1980 My literary era

Internet cafes were definitely a new thing for the people of Yanjing in 1994.

Since the signboard of Feiyue Internet Cafe was put up, it has become the most eye-catching shop on the street.

To catch up with the opening today, Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guoguang invited their friends, and everyone came to congratulate them. The scene was extremely lively.

When the new store opened, Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guo launched the slogan "Three days of free play". From the moment it opened, many customers came in to inquire. Some people immediately sat down when they heard that they could play computer games for free.

The trial time for each customer is one hour, and less than half an hour after the opening, hundreds of customers waiting for the trial made the originally spacious Feiyue Internet Cafe extremely crowded.

Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng played on the computer for more than half an hour. Seeing that there were too many people waiting later, they were embarrassed to continue playing.

"The computer is a great thing, but it's also troublesome because it can play video games."

Shi Tiesheng said while sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the many customers gathered in front of the computer waiting to try it out.

"Everything has pros and cons!" Lin Weimin said casually.

Video games have been called modern opium for several years. As one of the earliest computer users in China, Shi Tiesheng is naturally well aware of the pros and cons of computers.

"Liu Shugang also hesitated to buy a computer for a long time because he was afraid that his son would miss out on his studies."

Liu Shugang is a screenwriter and the director of the Central Experimental Theater, and has some contacts with Shi Tiesheng.

Shi Tiesheng continued: "Video games are addictive and can make people forget to eat and sleep. Your Majesty, it is best not to play this thing, otherwise your country will be in danger. But I think you can use it to exercise your will. Play it for only ten minutes and see if you can do it. No? According to my experience, this is really not an easy task. If you lose, you won’t admit defeat, and if you win, you still want to win.

Real victory is to be able to control it, or control yourself. If after a lot of hard work your will can finally overcome its temptation and stop within a limited time, it will be a good thing again. "

These words are very characteristic of Shi Tiesheng. He can always find light in the cracks of darkness.

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Most people don't have this perseverance, especially for children, they should still be properly guided. Blind indulgence is not enough, and desperate obstruction is even less advisable. A one-size-fits-all approach is always the simplest, but also the most troublesome. .”

"That's right. It's easier said than done. There's no perfect way!"

The layout of the Feiyue Internet Cafe is very interesting. The computer in the center is surrounded by hundreds of people.

There were many guests sitting on the sofas in the outer circle, ordering a cup of coffee, and Sui Sui quietly enjoyed the excitement of the group of people in the inner circle.

"Look at today's situation, Xiaowei's business is going to be booming!"

"I asked Xiaowei just now. The first three days are free, and after three days we charge 20 yuan an hour. This deal will definitely make a huge profit."

"Not only computers, but also coffee drinks. A cup of coffee costs 6 yuan. If you sell ten cups a day, it costs 2,000 yuan a month!"

"Xiaowei still has a business mind!"

In a corner of the Internet cafe, there are several acquaintances of Qu Xiaowei who used to run stalls together.

In the early days of reform and opening up, there were not a few people who made a fortune by practicing street stalls, but most of them could only support their families.

This is what happened to this group of people. Today, when they saw Qu Xiaowei making such a big scene, they were all filled with admiration.

"With so many computers and such a big place, it costs at least 150,000 yuan, right?"

"150,000? I don't think I can survive. Just these computers will cost at least 150,000, and 200,000 is about the same."

While a few people were discussing, curious customers outside were still coming into the store in an endless stream.

"Xiaowei, Zheng Guo, we will withdraw first!"

Seeing more and more people in the store, Lin Weimin and others left.

Two days later, Xu Feng came to Yanjing from Suzhou.

The release of "Farewell My Concubine" and some subsequent copyright transactions have been completed, and the profits are gradually coming in. Recently, most of her energy has begun to be put into Cheng Kaige's new movie.

Every famous director is a favorite among investors.

What's more, "Farewell My Concubine" was a hit, and Cheng Kaige's treatment was even more generous.

Xu Feng had to help Cheng Kaige arrange even things like writing scripts.

For the new movie, Cheng Kaige fell in love with Ye Zhaoyan's novel "Flower Shadow", but when choosing the screenwriter, he did not look for the original author Ye Zhaoyan, but chose Shanghai writer Huang Anyi.

Previously, Xu Feng first paid a lot of money to help Cheng Kaige invite Huang Anyi to be the screenwriter, and then arranged a paradise-like creative environment for Huang Anyi, and also helped Huang Anyi solve her worries - the self-cultivation of an excellent producer.

Cheng Kaige's operation seems a bit confusing. It stands to reason that even if Cheng Kaige appreciates Huang Anyi's talent as a director, he can definitely entrust Ye Zhaoyan and Huang Anyi to co-write.

But Kaizi just didn't take the usual path. Not only did he hire Huang Anyi as the screenwriter of his new movie, he also listed himself as a screenwriter.

As we all know, Kaizi is a true literary youth. After the success of "Farewell My Concubine", it is not difficult to understand that he could not restrain his inner creative desire.

"Flower Shadow" was adapted into a movie, and Cheng Kaige changed the name of the novel to "Feng Yue".

Now the script of "Feng Yue" has been written, the actors have just been finalized, and the movie has just started filming in Suzhou.

The male lead is still Zhang Guorong, but the female lead is a new actress from Bay Island, Wang Jingying.

