1979 Golden Age

A delegation from the Hong Kong film industry visited Beijing.

The trip was led by Ho Kwun-chang, with more than ten small and medium-sized company bosses such as Wu Siyuan and Chen Xunqi, plus Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Huang Baiming, Tsui Hark, Shi Nansheng, etc., a total of 26 people.

The trip lasted for one week.

Xinyicheng officially closed at the beginning of this year, but Golden Princess is still supporting it, and there is also the newcomer D\u0026B. However, they have all been blacklisted and are not eligible to participate.

When the plane landed and walked out of the airport, everyone reacted in unison: "Hiss!"

"It's so cold!"

It warmed up in March, and it was only a dozen degrees during the day. Most of them came to Beijing for the first time and had never experienced the cold in the north. Accompanied by the staff of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, they saw a big banner when they came out, saying "Warmly welcome Hong Kong performing arts people" and so on.

"Welcome, welcome!"

Ding Qiao personally greeted and shook hands with Ho Kwun-chang warmly. Ho Kwun-chang tried to speak Mandarin: "Thank you for coming to greet us. We are flattered."

Others were also serious.

They had no idea about officials. They had tried their best to think about Ding Qiao's power, but they were still sitting in a well and looking at the sky. After dealing with the leader with difficulty, they turned around and saw Chen Qi, and instantly relaxed.

"Mr. Chen, it's OK as long as you are here!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Thank you for your hard work. Where is Manager Fang?" He saw that Fang Yihua was not among them.

"Let's talk in the car." Ho Kuanchang said.

It was a Hino bus specially used to receive foreign guests. It was just enough to load one car. There was air conditioning inside to make it warmer.

Ho Kuanchang then said: "Something happened temporarily. Mr. Runmei died of illness. They have to organize the funeral. The helmsman of Shaw Cinema Line is gone. It is not clear what will happen in the future. But Shaw left a message, saying that it supports the negotiation results."

"I see, alas, it's too unfortunate."

Chen Qi sighed with him.

The full name of Shaw is "Shaw Brothers Film Company", and the brothers refer to Runmei and Run Run Shaw. Run Run Shaw was in charge of filming, while Run Run Shaw was in charge of the cinema chain and was responsible for distribution and release. They were very low-key.

Shaw Brothers was in a recession, and Run Run Shaw had long intended to turn to television, but he was just embarrassed by his brother's feelings. Now that Run Run Shaw is dead, Run Run Shaw no longer has any concerns, and he must have a lot of things to deal with, so Fang Yihua was absent.

Shaw Brothers has more than a dozen theaters, which were historically rented by D\u0026B to form the D\u0026B Cinema Chain.

After Chen Qi learned about the situation, he stood up and stood in front, like a tour guide, saying: "Everyone will stay for a week. We will have the first meeting tomorrow. During this time, I will accompany everyone to visit the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

The number of meetings is not fixed, depending on the specific situation of the negotiations.

You should be mentally prepared. This kind of big thing will not be accomplished overnight. We limit the time to one week, which also means to classify it as the first round of consultations. We hope that there will be a phased progress."

Everyone said yes, and their expressions were a little restrained. Obviously, they were full of worries about the mainland.

Cheng Long livened up the atmosphere and shouted, "Mr. Chen, everyone says you have a mansion of 10,000 square feet in Beijing. Is that true?"

"Not 10,000 square feet, only 800 square meters."

"Wow! Can you take us to visit it?" Cheng Long shouted again.

"It's not convenient to live in a private residence! But you, it's a rare opportunity to come here, why don't you go back to your hometown?" Chen Qi said with a smile.

"I only know that my hometown is in Anhui, I don't know the details." Cheng Long said.

Well, you don't know, I do.

Cheng Long's father Fang Daolong is a scumbag. He has two sons in Wuhu, Anhui. He abandoned his wife and children and ran to Hong Kong, changing his surname to Chen.

Cheng Long didn't know that he had two brothers at this time, nor did he know that his original surname was Fang - Jaycee Chan is now called Chen Zuming. It was not until 2004 that he recognized his ancestors and changed his name to Jaycee Chan.

Chen Qi wanted to pretend to be the White Dragon King of Hong Kong again, but he thought about it and gave up. He was too lazy to talk about these trivial things.

"Are there any other courtyards for sale in Beijing? I heard that Siheyuan is great!"

"Which hotel should we stay in? Is there hot water?"

"Will it snow at this time?"

Everyone asked, but Chen Qi was too lazy to answer them one by one. He handed it to the comrades from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, and went to the driver and whispered, "Go around Chang'an Avenue!"

"Okay!"

It takes a long time to get from the airport to the city. Looking out the window, I saw bungalows from farmland and high-rise buildings from bungalows. It was strange and novel. Then I drove into Chang'an Avenue and saw Tiananmen Square.

There was no sound in the car, and I didn't know whether it was fear or fear...

The bus drove to East Chang'an Avenue and arrived at a foreign-related hotel called Jianguo Hotel.

This is the first joint venture hotel in China. It invested 10 million US dollars with a Chinese American named Chen Xuanyuan, and the Chinese side held 51% of the shares. It was also agreed that after 10 years, Chen Xuanyuan would transfer 49% of the shares for 1 US dollar, and the hotel would be fully owned by the Chinese side.

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Why?

Because this matter was arranged by Mr. Liao, and Chen Xuanyuan is his distant cousin.

After settling down at the hotel, Chen Qi came to Ho Kuan Chang's room. More than a dozen bosses of large and small film companies were there. Ho Kuan Chang was a little nervous and asked, "Mr. Chen, how confident do you think you are?"

"With your proposal, none of it will pass. Hong Kong films cannot have such great freedom in the mainland."

"But you called us here, so you can't just talk about nothing, right?" someone said.

"I called this matter together, and I have to give you a guarantee? You have to follow the rules of the place you want to eat. Don't you have to cooperate with the censorship when you go to Taiwan? Why are you barking at me?"

"They are ignorant, don't mind! When doing business, you naturally have to talk and talk. It's good to talk about some things."

Ho Kuan-chang tried to smooth things over and chose his words carefully: "But we also hope to achieve some results, so that everyone can have morale, don't you think?"

"I am happy to see the development of cooperation between the two places, and I will do my best."

Chen Qi responded and said: "There will be a meeting at the Ministry of Culture at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The attendees include the leaders and relevant personnel of the Ministry of Culture and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, as well as the leaders of the Ministry of Truth. You all wear formal clothes and be serious."

"What does this Ministry of Truth do?" Some people don't understand.

"In charge of ideology."

"The level must be very high?"

"It's okay, a little higher than the Governor of Hong Kong!"

"..."

Everyone looked at each other.

They drafted a charter and listed several requirements. They had already handed a copy to the leaders in advance so that they would have a clear idea in mind and then meet to talk.

It was only in the 1980s that Chen Qi dared to organize a meeting. How could he talk about it in the future?

At this time, there was no quota for imported films in the country, and it was completely decided by China Film. It was not until 1994 when the WTO was established that China, in order to join the WTO, explicitly introduced 10 imported blockbusters every year for the first time.

Regarding the release of Hong Kong films, it had to wait until 2003's CEPA.

The environment varies from era to era. The 1980s was not like the later ones. Now it is extremely cautious on one hand and extremely rough on the other.

(No more, I will make it up tomorrow!)