Kong Film Awards came to a close.

A total of 57 films participated in the competition for the Academy Awards, 23 films were nominated, and finally "A Simple Life" won the Best Film, Ann Hui won the Best Director for "A Simple Life", Andy Lau won the Best Actor for "A Simple Life", and Deanie Ip won the Best Actress for "A Simple Life".

The previously highly anticipated "Let the Bullets Fly" only won one award, Best Costume Design, out of thirteen nominations. The stylist was Hong Kong's William Chang Suk Ping.

It would have been fine if they didn't give it to me, but they gave it thirteen nominations and then only gave it a chicken feather award.

This is not a simple humiliation, it is a humiliation with malicious intent.

Some are happy and some are sad, but at least Hua Yi has gotten himself out of this.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Hong Kong circle, from the official to the audience, has lost its popularity.

It’s not about revenge from anyone, but rather it’s a natural process of elimination. There’s no way to save a rotten piece of shit.

The Chinese people’s collective consciousness has a rather “cold-blooded” side, “holding a grudge if defeated, and taking revenge if victorious.”

Ten years ago, the conflict between Zhen Zidan and Zhao Wenzhuo was nothing. At that time, the Hong Kong industry did have advanced productivity in film production, and mainland audiences had to accept it with a pinch of their noses.

Now the mainland's film and television capital has increased, and the production level has improved, especially Santong Entertainment, which is far ahead.

What was once tolerable has become unbearable.

In the past, people were arrogant because they had the capital to be arrogant. Now, how can you still be arrogant without the capital?
Chinese people have tolerance for powerful but bad people.

There is a great disgust towards the weak and stupid.

The golden age of Hong Kong entertainment industry has come to an end!
4 month 28 day.

The monthly blockbuster "Winter Emperor" produced by Santong Entertainment and starring Zhang Ziyi was released, which ended the re-release of "Titanic 3D" in one fell swoop and dominated the box office rankings for many consecutive days.

Facts have proved that there is only one sun in Chinese entertainment, and that is Santong Entertainment!
Without Santong Entertainment, Huayu is really vulnerable and can’t even beat a re-released version. The audience would rather watch the re-released version than the new movie!
"The Winter Emperor" also proves that the audience accepts serious historical themes, but they do not accept bad movies.

In history, Meng Xiaodong was born in Shanghai, into a family of opera performers. She went on stage at the age of seven, learned to play the role of old man at the age of nine, and went to Beijing at the age of eighteen. She was beautiful and had a sweet voice, and she made her mark. Later, she was diligent and studious, and successively studied under famous artists such as Yan Jupeng and Yu Shuyan, and eventually became a "Winter Queen" of her generation, famous throughout the country.

The biggest attraction of Meng Xiaodong to later generations is not her identity as the so-called Winter Queen, but her love gossip.

In fact, the historical love story between Meng and Mei was not as pure and beautiful as that in Chen Kaige's film "Mei Lanfang".

Instead, he was rejected by Fu Zhifang, announced his breakup in the newspaper, and was given 40,000 yuan as a breakup fee. These humiliations and struggles were by no means just the vague feelings of "this feeling can be recalled, but it was already gone at that time."

There is a saying that goes, what is love in this world? It makes people promise to be together for life and death.

It is rare for couples to be together through life and death, but it is common for them to be entangled with each other.

For the sake of that little bit of love that cannot be let go, so much dignity and reason are destroyed, tears and quarrels, life and death, separation and reunion, a tangled mess, these are happening everywhere and at all times.

Meng Xiaodong raised her head proudly and told reporters, friends, and everyone else in a decisive tone: Meng Xiaodong, I will never meet Mei Lanfang again.

These words were said by Meng Xiaodong herself in history.

And she did it.

She left Peking and returned to Shanghai.

He declined the stage and followed Du Yuesheng.

Later, when Du Yuesheng celebrated his 60th birthday, he invited many famous actors to celebrate, and Mei Lanfang also came.

Everyone was looking forward to the moment when Mei and Meng would be on the same stage with a curious heart.

but.

She came, sang in her own place, and left, without ever seeing Mei Lanfang from beginning to end.

