1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 258 The novel is finished!
The movie begins with a scene that takes place one year ago.

Ma Dache was driving a horse-drawn carriage, and a group of female athletes on bicycles quickly overtook him.

The girls were riding professional mountain bikes and wearing professional cycling clothes, the same style, dark red short-sleeved shirts and black shorts, almost so short that they reached their thighs, even exposing their knees, fully showing the lesbians' white and tender thighs.

The audience went wild.

"Oh my goodness!"

"What are you wearing? You are so brave."

"Oh, I can't bear to look at it anymore, these pants are too short."

In this era, such clothing is of course shocking.

When Ma Dache saw that he was overtaken by a group of girls, he was about to whip his horse faster, but he didn't expect that the whip would get wrapped around the neck of a passing girl. The girl immediately fell to the ground and scratched her head.

"Xiao Ai, are you okay?"

His teammates surrounded him with concern.

Ma Dache also came over and stared blankly, then was pointed at by a female team member.

"It's him!"

"Traffic accident offender! Don't let him get away!"

"You are blind!"

"How can you drive the car? You will be responsible for all consequences that happen to her!"

The audience was surprised, but they could all recognize that this horse-drawn cart was the one in the opening of the film. The injured Xiao Ai on the ground had a pretty face, and was obviously the lesbian in the opening of the film.

So the two of them had a connection a year ago?
The following is the story of this origin:
Ai Jinghua was hospitalized because of Ma Dache. Ma Dache asked his son Ma Sanbei to visit her. The honest Ma Sanbei unexpectedly attracted Ai Jinghua's favor.

The two fell in love at first sight. During the time when Ma Sanbei accompanied Ai Jinghua in his recovery, their feelings quickly heated up and they soon got married in the Summer Palace.

It started with a quick and romantic mouthful of candy, which immediately made the audience happy.

In the huge screening room, everyone stared at the screen intently, feeling the beauty of romantic love.

The gays stared at Ai Jinghua. Ai Jinghua's liveliness and youthfulness made her look like every gay's dream lover.

The female comrades stared at Ma Sanbei. They always thought he was upright and handsome, and they were attracted to him.

Times have changed. Today, the free love between handsome men and beautiful women has become the beautiful dream that young people in the 80s yearn for.

In the original "Traffic", this part of the plot was revealed bit by bit as the plot developed.

But Jiang Xian felt that this was very confusing and would reduce the excitement of this part of the plot.

It is better to present it directly at the beginning of the film to create doubts and raise the audience's expectations for the next plot.
——Ai Jinghua and Ma Dache are obviously the daughter-in-law and father-in-law, so why don’t they know each other in the opening of the film?

The truth soon came to light.

Ma Sanbei joined the army.

Ai Jinghua, wearing a red shirt, saw off Ma Sanbei, who was dressed in military uniform, on Metro Line 1 in Pingguoyuan.

"I'll wait for you to come back."

On the screen, Ai Jinghua's gentle and complex emotions are intertwined, with a gleam of nostalgia and helplessness in his almond-shaped eyes, and he gently gazes at Ma Sanbei's back.

"Ouch."

The audience's hearts were melted. Men and women all leaned back, breathless at the beauty of this scene.

Some female audience members had already wiped away the tears from their eyes, calling this scene very touching.

The timeline goes back to one year later, when Ai Jinghua came to Changqing Commune.

She was commissioned by the relevant departments to equip a batch of cars to replace horse-drawn carriages to deliver vegetables into the city, and was arranged to live in Ma Dache's house.

The father-in-law, who was unaware of the truth, began a battle of wits and courage with his daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family.

The audience was having a blast watching it.

Watching Ma Dache continue to act up, she became more and more looking forward to his reaction when he found out that Ai Jinghua was her daughter-in-law yet to be married.

At the same time, the advantages of delivering food by car over by horse-drawn carriage are gradually becoming apparent.

Combining education with entertainment is the spiritual core of the movie "Traffic".

At the end of the film, the whole family came to Quanjude for a wedding banquet.

The audience looked at the ducks with envious eyes.

"Wow, this roast duck is so fat."

"After three cuts, there is no lean meat. This is called a duck."

"I'm drooling just looking at this."

On the screen, Ai Jinghua and Ma Sanbei appeared in front of Ma Dache.

They both bowed to him in unison.

"father!"

Ma Dache was stunned, and then he woke up as if from a dream.

Looking at the whole family laughing together, I felt angry and embarrassed.

"Okay, you guys, you're just taking advantage of me. It turns out that you've all been linked together for a long time."

"Ugh."

"Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river."

"The older generation in my family is horses and camels."

"The middle generation is the horse and cart."

"You younger generation, you've all turned into horses and cars, woo woo"

Ma Dache said this and started crying on the table.

He cried but the audience laughed.

"Haha, Chen Qiang's acting is so funny!"

"Oh, this is a transportation family."

"I told you to do it, and now you are getting your retribution!"

The audience in the theater applauded and were all satisfied with the ending.

Especially the feeling played by old man Chen Qiang, it was both cute and satisfying to watch.

The movie has come to an end.

Ma Dachet and "Li Dachet" played by Ge You were driving a horse-drawn carriage on the wide road.

"Congratulations, Ma Dache. After all this time, it turns out that Xiao Ma Ban is your daughter-in-law. This time, your daughter-in-law defeated you, didn't she?"

Ma Dache smiled and said, "Why would I bother to compete with my daughter-in-law? The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. Who wins or loses? Anyway, she has to call me daddy."

"Hmph." Li Dache sneered and turned his head away.

"Don't be like this, Li Dache."

Ma Dache glanced at him and advised, "You still have decades of good life to live."

"Look at your pomp."

Li Dache glanced at him and said, "Be careful, don't walk the old road wearing new shoes."

"Don't worry, I'm just using the old whip to walk a new path!"

Ma Dachet was very proud, "Li Dachet, we have to speak with conscience. Cars are just faster than horse carriages!"

Along with the shout of the horse-drawn carriage, cheerful music sounded, and at the same time, the voice of the narrator was heard.

That was Bi Ke's distinctive male voice:
"On the highway outside Beijing, the carriages were still moving. This is called the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

The saying of Ma Dache is still right:
Cars are faster than horse-drawn carriages!"

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa."

"Well said!" The audience couldn't help but applaud. These few lines of narration were the key points and revealed the ideological connotation of the film.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this film is very profound and contains many metaphors, such as the horse-drawn carriage blocking the way for cars and the confrontation between the horse-drawn carriage and Ai Jinghua, which vaguely symbolizes the conflict between the old and the new brought about by the four modernizations.

As for Jiang Xian, this special audience, he was also very satisfied with what he saw.

The movie is very much of this era and has an indescribable spirit.

It has not only broken away from the limitations of eight plays for eight hundred million people, but also retained the breath of life after liberation, like the smell of grass with the smell of soil in an empty mountain after a rain, full of vigor and vitality, pure and lively.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa."

The movie ends here.

There was applause in the screening room.

The music started, the streets outside Beijing were crowded with cars, the father-in-law and daughter-in-law shook hands and made peace, and they would work together for the four modernizations in the future. It was a happy ending.

The audience clapped their hands and applauded continuously, everyone's face was filled with excitement. Some people couldn't wait to share their feelings with others.

This is what a good movie is like. After watching it, you feel like you have had a delicious meal and some of your spiritual needs are satisfied.

"How interesting! Let's watch it again tomorrow!"

"Oh, the part where Ma Dache asked Liu Xiaoqing to drive and chase me was so funny."

"Of course I am. I am laughing so hard that my stomach hurts."

"Ai Jinghua is so beautiful, so beautiful. Hey, comrade, how did you jump out of the movie?"

"You admitted your mistake."

Zhu Lin looked embarrassed and quickly took out her sunglasses and put them on her face.

Jiang Xian handed her another mask and put it on her face, and the two of them quickly left through the back door of the cinema.

That's how movie theaters are, you enter through the front door and exit through the back door.

Along the way, I saw that every audience member was smiling, talking about Ai Jinghua and the funny moments in the movie that were worth savoring over and over again.

"really interesting."

"Come on, let's go buy tickets for tomorrow."

"Why not buy today's?"

"Today's tickets are definitely gone. I bought tickets for this show."

Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin looked at each other. Even through the masks, Jiang Xian could see Zhu Lin's joy.

"Traffic" is done!
Jiang Xian remembered that the box office of this movie was 20 million that year, which was also among the top movie box office that year.

I wonder if "Cars and Flowing Water", which was re-polished by him and Wang Haowei, can achieve another breakthrough in performance.

It takes some time to gauge the response to a movie after it is released. After all, there is no accurate national unified release time these days and there are differences in different places.

The capital city was the earliest.

However, what no one expected was that on June 6, "Traffic and Crowd" was actually published on page 4 of the People's X Newspaper.

It's rare for national media to devote so much space to praising a movie!
The title of the article is "Holding the old whip to walk a new path - inspiration from the movie "Traffic"."

