Chapter 363 Everyone is a big boss
Lao Zhang organized the party quickly and gathered several people together at his home that evening.

Li Changhe, on his part, ran back and forth. He first went back to Peking University to attend classes, and then after the classes, he rushed to Zhang Guangnian's home.

This time the dinner was not held outside, but at Zhang Guangnian's home.

After arriving in Dongcheng, Li Changhe thought for a while, went back home first, took two bottles of Moutai from home, then went to Liubiju to buy some braised beef and pickles, and then went to Quanjude to pick up a roast duck.

He put the things on the handlebars of the electric bike and then walked towards Zhang Guangnian's house.

When Li Changhe arrived, it was getting dark.

After parking the electric car downstairs of Zhang Guangnian's building, Li Changhe carried his things upstairs.

At this moment, in Zhang Guangnian's home, several old men were sitting around the coffee table, smoking. On the table in front of them were two dishes, one was stir-fried cabbage and the other was tofu with chili peppers.

"I say, Lao Zhang, you called us over to eat this late at night, are you going to eat these two things? Cabbage and tofu?"

Chen Huangmei waited for a long time, and saw that there were no other dishes except cabbage and tofu. He couldn't help but complain to Zhang Guangnian.

"It's okay to have cabbage and tofu, I don't mind, but you didn't even take the wine, that's too much."

Yu Min, secretary of the Film Association, also smiled and said this at this time.

"Guangnian, your treat is a bit shabby."

Xia Yan, who was sitting in the main seat, said with a smile at this time.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I'm telling you, there will definitely be good wine and food tonight, but they haven't arrived yet."

Zhang Guangnian took a puff of his cigarette and spoke to the others with a smile.

"Ok?"

"Is there anyone treating us?"

"Mr. Zhang, you are so dishonest. Are you treating me on behalf of someone else?"

Chen Huangmei and Yu Min said with a smile.

"First, tell me who is coming and what is the purpose?"

Xia Yan asked Zhang Guangnian seriously.

Zhang Guangnian smiled slightly: "Didn't you say you wanted to meet him before? I finally waited for that guy to come back, so I quickly called him over."

"That kid? Is he Li Changhe?"

Xia Yan asked suspiciously at this time.

"Yes, that's him!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Just as Zhang Guangnian nodded, there was a knock on the door.

"Yes, if you mention the devil, he will show up."

"Just sit down and I'll open the door."

At this time, Zhang Guangnian's wife came out of the kitchen with a smile and opened the door.

Li Changhe greeted respectfully.

"Come on, Changhe, come here, show them what good stuff you brought."

At this time, Zhang Guangnian called Li Changhe over and took the things in his hand.

"Look, Quanjude's roast duck, a whole set!"

"Oh, Liubiju's braised beef, as well as stewed vegetables and pickled vegetables."

"What is this? Two bottles of Moutai."

"How about this? Does it count as good wine and good food?"

Zhang Guangnian said proudly at this time.

"Lao Zhang, this meal is not cheap. You are torturing our young comrade."

Chen Huangmei said with a smile at this time.

"I knew he would bring these things."

"For us, it's not cheap, but for him, it's very cheap, so I never feel bad for eating this kid's food."

Zhang Guangnian said with a smile.

"Okay, give it to me, I'll put it on a plate for you and serve it up."

At this time, Zhang Guangnian's wife came over and took the things away.

"This Moutai must have cost a lot of money, right?"

At this time, Yu Min was holding a bottle of Moutai and asked Li Changhe.

"It's nothing. It was given to me as a gift on the plane when I was on a business trip."

Li Changhe said honestly at this time.

For these old seniors, if you spend a lot of money to buy cigarettes and alcohol for them, they will not appreciate your kindness, but will only think that you are extravagant.

"And these cigarettes, since I don't smoke, I brought them all along."

At this time, Li Changhe took out Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket again. These were large boxes for international flights, not the small boxes of five cigarettes per pack.

"Wow, Zhonghua, this is a good cigarette."

At this time, Xia Yan stretched out his skinny hand, took a box of cigarettes, then took out a cigarette without hesitation and lit it.

"Sit down, kid!"

After taking a puff happily, Xia Yan smiled at Li Changhe and said
"Changhe, come here, let me introduce you."

Zhang Guangnian introduced the three people present to Li Changhe one by one, and Li Changhe also greeted them one by one. It was mainly because he found out the identities of these old men after he returned to Peking University in the afternoon and asked Chen Jiangong about it.

All of these people were workers in the literary and artistic front before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although some of them were only listed in the Film Association in name only, in fact, their identities changed back and forth.

He may be working in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles today and the head of cultural propaganda tomorrow. Their qualifications are there for all to see, and their status cannot be judged simply by their positions.

To put it bluntly, the ideological direction of the domestic literary world is in the hands of people like them.

