The meeting room of the Huangpu District Housing Management Bureau.

Deputy Director Chen listened to Wang Zheng's offer, and coughed in shock, the price of 2 million US dollars is undoubtedly a huge amount of foreign exchange for the Shanghai Housing Authority, if this amount can be won, in this era of waste to be revived, whether it is a timely rain for the Housing Authority or the City Hall.

"Mr. Wang, for your price, the bureau needs to hold an internal meeting to decide, please wait a while!"

Director Chen quickly suppressed his surprised expression, changed his attitude from the coldness in front of him, and didn't care about the words that made it difficult to buy.

The reason why Director Chen's attitude changed drastically is that although the official exchange rate of the US dollar is 1 to 2.3 on the surface, it is only a priceless exchange rate, and the black market has already speculated the US dollar to an astonishing height of 1 to 8

Director Chen did not have the authority to directly make a decision with this huge amount of foreign exchange, so he found an excuse to hold a meeting to ask his superiors.

Deputy Director Chen went and came back quickly, and after a cup of tea, he brought a middle-aged man of his age to the conference room.

"Hello Mr. Wang, my surname is Ding, I am the director of the Huangpu Branch, I heard that Mr. Wang is ready to buy the ownership of No. 18 on the Bund for $2 million?"

Wang Zheng and the director surnamed Ding, who was dressed in a tunic suit, shook hands with each other, and only after a few people sat down again did he nod and said: "Yes, I really like the architectural style of No. 18, I wonder if the two directors have discussed the result?"

The director surnamed Ding smiled slightly: "Before I tell the results, I want to ask Mr. Wang, what are you going to do with the eighteenth?"

This question was considered when Wang Zheng decided to buy No. 18, he thought about it and said: "In addition to being a shareholder of Shaw Brothers Film Company, I am also a film director, No. 18 is a century-old building, the architectural style is full of artistic atmosphere, as an art worker, I hope to restore the scenes in my movie and put it in No. 18 for exhibition, for more filmmakers or fans who love movies to watch!"

Wang Zheng's answer made Director Ding very satisfied, he nodded and said: "No. 18 is the city's key protection object, no matter who gets the ownership of this building in the end, it is not allowed to dismantle or make major modifications to No. 18, I think Mr. Wang's idea of making an exhibition hall is very good, which will not damage the original building structure, but also add an artistic atmosphere to it." ”

After listening to Director Ding's praise, Wang Zheng said happily: "So, the two directors agreed?"

Director Ding shook his head: "Because Mr. Wang's hukou is not in the mainland, our branch can't make a decision immediately, and we still need to ask the leaders of the General Administration!"

Wang Zheng was a little depressed and said: "Director Ding is a person in the internal team, and he should know that the Sino-British joint statement will be released soon, and then there will be any difference between the mainland and Xiangjiang accounts, and they are not all Chinese." ”

I didn't expect Wang Zheng to understand the situation in Xiangjiang so thoroughly, seeing that his tone was a little uneven, Director Ding hurriedly apologized and said: "What Mr. Wang said is reasonable, but the process cannot be saved, please also ask Mr. Wang to stay in Shanghai for one more day, we will give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow!"

In order to own the Bund 18, Wang Zheng finally had to agree to stay in Shanghai for an extra day.

On the way back to the International Hotel, Liang Kun asked Wang Zheng with some puzzlement: "Brother Zheng, how is that building more expensive than the one in Xiangjiang? 2 million US dollars is 15 million Hong Kong paper, so much money can buy a villa with a mountain in Xiangjiang." ”

"Haha, what you Brother Zheng and I bought is not a building, but a work of art, and in foreign countries, art is often not measured by price!"

Wang Zheng couldn't explain to Liang Kun the price of No. 18 in later generations, and the row of buildings on the Bund in later generations has become a landmark in Shanghai, just like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which can not be bought with money.