The article highly praised the social significance of "Traffic Flows" and expressed deep respect for the Beijing Film Studio and screenwriter Jiang Xian for this carefully crafted reform-themed film!

"Last week, "Traffic" ushered in a wave of movie-watching. The film has excellent ideological and artistic qualities, closely follows rural life, makes the four modernizations and farmers closely connected, and makes rural-themed films full of contemporary characteristics.

The film neither avoids the conflict between the new and the old, nor deliberately exaggerates that the new is superior to the old. It focuses on moving forward together. The film is humorous, warm, simple and moving. It can be said to be an exploration of realistic creation.

The popularity of "Cars and Horses" shows filmmakers that excellent literary and artistic works that reflect realism are most popular among the people."

As June begins, summer is arriving quickly.

"Traffic" quickly became the most talked-about topic in early June due to its own quality and the promotion of "People's X Newspaper".

There are three types of movie copies these days: 35mm, 16mm, and 8.75mm.

There are three types of projectors. The first type is the standard type for commercial films, the second type is usually more common in cities and places with better conditions, and the third type is suitable for mobile screenings in rural areas.

Why is "Shaolin Temple" so great? At that time, 35 million people watched the 3.5mm mainstream copies of "Shaolin Temple" in regular cinemas in mainland cities, which was the highest in history.

What’s even more amazing is that more than 9% of the box office revenue of “Shaolin Temple” that year came from 35mm copies.

After reading the People's Daily article and hearing the feedback from cinema chains across the country, film companies in various provinces regretted their decision.

They watched the entire "Traffic" at the China Film Corporation's screening in the second quarter of this year.

The national target for film companies is 80 films, which translates to 20 films per quarter.

After watching "Traffic", they felt that it was indeed very special, with a mixture of comedy and romance themes, and reform and the four modernizations as its main themes.

I slapped my head and realized that the numbers I filled in were all quite large.

Statistics from China Film Corporation at that time.

《车水马龙》电影，35mm拷贝卖了足足180个，16mm拷贝1050个，8.75mm拷贝800个。

It seems now.

“It’s still too conservative!”

With the influence of various parties, the popularity of "Traffic" is getting higher and higher. Cinemas are complaining about their hardship, especially the film runners who deliver copies, who simply quit their job.

Are you treating me like a beast of burden?
Quit it!
You can't fire me anyway.

Under such circumstances, companies from all over the country sent representatives to Beijing to block the door of the Film Bureau.

"Copy it!"

"Order additional copies!"

If I don’t add more copies, not only will the film runner quit, but I will also quit!

180 35mm copies were not enough, so more were added. Originally 50 more were added, but local authorities disagreed, so finally it was increased to 260.

260 copies!
"Traffic" is definitely the number one reform-themed movie and rural comedy feature film!

Wang Haowei was so happy that he went crazy.

Two years ago, they made a hit movie "Look at This Family", although the box office champion that year was not them, nor was it "Little Flower", but the anti-spy film "Gunshots from the Secret Service".

But their "Look at This Family" still won the favor of the Hundred Flowers Awards that year, and Liu Xiaoqing also won the Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.

This year's "Cars and Drifters" is so popular that it is almost as popular as "Look at This Family".

At least I have to win a Hundred Flowers Award, right?

If not, it wouldn't be too much to win one of the new Golden Rooster Awards this year, right?

There really isn't much competition this year.

Historically, apart from last year's "Lush Mountain Love", only Xie Jin's "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" was popular.

It’s a pity that Xie Jin didn’t shoot "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" now.

He went to film "The Chess King"!
Looking at the film market, it can be said that there is no strong competitor this year!
Along with "Cars and Drifters", Zhu Lin, who played the role of Ai Jinghua, also entered the public eye.

Previously, Zhou Yun in "Lush Mountain Love" became the audience's dream lover, and now Ai Jinghua in "Cars and Ducks" is also a true white moonlight.

Many of the younger ones were divided into two groups based on their favorite actors, and they would compete with Zhou Yun and Ai Jinghua every day.

Li Chengru finished watching "Traffic" one afternoon. He was so envious when he saw his old classmates were doing so well now.

He thought that he had to think of some way to get help from his old classmates.

But he knew that Comrade Zhu Lin's lover was extraordinary.

Writer Jiang Xian!

At the same time, Comrade Jiang Xian, whom Li Chengru was thinking about, finally completed writing the entire novel.

【Battle Experience】+【Heroic Portraits】

He put down his pen, closed the manuscript paper, and turned to the first page. The first line clearly read the title of the novel:
"A wreath of flowers under the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)