1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 162 Year-End
By the end of December, summer snow had been falling for over a month.

This child truly lives up to her reputation as Xia Tian's daughter; in just over a month, she has not only learned to roll over but has also started trying to crawl!
This makes watching children even more difficult—don't let them accidentally crawl onto the ground!

Therefore, in the summer, the living room was deliberately emptied, and everything except the sofa and TV cabinet was moved out.

Lay a thick carpet on the floor, then put up a baby gate to mark out the area so Xia Xue can roll around in it by herself.
……

After a month of careful recuperation, Milan has finally recovered.

Summer's book on "caring for a new mother" is now "completed".
How long has Mr. Mi been holding this in?
Before the sun even sets, she starts checking the time frequently, calculating when to feed her child, and eagerly awaiting nightfall—she looks at Xia Tian with eyes gleaming like a weasel eyeing a chicken!

A fierce battle is inevitable.
...When Mi got what she wanted that night, she was radiant, full of energy and high spirits!
She got up, put on a silk nightgown, and was about to get out of bed to go back to the bedroom—she still had to breastfeed the baby that night.

As she was leaving, she tossed one of Xia Xue's baby diapers to Xiao Xu, saying, "You're such a delicate little thing~ Here, you can use this~"

Xiao Xu was still recovering and didn't have the strength to retort, so she could only roll her eyes.

Zhang Li comforted Xiao Xu, saying, "Wear it, it'll make you look younger!"

Summer: "Pfft~"

To be honest, I was already thinking about diapers before summer, since traditional baby cloth diapers are inconvenient to wash and dry.

But I never expected it to be available on the market!
So it turns out that "diapers" appeared on the domestic market after 87!

It's just not used much yet!

This year, well-known foreign household paper manufacturers brought diapers into the domestic market, and diapers have begun to become more widespread.

……

Summer put her daughter down after she had eaten her last meal of the night, and looked out the window of the boardwalk. On the last day of the year, it was snowing.

No, it's already past midnight, and it's the new year, 1995!

If I had to pick my biggest gain from the past year, it would definitely be my daughter, Xia Xue!

As for the others, it seems like they did a lot of things, but it also seems like they didn't do anything at all?

He published "Young Justice Bao", starred in "Chungking Express", and directed "Nightclub"...

As for the Golden Horse and Golden Statue awards, Xia Tian didn't care about them at all.

The same applies to their careers. They plan and expand step by step, without reaping any huge rewards, but their wealth and income are already more than enough.

If there were a "Top Ten Richest People" list in China right now, I'd probably be on it!
Those that are exposed and can be found through public information are already close enough to make the list.

This is a bit too high-profile, it's inappropriate!
……

The domestic film industry was in a very slump that year, and there were very few films that could leave a lasting impression on the summer.

There is a movie called "Back to Back, Face to Face", which is adapted from Liu Xinglong's novel "Autumn Wind is Drunk".

This is a surreal film with a strong satirical element!

The director is Huang Jianxin, Xia Tian's "old classmate"...

Then there's "To Live," Zhang Yimou's highest-rated work, which shows how turbulent a person's life can be.

Besides that... can't I remember anything else?

This shows just how bad the mainland film industry is right now.

Not to mention box office revenue, there was none!
However, Hong Kong and Taiwan have many classic films, and the same is true internationally.

This year is being called a big year for world cinema!
In contrast to the slump in the film industry, the television drama industry is thriving.

With the increasing number of television sets, television stations, and television programs in China, the country is experiencing a period of rapid development!
The top choice for TV series is undoubtedly "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
This film will never be made again; it will be a swan song!

However, there's also a new series next year with almost the same cast and crew called "Eastern Zhou Dynasty," which is also very much in tune with the ancient Chinese style.
For example, the version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" starring Ma Jingtao, known for his roaring voice!
Kathy Chow's portrayal of Zhou Zhiruo and Sun Xing's portrayal of Yang Xiao are both classics.

The theme songs and incidental music are also very classic, such as "I Love the Country More Than the Beauty (Summer has already copied it)," "Swords Like Dreams (Summer has already copied it)," "Go with the Flow" by James Wong, "You Give Me a Piece of Sky" by Big Nose Dragon, and "Forget Each Other" by Winnie Hsin...

This year also features a version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Zhu Yin, in which she plays Huang Rong.

However, this year's top-rated TV drama is undoubtedly the sitcom "I Love My Family"!
Oh right, there's also the anime "Captain Tsubasa," and the finally finished "The Magic Cube Building"—another childhood nightmare, written by Zheng Yuanjie.

Although Shanghai Animation Film Studio has produced some other animations in the style of ink painting or paper-cutting, their quality and influence have declined rapidly.

