The scorching sun is still shining at six o'clock in the afternoon, shining on the bustling international metropolis.
The rows of high-rise buildings are covered with a layer of orange-yellow luster, giving the city a soft and romantic color, and also well covering up the hardships of the fast-paced survival of the lower class in this city.
Obviously as a member of the city, obviously busy day and night, obviously contributing to the construction of the city, but seeing the city getting better and better, when the prosperity is at its peak, it seems that it has nothing to do with these people.
No.
This is Shenghai, one of the top international metropolises. No matter how brilliant it is, it is difficult for ordinary people to take over.
Even so, it also makes young people flock to this place. They all hold the lofty ambition of "even if there are thousands of people, I will go there", pursuing the fortune and opportunity that few people can grasp, which is too elusive.
But after all, it is survival of the fittest, winner takes all, straightforward and cruel, the law of the jungle, nothing more than that.
At this moment, in a private room of a high-end restaurant in Pudong New Area, a group of people came from the "forest", hoping to become "winners" and trying to escape from the constraints of the laws of the jungle.
The dining table was already full of delicacies, and even the wine dispensers had been filled with precious white wine. However, they did not move the bowls and chopsticks. Seeing that there were six wine dispensers, it was obvious that there were two more people.
Before they arrived, they were just chatting and waiting for everyone to arrive.
"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door, and everyone in the box heard it and left.
When the waiter opened the door, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei appeared, making everyone present smile.
"Brother Chu." Wang Yuan stood up and greeted him warmly, raising his hand for a handshake.
On the day of the "Star You" press conference in March, he took the opportunity to attend the conference and briefly mentioned his interest in the industrialization of screenwriting with Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Yi.
It was just that time was tight at that time and there was no time to talk more, and several of his friends were still unclear about the screenwriting industry in the Brilliant Era. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were also busy with the filming of "Star You", so they made an appointment to settle their matters.
Make time to meet and discuss in detail.
After more than three months, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's "Star You" were also completed. He and several of his friends also went to the Bright Times Literature Company to observe and learn about it. They themselves were also thinking about this career.
After several discussions and a preliminary consensus, Chu Xuan was left to give them reassurance.
Ben wanted to meet Chu Xuan at the beginning of the month, but he didn't know that Chu Xuan was far away in the United States.
After going back and forth to make appointments, we finally made an appointment within the next few days. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were also going to Shenghai to attend this year's Magnolia Awards, so the schedule was just right.
"Brother Wang, long time no see." Chu Xuan shook hands with Wang Yuan.
They arrived at Shenghai at noon, and Yang Tianzhen, who came to pick them up, treated them to a meal until two or three in the afternoon.
Then we took a bus to the venue where this year’s Magnolia Awards will be presented, and settled in the hotel we booked near the JA District Exhibition Hall. It was already four or five o’clock.
Before I could take a break after putting away my luggage, I chatted with Su Chang, Jiang Xin and Ren Quan for a while. At early five o'clock, I left for Wang Yuan's appointment at this restaurant in Pudong New Area.
Seeing that the food was served and the wine was filled, it was obviously arranged in advance, and several people were waiting for him and Liu Yifei to arrive. It was also obvious that Wang Yuan and others were enthusiastic about starting a career in the screenwriting industry, and we were able to get a glimpse of this.
The situation is also a good start for him.
"Hello, Mr. Liu."
"Hello, Mr. Wang."
Liu Yifei shook hands with Wang Yuan, and immediately approached the dining table with Chu Xuan under Wang Yuan's warm invitation.
The other four people who were originally sitting stood up, with smiles on their faces, waiting for Wang Yuan's introduction.
"Han Zhongping, former editor-in-chief of Shenghai News Agency, graduated from the Literature Department of Fudan University. He has an extraordinary literary background, as well as profound knowledge and business capabilities in literature, writing and even literary creation." Wang Yuan introduced the first person.
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After hearing this introduction, Han Zhongping looked ashamed, with a mixture of glory and humility on his face.
He wears thick glasses for myopia and has a middle-aged man's hair mixed with white hair. He looks young, probably in his 30s, but his appearance adds a lot to his literary aura.
, at first glance, he seems to be a relatively young person with a lot of culture.
He continued: "You Wang Yuan, you usually treat me like a shoe, but now you lift me up. If I reveal my secrets in the future, won't you make Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu laugh?"
Wang Yuan and the other three smiled, dispersing some of the strange atmosphere and making the atmosphere more friendly.
