Zhong Xianfei knew Xu Wangqiu's level and believed that Xu Wangqiu's article would be a good article with unique insights, penetration, and convincing, but when he actually finished reading this long article of more than 20,000 words, he was still shocked.

The whole article discusses in detail the current problems of Chinese films, as well as the problems that will be faced next, and puts forward specific solutions in combination with the development trend of world films, which can be said to be a good article with strong foresight.

The only problem is that Xu Wangqiu's views are contrary to the mainstream film industry as a whole, which wants to learn from Europe.

But there's nothing wrong with this, a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers bloom, and only by arguing can we make progress.

It is a great fortune for Chinese films to have such young people come out!

At the same time, Liu Lin found that Xu Wangqiu's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, looking very scary, thinking about what Wangqiu had seen, why was he so angry, and couldn't help asking, "Wangqiu, are you okay?"

Xu Wangqiu looked up at the ceiling and let out a long sigh: "I'm fine, I just feel like I'm too useless." There are some things that you know, but you can't change anything, it's really useless. ”

Liu Lin was about to ask what was going on, but Zhong Xianfei next to him put down the manuscript paper in his hand and sighed: "Wangqiu, you wrote this article very well, Chinese films need such articles too much now." ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Now most of the film industry thinks that we should learn from Europe, and my article will not have any effect." ”

Zhong Xinfei smiled: "This is not like the Wangqiu I know, why do you talk about dejecting words? If you can't write an article, then you can make a movie and use the movie to prove your point." Your thinking and ideas are forward-thinking, and the script is excellently written, and I believe that your film will be extraordinary. ”

Of course, Xu Wangqiu knows that movies are the best proof of his own ideas, and Bazin's theory can become popular because Godard and others have proved his theory with movies. Xu Wangqiu wished that he could make a movie right away, but it was obviously impossible, even if Zhang Xiaoping promised Xu Wangqiu that as long as the script passed the review of the show studio, he would let him shoot it. After all, Xu Wangqiu has just entered Nortel, and it is impossible for Xiuying Studio to let a young man who has just entered college lead a film.

Xu Wangqiu was very helpless, sighed and said: "It is impossible for the film studio to let me shoot, and Nortel has no money, and there is no indicator for making movies, so it is impossible to borrow money from the bank." ”

In this era, making movies is a planned economy, and the Film Bureau will issue different production indicators to different film studios every year, such as 20 indicators for Beijing Film Studio and 8 indicators for Xiuying Studio. The cost of making a movie during this period was about 4.5 million, and after the film was made, as long as it could pass the review, China Film Company would buy it at a price of 500,000 yuan for black and white films and 700,000 yuan for color films. As long as the domestic film that has passed the review, China Film Company will definitely buy it, and there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it. If the film studio has a problem with funds, you can use the production indicators of the film bureau to go to the bank for a loan. However, Nortel has no production indicators in its hands, and there is no way to take out a loan.

Zhong Xianfei looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "If you want to shoot, I have an idea." ”

Xu Wangqiu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Please ask Mr. Zhong for advice!"

Zhong Xinfei lowered his voice and said: "You write the script first, and then find a teacher at the school, and go to the school leaders in the name of co-directing, and ask them to borrow money from the Ministry of Culture." When the film is finished, just return the money to the Ministry of Culture. ”

Xu Wangqiu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered that Nortel Youth Film Factory was established in this way. Qingying Studio's first movie was "Sakura", and Xu Wangqiu's head teacher in Nortel in the previous life was the assistant director of "Sakura", and he talked about how "Sakura" was born. In 1979, Mr. Zhan Xiangzhi of the directing department wrote the script "Sakura", and the school thought the script was very good and decided to make it into a movie. But making a movie requires money, and according to calculations, if it is made according to an ordinary movie, the cost will be 500,000, and Nortel can't get this money. Even if it is filmed according to the teaching practice, it will take 200,000, and Nortel will not be able to take it either.

In this case, Nortel went to the Ministry of Culture to borrow money, saying that it would pay it back as soon as it was acquired by China Film. The teachers of Nortel's Teaching Practice Office made many trips to the Ministry of Culture, and finally borrowed 150,000 yuan from the director of the Finance Department.

After the movie was filmed, Nortel didn't want to use someone else's factory logo, so it said why should our movie be produced by someone else. So, the party committee of the academy came forward and applied to the Film Bureau to set up its own film studio, that is, the Youth Film Studio.

Xu Wangqiu felt that borrowing money from the Ministry of Culture was the only way to make a movie, and said gratefully: "Thank you Zhong Lao for your advice!"

After coming out of the new studio, Xu Wangqiu and Liu Lin went to a nearby store to buy noodles and spices. At the noodle counter, Xu Wangqiu was attracted by a pack of novelty gadgets. The transparent plastic bag contained twelve palm-sized squares, all of which were dry noodles, twisted and twisted like neatly arranged wavy lines. The name of the product is written on the large plastic bag, "fried instant noodles", and the label next to it reads "One bag of one pound of food stamps".

Seeing instant noodles in this era, Xu Wangqiu didn't feel strange. When he read Nortel's 78-level memoirs, he saw a record of 78-level students eating instant noodles. At that time, he was very surprised, was there instant noodles at the end of the 70s?

The production of instant noodles in China began in 1964, when the Beiping Food Factory used to produce fried instant noodles with duck fat by hand. In 1970, China's first bag of fried instant noodles was born in the fourth factory of Yimin in Modu, which used the high-pressure steamed noodle frying process to produce 2 million bags of instant noodles annually with its own developed equipment, marking the official start of China's instant noodle production.

