At nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Wangqiu came to the open space on the set of Clear Water Bay and had a conversation with film scholar Lin Tongnian.

The two talked about "Falcon", and also talked about mainland and Xiangjiang movies. Lin Tongnian said that young directors in Xiangjiang can't make films like "Falcon", they have no sense of country, nationality, politics, and history, and they are a generation without roots. As a result, Xiangjiang filmmakers have no sense of mission of the times, lack of nation-state awareness, do not know what ideals are, and only know how to work hard for money, seek sensory stimulation, and get drunk today, which also leads to the over-commercialization of Xiangjiang films, lacking cultural connotation and sense of history.

Xu Wangqiu felt that the person in front of him was very powerful, and pointed out the biggest crux of the Xiangjiang movie. He used to be very puzzled, many stories can't be put in the mainland, but they can be filmed in Xiangjiang, such as science fiction stories, the conditions in Xiangjiang are obviously much better than those in the mainland, but no one does it; later, with the contact with Xiangjiang filmmakers, he realized that Xiangjiang has no soil to produce excellent science fiction films at all. Because science fiction films tend to focus on political or social issues, as well as philosophical aspects such as the human condition. In the eyes of Xiangjiang filmmakers, there is only Xiangjiang's three-point plot, and there is no such pattern at all, even if they make science fiction films, they can only make things like "Blue Bloods" and "Future Police".

chatted with Lin Tongnian for nearly two hours, Xu Wangqiu gained a lot and had a deeper understanding of Xiangjiang and Xiangjiang movies. After sending Lin away in the same year, he came to Xu Dunyu's office to find today's newspaper to read. "Falcon" was a good box office on the first day, and he wanted to see how the media reported it, especially how the pro-Taiwan media reported it.

Xu Dun is the general manager in charge of distribution in Yindu, and he pays close attention to media trends, and there are newspapers of major media in Xiangjiang in his office. Xu Wangqiu said hello to Xu Dunyu, sat on the sofa, picked up the latest newspaper, and read them one by one.

The pro-mainland media, led by Wen Wei Po, naturally praised it, believing that "Falcon" had been a huge success, and if "Falcon" could finally exceed 10 million at the box office, it would be the third film in Xiangjiang to exceed 10 million at the box office.

Neutral media, led by "Ming Pao", also sang praises for the performance of "Falcon", saying that Xu Wangqiu used his strength to crush all kinds of doubts about him. Although "Falcon" did not perform as well as "Modern Bodyguard" on the first day, it was not a big problem to win the box office runner-up.

The pro-Taiwan media, led by the "Xiangjiang Times", naturally will not have good things to say about Xu Wangqiu and "Falcon". They compared the first-day box office of "Falcon" and "Modern Bodyguard", saying that Xu Wangqiu spat out wild words that "Falcon" could surpass "Modern Bodyguard" at the box office, but he failed on the first day.

Xu Wangqiu was flipping through the newspaper with great interest, when he suddenly heard Xu Dunluo speak: "By the way, Wangqiu, when it was past nine o'clock, Zou Wenhuai called and said that he wanted to invite you to dinner." ”

Xu Wangqiu was a little surprised, put down the newspaper and asked, "Why would he invite me to dinner, he wouldn't know the export company's policy, right?"

Xu Dunluo said with a smile: "He didn't mention the export company, but he was inquiring about your situation, and it is estimated that he has taken a fancy to you." Zou Wenhuai attaches great importance to talents and is willing to spend money. Cheng Long became popular after starring in "Drunken Fist", and he directly smashed a check of 4.7 million yuan and dug Cheng Long to Golden Harvest. Your "Hoe Rape" box office exceeded 5 million, and "Falcon" now has a box office of more than 1 million on the first day, and it should not be a problem for the final box office to exceed 10 million. He should have taken a fancy to your talent and wanted to dig you into Golden Harvest. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled when he heard this: "Then how much check is he going to pay to poach me?"

