1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 136 Summer Entertainment

On November 1, the Maastricht Treaty officially came into effect, and the European Union was formally established.

The formation of the European Union has brought about another major change in the global landscape.

However, that's something we'll only pay attention to many years later.

Moreover, the European men are really not very capable; they have tried to challenge the Americans several times, but they have been dealt a heavy blow each time.

Although we enjoyed more than a decade of good times, those good times will come to an end once the troublemakers leave and the two leaders start fighting.

Because Americans are broke, they're planning to fleece them.
On November 3rd, Xia Tian attended the 2nd Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, which was held in Chang'an this year.

Director Xia Gang won Best Director for "Da Sa Ba".

Ge You won Best Actor for his role in "Da Sa Ba".

Gong Li won Best Actress for her role in "The Story of Qiu Ju".

Best Supporting Actor went to Wei Zongwan for *Sanmao Joins the Army*, Best Feature Film to *The Story of Qiu Ju*, and Best Children's Film to *Sanmao Joins the Army*...

They're all acquaintances. "Da Sa Ba" is adapted from Xia Tian's novel, and he's even credited as the screenwriter, ranking ahead of Feng Xiaogang.

Needless to say, I've known Youzi for a long time, and we've had quite a bit of contact over the years.

Even Ge You's new house was found for him by a friend in Beijing who worked in real estate and domestic services.

When he got married, he lived in a room that his father-in-law had vacated for him.

He's done quite well these past few years. Not only is his official job going well, but he's also earning a considerable amount as an actor.

Wei Zongwan had met him several times on the set of the Three Kingdoms drama, and even "recommended" him to director Wang Fulin from afar.

Summer especially loved "Sanmao Joins the Army" and read it several times.

After the film festival ended, Xia Tian had a few meals with local friends and people from Xi'an Film Studio before heading to Yulin.

Do you remember "Ashes of Time"?

Yes, they're still filming!
We filmed right there, and I went to visit the set in the summer.

It has to be said that Wong Kar-wai really knows how to mess things up. After filming "Ashes of Time" for a long time, the characters were suddenly changed drastically. Ah Rong changed from the Eastern Heretic to the Western Poison, and Ah Hui from the Southern Emperor to the Eastern Heretic...

Initially, Leung Cho-wai was cast as the Western Poison, but because he had to fulfill his obligations to the film company, he also filmed "The Eagle Shooting Heroes".

Wong Kar-wai said that after seeing his iconic sausage lips in the film, he found it too funny to watch and worried that it would break the audience's immersion in the story, so he changed roles...

In the end, almost all of the 150 million HKD worth of filming was not used; only the few scenes where Ah Wing, with his long hair down, fought with Tony Leung Ka-fai were kept...

Later, the actors couldn't take it anymore, and almost all of them, except for Ah Rong, left... Zhang Manyu's scenes were all filmed in Hong Kong studios.

Arong didn't run away, partly because he really liked the feeling of the play, but the biggest reason was probably that Yulin was just too far away. From Chang'an, it would take two or three hours by plane and then car, and he was afraid of flying, so he couldn't afford to run away.
Ah Rong is still stuck here, burying watermelons in the desert all the time, then searching everywhere for them, but they often disappear, as if the desert has eaten them.
This can be considered a different kind of paid leave.

I spent a day there. In the summer, I only had two meals with Ah Rong. I didn't see Sunglasses King, and it was as if he wasn't there.

Anyway, summer is over.

After returning to Yanjing, Xia Tian received some news.

It is said that Lianxiang launched the first 486 microcomputer in China and held a technical exchange and demonstration meeting, at which it also launched the first 586 microcomputer in my country.

This signifies that my country has become a world leader in microcomputer technology.

The 586 microcomputer is currently the world's most powerful CPU!

Summer never imagined we had such advanced technology.

Honestly, at that time, our chip technology wasn't much behind that of Europe and America, because they were also just starting out. The gap between us wasn't that big.

However, there is one thing that happened this year—the bans imposed by Western countries on our computer exports have all been lifted this year!

Compaq, HP, IBM, and others all came in at once.

This has had a significant impact on domestic computer brands. Companies like Giant, which used to thrive in the domestic market, are simply not in the same league as international giants and have no ability to compete.

It's estimated that after this, Lianxiang gradually abandoned independent research and development, started assembling computers, and became an electronics middleman.
Their sheer size has effectively blocked the path for independent research and development in China—it's cheaper for them to buy ready-made products from the West than for us to develop them ourselves, so we can't get started.

Xia Tian also took an afternoon to think about the next steps in the development.

The wind is just right now, it's time to do something.

