1979 Golden Age

"Dong dong dong!"

"Please come in!"

Early that morning, Chen Qi knocked on the door of the factory director's office.

Wang Yang was drinking tea with a smile and said, "Let's sit down for a while. The guests will be here soon. What have you been busy with these days?"

"I'm writing for "Story Club"!"

"Oh? Or martial arts?"

"Yes, it's called "Invincible Mandarin Duck Legs"!"

Chen Qi briefly told the story, and Wang Yang nodded and said, "It sounds very interesting. I really don't know where you come from so many fights and killings in your mind. Others write one a year, but you write three a year. "

"It's just because of fighting and killing that it's easy to write. I'm asked to write something profound, but I still can't do it..."

He paused and couldn't help but ask: "Old director, do you think the royalties paid to me in Hong Kong are Hong Kong dollars or RMB?"

“Of course it’s Hong Kong dollars!”

"Do you have any remittance coupons?"

"This...your situation is quite special, and I'm not sure. You can find out when you go to the bank and ask." Wang Yang said.

Foreign exchange coupons are famous, but before that, there was another one called overseas remittance coupons.

When overseas Chinese send foreign exchange to relatives and friends in China, the bank will directly convert it into RMB and allocate a certain amount of overseas remittance coupons. With overseas remittance coupons, relatives and friends in China can go to overseas Chinese stores to buy many good things that are not available on the market.

Anchovies, luncheon meat, Kenin milk powder, instant coffee, Western clothes... ordinary people can't even imagine what's inside. Even when the country was in the most difficult times, this supply was not cut off, and many people still relied on overseas remittance coupons to make a living.

Only when relatives and friends in the country receive preferential treatment will overseas Chinese send more foreign exchange. This is a means of absorbing foreign exchange.

Hong Kong dollars are also included.

But no one knows whether Chen Qi’s work is royalties or royalties from Hong Kong state-owned enterprises. Whether there are overseas remittance coupons or not.

Unconsciously, it was already mid-November, and the literary conference had ended. Fu Qi and Shi Hui returned to Hong Kong, and introduced a leftist director to stay at Beijing Film Studio.

The two waited for a while, and the person arrived.

A man in his forties, with a broad face and big ears, walked with a swishy wind, and a bit of the temperament of an old scholar. He walked in and laughed first: "Old factory director, I'm sorry for bothering you!"

"Xin Yan, long time no see!"

Wang Yang shook hands tightly, pointed at Chen Qi and introduced: "He is the talented little screenwriter... This is director Zhang Xinyan!"

"Hello Hello!"

"You are young and have a lot of promise!"

This person's name is Zhang Xinyan, and he is the new director of "Shaolin Temple".

He has always been a left-wing filmmaker, and later he also filmed "The Heroes of the Yellow River", "The Kung Fu Boy" and so on.

After some pleasantries, he said directly: "It's winter now and the location is not beautiful, so I simply regarded it as the preparation period. I brought a few people over to organize the preliminary affairs, mainly selecting actors.

When spring comes next year and the flowers bloom, "Shaolin Temple" will be launched again. "

"This is the safest way. How do you plan to choose actors?" Wang Yang asked.

"Don't use Peking Opera actors. This is a martial arts film. I want to find a group of people with real kung fu. I know a young man from the Beijing Wushu Team named Li Lianlian. A few years ago, the Chinese Wushu delegation visited the United States. When they returned to China, they passed by Hong Kong and asked Hong Kong The compatriots reported on the performance for a week, and I filmed the documentary for a week. "

Zhang Xinyan has a cheerful personality and talks eloquently: "He was only 11 years old at the time, and he was very good at boxing. He is almost 16-17 this year. I'll go and see how he goes."

"The fact that he can visit the United States shows that the country attaches great importance to him. He is a national champion, right?"

"right!"

"That's a bit difficult to handle. The martial arts team won't let him go unless you go to the National Sports Commission."

"Let me go and talk first..."

