Since the reform and opening up allowed self-employed businesses to operate, many people in Beijing have opened restaurants. Due to financial pressure and political concerns, these small restaurants are opened in their own homes, and the employees are also their own family members.
The place where Kang Jianfei brought Gong Li was a private restaurant in an ordinary courtyard.
When the two arrived, Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou and Liu Xiaoqing were already sitting there in the courtyard, talking about interesting things and laughing from time to time.
"Director Chen, Miss Liu, and Photographer Zhang!" Gong Li recognized Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou at a glance. The former became famous because of "Yellow Earth" or the International Award in the first half of the year, and the latter won the Golden Rooster Award a few days ago.
Best Cinematography. Since Gong Li was applying for the Central Academy of Drama, she naturally had to pay more attention to domestic directors, photographers and actors, so she recognized the three of them as soon as she entered the door.
It was Liu Xiaoqing who contacted him for this meal, just to borrow Kang Jianfei's name and get closer to Chen Kaige. Although Liu Xiaoqing is well-known in the mainland, he only makes movies at Beijing Film Studio, and today he only received one call
Filming tasks. Brother Chen Kai has a good job in Guangxi and Shaanxi film studios. If you build a good relationship with Brother Chen Kai, you can take the opportunity to get to know the leaders of other film studios and increase your chances of filming.
Originally, Liu Xiaoqing was planning to ask Kang Jianfei to take her to Hong Kong for filming, but Kang Jianfei never let go, and instead gave her a sum of money. With Liu Xiaoqing's cleverness, how could he not know that Kang Jianfei was rejecting her, so he had to settle for the next best thing?
A domestic director invited Kang Jianfei out for a meal to increase his halo.
The day before yesterday, Kang Jianfei said that he would bring a few friends to have dinner together. Liu Xiaoqing thought that the more people the better, and she could make more friends, so she happily ordered a table of meals. Little did she expect that the friend Kang Jianfei brought was a young woman.
When he saw Gong Li, the smile on his face immediately froze because Kang Jianfei and Gong Li seemed too close.
Liu Xiaoqing is naturally not jealous, but because Gong Li's appearance has affected her status as a heroine today.
"Jianfei, is this the friend you said you were going to bring? Which unit does she belong to?" Liu Xiaoqing could tell at a glance that Gong Li was from mainland China.
Gong Li didn't have any ill intentions towards Liu Xiaoqing, but rather admired her. She introduced herself: "Hello, Miss Liu, my name is Gong Li. I particularly like watching your performances in "Little Flower" and "Three Treasures in Shenzhen".
She didn’t reach out to hit the smiling person, especially when Gong Li acted like a movie fan. Liu Xiaoqing couldn’t fall out with her fans. She could only smile and say: “Haha, hello, hello.”
"Xiao Li is preparing to pass the drama test. Director Chen and Photography Zhang will have to take care of her from now on." Kang Jianfei said casually.
Gong Li performed well in the professional courses for the Chinese Opera Recruitment. With Kang Jianfei's help, there was no risk of failing even if she missed the college entrance examination by a few dozen points in the cultural courses.
Today's art school recruitment examinations are far less stringent than later generations. For example, Gong Li failed to apply for a local art school twice before because she was rejected through the back door.
"Comrade Gong Li has a very good appearance. She looks like she would be a good actor in a movie." Chen Kaige praised her.
Gong Li's family is full of teachers. Yin Dawei, her first acting teacher, is only the director of the art troupe. She has a dark eye on the film industry. Now Kang Jianfei has introduced her to Brother Chen Kai. Gong Li is so happy that she is speechless. At the same time, she is also overwhelmed by Kang Jianfei's
The considerate care makes me feel warm and heartwarming.
Kang Jianfei and Brother Chen Kai had met before, and they had drinks together at the film office's banquet. They exchanged pleasantries with each other, and met Zhang Yimou under the introduction of Brother Chen Kai.
Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up when he saw Gong Li. But he returned to normal in an instant and turned his attention to Kang Jianfei: "Hello Mr. Kang, I have long admired your name! When I was on the crew of "Shu Mountain", I often heard comrades in Hong Kong mention you.
, everyone is extremely impressed."
