PS: The 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the previous chapter, it should be the 40th anniversary, and it has been corrected!

Cheung Kam-wah and Ho Wei are no strangers to Hong Kong-China co-productions, and since Hong Kong's leftist film company Great Wall Pictures' "Shaolin Temple" became popular in Asia in 1982, many Hong Kong film companies have taken advantage of this to make a series of Shaolin-themed films in the north.

For example, in the photography base of Bayi Film Factory, a kung fu film called "Shaolin Lay Disciple" is now being filmed. Don't look at the fact that Hong Kong's film industry is far more developed than China's, but Hong Kong is a small place after all, and there are few places where filming can be made, so it is difficult to shoot big scenes.

For example, at the 3rd Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony that just ended not long ago, the film "Listening to Politics", which won eight nominations, is a Sino-Hong Kong co-production film. In order to make the audience feel real and credible about the story told in the film, the crew successively filmed in many important historical monuments and scenic spots such as the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Chengde Summer Resort, Chengde Waiba Temple, and Qing Dongling. This kind of effect is simply not possible in a Hong Kong film studio.

Li Xuan and the two factory directors didn't say a word while chatting, and he wanted to introduce the topic to the movie several times, but He Wei ignored it intentionally or unintentionally. Although He Wei had a smile on his face, Li Xuan found from the other party's words that he didn't seem to be very willing to let Hong Kong companies get involved in this war movie that hadn't even started planning.

As early as 1979, the domestic film authorities set up a China Film Co-production Company, referred to as a co-production company, to coordinate and handle relevant foreign affairs. The usual process for co-productions is that a Hong Kong film company takes the initiative to come to the co-production company for assistance. The co-production company then designates a domestic film studio to be responsible.

But the dominance of the co-production crew is definitely in the hands of Hong Kong companies, and Hong Kong people usually come to the mainland to shoot with a sense of self-superiority. For example, when filming "Listening to Politics with a Curtain". The meals of mainland actors are two steamed buns and a piece of black pickles. But when Hong Kong actors have a meal, each person has a food truck, chicken, duck and fish. Because the food treatment of mainland and Hong Kong actors is different, Liu Xiaoqin, who played the Empress Dowager Cixi, directly protested with a boycott at that time.

Although He Wei himself knows that with the existing strength of Guixi Film Studio, it is very difficult to independently support a large-scale war film. But he would rather cooperate with other brother film studios in China than hand over the dominance of the film to a Hong Kong company. In his opinion. Hong Kong people may have a set of funny kung fu movies, and making a strict war feature film alone is definitely not their forte!

"Director He. My film company also hopes to participate in the production of this war film with the theme of Taierzhuang's victory, I don't know what you think!" Li Xuan was too lazy to accompany the two of them to continue to play Tai Chi, and asked bluntly.

"Mr. Lee. Hong Kong's film and television industry has advanced equipment, a mature market, and dedicated peers. These are all things that we mainland filmmakers need to learn and improve! But war films are different from other films, and in order to reproduce the real grand scenes, we probably need to invite the military to play them. If a Hong Kong company is the leader of the film, the review process is bound to be more complicated.

And in my vision, the film will either not be made, or if it is made, it will have to be refined! My preliminary estimate is that the budget for this film is likely to reach 1.5 million yuan, which is equivalent to about 6 million Hong Kong dollars. This investment scale is not small!" He Wei used a euphemistic wording, hoping that the other party would be able to retreat from the difficulties.

Li Xuan immediately grasped the key point in the other party's words. It turned out that he was not ready to give up his dominance of the film. After Li Xuan found out the real reason for He Wei's rejection of people thousands of miles away, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

He never wanted to compete for the dominance of the film, on the contrary, if the film was controlled by a Hong Kong company, Li Xuan would lose interest in investing. The ultimate goal of other Hong Kong film companies going north to make films is to make money, so they want to keep the whole film in their own hands, so as to minimize the risk of failure.

So far, the highest box office record of Hong Kong films is about 30 million yuan, and after deducting a series of expenses such as theater, distribution, and production, it will be up to the sky to earn 10 million. But this money is really not in Li Xuan's eyes, the reason why he wants to invest in this movie is not for economic interests, but for political interests.

Whether it is for the future development of the Eastern Group in the mainland, or because of the Chinese heart in his heart, Li Xuan will show favor to the domestic side. However, he is reluctant to be too active on the Hong Kong issue, lest he be labeled as a "pro-communist."