Next year, we'll see the emergence of animation styles geared towards young children, like "Big Head Son and Little Head Dad"...

Let's talk about the songs.

Alec Su sang "Cherish", and Nicky Wu sang "The Butterfly Lovers" (the theme song of the movie "The Butterfly Lovers").

Also, there are Sky Wu, Huang An, Eric Suen, Emil Chau, Chyi Chin, Eric Moo, Meng Tingwei, Jeff Chang...

Oh, and there's Wu Bai's "Wanderer's Love Song"—it was originally written for someone else, but it was rejected, so he had to sing it himself.
It's strange, he's not good-looking and his voice isn't good either, but he just sounds good!
The mainland music scene is also doing well, and it has begun to gradually rise.

The first song to mention is "The Story of Spring," but I won't go into the singer's name.
This song now seems like a eulogy, but listening to it again later gives me a new understanding.

There are also "When I Grow Up, I Will Become You" and "Hot Girl" - Song Tuan.

Then there's the theme song for the Three Kingdoms, "The Mighty Yangtze River Flows Eastward" by Yang Hongji, and "The Sky of History" by Mao Amin.

There are many classic songs from the Three Kingdoms period!

This year is the year of rock, so naturally there are many rock songs.

For example, Zheng Jun's "Cinderella", "Back to Las Vegas" (although he has never been there), and "Naked" (some say it plagiarized the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses' song "Badobsessio", but we don't know).

Even in the year when the Magic Rock Three were at their most popular, Zheng Jun still emerged as a dark horse!

Then there are the classic songs by the Three Rock Giants...

Then there's folk music, like Lao Lang's "My Deskmate" and "My Brother Who Sleeps in the Upper Bunk"—Gao Xiaosong's character aside, he certainly has musical talent.

Then there's Li Chunbo's "A Letter Home" (that song "Xiao Fang" made Tian'er Ge's mind go cold~).

There's also "Shaking the Sun" by Fang Fang (many people think it was sung by Yang Yunu, but it wasn't).

After this song came out, nine out of ten dances at the school's arts festival were "Shaking the Sun," and only the later "The Lone Warrior" could compare!

……

There have been some other events this year, such as the "Zhu Ling thallium poisoning case"...

Also, the International Space Station underwent its first phase of construction this year, but our application was rejected.

Who knows, fortunes can change in thirty years?

Thirty years from now, if American astronauts don't want to stay in space anymore, they'll just take a knife and stab holes in the space station!
Absolutely invincible~
Oh, and according to Ah Ying's analysis of Hong Kong film data a couple of days ago, it's clear that martial arts films have lost their appeal in Hong Kong.

The curls are too heavy, it's aesthetically tiring.

On January 8th, "The Six-Fingered Demon" was released, starring Brigitte Lin, and grossed 4.5 million yuan.
On March 5th, "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: The Legend of the Heavenly Mountain" was released, starring Gong Li, Brigitte Lin, and Sharla Cheung. It is said that Gong Li turned down Tsui Hark's "Green Snake" because of this film.

Because of these three actresses, the movie became a female-centric film, and characters like Xu Zhu were almost invisible and unrememberable.

But it only grossed 650 million at the box office.

On May 28th, "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" was released, the one where Xia Tian played the eunuch!

The female lead, Li Ruotong, was supposed to play the aunt next year, and she and the male lead even developed feelings for each other while filming. However, it turned out that the man was already married, and after that was found out, she was no longer able to act in the show.

Because it clashed with "Hail the Judge", it only grossed HK$180 million at the box office!
On November 7th, "Once Upon a Time in China V: Dragon City" was released, starring Vincent Zhao, and grossed 4.9 million yuan at the box office.

Completely ruined, utterly wiped out!
It wasn't just martial arts films that began to decline; the entire Hong Kong film industry started its decline from its peak.

This year, Andy Lau's Teamwork Motion Pictures went bankrupt, leaving him with no choice but to make bad movies to pay off his debts. He subsequently made quite a few bad movies.

"A Chinese Odyssey" caused Stephen Chow to lose so much money that he had to close his company, marking his first failed entrepreneurial venture.

The island's eight major film studios attempted to curb Hong Kong film costs and reduce actor salaries, but negotiations ultimately broke down, leading them to open up the import of European and American films, further shrinking the Hong Kong film market...

Three years later, Hong Kong returned to China, and directors from all walks of life in Hong Kong were struggling to make ends meet, so they began to flock to the mainland.

Li Lianjie will also close Zhengdong Company and go to Hollywood with John Woo.

Even earlier, actors like Big Nose Dragon and Chow Yun-fat went to Hollywood...

The curtain has fallen on Hong Kong cinema!

(End of this chapter)