Xizhimen, Beijing, a private restaurant. Since the reform and opening up allowed self-employed businesses, many people in Beijing have opened restaurants, and due to financial pressure and political concerns, these small restaurants have opened in their own homes, and the employees are also their own families.

The place where Kang Jianfei brought Gong Lì was a private restaurant in an ordinary courtyard.

When the two arrived, Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou and Liu Xiaoqing were already sitting there in the courtyard, talking about something interesting, laughing from time to time.

"Director Chen, Miss Liu, and Photographer Zhang!" Gong Lì recognized Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou at a glance, the former became famous for "Yellow Earth" or international awards in the first half of the year, and the latter won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography a few days ago. Since Gong Lì wants to apply for the Central Drama Academy, he naturally has to pay more attention to domestic directors, photographers and actors, and recognize the three of them as soon as he enters the door.

This meal was contacted by Liu Xiaoqing in the middle, which was nothing more than to borrow Kang Jianfei's name to get closer to Chen Kaige. Although Liu Xiaoqing is famous in the mainland, he only makes movies at Beijing Film Studio, and he only received one filming task today. And Chen Kaige can eat well in Guangzhou/West and Shaanxi/West Film Studios, if he has a good relationship with Chen Kaige, he can take the opportunity to meet the leaders of other film studios and increase the opportunity to take on films.

Originally, Liu Xiaoqing was going to ask Kang Jianfei to take her to Hong Kong to make a film, but Kang Jianfei never let go, but gave her a sum of money. With Liu Xiaoqing's cleverness, how could he not know that Kang Jianfei was rejecting her, so he had to retreat and befriend the domestic director, and by the way, he invited Kang Jianfei out for a meal to increase his aura.

The day before yesterday, Kang Jianfei said that he wanted to bring a few friends to eat together, Liu Xiaoqing felt that the more people the better, and he could make more friends, so he happily ordered a meal. She didn't think that Kang Jianfei's friend was a young woman. As soon as he saw Gong Lì at this time, the smile on his face immediately froze, because Kang Jianfei and Gong Lì really seemed too close.

Liu Xiaoqing is naturally not jealous, but because of the appearance of Gong lì, it has affected her identity as a heroine today.

"Jian Fei, this is the friend you said you wanted to bring, which unit is she from?" Liu Xiaoqing could see at a glance that Gong Lì was a mainlander.

Gong lì did not have any ill will towards Liu Xiaoqing, but admired him a lot, and introduced himself: "Hello Miss Liu, my name is Gong Lì." I especially like to watch your performances of "Little Huā" and "Three Treasures in the Depths/Shenzhen". ”

Stretching out her hand and not hitting the smiling person, especially Gong Lì's posture of being a fan, Liu Xiaoqing can't turn her face with her fans, she can only smile and say: "Hehe, hello." Hello. ”

"Xiao Lì is preparing to take the Chinese drama exam, and Director Chen and Zhang Photography will have to take care of one or two in the future." Kang Jianfei said casually.

Gong lì is not bad in the professional class of the Chinese opera recruitment. With Kang Jianfei's help. Even if the cultural course of the college entrance examination is a few points behind, there is no risk of falling off the list.

Today's art school recruitment is far less strict than that of later generations, for example, Gong Lì failed to apply for local art schools twice before, because he was pushed down through the back door.

"Comrade Gong lì looks very good, and at first glance he is a good material for acting in movies." Chen Kaige praised.

Gong Lì's family is full of teaching craftsmen. Yin Dawei, the acting enlightenment teacher, is only the director of the art troupe, and she is blind to the film circle. Now that Kang Jianfei introduced her to Brother Chen Kai, Gong Lì was so happy that he couldn't speak, and at the same time felt very heartwarming because of Kang Jianfei's considerate care.

Kang Jianfei and Chen Kaige have met. also drank together at the reception banquet of the Film Bureau, met each other at this time, and met Zhang Yimou under the recommendation of Chen Kaige.

Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up when he saw Gong Lì, but he instantly returned to normal, and shifted his attention to Kang Jianfei: "Hello Mr. Kang, I have admired my name for a long time!" When I was in the crew of "Shushan", I often heard comrades in Hong Kong mention you, and they all admired you very much. ”

Kang Jianfei shook hands with him and said, "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Zhang has helped the crew of "Shushan", thank you for your help." ”

"I can't help enough, I learned a lot in the crew." Zhang Yimou said with a smile.

