1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 52 James Anderson
"Mr. Jiang, is the rice tofu delicious?" Ge You asked cautiously after the meal.

"You didn't eat?" Jiang Xian picked his teeth with a toothpick.

Ge You shook his head angrily: "I don't dare to turn the table"

He is timid. Once, on the set with his father, the crew distributed bread to everyone, but his father asked him to take it, but he didn't dare to.

"It's just like that, salty, fresh and spicy." Jiang Xian described it to him.

After a meal, the progress of [Rice Tofu] (22/1000)

The progress is the number of pieces of rice tofu. Jiang Xian has a lot of ideas. He tries to cut the rice tofu into smaller pieces with a spoon, but it doesn't work. The definition of 1 piece is 1.5 cubic centimeters. No matter how small he cuts it, the progress will not increase.

"Alas, you can cheat Xiao Ge, but you can't exploit the bug."

1979 4 Month 27 Day.

Beijing.

Last year, four days before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, COFCO Group signed an agreement with Coca-Cola, and Coca-Cola finally entered the Chinese market this year.

But it was not sold to Chinese people. For the Chinese at that time, the sky-high price of 40 cents a bottle was out of reach. It was also only sold in Friendship Stores and foreign guest hotels, so there was nothing they could do if they wanted to try it.

James Anderson is an American photographer and a China fan. Last month, he finally came to the China he had longed for. After climbing the Great Wall, his imagination ran wild. He opened a bottle of Coke, handed it to a Chinese child, and took a photo of him drinking Coke on the Great Wall.

Once this photo was published in the American National Geographic Magazine, it quickly became popular around the world.

These days, he came to Shanghai, China's second largest city, to take a look at the charm of the foreign concessions.

As he passed by a newsstand, a line of small words caught his attention.

"The Ten Great Punishments of the Qing Dynasty? Wow!" James, who knew a little Chinese, was a little excited and looked at the translator, "What book is this?"

The translator was also a little confused, "It may be a Chinese literary magazine."

"I like Chinese history, and I'm also interested in the culture of the Qing Dynasty." James took out a wallet from his pocket. In addition to US dollars, there were also the first edition of foreign exchange certificates issued in 1979, and RMB bought from the "scalper" market.

“How much is this one?”

"Two and a half cents!"

James got a copy of the second issue of Story Club in 1979 and returned to the hotel, where he read it with great interest, asking for advice on translation from time to time.

“What kind of transportation is the wooden donkey?”

"What does this have to do with the Trojan horse?"

"How do you ride?"

The translator looked embarrassed and overwhelmed.

However, James became increasingly fascinated by the mysterious and cruel culture of ancient China.

The next day, he appeared at the same place again, waving a stack of foreign exchange certificates in his hand.

"I'd like to order 60 copies of this."

The newsstand owner swallowed.

“Then you have to contact the magazine.”

"Border Town" has finally started filming.

Ge Youda was a student of the Beijing Film Studio. Instead of feeding the dogs, he was assigned to be a camera assistant with a Seagull camera hanging around his neck.

Jiang Xian is also very busy.

How does the saying go? Actors only need to act, but screenwriters have a lot of things to think about.

He became familiar with the chef and made rice tofu for him every meal in the cafeteria. After a few days, the progress of [Rice Tofu] was (467/1000)

"You're getting irritated. You've got pimples all over your face." Zhu Lin stared at his face for a while.

"Oh, don't mention it. My wisdom teeth are inflamed." Jiang Xian held his cheek, feeling extremely depressed.

After eating rice tofu and chopped peppers for several days in a row, he became constipated. Only then did he realize that rice tofu not only tastes salty and spicy, but also sweet.

Zhu Lin giggled for a while.

"Where?"

"The left side is all swollen and hard."

"Let me touch it." Today's scene is about Zhu Lin crossing the river by ferry.

When Cuicui saw the girl of similar age with beautiful appearance and nice clothes, she was envious and used this to express that the boatman's girl was in love.

Over there, we'll shoot Chen Hong and the big yellow dog's scenes first.

The Chinese native dog is very human-like and clever. When Chen Hong was rowing the boat, the dog sat obediently in the boat. When the boat approached the shore, it would immediately jump onto the shore and grab the rope.

"Okay, that's it!"

Ling Zifeng nodded with satisfaction, "Zhu Lin, get ready!"

Zhu Lin stood up hurriedly. She was wearing a starched, tough red cloth top with short sleeves that revealed part of her forearms. Her pants were made of purple-green cloth that left part of her calves and ankles exposed. She was wearing a pair of pointed-toe spiked shoes.

Add to that the twisted silver bracelet, which sparkles brightly in the sun, and it's really eye-catching.

The costumes of ethnic minority girls are really beautiful.

"Are you ready?"

"Come, let's go through the play."

"3, 2, 1!"

Zhu Lin followed her mother and waited on the shore. After the boat docked, they were helped onto the boat one after another.

The shot was about to end, but another wooden boat happened to float over, and the two boats collided. Everyone on the boat staggered, and Zhu Lin, who was standing on the side of the boat, lost her balance and fell into the river.

"Fuck, help!"

It is easy to have accidents when shooting real scenes, unlike green screens. When filming "The Return of the Condor Heroes", Liu Tianxian accidentally drowned and was nearly washed away by the rapids. It was Huang Xiaoming and several staff members who jumped into the waterfall to rescue her.

An auntie jumped down from the shore to join in the fun. She was a good swimmer. She stretched her neck like a goose and carried Zhu Lin to the shore in no time.

"Are you okay, Zhu Lin?" Jiang Xiancai rushed over.

Zhu Lin was still in shock, but she was strong. "I'm fine. I've trained in the swimming class at the Shichahai Youth Sports School."

Anyone who wants to make a living as an actor nowadays must be mentally prepared to suffer. It's not like the future. If you don't call 120, the wound will heal on its own.

"Even a duck can be drowned, thanks to this aunt." Jiang Xian put a coat on her.

Zhu Lin wiped the water off her forehead.

"Don't tell anyone about this. My parents will be so worried if they find out."

"You have a big heart."

Zhu Lin curled her lips, feeling the remaining body temperature on Jiang Xian's coat, and secretly glanced at him, feeling a little warm in her heart.

"Comrade Zhu Lin, are you okay?" Ling Zifeng came over to show concern.

"Director, I'm fine."

"Good boy, women are as good as men." Ling Zifeng took the lead in applauding, "We should follow Comrade Zhu Lin's example."

After saying that, Ling Zifeng ran to thank the aunt who saved him and shook hands with her enthusiastically.

"Comrade, thank you very much for protecting our actors. What's your name?"

The aunt was wringing the water out of her clothes, not quite used to this atmosphere, and said coyly, "My last name is Ge, which means revolution."

"Comrade Ge, what do you do for a living?"

"I just run a rice tofu stall over there, it's not doing much business, so I came over to watch you guys filming."

"You are doing a brave thing, Xiao Ge. Take a photo of this comrade Ge and I will write a thank you letter later."

“No, no.” Aunt Ge was flattered.

Ge You was standing in the distance looking out. Upon hearing what was said, he trotted over, put the Seagull camera around his neck, and started taking pictures.

"Director Ling, how about we get some rice tofu from Aunt Ge's place for lunch?" Jiang Xian suggested taking care of Aunt Ge's business.

Ling Zifeng's eyes lit up.

"Xiao Jiang, your suggestion is good."

The crew shot at the shooting location for a whole day, and the staff all ate cold buns, which are steamed buns. Unlike in the north, many southerners are accustomed to calling steamed buns "baozi".

(End of this chapter)