Chapter 260: "Jungle Gun King" is released
Wells and his companions stayed in the capital for only a few days and soon returned to Guangdong Province.
There are many reasons. For example, during a visit to some factories in Beijing, the negotiations between the two sides were not ideal, and the higher-ups' ideas about this kind of cooperation were also very confusing.
Sometimes he was passionate, sometimes he was just pretending to be nice, which left Wells and the others confused.
Li Changhe's initial idea was to directly give the orders to domestic factories, or for the two parties to jointly set up a factory specializing in the production of suitcases.
But Li Changhe was thinking too simply. Even if it was an overseas order, it would be difficult for people of this era to accept it.
The state-owned factories were hesitant because they had always been engaged in unified planning and marketing, and production was a national task, so there was no such thing as orders.
The person in charge also discovered that the two parties did have the intention to cooperate, but when it came to the specific arrangements, there were many differences and no solution could be found for a while.
At this time, investment promotion personnel from Guangdong Province came to the door.
Then a new idea was provided to Weiers and his team. That is, the former Bao'an County, which is adjacent to Hong Kong Island, has now been renamed Shenzhen City. It has changed its mind and will change it into an export special zone. It is willing to cooperate with Weiers and his team.
During this era, due to its proximity to Hong Kong Island, the thinking in the South was broader and bolder than that in the North.
At this time, Guangdong Province and Fujian Province had submitted request reports to attract Hong Kong and overseas Chinese capital for development, and had received approval.
In addition to being able to introduce, they also obtained the decentralization of certain powers. Therefore, the nature of the special zone attracted Wells' attention.
After Weiers found Li Changhe to analyze the situation, Li Changhe felt a little helpless.
Some things cannot be done the way you want.
In terms of open-mindedness and execution, the South is indeed bolder and more radical than the North.
According to the Guangdong Provincial Investment Promotion Agency, there are even wholly foreign-owned enterprises in the newly established Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
When Weiers told Li Changhe this, Li Changhe was stunned.
After learning more about it, I realized that the wholly foreign-owned enterprise they were talking about was the Charoen Pokphand Feed Factory.
This is a production factory jointly opened by Charoen Pokphand Group from China and Connaught Group from the United States. The investment is 15 million US dollars. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange approved 1,500 acres of land in one go to start the construction of the factory.
The construction of factories is very fast nowadays, but there are no certificates, because no one from top to bottom dares to approve the sole proprietorship.
Everyone is watching and hesitating, and it is under this situation that Zhengda Kangdi plans to produce without a license. After all, their products are currently mainly exported.
But even so, this model is very attractive to Wells.
However, he had to seek Li Changhe's opinion, because in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, even if it was a joint venture, one difficulty was that he had to increase investment and rebuild the factory.
In other words, Li Changhe has to pay more money.
Li Changhe had no objection to this.
He doesn't have much now, but he has a lot of money, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has its own advantages. It is located in the south and transportation can be directly carried out by sea from Hong Kong Island, which is very convenient.
As for the future, we can only consider starting from a point and slowly wait for opportunities to expand production capacity.
After Wei Er Si left, Li Changhe's life returned to normal.
When this weekend came, Li Changhe and Zhu Lin got up early in the morning.
Not long after, Gong Xue also came.
Today Gong Xue made an appointment with the couple and invited them to watch a movie.
What he was watching was none other than "Jihong", her first film as the female lead.
That’s right, The Red Sacrifice has been released recently.
As the lead actress and this is also Gong Xue's first film, she naturally received special attention.
As soon as the movie was released, she made an appointment to invite Li Changhe and Zhu Lin to watch it.
But they only have time on weekends, so they decided to meet this weekend.
"Come on, let's go to the cinema."
Three people came to the cinema, bought tickets, and started watching the movie.
Zhu Lin and Gong Xue watched the film with great interest. Even though Gong Xue participated in the filming, she had not seen the finished film.
So even though she knew the direction of the story, the overall images presented in the movie still made her feel novel.
Li Changhe, on the other hand, didn't seem to be interested in this.
Putting aside the old-fashioned costumes and props, and the clichéd storyline, the film also felt boring to him.
To put it simply, Jihong is the story of three generations of a family guarding a Jihong porcelain vase. The entire story system is considered the mainstream story plot of this era.
Perhaps the only highlight is that Gong Xue plays two roles in it, portraying two generations of mother and daughter.
When the movie ended, three people walked out of the theater.
"That's a great performance, Xiaoxue!"