Even Lao Zhang and Li Changhe discovered that the man's identity was not simple.

He only knew that Lao Zhang's name was Zhang Guangnian, but he didn't know that he also had a pen name called Guang Weiran.

That’s right, it’s Guang Weiran who wrote “Yellow River Cantata”.

The music was composed by Xian Xinghai and the lyrics were written by him.

When Li Changhe listened to Chen Jiangong's popular science explanation of these things, he was numb.

So in front of these people, Li Changhe decided to be safer.

"Li Changhe, pen name Ling Jue, you all know him."

Zhang Guangnian finally said to the three people.

"That's very true. He is one of the best writers of the new generation."

Chen Huangmei shook his head and sighed.

Although they are now in charge of film work, they were all writers in their past.

“Not only is he a great writer, he’s also a great filmmaker.”

"I've also watched 'Jungle Gun King'. Although it's more of an entertainment movie, the idea is very impressive. The Beijing Military Region is currently training new scout troops based on his ideas."

"How was it? Movie training, you learned a lot, didn't you?"

Yu Min said to a few people with a smile.

This matter was a confidential report sent by the military district on the Hundred Flowers Award side. The Hundred Flowers Award reported it to him, and he found out about it after he went to inquire.

But it was not a big deal, just a trial training, so Yu Min directly returned the report to the other party. Why keep it secret since it has already been released?

"Tell me, today we have good wine and good food coming to our door, is there something going on?"

"Old Zhang took great pains to call us together for you, so there must be something wrong."

Xia Yan was an experienced man. He slowly picked up a piece of braised dish with chopsticks and spoke slowly.

"This is a good thing, and a big deal. Changhe told me about it, so I thought of calling you guys over to discuss it together."

Zhang Guangnian said with a smile at this time.

"Old Zhang, you are still keeping me in suspense. Comrade Changhe, just speak directly and don't waste your words."

Chen Huangmei said happily to Li Changhe at this time.

Li Changhe nodded, and then without hesitation, he told several people about his idea.

After hearing this, the expressions of the three people present became solemn.

"You mean, which company is willing to invest $200 million to build this film and television base for us?"

"Really two hundred million dollars?"

Chen Huangmei asked seriously at this time
"Correct!"

Li Changhe nodded.

Chen Huangmei saw Li Changhe confirm the news, and then he became thoughtful.

The Ministry of Culture is actually a big consumer of foreign exchange. Apart from other things, just the purchase of foreign-language classics today requires a large amount of foreign exchange. The original works of various foreign literary classics, especially those from the United States, Europe and the West, have to be introduced as the country opens its doors to the West.

In addition, there are cultural exchanges, writers, movies, dramas and other industries. In addition to bringing in, we also need to go out and exchange and display abroad, which also requires foreign exchange.

In addition, many of the film studios and photofinishing plants that buy cameras, photofinishing equipment, and printing equipment also need to import them from abroad.

Of course, the cultural sector also has its own foreign exchange channels, such as the sales of films to foreign countries by China Film Corporation.

But that's actually not much money. China Film Group only earns a few million dollars in foreign exchange a year from the movies it sells to foreign countries.

Therefore, the foreign exchange gap in the cultural industry is actually quite large. If we can really introduce an investment of 200 million US dollars, even if the state takes the bulk of it, at least some should be left for the cultural sector.

What's more, if what Li Changhe said is true, that film and television base can also earn foreign exchange.

"Your idea is good. I don't understand joint ventures. If your foreign affairs department has made a decision, we have no objection."

"But you mentioned the award. You want to make it a big prize in the Chinese film industry. That's not that easy."

"Also, there is one thing. There are many overseas Chinese films that are malicious towards us. Are these also included in the selection?"

Xia Yan raised another question at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Of course not. We can aim in that direction, but we can take it step by step."

"In the early days, we united all the forces we could, such as the many film companies in Hong Kong Island and some film companies in Southeast Asia who were also loyal to us."

"When the time comes, we can assist them to come to the mainland to shoot. If they are friendly to us and the film is particularly good, we can initially release quotas, for example, three or five quotas per year."

"I think we should at least not exclude these friends from the beginning. I heard that Zhongyuan Films is filming a movie called Shaolin Temple, and all the scenes are shot here."

"There is also a co-production film called The Horse Herder at the Beijing Film Studio, which was also shot entirely here. At first glance, it is no different from our local films."

"For films like this, we can completely give them a break, starting with awards, including them in the selection, and then slowly spread our influence."

"I think our film awards should not only be for internal use, but also for external use, uniting all forces that can be united."

"And I think there's another benefit to this, which is to prevent this award from becoming a place of fame and fortune where we divide the fruits among ourselves."

At the end, Li Changhe said boldly.

(End of this chapter)