Since 1983

When "Dream of Red Mansions" was first being prepared, the director of the Film Bureau at the time called CCTV and said that you should stop filming. Our old director has been preparing for decades, so you should make something else instead of this subject.

The old director refers to Xie Tieli. A representative of the third generation of directors in China, he has filmed "The Tempest", "Early Spring and February", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Outsmart" and so on.

Later, the TV series version was launched, but there was no movement there, and I was lucky enough to say that I might not film it. As a result, the news of the formal establishment of the Beijing Film Studio came now, which was no less than a bolt from the blue.

"Does everyone know?"

In the small room of the guest house, Wang Fulin and Ren Dahui had been bored for two hours.

"Newspapers and magazines have published it, let alone them, people all over the country know about it."

Ren Dahui's face was full of sadness, and he didn't even notice that the cigarette butt was on fire between his fingers, and said hoarsely: "Why are we filming movies at this time, this is forcing us to die!

It’s 20 million, we’re 5 million, Liu Xiaoqing is invited, and we’re a bunch of melon eggs... If you want to be early, it’s fine, we two brothers are overwhelmed, and we won’t shoot in the worst case, but this stall, this, This is how to do? "

"..."

Wang Fulin also felt the pressure, but he has always been restrained, silent, and only listened to his old friends complaining.

"The five million yuan is almost spent, and the Grand View Garden and Ningrong Street have also been built. A group of children came from all over the world. The director and the director shouted... In the end, it was nothing after the filming. When the movie was broadcast, it said you were a TV series. What the hell..."

Ren Dahui was emotional, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, "We will be sinners!"

"..."

The atmosphere became more and more oppressive, and there were a few unburned cigarette butts lying on the ground, making the room a bit choking. After a while, Wang Fulin said: "We can just talk about what you said, don't tell the children."

"I understand, I understand."

"How much money is left in the group?"

"There's not much left, just enough to finish filming these few scenes, and if we can't get enough funds, we can only stop filming."

Ren Dahui was even more worried, and said: "The Chinese New Year will be in two months, and these children will not be able to afford the train tickets to go home."

"Old Dai called me a few days ago. A group of journalists from Hong Kong came to visit during the Spring Festival. They said that we would receive reporters and that the Spring Festival would not be a holiday." Wang Fulin said.

"That's all I can do..."

After the two discussed it, they went out of the house to wipe their faces, and nothing happened.

The next day, on set.

Ningrong Street has not yet been fully built, but the general appearance has been established. The camera was set up at the entrance of the Rongguo Mansion, filming a few cutscenes of servants.

"Walk several times, walk several times!"

"Hey, stop!"

The assistant director shouted from the side, and finally asked: "Director, is it okay?"

Wang Fulin stared at the monitor, unconsciously picking his fingers, his eyes were empty, but he didn't hear it.

"director?"

"director?"

After shouting a few times, he finally realized, "Oh, yes."

"Then it's officially filming, get ready!"

"good!"

After a while, the cutscene is done, let's rest for now.

Everyone no longer frolicked in the past, appearing absent-minded. Hu Zehong and Dongfang Wenying chattered for a while, and finally couldn't help but ran over and asked, "Director Wang, Director, there's already a movie going on there, what should we do?"

"Yeah, are you still shooting?"

"Say there's Liu Xiaoqing over there!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's ears perked up.

Ren Dahui pretended to be relaxed, and said: "Shooting, why not? He is the big brother, he must be better than us, but the nature is different. They are shooting the improved version, and we are shooting the popular version, which is a little book.

Let me tell you, no one should be nervous, let's shoot quickly, the victory will be when the filming is over. Who, Sister Feng, Jia Yun, you guys also do some work, so don't let everyone get discouraged. "

Having said that, everyone is not a real child, this news is like a dark cloud, hanging over the entire crew.

In this day and age, TV dramas have just started, and movies are a well-deserved big brother. For example, the camera, lighting, and art in the group all come from the film studio, or the film studio eliminates it.

Moreover, Xie Tieli is a super-famous director. As soon as the news came out, the public opinion was overwhelming. No one liked the TV series—including themselves.

But no one expected the result, the TV series became a classic. However, when the Beiying version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was released in 1989, it only caused a little splash. Except for a group of scholars who praised it, the audience didn't like to watch it at all.

The reason for the failure is simple:

One is that "Dream of Red Mansions" itself is not suitable for the medium of film. Classical masterpieces must be filmed in TV dramas, which are large in capacity, long in length, complete in presentation, and deeply portrayed in characters.

The movie version has this problem. Bao Dai and Chai Feng are quite plump, but the maid characters such as Qing Wen and Ping Er are very thin.

A total of 22 million was invested, and eight episodes were filmed, equivalent to eight films. But eight films can't hold "A Dream of Red Mansions", let alone who has the leisure to go to the cinema to watch it eight times?

Moreover, the Beiying version is based on the 120 chapters, and the last 40 chapters were filmed according to Gao E's sequel.

This also gave rise to a conspiracy theory that another group of people from Hongxue—referring to Feng Qiyong and others—worked secretly to make the film version come to fight.

The second is the failure of casting.

First of all, Baoyu is reversed by an actress, and this alone is enough to make a play. The Sister Feng played by Liu Xiaoqing is even more forceful and exaggerated.

Daiyu is pitiful, and Baochai is full of charm. They are all great beauties, but the magic lies here. The girls are very beautiful, but they are not like the characters in the book.

Moreover, the color tone, lighting, and makeup are not very good, looking rustic.

Of course, the Beiying version also has many advantages. The costumes and scenes are exquisite in details, and it also reproduces the illusion of the illusion.

Another example is Baochai fluttering butterflies, the TV version uses a round fan, and the movie version uses a folding fan, because the original book says "Take out the fan from the sleeve."

The round fan is so big, it must not be put in the sleeve.

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Naturally, everyone doesn't know about all these things, and they only feel that the pressure has doubled.

And many people can see that the production team is currently short of funds, and the food and accommodation conditions have dropped again and again, trying to spend every penny on production.

The reality is the same. "A Dream of Red Mansions" was temporarily suspended due to poverty, and it was not restarted until the farmer entrepreneur in Penglai sponsored it.

Not only that, the crews on both sides really wanted to fight.

This side invited expert consultants, and the other side also needed them. Within a few days, several screenwriters and scholars from the group came to say goodbye, saying that it was a personal matter.

What are their conditions?

The car picks up the car, takes care of the meals, and gives 100 yuan a day.

Seeing this, Xu Fei felt as if he had slapped himself in the face. In the training class before, he felt that this group of people was awe-inspiring, but now that he saw it, he could understand it.

Scholars also have to eat well!

In short, the house leak happened to rain all night, and bad things happened one after another. Teacher Xu was helpless, but he was not too worried because he knew the historical process.

For him, it was a moment with a different meaning.

Signed up in 1983, trained in 1984, joined the group in 1985, and now he is finally about to finish.