Liu Lin saw Xu Wangqiu staring at a plastic bag in a daze, followed his gaze, and said curiously: "Fried instant noodles, what is this?" He joked with Xu Wangqiu: "Is it a noodle to eat when it's convenient?"

Xu Wangqiu came back to his senses and explained with a smile: "It's not a noodle to eat when it's convenient, it's that this kind of noodle is very convenient to eat." It doesn't need to be boiled, just soak it in boiling water for a few minutes and you can eat it. ”

Liu Lin had never heard of noodles that could be eaten without boiling water and by soaking them in boiling water for a few minutes, so he said suspiciously: "Wangqiu, I don't read much, don't lie to me! Soak in boiling water for a few minutes, can you eat that noodles?"

"I'll go back in a while, I'll show you and let you open the foreign meat!" Xu Wangqiu beckoned the salesman over, bought ten catties of noodles, and bought three packs of instant noodles.

Xu Wangqiu and Liu Lin carried noodles and seasonings, and when they returned to Nortel, Wu Zhiliu and they were reading a book in the bedroom. There are four dishes on the table in the center of the bedroom, which exude a faint aroma of vegetables.

Xia Gang saw Xu Wangqiu and them coming in, got up and complained, "You two are too slow. ”

"What's the panic, we bought something good and came back. As soon as Liu Lin knew about instant noodles and wanted to show off in front of everyone, he said proudly, "Have you heard of instant noodles?

Xu Wangqiu wanted to laugh when he saw Liu Lin's arrogant appearance, if this is to be put in 40 years, it will definitely be regarded as a neuropathy, and you are embarrassed to show off this junk food like instant noodles, but in 1978, this is really a new thing!

Wu Zhiliu and Zhang Yimou had never heard of instant noodles and didn't know what they were, but Xia Gang's eyes lit up, and he walked over directly to grab the bag in Liu Lin's hand: "No, you really buy instant noodles?"

Liu Lin shook his arm and hid his pocket behind his back: "Xia Gang, do you know instant noodles?"

Xia Gang cut it and said ostentatiously: "How fresh, isn't it instant noodles, it's not that I haven't eaten it." He licked his lips with his tongue, and said with saliva: "Instant noodles are a good thing, put the noodles in a bowl, pour boiling water, put condiments, cover with a book, take the book away in a few minutes and eat it, the taste is fragrant, it is simply delicious in the world!"

Xu Wangqiu felt funny in his heart, instant noodles can also be said to be delicious in the world, it is really enough. He put the bag on the table, took the instant noodles out of the bag, and said to Liu Lin and them: "Brother, take out the lunch box and prepare to make instant noodles!"

Liu Lin, Xia Gang and Wu Zhiliu appeared in front of the cabinet and then in front of the table, opened the lunch box and put it on the table, looking at the instant noodles in Xu Wangqiu's hand with excited eyes, while Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei moved a little slowly because they wanted to get the lunch box in the bedroom.

Xu Wangqiu opened the instant noodle bag, took out five pieces of bread, put them in Liu Lin's lunch box, poured hot water, covered the lid of the lunch box, and then walked to the cabinet, took out his lunch box, put a piece of bread, and poured hot water.

Wu Zhiliu had never seen instant noodles, and said puzzledly: "Can this boiling water really blanch noodles?"

Liu Lin said in the tone of Lao Jianghu with a painting that I have eaten a lot of instant noodles: "Lao Wu, you don't understand, that's how instant noodles are eaten." You don't need to make a fire, you can eat it with boiling water, which is very convenient, so it's called instant noodles!"

But after waiting for two minutes, Liu Lin exposed himself: "Wangqiu, can you eat it now?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "You can eat it, you can eat instant noodles dry." But now the noodles are not completely softened, soak for two more minutes!"

In this way, Liu Lin and the others stared at the lunch box on the table expectantly, instinctively drooling, while Xu Wangqiu was leisurely flipping through the books. Two minutes later, Xu Wangqiu put the book in his hand on the table: "Okay!"

With Xu Wangqiu's order, Liu Lin couldn't wait to remove the lid of the lunch box, and a stream of aroma and heat hit the pores on Liu Lin's face, and the tempting aroma made his mouth water: "It's so fragrant!"

Now instant noodles don't talk about sauce packets, there are not even seasoning packets, and the seasonings can only be mixed by yourself. Xu Wangqiu poured a little soy sauce and sesame oil into his lunch box, and picked some of the dishes they bought back to make a sauce, and devoured them. I don't know if it's because he hasn't eaten it for many years, but he thinks this instant noodle tastes very good.

Liu Lin and the others all poured soy sauce and sesame oil in the same way, picked some vegetables to make dumplings, and ate them with a snort. Soon, they ate all the instant noodles, drank the soup dry, and almost licked the lunch box. They licked their mouths vigorously, as if they were still reminiscing about the delicious taste just now.

Xu Wangqiu smiled and asked, "How do you feel, is it okay?"

Liu Lin smacked his mouth and said, "It's delicious, it's just too little, and I haven't eaten enough at all." Wangqiu, do you want to make no more soaks?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Let's keep the instant noodles for dinner at night, didn't we buy dried noodles and come back! Now that the stove and kerosene are available, it's better to cook noodles!"

Wu Zhiliu took Xia Gang's kerosene stove out from under the bed, poured kerosene, lit the fire, put an aluminum pot on it, poured boiling water into the pot, covered the pot, and turned the fire of the kerosene stove to the maximum. After the water boiled, Wu Zhiliu poured the noodles into the pot. Wait for the water to boil again, remove the lid of the pot, and the aroma is like a thick and thick mist, quickly spreading throughout the room.