Xu Dunxi is not worried that Xu Wangqiu will be poached by Zou Wenhuai, after all, Wang Lanxi values Xu Wangqiu very much, and the country also attaches great importance to him, it can be said that he has a bright future, and said with a smile: "I don't know about this, if you are interested, you can ask yourself." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and waved his hand: "Zou Wenhuai is a capable person in Xiangjiang, but compared with the big bosses of Hollywood, he is still too far behind." The president of the Motion Picture Association of America has been running again and again in order to let American films enter the Chinese market, and they have even proposed that American films not take away the box office earned in China and directly invest in China, but the state has not agreed. Zou Wenhuai and the others were close at hand, but they didn't think about it, and their eyes could be seen. Although the style of Golden Harvest is now, I am not optimistic about the future of Golden Harvest. If one day Xiangjiang Movie dies, I believe that it will not only die because the opponent is too strong, but also because of short-sightedness. ”

Xu Dunluo has been in Xiangjiang for more than 20 years and has a very good understanding of the situation in Xiangjiang, explaining: "In fact, it cannot be said that they are short-sighted, they are afraid and hostile to the mainland in their hearts, how can they take the initiative to open up the mainland market. Do you know the six or seven years of anti-British resistance and riots? Since then, the vast majority of the entire Xiangjiang society has turned to the British government in Hong Kong, and their hearts are afraid and hostile to the mainland. ”

Before Xu Wangqiu's rebirth, the yellow corpse in Xiangjiang made trouble, but Macao was in a stable and united situation. Many people think it's strange that they are almost returning together, how can there be such a big difference. In fact, the roots of this difference are in the sixties.

In 1966, pro-mainland forces in Macau clashed with the Macau police, and the 123 riots broke out. The struggle ended with the victory of the pro-mainland forces, after which the pro-mainland forces had effectively taken control of Macau. After a long period of time, Macao is relatively pro-mainland, and after the return to the motherland, the 23 articles were easily passed.

In 1967, workers in Heung Kong were suppressed by the police because of labor disputes, and some workers were arrested and killed after being taken to the police station. A mass protest ensued by the workers, which was cracked down even more harshly by the police. Under these circumstances, Heung Kong decided to counter violence with violence, began to carry out assassinations, and at the same time began to plant real and fake bombs in downtown Hong Kong and Kowloon.

In addition to disrupting the lives of citizens, bomb attacks have also caused the death and injury of innocent people. As a result, the upper-class elites and ordinary citizens of Hong Kong sided with the British government in Hong Kong and sought the protection of the British government. After the end of the June 7 riots, the British government in Hong Kong began to implement the "brainwashing to win hearts" project, which further deepened the fear and hostility of the Hong Kong society towards the mainland.

Many people see Xiangjiang stars saying that I am Chinese twice, or shouting twice that I am Chinese in the movie, and think that the whole Xiangjiang is patriotic, which is actually a complete illusion. It's just that there was no Internet in that era, and the media was not developed, so many of their remarks were not visible to everyone. The most typical example is that shortly after the handover, the Hong Kong government implemented 23 articles, which were strongly opposed by the Hong Kong society, and finally did not pass, which is in stark contrast to Macau.

Xu Wangqiu said lightly: "Their distrust and hostility to the mainland will bury Xiangjiang movies in the future." If we do not trust and are hostile to the mainland, it is impossible to think deeply about what the mainland audience likes and wants to watch. At present, there is a lack of excellent commercial films in the mainland, and their films will be very popular when they enter the mainland. But when the mainland's commercial movies come up, their good days will come to an end. At present, there is an extreme shortage of commercial film talents in the mainland, and excellent commercial film talents are needed, so even if we know that they are distrustful and hostile to us, as long as we don't show it, we can cooperate. ”