Like the song, it was just a hobby. It started by helping Deng Jie and Xiao Xu with their commercial performances. Later, many of my singing friends "piggybacked" on it, and it gradually grew bigger.

But Xia Tian never thought that her singing career could be very successful. She has never made the same song her main focus, just like with the newly established Dreamweaver Comics Studio, or with the previous "Three Kingdoms Kill" game.

Whether it's about improving one's own status or benefiting the country and its people, it still comes down to industry.

Summer just felt that she wasn't cut out for it.

This aspect will likely rely mainly on investment to help those industrial enterprises that are able to rise later to get up and running sooner.

You're telling him to do it himself in the summer? He genuinely doesn't have the energy; he's just used to being lazy.
As for seeing Lianxiang... to be honest, Xia Tian also wants to make some progress in this high-tech field, so that we won't be held back by technology in the future.

However, he had not studied this area himself, although he had obtained some "high-tech information" from the system store over the years, such as cervical cancer vaccines or computer special effects technology.

However, industry requires more than just technology; it also needs upstream and downstream support.

You need the entire industrial sector to be developed before you can build a high-tech company in a short period of time using just one technology.

The conditions for this are not available in China right now!

Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid I can only get involved in the cultural and entertainment industry in the short to medium term, but I can take a look at the internet industry in the medium to long term.

As for electronics or other industries, we'll have to see if there are opportunities after the new millennium.

"So, I should start a film and entertainment company first?"

It seems this is the only way for now.

We can achieve some success with the cultural and entertainment industry, but we'll have to wait and see what happens next.

……

Xia Tian registered a company called "Tianxia Entertainment Film and Television Culture Company", which caused a little sensation.

First of all, this company was registered in the summer. That alone deserves to be in the newspapers!

Secondly, prior to Xia Tianxia Entertainment in the summer, there was no privately owned enterprise in mainland China that was officially registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce with "film and television program production and operation as its main business"!

Even though some advertising companies had been sporadically, in small quantities, occasionally, and covertly engaged in TV drama production-related businesses before this, none of them directly claimed to be making TV dramas.

There are some that make movies, but they usually work under affiliation, such as Chen Xiaoer, Feng Kuzi, and Fang Yan Na Hao Meng Company.

Previously, the concept of private film and television companies did not exist in the understanding of the higher authorities!

Therefore, there is no way to talk about a TV drama policy specifically targeting private capital.

Actually, Shaanxi Province had its first private film and television company in 85, but being one step ahead is genius, being two steps ahead is death. So none of them survived.

It wasn't until next year, after 94, that a number of private production companies, such as Tanglong International, Paige Taihe, Huanle Media, and Enlight Media, were established one after another.

Summer has arrived early, but it won't last long, maybe half a year.

And it's even possible to become the first one in China~
For a period of time afterward, with the authorities basically turning a blind eye, private capital actively participated in the TV drama production field.

However, many new things will inevitably experience setbacks before they can stabilize.

That's alright. Xia Tian knows that private film and television companies will be the mainstream in the future. Since other companies can survive, his own will surely survive as well.

Conversely, while their own company might survive, theirs might not.
……

This summer, we organized a "World of Entertainment" event, and many friends came to support it.

Xia Tian hadn't originally planned to make a big fuss about it, since she was already a big name and attracted a lot of attention, so it wasn't the right time to be high-profile.

But there were too many people, so they couldn't be turned away. Even though it was just a small gathering, there were still about two hundred people coming to offer their congratulations.

Feng Kuzi grinned, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and said, "Do you think Xia Tian saw that we started Haomeng Company and wants to start one too?"

He saw that many people from all over the country had come to offer their congratulations, and even leaders from relevant departments had come to offer their congratulations. Naturally, he felt envious.

And I'm also a little worried—I definitely can't compete!

Fortunately, the market is so big that it's still a blue ocean, so there's no need for competition.

Fang Yan spat out sunflower seed shells and teased him, "Come on, when he was making movies, you were still doing art design!"

Then Milan said that his first film role in the summer was the male lead in "The Enchanted One," which was in 81.

Back then, Feng Kuzi wasn't working as a graphic designer yet; he was drawing bulletin boards in the army.
Feng Kuzi was always afraid of Milan. He always felt that although he was able to get by in his small circle with his glib tongue, he could always be seen through by Sister Mi at a glance, and he didn't dare to banter with her.

On the contrary, he wasn't afraid of summer at all; he knew summer wouldn't hold it against him. So, a few sarcastic remarks or a bit of bitterness wouldn't hurt.

But Sister Mi is ruthless. If you offend her here, you'll probably get your hands on by a whole bunch of women!
I can't stay in this industry anymore!
(End of this chapter)