After talking about this, Zhang Xinyan turned to look at Chen Qi and said with a smile: "I read your "Kapok Kasaya". It's really well written, and it's just right to put it in "Shaolin Temple". I want to bother you for a while here. Don’t bother me with studying the script!”

"Don't say that, I'm learning from you!"

…………

In early winter, the capital becomes increasingly cold.

Shichahai and Houhai have always been popular places for people to visit. When it gets colder, ice will freeze on the lakes, and a large number of people will come to skate.

On the west side of this area, there is the famous Shichahai Sports School. The predecessor of the Beijing Martial Arts Team was a martial arts class of this school.

Zhang Xinyan settled down at the Beijing Film Studio. He was very mobile and came over within a few days. Chen Qi followed him closely - because he also wanted to look at actors for foreign exchange films.

"Director Zhang!"

"Coach Wu!"

Wu Bin, the ace coach of the martial arts team, was in charge of the reception. His attitude was enthusiastic, but he was disapproving of it. These days, there are relatively few professions. If you practice martial arts, you just practice martial arts. Why make a movie? But when people come from Hong Kong, they have to be seen by them no matter what.

"Here please, our team members are training."

"At the National Games a while ago, our team performed well, but these kids were a little distracted and slacked off in training. How could this happen? In martial arts, if you don't advance, you will retreat. You have to practice hard every day."

Chen Qi complimented him at the right time: "Yes, I've heard all about it. You have won several gold medals, and you are number one in the country!"

"I'm exaggerating. It's less than ten yuan. I still need to work hard!"

Wu Bin's eyebrows almost flew up, and he led them into the training hall. A group of teenage boys and girls, some with bare hands, some with double knives, or swords, were playing with clatter and vigor.

"Look at that female team member, her name is Li Xia, the champion of traditional equipment and prescribed boxing in the National Games!"

"That one is called Ge Chunyan, the captain of the female team. This kid is amazing. She is a fifth-generation disciple of Baguazhang, a 19th-generation inheritor of Chen-style Taijiquan, and a second-generation inheritor of Hunyuan Taijiquan. Especially the Baguazhang, it is amazing!"

"That one is called Wang Qun, the captain of the men's team. He is good at using a gun and the national runner-up!"

Wu Bin pointed out several outstanding disciples, and finally pointed at one more, his pride almost overflowing: "That kid is called Li Lianjie, he is only 16 years old this year, and he won five gold medals in the National Games! Five!"

As he said, he called Li Lianjie over.

Li Lianjie's official height is 169cm, but he looks shorter. He wears a blue training suit, has short hair, and is full of energy. He looked at Zhang Xinyan and said in surprise: "Director Zhang, why are you here?"

"I came to see you specially. How are you now?"

"I'm fine! I just won five gold medals and my salary has increased..."

"Hey!"

Wu Bin stopped immediately. This kid is a martial arts genius, but he is a bit reckless and says whatever he wants. Is salary just a casual thing?

Zhang Xinyan's eyes lit up. Li Lianjie has good looks and good skills. He is definitely the best candidate for the protagonist of "Shaolin Temple". The most rare thing is that he has a star look.

Star looks are very mysterious. They are the last piece of the puzzle that determines whether a person can become popular. For example, Wu Yue has thick eyebrows and big eyes, excellent skills, and good acting skills, but he is just tepid.

Zhang Xinyan and Li Lianjie were chatting, and Chen Qi searched everywhere and marked Wang Qun, Ge Chunyan and others one by one.

Then he saw another girl, not sure, and asked: "Coach Wu, who is that?"

"Huang Qiuyan, she is very good at snake fist and double swords!"

It was Huang Qiuyan.

Chen Qi nodded, Li Lianjie's ex-wife.

There are many things about Li Lianjie, some say he abandoned his wife and children, some say he changed his nationality, and some say he was a member of the One Foundation. There have been so many arguments online, I won't repeat them... But Li Zhi is really awesome!

In short, Chen Qi has his own plan, and it's fine as long as he can use this kind of people, anyway, he has plenty of ways to make people obedient.