Of course, Su Bai hoped to have a house in her heart, so that she could live with Xu Wangqiu. When the two of them were together, she said that she must have raised her hands in approval, but now that her father was by her side, she was a little embarrassed: "Do you know how expensive a courtyard house is? Ordinary ones cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and good ones cost 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, where did you get so much money?"

Xu Wangqiu joked with a smile: "It turns out that you have been thinking about buying a house for a long time, and you have even inquired about the house price." ”

Su Zhensheng also laughed and said, "Su Bai is duplicitous. In fact, many girls are like this, duplicitous, and always like to say the opposite. said that I don't want to marry, I don't want to marry, if I really don't let her marry, she will hit her head against the wall. ”

Xu Wangqiu gave a thumbs up and said, "Master is worthy of being a person from the past, and he sees the problem thoroughly." ”

Su Bai blushed and stomped his feet: "Dad, I'm your daughter, okay? Why do you always look at Wangqiu?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "As the saying goes, an apprentice is half a son, even if my apprentice is a son-in-law, it is equal to one." What about the daughter, the water spilled by the married woman. Isn't it normal for Master to look at me?"

Su Bai was almost dizzy at Xu Wangqiu, and glared at him angrily: "I have never seen someone with such thick skin as you." ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Thanks to the compliment, being thick-skinned is my greatest advantage." ”

Su Zhensheng looked at Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai bickering, and couldn't help but wonder: "Wangqiu, do you really plan to buy a courtyard house? Do you have enough money? If it's not enough, I'll pay half of it, which is considered the dowry I prepared for Su Bai. ”

When Xu Wangqiu heard this, he immediately put away his smile and said seriously: "Master, don't worry about this! You have worked hard for most of your life, and after you retire, you should live a leisurely life, call a few old friends, go to the scene to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and even go abroad to have a look." Keep your money for sightseeing when the time comes, don't worry about Su Bai. ”

Su Bai couldn't help but say, "Where did you get so much money?"

Xu Wangqiu looked at Su Zhensheng and smiled: "I have to thank Master for this." Master's "Mom Loves Me Again" was too sensational and set off a crowd of moviegoers across the country. Thanks to Master, the script of "Mom Loves Me Again" sold very well after it was published, and it was reprinted several times, selling two million copies. The tax of "Mom Loves Me Again" alone is nearly 20,000. The drama "Mom Loves Me Again" rehearsed by the Xichuan Repertory Theatre has toured the country for more than a year and has performed hundreds of performances. As a screenwriter, I have made a proposal, and this is a few thousand dollars. In addition, the script of "Hoe Rape" was also published, and hundreds of thousands of copies were sold, which is an income of thousands of yuan. There is other messy money. It should be enough to buy a good quadrangle!"

Su Bai stared at Xu Wangqiu for a long time before he spit out two words: "Virtue!"

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Don't worship me, I'm just a legend." ”

Under normal circumstances, the results will be released soon after the film is submitted for review, but "Maple" is not an ordinary movie, it is a movie about martial arts, and the subject matter is more sensitive. When it was reviewed by the show studio, the response in the factory was particularly strong, and it was thought that it was a good movie. However, when it was sent to the Xichuan Propaganda Department for review, there were different opinions, and the arguments between the two sides were quite intense, some people made the film well, reflecting the reality of Xichuan at that time, and some people thought that it could not be released, and this kind of film would not have a good impact if it was released nationwide. The two sides argued, and no one could convince anyone, so in the end they threw this hot potato to the Central Propaganda Department and wrote a report to the Central Committee explaining the situation.

After Su Zhensheng sent the film to the Film Bureau, the Film Bureau also felt that "Maple" was a good movie, but it was indeed more sensitive. If it is released, it may cause adverse reactions. But if such a movie is banned, they feel a pity. Thereupon. The Film Bureau came up with a trick and let "Maple" be screened in Beiping for 60 screenings to see how the society reacted.

As Su Zhensheng's apprentice, Xu Wangqiu will naturally not be absent from the test screening of "Maple" in Beiping. However, he is now busy with the later stages of "Falcon", and it is impossible for him to participate in every show. He is more satisfied with this movie, which is much better than the "Maple" made by director Zhang Yi in the previous life. Su Zhensheng's version of "Maple" is very different from Zhang Yi's "Maple" style, Zhang Yi's version of "Maple" is more exaggerated, and the audio-visual language is relatively poor, with a strong sense of drama. Especially the performances of the heroes and heroines, they are simply pretentious to the extreme, and the full of news makes people want to hit the wall. And Su Zhensheng is from a left-wing film background, and his filming style is more realistic, so his "Maple" avoids the problem of Zhang Yi's version of "Maple".

After the film screening, everyone in Beijing Film Studio applauded and congratulated Su Zhensheng, and they all felt that this was a good work with profound thoughts and touching hearts. Xu Wangqiu also congratulated the master with applause, but there was one sentence he didn't say, the movie is a good movie, but the movie is too depressing and desperate, and the audience may find it difficult to buy it.

In the following 20 days, Su Zhensheng, with the assistance of China Film Company, screened 60 screenings in Beiping City. The test screening was quite good, the audience response was relatively good, and there were not too many bad associations. Afterwards, Su Zhensheng and the others entered Zhongnanhai to make a special screening for the members of the Secretariat and the Politburo, and the central leadership conducted the final review. During the review, Chen Boxian, director of the Film Bureau, reported and explained the situation of the test screening. And the Politburo finally gave the opinion that the film was good and could be released.

After successfully getting the approval order, Su Zhensheng's heart that had always been hanging finally fell to the ground, and he returned to Rongcheng boldly with confidence.

