The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Just like Zhang Nan’s hometown, after withdrawing the county and setting up a city in the mid-1990s, the common people suddenly realized that they didn’t know from which day, only one theater on the main street of the city was still showing movies.

　　 Those movie theaters in towns and villages were unknowingly empty. Some were diverted for other purposes, and some were closed to raise rats.

　　 Since then, let alone those small towns that have been withdrawn, even if people in large central market towns with a population of tens of thousands want to watch a movie, they have to go to the former county seat and the current urban area.

A few years before that, many people began to find that it was getting harder and harder to make money, and many people lost their jobs: fewer and fewer people went to work every day, and went to see a movie on Saturday night for entertainment. This is The happy life in the 1980s that Zhang Nan missed before is gone, and will never come back!

　　 As time goes by, there is another phenomenon that makes people more unconsciously aftertaste. I don’t know what to say: the central market towns with fast economic development, the once brilliant movie theaters and the lively nightly movie theaters even the houses are gone!

　　 Why?

　　 The factory buildings and communities were completely demolished and developed.

　　 The relaxed, happy and soothing life is gone. Everyone is like a warrior participating in a hand-to-hand battle, and needs to fight every day to survive and make money!

　　 Some people may make more money, but they don’t have the joy of almost not feeling the pressure of life.

　　 The movie theaters in the economically developed towns are gone, but the original movie theater houses in those towns with lagging economic development are still there, but they have either become warehouses or simply accumulate dust there.

Among them, the changes in the village-level movie theater outside the village where Zhang Nan’s grandmother is located are even more embarrassing. In the early 1980s, a village had its own movies with complete facilities. Although there was only one projector, half of the time when watching a movie The playback will be paused, and you need to wait a short while, because the projectionist in the projection room above needs to change the film.

　　 But even then, the nearby villagers will be proud of this cinema. Every week, they can spend a small amount of money to watch a movie on Saturday night. That is a real enjoyment and relaxation.

　　 Unfortunately, in a few years, the projector in that movie theater will no longer light up, and the huge projection hall will be silent.

　　 When the new century arrives, the front hall of the movie theater becomes the activity room for the elderly in the village, playing its last little role in entertaining the public. Every day there are one or two tables of poor, old people's time-consuming Mahjong, plus some old people's reminiscences of the past.

　　 After a few years, when the new activity room for the elderly in the village was built, the theater became completely silent again. Until around 2010, the projection hall of the movie theater remembered the roar of the machine and became the workshop of a small private weaving factory.

　　A movie theater can reflect the development of the village. The early 1990s can be said to be the last splendor of the countryside. When the movie theater was completed, the north wall of the theater was the outermost periphery of the building on the back of the village;

　　 More than 30 years later, the north wall of the cinema is still the outermost periphery on the north side of the village, but the original rice field outside the wall has become a flower field, and few people in the family are willing to grow food anymore.

　　 The village has hardly expanded. A lot of new houses have been built in the village, but the population is getting smaller and smaller. You can't see a few young people in the village.

　　 Especially those old houses in the middle of the village, whole small streets, whole whole pieces of abandoned and collapsed, the hollow village no longer means that there is no one in the middle, and even the houses in the middle area are almost gone!

　　 When Zhang Nan went to visit his grandfather and grandmother's grave every Qingming Festival and winter solstice, he would pass by the door of the old movie theater in the village. Every time he saw the face of the movie theater, he would be emotional.

　　 When my sister is a bit sensible, she would say to her daughter every time she passed there: "Daddy used to watch movies here, back then..."

　　 recalls the past, but many things he said, his daughter can only understand half of them, and some of them simply don’t understand them at all!

　　 Two children only need to buy a ticket to watch a movie, and the other is "brought in". It is hard to understand the rules of such a young baby girl.

　　 "At that time, my father lived here for a house price, and there were children playing together nearby, so I would take a small partner to the movies.

　　 At that time, Dad shouldn’t be too bullish. He was most supported by those little friends. Even if he was older than me, I was still the king of kids...

　　, of course, is the king of children. Zhang Nan always has pocket money for watching movies. The family is a dual employee, and the movie theater in the village sometimes costs less than a dime. But for the nearby farmers, not every week can give children a dime to go to the movies. Those children are sometimes very happy to have a 5 cent pocket money.

　　 If you have a good relationship with Zhang Nan, you can go to the movies together. Of course he will become the king of kids. Sometimes he would also give out a few cents to invite all the children who have fun together, take him to go fishing for eel, and catch fish to watch movies. Anyway, two people have one ticket, absolute local tyrant!

　　 Whether you can understand it or not, Zhang Nan always talks about these old things every time, because Zhang Nan's father would also tell him things from decades ago when he was young.

　　 I will say it every time, and I will say it after more than ten years.

　　 Once in 12 years, Zhang Nan returned to the village for a drink. The village party secretary and the village chief were all there, and they were all familiar with each other. The new village chief was still his original playmate, so he talked about the old movie theater.

　　 After drinking the wine, the three of them went to the cinema to reminisce about the taste of 30 years ago, and walked into the second-floor screening room: that door has not been opened for almost 20 years, and it has been forcibly opened.

