The subtitles scrolled slowly across the screen, and the singing of "When That Day Came" echoed through the screening room. At this time, the lights in the screening room were not yet on, and the scene was still in darkness, but Yasuhiro Tokuma and Junya Sato all stood up, clapped their hands "crackling", and poured out their excitement with applause.

After "Hoe Rape" was released in Toei last year, it achieved a box office of 500 million yen, and Tokuma Yasukuai and Daiei Company made a lot of money. In August last year, Tokuma Yasui went to southern Yunnan to talk to Xu Wangqiu about the script of "A Game of Chess That Never Ends", and he saw Xu Wangqiu mobilizing thousands of troops to shoot in the crew, and saw the unheard of equipment such as the cableway camera system, and he felt that "Falcon" would be an unprecedented blockbuster. After ending the negotiations with Xu Wangqiu, returning to Beiping, and seeing the first samples of "Falcon", he was even more convinced of his judgment, and did not hesitate to sign a contract with the export company to win the distribution rights of "Falcon" for $4 million.

Now that he has watched the finished film of "Falcon", Yasui Tokuma feels that it is too wise to win the copyright of "Falcon" at a price of 400 US dollars. Two years ago, there was an American movie "Wild Goose Expendables", the plot was somewhat similar to "Falcon", and that movie achieved a box office of more than one billion yen in Toei. And "Falcon" is much better than "Wild Goose Drones", the film's rendering of large scenes and the application of various complex tactics are unprecedented, and they have not appeared in previous war films. The whole movie is two hours long, with constant highs/tides, which can be said to burn from beginning to end. He believes that the box office of "Falcon" will only be higher than that of "Wild Goose Expendables", and will not be lower than that of "Wild Goose Expendables".

As a veteran of the four fields, Sen Chongdao left tears several times in the process of watching "Falcon", especially seeing Chang Chao and them rolling thunder with their bodies, which reminded him of his sacrificed comrades. At the beginning, everyone went forward and succeeded, not afraid of sacrifice, and finally defeated Chiang Kai-shek. 30 years have passed, and the PLA has not changed at all, it is still the same PLA. What excites him most about "Falcon" is not the majestic scene, not the blood-boiling scene, not the ups and downs of the story, but the indomitable spirit and courage of the People's Liberation Army.

Junya Sato was deeply shocked by "Falcon", which was the most realistic and intense war film he had ever seen. The film's story setting, scene creation, atmosphere setting, character building, and scene scheduling are all of the top level, and director Toei may only be able to shoot war films to this level. "Falcon" continues the style of "The Hoe", almost all of them are handheld photography and sports shots, but there are some differences in the choice of scenes, there are more medium and close-up shots, especially in the war scenes, and there are many medium and close-up shots. There is no slow-motion display of the death process, and there is no unrealistic dying struggle, and the magnified treatment of these bloody and cruel scenes gives the audience an unprecedented sense of realism.

Yasuko Ohno and the others all stood up and clapped their hands vigorously. They all felt that "Falcon" was an incomparable film, with a documentary-like style, without hiding the blood, nor whitewashing death, and through scenes of cruelty, it told the audience how terrible war is.

At this moment, the lights in the screening room snapped on, and the darkness was dispelled instantly, but Tokuma's applause did not stop, they all smiled and continued to applaud Xu Wangqiu.

Xu Wangqiu and Hu Jian glanced at each other, and they both saw a smile in each other's eyes.

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Tokuma Yasukuai, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Tokuma, what do you think?"

Excitement and joy hung on the corners of Tokuma's mouth and eyebrows, and the wrinkles brought out were like blooming chrysanthemums: "This is the most wonderful and shocking war movie I have ever seen, and this is really an unprecedented movie." I believe that "Falcon" will be a great success only in Dongying, and it is really great to release "Falcon". ”

Hu Jian saw Tokuma Yasushi say this, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Tokuma is satisfied with "Falcon", then we are also relieved. Mr. Tokuma is also aware of the situation in our country, and now we need foreign exchange, and I hope to be able to complete the transaction as soon as possible. ”

Tokuma said cheerfully, "This is no problem. ”

After the matter of "Falcon" was settled, the two sides began to talk about the cooperation agreement of "A Game of Chess That Never Ends". The two sides sincerely wanted to cooperate, and the whole negotiation went very smoothly. The two sides agreed that "A Game of Chess That Never Ended" would be jointly funded by China and Japan, with one person and half of the film's income in China, and Dongying's income going to the Film Export Company, while Dongying's income would go to Daying Company, and the income from other regions would be equally shared between the two parties. There are two producers for the film, one for the Chinese side and one for the Japanese side, and the Chinese producer is responsible for the filming in Dongying, and the Chinese producer is responsible for the filming in China.

However, when it came to the issue of treatment, trouble came out, Xu Wangqiu demanded that the treatment of Chinese and Japanese staff must be the same, and the salaries of Chinese staff should be taken according to the minimum standard of Dongying staff, and this money should be paid to everyone in the form of subsidies. Hu Jian and Fang Zhenwu agreed to enjoy the same standards of food and lodging for the actors on both sides, but in terms of wages, they insisted that the Japanese staff should be treated according to the Japanese side, and the Chinese side should be treated according to the Chinese side.

The problem of treatment is a common problem encountered in co-productions in this era. When Liu Xiaoqing was filming "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", his treatment was even worse than that of the Hong Kong workers, so he could only live in a guest house and eat steamed buns and pickles. The Hong Kong workers have fish and meat for their meals and live in luxury hotels. When Jet Li was acting in "North and South Shaolin", his salary as a leading actor was only a few dozen yuan a month, while Xiangjiang supporting actors could get thousands a month.

