1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

"This is……"

Cheng Xuemin and Huang Jianzhong went downstairs and walked towards the studio behind the main building. They found a large open space here, which had already been fenced off.

It seemed that there was still construction going on inside. Cheng Xuemin turned his head to look at Huang Jianzhong and asked in confusion.

"It's like this. Teacher Ling Zifeng wants to film Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi". The studio has asked for a large sum of money from the higher-ups and plans to build a street here to restore the Xisi Pailou Street of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's a big deal!"

Huang Jianzhong couldn't help but sigh in the end, "Comparing yourself to others will make you feel pissed off, and comparing goods to others will make you throw them away!"
Look at the situation of Teacher Ling Zifeng. How much support is there from the factory and above?

They said they would build a street, so they built it. I heard that the higher authorities directly allocated 300,000 yuan for the funding alone. It is really too generous.

But what about their “Tai Chi” crew?

There was nothing. He and Cheng Xuemin had to find everything by themselves. Even the shooting location was borrowed from the crew of "Little Flower". He is really the son of a stepmother!

A street with Ming and Qing style!

After hearing this, Cheng Xuemin also realized that this was the 150-meter-long Ming and Qing style street built in the early days of Yanying Studio!

It was indeed Ling Zifeng who built this 150-meter-long ancient street on the vacant land of their factory in order to film Camel Xiangzi, restoring the most prosperous Xisimen Pailou Street during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It can be regarded as the earliest prototype of a movie city. Later, the street was expanded several times and became the famous Ming and Qing style street with an area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters.

Of course, this is something.

"It's indeed a big deal. If we can catch up, we can get some too!" Cheng Xuemin nodded and smiled at Huang Jianzhong.

"Hey, that's right. It's better to have something to get than nothing!" This is all Huang Jianzhong could do to comfort himself.

"Old Huang, keep a good attitude. When we succeed, the factory will pay more attention to us!"

Cheng Xuemin knew what Huang Jian was lamenting in his heart, but there were some things that were difficult to explain to him right now!

For example, on the surface, the crew of "Tai Chi" and the factory were actually watching coldly, treating Huang Jianzhong and the others as if they were being raised by a stepmother.

But what Huang and his friends didn't know was that the old factory director and Mr. Wu and his superiors actually wanted their "Tai Chi" crew more than anyone else.

Everyone is waiting for the "Tai Chi" crew to make a stunning debut and earn tens of millions of US dollars in foreign exchange.

By that time, they will be promoted everywhere, and it will be the time for the "Tai Chi" crew to be truly proud of themselves.

Now, we can only lie dormant, do things secretly and shoot secretly, and don’t shoot.

But Cheng Xuemin is the only one who knows all this and he cannot tell Huang Jianzhong and the others for now, as he is afraid of adding to their psychological burden and making it impossible to finish the film in one go.

Sometimes, being ignorant and light-hearted is actually a good thing.

Ignorance is bliss!

As for visiting Camel Xiangzi's Folk Street, Cheng Xuemin was not wrong, because the most important and exciting plot of Tai Chi takes place in the capital.

So when the time comes, you will have to visit Xisi Pailou Street, the most prosperous street during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

When Cheng Xuemin and his companion entered the studio, they found that Zhu Lin, Li Lianjie and the others were all there. In addition to the protagonist and antagonist, there were also a dozen students from the Beijing Film Academy.

Looking around, Cheng Xuemin saw that the people who came were almost the same as those who came last time when he was casting for "Lush Mountain Love".

In addition to Liu Jia who was chosen by Xie Jin, there are the emperor Zhang Tielin, the old troublemaker Xie Yuan, the strong man Zhang Fengyi, as well as Jiang Haiyang, Zhang Chao, Shen Danping and others!
Zhou Lijing and Fang Shu, who came last time, did not come this time.

After all, they are superstars from the 78 acting department. Last time when "Lush Mountain Love" was recruiting actors, they came because they wanted to play the male and female protagonists.

But Cheng Xuemin's "Tai Chi" was aimed at student actors from the Beijing Film Academy, and all the actors selected were small extras, not even supporting roles. How could such superstars look down on them?
In addition to those from the Acting Department of 78, even Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong and Chen Kaizi, who they had met once before, also came to join in the fun.

How could it be?

Cheng Xuemin only recruited a few small roles this time, so how come even Li Shaohong, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Chen Kaizi, the second generation of Yanying Studio, were alarmed?

In addition to their acting and directing department, Cheng Xuemin even saw Zhang Mouzi, who had a weathered face!

