Chapter Twenty-Eight: Taipei

Zhang Aijia's maternal grandfather, Wei Jingmeng, was a legendary figure, he was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, graduated from Yenching University, and worked for the Kuomintang news publications such as Yong Pao in Tianjin, Star Daily, Shishi Xinbao in Shanghai, and Da 6 Bao in English.

In 1942, he volunteered to accompany a foreign press corps to Yan'an, and became famous, which won the appreciation of Chiang Kai-shek, and then rose to prominence, and in 1945 he became the director of the Shanghai Office of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and the following year he was transferred to the director of the Overseas Office of the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan.

He went to Taiwan in 1949, served as vice president of Taiwan's "Central News Agency" in January 195o, general manager of the "China Broadcasting Corporation" in 1954, and concurrently served as chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Taiwan Television Corporation, and in 1966 he served as the director of the sixth Kuomintang "Executive Yuan" Information Bureau, and in 1972 he was transferred again to the president of Taiwan's "Central News Agency".

Shen Chong never fought unprepared battles, and Wei Jingmeng was very important to his future plans, so he deliberately collected these materials before coming to Taipei.

It was very smooth to meet Wei Jingmeng, this kind of political character, after retirement, the power was lost, it was inevitable to be lost, depressed, Shen Chong's move of rushing all the way from Hong Kong to ask for words made him feel like a confidant, and he was extraordinarily enthusiastic in hospitality.

With the information collected, Shen Chong picked up a few of the most proud things in Wei Jingmeng's life and talked about them, which aroused his conversation, and the two chatted for more than an hour in the study.

When he walked out of the study with a cylinder containing a text panel, Shen Chong saw a woman in her thirties standing in the courtyard, with an elegant appearance, demure manners, and a very temperamental manner, so he couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"Sure enough, it's a pair of perverts." Zhang Aijia has a car in Taipei, and when Shen Chong got in the car, she said thoughtlessly while moving the car: "No wonder we chatted so happily!" ”

"What are you talking about?" Shen Chong was puzzled, "Are you talking about me?" ”

"It's not you, it's the stone lion at the door." Zhang Aijia said to him, "Was that woman good-looking just now?" ”

"It's okay." Shen Chong nodded and said, "But you look better." ”

"Cut, rhetoric." Zhang Aijia was disdainful, she had adapted to Shen Chong's unashamed praise, "Do you know who she is?" ”

"I don't know." According to her reaction, Shen Chong said tentatively; "Could it be your grandfather's wife?"

Zhang Aijia snorted twice and said, "She's not a continuation, she's my grandfather's concubine." ”

"Really?" Shen Chong was surprised, what era is it, and Taiwan can still take concubines?

"Of course it's true, everyone in Taipei knows about it." Zhang Aijia said in a tone that was half helpless and half angry: "She had no relatives when she was a teenager and volunteered in the temple, and my grandfather, who was old and uncultivated, once went to incense and saw her beauty, so he took her to his home and taught her to read and write, and taught her to ...... together" (Note 1)

Nima, a senior master, Lori's cultivation plan is so smooth!

Shen Chong approached Wei Jingmeng for another purpose, and at this moment, he couldn't help but throw himself on the five bodies that he admired, and began to consider whether to worship him as a teacher and learn the Lori cultivation technique......

Zhang Aijia probably felt that the story of the elders was not very good, so she didn't speak anymore, and drove intently, and after a while, she asked, "Ah Chong, what time is your plane tomorrow?" ”

"About half past twelve."

"I have a friend tonight who has a concert, and you want to listen to it too?"

Music?

Could it be Luo Dayou, who had an affair with her?

"Okay, what time is it in the evening, and where?"

"I'll pick you up then."

"Okay."

Zhang Aijia took Shen Chong to the Yuanshan Hotel, and then drove away.

Shen Chong looked at the car in the distance, shook his head, and walked into the hotel.

Zhang Aijia in Hong Kong and in Taipei, it seems that they are completely two people, restrained in Hong Kong, relatively quiet, active in Taipei, more crazy, and full of vitality.

The Yuanshan Hotel used to be the place where Soong Meiling entertained visitors, and later expanded repeatedly to become a world-renowned hotel, many celebrities and dignitaries have stayed here, its unique palace-like mansion is very Chinese characteristics, is a landmark building in Taipei, Ang Lee once used it as a location in "Men and Women Eating Food", which left a very deep impression on Shen Chong.

Back in the room, Shen Chong opened the cylinder, took out Wei Jingmeng's calligraphy scroll, looked at it, and then threw it on the bed.