Seeing that several people were seated, Liu Xiaoqing said: "Everyone is here, start serving, the private dishes here taste good." ”

Kang Jianfei said suddenly: "There are still a few friends who haven't come, wait a minute." ”

Liu Xiaoqing was stunned and said, "There are still people?" ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "You also know." ”

"Who?" Liu Xiaoqing asked.

Kang Jianfei said: "Li Hanxiang and Li Dao." ”

"Li hehe, it turned out to be Teacher Li." Liu Xiaoqing's smile was a little embarrassed.

Kang Jianfei was very curious about Liu Xiaoqing's reaction, he felt that Liu Xiaoqing had a good relationship with Li Hanxiang, so he put the two meals together, and by the way, let Li Hanxiang get to know Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou to get to know each other.

But now Liu Xiaoqing's reaction is obviously contradictory to Li Hanxiang, and Kang Jianfei is a little confused.

Brother Chen Kai was very happy and said: "It's the one who filmed "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics with the Curtain", I have seen him twice, and I have never had the opportunity to get to know him well. ”

Zhang Yimou is just a budding photographer now, and it is very rare to have the opportunity to have dinner with Kang Jianfei, and now that he has the opportunity to meet Li Hanxiang, he is even more looking forward to it.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm late!" Suddenly there was a shout at the door. A few people looked back, but saw Li Hanxiang walking in quickly, with a young beauty behind him.

After Liu Xiaoqing saw that beauty, the smile on his face disappeared completely.

"Eh, Xiaoqing is also there?" Li Hanxiang was also surprised to see Liu Xiaoqing, and at the same time his expression became embarrassed.

More than a year ago, due to the termination of the filming plan by the China Film Cooperation Company, Li Hanxiang's five major dramas in the late Qing Dynasty were stranded after only two were filmed. He originally announced his resignation, but when he heard that a TV drama co-production company had been established in the mainland, he immediately ignited his ambition to cooperate with the mainland and prepare "Fire Dragon" in the name of making TV movies.

Due to several bans in Taiwan, no one is willing to invest in Li Hanxiang's films except for leftist filmmakers. In the case of unsuccessful investment in Yindu institutions, Li Hanxiang found DreamWorks, and sixty percent of the investment in the upcoming "Fire Dragon" came from DreamWorks.

And today, Kang Jianfei's purpose of pulling Li Hanxiang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou together for dinner is also to help Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" crew find good helpers, and want to invite Chen Kaige to serve as the assistant director of the film. Zhang Yimou was asked to be the film's director of photography.

The reason why Kang Jianfei's contact is needed is mainly because Li Hanxiang has an unpleasant quarrel with the Chinese film co-production company, and the TV series co-production company that is now cooperating can only find directors, photographers, and

Of course, Li Hanxiang can also bring a Hong Kong team to shoot, but "Fire Dragon" is jointly invested by New Kunlun and DreamWorks, and the shooting budget is not abundant, so it is too expensive to invite Hong Kong filmmakers to shoot in the mainland.

As for the unhappiness of Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing, it is because of the casting of "Fire Dragon". Liu Xiaoqing thought that with her relationship with Li Hanxiang and her own fame in China, she would definitely be able to be the heroine of the movie, but Li Hanxiang went to Emei Film Studio to find Pan Hong to be the heroine.

At this time, the young beauty followed behind Li Hanxiang. is Pan Hong of Emei Film Factory.

Why does Liu Xiaoqing desperately want to take over the play?

The main reason is that the formal salary of mainland actors is too low, and there are subsidies and bonuses when filming, and the most important thing is that you can take the opportunity to sneak out and make extra money.

And the reason why Li Hanxiang gave up Liu Xiaoqing and chose Pan Hong was precisely because when he was filming "Listening to Politics with a Curtain" in the past, Liu Xiaoqing had too much time to go out to make money. Sometimes the filming of the movie will be delayed, and Liu Xiaoqing is a little disobedient. Li Hanxiang just wanted to find an obedient heroine.

