Chapter 188 The 87 edition of Dream of Red Mansions is shocking

Zhao Donghuai was full of confidence in the TV series (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), which lasted for more than 80 episodes. Just as he was arranging various related matters before and after the show was broadcast, Qiu Shuzhen knocked on the door and ran in to report, "Boss, the people from the Red Mansion crew

Arrived at port."

"Everything has been arranged at the Peninsula Hotel. Are we going to let ATV start the promotion?"

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Just start the normal promotion tomorrow. I have confidence in this series."

That's right, except that (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) has come to an end in its 31-month production cycle, (Dream of Red Mansions) this...

Going round and round, even though he started investing in (Dream of Red Mansions) in March 1984, this series has only been completed now.

This project is a bit demanding and difficult.

After acquiring ATV in March 1984, he successively invested in (Journey to the West) (Dream of Red Mansions), and urged Director Yang and Director Wang to hurry up and feel the pressure. The two crews worked very hard, and the progress after that was directed by Director Yang.

The crew of (Journey to the West) filmed 18 episodes at the end of August.

Director Wang's (Dream of Red Mansions) crew filmed 20 episodes at the end of August 1984...and then couldn't continue filming.

After all, there are some differences between Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions. Journey to the West spent a lot of money to speed up the production, and got more cameras, assistant directors, etc. to speed up the production.

But Dream of Red Mansions was accelerated under pressure, and the filming caused a lot of people to feel awkward. They always felt that the filming was too fast, and it smelled a bit shoddy. Let me just say one thing. In order to restore the masterpiece of Red Mansions as much as possible, the costumes of this series

The chief designer has designed more than 2,700 costumes for a TV series.

All the details of the costumes are also based on the ancient background. Wang Xifeng, played by Le Yun, has more than 40 different costumes and has appeared in more than 30 episodes.

The costumes are like this, as are the other scenery, snacks, fruits, jewelry and other daily items, all carefully prepared and crafted to match the background era.

Because the filming was so fast, a set of costumes originally designed for a certain scene appeared, but before they had time to be actually produced... that scene was shot in other costumes.

When it comes to scenery and various other items, this happens frequently.

When the news was reported to Zhao Donghuai, Director Zhao was quite speechless. Then he stopped urging Dream of Red Mansions. Since you all think there are many flaws, just reshoot the dramas that were speeded up.

He doesn’t want to mess up a classic simply for some commercial ratings!

Besides, at that time, projects (Meteor Garden) were being launched and they were about to start bombing Asia. Idol drama projects were coming one after another, and ATV had no shortage of one (Dream of Red Mansions) to support its ratings.

After September 1984, the crew started reshooting some dramas, and then in December... Zhao Donghuai spent money again to start working on "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He named Director Wang from "The Red Mansion" as the director.

director.

Director Wang started to work on the drama, filming The Red Mansions and the Three Kingdoms at the same time.

After all, these two classic Wang Zhao dramas from the 1980s and 1990s were originally created by Director Wang. If not him, who would?

It's the same way. It's a slow process of reshooting and adding scenes. The 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" in the original track only came to 1987 to finish everything.

He is even slower than in the original track. The original track Red Mansion began to be broadcast on TV stations in mainland China and Hong Kong Island in early May 1987, and in this dimension, it is now July 8, 1987!

Who made Director Wang have no choice but to skip the show? The chief director of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms also plays a very important role.

The Red Mansion comes first, with a total of only 36 episodes. If it airs two episodes a day, it will be finished in late July. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms will be released in early August. It is a perfect summer release.

Thinking of this, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "How do the creators of Red Mansion feel after coming to Hong Kong? Are you still used to it? Please tell me, try to let the production and creative team have a more intimate and comfortable trip to Hong Kong Island, and don't let some messy things get in their way.

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A classic TV series of the era adapted from four famous works, Journey to the West has bombarded Hong Kong and even the markets of Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand as early as 1985.

