Wang Lanxi knew that Xu Wangqiu's understanding of movies was not comparable to ordinary people, and the technical level of the people he liked must be fine, so he said: "Since you have a favorite candidate, then you draw up a list, and then you can go to the film studio to transfer people." ”

Xu Wangqiu originally wanted to ask if he could enter a batch of computers and set up a computer special effects team. However, considering the domestic conditions, he thinks it is better to wait a few years and wait for the export company to have a certain scale. There should be not only a special effects team, but also a research and development team to develop film equipment. It's just that it's too early to do this, and the export companies simply don't have the strength to do it.

Xu Wangqiu thought for a while and asked, "When the export company is established, it should be able to repair its own factory and its own studio, right?"

Wang Lanxi said with a smile: "Of course, we will not only repair the studio, but also build the largest and best studio, and strive to catch up with the international level." But until the studio was built, we had to use the studios of other studios. The office is temporarily located at the Foreign Trade Institute of Koseki Huizhongan, which is the original site of the Beijing Film Studio. They borrowed us a building and let us work there for the time being. ”

In 1956, in order to assist in the construction of the new factory of Beiying, at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, the Soviet architectural expert Kudryshev, the structural expert Lavlov, the industrial expert Podgov, and the film expert Tikhonovich came to Beiping successively. After on-site investigation, in 1957, according to the suggestions of China and the Soviet Union, the new site of Beiying was determined to be in Xiaoguan Huizhong Nunnery, outside the Dingmen Gate of Bei'an at that time.

In the following ten years, Beijing Film Studio completed famous films such as "Lin Family Shop", "Song of Youth", and "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" here. However, after the movement began, Jiang Qing moved the Beijing Film Studio to the former site of the former Ministry of Railways Cadre School in Beitaipingzhuang in order to prevent her model filming from being disturbed. In 1973, the School of Foreign Trade was originally revoked and rebuilt, and the abandoned site of the Xiaoguanbei Film Studio was selected. Since then, it has become the campus of the Institute of Foreign Trade

Xu Wangqiu knew that the Institute of Foreign Trade was later the University of International Trade and Economics, and said with a smile: "It's good to work in the secondary school of foreign trade and economics, and the film export company originally needs foreign trade talents." If you find an outstanding student at the school, you will be directly recruited to the export company. ”

Wang Lanxi said with a smile: "Film exports belong to foreign trade and economic cooperation, and the leading group also has comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Because we did not have an office location and lacked talents who knew foreign languages and foreign trade, they asked the Foreign Trade and Economic Secondary School to lend us a building for office. When they vacate the space, we'll go to work. ”

Xu Wangqiu came out of the office and walked slowly along the street against the cold wind of early spring. The cold wind pierced through the gaps in the clothes and pierced into the flesh like steel needles, making people shiver slightly. However, Xu Wangqiu's heart was hot, and there was a fire burning inside.

The film export company will soon be listed, and the curtain will be opened on the large-scale export of Chinese films.

In the late '80s and '90s, Korean films were basically dumping ground for Hong Kong and Hollywood films, but in the late '90s, as South Korea turned cultural development into a national policy, the Korean film and television industry rose rapidly, and the Korean Wave began to sweep Asia. Now that Chinese films are about to start exporting to the outside world, can Chinese films set off a Chinese stream on a global scale?

Xu Wangqiu believes that it can, now that the economy and population are similar to China's, India can export hundreds of times as many films every year, and even achieve great success in Russia, so why can't Chinese films do it?

However, Xu Wangqiu knows very well that the export of films is a huge project, and it is impossible to succeed on his own. He is indeed not one of the Commander of the Light Pole, and there is a group of brothers around him!

After returning to Nortel, Xu Wangqiu called Liu Lin and Zhang Yimou out. Everyone came to the city to find a restaurant, ordered a few dishes, and chatted while eating. Xu Wangqiu talked about the establishment of the export company soon and the country's plan for the company to go abroad.

Liu Lin: They were very excited when they heard that the country was going to set up a film export company and make high-quality films to export abroad. As filmmakers, they are undoubtedly very proud to hear that domestic films will be exported abroad on a large scale in the future. However, they didn't realize that it had anything to do with them, after all, they would be assigned to various film studios after graduation.

Xu Wangqiu looked at everyone and said solemnly: "The establishment of an export company is a rare opportunity for us. Film export companies have a strong foothold in China, but at the same time they aim at overseas markets, hoping to sell them abroad. This kind of movie is very difficult to make, and as far as our current domestic movies are taken out and sold, they basically can't be sold. If our films want to open up overseas, they must be genre-oriented, and the audiovisual language must also be novel. There are very few domestic directors who have studied genre films, and they must not be able to count on them. You're not the same, you all have research on genre films. When you graduate, it's definitely going to pull you over to make a movie, so be prepared. ”

"Wangqiu, is this true? After graduation, we can go to an export company to make a movie, and we still make a high-cost movie with an investment of several million?" Liu Lin couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and his eyes were fixed on Xu Wangqiu. He is a lover of Hollywood commercial films, and has always hoped that he will be afraid of such movies in the future. At this time, when he heard Xu Wangqiu's words, he was naturally very excited.

Zhang Yimou, Wu Zhiliu, and Xia Gang also had their eyes shining, and they all looked at Xu Wangqiu.