Regardless of the quality of calligraphy, just because Wei Jingmeng is a well-known high-level and hardcore person in Taiwan, Shen Chong will not use his words, just kidding, in his plan, the main sales target of the magazine is the mainland......

During this trip to Taipei, Shen Chong just wanted to make friends with him as a person, and for the future layout, Wei Jingmeng's status was high enough, and getting to know him would help him get in touch with other high-level people in Taiwan.

The Great Chinese Cultural Circle has always been known for its official position, and as long as you know the correct bureaucrats in doing anything, you can produce twice the result with half the effort.

In Shen Chong's film map, Taiwan is the first place to be solved, and he wants to turn Taiwan into the backyard of Hong Kong films, similar to Canada to Hollywood.

In the 9o years, Taiwanese funds invaded Hong Kong on a large scale, and many people mistakenly thought that Taiwan had long been the backyard of Hong Kong films, but in fact, in the eighties, when Hong Kong films were the most glorious, their average market share in Taiwan was only a little more than 26%, and the highest year was only 4O. 3%, and the market share of foreign language films in the Taiwan market has never been less than 5o, and in the late nineties, the market share of foreign language films in Taiwan exceeded 95%......

Shen Chong does not have the intention of destroying Taiwan's film industry, on the contrary, he needs to let the "martial law" ravaged a mess of Taiwan's film exhibition, Taiwan's population base and film education facilities are much better than Hong Kong's, the better the Taiwan Film Festival, the more talents Hong Kong can absorb, he needs Taiwan in addition to sending Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and other female stars, but also to send more behind-the-scenes talents.

After the 8o years, neoliberal economic ideas swept the world, the allocation of film resources is no longer restricted by the state-national regime, the ultimate competitiveness of a region's film industry, not talent, not output, but financing capacity, as long as Hong Kong maintains an overwhelming film financing capacity, it will be like a long whale absorbing water, the surrounding areas of talent and film resources continue to suck away, Taiwan and Hong Kong are of the same species, there will be no so-called "cultural loss", if the film industry of the two places can be integrated, There will be a very positive effect, so Shen Chong needs a vibrant Taiwanese film scene, not a barren wasteland.

Wei Jingmeng used to be Taiwan's information director, and the film industry was under his jurisdiction, and Shen Chong could get in touch with the current information bureau director Song Chuyu, who was a political star in Taiwan, and had worked in the position of information director for many years, as long as he could influence him, he could influence Taiwan's film industry.

Shen took a shower, took a nap, and then ate something in the restaurant downstairs, and waited until six o'clock, Zhang Aijia came over.

There was also a thin man with black-rimmed glasses, who had a very recognizable appearance, and it was difficult for Shen Chong to know him.

Sure enough, it was Luo Dayou......

Jin Yong, Tsui Hark, Luo Dayou - novels, movies, music, Shen Chong's three masters of pop culture enlightenment in his previous life.

Unexpectedly, after crossing over, the first person to see him was him!

"Shen Chong was my investor when I was making movies in Hong Kong." Zhang Aijia introduced the two to each other, "Luo Dayou, a musical genius, my good friend, tonight is his concert." ”

"Hello." Shen Chong hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal.

Luo Dayou first looked at Zhang Aijia, and then shook hands with Shen Chong, "Hello." ”

When Shen Chong saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile, a typical otaku and goddess, he politely said, "Do you want to eat something here first?" ”

"No need, there's food over there." Zhang Aijia waved her hand and said, "Let's go, if you don't leave, you'll be late." ”

Along the way, Shen Chong sat in the back seat of the car, and the observers were Zhang Aijia and Luo Dayou.

Luo Dayou is obviously very infatuated with Zhang Aijia, that expression and eyes Shen Chong is too familiar, and otaku look at goddesses like that.

Zhang Aijia is normal on the surface, I don't know if it's because of a woman's unique talent for disguise, or if she doesn't feel for Luo Dayou......

The more Shen Chong watched, the more interesting he felt.

His cognition of Zhang Aijia mostly comes from various video materials in his previous life, when he comes into contact with real people, the image in fantasy and the image in reality conflict, overlap and merge with each other...... Shen Chong himself couldn't tell what kind of feeling he had for Zhang Aijia, he admired her very much, and he also had the urge to have her, but it was far from the point of being jealous when he saw his rival.

When the information of the previous world was mixed with the current scene, Shen Chong had a gossip soy sauce party mentality of watching a drama - yo, these two guys, the scandal back then seemed to be true.

But wait, isn't that what it was now?

Go to pieces......

The music school was held in a coffee shop called "Chanson Room", and when Shen Chong arrived, there were already twenty or thirty people gathered. (Note 2)

There is a saying, called "one life, two luck and three feng shui", if the fate is good, then everything is good, Shen Chong crossed over, holding the golden finger, it is a good life.

