Chapter 256: Bayi Film Factory
Zhang Xun explained, it is probably to build bridges and roads, and to make an analogy, it is like the church building a church in their territory.
This explanation was somewhat confusing to the lords, as such things were generally supposed to be something they had to pay for themselves.
This belongs to public construction in the territory, and it is completely a matter of spending money outside, according to reason, the royal family should be hiding from this kind of thing, how can Zhang Xun take the initiative to make it up?
But, whatever the king thought, at least it was in their best interest as it was now.
There is no reason to refuse, on the contrary, these people originally thought that Zhang Xun would make some excessive demands, but they didn't, and this result was already very satisfactory to them.
"Your Majesty, if it's just this kind of request, of course there is no problem, as long as you send someone to do it, we will definitely fully cooperate!"
The nobles immediately patted their chests and reassured.
Although it is difficult to put this guarantee into practice on paper, it is already effective on this occasion and witnessed by everyone.
Zhang Xun nodded and said with a smile: "Then it's a word." ”
After talking about business, the banquet that brought together most of the power holders of the entire Eagle Yang was once again jubilant and lively, and laughter and laughter filled the corner.
Zhang Xun picked up the wine glass and lowered his head to drink lightly, the thoughts in his eyes flew like mist.
The reason why he agreed to sell was because he had not yet had the opportunity to cut the feudal domain, and he still needed a stable domestic political situation and the help of these noble lords if he wanted to continue the industrial revolution.
If you want this, you can only share the benefits in your hands in order to stabilize them.
In addition, the commitment to infrastructure construction is mainly to prepare for the subsequent work of laying railways, railway construction is a long-term thing, it is impossible to build in a few years, and if you want to spread out the railway network in all directions, you must get the cooperation of these lords.
After all, the railroad needs to go in a straight line, so it needs to pass through their territory, and although the construction of the railroad will only bring them great benefits, it is not possible for any fool to see the situation clearly and add to the blockage for himself.
Take it down first and promise, so that it will be convenient to pave the way later.
The banquet was going to be held for a while, but Zhang Xun couldn't stay for a long time.
Eagle Yang's day and night have different consumption of spiritual power, and the night is especially fast, so he already feels tired before the banquet is over.
Before the soul left, he was drunk and ugly, and he ordered his henchmen to take him back to the palace.
After that, I returned to the city.
In this way, two more days passed, and the afterglow was dispersed after the holiday.
People are back to intense work, and the silent film "The Battle of Grey Wind" is officially completed.
Steven is conscientious and responsible, of course, in large part because of his political mandate.
Fortunately, the world has not had time to form those bad habits, so this drama is still very individual.
The audit work was personally checked by Zhang Xun.
There is no cinema, only in the room.
Only Zhang Xun and Steven, editor Ke Lan, and two guards were present.
Except for these few people, no one has seen the entire part of the movie, not even the leading actors.
The whole film is a little more than half an hour in total, which is too short compared to an orthodox movie, and compared to Yingyang's national conditions, it is still a long story.
A group of maids waited outside the door, they wanted to go in, but the room was not big enough, so they had to wait.
I don't know how long it took for the door to creak open, and His Majesty the King was the first to come out, with a faint smile on his face.
"Yes, it has exceeded my expectations, and the other backup photo stones are the same as this one, right?" Zhang Xun asked.
Steven behind him hurriedly nodded yes.
The maid on the side presented a handkerchief to Zhang Xun to wipe his sweat, Zhang Xun symbolically wiped his forehead and then placed it on the tray, saying: "Okay, the propaganda side is out, the news must be conveyed clearly, the two photographic stones will be screened simultaneously in the south and north of the city after dark the night after tomorrow! Pay attention to the order of watching the movie! It is still the previous rule, but this time some benches are arranged in front, and those who want to sit on the bench need to pay three gold, and those who do not sit on the bench do not need to pay money." ”
"Understood, let's arrange it!"
"Hmm. Zhang Xun nodded, then looked at Steven with a pleasant face, and said, "As for you, you have done a good job, do you have any ideas to continue to do it?"
Steven became excited when he heard this, through this period of filming, he has fallen in love with the movie, and fell in love with the position of director, that is, aside from his love, just to become a director and improve his social status is what he dreamed of.
So he immediately agreed.
Zhang Xun was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will send someone to get a mansion for the film department, well, the name of this department is ...... Bayi Film Factory, yes, that's the name, Steven, you will also serve as the director for the time being, the film studio is now in its infancy, and it will get bigger and bigger in the future, you must not live up to my expectations of you. ”
Steven was immediately grateful, and it could be seen that the sudden promotion from the drama to the head of the new department of the state was tantamount to a leap into the dragon gate for him.
It's just that, while being excited and happy, I still can't figure it out, why is it called Bayi Film Factory, Steven can understand the three words of film factory, but what does "Bayi" mean?
After thinking about it again and again, it still didn't make sense, so I could only give up, say goodbye and leave.
Zhang Xun smiled and watched him leave, and he was very happy in his heart.
The quality of "The Battle of Grey Wind Town" is actually quite bad, but if it is placed on the zero-based premise that there is no concept at all when making a movie for the first time, it is already good, at least the story is coherent, and everything that should be performed is expressed, which shows that Steven does have some ability.
As for the charging of benches before the screening of films, one is to popularize the awareness of payment in advance, and the other is purely political demand.
In Yingyang, the status of the nobles and commoners is very different, it is completely two classes, and the nobles naturally occupied the front row when "The Palace Gate" was screened, and sent people to isolate the commoners, which is a lesson for Zhang Xun, even though he is still inclined to the commoners in his bones, but he also knows that the general trend is irreversible, and at the same time, as the top of the aristocratic class, he really has no face to shout equality.
Therefore, in order to adapt to the national conditions, the bench is directly used by those nobles to show their status from the rules, so that the aristocratic class and even the entire social order are satisfied.
In addition, if the bench is not placed, the nobles in front will stand, and the commoners behind will not be visible, so it is better to let them sit down.
Of course, the most important reason is that it is an hour-long movie, and the commoners don't care, but if these nobles are kept standing, they can't tell what kind of moth.
Collecting money is also a price, in fact, in the modern society of Blue Star, there are still many occasions where there is still a clear hierarchy.
"Alas, being a king even has to think about such a thing as a seat, really...... Helpless. Zhang Xun sighed deeply, full of emotion.
Later in the day, countless posters were put up.
Then, the news that the new movie "The Battle of Grey Wind Town" was going to be released to the public immediately detonated the royal capital.