When Xu Wangqiu returned to the estuary, he found that the entire county had been turned into a large barracks. The infantry, artillery, tank crews, aviation troops, etc., who participated in the filming of "Falcon", all drove over. Walking on the street, the eyes are full of PLA soldiers. Because of the arrival of the troops, the whole county was very lively, like a festival.

Not long after Xu Wangqiu returned to the station, Zhang Xuefeng from the support office came over. He joked with Xu Wangqiu: "If you don't show up these days, we think you were captured by the Vietnamese." Now that the large army is gathered, it is ready to go to Vietnam to rescue you!"

Xu Wangqiu laughed: "In March, we asked the Beihang UAV Research Institute to help us develop two kinds of shooting equipment, with which we can shoot more shocking pictures." A few days ago, I received news from Beihang that it had been done, and I rushed back to Beiping to debug the equipment. I was in a hurry and forgot to tell you, which made you worried. ”

When Zhang Xuefeng heard Xu Wangqiu say this, he said, "It's okay." After all, this is the front line, and the sudden disappearance of your people makes us very nervous. Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Wangqiu and said: "Director Xu, the crew Zhou Lijin, Tang Yuqiang and others are all very popular actors, and the soldiers also like them very much." I think it's better to let the actors put out some shows and have a theatrical evening. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that the Southern Yunnan Military Region was very supportive of "Falcon", and in order to express his gratitude to the troops, it was appropriate to hold a theatrical evening: "I will talk to the actors later, let them prepare a few programs, rehearse a little, and hold a theatrical evening." ”

Zhang Xuefeng heard Xu Wangqiu agree, and said with a smile: "The soldiers especially like the "Loyal to the Country" and "When That Day Comes" you wrote, and you will have to sing two songs when the time comes!"

Xu Wangqiu pointed to his throat and said: "I can't have a good voice, I have no talent for singing, but the soldiers must be willing to listen, and I am not afraid of being embarrassed, and I will sing two songs to everyone when the time comes." ”

The cast and crew all know that the army has provided a lot of support for "Falcon", and when the film officially starts filming, it is even more inseparable from their support to shoot war scenes. Without the full support of the troops, it would have been impossible to shoot a big scene with real guns and real guns. As a token of gratitude to the troops, several programs were performed for the fighters, who were all very happy.

For example, Tang Yuqiang sang "Jing Loyal to the Country", Zhou Lijin performed martial arts, Bao Qijing sang "My Motherland", Yuan Heping performed drunken boxing, and other actors also took out their unique skills and prepared to show their hands in front of the soldiers.

However, there was still a problem when the theatrical evening was officially held. The start time of the party was seven o'clock in the evening, but the time had come, but Tang Yuqiang and Zhou Lijin never appeared, and they didn't know where they went. Xu Wangqiu was very angry, thousands of soldiers are waiting here, and at this time, you actually dropped the chain, it is too unusual.

After waiting for fifteen minutes, Tang Yuqiang and the others still didn't show up. If it was an ordinary performance, the audience would have been in a hurry, but the soldiers did not make a fuss, and they all sat quietly and waited for the performance to begin. Xu Wangqiu felt that he couldn't wait stupidly, so he could only let others perform first and put Tang Yuqiang's show last.

Xu Wangqiu stepped onto the stage and bowed to the people present to thank him: "All of you here are witnesses of the self-defense counterattack, and you are our heroes. Now we want to reproduce this war in the movie, which is a commemoration of the People's Liberation Army that participated in this war, and it is also a generous gift to the motherland. I believe that through our joint efforts, we will definitely make this film very well. Two days ago, when I was in Peiping, I said to several leaders that I dare not say that the Vietnamese will raise their hands to surrender after watching "Falcon", and will kneel on the ground and call Dad, but after watching it, they are terrified and can't sleep, and they should be able to do it. ”

The soldiers at the scene burst into laughter when they heard this, and then responded with warm applause.

Xu Wangqiu continued: "Tonight, we will organize a theatrical evening, which will be performed by the actors in the film and the staff of the crew, so that they can meet with the majority of officers and soldiers in advance. Next, I would like to invite Comrade Bao Qijing from Xiangjiang to sing "My Motherland". ”

In the warm applause of the soldiers, Bao Qijing walked on the stage and began to sing: "A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the rice and flowers on both sides. My family lives on the shore, and I'm used to hearing the captain's name......"

After more than ten minutes of the gala, Tang Yuqiang and the others finally came, all disheveled and sweating profusely.

Xu Wangqiu saw the green tendons on their foreheads pop up, and angry flames erupted in their eyes. He lifted the water glass on the table, threw it directly on the ground, pointed at a few of them and shouted: "Do you know that tonight's performance? Thousands of people are waiting for you on the spot, but you just won't come." You think you're very patient, don't you think you're a big star? Without an audience, without these fighters, you're not a fart. ”

Tang Yuqiang hurriedly explained: "We went around the street, and we were recognized by the audience. Thousands of people surrounded us in the middle, and we managed to squeeze it out, and it really wasn't intentional. ”

Xu Wangqiu was even more annoyed when he heard this: "I don't listen to the reason, I just know that you didn't show up on time." Do you know who this audience is tonight? They're all warriors who crossed the Red River and fought against the Vietnamese, they're all heroes. Are you worthy of them? If they are like you, they don't have a sense of time, and if they say that the good time is not enough, will they be able to win the victory against the Vietnamese?"

Tang Yuqiang and the others were like children who had done something wrong, standing there in a proper manner, not moving.