Over the past year or so, they have learned a lot of genre film knowledge from Xu Wangqiu, and they believe that this knowledge will make them great in the future. It's just that Nortel students who are assigned from the directing department to the film studio generally have to work as assistant directors for several years before they can get the opportunity to direct. Now when they hear that there is a directing opportunity as soon as they graduate, they feel like they are in a dream.

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Of course it's true, but you still have to continue to work hard." Southern Pictures has given us a batch of VCRs and videotapes from our school, so you can pull them up if you have time, and you can try to write scripts. It can be written by one person, or by two or three people, and the script can be polished in a year or two. So that by the time you graduate, the script has been almost polished, and you can take the script to the export company to make a movie. ”

When Liu Lin heard this, he smiled proudly: "You don't need to say this, I was trying to write a script last year." It's just that the story is not very well written, and I am embarrassed to take it out. ”

Wu Zhiliu smiled and said: "Me too, but the writing is not very good, so I didn't take it out." ”

Except for Gu Changwei and Zhang Yimou, who studied photography, everyone else was trying to write a script.

Xu Wangqiu knew that Zhang Yimou would be a director in the future, and he was not the kind of person who was willing to do photography for a lifetime. As a director, Zhang Yimou is extremely good, especially in audio-visual language. However, he also has a big shortcoming, that is, he lacks originality and the ability to write original stories.

Xu Wangqiu looked at Zhang Yimou and said in a joking tone: "Lao Mou, you also write a script." ”

Zhang Yimou sighed slightly and said, "After finishing this semester, I may be leaving Nortel, I don't know what I will do in the future, where is the opportunity to be a director?"

Xu Wangqiu was stunned, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, why do you have to leave Nortel after reading this semester?"

Zhang Yimou said hesitantly: "This afternoon, Mr. Shen from the Academic Affairs Office, Mr. Liu from the Admissions Office, and Mr. Wei from the Photography Department came to talk to me. They said that the special situation of my school was specially approved by the Minister of Culture, and the college was exceptionally admitted. At that time, the minister's instructions to the leading group of the film academy said that I did not have to wait for four years to graduate, and after one or two years of study, I could be assigned to work in the film studio. Now that two years have passed, you can end your studies. The film export company is about to be set up and needs manpower, can you help me find a position in the export company? ”

However, Xu Wangqiu opened his mouth, and Liu Lin shouted first: "This can't be Tang Ziqing's ghost, right? He knows that you are with us, so he wants to kick you out of school?"

Others also shouted for Zhang Yimou: "This is too much." "Lao Mou works so hard and has such a strong level of photography, why don't you let him continue to study. "As a dean, it is too much to take revenge on students!"

Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly: "I don't know if I deliberately manipulated me." In fact, I am very lucky to be able to study at Nortel, which is the exception of the exception, if not. I was still photographing scenery in the factory, so how could I have the opportunity to come to Peking to see each other. For the past two years, I have been terrified that this day will come. I was mentally prepared. ”

Zhang Yimou looked at Xu Wangqiu and begged: "Wangqiu, I know that you are very capable, you can help me find a position in the export company!"

Xu Wangqiu remembered that Nortel had approached Zhang Yimou in his sophomore year and asked him to leave Nortel. Zhang Yimou originally planned to leave Nortel and let his classmates contact him for a job at Qinchuan Pictorial. Zhang Yimou is very good at photography, and has published photographic works in "China Youth Daily", and Qinchuan Pictorial agrees to accept him, but the condition is that he must have a graduation certificate.

Zhang Yimou asked the school to give a graduation certificate, but the school did not agree to give it. Without a graduation certificate, no unit will accept it. At the suggestion of a friend, Zhang Yimou applied to the school, saying that he hoped to continue his studies. In the end, the Ministry of Culture gave instructions and agreed to let Zhang Yimou continue his studies, and Zhang Yimou had only completed four years of college.

Because of the flickering wings of his butterfly, Nortel's current courtyard has become Tang Ziqing; but there is also Hu Qingming, who is full of hatred for himself in the Ministry of Culture, and it is really difficult to say whether Zhang Yimou can stay in Nortel to complete his four years of study.

However, Xu Wangqiu felt that if he could continue to study, Zhang Yimou should still finish the course: "I know your ability and level." You were born to eat movies. If you really have to graduate early, then I will go to Minister Wang and ask you to import and export the company and make me a photographer. But I don't think you should rush to graduate, and finish the rest of the coursework. In the past two years, you have studied graphic photography in the photography department, and you have not studied motion photography. Even if you import and export companies, there is no way for you to work directly as a photographer, you can only start as an assistant, and you must also teach yourself motion photography. I think it's better for you to stay at Nortel and finish the course. ”

Zhang Yimou shook his head and said: "I don't want to stay in school anymore, people have already told me about it, and they obviously want to drive me away." I couldn't be cheeky anymore and I was gone. ”

Xu Wangqiu stared at Zhang Yimou and said solemnly: "Old Mou, don't be rash. It is very important to accumulate movies, and if you can continue to learn, don't miss it. You listen to me, go to the school leaders tomorrow and show them that you want to stay at Nortel and continue your studies. ”

Liu Lin and the others also persuaded: "Lao Mou, you just listen to Wangqiu, go to the school, and apply to continue studying." "Yes, it would definitely be good to study for two more years. "Tang Ziqing wants to go with you, you shouldn't go, just to make him unable to do so. ”

Zhang Yimou actually didn't want to leave, and now when he saw that everyone said this, he immediately said: "I listen to you, I will go to the school tomorrow and apply to stay at Nortel to continue studying." ”