Li Hanxiang actually wanted to discipline Liu Xiaoqing when he was filming before. For example, when Liu Xiaoqing was late for the movie, he reprimanded and beat him well. But Liu Xiaoqing is so smart, every time he goes out to pick up private work, he has to find Li Hanxiang to take out the attendance sheet first, and then come back according to the time, and the most dangerous one is to arrive a few minutes before the start of filming.

Because Liu Xiaoqing has never been late for filming. Li Hanxiang could only endure it again and again, and his dissatisfaction with him could be imagined, and he also said "There is a magnolia hidden in a million troops" to remind Liu Xiaoqing.

At that time, Liu Xiaoqing's role was called "Magnolia", which Li Hanxiang meant. Every time a movie is made, I have to go to the crowd to find Liu Xiaoqing, the heroine.

Of course, Liu Xiaoqing understands, but in order to make extra money, he still goes out of nowhere.

The other actors in the crew still had some scruples, but when they saw that the heroines were so unscrupulous to go out to take jobs to make money, they all followed suit. In the end, the result was that every time the filming was to be started, the main actors in the mainland dared to return to the crew from the outside and hurriedly made up and prepared, which added a lot of trouble to Li Hanxiang's directing work.

Not only that, Liu Xiaoqing is also crying to improve the food for all mainland actors, all this money has to be paid by Li Hanxiang, and it is strange that Li Hanxiang has no opinion on her.

However, Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing are both human spirits, and there are outsiders present at this time, and after the initial embarrassment, the two soon became talking and laughing, and those who don't know think that they have a good relationship.

After greeting each other, Li Hanxiang introduced the beauties he brought: "This is Miss Pan Hong from Emei Film Studio, she is the heroine of my new film." ”

Chen Kaige said with a smile: "Comrade Pan Hong, I know, she played "Distressed Laughter", which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and the "Cold Night" starring her was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. ”

The private dishes were served one by one, except for Liu Xiaoqing, who became more and more depressed the more he ate, everyone else chatted happily.

The topic was voluntarily turned to Li Hanxiang's new film "Fire Dragon", and he asked: "Director Li, why didn't you bring Jiahui with you?" ”

"It's not so fast to shoot," Li Hanxiang said, "Some time ago, I went to the Northeast, and then I went to Cheng/Du to invite Xiao Pan, didn't I just go back to the capital." ”

Li Hanxiang went to the Northeast to meet the concubines of the last emperor, and Pan Hong's fame was not much smaller than Liu Xiaoqing's, and Li Hanxiang really needed to go to the Northeast to invite him.

Speaking of movies, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were very interested, and the former asked: "Where is Director Li's "Fire Dragon" going to be filmed? ”

"Just shoot outside Xizhimen." Li Hanxiang pointed outside. He wanted to shoot in the palace, but the cost was too high for a while, and it was difficult to apply, so he could only make do with the filming.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Do Director Chen and Photographer Zhang have any shooting assignments recently?" ”

Brother Chen Kai said with a smile: "It's all idle, the factory has insufficient funds, otherwise how can you have time to fool around in the capital." ”

Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to say: "If the two of you join the crew of "Fire Dragon", Director Li's side will be short of manpower. ”

Brother Chen Kai couldn't cry or laugh, the reason why he invited Liu Xiaoqing to ask Kang Jianfei to come out for dinner was because he was entrusted by the factory leaders. wanted to get some money from Kang Jianfei, but before he was embarrassed to speak, he was invited by Kang Jianfei to film "Fire Dragon".

"How long does it take to shoot Fire Dragon?" Brother Chen Kai asked.

Li Hanxiang said: "The filming can be completed before the Spring Festival. ”

Brother Chen Kai was puzzled: "It's not a secret, I'm going to make a movie that reflects last year's National Day military parade, and this time I'm here to ask Mr. Kang for sponsorship." ”

"Sponsorship? Not an investment? Kang Jianfei asked curiously.

"Well, the films of the film studio do not accept overseas investment, but now the funds in the studio are a little difficult." Brother Chen Kai said embarrassedly.

Li Hanxiang still knows a lot about the domestic film industry, and asked: "Your Guangzhou/Western Film Studio is also a big factory, how can it be difficult to have funds?" And even if you don't have any money, you can apply for financial support. ”

Chen Kaige explained: "Now the funds in the factory. I was sent to shoot "Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang", and I said that I wanted to shoot "The Big Parade", but the factory director asked me to find a way to make money by myself. ”

Kang Jianfei couldn't laugh or cry about this, how could there be such a sponsorship in the world, and no one would be allowed to participate in the investment. There is no advertising or other income, and the so-called sponsorship is no different from a donation. This Brother Chen Kai treated Kang Jianfei as a stupid person and a big man with a lot of money.