In the next day, Guan Zhilin took Wang Zheng and the three of them to wander around the old city of Shanghai God's Temple, Jade Buddha Temple, Qibao Ancient Town and other scenic spots, although the attractions of this era are not as beautiful as those decorated in later generations, but Wang Zheng and Guan Zhilin seem to be extremely relaxed, because they can't see the scenery so freely in Xiangjiang, and there are a group of paparazzi to follow wherever they go.

The next day, accompanied by the three of Liangkun, Wang Zheng came to the Huangpu District Housing Management Bureau again, thinking that he would go to the consultation desk again to ask, but he didn't expect that someone had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Wang, I finally looked forward to you, Director Ding is waiting for you, please come with me!"

Deputy Director Chen, who was still very cold and arrogant yesterday, saw Wang Zheng and his party of four, and immediately greeted him warmly, and a fat face smiled like Maitreya Buddha.

Maybe this is the benefit of being rich, Wang Zheng thought with a slander.

The place where we talked yesterday was still in the reception room, and only one day later, Deputy Director Chen led a few people into the director's office.

In addition to Director Ding in the office, there is also a middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie, in addition to a decent suit, the middle-aged man also wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his elegant temperament is slightly different from that of everyone in the Housing Authority.

Director Ding looked a little hesitant and replied: "It's already out, and the leader has agreed to sell No. 18 to Mr. Wang, but with one condition." ”

Hearing that there were additional conditions, Wang Zheng frowned slightly, but thinking that the country was in a period of development, it was good to be able to contribute, and this time he came to the mainland to fund charity.

"Director Ding just says the conditions, as long as I can do it, I will do my best!"

Seeing that Wang Zheng agreed, Director Ding was obviously relieved, and was about to say the conditions, but he was preempted by the middle-aged man in the suit.

I saw the middle-aged man patting his palm and praising with a smile: "Director Wang Zheng is worthy of being the youngest and best director in Xiangjiang, and he readily agreed without even asking what the conditions were, which really made Zhang admire!"

Seeing the middle-aged man call out his name, Wang Zheng frowned and said, "Do you know me? That condition must be open to your mouth, let's say, what condition?"

The middle-aged man laughed and said: "It's better to be famous than to meet, Director Wang is worthy of being a legendary director who has broken the box office record of Xiangjiang movies many times, refreshing enough, then I won't talk nonsense, I am Zhang Xun, the general manager of China Film Co-production Company, I hope Director Wang will make a film and produce for our company." ”

Wang Zheng didn't understand how the general manager of the film co-production company could appear in the Shanghai real estate management, he shook his head and said: "You should talk to the boss of Shao Yifu about this, although I am a shareholder of Shaw Brothers, I have no real power." ”

Zhang Xun smiled slightly: "As long as Director Wang agrees to personally guide, our company will naturally negotiate with Boss Shao." ”

"Boss Zhang should know that I shoot commercial films in Xiangjiang, and my skills are still a little rusty compared to those academic directors, so it is not a wise choice to work with me. ”

Wang Zheng understands that he is two pounds, and he shoots and co-produces films with the mainland, and the content will be quite rigorous, coupled with the strict censorship of the Film Administration, he is really afraid of lifting a stone to hit himself in the foot, and finally end up discredited.

Zhang Xun was not discouraged, and still smiled lightly: "It's our business whether we are wise or not, but whether we shoot or not is Director Wang's business!"

Wang Zheng was helpless and asked Director Ding: "If I don't agree to this condition, won't I be able to buy No. 18?"

Director Ding looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Wang Zheng had already seen the result from his expression, and no longer embarrassed him, and asked Zhang Xun: "If you cooperate, I don't know when Boss Zhang is going to start the machine?"

Zhang Xun replied: "The script is reviewed in the early stage, and after the script is passed, it will be launched in 85 years at the latest." ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he immediately refused: "No, my schedule will be filled next year, and there is no extra time." ”

From "Prison Storm" to "Plan A Sequel", and finally there is an agreement with Gu Long, there are at least three movies waiting to be launched, Wang Zheng's filming speed is not fast, and he has no time to write scripts, coupled with the strict system in the mainland, he has no clue what type of script to use.