During this period, Xu Wangqiu received a letter from Tokuma Yasukuai. In the letter, Tokuma said that if Xu Wangqiu's script had been written, then he hoped that Xu Wangqiu and the Chinese representatives would come to Dongying for a second discussion as soon as possible, and the relevant expenses would be paid by Daiei.

Xu Wangqiu said in his reply that the second draft of the script has been written, but he has been busy with the later stage of "Falcon" recently, and he really can't leave, and it may not be until early March that he can go to Dongying to talk about "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished".

The time soon entered the end of January, and various universities in Peking began to close for holidays one after another. After the holiday, Liu Lin and the others did not rush home, but stayed in Beijing Film Studio to participate in the later stage of "Falcon".

That afternoon, Xu Wangqiu was subtitled with Beijing Film Studio and Liu Lin. Suddenly there was a loud sound of footsteps outside the door, and then the door was slammed open. Xu Wangqiu looked up and saw that it was Su Bai, sweating on her forehead and panting in her mouth.

Without waiting for Xu Wangqiu to ask, Su Bai said directly: "Wangqiu! someone introduced me to a courtyard house. It's a great house, do you know who used to live where?"

Before this, Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai had gone to see two courtyard houses. The two courtyard houses are good, very beautiful, but there is a particularly troublesome problem, the deed is in the hands of the owner, but the whole yard is inhabited by seven or eight families. And these people are let by the state to live in, and the homeowner cannot evict them.

There are many such situations in this era, such as the film pioneer Xia Yan, who was knocked down and imprisoned during the movement. After his release in 1975, he returned to Nanzhugan Hutong, Nanxiao Street, where the small courtyard house had been moved into seven households, and his home had been "condensed" into the original living room and two north rooms, and the four walls were empty, except for a dilapidated couch.

If Xu Wangqiu bought one of the two courtyard houses and tried to drive the residents inside, of course he could do it, but he didn't want to do this kind of thing. The real estate company in the previous life tried all kinds of means to drive Xu Wangqiu and the people in the community away, and in the end, even his sister died in the forced demolition, how could he drive others. Maybe the Dragon Slayer will eventually turn into a dragon, but at least not yet.

Xu Wangqiu was a little surprised, thinking about how he was so excited, and said with a smile: "Who lived there before, it won't be the former residence of celebrities, right?"

Su Bai said excitedly: "It's really the former residence of a celebrity! It's Wanrong's former residence! It's the last queen Wanrong! The house is in Mao'er Hutong, I heard the owner of the house say that Wanrong spent her childhood and youth there, I don't know how many years, anyway, she has been living there before marrying Pu Yi." ”

Xu Wangqiu was stunned when he heard this, he had stayed in Beiping for many years in his previous life, and he was quite familiar with Beiping City, and knew that there were many former residences of celebrities in Maoer Hutong, Feng Guozhang's, Yuan Shikai's, and Wanrong's. It's just that he never dreamed that Wanrong's former residence would be sold for sale, and he couldn't believe his ears: "You can't be joking, right?

Su Bai gasped and said, "I'm not joking, I've been to see it, and I've inquired, it's Wanrong's former residence." ”

Xu Wangqiu was also a little excited when he heard this, since it is the house of the Wanrong family, then this house must be unusual, and this house is a cultural relic, if it can really be bought, it is definitely worth buying, and immediately said: "Let's go, let's take a look!"

When Liu Lin and the others heard that Xu Wangqiu was going to Wanrong's former residence, they all said: "I'll go and see it too!", "Wanrong is the last queen, I'm going to see it!", "I'm going too, I want to see what the emperor's mother's house looks like!"

Xu Wangqiu and his entourage came to Mao'er Hutong, and they were not in a hurry to see Wanrong's house, they went to Gu Jianfen's house first and called Gu Jianfen's husband Xing Bo. Xu Wangqiu doesn't understand the courtyard, he doesn't know which one is good, which one is bad, and what is important. Xing Bo is an old Beiping and has a lot of research on ancient architecture. The first two times he went to see the house, Xu Wangqiu called Xing Bo, and this time was no exception.

Xing Bo was very excited when he heard that Xu Wangqiu wanted to buy Wanrong's former residence, and couldn't help but say to Xu Wangqiu that if he could really buy it, he must buy it, then the house was really worth buying. On the way to Wanrong's former residence, he told everyone about the arrival of Wanrong's former residence.

Wanrong's former residence is Wanrong's grandfather Guo Buluo Changshun built, Changshun official to the garrison general, although the grade is high (from a product), but the mansion is not prominent, it is a larger mansion. Wanrong was born here in 1906, and before her wedding, she lived here with her father Rongyuan, mother Hengxin, and her brother and brother. After Wanrong was canonized as the "queen", Wanrong's father Guo Buluo Rongyuan was awarded the Minister of the Interior, and was awarded the third-class Cheng'en Gong, and the house was also upgraded to the Cheng'en Mansion, which was called Niangniang's Mansion by the people. However, at that time, the Qing Dynasty had completely declined, and the royal family lacked financial resources, so it could only be slightly renovated and did not build large-scale construction.

Passing through a narrow alley, Wanrong's former residence is in front of you. Wanrong's former residence is not as many people think, high walls and green tiles, vermilion lacquer gates, it looks very magnificent, in fact, Wanrong's former residence looks very ordinary from the outside, the two open Zhu doors have faded brightly, just like the old man's face is mottled. If you don't see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid it's hard to believe that this is Wanrong's former residence.

Since the two doors were open, Xu Wangqiu and the others walked in without hindrance. But they came with great anticipation, but walked in with disappointment. Next to the narrow aisle is a dilapidated house, and two dilapidated bicycles are parked on the wall, which is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary miscellaneous courtyard. Further inside, there is another gate, which is also mottled and dilapidated. Walking into the courtyard, several families locked the door, and all kinds of sundries were piled up in front of the door.