"Hello, Teacher Han, I'm Chu Xuan, nice to meet you." Chu Xuan smiled, and shook hands with Liu Yifei and Han Zhongping respectively.
Han Zhongping's speaking skills are a bit high. The last sentence, "Why don't you make Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu laugh?" can be said to have thrown the ball directly to him. According to the limitations of the context of the last sentence, he can only respond politely and enthusiastically.
If you say anything too much or say something wrong, it will be a slap in the face of the other party.
"Zheng Zhongwei, one of the investors of Wenzhou Television Production Center. Boss Zheng not only has strong financial resources, but also has far-sighted insights and vision in film and television culture." Wang Yuan introduced the second person.
Zheng Zhongwei is short and fat, but not too short. He is at least 1.65 meters tall. He is not too fat either. He is slightly fat, but he looks short and fat among this group of people.
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Zheng Zhongwei waved his hand and was relatively modest. He ignored Wang Yuan's praise and always looked as gentle as Maitreya Buddha. But he was a capital after all. Whether the affinity brought by this appearance was true or not was not important.
Clear.
"The Brilliant Era is about being far-sighted. Not only can we seize the publicity window of Micro Entertainment that adapts to the times early, but now we have Longyou, a continuous and large-scale capital chain. I can't see enough in front of Mr. Chu, let alone
What a far-sighted person." Zheng Zhongwei is very good at talking and can give up his own self-esteem to compliment others. If you think about it, you will know that this person is not simple.
"Mr. Zheng, you are welcome. You are my senior. Wenzhou TV Production Center is a well-established domestic studio. Mr. Zheng is able to invest in this studio. This is truly a good vision. I still need to learn." Chu Xuan also learned.
Following the principles of human relations and sophistication, flattering others when they are flattered, and polite and reciprocal communication is the essence of Chinese civilization.
Judging from the order of Wang Yuan's introduction, Han Zhongping, a cultural person, is introduced first. Although he is the former editor-in-chief of Shenghai News Agency, this position does not seem to be a very good position. From the appearance, it seems that he can have strength.
Zheng Zhongwei, who invests in film studios, should not be in a flat-level circle.
But Wang Yuan introduced Han Zhongping first and then Zheng Zhongwei. There may be some explanation for this.
Perhaps this Han Zhongping and Wang Yuan are the same kind of people, the second generation in the cultural circle, with family members who are officials behind them.
And this Zheng Zhongwei is probably just the capital that Wang Yuanla brought to invest in the screenwriting industry.
"Brother Chu, Mr. Zheng actually has some connection with you. Wenzhou TV Production Center was one of the investors of your original "Sword of Immortality". Tang Ren also outsourced some of the business of this drama to Mr. Zheng and others, including
Some montages of your plot between Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er." Wang Yuan interjected with a smile.
"Is there such a situation?" Liu Yifei was slightly surprised. She really didn't know that her and Chu Xuan's "Immortal Sword" had such a connection with the person in front of her. This was a bit strange.
Chu Xuan was also surprised. He was still at Huayi when he was filming "Sword and Fairy". Naturally, he didn't know many things. But in the end, it was just a small matter that brought us closer. He responded humbly: "Liu Yifei and I are just the same."
Because this drama is so popular, I really didn’t know that Wenzhou TV Production Center was a supporter of it, so from the looks of it, Mr. Zheng can be regarded as our noble man.”
"I don't dare to take this seriously! Mr. Chu is so funny." Zheng Zhongwei waved his hands repeatedly, and he also had a positive understanding of Chu Xuan in his heart. In just a few sentences of dialogue, he was not too subtle, but he seemed to be too modest, but in fact he was too modest.
Taking the initiative in the current situation and being so experienced at such a young age, one cannot judge a hero based on his age.
Wang Yuan introduced the third person: "Liu Feng, a well-known screenwriter, my buddy, is also a member of the Shenghai Screenwriters Association, and has participated in the creation of scripts of various themes."
"Hello, Teacher Liu." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei shook hands and greeted.
Looking at Liu Feng's shy appearance, Han Zhongping seems to have the confidence of having an official background, and Zheng Zhongwei's smoothness makes him seem like a pure screenwriter.
Looking at it this way, if Wang Yuan's screenwriting industry career is confirmed, then Wang Yuan must be the one who controls the overall situation, while Han Zhongping is the person who coordinates the industrial human and material structure, Zheng Zhongwei is the investor, and Liu Feng is probably the one who leads the script creation
screenwriter.
With such a rough guess, Liu Feng's accomplishments in script writing are definitely good.
