The Falcon was approved by the central leadership, and the obstacles to the film's release and distribution were completely removed. Xu Wangqiu felt the need to celebrate, so he went to the Yuebin Hotel in Cuihua Hutong with Wang Lanxi for dinner. This is a small restaurant, and it is also the first private restaurant in Beiping City to obtain a private catering business license.

The restaurant opened in October last year. On the day of opening, I couldn't buy groceries because I didn't have the corresponding ticket. Liu Guixian, the owner of the restaurant, could only go to the vegetable market and buy 4 ducks, because you don't need a ticket to buy ducks. However, three days later, the United Press Agency of the United States reported on the Yuebin Hotel, and the whole world knew about this restaurant in the alley. In the past few months, reporters from 77 countries came to interview, ambassadors from various countries came to taste it, and Liu Guixian's family quickly became a 10,000-yuan household.

When Xu Wangqiu and Wang Lanxi followed the fragrance of vegetables into Yuebin Hotel, three of the four tables in Yuebin Hotel were already seated, and the guests were basically foreigners. Xu Wangqiu and Wang Lanxi saw that there was a vacant place, so they walked to the empty table.

At this moment, a foreigner was slightly stunned when he saw Xu Wangqiu, and shouted: "Xu, Mr. Xu!"

Xu Wangqiu turned his head and saw that the foreigner was none other than the French designer Pierre Cardin; there was also a woman in her forties beside him, dressed very exquisitely, a red cashmere shawl, a bit like a medium coat, with black velvet clothes inside, bright red lipstick, eyebrows and eyes, should be overseas Chinese.

At the beginning, Xu Wangqiu gave Pierre Cardin the idea to come to China to hold a fashion show. In 79 years, Pierre Cardin took several French models to hold the first fashion show of New China at the Palace of Nationalities. Su Bai and Liu Lin were invited by Pierre Cardin to go to the fashion show. Xu Wangqiu was filming "Hoe Rape" in the magic capital at the time, but unfortunately missed it.

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect to meet Pierre Cardin here, and said with a smile: "Mr. Pierre Cardin, it's been a long time, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Pierre Cardin laughed, "Yes, long time no see. I also said that I went to look for you at your school, but I didn't expect to meet you here. Pierre Cardin smiled and introduced: "This is my friend Ms. Song Huaigui, who is also the representative of our company in China. ”

When Xu Wangqiu heard Song Huaigui, he immediately knew who this woman was. For the next twenty years, this woman is the most famous salon queen in China, a legendary figure. In fact, in Song Huaigui's life, one of the most legendary things is that she was the participant in the first foreign-related marriage in New China, and she and the Bulgarian student Wan Man were blocked in the marriage registration office.

In the 80s, Song Huaigui, as the representative of Pierre Cardin in China, trained the first generation of models for China. After Pierre Cardin's Maxim restaurant opened in Peiping in '83, she began to manage the restaurant as a manager. Because she has a wide range of contacts in the political and literary circles, Maxim's Restaurant has become a gathering place for people from the political and literary circles.

In the 80s and 90s, when you walked into Maxim's Restaurant, you could meet Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, who were in high spirits at that time, Gong Li, Liu Xiaoqing, Lin Qingxia in their best years, and maybe Alain Delon, Bertolucci, and even former US President Ronald Reagan and former British Prime Minister Heath.

Song Huaigui also gave rock musicians a stage to perform, and rock pioneers such as Cui Jian, Tang Dynasty, He Yong, and Breath got the opportunity to perform here, and Maxim's Restaurant became a mecca for Chinese rock. Cui Jian's "Flower Girl" sings about Song Huaigui's daughter Song Xiaohong, and he later married Song Xiaohong.

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "It turned out to be Ms. Song, who has admired her name for a long time. ”

Song Huaigui has some connections in the political circles, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, hello." You've read your scripts, seen your movies, and listened to your music. I've always wanted to meet you, a strange person, but I haven't had a chance, but today I got my wish. Since it's rare to meet, why don't you eat together? We also just arrived, and the food was ordered, but it hasn't been served yet. ”

If Xu Wangqiu was alone, it would naturally matter, but he was with Wang Lanxi, so he couldn't have the final say in this matter, so he asked Wang Lanxi: "Dean, what do you see?"

Wang Lanxi smiled: "Since we are your friends, let's go together." ”

Xu Wangqiu introduced to Pierre Cardin: "Let me introduce you to Mr. Wang Lanxi, the general manager of China Film Export Corporation. ”

Although Pierre Cardin and Song Huaigui didn't know about the film export company, when they heard the word China hanging in front of the company, they knew that this was not an ordinary company.

After taking a seat, Xu Wangqiu asked Wang Lanxi to order two dishes, and then chatted with Pierre Cardin. He knew that Pierre Cardin would not be able to do anything else unless he was going to China for a fashion show, so he asked if he was going to hold a fashion show recently.

Pierre Cardin told Xu Wangqiu that he was going to form a team of models in China, train a group of Chinese models, and promote them to the world. However, when it comes to the issue of modeling, he seems a little distressed: "Today we met three actors, two of whom are from your school, called Fang Shu and Zhang Tielin, their image and temperament are very good, but they refused the request to be a model, saying that they have never heard of this profession." They're your classmates, and they've worked with you, so I wonder if you can help me persuade them?"

