After Liu Lin finished reading the "People's Film Declaration", Xu Wangqiu and the others discussed the details of the declaration. It wasn't until almost twelve o'clock that they dragged their slightly tired bodies to the cafeteria for lunch.

Xu Wangqiu and the others cooked well, found a place to sit down, and continued to talk about the declaration. At this moment, Deputy Director Yang Liuqing walked in and told Xu Wangqiu that Zhang Xunhua called and said that the preparations were almost done, and he wanted to ask him to come over and have a look.

"Wulin Zhi" is the key project of the export company next year, and Schwarzenegger arrived in Xiangjiang in mid-July to receive a three-month kung fu training from Yuan's class, and will come back in mid-October.

Xu Wangqiu immediately said that he would go to the Beijing Film Studio in the afternoon, and then he told Yang Liuqing about the idea of running a magazine and asked him what he thought. Yang Liuqing is very supportive of this, and feels that with the ability and resources of the export company, the magazine will definitely be better than others, and it will also play a good role in promoting and promoting the film of the export company.

After lunch, Wu Zhiliu and the others didn't care about the fatigue of their bodies, and went straight to Nortel to find Xie Xiaojing. Xu Wangqiu went to the dormitory to find Liu Heng and talked to him about running a magazine. Liu Heng was the editor of "Beiping Literature" before the import and export company, and he is the only one in the art center who has this convenient experience. If the art center wants to run a magazine, he is the most suitable person for the editor-in-chief.

Liu Heng was thrilled when he heard that the art center was preparing to start a film magazine on his own, and Xu Wangqiu wanted to make himself the editor-in-chief. You must know that it is a huge leap from editor to editor-in-chief, and many people have worked in a publishing house all their lives and are only editors until they die. However, in addition to being excited, he still said carefully: "Then will I not be a screenwriter in the future?"

How could Xu Wangqiu be willing to let Liu Heng not be a screenwriter, and said with a smile: "You have talent as a screenwriter, and it is a waste of talent to let you be the editor-in-chief." It's just that we don't have a suitable candidate now, so we can only let you be the editor-in-chief temporarily. As long as you know the right person, you will definitely be replaced. By the way, I have a story for you, you write this story into a script, and I will shoot it every two years. ”

Liu Heng couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he heard that he was only the editor-in-chief, and at the same time a little surprised, thinking that Director Xu was a master of writing scripts, how could he hand over the story to me to write, was it to train me, and said, "I don't know what the story is?"

Xu Wangqiu said: "Do you know the story of the thirteen soldiers returning to the Jade Gate?"

Liu Heng nodded and said, "I know, it's the story of Geng Gong of the Eastern Han Dynasty." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "That's right, it's Geng Gong's story." Writing this story requires a lot of research, and I don't have the time, so I'll leave it to you. But don't worry, I'm not in a hurry to shoot this story, two or three years is not a problem, four or five years is fine. When the script is ready, when will we shoot. ”

Liu Heng said like a military order: "Don't worry, director." I won't let you down. ”

After chatting with Liu Heng until half past two, Xu Wangqiu left the dormitory and walked into Wang Lanxi's office with a calm face.

Xu Wangqiu rarely sold Guan Zi in front of Wang Lanxi, and said directly: "Dean, we should start our own film magazine." ”

At present, several large domestic film studios have their own film magazines, and they sell very well, with hundreds of thousands of copies and millions of copies. It is not a problem for an export company to engage in film magazines, but the question is whether the export company has no need to do it. Wang Lanxi smiled: "You can really toss, why do you think of making movie magazines again." Now there are dozens of film magazines in China, every province, every film studio, and those things are repeated over and over again, so we don't need to do them. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded and said, "You're right. Now there are dozens of domestic film magazines, and the content is much the same, all of them are those things. That's why it's necessary for us to start our own film magazine. Now the concept of art dominates the film industry, advocating the artistry of cinema and despising commerciality, believing that art films are good and commercial films are bad. The films of our export company are all commercial films, and few people speak for us. It's hard for us to speak out because people don't publish our articles at all. Therefore, it is necessary for us to start our own film magazine and speak for ourselves. ”

Wang Lanxi feels that things are really like what Xu Wangqiu said, and now the concept of art first has notified the film industry. There are almost no commercial movies that are not scolded, and clear and harmless movies like "Shaolin Temple" have been scolded a lot. This is not good for export companies or for the film industry. He nodded slightly: "This makes sense, we really need to speak for ourselves." Since you have the heart to run a magazine, then do it well, and you must do it with a level and style. ”

Coming out of Wang Lanxi's office, Xu Wangqiu did not rest, and rushed to the Beijing Film Studio non-stop.

After meeting Zhang Xunhua, Xu Wangqiu inquired in detail about the preparation of the movie and checked the storyboard. Zhang Huaxun didn't have the habit of drawing storyboards, but last year Xu Wangqiu said that the investment in movies is huge, and we must know how you will shoot it, what it will look like, and we must draw the storyboard. Although Zhang Huaxun was a little reluctant, he agreed to cooperate with an export company to get millions of investments and make movies better.

Zhang Huaxun's storyboard is very detailed, and he has also worked the storyboard. Xu Wangqiu was very satisfied with this, affirmed Zhang Huaxun's work, and at the same time made suggestions for five of the scenes that were not handled so well. Then he and Zhang Huaxun went to the studio of Beijing Film Studio to check the martial arts ring set up, and followed Zhang Huaxun to the outside of the city to check the exterior of the movie. The preparations for "Wulin Zhi" have been done very solidly, and all aspects have been done well, and the movie will not be a problem at the end of September.

