Chapter 137: Old Friends Reunited
The purpose of this year's film festival is: "unity, friendship, exchange, and development". The film festival integrates film activities, cultural activities, economic, trade, scientific and technological activities and tourism activities. Through the above-mentioned activities, we will carry forward the excellent national culture, promote cultural exchanges at home and abroad, promote the unity and friendship between Chinese and foreign film circles, make friends, develop China's socialist film industry, and expand the influence of film among the people. At the same time, we will promote the reform and opening up of Jilin Province and Changchun City, promote the development of economy, trade and tourism, boost spirits, boost morale, and promote the rapid development of various undertakings in our province and our city.
Our city's 6.4 million people are determined to be good hosts, and warmly welcome friends at home and abroad to Changchun to participate in the film festival, participate in economic and trade activities, and travel to Changchun! β
This kind of standard Chinese officialdom clichΓ© was confusing to the foreign filmmakers who came to participate in the competition, but Shakru listened very energetically, not because he was perverted enough to like to listen to this clichΓ©, but because he had not heard such a language with Chinese characteristics for a long time, so he felt very cordial.
According to the process, after the opening ceremony, it should be a theatrical performance, but just as Sha Kelu was watching the long-legged girls of the Changchun Academy of Arts dancing with great interest, suddenly a staff member came over and said to him in a deep voice: "Mr. Pandit, please come with me, there is a chief who wants to see you!" β
Heads? This title is obviously a big man in the military, but the problem is that he doesn't even know the top of the Indian military, let alone the head of China, so Shakru asked suspiciously: "Eh, this gentleman, you are not mistaken, right?" I don't seem to know any chiefs. β
"You're the guest in India this time, so you can't go wrong. Mr. Pandit, please come with me! The staff explained.
Although full of doubts, Shakru is confident that he has never done anything to be sorry for the Chinese government. So he said calmly: "Okay, I'll go with you." β
Along the way, Shakru became more and more frightened, and it was obvious that the chief who wanted to meet him should be of a very high level, because there were many sentry posts and high security along the way, and the decoration of the office building seemed to be of a high grade. It is by no means a place where a regimental commander and a battalion commander can stay.
Just when Shakru was pondering, the staff reminded him that he had arrived at the place, but as soon as he opened the office door, Shakru was stunned, only to see a tall young man come over and greet him enthusiastically: "Lao Sha, I didn't expect us to meet again!" β
This young man was none other than Liu Zi'an, a friend from the Northeast who Shakru had met at the Khajuraho Temple, and seeing that there was no one else in the house, Shakru asked in shock: "Old Liu." You don't want to see my chief, are you?! β
Liu Zi'an explained: "I used my father's name to scare you, how about it, I didn't expect it!" β
Although as early as in India, Shakru knew that Liu Zi'an was definitely not an ordinary person, because in 1991, there were absolutely few young people in China who could go and go abroad as soon as they walked, not to mention that this guy had a big tone as if the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi was like their courier company, so Shakru originally thought he was some kind of second-generation official, but he didn't expect it. This guy is more fierce than he imagined, and he is actually a ******!
So he asked with some curiosity: "Lao Liu." Who is your father? β
"What a chief, it's the deputy commander of a military region. By the way, Lao Sha, do you know how I knew you were coming? β
Seeing that Liu Zi'an didn't want to elaborate on his father's identity, Sha Kelu didn't bother to ask, anyway, there were only a few deputy commanders of the military region. If you want to check, you can't know at any time, so you don't have to embarrass Liu Zi'an now, so Sha Kelu followed his topic and asked, "Yes, Lao Liu, how did you know that I was coming?" β
"That's a coincidence. Originally, I wanted to go to the film festival to see the excitement. But I actually saw an Indian movie at the exhibition, and I checked it out of curiosity, and I saw Lao Sha your name, I didn't expect you to be the investor of this movie, and you came to Changchun, you said this is not fate, so I want to make fun of you! Liu Zi'an still likes to talk endlessly.
Shakru pretended to be scared and said, "You don't know, there are so many sentinels along the way, all of them are loaded with guns, but they really freak me out!" Lao Liu, don't say anything else, you have to compensate me! β
Liu Zi'an pretended to be unhappy and replied: "Aren't you talking nonsense, you have arrived at my door, if I don't entertain you well, is it reasonable?" You don't care about anything these days, everything is up to my arrangement, I promise that I will take you to all the fun places in Jilin! The only pity is that the Amisha girl didn't come over this time, the last time I came back from India, your sister-in-law is okay and always talks about her, saying that she doesn't know if she has read the Journey to the West sent over. β
In the following days, Liu Zi'an took Sha Kelu to visit the Puppet Manchurian Palace, Changbai Mountain Tianchi, Jingyue Lake and other well-known scenic spots in Jilin, although these places Sha Kelu had been to in his previous life, but in this life he changed his identity and visited again, the mood was always different, and because of Liu Zi'an's special identity, the treatment he enjoyed was also completely different, for example, when he went to Changbai Mountain Tianchi, he could only shoot the scenery of Tianchi on the mountain next to him, and when he was unlucky, he couldn't see Tianchi at all. But this time, he went directly to the waterside of Tianchi, and even the North Korean soldiers on the opposite side could see it clearly.
Although this section was very fun, Sha Kelu always felt that Liu Zi'an seemed to have something to say to himself, but it seemed that he couldn't say anything about it, until the travel was basically over, and Liu Zi'an asked Sha Kelu when he was drinking one night: "Lao Sha, do you want to come to Changchun to do business?" β
Shakru nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "Yes, but not now." β
"Isn't the situation good enough? At the beginning of the year, the chief designer had just finished speaking during the southern tour to encourage foreign-funded enterprises. Liu Zi'an asked curiously.
"I know this, but what business am I doing in Changchun? If I used this as a production base, I wouldn't be able to hire people; As for the sales market, the income of Chinese is not high at present, so now is not the right time to enter. Shakru explained lightly. (To be continued.) )