Since 1983

It gets dark early in February, and the demons in the night are very lively.

The tide of off-get off work bicycles shuttles through the streets and alleys, high-end taxis are arrogant, private cars are rare, but they are not too rare, such as Volkswagen and Jetta.

Pudong was unveiled last year, and the management committee was established earlier this year. The boiling atmosphere seems to cover the whole city, showing a bit of fast-paced life.

Xu Fei and Cheng Zhigu came out of Hongqiao Airport and took a pick-up car to the hotel.

Without any entourage, it looks like two lonely heroes. They only carry a large box with them. Inside is a 35mm film copy, and a roll can last about 20 minutes.

The two were a little serious, but fortunately there was a cute driver to ease the atmosphere.

"Have you read the news? Huaxi Village bought 250 Jettas at once, and distributed one to each family. Oh, the Jetta costs 170,000 or 80,000 yuan, 250, so..."

crunch!

The car body shook violently, and the driver was frightened by himself, "It's tens of millions! Where do you think they got the money from?"

"You can earn it! When the tail of capitalism was cut, people sneaked into the small nest of capitalism. If you are envious, just go and settle down, maybe you can also split the Jetta." Xu Fei laughed.

"Forget it, isn't my Santana better than a Jetta?"

The driver patted the steering wheel, "Although it's not our own!"

The speed of the car was fast, and we arrived in the city center in a short while. We stayed at the Jincang Wenhua Hotel, a 30-story luxury building built in 1990.

As soon as he entered the lobby, a man hurriedly got up from the sofa.

With a big face and a lot of flesh, he squints his eyes when he smiles, like a friendly businessman. On the other hand, there is a short inch left, and the roots are straight and hard.

It was the boss of Yongle, Wu Mengchen who met once at the Guilin meeting.

"Master Cheng, welcome."

The rather mighty man spoke a discordant Wu Mandarin, and then shook hands with Xu Fei, "Mr. Xu, I've seen you for a long time."

"You two have had a hard journey, rest today."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, and let's take a stroll. The city has changed a lot in the past two years."

"Preparing a little thin wine is not a respect."

First came the meal, during which there was lively chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was warm, and after the meal, the two of them were escorted back to their room in person, all thoughtful and impeccable.

The more this happened, the more difficult Xu Fei found it, and he was shrewd from the inside out.

This time, in the name of breaking the ice for reform, they are actually fighting each other. When Cheng Zhigu sells "The Lion King", he will not consider "The Great Sabbath", and similarly, he will not consider the other party.

Negotiation cards such as issuance and sharing are not clear to each other.

…………

Late at night, cinema.

Wu Mengchen led a group of executives to sit in the auditorium, watching with great interest. On the big screen, Huang Feihong held a sign and resounded loudly:

"In Xiaomin's opinion, we not only need to practice martial arts to strengthen our body to resist foreign enemies, but the most important thing is to broaden the wisdom of the people and combine wisdom and martial arts. That is the way to make the country rich and the people strong. Can a mere brand change the destiny of the country? Please also ask Li My lord, think twice."

Master Huang flicked the sign and dropped it under Ge Cunzhuang's feet, wiped himself and left, Guijiaoqi followed with a flag. The passionate BGM sounded, "Laughing proudly and laughing at thousands of waves..."

"Wow, boom!"

Several people couldn't help but clapped their hands and praised: "Okay, that's really good."

"The fighting is exciting, the plot is smooth, and there is patriotism. It is worthy of Tsui Hark."

"The thinking is quite deep, I think it's okay."

Wu Mengchen nodded frequently. According to past experience, a film of this level in Shanghai had a box office of 3 million, which is not much more.

This is very important information. With the number of 3 million, he will know what to talk about tomorrow.

"Play "Big Sabbath"."

"OK."

The projectionist upstairs responded and loaded a reel of copies.