In this summer vacation of 1987, I have two more movies in a row, which is very exciting.

At that time, the creative team of Journey to the West was also very popular and made a lot of money. Just through a Wanjia instant noodle card collection event, the four-person team and director Yang learned from the experience and each earned hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars with their goods.

That's not a month or two, but accumulated over many years.

The Journey to the West mask project, small toys, etc. developed by the Zhao Group are also popular in Asia, which also made the main creators earn a huge amount of money. It is still the same old rules, no matter Tang Monk or Monkey Brother, Sha Monk, Zhu Bajie and other masks and small toys.

For every one sold, the actor gets a dime or a yuan.

At the beginning, the instant noodles collection card, Yang Daoka and the four-person group of Xuejing all drew a piece to share.

Wanjia Instant Noodles relied on the card collection activity to defeat all other competing brands in Hong Kong. Even when it later entered the island country of Star, Malaysia, and South Korea, it relied on the card collection game to achieve a leading position in the market.

If those markets hadn't put various restrictions on Wanjia's card-collecting activities, and even imposed heavy taxes to force Wanjia's retail prices to increase, and the prices were much higher than other brands of instant noodles, the South Korean island country and Xingma Tai would almost have a monopoly.

Of course, this is not a simple normal business war. For example, other brands of instant noodles in the island country are also collecting cards, but they do not have copyrights to do so... It is an island country after all, and Zhao Donghuai's power cannot go too far.

You can't plagiarize a collectible card game without paying the copyright. You can just amplify the bomb and cause humane destruction, right? That's not in line with the reality of business war.

The main creative team of Journey to the West achieved personal financial freedom early on.

This time the crew of "A Dream of Red Mansions" will come to Hong Kong in July, and the main creative team of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will come to Hong Kong in August.

You can continue to make great contributions to Wanjia brand instant noodles!

Of course, the main creators of the Money Tree crew must be more thoughtful in their arrangements. Why are you saying that (Meteor Garden) (Blue Life and Death), etc. are not included in the collectible card game?

Because those are fashionable modern idol dramas, all kinds of messy advertising plans have been promoted a lot, and the coverage is very strong. Adding card collecting games and having too many different sets of cards will only reduce the interest of collectors.

Every big hit TV series comes to play the game once. After playing the game, the enthusiasm fades away.

This is the same thing as when a movie theme becomes popular in the Hong Kong film industry, and dozens or hundreds of follow-up projects will appear immediately, and a theme will be ruined quickly.

So far, Wanjia Instant Noodles’ card collection game has only released three sets of cards, (Journey to the West) (Calabash Brothers) and (New White Snake Legend)!

Director Zhao remembers that in his original trajectory before time travel, ATV’s Mr. Qiu bought out the rights to broadcast Dream of Red Mansions on Hong Kong Island at a price of US$1,800 per episode early on. He also invited the crew to come to Hong Kong to promote the show, and the treatment given was very good.

good.

Qiu Sheng has already managed ATV, so naturally he cannot be worse than the original Lao Qiu.

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Peninsula Hotel.

For the creators of Red Mansion who have just moved in and have not yet started the publicity mode, Director Wang is not here because Director Wang is still working on the post-production period of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the Mainland.

The team coming to Hong Kong this time is a Korean producer.

In a hotel room, Ouyang Fenqiang and Kang Li walked around the room excitedly, looking at each one and feeling that everything was fresh.

After all, this was only the 1980s, and the suites at the Peninsula Hotel were indeed more comfortable than many hotels and guest houses in the mainland.

Finally, Ouyang arrived in front of the color TV and opened the big drawer underneath. "There are so many video tapes in there. I feel like we can live happily even if we don't go out for interviews and press releases."

Kang Li also smiled brightly, "I never thought you could bring your family members with you when you come to Hong Kong. I just took advantage of the opportunity."

Ouyang and Kang Li met and fell in love when they were filming in 1981, so in the 1987 version of the crew, Brother Bao and Sister Lin... came to Hong Kong this time, and the "Sister Lin" also brought her husband.