Strong-willed women are not uncommon throughout the ages. From the unknown woman in Yuefu who said "Don't miss me anymore, I'll break up with you", to Zhuo Wenjun who said "I heard you have two minds, so I came to break up with you", they are all examples of strong-willed women.

In comparison, Meng Xiaodong's story is more heartbreaking. First of all, this is a fact, not a fictional story.

Secondly, she did not have a prominent family background, so it might not be good for her to leave Mei. She did not live a good life afterwards.

The beauty died of old age, and after years of wandering, was Du Yuesheng really a good man? He only gave her a name when he was dying.

The play "Winter Emperor" simply follows a commercial narrative that makes it understandable to the audience, but it is not a refreshing play.

Meng Xiaodong's life itself was not a smooth story.

In the beautiful years of youth, I encountered a beautiful person but couldn't get the person. And I was born an actor, so how could my wishes come true?

Her breakup statement is full of hatred, but there was as much love as there was hatred.

I can only leave and never see you again in this life.

She would also be absent-minded when she was lonely.

Maybe he was thinking about Peking Opera, or maybe he was thinking about Mei Lanfang?

However, there are not many plots about Mei Lanfang in the movie because they have to take the feelings of the Mei family into consideration. Because no matter what, from a big picture perspective, Mei Lanfang made the right choice, while Meng Xiaodong did not.

The film focuses on Meng Xiaodong's life and her skills, downplaying political and gossip elements.

Zhang Ziyi was ruthless enough to devote herself to studying acting skills and performed with Shen Yun. The real photo of Meng Xiaodong shows that she is pretty but also proud, with a stubborn look in her eyes and a serious face, without any coquettishness at all.

He doesn't look like an actor in the usual sense at all.

She is the Winter Queen. Even if we discard the gossip about her and the king of opera, she will still exist in historical documents as the queen of bearded actors.

She had love, a career, and always had dignity.

The release of "Winter Queen" washed away Zhang Ziyi's scandals since 08. The images of the two are inexplicably overlapping. Putting aside the gossip, Zhang Ziyi also has works and acting skills. She is not a dog when dating a foreign boyfriend and has dignity.

Zhang Ziyi's unique arrogance and stubbornness perfectly fits Meng Xiaodong's image.

The movie also has a controversy about Mei Lanfang.

It depicts a detail that during the currency reform, Mei Lanfang took the lead and, accompanied by two friends and with the full coverage of two reporters, took his life savings and two boxes of gold bars to the bank to exchange them for gold yuan coupons.

Logically speaking, Mei Lanfang had been famous for more than 20 years at that time, and all of his friends who were high-ranking officials actually urged him to exchange his money for gold yuan instead of dissuading him from doing so.

Perhaps this also explains why Mei Lanfang risked his life to perform for the volunteers on the front line of the peninsula. He might have been afraid that the dirty things would come back.

This detail is not aimless, nor is it intended to discredit anyone, but rather it illustrates the status of actors in society at that time.

Even Mei Lanfang was like this.

What’s more, Meng Xiaodong was just a woman, and it was only when Mei Lanfang waited for the new society that the ghost was turned into a human being.

The box office performance of the movie "Winter Emperor" was not explosive, but it was also heading for a box office of 300 to 400 million. It's not that the audience has no aesthetic taste, the key is that the movie has to be good.

Also this April.

The establishment of the CIPS system marks the beginning of the internationalization of the RMB.

Open the bow without turning back the arrow.

The internationalization of every currency will be met with brutal suppression from the United States.

Taking this step shows that Todai is mentally prepared.

No one can stop this ancient civilization from returning to its peak.

May.

Shen Santong stayed in the studio for several months.

The play "Three Gorges" awakened his long-lost creative passion, and the story born in his hands was a brand new narrative.

Kong Sheng brought a guest to ask to see Shen Santong.

"Hello, Mr. Liu." Shen Santong shook hands with Liu Heping and said hello. Without wasting the other party's time, he said directly: "The script is a good one, but Santong Entertainment will not invest in it."

Liu Heping came to seek investment for "The Last Dynasty", also known as "All Quiet in Peking".

This drama is also of the "literature as a vehicle for conveying moral ideas" type.

The most essential part is that the leader of the Kuomintang Zeng Keda died, boss Xiao Jiang failed and stepped down, the No. 2 special line was shut down, the leader of our party Liu Chuwu died, and boss Xie Peidong lost his only daughter.