Zhu Lin praised Gong Xue.
Gong Xue lowered her head shyly, still feeling a little embarrassed to be praised.
However, when Gong Xue heard that Li Changhe didn't say anything, she became curious again.
Does my brother-in-law think he didn’t act well?
Gong Xue then looked at Li Changhe, but she didn't expect that Li Changhe was looking at a big red notice not far away.
"Today's new movie "Jungle Gun King""
A brand new piece of red paper had just been pasted on it, with the words "new movies" written on it.
"It's better to come at the right time today than to come early. It just so happens that our movie is released today."
Li Changhe said with a smile at this time.
"Ok?"
Zhu Lin was a little surprised when she heard Li Changhe's words, and then followed Li Changhe's gaze.
Sure enough, it was about the movie they made.
"What a coincidence, let's also donate a movie ticket!"
Zhu Lin said with a smile at this time.
Gong Xue also reacted at this time: "Sister Linlin, this newly released movie is the one you filmed during the summer vacation?"
"Correct!"
"Come on, let's buy three more tickets and watch another show!"
Zhu Lin said with a smile at this time.
Afterwards, the three people bought three more tickets and entered the screening room again.
This time, there were quite a few people in the screening room.
After all, it is a newly released movie, and in this era, everyone is still very enthusiastic about new movies.
The movie starts off with a thrilling scene where several soldiers blow up the enemy's gunpowder depot and then start fleeing while being chased by the enemy scouts.
There were also brief casualties during this period. The reason was that the Annan soldiers were armed with advanced weapons from the United States, they were wearing camouflage and had strange oil paint on their faces.
Hidden in the grass, it can't be seen at all.
This novel display quickly gave the audience a new perspective, and the chattering sounds in the theater died down.
Everyone was immersed in the plot of the movie and couldn't extricate themselves.
Especially when seeing the Annan scouts completely destroy the village where the protagonist lived in seclusion, someone in the theater shouted angrily.
But I soon immersed myself in the plot again.
As the protagonist begins his revenge, traps, poisoning, gunfights and finally the final climax, the protagonist fights a life-and-death battle with the opposing captain.
The series of emotional outbursts left the innocent audiences of that era dumbfounded.
Until the end, the protagonist played by Jet Li walked up to the captain of the Annan scouts with an expressionless face and stepped on the other's neck and broke it.
"it is good!"
Someone shouted loudly in the screening room.
Then, everyone began to applaud one after another, as if only by clapping could they express their excitement.
"This movie is so good, I have never seen such a movie before."
"Yeah, I think it's not inferior to "The Gunfire of the Secret Service"
In the first half of this year, Changchun Film Studio's "Gunshots in the Secret Bureau" was released. As a spy film, it triggered a craze among the audience.
Even Li Changhe's "The Letter" did not catch up with the popularity of that movie. It is said that more than a thousand copies were sold.
"Is this a real shot of the battlefield in the south? The Annan devils are not really that powerful, are they?"
"It's hard to say, but they did receive a lot of weapons and equipment from the American devils. Damn, what a bunch of ungrateful wolves."
"No, I need to buy a ticket and watch it again."
"I'll buy it too. Let's watch it again together."
At this moment, the audience around Li Changhe said in unison.
Gong Xue was also shocked at this moment.
This is the movie that Sister Zhu Lin and her team filmed. It’s so wonderful.
She has watched a lot of movies, but she has never seen a movie like "Jungle Gun King", which made her feel refreshed and happy. She even agreed with what a viewer said just now.
Buy a ticket and watch it again.
"Sister Linlin, your photos are so wonderful."
"It's really beautiful."
After everyone else left, Gong Xue excitedly spoke to Zhu Lin.
"It's mainly because your brother-in-law wrote a good script. He said this is a new genre."
"Director Wang took the photo boldly."
Zhu Lin said to Gong Xue with a smile.
"This kind of movie doesn't have much depth. It looks good at the time, but it's just so-so after watching it. For example, can you remember what the protagonist looks like now?"
Li Changhe asked Gong Xue with a smile.
Gong Xue recalled it for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't remember it very clearly, but I thought the fighting and gun battles were very interesting."
"This is it!"
After two movies, it was already noon.
The three of them walked to the entrance of the cinema, and at this time a fragrance wafted over.
Zhu Lin turned her head and a look of surprise appeared on her face.
There is an extra window at the entrance of the cinema, and it is from inside that the sweet smell comes.
On the stove, there were hot, browned roasted sweet potatoes and sugar-roasted chestnuts buried in iron sand.