However, there are a lot of film resources in Guangzhou/Western Film Studios. It's not bad to be able to make a good fortune with a little money, not to mention that Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou are also worth investing, Kang Jianfei asked, "How much does it cost?" ”

"200,000." Brother Chen Kai said cautiously, for fear that if he said too much, he would scare Kang Jianfei away.

"Is 200,000 enough?" Kang Jianfei asked.

Chen Kaige explained: "Enough, the factory also needs to allocate some funds, and I have contacted the troops." The people they produce don't need to be paid, as long as they can take care of the food. ”

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "That's my personal donation." ”

"It's sponsorship," Chen Kaige corrected, "Mr. Kang, it's better to sponsor in the name of the unit." I'll acknowledge it with subtitles at the end of the credits. ”

"Whatever you want." Kang Jianfei said speechlessly, the end credits have a fart. He suddenly thought of the instant noodles he was selling, and said, "Then sponsor it in the name of Kangle Food Company." ”

Liu Xiaoqing suddenly interjected in surprise: "It turns out that Kangle instant noodles are produced by Jianfei's company." ”

Kangle instant noodles are already a household name in the mainland, and ham sausages were also made last year. However, due to the emancipation of the mind, the hidden surname of the Chinese people's cottage began to be revealed, and things like instant noodles and ham sausages have no technical content, so people are doing them everywhere.

Coupled with strict local protectionism, if it weren't for Ye Sangongzi's sales channels of national supply and marketing cooperatives, it would be convenient for recreation and ham sausages to be sold into the local market at all. Even so, the best-selling products of Kangle Food Company can only be sold in provincial capitals across the country, and all the markets at the city and county levels are robbed by local products.

What, you want to sell instant noodles and ham sausages to every corner of the country?

Then I'm sorry, we also have an instant noodle factory in xx city, and our workers have to eat. So, where did you come from, go back to where you go.

Defy? If you come to sell it, your instant noodles will not be transported into the city at all, and they will be stopped halfway, and maybe the local army or police/inspector will set up a card.

The situation is much better in the south, where the more inland the cities, the stricter the local protectionism. Even so, Kangle instant noodles have also been driven out in some counties and cities in Guangzhou/Dong, but fortunately, the railway channel has always existed.

However, because the products of Kangle Food Company are basically sold in provincial capitals, and the packaging is exquisite and the taste is unique, it naturally becomes high-end atmosphere, and many people will bring a few packs of instant noodles back to make gifts when they go to the provincial capital on business

The gossip is far away, after a meal, Kang Jianfei sponsored 200,000 yuan to Chen Kaige's new film "The Big Parade" in the name of Kangle Food Company, and at the same time, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou agreed to join Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" crew, and helped "Fire Dragon" bring in some other film personnel.

After leaving the private restaurant, Li Hanxiang said happily: "Thank you Mr. Kang this time, otherwise I really don't know how to get together a good crew after I fell out with the film co-production company." ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Director Li laughed, with your connections in the mainland, are you worried about not being able to find a few people to make movies?" ”

"It's different," Li Hanxiang sighed, "When I used to work with film co-production companies, all the film studios in the mainland were randomly selected by me, and when filming, someone was responsible for taking care of all kinds of things in the local area, and I could even find the military to participate in the cooperation." But now it's a collaboration with a TV drama co-production company. Their energy is much smaller, and it is easy to find manpower, but it is very difficult to invite people like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. I went to Cheng/Du to invite Miss Pan this time, and it took a lot of effort. ”

Pan Hong, who has not been talking much, said: "Director Li can't talk nonsense, I will come to the capital with you as soon as I finish reading the script." ”

Li Hanxiang sighed: "I also want to thank Miss Pan, she offended the leaders of Emei Film Factory in order to shoot "Fire Dragon" with me. ”

Kang Jianfei helped Li Hanxiang just by raising his hands, "Fire Dragon" is also the majority of DreamWorks' investment, and the actor Leung Jiahui is still an actor that DreamWorks is ready to support.

