1979 Golden Age

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"Since I saw you by the Xiangsi River, it's like the spring breeze blowing into my heart..."

A young man bought an album and happily walked out of Xinhua Bookstore humming "Xiangsi River" - this is a Taiwanese song, Zhang Qiang also covered it, and later audiences should know him as Li Dazui in "Wulin Wai Zhuan".

Mo Sang quietly lined up in the queue, turned his head and glanced at the young man, and resonated: he also liked "Xiangsi River".

A few people passed by, and it was his turn.

He took out the money: "Hello, comrade, I want two boxes!"

"Look here!"

Yu Xiuli knocked on the blackboard, and the huge words on the blackboard: Each person is limited to one box!

"..."

He muttered silently, paid, took a box of tapes and put it in his pocket, let go of the queue, and looked at other books in the store.

Most of the people who had bought before did not leave, wandering outside, waiting for Zhang Qiang to come over.

He is now a student of the Literature Department of the PLA Art Academy, a junior college student, who was admitted in 1984 and graduated in 1986. He has published "Transparent Carrot" and has become famous in the literary world.

And he is a fan of Zhang Qiang!

Ah, the world is so wonderful.

He went to Zhang Qiang's house several times in the past. He prepared a script and wanted her to play the role of a military wife, but she didn't play it. Zhang Qiang was quite impressed by him. A few years later, she saw a writer won the Nobel Prize and found that it was the fan at that time.

After a while, there were screams outside.

"Here they come!"

Yu Xiuli ran out immediately and maintained order with the public security comrades, and continued to shout with a loud speaker: "Don't squeeze, line up! Otherwise, I will let her go back!"

"No, no, let's line up!"

"Quiet! Be quiet!"

The fans began to defend themselves. They saw Zhang Qiang with her iconic afro, wearing colorful clothes, with a big mouth and small eyes when she smiled... perfectly in line with their imagination.

She came to promote today and waved her hand happily:

"Hello everyone!"

"Ah——"

Screams came one after another. Who said there are no fans in this era? Fans of this era are so great!

"This is my third album. I am very touched to see you are still so enthusiastic. Thank you for your support!"

Zhang Qiang recited the speech and sang a few lines on the spot. The whole process was only more than ten minutes. Of course, she did not forget to go into the store to pay respect to the Empress Dowager.

"Okay, okay, go back quickly, be careful!"

Yu Xiuli touched her afro and was still dissatisfied: "You are a little girl, why do you have to make it into popcorn?"

"That's how everyone will like it! I'm leaving, auntie!"

Zhang Qiang got on the car and left in the reluctance of the fans. Every singer of Dongfang Company has to go through this when releasing an album. They are familiar with it.

Mo Sang was not as excited as other fans. He just stood outside and watched, but he was also very happy. Seeing her leave, he rode a bicycle back to school. The dormitory was four people in a room and it was quite noisy.

He was used to writing in the classroom.

He is currently conceiving a new work, telling the story of my grandfather and my grandmother having sex in the sorghum field and then fighting against the Japanese.

…………

“Hahaha! Look how much they like me!”

She couldn’t help laughing in the car, dancing like she had ADHD, and asked: “Hey, am I more popular than Li Lingyu now?”

“Don’t ask me, I don’t know anything!” The driver didn’t want to get involved.

“Of course I’m more popular than her, I’m the most popular in the company now! I heard that Teacher Chen promised that if the album sold more than 2 million copies, I would get a suite, so wouldn’t I get three suites?”

“Ha! I don’t know how much bonus I will get, my mother only makes more than 60 yuan a month!”

She had no defense and talked about everything she said. The driver often picked her up and dropped her off, so she was used to it.

The two went to another Xinhua Bookstore, ran to five in one day, and returned to the Beijing Film Studio in the evening. Liang Xiaosheng was waiting for her. He called her into the office and said, "The promotional activities are temporarily suspended. You don't have to run tomorrow."

"Ah? Why?"

"Teacher Chen wrote to remind us that we are a little bit too big to attract attention."

Liang Xiaosheng said again, "Li Lingyu and Fei Xiang are going to be on the Spring Festival Gala. I have to explain to you that it's not that your strength and achievements are not enough, but your style is not suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm the most popular!" Zhang Qiang shrugged.

"Yes, you are the most popular!"

Liang Xiaosheng knew that her personality was a bit strange, and he usually stroked her. He said, "Your performance this year is particularly outstanding, and the company will naturally reward you, but I am not qualified to make the decision. Teacher Chen will be back soon, and it's up to him to decide."

"Are you going to give me three sets of houses?"

"Three sets? Well, you will know when he comes back. You can go home first."

Liang Xiaosheng sent Zhang Qiang away and wiped his sweat. Her sales alone were more than Fei Xiang and Li Lingyu, so he didn't dare to make a promise casually.

The company's income mainly includes: selling tapes and magazines in the mainland, movie box office in Hong Kong, and overseas exports, earning RMB, HKD, and USD respectively.

He flipped through the accounts up to now, stared at the numbers and sighed:

"I feel anxious when I have no money, and I feel anxious when I have too much money. The new leader will be transferred soon, and I hope the Ministry of Truth can trust Teacher Chen, otherwise it will be another mess."

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Chen Qi traveled back and forth between the two places frequently this year, and there were too many things to coordinate.

Both places have already acquiesced that he will take on this role, and no one is convinced if someone else is chosen. There are also interest factors involved, such as the issue of Hong Kong films entering Guangdong. He promised that Oriental Company would not participate in the profit sharing of the established projects, including box office sharing, theaters, and film and television cities.

But he can do subsequent projects, such as building a hotel in the film and television city...

During the time he returned to Hong Kong, he has been running around to make the final communication and coordination to ensure that there are no disagreements. In the blink of an eye, it was early December, and Chen Qi accompanied the Hong Kong delegation to Beijing again.

Still in the conference room of the Ministry of Culture, still those people.

It’s just that Director Ling Mei, as the general manager of "Nan Guo Film and Television Culture Development Co., Ltd.", officially appeared in front of everyone.

This time the talks went very smoothly, without seven days of delay, and the progress was so fast. In the end, the representatives of both sides formally signed the agreement and will release a document to the public, called: "Opinions on Strengthening Film and Television Cultural Cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong"!

It will be officially implemented on January 1 next year!

When it was finalized, the entire Hong Kong delegation breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that it was not easy, such a small matter had been delayed for almost a year.

There are four main contents:

1. Hong Kong films will be given 20 quotas each year, with Oriental Film Company responsible for selecting films, China Film Group responsible for introducing them, and Guangdong Film Company responsible for promoting and screening them. Hong Kong films will receive 35% of the revenue share, and the Ministry of Culture and Radio, Film and Television will jointly supervise the box office statistics.

2. Hong Kong will jointly establish a company to build a five-star theater in the form of a joint venture.

3. Shaw Brothers and Southland Film and Television will jointly invest in the construction of a film and television city, which will include a Shaw Brothers Museum.

4. Guangdong Province will give Hong Kong certain preferential policies and settle in Hong Kong dollars, but Hong Kong must ensure that enough crews are available in the film and television city every year.

There are also detailed rules.

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