　　 Both village cadres thought that there should be nothing in it, but found that the projector and the piled speakers were all there. Although it was full of dust, it was still usable.

　　 There are more than ten old copies of old movies in the cabinet. Zhang Nan said that if it is possible in the village, he would like to buy these back as a collection.

　　 The party secretary told the village chief to move away at will-that's it when the alcohol is too high.

　　 In the end, he insisted on paying a small amount of money so that the village would not be able to explain it.

　　 I was a little sad when I saw that projector.

The township movie theater was the first to be abandoned. When there was only one movie theater left in the county, the one in the downtown area was only occasionally lively when the school booked a movie to watch movies. For ordinary movie screenings, there are often only more than 1,000 seats. A few viewers, even the air conditioner was reluctant to turn on in summer, or only turned on for a while.

　　 How about those factories, mines and corporate theaters at this time?

　　 Those factories that were originally in the county seat, not to mention the theaters and halls in the factory, even the factory is gone!

　　 It is not only the demolishing of houses to develop real estate, but also the complete history of factories!

　　 The most prosperous and glorious state-owned factories in the 1980s closed down, disappeared, and disappeared following the economic reforms that began on a large scale in the 1990s!

As for the large factories located in the market town below, some houses were abandoned, some were diverted for other purposes, leaving only those tall and glorious, now dilapidated buildings and green flower beds. They also tell people who pass by occasionally about the glory that they once had here. .

　　Yuan County, until around 2010, a brand new multi-hall modern cinema appeared on the top of a newly built large shopping mall in the city, and the state-owned cinema on the main street of the old city was completely closed.

　　 The cinema belongs to a film company, and the superior unit is the Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting, and Television. It belongs to the enterprise establishment of the public institution. The shops along the street can be rented out, otherwise the employees would have been laid off for more than 20 years.

　　 A few years later, modern cinemas with huge screens appeared in the urban area, and it became a fashionable place for young people to watch movies.

　　 Giant screen?

　　 In the 1980s, almost every movie theater was a single theater that could accommodate thousands of people. As long as you choose a seat that is one-third of the number of rows from the screen, every movie is a giant screen.

　　 Fashion giant screen, young people have to spend more money to watch giant screen, in fact, their parents have already enjoyed this kind of treatment.

Not to mention that the giant screen theater is expensive. After 20 years, the price of ordinary movies in China is too expensive: Zhang Nan remembers that in 16 years, a statistical research institute under UNESCO had counted the average price of movie tickets around the world. .

　　 At that time, China’s average movie ticket price was more than US$5, nearly US$6, which seemed to be US$5.74. In the same period, the average ticket price in the United States was a little more than $8, and the average salary in the United States at this time was about $3,000 per month.

　　 Little Devil’s movie ticket price was the highest in Asia at that time, nearly 13 US dollars per piece. As for India, it is much cheaper, less than one US dollar, which is only one-seventh of China’s.

　　 In 1982, the average annual salary of Huaxia employees was 764 yuan, and the average monthly salary was less than 66 yuan.

　　 At that time, the price of movie tickets was 15 cents, usually just a dime, and the cheaper 8 cents would be more expensive, and I could watch 440 movies with one month’s salary.

　　 There will always be around 40 yuan in areas with low wages, so you can only see more than 260 games-the fare in those places is actually cheaper, a dime should be enough, it can count as 400 games.

　　 According to statistics from relevant departments in 2016, the average staff of Huaxia employees should be 5,000 yuan, and the average movie ticket price is 30 to 38 yuan. This is all statistics after discounted tickets and membership discounts are taken into account.

　　How many games can I watch for a month’s salary?

　　 Count down the fare, 166 games, the prerequisite is that you have to have a monthly salary of 5000 yuan!

　　 It’s no wonder that after 20 years, many people have called for the price of a movie to be too high. It is best to lower the price to 10-15 yuan so that everyone can afford to watch the movie.

　　 After discounting a movie ticket for 30 yuan, some people say it's not expensive...

　　 This is probably the reason why I haven't seen a movie in the United States, let alone watched a dime or a dime.

　　 30 yuan, really **** expensive!

Relatively speaking, American movie tickets are too cheap. Many of these few-dollar movie tickets also include popcorn and soda. Zhang Nan can’t wait for the price of American movies to rise to more than one hundred a month’s salary. A movie, but then I was afraid of scaring the American people away.

　　Movies, well shot, are real money-raising machines.

　　 Of course, the cost of the film in 1982 is different from the film in 2012. What is the difference? Perhaps the cost of shooting has become relatively higher and the pay of actors and stars is higher.

　　 The cost is high, so the fare is expensive?

　　 I think 30 is still expensive anyway!

It takes a lot of money to make a movie, and the remuneration cannot be ignored. For example, Li Lianjie is shooting the "Huang Feihong" series of movies in Hong Kong. The first film was very popular last year, and it was even more popular in Southeast Asia. Rush up.

　　 a few million, and then tens of millions, the salary of a person a few years ago is the entire cost of a big production of Xiangjiang.