Sweet potato is the same as yams, but they are just called differently.
For example, in Beijing, it is called sweet potato; in Northeast China and Shandong, it is called sweet potato; in Jiangsu and Anhui, it is called yam; in Yunnan and Guizhou, it is called red potato. The names are diverse.
"It smells so good, Changhe. Let's buy some roasted sweet potatoes and sugar-roasted chestnuts to take back."
"Row!"
“We’re going to have this for lunch today.”
Li Changhe said with a smile.
Looking at the roasted sweet potatoes, he also became interested.
The three of them bought several large sweet potatoes, and then bought a portion of sugar-roasted chestnuts, and then walked home.
On the other side, a military agency in the capital.
At this time, Liu Mantang led some leaders into the screening room of their unit.
"Mantang, this movie is the upgrade mode of our scouts that you mentioned, right?"
An old leader asked with a smile.
“Yes, the protagonist in the film shows the upgrade direction of the scouts we envisioned.
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"Please, leaders, watch and give us some advice."
Liu Mantang said with a smile.
He had just received a copy of the master tape from China Film Group this morning, and he quickly invited several leaders over.
Then, a beam of light came out from the screening room, and the plot of "Jungle Gun King" began to play on the screen.
"Commander, look, the protagonist here."
"Do not talk!"
Liu Mantang was about to introduce himself to the leader next to him, but was stopped by the other party's words.
Liu Mantang shut up decisively, thinking in his heart that it seemed that the leader had realized the situation.
Then, when the movie was over and the leader looked very satisfied, Liu Mantang finally said, "Commander."
"Ok?"
"What do you think?"
Liu Mantang asked in a low voice.
"Yes, it's very good, the movie is well made."
"Old Chang, I think our Bayi Film Studio can also make some movies like this in the future to highlight the demeanor of our soldiers!"
The old leader turned around at this time and said to the other leader with a smile.
Liu Mantang stood there, somewhat confused.
Chief, I'm asking about the upgrade of our scouts, not the movie.
But it was obvious that the old leader was in high spirits watching the movie.
"The actor who played the Annan devil in the film performed well. Judging from the technique and operation, it is similar to our scout style."
"Yes, the level of these actors is very high. I think they are not much worse than our own scouts."
"Chief!"
Hearing this, Liu Mantang had to interrupt.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Those Annan scouts are the scouts of our army, and the captain is Jiang Yuan!"
Liu Mantang said to the old leader somewhat helplessly.
When the old leader heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Is that where Jiang Yuan is playing?"
"I really didn't see it."
"What is that stuff they put on their faces?"
A leader behind asked curiously at this time.
"That's called oil paint. The crew asked a teacher from our Academy of Fine Arts to mix it. It's applied to the face to hide in the jungle."
"In addition, you can add some ingredients to the oil paints to give them a certain smell to repel mosquitoes."
"Besides that, there is another benefit, which is that it hides your face, and you can change your identity immediately after cleaning."
For example, he could change from a soldier to a farmer or hunter immediately, or hide in a town.
These are all additional effects brought by oil paint.
"This thing is really good, what a good idea. Was it thought up by the crew?"
The old leader asked in surprise at this time.
"No, it was my nephew Li Changhe who came up with it. He is also the screenwriter of this movie. He also proposed the idea of upgrading the scouts."
"Your nephew Li Changhe?"
"You are a lonely man, where did your nephew come from?"
The old leader was a little surprised when he heard Liu Mantang's words.
As a soldier himself, he knew the family situation of the soldier.
A nephew suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Old Chief, he is the son of Sister Yuxiu and the nephew of Brother Yuhai. Isn't he also the nephew of me, Liu Mantang?"
Shen Yuhai is Li Changhe’s uncle.
"Yu Hai's nephew!"
Shen Yuhai was his comrade-in-arms back then. They were in the same unit and were very famous.
If I were alive today, I might not be worse than him.
"Wait a minute, Mantang, why do I seem to have heard the name Li Changhe somewhere before?"
Another leader behind asked curiously.
"My nephew is quite famous."
Liu Mantang said proudly at this time, and then showed off Li Changhe's qualifications to several leaders.
"He also wrote The Rise of Great Powers? Oh boy, I remember now."
"The article about the General Political Department Art Troupe was written by him and that kid Kou Kuige."
At this time, the leader spoke loudly.
Liu Mantang, on the other hand, looked surprised.
article?
What article?
(End of this chapter)