Seeing that the three Hongxue students were all showing signs of fatigue, Zhang Junping had no choice but to end the exchange even though he was reluctant to give up. These three were all national treasures, and he couldn't bear the responsibility if they were tired.
After sending the three bosses away, Wang Fulin had the opportunity to communicate with Zhang Junping.
Poor Wang Fulin, as the director, should be the biggest boss in the entire "Dream of Red Mansions" crew. Unfortunately, although the consultants he invited gave him face and respected him, Wang Fulin could only pretend to be a grandson in front of these bosses.
Now, the three big guys are finally gone, but it's his turn to show off.
So Zhang Junping chatted with Wang Fulin for a long time, and took Zhang Junping to dinner together in the evening.
What Wang Fulin talked about most was his thoughts on the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" and the difficulties he encountered so far.
For example, the selection of actors.
At this time, Wang Fulin did not have the idea to create a first-of-its-kind audition for domestic actors.
Zhang Junping took advantage of the opportunity, took over the actor audition, and took it out to give Wang Fulin guidance.
In fact, during the actor audition, Wang Fulin had vaguely had a similar idea, but it was not as straightforward and clear as what Zhang Junping said.
Let Wang Fulin give him a high-five and become a confidant.
Regarding other difficulties, such as low funds and CCTV only giving 2 million, Zhang Junping could only say that he could lend Wang Fulin some Ming-style furniture for his filming use.
Nothing else can be done.
Regardless of whether he has money or not, it is impossible for Zhang Junping to invest money in "A Dream of Red Mansions" and support Wang Fulin's filming.
The copyright belongs to CCTV. No matter how popular the TV series is or how many times it is replayed, it has nothing to do with him.
You can do business at a loss, but this is definitely not how it works.
"Oh, Brother Zhang, thank you so much! You have helped me a lot!" Wang Fulin, who was also moved, took Zhang Junping's hand and thanked him endlessly.
The title for Zhang Junping has changed from classmate Xiao Zhang at the beginning, to Zhang University before, to brother Zhang now.
"Haha, Director Wang!"
"What's your name? Director Wang! I'm here to help. If you don't mind me being a commoner, just call me Brother Wang!"
"Haha! Brother Wang, you and I are both common people, neither of us should dislike the other!
But we can agree, my brother Ming will settle the accounts, and I will lend you a complete set of Ming-style furniture, but there are conditions.
You have to put a subtitle at the end of the TV series to thank me for my support." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"That's it? Brother Zhang, let's not say too many polite words. It's all in the wine. In the future, there will be brothers who can help. If I hesitate, my surname is not Wang." Wang Fulin thought at first.
Zhang Junping wanted a role, but he just asked for subtitles and acknowledgments. He was so moved that he raised his glass and clinked it with Zhang Junping.
Of course, what Zhang Junping drank was tea.
In Wang Fulin's opinion, subtitle acknowledgment is not a condition at all. Which TV series does not end with dozens of subtitle acknowledgments?
This was purely to help myself, and I was afraid of embarrassing myself, so I casually put forward the conditions.
"Okay! Brother Wang, I won't be polite to you if something happens in the future!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Don't be polite to me!"
We had a very interesting chat with Wang Fulin, and we separated after chatting for a long time.
When we returned to Dongmi City Hutong, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
Huang Xue and the old lady had already had dinner. They turned on the stove for Huang Xue in the study and gave her instructions on how to draw.
"Why are you back? Have you eaten?" Seeing Zhang Junping come in, Huang Xue put down her brush and asked.
"Eat! Director Wang from CCTV insisted on taking me to eat tonight..." Zhang Junping told the old lady Huang Xue what he had experienced during the day.
"Your kid is getting busier and busier now, even outside the circle!" The old lady looked at Zhang Junping and said with a smile: "That's right, your kid seems to have been busy with things outside the circle.
Not only do you not do your job properly, but you also lead other students to do nonsense with you."
The old lady has no objection to Zhang Junping's side business, opening a furniture factory, or doing image design for CCTV. On the contrary, she is very supportive.
However, due to the recent exchange visit to Xiangjiang, some teachers at CAFA have had some serious mood swings.
Everyone wants to go and recommend their apprentices to go, so the competition is a bit fierce.
Therefore, some people began to make a fuss about the fact that Zhang Junping did not go to class and worked on the sidelines outside.
It's not that they want to compete for Zhang Junping's quota. They can't shake Zhang Junping's quota. Wherever Zhang Junping's level is, he has two big masters to support him.
It's just that some people want to use Zhang Junping's incident to muddy the waters so that they can fish in troubled waters.
"Grandma Liu, you have wronged me. I drew images for the crew of CCTV's "Dream of Red Mansions". This is the job Master Yang gave me. How dare I not listen!" Zhang Junping directly blamed his master Yang Mingde.
"You kid, if you have the guts, tell Master Yang this!" The old lady was amused by Zhang Junping's rogue behavior and cursed with a smile.
She is still very satisfied with Zhang Junping as her apprentice.
Have talent and know how to make progress.
As for some people saying that they are not doing their jobs properly.
The old lady asked directly, what is real work?
Your students stay in the studio every day and work hard, and they come home with awards and join the Chinese Artists Association.
Although the Jiguge Young Painters Exhibition is only the first one, the organizing committee is the Beijing Municipal Government.
The judges are Qi Gong, Guo Moruo and others, so this award is very valuable.
Also, the China Artists Association in this era is not the one that you can get into by just paying money...
In this era, the China Artists Association's membership review was very strict, requiring recommendation from three committee members and deliberation. The level was not high enough and there were no doors.
Satisfaction is satisfaction, and what should be beaten should still be beaten.
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The next day, Zhang Junping came to the furniture factory early.
In the past half month, my main focus has been on the picture of the Twelve Golden Hairpin Ladies, and I have not paid much attention to the affairs of the furniture factory.
Fortunately, the furniture factory is basically on the right track. There are several masters such as Master Du here, so he doesn't need to worry too much about production.
On the store side, Huang Juan showed great ability and made the three stores prosperous, which impressed everyone.
The combined daily turnover of the three stores is 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and a large amount of old furniture is sent to Nanxincang.
This was in the early 1980s, with a daily turnover of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which was quite astonishing.
As orders increase, the pressure on furniture factories also increases.
The two hours of overtime work in the evening has changed from just training to real overtime work.
Zhang Junping walked around the workshop and checked the quality before returning to the studio.
No matter how heavy the production task is, quality cannot be relaxed.
This is something Zhang Junping has always emphasized.
Back in the studio, Zhang Junping tallied up the recent orders, drew a component structure diagram, and then rode to the Beijing Woodware Factory.
With so many orders, the furniture factory alone will definitely not be able to complete them. It can only outsource some furniture components to Beijing Woodware Factory.