"Wei Zheng, the director of "Love Apartment" whom you have met, is also my current partner." Wang Yuan introduced the last person.
"Hello, Director Wei." Liu Yifei didn't know her, but Chu Xuan had met her once or twice, so she introduced her acquaintances at the end. Wang Yuan was also well versed in some traditional etiquette.
Chu Xuan had already understood this. From the moment Wang Yuan called him "Brother Chu", he knew that Wang Yuan had strong confidence in his country's culture.
It is also based on this that Chu Xuan also has a good impression of Wang Yuan, and that is why he willingly and reassuringly plans to focus on Wang Yuan as the basis for the expansion of the Brilliant Era screenwriting industry.
Whether to pursue profits or not is another matter, whether to be patriotic or not is the basis. What is more important is to have national cultural confidence, otherwise there is no way to talk about the industrialization of screenwriting that is in line with China's national conditions.
"Let's all meet today. The main thing is to get to know each other, and the rest will come later."
"I would also like to welcome Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu to our Dashenghai. Today's table of food and wine is also for you two to wash away the dust. I also wish you two to win the award at the Magnolia Award Ceremony tomorrow."
Wang Yuan was the first to speak, and together with Han Zhongping, Zheng Zhongwei, Liu Feng, and Wei Zheng, they all held glasses to toast the couple.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei felt the politeness and enthusiasm of everyone. Although this was only due to each other's requests and the couple's own capital strength, as soon as they arrived in Shenghai, they were greeted by a group of local prominent figures.
Hospitality, this is still very respectable.
Both sides toasted politely and politely at first, but after a few drinks, the dinner gradually became more lively due to the influence of a little alcohol.
Therefore, although many people hate wine, sometimes we have to admit that wine is also a good thing. It just depends on whether you can control it to a certain extent.
"Teacher Han, is Shenghai News Agency bad? Why did you quit?" The atmosphere became harmonious, and Chu Xuan felt no embarrassment. He found a topic that was curious but difficult to ask at first, and took advantage of the lively atmosphere to ask.
People's private affairs.
"This is too much to say." Han Zhongping shook his head, chewing the food in his mouth, and did not reply for the time being, as he was processing his thoughts.
The topic was stopped midway to avoid embarrassment, and Wang Yuan said for him: "We, Teacher Han, are a righteous and unyielding patriot. When faced with some ugly and cunning things, we will naturally not compromise, but we can't stop him, so he got angry
When you leave your job, you will be out of sight and out of mind."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei glanced at Han Zhongping. They could understand what he meant on the surface, but what he was referring to specifically was not clear, which also made them curious.
What are ugly things?
What does it mean to be unstoppable?
It seems that this teacher Han Zhongping is also a person with wonderful stories.
"Yilin, Youth Digest, do you know these reading materials that have been circulated since the 1980s and 1990s?" Han Zhongping mentioned two reading materials.
Liu Yifei still didn't understand, but Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows and immediately knew something in his heart, as if he understood something.
Chu Xuan nodded and reached out to pick up the food: "I read an article before, saying that Chinese people go to island countries to work as waiters. According to the so-called island country standards, they have to wash the dishes seven times and bow when meeting people. The main thing is to beautify.
The island country is so civilized and clean.”
"I also read an article about the exchange students between China and the United States. The exchange students from the United States went to a Chinese family to have dinner, and they took the initiative to help wash the dishes and clean the table. It was said that the children of the Chinese families only knew how to
When you reach for the bowl and open your mouth for rice, it focuses on how sensible a child who beautifies America is."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The core content of these readings, overtly and covertly, is just to give an example of China's poor country, and compare it with the good side of foreign fiction. The purpose is
It distorts the thinking of Chinese children, thereby causing them to devalue their own country and worship foreign countries."
"Yes, that's it." Han Zhongping put down his chopsticks and frowned: "These readings are incredible. They are must-have extracurricular readings for many primary and middle schools across the country, and are also recommended readings for some schools. Think about it, Mr. Chu.
If immature students see such things, what impact will it have on their minds if they cannot change it when they grow up?"
"Does the school also recommend it?" Liu Yifei was incredulous.
Han Zhongping nodded: "It was popular all over the country in the 1990s, and was gradually replaced after the millennium, but it is still spreading. It picks out a real bad event from the news to increase credibility, and then generalizes it to the whole country.
So, we then fictionalize a corresponding incident abroad and combine the two into one story, thus triggering a series of thoughts on people's doubts about the country and society and their admiration for foreign countries."