　　 But the pay is relative, even if Jet Li's pay is only 15 million Hong Kong dollars in two or three years, it is trivial to Star Columbia, not as high as Sawaguchi Yasukiko's pay.

　　 One U.S. dollar and one Hong Kong dollar are not comparable. It is no wonder that the film company of Xiangjiang has sharpened its head and tried to enter the North American market.

　　 Earn a dollar multiplied by eight, big money!

As for Charlize Theron, this little Nizi is a Hollywood alternative. Whether she is a star or a guest star, she has only cost one dollar so far. According to her, she is too lazy to pay taxes to the tax bureau. This unique style is always there. Remind the entire movie world-she is a special Princess Star!

　　 She is underage, and all her expenses are pocket money given by her brother, but she does not pay personal income tax!

　　 The consequence is that the entire Western film industry knows one thing: Princess Star will only make movies for Star Columbia, and other companies will be exempted from speaking out.

　　 In the United States, it is almost impossible for other actors to accept only one company's film appointments, but she has no problem. Whoever gives Star Columbia's new options for films is almost a hit.

　　 The most important thing is that the film company is her family, not what she can accept, but what movie she wants to make.

　　 The cruel facts tell those young people who dream of Hollywood that hard work is important and opportunity is more important, but in the face of the theory of "has a good dad", everything else becomes unimportant at all!

　　 With a $1 salary, it doesn't matter whether the company is losing or making money. She doesn't care, and the family doesn't care. There is an unconventional little Nizi who doesn't care either.

　　Besides, there are still a bunch of great financial staff. It is almost impossible to take advantage of the tax bureau, but the vampires from the tax bureau don't want to collect more taxes!

　　 As for the permanent French rose at home, she hasn’t made a movie for almost 3 years. When Zhang Nan joked with her, she paid her either one dollar or one hundred million!

　　 It's just that now Ajani is completely immersed in the joy of family life and raising children, and she has no plans to make any movies at all.

　　 If you want to shoot a blockbuster in a period costume, the biggest cost is not the cost of the main actors, but the extras cost a lot, as well as the rent of the venue.

　　 As for copyright, just let people talk about it.

　　Zhang Nan was saying: "If you shoot a blockbuster, then shoot a real blockbuster. If this will have special effects, it's almost the number of people!"

　　 Charlie heard it, and said, "Brother, you don't think about shooting "War and Peace" like the Soviet Union did, right?"

　　 The little Nizi cast a blank look, and said: "At least 3 billion US dollars, I can get it, but I'm afraid your two sisters at home will send me to a mental hospital!"

　　 Is there a movie with a cost of 3 billion dollars? Guan Xingquan, Lin Ming and others directly stunned.

　　 These two don’t know, Zhang Nan is still a conservative calculation based on Mao’s 1991 U.S. dollar purchasing power. If it were 2016 before Zhang Nan’s rebirth, it would be at least $6 billion or more!

　　 Then Andre was very proud to tell these colleagues from Huaxia who did not understand the inside story-there really is such a movie, it is the Soviet version of "War and Peace" in 1968!

The film took five years to complete before and after, the cost in 1968 was equivalent to the original 560 million U.S. dollars, the largest investment cost in the history of the world's cinema-the "Liberation" trilogy that was filmed for 20 years does not count. , It was a series, with nearly 600,000 troops used, which is impossible to calculate.

　　 In order to maximize the restoration of history, the Soviet version of "War and Peace" used 125,000 actors and 35,000 horses when filming the battle scene of the Borodino battle in which Napoleon invaded Russia.

Each soldier has his own weapons and uniforms. The number of soldiers alone is not much noisier than the number of front-line soldiers in the battle (in 1812, 120,000 French troops were fighting 110,000 Russian troops ~ www.readwn.com ~ French casualties were 40,000. In addition, the Russian army suffered more than 50,000 casualties.), which is equivalent to re-fighting the War of 1812!

　　 And the American version of "War and Peace" starring Audrey Hepburn in 1956 is also a blockbuster film, using 15,000 actors and 2,400 sets of military uniforms, but it is completely incomparable with the Soviet version!

　　 At that time, the Soviet Union prepared 695 French Napoleon-style cannons and 587 Russian cannons of the same period, 20 of which were drawn directly from the museum.

　　 In order to shoot "War and Peace", there is one of the most maddening behavior...

　　 The Soviets copied a Moscow!

In 1968, the modernized Moscow was no longer available for on-site shooting, so the Soviets built a fake Moscow covering an area of ​​100,000 square meters in the northeastern suburbs of Moscow, including residential residences, government agencies, cultural facilities, and even a complete one. The Kremlin is a unique setting in the history of world cinema!

　　 Finally, in order to film the fire that burned Moscow, the film crew burned the Moscow fire!

"Burning Moscow on fire". Only one person has had the chance to do something crazier than this in the past 10 years. Zhang Nan joked: "If I finally sink the Titanic, which is still being built, it will be better than It’s even more crazy to burn Moscow."

　　 "You are not crazy." Xiao Nizi nodded, "You'd better not be crazy, or I will help Nicole and the others put you into the lunatic asylum."