Kang Jianfei shook hands with him and said, "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Zhang helped the crew of "Shu Mountain". Thank you for your help."
"I can't say I helped. I learned a lot from the crew." Zhang Yimou said with a smile.
Seeing everyone sitting down, Liu Xiaoqing said: "Everyone is here, let's start serving food. The private cuisine here tastes good."
Kang Jianfei suddenly said: "There are still a few friends who are not here. Just wait."
Liu Xiaoqing said in shock: "Is there anyone else?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "You know him too."
"Who?" Liu Xiaoqing asked.
Kang Jianfei said: "Li Hanxiang and Director Li."
"Li... haha, it turns out to be Teacher Li." Liu Xiaoqing's smile was a little awkward.
Kang Jianfei was very curious about Liu Xiaoqing's reaction. He felt that Liu Xiaoqing and Li Hanxiang had a good relationship, so he had the two meals together and let Li Hanxiang, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou get to know each other.
But now Liu Xiaoqing's reaction was obviously in conflict with Li Hanxiang, and Kang Jianfei was a little confused about the situation.
Brother Chen Kai was very happy and said: "He's the one who filmed "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Government Behind the Curtain". I've met him twice but never had the chance to get to know him well."
Zhang Yimou is just a photographer in his early years. It is already very rare to have the opportunity to have dinner with Kang Jianfei. Now that he has the opportunity to meet Li Hanxiang, he is even more looking forward to it.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm late for something!" A shout suddenly came from the door. Several people looked back and saw Li Hanxiang walking in quickly, with a young beauty behind him.
After Liu Xiaoqing saw that beauty, the smile on his face completely disappeared.
"Um, Xiaoqing is here too?" Li Hanxiang was also surprised to see Liu Xiaoqing, and his expression became awkward.
More than a year ago, due to the termination of the filming plan by the China Film Cooperation Company, Li Hanxiang's five late Qing dramas were shelved after only two of them were filmed. He had originally announced that he would stop directing, but when he heard that a TV drama co-production company was established in the mainland, his ambitions were immediately rekindled
Cooperate with the mainland to prepare "Fire Dragon" in the name of making a TV movie.
Due to several bans in Taiwan, no one except left-wing filmmakers is willing to invest in Li Hanxiang's movies. After seeking investment from Yindu institutions to no avail, Li Hanxiang found DreamWorks to film "Fire Dragon"
》, 60% of the investment comes from DreamWorks.
Today, the purpose of Kang Jianfei bringing Li Hanxiang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou together for dinner is to help Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" crew find good helpers. He wants to invite Chen Kaige to be the film's deputy director and Zhang Yimou to be the film's director of photography.
The reason why Kang Jianfei needs to be contacted is mainly because Li Hanxiang is having trouble with the China Film Co-production Company, and the TV series co-production company he is currently cooperating with can only find directors and photographers for TV series.
Of course, Li Hanxiang can also bring a Hong Kong team to shoot, but "Fire Dragon" was jointly invested by New Kunlun and DreamWorks, and the shooting budget is not sufficient. It is too expensive for Hong Kong filmmakers to go to the mainland to shoot.
As for the unhappiness between Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing, it was because of the casting of "Fire Dragon". Liu Xiaoqing thought that based on her relationship with Li Hanxiang and her own fame in China, she would definitely be a movie heroine, but Li Hanxiang went to Emei Film Production
The studio found Pan Hong to be the heroine.
The young beauty following Li Hanxiang at this time was Pan Hong from Emei Film Studio.
Why is Liu Xiaoqing eager to take on the role?
The main reason is that the official salary of mainland actors is too low, and there are subsidies and bonuses when filming. The most important thing is that they can take the opportunity to sneak out and make extra money.
The reason why Li Hanxiang abandoned Liu Xiaoqing and chose Pan Hong was precisely because when he was filming "Curtain Behind the Curtain", Liu Xiaoqing spent too much time going out to make money, which sometimes delayed the filming of the movie. In addition, Liu Xiaoqing was a bit unruly, so Li Hanxiang wanted to find him.
An obedient heroine.
Li Hanxiang actually wanted to discipline Liu Xiaoqing when he was filming in the past. For example, when Liu Xiaoqing was late for the movie, he would give her a good scolding. But Liu Xiaoqing was so smart that every time before he went out to take on private work, he would ask Li Hanxiang to take out his attendance sheet and then follow it.