Sister Lin and Mr. Bi received the certificate after taking the Red Mansions photo shoot this year.

Ouyang excitedly pulled through the boxes of video tapes, and was just about to find a good movie to try when he heard a knock on the door.

When Kang Li opened the door, she found "Sister Lin" and Mr. Bi outside the door.

Chen Xiaoxu smiled decisively and said, "Recruiting member, your room is not bad."

The recruitment was a nickname given to Ouyang by Chen Xiaoxu when they were still on the crew. Ouyang was not to be outdone, "Hey, Sister Lin is good at everything, but she is not pretty enough. The whole crew recognized it."

This is why Director Wang has always felt that although Chen Xiaoxu defeated a large number of competitors and won the role of Lin Daiyu in The Red Mansion, it is still a bit regretful... It would be better if she were more beautiful.

The two bickered for a while, and then Chen Xiaoxu said worriedly, "Hey, do you think our TV series can really be popular? It won't attract a lot of criticism after it is broadcast, right?"

Judging from the perspective of the 2020s, the 1987 version of Dream of Red Mansions is certainly a classic among classics. However, since the establishment of the Red Mansions project, criticism and criticism from outside have never stopped.

One of the more well-known cannons is a writer Wang in Beijing. Whether it was when the filming project was started, during the filming or after the TV broadcast in 1987, he publicly fired the cannon more than once, "The Red Mansion clearly says "Bring Qing", what does Jia Baoyu look like without a whip?"

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"The classic classic The Twelve Hairpins in Red Mansions, that old man chose a group of brats, and their acting skills were so poor that they were stiff and so on. It was all nonsense."

In addition to the writer Lao Wang who scolded Director Wang and the crew for the project, there were also many others who scolded him.

Even in the early days of Zhao Donghuai's investment, Zhao Sheng was far from showing strong strength in the mainland, and the criticism and criticism never stopped.

Director Wang, who is in his 50s, directed Red Mansions. He was criticized for being a young director who has no qualifications and has never proven himself. The crew was definitely a disaster and a waste of money for him.

It was also with the growing influence of Zhao Donghuai that more and more people ate with him... The scolding and criticism of the Red Mansion crew, including the Three Kingdoms crew, in the mainland decreased significantly and dissipated.

There have been fewer criticisms and scoldings recently, but that doesn’t mean that the creative team has forgotten their past experiences!

Ouyang became nervous when he mentioned this, "The precedent set by Journey to the West is too exaggerated. Director Yang's Journey to the West caused a sensation throughout Asia. I heard that after more than two years, Director Yang and Teacher Zhang each brought their own goods and sold peripherals.

Earned tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars."

"At present, in the mainland film and television industry, there are only a few people with as much wealth as Director Yang and others."

"I don't expect much money from selling goods, as long as too many people don't scold me. In order to play Jia Baoyu well, I had to cut my chin, and I suffered a lot."

When he mentioned this, Mr. Bi became excited, "Don't worry, Zhao Sheng's vision from Hong Kong is there. Is he wrong? He is the richest Chinese man in the world."

"No matter how others comment that Director Wang is too young and not qualified enough, Zhao Sheng personally appointed Director Wang to be the chief director of Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"With that person here, Dream of Red Mansions has been filmed for so many years, and it is definitely not bad! After it is broadcast, regardless of the ratings, the popularity of this TV series will be best reflected by the role cards of the crew entering the Wanjia instant noodle sales system.

of."

"As long as our character cards are popular, it represents the overwhelming public opinion and the people's favorites. Who are those who are disdainful?"

Lao Bi is also an actor. He met Chen Xiaoxu a few years ago and encouraged her to audition for the role of Sister Lin. Now that she is able to obtain the certificate, she can be considered a success. Although the two of them will have a lot of conflicts in their lives in the future because of their incompatible personalities.
To be continued...