At this time, although Zhang Mouzi had just been admitted to the Beijing Film Academy last year, he was already nearly 30 years old. Standing next to his father and others, he did look a little older and more mature.

Also, isn’t he from the photography department?
How did he get together with the Emperor, Chen Kaizi and the others, and come here to join in the fun?

Although he was confused, Cheng Xuemin did not take the initiative to talk to these students, even though he knew that in twenty years, the domestic video walls would basically be theirs.

But now, Cheng Xuemin has the final say.

Moreover, in time, these students will have to produce their works in fear and trepidation under the guidance and power of Cheng Xuemin.

We can't let them do what they did in their previous life.

The golden signboard of the People's Artist has been drastically lowered, and the entire circle has become a mess. All kinds of rules have emerged one after another. It is really outrageous.

Cheng Xuemin felt that if he wanted to take over the cultural leadership from his old leader, he had to first control the cultural atmosphere.

Later on!

Looking at these old actors who suddenly fell back into poverty and looked unrealistically young, Cheng Xuemin thought it was too far-fetched to think about it, so he decided to focus on the present.

Huang Jianzhong had set up the studio into a classroom for teaching overnight, and the Tai Chi training classes for the next few days would be held here.

"Everyone be quiet for a moment and let Brother Cheng have a word!"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin and Huang Jianzhong come in, Li Lianjie, the male lead of the play, clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop arguing.

He can also distinguish between the big and small Wangs, and knows that even though the director of their crew is Huang Jianzhong, the real boss is still Brother Cheng.

This is also what makes Li Lianjie and others very confused. Cheng Xuemin is not a formal employee of Yanying Studio. He is just a production supervisor in the Tai Chi crew. Logically speaking, how can he have more say than director Huang Jianzhong?

But in fact, Cheng Xuemin has always been the one who has the final say in their Tai Chi crew.

Could it be because the script of Tai Chi was written by Cheng Xuemin himself, and it doesn't seem right that the screenwriter can be more powerful than the director?

However, you can eat melons behind the scenes, but no one dares to touch that bad luck in public. Why does the crew have the final say because you, Cheng Xuemin?

Well, Cheng Xuemin was indeed a knockout. At least Li Lianjie, the best fighter of the younger generation, couldn't even get past him. "This kid looks really cool. He's already Brother Cheng. It seems like he got in through the backdoor!"

"I can't tell! I heard he's the leading actor in this crew. Where did Director Huang get him from?"

"We are both young actors, but the studio didn't go to our school to select the male lead, but went out to select. What on earth is going on?"

"I heard it's a martial arts film, and the actors have to be good at fighting. Tielin, if you don't agree, go up and fight!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Let's give it a try. I heard that he is from Shichahai Sports School and has won the national martial arts championship for several consecutive years. Tielin, don't be scared, go up and beat him up!"

"What? The national martial arts champion from the sports school... just ignore what I said!"

When they saw a young boy named Li Lianjie jumping out and finding out that it was this young boy who was chosen by the Tai Chi crew to play the leading male role, all the students from the Beijing Film Academy were dissatisfied!
Especially the emperor Zhang Tielin, who made some sarcastic remarks, which made the classmates around him start to clamor and ask him to go up and compete with others.

Zhang Tielin was confident that he could lift this young boy with one hand, so he was really eager to give it a try.

After all, when he puts on a costume like this, he must be so suave and dashing. Who else could he play if not the leading male role?
The leading male role was unexpectedly snatched away by a young boy. He wanted to take advantage of everyone's excitement to give this young boy a good beating.

But when he heard that the other person was from a sports school and had won the national martial arts championship for several consecutive years, he shook his head repeatedly and shrank behind Zhang Fengyi.

"Didn't you hear me telling you to be quiet? If you keep making noise, I'll beat you up!"

Seeing that her words were of no use and they were still pointing fingers at her, Li Lianjie suddenly felt that she had no prestige in front of Brother Cheng, and she spoke fiercely to Zhang Tielin and others from Beijing Film Academy.

"Oh, this boy is not only awesome, but also very crazy!" Not to mention ordinary students like Zhang Tielin, even Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong, Chen Kaizi and others felt that this boy was really too crazy to be looked at.

Don’t you see whose home court this is!
There are actually people who dare to go to Yanying Studio and challenge them. They are really bold.

"Alright, alright, you're the most awesome, sit back down!" Cheng Xuemin saw that if he didn't take action, the martial arts school led by Li Lianjie would fight with the academic school led by Chen Kaizi and his group.