After talking about the issue of "Wulin Zhi", Xu Wangqiu lowered his voice and said the matter of the movie declaration. Zhang Huaxun likes to make commercial films, and has been fiercely attacked by critics for this, and he has long been dissatisfied with the attack and contempt of public opinion for commercial films. Now that he heard that Xu Wangqiu and they were ready to speak together, he really felt like he had found an organization, and said excitedly that this matter was his own.

In the following days, Wu Zhiliu and the others secretly operated for the film declaration. They feel like a big bird on the mountain of the Chu country, which has not sung or called for three years, and West Berlin is the time when they soar into the sky. Xu Wangqiu didn't care much about this, the art center had a lot of things waiting for him, and he didn't have much time to do anything else.

The time soon came to September 10th, Xu Wangqiu had to stop his work, and together with Tang Yuqiang, boarded the plane to Dongying to participate in the premiere of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" in Dongying. When Xu Wangqiu and the others set off, the Dongying textbook incident, which had lasted for nearly two months, had come to an end.

In the past two months, the Dongying government has been condemned by the international community because of the textbook incident, and has also been fiercely attacked by the left. Under strong pressure from public opinion, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kiichi Miyazawa issued a "government opinion" on August 26 on the issue of Toei's textbooks, saying that it would listen to the criticism of neighboring countries and that "the government should be responsible for correcting the mistakes in the textbooks." He said: The Dongying government and the people of Dongying are deeply aware that the actions of Dongying in the past have caused great suffering and losses to the people of Asian countries, including China, and they will reflect on this and not allow such a thing to happen again.

On September 6, Toei Shikatori Taiwei, the head of the Toei University in China, met with Wu Xueqian, Vice Foreign Minister of China, and stated the instructions of Toei Prime Minister Suzuki on the early settlement of the textbook issue, saying that the Toei government will be responsible for correcting the problems existing in the textbooks, and that by revising the standards for the examination and approval of textbooks, it is expected that the statements on the relevant problems pointed out by the Chinese side will be corrected in the textbooks from this year.

The day before they left for Toei, Prime Minister Yoshiyuki Suzuki said in a speech in Tokyo that Toei should "humbly listen to the criticisms of various countries concerned and resolve them with sincerity."

After nearly four hours of flight, the plane landed steadily at Tokyo's Narita Airport. When Xu Wangqiu walked out of the airport with a relaxed mood and saw Sen Fanzhongdao, he felt that Sen Fan's expression was a little dignified, and he hurriedly asked if something was wrong.

Mori Chongdao smiled and said that it was nothing, but there was a lot of worry along the way. When they arrived at the hotel, they settled down after Xu Wangqiu. Sen Fan looked at Xu Wangqiu and said solemnly: ""A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished" began to be promoted at the end of August, and the media reported accordingly, saying that this is a movie with the background of Dongying's invasion of China and against military grubism. Our film caused discontent among the Toei right, and Mr. Tokuma even received bullets and threatening letters from them saying that they wanted to kill him. ”

Xu Wangqiu's heart immediately pinched when he heard this, although in his memory, Tokuma Yasukuai was not assassinated by the right-wing, and did not die until 2000, but who knows if it will be because of the butterfly effect, which will cause Tokuma Yasukuai to suffer accidents.

In the history of Dongying, there is a precedent for the assassination of people friendly to China. Inarijiro Asanuma was a well-known social activist and politician in Toei, and a pioneer of the Chinese Friendship Movement. He devoted his life to the national democracy movement and the movement for the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, and won the respect and love of the Chinese and Japanese peoples. Because of his insistence on a righteous stand of opposing US imperialism and maintaining friendship with China for generations, he became jealous of the right-wingers in Dongying. On October 12, 1960, while giving a speech at the Hibiya Public Court in Tokyo, Inarijiro Asonuma was assassinated by far-right elements and died tragically.

Xu Wangqiu didn't want this to happen to Tokuma Kangkuai, and immediately said: "Mr. Mori Fan, you must protect Mr. Tokuma, it is best to hire two professional bodyguards to protect you." Do you have a special security company? If so, hire someone as soon as possible. If Mr. Tokuma had any strengths and weaknesses, I would be uneasy for the rest of my life. ”

Mori Shigeruchi nodded slightly: "Don't worry, we have strengthened the security work, and we will definitely ensure the safety of Mr. Tokuma." I'm worried that when the movie premieres, there will be right-wingers who will make trouble. You'd better be prepared for this, but don't worry, there are plenty of police and volunteers on site to keep order. ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "Although we haven't been on the battlefield like you, at least we've seen Wu/1 Dou, and a few right-wingers can't scare us." Don't worry, we're fine. ”

That's what he said, but after Sen Chongdao left, Xu Wangqiu or Tang Yuqiang called them out and told them about the things that the right wing of Dongying might come to make trouble, so that they could be mentally prepared.

Tang Yuqiang and they have been in Dongying for nearly half a year, and they have a better understanding of Dongying's situation, but they are more relaxed. It was the first time Qiu Suyun had gone abroad, and when she heard that right-wingers would come to make trouble, she was a little nervous. Xu Wangqiu comforted her and asked Tang Yuqiang to take her around, relax and relax, and prepare for the media conference tomorrow afternoon and the premiere in the evening.

Before "A Game of Chess That Never Ends" went to the Venice Film Festival, Daying had already begun to promote the film, and the media and the audience were full of expectations for this film co-directed by the director of "Falcon" and the director of "Human Witness". After the film withdrew from the Venice Film Festival, it attracted unprecedented attention.

The media meeting in the afternoon of the next day was very lively, and almost all the important media from Dongying came.