More than 30 years later, when many people talk about this period of history, they say that it is a manifestation of discrimination against the mainland by the Hong Kong film industry. In fact, this is not discrimination, but a systemic problem. Most of the mainland actors and crews are from film studios and receive fixed salaries, and film studios have clear regulations on food and accommodation during film filming.

This is not only the case with Heung Kong Films, but also the case for overseas film companies to make films in China. Foreign staff members are treated as foreign guests, staying in hotels and restaurants with a star rating or above, and eating in restaurants, while Chinese staff members still live in guest houses and eat simple box lunches in accordance with the regulations of domestic studios. Because of the treatment issue, there are many contradictions and conflicts.

Last year, the export company co-produced "Marco Polo" with Italy, and Yang Zaibao played the Mongolian prince in "Marco Polo", and he, like the Chinese staff, had to live in a guest house. Yang Zaibao is a top star in China, and after learning about the treatment of foreign staff, he couldn't swallow this breath and walked off directly. Everyone is in the same crew, why are Chinese inferior? Yang Zaibao's protest was supported by other actors in the crew, and all the Chinese actors in the entire crew boycotted.

Director Giorgiano Montaldo didn't know what was going on and felt inexplicable, how he woke up and the actors were gone. After knowing what was going on, he immediately said that everyone was equal in the crew, and should not be treated differently, and it was right to live in a hotel. With the support of the director, the Chinese actors in the crew enjoyed the same treatment as foreign actors.

There are also many examples of screwing up movies due to treatment issues, and there is a movie "Mountain God" invested by Xiangjiang, which is a martial arts film. The actors and actresses were selected from martial arts schools in Fujian. The actress is beautiful and intelligent, and she performs well as soon as possible, and is favored by directors of Hong Kong. Director Xiangjiang proposed to train her to become a female star like Jet Li, and arranged her to a hotel in Hong Kong. Seeing this, other mainland actors demanded the same treatment. As a result, the production director did not handle it well and rejected the request of the mainland actors. So, the mainland actors, including the heroine, packed up their bags and left that night, and they just stopped acting.

In this era, communication is not developed, there is no mobile phone, the crew doesn't know where to find people, and the scene can't be filmed. Director Xiangjiang could only change the play, changing the story to a dark and windy night, in which the male and female protagonists and other actors played by stand-ins were all killed, and the second half of the plot was played by other actors. Of course, the final result was a box office fiasco, and the investors accompanied it.

Xu Wangqiu is a relatively proud person in his heart, a bit of a nationalist tendency, and will definitely not allow the foreigners in his crew to be one level higher than the Chinese; not to mention that "A Game of Unfinished Chess" still cooperates with Dongying. A movie set in the background of the Anti-Japanese War, if the Dongying people of the crew are one level higher than the Chinese, it is simply a big joke.

However, Xu Wangqiu did not expect that Dongying people supported the staff of both sides to enjoy equal treatment, but his own people resolutely opposed it. He didn't want to quarrel with Hu Jian and Fang Zhenwu in front of Dongying people, and felt that it would be embarrassing, so he decided to put this one aside first and communicate with Hu Jian and them in private.

After dinner, Xu Wangqiu discussed the issue of wages with Hu Jian and Fang Zhenwu at the hotel. Xu Wangqiu insisted that staff on both sides should be paid the same and that Chinese should not be inferior, but Hu Jian and Fang Zhenwu insisted that they should follow the rules of the studio. Neither side could convince anyone, and soon a quarrel broke out.

Fang Zhenwu felt that Xu Wangqiu was a little unreasonable: "Wangqiu, you have to have a sense of the overall situation." If our staff get a high salary for "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished", what will the rest of the crew think?

Xu Wangqiu retorted: "We fought the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression for eight years and suffered tens of millions of casualties. We filmed "A Game of Unfinished Chess" to show this history and tell today's Chinese to rise up. If we were in the process of making a movie, Dongying people could get a few thousand yuan a month, while we could only get a few dozen yuan. What do you let the Chinese in the crew think, and what do you let the people who know about this think? Obviously in the same crew, doing the same work, why are we so much lower than the Dongying people? Are we inferior to the Dongying people?"

Fang Zhenwu faced Xu Wangqiu's questioning and defended: "I have already said that this idea of yours is not realistic at all, the monthly salary of the state leader is only a few hundred yuan, and we give ourselves a salary of more than 1,000 yuan a month, do you know what kind of problem this is? This is corruption, this is a serious economic crime, and it is digging the corner of socialism!"

Xu Wangqiu did not eat this set, and said coldly: "You don't use corruption crimes to scare people, this has nothing to do with corruption crimes, I will ask you, everyone is in the same crew, doing the same work, why are Chinese inferior?"

Hu Jian shook his head slightly, he knew that Xu Wangqiu had a stubborn temper, as long as he decided to do something, even if he faced the minister, he would not bow his head. Now he has decided that the Chinese staff must be treated the same as the Dongying staff, otherwise the Chinese are inferior, and it will be difficult to convince him.

"Do you have a country in your eyes, do you have an export company!" Fang Zhenwu was completely enraged by Xu Wangqiu, and pointed at Xu Wangqiu's nose and accused loudly, "I think you are envious of the high wages of Dongying people, and you want to get high wages yourself, you have no national and collective interests in your eyes, it is simply selfish!"

Xu Wangqiu said coldly: "I can not take a penny, but the Chinese staff must be treated the same as Dongying people, otherwise I will quit this play." If you think that you are inferior to the Dongying people, then you can shoot it yourself, I will not accept it. ”