If it were someone else, Xu Wangqiu would definitely support it without hesitation, but Fang Shu and Zhang Tielin are quite good actors, and it would be a waste to let them change their careers to be models, so he said: "Fang Shu is an actor with potential to be a movie queen, and Zhang Tielin is also quite good, they are studying film, so it's a pity to let them change their careers to be models." ”

"It's an opportunity for them to take them out into the world and make them world-famous models whose lives will be rewritten," says Pierre Cardin. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that Pierre Cardin's words were a bit arrogant, and said lightly: "In May last year, "The Rape" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and Fang Shu and members of the Chinese film delegation attended the screening of "The Rape" in Cannes. In addition, "Hoe Rape" is very good at the box office in Dongying, and we have a movie to cooperate with Dongying Film Company next, and the representative of Dongying named Fang Shu, hoping that she can star. She stays in the film industry and can also get a world-class stage. ”

Song Huaigui was asking Wang Lanxi about the Film Export Company, and when he heard Xu Wangqiu say this, he couldn't help but glance at him, thinking that Xu Wangqiu was really different from others, and now many young people in China see foreigners, either envy or fear, in short, they are three points shorter in their hearts, and it is really rare to be as confident as Xu Wangqiu. I heard that Xu Wangqiu is the child of a certain general, I'm afraid it's true!

Pierre Cardin feels a little pity, Fang Shu and Zhang Tielin's image and temperament are very good, and they must have a great future as models. But Xu Wangqiu said so, and he couldn't say anything more: "That's really a pity." But I can understand that you are a director and don't want a good actor to become a model. It's the same as us designers who don't want models to become actors. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The main thing is that they are very good actors, and it's a pity to be models." But don't worry about not finding the right candidate, we in China may lack everything, but there will be no shortage of people. You're sure to find the right person. ”

Pierre Cardin said helplessly: "In recent days we have seen a lot of girls and lads with good image and temperament, but many people have looked at us with a strange look when they heard about the appearance, and then refused without hesitation. At first I didn't know what it was, but later I found out that they thought it was a mannequin. We explained to them that we were looking for clothing models, not mannequins, but that no one wanted to do them. ”

Xu Wangqiu couldn't help laughing when he heard that everyone regarded fashion models as mannequins, and they refused one after another: "Everyone has never heard of fashion models, only mannequins, and this reaction is normal." However, there are many Chinese, and there must be young people who are willing to try and take risks, and I believe you can find the right model. ”

Pierre Cardin nodded slightly: "You're right, we met with three actors today, Fang Shu and Zhang Tielin refused, but a young man named Gong Haibin readily agreed, I believe the situation will get better and better." I remember when I came to China in '78, there was only blue and green on the streets, but now the colors are much richer, and you can see a lot of styles, and the changes are very great. It's just that people don't know how to match it yet, and they don't know how to wear it to look better. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that Pierre Cardin was particularly right, not to mention ordinary people, now there are very few actors who know how to dress and match, thinking that their movies will face the problem of costumes in the future, so he smiled and said: "Actually, we can cooperate." ”

Pierre Cardin was stunned and hurriedly asked, "I don't know how to cooperate?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Givenchy was originally a new brand, but several collaborations with Hepburn made him famous, and since then he has become the darling of the fashion circle. Last year, we had a movie in China called "Lushan Love", the heroine changed more than 40 sets of clothes in the movie, and her clothes in the movie immediately became the object of young girls' pursuit. Cinema is a particularly effective means of promoting fashion. ”

Pierre Cardin understood what Xu Wangqiu meant: "You want me to design the costumes for your film. ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled and shook his head: "It's not to be a costume designer, but to sponsor our company's movies and provide us with costumes for free." We are a film export company, and films will be released not only in China, but also in large quantities abroad. Take "Hoe Rape" as an example, the movie has achieved a box office of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, a box office of 500 million yen in Dongying, and good results in Singapore, Malaysia and other places. We do all kinds of commercials, and some of these films require costumes, and Pierre Cardin can provide us with costumes for the actors to wear in the films. After the filming is finished, we will clean the costumes, iron them and return them. If there is damage, we will compensate according to the price. In this way, we will be able to use your beautiful costumes for free, which will save money, and if you advertise for free, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of viewers, will see Pierre Cardin's costumes through the movie, which is a win-win situation. ”

The history of cooperation between film and clothing brands is quite long, but the cooperation between film and clothing is often the designer who designs clothing for the film, just like Givenchy designed clothing for Hepburn, and the form of large-scale sponsorship of movies by clothing brands has not yet appeared. Now after listening to Xu Wangqiu's words, Pierre Cardin can't help but clap his hands and exclaim: "This kind of cooperation is good, everyone takes what they need, and it doesn't cost money!"

Xu Wangqiu continued: "Also, our films will be screened in Xiangjiang, Dongying and other places, and screened at film festivals, and actors will attend the screenings. Costumes are required to attend these events, and Pierre Cardin can sponsor our actors to wear Pierre Cardin costumes to the event. Our actors wear your clothes for free, and Pierre Cardin gets exposure, which is equally a win-win. ”