Li Hanxiang's place of residence is near Xizhimen. They were still chatting on the road, and suddenly a young man ran over: "Director Li, the antique furniture has been found." ”

"Oh, take me to see it." Li Hanxiang suddenly came to his senses and said to Kang Jianfei. "Mr. Kang, why don't you go and have a look?"

It was very troublesome to shoot "Fire Dragon" this time. All kinds of things have to be solved by Li Hanxiang himself. For example, the various background props that need to be used in the film.

Kang Jianfei was fine anyway, and followed Li Hanxiang for more than ten minutes before coming to an ordinary worker's house.

The worker's name was Hou Dewang, and he was in his early twenties, and he was very happy to see Li Hanxiang and Kang Jianfei, and asked enthusiastically: "I heard that you are going to rent old furniture." How is the rent calculated? ”

Li Hanxiang was about to answer, when his face suddenly changed slightly, he walked to the dining table in the hall and reached out to touch the table, and then asked, "Xiaohou." Is your table family heirloom? ”

Hou Dewang said: "Where can my ancestors put such good furniture, I heard that it was the head of the palace in the past. ”

Li Hanxiang pretended to have an indifferent expression, looked at all the various furniture in several rooms, and then picked up a disk in the corner of the wall, and said with a smile: "I said Xiaohou, your house is full of good goods, and you are not afraid of breaking this plate if you put it here?" ”

"It's just a plate, and if you drop it, you will drop it." Hou Dewang said generously.

Li Hanxiang said with a smile and a smile: "Violent heavenly things, these are all good things!" ”

"You're saying these are antiquities, aren't they're worth a lot?" Hou Dewang's brain is not stupid.

Li Hanxiang nodded and said, "It's valuable." ”

Hou Dewang rolled his eyes, and said smartly: "Otherwise, if you like something, I will sell it to you." ”

Li Hanxiang originally just wanted to rent it for filming, but he didn't expect to be able to do a cultural relics deal, he asked happily: "Are you willing to sell it to me?" ”

"If you offer a good price, I'll sell it, and you can pick whatever you want in the house," Hou Dewang smiled with a mercenary smile on his face, "But I don't want money, I want all foreign exchange coupons, and I can buy foreign exchange coupons like color TVs and refrigerators." ”

Kang Jianfei suddenly interjected: "No problem, how much do you want?" ”

"10,000!" After Hou Dewang finished speaking, he felt that he was shouting high, and changed his words: "For the sake of the two Hong Kong compatriots, I will sell all 8,000!" ”

Li Hanxiang turned around and smiled at Kang Jianfei tacitly, and said, "Yes, we want all 8,000 yuan." ”

When Hou Dewang heard this, he was ecstatic and thought: It's really two big wrongs, a few tables and chairs, and a few broken plates, and they are willing to huā8,000 yuan, and they are also foreign exchange coupons that can buy rare things.

If Hou Dewang takes it to the black market and pounds it, it can be exchanged for tens of thousands of yuan.

Kang Jianfei didn't know anything about antique cultural relics, he only walked around behind Li Hanxiang, and found out the old objects in each room.

Kang Jianfei is not short of that money, but he is particularly interested in this kind of antique leakage, or he finds it interesting and has a sense of achievement.

After working for a long time, Kang Jianfei took advantage of Hou Dewang's inattention, patted the dinner table and asked, "Director Li, what's the situation at this table?" ”

Li Hanxiang said in a low voice: "Ming Dynasty, Huang Huā pear." ”

"I didn't expect Director Li to not only make movies, but also study antiques." Kang Jianfei praised.

"It's just a fool's errand," Li Hanxiang touched the table and said, "It's a pity that this table has been made with a knife and has made many gaps, which is a bit broken." ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "How to divide it?" ”

The spoils are naturally shared by those who see them, and Li Hanxiang asked, "What does Mr. Kang think?" ”

Kang Jianfei said: "I'm not keen on antiques, there is no place for such a big table, I want a few plates, pen holders, huā basins and other small objects, and the rest of the big man Li Dao you can take it." ”

"That's it!" Li Hanxiang said happily, he was still afraid that Kang Jianfei would open his mouth......)

ps: Li Hanxiang picked up this matter, which has been mentioned in many articles, and it seems that the two stunned people who sell antiques have regretted it for many years, and since then they have also done the antique business.