And luck, luck, luck, is very important to people's future careers, what is the best luck? is the moment before the explosion of an industry, just right to enter that circle, enter early, be cannon fodder, enter late, and the cake is finished.

Therefore, Buddhism has a cloud: opportunities can not be sought.

This is also the reason why "life" will be ranked before "luck", for people with good fate, the opportunity that others can't ask for is at his fingertips...... For example, Shen Chong, before the explosion of the new wave of Hong Kong films, he entered the film industry, quickly met a large group of future famous actors, and seized the opportunity.

And tonight, he has entered another circle that is about to explode - Taiwan's modern pop music industry.

Without Zhang Aijia's introduction, Shen Chong recognized several people: the most conspicuous one in the crowd was Liu Wenzheng, the first superstar in the history of Taiwanese pop music, and the one who stayed in the corner was the later Rolling Stone ace Pan Yueyun...... (Note 3)

Zhang Aijia was in charge of the organization, and after she hurriedly explained a few words, she left Shen Chong to go to work.

"It's really not easy, no wonder you can become the big sister of Taiwan's pop music circle."

Shen Chong watched Zhang Aijia shuttling back and forth in the crowd, and quickly turned the messy scene into an orderly manner, and couldn't help but sigh.

He touched a bottle of beer, wandered around casually, gathered in the crowd to listen to people chatting, and after a while, he gained a lot of gossip that he had never heard in his previous life.

At about half past seven, the concert officially began, and Luo Dayou was on the stage, accompanied by the piano, playing and singing by himself.

"Shining Days", "Crazy Waiting", "We Were Young", "Song", "Four Rhymes of Homesickness"......

Shen Chong listened to it for a while, and heard several familiar songs, and admired Luo Dayou's musical talent, he was only twenty-four or five years old, and he had such dazzling achievements, and Shen Chong was still struggling on the front line of online games at the age of his previous life, and he achieved nothing.

During the break in the concert, a woman wearing glasses and looking about thirty walked up to Shen Chong and accosted, "What do you think?" ”

"Very powerful." Shen Chong said sincerely: "He is the most talented singer I have ever seen, and his future achievements are limitless." ”

"Oh?" The woman asked, "How high can you achieve?" ”

"Bob Dylan of China." Shen Chong took a sip of beer and said, "Maybe it's John Lennon?" ”

The woman's eyes widened and she expressed surprise, she pointed to Luo Dayou on the stage and asked, "Are you his friend?" ”

"Not really." Shen Chong shook his head, "I saw you for the first time today, Zhang Aijia brought me here." ”

The woman nodded and said, "I heard her say, you are the movie boss from Hong Kong?" ”

"Yes." Shen Chong picked up the wine bottle, touched it with her glass, and introduced himself: "My name is Shen Chong." ”

"Tao Xiaoqing." The woman added, "Radio presenter." (Note 4)

"I'm a capitalist." Shen Chong shook the wine bottle and added.

Tao Xiaoqing pursed his lips and smiled amusedly, and said, "Have you studied abroad?" ”

"Nope." Shen Chong asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, look at how familiar you are with Western music."

"Not familiar at all." Shen Chong shrugged his shoulders and smiled, and said: "I only know that Bob Dylan and John Lennon are very famous, and it must be good to be famous, and I think Luo Dayou will be as famous as them in the future." ”

"You're funny." Tao Xiaoqing laughed, and after a while, she asked again: "Since you are a capitalist and you are so optimistic about Luo Dayou, why don't you open a music company and invest in him to release records?" ”

"To be honest, I'd love to do it." Shen Chong took a sip of wine and said: "But first, I am not familiar with the music industry, and secondly, my main business is in Hong Kong, and I open a record company in Taiwan, and no one takes care of it, which is too risky." ”

"It's a joint venture." Sure enough, the woman took the initiative to talk to you, all for a purpose, "I can introduce a few Taiwanese who want to be a record company to you."

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Note 1: This woman's name is Chen Wei, she entered the Wei family at the age of 15, more than 3o years younger than Wei Jingmeng, after Wei Jingmeng's death, she wrote memoirs such as "Wei Sanye's Woman", which became a sensation in Taiwan.

Note 2: According to Zhang Aijia's interview, she lived in the "Chanson Room" for a period of time and held many music parties.

Note 3: Luo Dayou's debut work is to write an episode for Liu Wenzheng's movie "Shining Days", where Pan Yueyun is to join in the fun, and readers don't have to care.

Note 4: Tao Xiaoqing is the "mother of Taiwanese folk songs" and the driving force of Taiwan's campus folk song movement.

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