Back in time. The most dangerous time was arriving a few minutes before the shooting started.
Since Liu Xiaoqing was never late for filming, Li Hanxiang could only endure it again and again. It is obvious that he was dissatisfied with him. He even said "There is a magnolia hidden in a million troops" to remind Liu Xiaoqing.
At that time, the character played by Liu Xiaoqing was called "Magnolia". Li Hanxiang meant that every time a movie was shot, he had to go to the crowd to find Liu Xiaoqing, the heroine.
Of course Liu Xiaoqing understands, but in order to make extra money, he still remains elusive.
The other actors in the crew were a little hesitant at first, but when they saw the heroine going out to take jobs to make money so unscrupulously, they all imitated her. The final result was that every time the filming started, the main actors from mainland China were
He dared to return to the set from outside and hurriedly put on makeup and preparations, which added a lot of trouble to Li Hanxiang's directing work.
Not only that. Liu Xiaoqing also cried and made a fuss about improving the food for all mainland actors. All the money had to be paid by Li Hanxiang. It’s strange that Li Hanxiang had no objection to her.
However, both Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing were human beings, and outsiders were present at this time. After the initial embarrassment, the two soon started talking and laughing, and those who didn't know thought they had a good relationship.
After greeting each other, Li Hanxiang introduced the beauty he brought: "This is Miss Pan Hong from Emei Film Studio. She is the heroine of my new film."
Brother Chen Kai said with a smile: "I know Comrade Pan Hong. Her performance in "The Distressed Laughter" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and her starring role in "Cold Night" was also shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival.
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The dishes from the private kitchen were served one after another. Except for Liu Xiaoqing, who became more and more depressed as he ate, everyone else was chatting happily.
The topic was turned to Li Hanxiang's new film "Fire Dragon" by Kang Jianfei. He asked: "Director Li, why didn't you bring Jiahui with you?"
"We haven't started filming so soon," Li Hanxiang said. "I went to Northeast China some time ago, and then I went to Chengdu to invite Xiao Pan. Didn't I just return to the capital?"
Li Hanxiang went to the Northeast to meet the rich concubines of the last emperor. Pan Hong was not much less famous than Liu Xiaoqing, so Li Hanxiang really needed to go there in person to invite her.
Speaking of movies, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were very interested. The former asked: "Where will Director Li's "Fire Dragon" be filmed?"
"Set up a scene just outside Xizhimen." Li Hanxiang pointed outside. He wanted to shoot in the palace, but the cost was too high and the application was difficult, so he had to make do with the scene.
Kang Jianfei asked: "Do Director Chen and Photographer Zhang have any shooting tasks recently?"
Brother Chen Kai said with a smile: "We are all idle. The factory does not have enough funds, otherwise we would not have time to fool around in the capital."
Kang Jianfei took the opportunity and said: "Why don't you two join the crew of "Fire Dragon"? Director Li is very short of manpower."
Brother Chen Kai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The reason why he asked Liu Xiaoqing to ask Kang Jianfei out for dinner was because he was entrusted by the factory leaders to get some funds from Kang Jianfei. However, before he had the nerve to ask, he was invited by Kang Jianfei to film "Fire Dragon".
"How long does it take to shoot "Fire Dragon"?" Brother Chen Kai asked.
Li Hanxiang said: "The filming can be completed before the Spring Festival."
Brother Chen Kai said: "I'll tell you the truth. I plan to make a film that reflects last year's National Day military parade. This time I came to Mr. Kang to get sponsorship."
"Sponsorship? Not investment?" Kang Jianfei asked curiously.
"Well, the film studio does not accept overseas investment in its movies, but now the studio is having some financial difficulties." Brother Chen Kai said sheepishly.
Li Hanxiang is very familiar with the domestic film industry and asked: "Your Guangxi Film Studio is also a big company, so why is it facing financial difficulties? And even if you don't have money, you can still apply for financial support."
Brother Chen Kai explained: "Now all the funds in the factory have been allocated to filming "The Battle of Taierzhuang". I said I wanted to film "The Grand Parade", but the director of the factory asked me to find a way to make money myself."