In fact, there is no need for Li Xuan to intervene in the Hong Kong issue, and the British will eventually return Hong Kong obediently. Since March this year, coal miners in the UK have been on strike in an industry-wide manner. It has been going on for more than two months now, and there is no end in sight.

Thatcher's Conservative cabinet is suffering from the biggest crisis of confidence since coming to power. This is also an important reason why she is reluctant to take too strong a stance in diplomacy. The British economy has entered a full-blown depression since the 80s, and Thatcher hopes to carry out a major operation on the British economy through privatization reforms.

Coal, steel and other state-controlled industries were included in the list of privatizations by the Thatcher government. Privatisation meant layoffs and job losses for the coal workers, so they staged one of the biggest strikes in Britain's history. At such a time, Thatcher needed a good external environment so that she could concentrate on solving domestic problems.

Therefore, Britain was destined to make full concessions on the Hong Kong issue, and the British Empire could not launch another "Falklands War" at this time. And China is not Argentina, and Hong Kong, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, is not an archipelago far from the mainland.

Li Xuan's statement on the Hong Kong issue has not been too tendentious. Therefore, he is ready to unleash his goodwill in another aspect -- to build a bridge between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and to promote cross-strait exchanges and trust and eliminate estrangement. As a white-skinned and red-hearted Chinese, Li Xuan naturally hoped that the country could be peacefully reunified.

He even considered whether to secretly hire an international killer to kill Li first. If it weren't for his wanton hollowing out the foundation of the Kuomintang, the Green Camp would have wanted to gain momentum in Taiwan. At least a decade back.

"Director He, before my name Asia Pictures, co-produced "Xinhai Double Ten" with China Film Company in Taiwan. That movie was based on the Wuchang Uprising. There are also many large-scale war scenes. At that time, we at Asia Pictures were mainly responsible for providing financial and technical support, and did not interfere too much with the filming of China Film!

This time, we will adopt a similar approach in our cooperation with the mainland! Asia Pictures can provide a budget of 10 million Hong Kong dollars for this "Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang" movie.

We will make a professional team to participate in the production of the film, and will put forward some of our suggestions in terms of script, casting, shooting, etc., but the final decision-making power is still dominated by the team of the mainland partner.

Because Asia Pictures is responsible for the investment, we will have a dedicated financial staff who will be responsible for reviewing the various expenses incurred during the filming process, and in addition to the rights in the domestic market. The rest of the film overseas is owned by Asia Pictures!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

He Wei stopped all of a sudden, and looked at Li Xuan with some incredulity. He didn't expect it at all. The conditions given by the other party are so generous. What is the difference between this and giving 10 million Hong Kong dollars to Guixi Film Factory for nothing?

As for the issue of film copyright, He Wei doesn't care at all. According to the current domestic system, even if the film can be sold overseas at a high price, it has little to do with the Guixi Film Studio. The source of funding for Guixi Film Factory is based on state funding. Rather than movie box office and rights revenue.

"Asia Pictures is one of the three major film companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Li turned out to be the boss of Asia Media Group!" Zhang Jinhua finally reacted and said with a smile.

In fact, he is very envious of He Wei now, how could such a big pie fall on the head of Guixi Film Factory. The conditions given by Li Xuan are definitely the best Sino-Hong Kong co-productions in history. If He Wei chooses to refuse, Zhang Jinhua will definitely let Bayi Film Studio make up for it as soon as possible.

But He Wei was obviously not ready to give Bayi Studios any chance, he excitedly grabbed Li Xuan's hand and confirmed Li Xuan's conditions again. After he was sure that he had heard correctly, He Wei was already a little incoherent with joy.

HK$10,000,000 at the official exchange rate of the People's Bank of China. It can be exchanged for almost 2.8 million yuan. This is twice the original budget of He Wei, and there is enough financial support. is the most important guarantee to make an excellent movie.

In fact, the theme of Taierzhuang's victory is very good, this is the first time that the Chinese army won a large-scale battle victory on the frontal battlefield in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which greatly encouraged the morale of the military and people across the country.

The commander-in-chief of this campaign was the Gui general, General Li Zongren, who returned to the mainland in 1965 and was cordially received by the leaders of the Party Central Committee. From his point of view, it is completely acceptable for the domestic side to sing the praises of the deeds of the national army's anti-Japanese war.

As far as Taiwan is concerned, Li Zong-jen once served as president of the Republic of China and was one of the most influential figures in the Kuomintang besides Lao Chiang. Singing the praises of Lee Zongren and the officers and men of the Kuomintang Army can naturally be regarded as a great sincerity released by the mainland.