Only the corrupt forces, from Kong Lingkan to Xu Tieying, were not only alive and well, but also becoming more and more arrogant. Kong Lingkan even rode around in a luxury car and sent a 6000-ton cargo ship to Shanghai to smuggle goods and take advantage of Chiang Ching-kuo.

Xu Tieying, the culprit who killed Xie Mulan and was sentenced to death, was also not idle. After successfully escaping the robbery in Nanjing, he quickly returned home in glory and returned to Beifang's family.

While riding on Xie Peidong's face, he showed Xie Peidong what it means to be indestructible.

The idealists on both sides were turned into a pair of clowns.

In other words, the war launched by ideology against business ended in the complete and miserable defeat of ideology, and the irreconcilable and deadly struggle between the two parties finally became a wedding dress for the corrupt forces.

Throughout the entire play, the male protagonist Fang Mengao is a person without a stance.

It can be said that he is Zeng Keda and Xiao Jiang's man. He is loyal to our party and has never really cooperated with Xiao Jiang.

Let’s say he is a member of our party, but he himself said that he has never done anything for our party from beginning to end.

He acted like a bitch in every drama, but the anti-corruption campaign only caught one person, Ma Hanshan, who turned over a new leaf.

He made almost no contribution to the currency reform. When the Iron Blood National Salvation Association was fighting Xu Tieying, he stood aside and said in a serious face that he would go to the Peking branch to check the accounts. After that, there was no further news.

The people of Peking continued to starve, he did not gain any additional benefits, and our party did not obtain any intelligence from him.

So how did he gain the respect of our party and Chiang Ching-kuo?

Is the screenwriter his savior?
Kong Sheng didn't expect Shen Santong to be so direct, and Liu Heping's expression was not good either.

Kong Sheng helped to say: "Although this play is very poorly dramatic, it is in line with the original appearance of history. This is an ambition beyond TV dramas. Its shortcomings are precisely its advantages."

"The plot is messy and the ending is sloppy. This kind of plot and this kind of merit do not belong to a TV series. "The Last Dynasty" can be viewed as a literary work."

Liu Heping also said: "I want to leave something behind."

Shen Sandong said: "Excuse me, Mr. Liu, this play is really worthless in my eyes."

"The truth of history is that although Fang Buting, Zeng Keda, Xu Tieying, Fang Mengao and so on fought to the death in BJ, it was meaningless to the course of history and the overall situation."

"If the play is called The Last Dynasty, it would be valuable if it focuses on the Liberation War that determined the direction of history, like The Decisive Battle, focusing on the side of historical progress."

Liu Heping asked: "When you say 'value', do you mean commercial value?"

Shen Santong glanced at him and said slowly, "We at Santong Entertainment will also make quality dramas. If it is a quality drama, we will do it even if we lose money. For example, I never thought about making money from "Winter Emperor". It took me several years to make it."

Kong Sheng said: "The Last Dynasty must be a high-quality drama."

Shen Santong said: "I would like to boast that my achievements today are not small, but I am always very nervous because I know that rather than saying that I am excellent, it is better to say that the audience has been hungry for too long."

"The audience is like a child who was raised with only one bowl of rice. He was fed this much when he was one month old, and he is still fed this much when he grows up."

"If you don't eat enough food, you will die. If you don't eat enough spiritual food, you won't die, but you won't feel comfortable. My movies and Santong Entertainment's movies are just a sudden bite of delicious food for the audience. They ate seven or eight bowls in a row. They were really hungry and went crazy with hunger."

Liu Heping understood that what Shen Santong said was not a good thing, and it was not an accusation against him, but the entire group.

Shen Santong said, "My success comes from the support of the audience, and the support of the audience may not be because of me. For example, historical blockbusters may be because the audience likes our history, and Santong Entertainment has done a good job of expressing it."

“The main theme of The Last Dynasty is the systemic collapse of government and internal corruption, which cannot be solved by so-called self-adjustment. The only way to solve it is to destroy the system and start over.”

“The overall trend of Yongzheng, Ming Dynasty and Beiping is ‘I think there is still hope’, ‘I think it is hopeless, but I don’t know what to do’, ‘It is hopeless, let’s destroy it quickly’.”