Kang Jianfei couldn't laugh or cry about this. How can there be such a sponsorship in the world? It doesn't allow people to participate in investment, and there are no other benefits such as advertising. The so-called sponsorship is no different from donation. This brother Chen Kai regards Kang Jianfei as a fool who has too much money.
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However, the Guangxi Film Studio has a lot of film resources, so it would be nice to spend a little money to form a good relationship, not to mention that Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou are also worthy of investment. Kang Jianfei asked: "How much does it cost?"
"200,000." Brother Chen Kai said cautiously, fearing that if he said too much, he would scare Kang Jianfei away.
"Is 200,000 enough?" Kang Jianfei asked.
Brother Chen Kai explained: "That's enough. The factory also needs to allocate some funds. Moreover, I have contacted the army. The people they offer do not need to be paid, as long as they can take care of the food."
Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Consider it my personal donation."
"It's sponsorship," Chen Kaige corrected, "Mr. Kang would be better off sponsoring it in the name of his company. I will use subtitles to thank him at the end of the film."
"Whatever you want." Kang Jianfei said speechlessly. The credits at the end of the film were useless. He suddenly thought of the instant noodles he sold and said, "Then sponsor it in the name of Kang Le Food Company."
Liu Xiaoqing suddenly interrupted in surprise: "It turns out that Kangle instant noodles are produced by Jianfei's company."
Kang Le instant noodles are already well-known in mainland China, and ham sausages were also made last year. However, due to the emancipation of the mind, the hidden attribute of Chinese people's copycats began to emerge, and instant noodles and ham sausages have no technical content, so they are everywhere
Someone is doing it.
Coupled with serious local protectionism, if it were not for Mr. Ye Sangong's sales channels of national supply and marketing cooperatives, Kangle Convenience, ham sausages would not be sold in the local market. Even so, Kangle Food Company's best-selling products can only be sold in provinces across the country.
It is sold in cities, and the markets at the city and county levels are all taken away by local products.
What, you want to sell instant noodles and ham sausages to every corner of the country?
I'm sorry. We also have an instant noodle factory in xx city, and our workers need to eat. So, go back to where you came from.
Not convinced? Then you can sell it. Your instant noodles can't be transported into the city at all. They will be stopped halfway, and maybe the local army or police are setting up a checkpoint.
This situation is much better in the south. The more inland cities, the more serious local protectionism. Even so, Kangle instant noodles have been driven out of some counties and cities in Guangdong. Fortunately, the railway channel still exists.
However, since the products of Kangle Food Company are basically only sold in provincial cities, with exquisite packaging and unique taste, they naturally become high-end and elegant. Many people go to provincial cities on business and bring back a few packs of instant noodles as gifts...
The gossip went too far. After finishing the meal, Kang Jianfei sponsored 200,000 yuan to Chen Kaige's new film "The Parade" in the name of Kangle Food Company. At the same time, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou agreed to join the crew of Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" and help "Fire Dragon".
》Bring in some other film crew members.
After leaving the private restaurant, Li Hanxiang said happily: "Thank you so much this time, Mr. Kang, otherwise I wouldn't know how to get a good crew together after I had a falling out with the film co-production company."
Kang Jianfei said: "Director Li is joking. With your connections in the Mainland, are you worried about finding a few people to make movies?"
"It's different," Li Hanxiang sighed. "When I used to cooperate with a film co-production company, I had people from all the film studios in the mainland for me to choose from. During the filming, there were people who were responsible for taking care of various local things, and even the military could be found.
Come to participate in the cooperation. But now we are cooperating with a TV series co-production company, and their energy is much smaller. It is easy to find people, but it is very difficult to recruit outstanding people like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. This time I went to Chengdu
/It takes a lot of effort to invite Miss Pan."
Pan Hong, who never spoke much, said: "Director Li, please don't talk nonsense. I will come to the capital with you as soon as I finish reading the script."
Li Hanxiang sighed: "I would also like to thank Miss Pan. She offended the leaders of Emei Film Studio in order to film "Fire Dragon" with me."
Kang Jianfei helped Li Hanxiang with just a little effort. After all, "Fire Dragon" was invested heavily by DreamWorks, and the leading actor Liang Jiahui is an actor that DreamWorks is ready to support.