Big stars like Tang Yuqiang and Zhou Lijin were all scolded by Xu Wangqiu, how dare the rest of the crew provoke Xu Wangqiu. In addition, Xu Wangqiu's positive Hu Qingming began to circulate in the crew, and no one dared to touch the tiger's beard. In the following days, the entire crew was very attentive, for fear of causing Xu Wangqiu's dissatisfaction.

At noon that day, Zhang Xuefeng came over and told Xu Wangqiu an unexpected news: "We gathered troops to prepare for filming, but the Vietnamese were frightened, thinking that we were going to engage in some military action." In order to find out the meaning of our army, many agents were sent to spy on intelligence. Yesterday afternoon, a female agent dressed as a border citizen was arrested. ”

Xu Wangqiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Where is this female agent, can I meet her?"

"Escorted to the rear. Zhang Xuefeng looked at Xu Wangqiu in surprise, thinking that Xiao Xu probably heard too much about the legend of the Vietnamese female agent, and wanted to go and see the strangeness, but he didn't expect Xiao Xu's curiosity to be quite heavy, and chuckled, "Of course you can see if you want to see it, but in fact, there is nothing good to see at all, they don't have three heads and six arms." ”

Xu Wangqiu explained with a smile: "There is a female agent Yuemei in "Falcon", and this role is played by Bao Qijing. You also know that although Bao Qijing is only her own comrade, she is a native of Xiangjiang, she grew up in Xiangjiang, and she doesn't know much about war and agents. An actor creates a character, and must have enough understanding of the role you play, know who she is, what her family is like, whether she is married, whether she has a lover, etc. Only on the basis of a full understanding of the character can the actor find something similar from his own life experience and thus integrate into the character. Bao Qijing has no concept of Vietnamese agents at all, and she can't find common ground between herself and the character, and it is difficult for her to enter the role. Now that a female agent has been caught, I think letting Bao Qijing talk to her will help her understand the role of Yuemei. ”

Zhang Xuefeng completely understood: "So that's the case, then you really should talk to that female agent." ”

The next morning, Xu Wangqiu and Bao Qijing took a car to the rear to see the captured female agent.

In the previous life, Xu Wangqiu saw a lot of legends about Vietnamese female agents on the Internet, why she didn't wear underwear, what she stripped naked in front of our soldiers, and she specialized in shooting black guns in the back. In Xu Wangqiu's imagination, the Vietnamese female agent is the image of a beautiful snake, similar to the female spy in the old movie.

However, after actually seeing the captured Vietnamese female agent, Xu Wangqiu found that it was completely different from what he imagined, she looked very ordinary, and she couldn't find it in the crowd. If you think about it carefully, if you look like Liu Yifei, and someone is staring at you wherever you go, then you will still spy on the information of a fart.

This female agent did not give in to death as she imagined, Xu Wangqiu said whatever they asked, what she was doing at home, who they were, why they wanted to be an agent, etc., without hesitation. Of course, I don't know if what she said is true.

To Xu Wangqiu's special surprise, the female agent said that mainland songs are particularly popular in Vietnam, and songs such as "Vietnam in the Fifteenth Five-Year" and "Clouds in the Hometown" are even more popular in Vietnam. Many Vietnamese soldiers would play their guitars and sing these songs when they were resting. Xu Wangqiu was quite skeptical about this, now that the two sides are fighting, how could he sing these songs describing the People's Liberation Army, and let the female agent sing them, but I didn't expect her to really sing them.

Xu Wangqiu remembers reading someone on the Internet saying that Vietnamese people hate China and are very pro-China at the same time. They feel that China has beaten them badly, is bullying them, and hates China very much, but at the same time, many people are very fond of Chinese culture, and Chinese movies, TV dramas, literary works, and even the Internet are very popular in Vietnam.

Xu Wangqiu thinks this phenomenon is very interesting, it is the crushing of the culture in a strong position against the culture in a weak position, and it can also be said to be the impact of cultural hegemony. Culture is like a whirlpool, and a strong whirlpool will naturally produce centripetal force, attraction, and will attract weak culture to move closer to the strong. China is also facing this problem, and China is now very poor and in a weak position when facing the United States and Dongying. A "Pursuit" that received a mediocre response in Dongying is proof of its popularity all over the country in China.

It is very difficult to export one's own culture in the face of cultural hegemony in the face of cultural hegemony. Jiang Wen has a saying that is particularly right, first get the aircraft carriers right, when China has twice as many aircraft carriers as the United States, everything is easy to talk about.

In fact, in the past 30 years from the early 80s to 2010, Hong Kong and Taiwan culture has been extremely beautiful and highly sought after in the mainland, and even the host imitated the Hong Kong and Taiwan accent and felt that it was fashionable. With the rise of the mainland economy, by 2020, there will be many mainland audiences who take Hong Kong and Taiwan culture seriously.

When China's economic and military strength really rises, Chinese culture will naturally become stronger. Even if we don't engage in cultural export, others will take the initiative to learn, just like we now take the initiative to learn European and American culture. However, this is a long process, and it will not be seen in a short period of time, and I am afraid that it will be 6 or 70 years from now, and until then, Chinese culture will always face the impact of Western culture.

Confrontation with cultural hegemony is a problem faced by most countries in the world, and it is a worldwide problem. However, this problem is too big for Xu Wangqiu to change, and he didn't waste too much time on this issue.

The only thing Xu Wangqiu can do now is to shoot "Falcon" well and shoot his own works. Ren Zhengfei said that producing one more potato for the country is a contribution to the country. In Xu Wangqiu's view, by filming "Falcon" well and promoting it overseas, he is contributing to our culture and fighting against the cultural hegemony of the West.