The better and more magnificent the movie is, the better the effect will naturally be after Li Xuan is transferred to Taiwan in the future. So he simply gave 10 million Hong Kong dollars in one go for the filming fund, and the question of whether he could recover the cost was completely out of his consideration.

"Mr. Li, are you interested in visiting our Bayi Studio, in fact, in terms of war film shooting, our Bayi Factory has the most experience!" Zhang Jinhua's words made He Wei next to him almost turn his face.

"Lao Zhang, although our Guixi Studio is a little smaller, the sparrows are small and have all the organs!" He Wei said with a sinking face.

"Hehe, Lao He, don't be nervous, our Bayi Factory is not trying to compete with your Guixi Factory for dominance. "Blood Battle Taierzhuang" is still based on your Guixi Factory, but you eat a lot of meat, and you also have to let the brother units drink a mouthful of broth!" Zhang Jinhua said with a smile.

The funds of the Bayi factory are much more sufficient than those of the Guixi factory, and what he really values is 10 million Hong Kong dollars of foreign exchange. In the past, every time the factory wanted to apply for foreign exchange to buy foreign advanced camera equipment, he had to give up his old face and spend a lot of energy to run the relationship approval. Now that there is such a big piece of fat in front of him, Zhang Jinhua feels sorry for himself if he doesn't take a bite.

He Wei quickly understood what Zhang Jinhua meant, although he was a little unhappy, he also knew that 10 million Hong Kong dollars was by no means a small amount. Even if Bayi Factory doesn't intervene, other hungry wolves like Beijing Film Studio and Shanghai Film Studio are likely to come to grab food after smelling the fishy smell. He might as well take the initiative to give up some of his interests and turn Bayi Factory into his ally.

He Wei and Zhang Jinhua can lie in the position of factory director, and they are naturally human spirits. The two quietly glanced at each other, and they had already reached a tacit understanding, and the distribution of benefits could be coordinated privately in the future. The most important thing for the two of them now is to settle the Hong Kong compatriot in front of them and let him not change his mind.

"Mr. Li, Lao Zhang said that there was an excellent script published on "Bayi Movie" before, called "Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang"! Just now you also recognized this title, I hope you can send someone to China to sign a co-production agreement with us first.

In this way, we in Guixi Factory can set up the film project and hand it over to the relevant departments for review! After the review is passed, we will try our best to communicate with the author of the script, and strive to find a day to set up the crew to start filming!" He Wei said to Li Xuanjian.

"Because the theme of this film involves the content of the Kuomintang's frontal resistance, I hope that Mr. Li and Asia Pictures can find the United Front Work Department to exert some influence on the relevant parties when the script is reviewed!" Zhang Jinhua also said, "But the specific plan needs to wait for your side to send someone over, and we will discuss it in detail together!"

Li Xuan smiled indifferently, he wasn't unaware of the private eye contact between the two people in front of him. If Li Xuan is a normal Hong Kong investor, with the hint of urgency in the tone of the two, he should sit firmly on the Diaoyutai at this time and take Qiao well, which will definitely make the other party make greater concessions.

But Li Xuan didn't bother to do this at all, what he needed was to start filming this movie as soon as possible. Strive to make the film "Bloody Battle in Taierzhuang" take the opportunity of the 40th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to be simultaneously listed on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places before August 15 next year. In this way, we will take advantage of the situation to create a wide range of momentum and lay a good public opinion foundation for cross-strait ice melting and reconciliation!

In the following days, Li Xuan remained low-key and silent in the CPPCC meeting. The Second Session of the Sixth CPPCC was successfully concluded with the sound of the national anthem.

The session of the National People's Congress opened a few days later than the CPPCC and closed a few days later. After the conclusion of the NPC session, the central leaders will cordially meet with the Hong Kong and Macao deputies who have come to Beijing to attend the "two sessions," so Li Xuan has not left Beijing.

In the few days of waiting, Li Xuan accepted the invitation of Director Zhang Jinhua and went to the film and television base of Bayi Studio in the suburbs of Beijing. The biggest difference between this film and television base of Bayi Studios and other places is that it has a "martial arts" area specially built for the filming of war films.

The "Cultural Opera" area next to the "Martial Arts" area is planned to contain scenes such as Jiangnan Water Towns and Southern Towns, which are suitable for many movies to film. And Li Xuan was very coincidental here, and met a little beauty who had a relationship before. (To be continued......)