Li Hanxiang lives near Xizhimen. They were still chatting on the road when a young man suddenly ran over: "Director Li, I found the antique furniture."
"Oh, take me to have a look." Li Hanxiang suddenly became energetic and said to Kang Jianfei, "Mr. Kang, why don't we go and have a look together?"
It was very troublesome to shoot "Fire Dragon" this time. Li Hanxiang had to solve all kinds of things by himself, such as the various background props needed in the film.
Kang Jianfei was fine anyway, so he followed Li Hanxiang for more than ten minutes before arriving at an ordinary worker's home.
The worker's name was Hou Dewang, who was in his early twenties. He was very happy to see Li Hanxiang and Kang Jianfei coming. He asked enthusiastically: "I heard that you want to rent elderly furniture. How do you calculate the rent?"
Li Hanxiang was about to answer when his face suddenly changed slightly. He walked to the dining table in the main room and stretched out his hand to touch the table, and then asked: "Xiao Hou, is the table you are wearing inherited from your family?"
Hou Dewang said: "Where could my ancestors buy such good furniture? I heard it was from the royal palace."
Li Hanxiang pretended to be indifferent and looked at all the furniture in the rooms. Then he picked up a plate in the corner and said with a smile: "Xiao Hou, your house is full of good stuff. This plate is
Aren’t you afraid of being broken here?”
"It's just a plate. If you drop it, just drop it." Hou Dewang said generously.
Li Hanxiang said dumbfounded: "What a waste of natural resources, these are all good things!"
"You mean these are all antiques, aren't they very valuable?" Hou Dewang is not stupid at all.
Li Hanxiang nodded and said, "It's valuable."
Hou Dewang rolled his eyes and said smartly: "How about I sell it to you if you like it."
Li Hanxiang originally only wanted to rent it for filming, but he didn't expect to be able to trade cultural relics. He happily asked: "Are you willing to sell it to me?"
"I'll sell it if you give me a good price. You can choose whatever you want in the house," Hou Dewang said with a philistine smile on his face, "But I don't want money, I just want foreign exchange certificates. I can buy any color TV or refrigerator with foreign exchange certificates."
Kang Jianfei suddenly interrupted: "No problem, how many do you want?"
"10,000!" After Hou Dewang said it, he felt that he was exaggerating, so he changed his words, "For the sake of two compatriots from Hong Kong, I will sell all 8,000!"
Li Hanxiang turned back to Kang Jianfei and smiled knowingly, and said, "Okay, we want all 8,000 yuan."
When Hou Dewang heard this, he was overjoyed and thought: What a fool. They were willing to spend 8,000 yuan on a few tables, chairs, and broken plates, and they could still buy rare foreign exchange coupons.
An 8,000-yuan foreign exchange certificate could be exchanged for tens of thousands of RMB if Hou Dewang took it to the black market.
Kang Jianfei knew nothing about antiques and cultural relics, so he just followed Li Hanxiang around blindly, looking for every old object in each room.
Kang Jianfei does not lack that little money, but he is particularly interested in this kind of antique hunting, or he finds it interesting and has a sense of accomplishment.
After working for a long time, Kang Jianfei took advantage of Hou Dewang not paying attention, patted the dining table and asked: "Director Li, what's going on with this table?"
Li Hanxiang whispered: "Ming Dynasty, Huanghuali."
"I didn't expect that Director Li can not only make movies, but also study antiques very well." Kang Jianfei praised.
"It's just a blind guess," Li Hanxiang touched the table and said sadly, "It's a pity that this table has many gaps made with knives. It's a bit disfigured."
Kang Jianfei asked: "How to divide it?"
Naturally, everyone who saw the spoils had a share. Li Hanxiang asked: "What does Mr. Kang think?"
Kang Jianfei said: "I'm not keen on antiques. There's no room for such a big table. I want those small items such as those plates, pen holders, flower pots, etc. You can take the rest of the big ones, Director Li."
"It's settled!" Li Hanxiang said happily, he was still afraid that Kang Jianfei's lion would open his mouth. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support.
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ps: Li Hanxiang has mentioned in many articles that he was a fool who sold antiques. He regretted it for many years and has since started the antique business. 9