"The problem is that many teachers in China are unaware of the situation abroad, and the cases described in the Chinese incident are real ones. If you insert fictional plots from abroad into the mix, these teachers will not be able to distinguish between true and false.
What’s more, some teachers have been led astray.”
"When I was working a few years ago, as the editor-in-chief of a news agency, I was tasked with publishing stories from these reading materials."
"I didn't notice anything at first, but after reading more, I discovered a problem. How come the country's own reading materials are all ideologies that say bad things about the country?"
"This is strange."
Han Zhongping took a bite of food: "This kind of articles describing foreign countries are particularly popular among people. Those who buy newspapers and magazines think they can understand the foreign environment through an article, but in the end they have been brainwashed and don't know it.
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"It's not okay to continue like this. The potential impact on society is too great. Later I stopped publishing similar articles, but stopping publishing articles affected the news agency's income."
"The wages were not high at that time, and many of my colleagues were living a tight life, so my decision was equivalent to ending the publication of the best-selling newspaper, which would make life difficult for them."
"I don't know who is behind these reading materials. If we can't solve the source of the problem, it's useless to rely on a news agency to stop publishing."
"For these two reasons, I quit my job. As Wang Yuan said, out of sight, out of mind."
"Hey." Liu Feng sighed, picked up his wine glass and had a drink with Han Zhongping: "Cultural invasion has existed for many years. Even if we attack the source, we only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. We have taken down overseas capital agents, and there are countless others.
People like this come out for profit."
"We can all see through these, so how can the relevant departments not see through these essences?"
"Many things seem to be ignored by the relevant departments, but in fact the root cause of such problems lies not in the penetration of ideology, but in the cognition of the whole people."
"It has improved people's awareness. The so-called ideological penetration is bullshit! This is the root cause!"
"That's good." Chu Xuan agreed very much. He felt like he and Liu Feng fell in love at first sight. He picked up his wine glass and toasted him with a glass of wine.
After putting down the wine glass, Chu Xuan said: "Just like some Hollywood movies, white skin shouts love and peace, dark skin shouts democracy and freedom, and yellow skin can only run behind them. The idea conveyed is
Yellow skin is not as good as white skin or dark skin, which is reflected in the thoughts and feelings of some viewers that foreign countries are better than domestic ones."
"As everyone knows, this is just the political correctness of overseas films on certain themes. White skin must be designed in this way, and dark skin must also be designed in this way. The dispensable yellow skin must be lower than the two in terms of class. In this way
Only movies with this kind of theme can be released."
"Once we understand this rule, similar Hollywood movies are just a joke. Whether it's "The Shawshank Redemption" or "The Godfather," they are all movies that use this kind of ideology to differentiate between skin color and race."
"Yes." Zheng Zhongwei nodded: "But there's nothing we can do about it. Their film and television industry is really strong. If we want advanced things in our country, we naturally have to give in. We know that there are problems with their film and television dramas, so we can only import them into the country.
So as to learn their open technology and film and television industry knowledge to make up for their own shortcomings."
Wei Zheng said: "After the reform, the country is wide open to introduce foreign investment. If any industry wants to develop, if it wants to gain, it will have to lose. And as all walks of life develop, they will naturally start to make up for the losses.
Make up for the developmental stages back.”
Wang Yuan picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and smiled at Chu Xuan: "Isn't that what Brother Chu is doing? Whether it is the screenwriting industry or the film and television industry, as long as we have our own film and television system, what about those overseas who are disrupting the situation?
Investors and domestic compradors can only follow our standards. Isn’t this just making up for what our domestic entertainment industry has lost in order to develop over the years?”
"That's right." Zheng Zhongwei nodded slightly and looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei: "So, Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu are the ones who really do big things. They should be called leaders."
"Indeed, come, let's respect Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu." Han Zhongping was very considerate and took the lead in toasting.
"No, no, no, no, no, no." Chu Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You are all my teachers and seniors, don't be like this, don't be like this, what virtue can you do? These things are just thinking about it, I am a junior student.
Come on, I am asking for more than I am seeking, the teachers think highly of me."
"That's right." Liu Yifei held a cup with Chu Xuan together: "Chu Xuan and I are just students in front of the teachers. It is our honor to meet all the teachers today. We hope that the teachers will give us more guidance in the future. We respect all teachers.
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Everyone raised their heads and drank together, and chatted about some in-depth topics. This was a meeting of like-minded people, and the atmosphere of cultural connotation was even higher.
It seemed that this was the first time for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to encounter such a dinner atmosphere, and the couple exchanged heated words with everyone.