Shen Santong did not say anything hurtful. From Yongzheng to the Ming Dynasty and then to Peking, this might be Liu Heping's attitude towards reform and opening up.

Liu Heping himself said that what he wrote were fictional novels, and all history was contemporary history.

The next chapter of "The Last Dynasty" is surrender.

It’s not surprising to think that he actually found someone who surrendered.

Liu Heping commented on Shen Santong: "You are a crazy kid."

Shen Santong replied, "It's you who haven't made any progress over the years. You're like a farmer waiting for a rabbit to come to you. Yongzheng has given you a taste of success, but you haven't changed in all these years."

"But the audience is improving, the public is improving, and the project I'm working on now revolves around the Three Gorges Dam, a project that has lasted for more than a decade and can be said to be a treasure of human engineering."

"Teacher Liu, do you know that every wave of the Three Gorges Dam brings me peace of mind? This is solid power, real power, and it is the result of the efforts of countless people."

“History is not contemporary history, nor is it cyclical.”

Shen Santong is an optimistic person with a progressive historical view, while his opponent holds a feudal historical view. Their different historical views lead to different attitudes towards life.

Even according to the feudal dynasty cycle, the good days have just begun.

In modern society, it is not difficult to secure a bottom line and ensure prosperity and wealth for hundreds of years.

Liu Heping finally tried to make a push, because the investment required for this drama was huge, and Santong Entertainment didn't have to invest in the entirety, but it would be ok to just take the lead: "This drama points to the end of the Kuomintang, and it also implies the law that any rule that is divorced from the people will eventually be abandoned by history."

“You don’t have to worry about where this play is going.”

Shen Santong asked a question: "Have you seen the conflict between Zhen and Zhao? It started again after the Academy Awards?"

"I don't pay much attention to gossip," Liu Heping said.

Shen Sandong said: "Zhen Zidan was a little wronged. He just happened to explode on the powder keg of discrimination in Hong Kong."

"Let's not mince words. Art and literature are often misattributed. Now you say it's not true. Isn't it a little funny?"

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, what’s the point of playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio!
He played it so skillfully, and then said it was an accident, who would believe it?
After seeing Liu Heping off, Shen Santong suddenly realized that literary inquisition was rampant in the Qing Dynasty.

After studying for so many years and being immersed in the art of writing all my life, is it possible that the reflection in what I wrote was an unintentional mistake?
They dare to be sarcastic today and resist taxes tomorrow and even want to write "The Epitaph of Five Men". They are barbarians of the Eight Banners. They might as well be destroyed.

"A Bite of China" also began airing.

The premiere is at nine o'clock, which is considered as the evening poison.

For this type of program, you should still watch CCTV, it is really good.

June.

The report released by the National Audit Office shows that 2010 million yuan was invested in the opening film of the 1850th World High-Speed ​​Rail Conference in , the image promotional film "China Railway".

The promotional video is just a 5-minute short film, but it cost nearly million yuan to hire Zhang Yimou to shoot it.

Once exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens.

Most netizens who have watched the trailer were disappointed: "A lot of time-lapse or high-speed photography can be shot with a camera worth less than 4 yuan. The combination of the pictures is just a pile of shots, and the director's design is completely invisible. The combination of paragraphs is not interesting and lacks narrative."

Lao Mouzi's image began to decline.

It’s also June.

A hot post appeared on Tianya titled "Todai provides US$40 billion in free aid to Brunei."

There were more than 4000 replies alone, and the post was filled with insults.

Some people even went to the official website to leave messages to protest and express their anger.

But if you look for news reports, there are no reliable ones.

Tracing back to the source, this rumor first came from a Sina blog of a person named Xiao Gongzhu, and was first posted on QQ. After being forwarded crazily on the Internet, he even boasted complacently that it was his original idea.

Someone posted a rumor-refuting post on Tianya.

Unexpectedly, the post not only did not receive cheers, but was instead met with curses and even mad insults.

From the perspective of later generations, Tianya at this stage is too similar to Mouhu!

7 month.

This is Shen Santong’s first public appearance after the “anti-Shen” incident.

The Devil's Thieves World Premiere!
The sun is back!
(End of this chapter)