He immediately stepped forward and called the young man who loved to show off. After that, he did not bother to be polite with Huang Jianzhong and was the first to speak: "I see that almost everyone has arrived, so why not wait for a better day? Our Tai Chi training class will officially start today!"

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Director Huang Jianzhong, the leader of the training class, and I am the deputy leader!"

"Class monitor..." Cheng Xuemin originally wanted to suggest that the class monitor should be the male lead Li Lianjie, so that he could build cohesion for the crew. However, thinking of the rebellious nature of this young boy, he ignored him and looked at Ji Chunhua, who was already bald and had a naturally evil and cruel appearance, and said, "Little Ji will be the class monitor, and Little Li will be the deputy class monitor!"

"Brother Cheng, I am the male lead, Xiao Ji..." Li Lianjie was already very disappointed when she saw that she only ended up as a deputy monitor.

Wasn't it previously revealed through the grapevine that after the training class started, the class monitor would choose from among those actors?

Moreover, the older generation coaches Wu Bin, Master Yu Hai, and Master Yu Chenghui did not participate in the selection of squad leaders, leaving the young people to exercise.

So they had already agreed privately that Li Lianjie, the leading male actor, would be the squad leader. Why did they suddenly change their mind now?
Could it be that the flattery I just did just hit the horse's leg?

"Little Leo, do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

Cheng Xuemin doesn't like being interrupted when he is speaking, especially when Little Leo stands out too much.

"No, no, I think what Brother Cheng said is right. Xiao Ji is born cruel. If he becomes the squad leader, he can scare off those guys who gossip behind his back!"

"Did you hear that?! Do you know our squad leader Ji Ji?"

"he is the one."

How could Li Lianjie have any objection? As the person involved in the short competition two days ago, he really felt the murderous intent in his brother Cheng's eyes. It was really deadly.

The murderous aura that flashed across her face at that time really frightened Li Lianjie. She is still scared and terrified until now!
"Fuck, where did this vicious guy come from? Why didn't I see him before?!"

"Fuck, his bald head and his looks make him look like a natural villain. I almost got scared when I saw him just now."

"This should be the number one villain, right? I have to say, they really put a lot of effort into casting the villain!"

Ji Chunhua was originally a bit inferior. In fact, his bald head was not born naturally, otherwise he would not have been able to join the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Wushu Team.

It was because of a fire. He relied on his martial arts skills and risked his life to rush in and rescue several trapped people. When he rushed out of the fire again, his thick hair was completely burned by the fire.

Immediately afterwards, it stopped growing and I became a bald head.

With this image, it is no longer possible for him to represent the provincial martial arts team, perform or participate in competitions, and he is facing the dilemma of retiring early.

Ji Chunhua was originally worried about how he would live after retiring.

He needs to be reassigned to a new job, but with his bald head and his already bad image, which unit would dare to hire him?

Fortunately, just when he was in trouble, a circular came from Yanjing, calling him to Yanjing and joining the Tai Chi crew of Yanjing Film Studio, asking him to come and make a movie.

Making movies was a new thing for Ji Chunhua. He was facing the worry of retirement anyway, so it would be nice to make a movie with others.

At the very least, they give a subsidy of two dollars a day, and the film takes several months to shoot, so there is no need to worry about being unemployed and not getting paid before the New Year.

However, although he was happy in his heart, his bald head and ferocious appearance made Ji Chunhua very inferior and timid after joining the group. He usually wore a hat and hid behind others.

Now, when she heard that the deputy team leader of the crew had appointed her as the squad leader, she was very surprised and stunned. Then Li Lianjie actually pushed herself out and took off her hat, instantly exposing her true identity in front of everyone.

In an instant, Ji Chunhua felt extremely uneasy.

"Okay, Xiao Ji, next time Little Leo gets mad like this, you beat him up hard. I say!"

Cheng Xuemin looked at the bald Ji Chunhua again and he really wanted to hold back his laughter. He thought that Ji Chunhua was born to be a villain.

Now that Li Lianjie has introduced this, the emperors of the academic school are directly shocked.

"Brother Cheng, how could I be crazy...Okay, okay, Brother Cheng, if you say I'm crazy, then I'll be crazy!"

Li Lianjie muttered and tried to argue, but Cheng Xuemin glared at her like a grandson.

"Well, next, I will introduce to you the roles that each of you plays, and give you a preliminary explanation of your character biographies, or personality settings!"

"You must listen carefully to these, and think about them carefully when you go back!"

...(End of chapter)