Xu Dunyang does not agree with Xu Wangqiu's judgment on the future of Xiangjiang films, in his opinion, Xiangjiang films are sitting on the Southeast Asian market, and now they can enter the mainland market soon, and the future should be bright, but he did not refute, there is no need to be serious with young people, and said with a smile: "Xiangjiang is a commercial society, making money is the most important thing, although Xiangjiang filmmakers do not trust and are hostile to the mainland, as long as Li Hanxiang is a role model who makes a lot of money, he will definitely take the initiative to come to the door." ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "Actually, Li Hanxiang is not a very good role model, Li Hanxiang wants to shoot Qing palace dramas, but he can't shoot in Xiangjiang Taiwan, in the eyes of some people, he will shoot "Listening to Politics with a Curtain" in the mainland, which is a little forced." Looking for Li Hanxiang was explained by Minister Wang before coming to Xiangjiang this time, and the role model I was looking for had been planned a long time ago. ”

Xu Dun Luo said curiously: "Oh, who is this person?"

Xu Wangqiu sold a pass: "This person has cooperated with me, and my cooperation with him is still connected with your help." ”

"Yuan Heping!" Xu Dunyang suddenly realized, "No wonder when you were filming "Falcon", you had to use Yuan Heping, and finally spent a high price of 400,000 yuan to invite him. At that time, many people were talking in private, thinking that you were too willful, relying on Minister Wang's trust in you to fool around. That's when you were thinking about it. Have you contacted him and how is it going?"

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly: "I talked to him on the phone, but I didn't meet, I plan to wait for the box office of "Falcon" to come out in the first week, and then talk to him about this matter specifically." ”

At the same time, in Cheng Long's villa, Qin Xianglin was complaining to Cheng Long and several martial artists in Cheng's class. He added fuel and vinegar to talk about the contradictions and conflicts between himself and Xu Wangqiu, and successfully portrayed Xu Wangqiu into a villain who coveted Lin Qingxia's beauty and took revenge.

Cheng Long has a good relationship with Qin Xianglin, and his current girlfriend Lin Fengjiao was introduced by Qin Xianglin. Now when he heard that Xu Wangqiu was doing this, he couldn't help but be furious: "This bastard is too hateful, if I am here, I will have to beat him all over the face." ”

Several martial artists also shouted: "This kind of person shouldn't be polite to him, just do it directly." ”

"This guy dared to stir up trouble when he came to Xiangjiang, it was too much of a deception. Xianglin, you are our brother, this kid bullying you, that is bullying our brother, I think we might as well pull him out and beat him. ”

"That's right, we pretended to be a hooligan and beat him, if he didn't know us, he must have thought that the hooligan did it, and even if he called the police, he couldn't find out about us. ”

Qin Xianglin came to find Cheng Long and Cheng Jiaban for this purpose, if he didn't beat Xu Wangqiu, he couldn't get rid of the hatred in his heart. Now when he heard that several martial artists offered to fight Xu Wangqiu, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "If this bastard harms me, it's fine, but he even harms Qingxia, I really can't bear this breath." This matter will trouble the brothers, and when this matter is over, I will invite everyone to dinner. ”

One of the martial artists asked, "Do you know where that Xu Wangqiu's northern guy lives? We will take someone to block him tonight, and we will definitely make him lie in bed for two months and not be able to go to the ground." ”

Qin Xianglin immediately said: "I have inquired clearly, he lives in the dormitory of Qingshui Bay Yindu. ”

A few martial artists said: "Okay, let's take someone to Clear Water Bay to block him at night." ”

There are two studios in Clear Water Bay, one is the Shaw Brothers studio, and the other is the Yindu studio, and the Yindu dormitory is on the Clear Water Bay studio. Cheng Long knew that his martial artists had been in the film industry for many years, and many people knew them, and they were very likely to be recognized if they went to Clear Water Bay to beat people. He hurriedly said: "Xianglin is my friend, bullying him is bullying me." This fight should be fought, but not in Clear Water Bay, there are many filmmakers in Clear Water Bay, and you can easily be recognized. I think so, send two brothers to keep an eye on Qingshui Bay, and after Xu Wangqiu leaves Qingshui Bay, you will find an opportunity to beat him up. ”

Several martial artists felt that Cheng Long was thoughtful, and said with gusting hands: "It's still the eldest brother's idea, so let's do it." ”