The 90-minute movie is not long and ends quickly. The theater was quiet for a while, and Wu Mengchen asked, "What do you think?"

"Uh, it's quite novel. Let's talk about romance movies, it doesn't look like it, let's talk about comedy movies, it doesn't seem to be either."

"It's very smooth, there is no lag from the beginning to the end."

"Yes, the process of watching is very comfortable. The story is not strong, and the conflict is flat, but it can scratch your heart."

"I like Ge You's acting."

The discussion on "Big Sabbath" was more intense than before, because I have never seen this type of film. Wu Mengchen unconsciously compared it with "Lady Left Behind", which was shot by Shanghai Film Studio and distributed by himself.

It is also a story about a woman whose husband is abroad and a man whose wife is abroad.

And after comparing it, he suddenly felt that "Lady Left Behind" was too old. The picture style, costume modeling, performances, stories, including dubbing in dubbed accents, are all very old.

Wu Mengchen fell silent, "The Great Sabbath" was a good movie, but he wasn't sure what standard a good movie was.

…………

Outsiders don't know that Xu Fei and Cheng went south to Gu Gu. The national film industry is still watching, waiting for Tian to break the ice.

After a night's rest, Teacher Xu woke up the next day, had breakfast in a leisurely manner, put on his camera and went out to sweep the streets - this morning was Cheng Zhigu's time, and he would only appear in the afternoon.

The hotel is located on Nanjing Road, which is well-known. Paramount, Peace Hotel, and Jing'an Temple are all located here.

He walked around casually, and saw a door with a very retro western style, with "Big Bright Cinema" written on it.

In the morning, there are no audiences, the doors are open, and there are no wooden posters from other theaters, but on the walls inside. A young man was sitting at the door, looking around boredly.

Xu Fei bought a pack of cigarettes and went over.

"Morning, sir!"

"..."

The man looked at him suspiciously, "What do you do?"

"It's okay, I'm just curious about this movie theater and want to inquire about it, do you understand?"

The man looked at the camera, took the cigarette and lit it, and said, "Ask, I've been here for thirty years."

"Yo, so how old are you this year?"

"Two more years to retire."

"Are you a projectionist?"

"I've done it. I did both screenings and running films, mainly running films."

In the past, there were few copies, and several theaters often used one copy, and each had 1 or 2 film runners. When this one is finished, it will be sent to the next one immediately.

Some popular movies have to be sent immediately after a reel is finished, and a movie has to be sent four or five times.

"When I played "Shaolin Temple" before, I broke a bicycle a month. Everyone loves to watch it, and we have a lot of energy while running. It can't work now, and it's okay to send it later, because no one watches it anyway."

After smoking a few cigarettes, the man obviously liked to say, "Look at your young age, maybe you don't know. We used to be really popular, and we often went to the countryside to show movies, and every village lined up to invite them. Five or six catties a piece.

The monthly subsidy is only ten yuan, and the salary is only ten yuan. "

"Yo, so you are too familiar with the magic capital."

"Roughly the same."

"Then how many theaters are there in the local area now?"

"Well……"

The man counted with his fingers, "There are twenty-eight major screening units, the clubs don't count, the biggest one is our home."

He pointed backwards, proudly, "Back when Mei Lanfang cut the ribbon, MGM movies were shown at the opening, and the waiters were all white Russian girls. The whole Shanghai Beach is bright and air-conditioned, with 1554 seats, which is the number one in the Far East. "

"It's bad now..."

"Who says it's bad! Da Guangming is still number one. You are a foreigner at first glance. You can ask the girl and young man next to you, it's a matter of face to come here to watch a movie!"

The man was a little angry and asked, "What the hell are you doing, are you a reporter?"

"Me, I also make movies, so I came here to pay my respects. Don't be angry."

"Yo? You made a movie!"

The old man was suddenly happy again, and said: "Okay, okay! Work hard, boy, when your movie is released here, I will definitely deliver it to you on time.

I keep my word! "