This is obviously Xu Feng praising his own people. Not only Wang Jingying, there are also a large number of Bay Island actors appearing as supporting roles in "Feng Yue".

These matters have nothing to do with Lin Weimin. His cooperation with Xu Feng was limited to "Farewell My Concubine", and the process was considered enjoyable.

When Xu Feng came to Yanjing, the first thing he did was to ask Lin Weimin to have dinner.

Just halfway through the meal, Xu Feng received a call. After listening to it for a while, his face gradually turned pale.

After putting down the phone, even though Xu Feng held on well, Lin Weimin could still see the anxiety in her heart.

"If there's something important, just go ahead and settle the bill!" Lin Weimin said easily.

Xu Feng smiled bitterly. She was indeed in a hurry. If she got up and left now, it would be reasonable for Yu Li, but it would not be compatible with her feelings. After all, she was the one who invited Lin Weimin to dinner.

"Alas! I've only been away for less than two days, and something happened over there in Suzhou."

The call just now was from Xu Feng's assistant who stayed on the set.

It has been nearly half a month since the filming of "Feng Yue" started, and the performance of the heroine Wang Jingying has not been very good.

In Cheng Kaige's words, she is an actor with little experience and many distracting thoughts.

This is not Wang Jingying's first time acting in a movie. Before "Feng Yue", she had participated in several movies such as "Foreign Land", "Iron Monkey" and "The Invincible East" in Xiangjiang with the support of Xu Feng. Later, because of Zhao Wenzhuo The role of the beautiful Aunt Fourteen in the version of "Once Upon a Time" made her mark in the film industry.

Although she had a background in several works, Wang Jingying's performance after joining the crew of "Feng Yue" was unsatisfactory. The most important thing is that her temper was extremely bad, and she didn't even show favor to director Cheng Kaige.

Cheng Kaige, who had just finished filming "Farewell My Concubine", told the heroine that the drama should depend on her face.

If it weren't for the sake of investor and producer Xu Feng, Cheng Kaige would have told Wang Jingying to get out.

The assistant called this time because Wang Jingying completely annoyed Cheng Kaige on the set today. There was a highlight scene in the afternoon. The heroine Ruyi played by Wang Jingying was very heavy. The filming went back and forth dozens of times, but Wang Jingying could never get into the scene. .

Cheng Kaige was already dissatisfied with her, and after communicating with her for a long time, Wang Jingying just ignored her and made a bad face with Cheng Kaige, completely turning a deaf ear to Cheng Kaige's serious words.

Wang Jingying's behavior completely angered Cheng Kaige. He directly stopped the filming of the crew and threatened to change the heroine.

Xu Feng was talking to Lin Weimin when her mobile phone rang again. Xu Feng felt something and picked up the phone. It turned out to be Cheng Kaige's call.

"No problem. It must be changed. I will help you find a suitable heroine. If you have a suitable actress, we can also discuss it."

Facing the furious Cheng Kaige, Xu Feng did not make peace with him, but immediately expressed his support for Cheng Kaige.

For her, how can a newly debuted actor be more important than a world-class director?

When she hired Wang Jingying, she just wanted to keep her wealth to others. Is it possible that she would fall out with Cheng Kaige over an actor like Wang Jingying?

If that were the case, she would no longer be Xu Feng.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Feng showed a slight smile to Lin Weimin, "I was greedy for petty gains and suffered big losses. I wanted to praise one of my own, but I didn't expect that I lost my wife and lost my army."

The filming of the script started and the heroine was temporarily changed, which meant that all the previous scenes had to be overturned and restarted. Of course, she, the investor, had to foot the bill.

Xu Feng's tone seemed to be complaining, but in fact it was very free and easy, because she fully admitted her mistakes and accepted her failure.

"If you think about it from another angle, it's much better to just start shooting a short time ago than to change it halfway through the shooting." Lin Weimin said.

Xu Feng nodded, raised his glass and clinked it with Lin Weimin, "You're right."

As Cheng Kaige's new film after "Farewell My Concubine", "Feng Yue" has attracted great attention on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, including Hong Kong and Bay Island.

The heroine was changed on the spot, and although Xu Feng suppressed the news very hard, it still spread.

At the same time, Zhang Yimou, who had just experienced the "directing ban" incident that was a false alarm, has also regrouped. Some media revealed that the script for Zhang Yimou's next film has been written and actors are being selected.

In mid-September, the Chinese film industry caused a storm of public opinion due to the new works of two major directors.

Among the many news reported by the media, some thoughtful people in the domestic film industry discovered some interesting clues.

The investor in Zhang Yimou's new film became Shanghai Film Studio.

You know, after winning the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for "Red Sorghum," Zhang Yimou's three consecutive films, "Raise the Red Lantern," "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit," and "Alive" were all produced by Bay Island filmmaker Qiu Fusheng. investment.

For investors and directors, being able to collaborate on three works in a row actually speaks volumes about the relationship between the two parties.

But in the new work, Zhang Yimou changed investors.

This group of people in the circle will not think that Qiu Fusheng gave up on Zhang Yimou. For any investor, a director like Zhang Yimou who can make him money and bring him international awards should be enshrined in a Buddhist shrine. How could Qiu Fusheng have the courage to give up cooperation? This possibility simply does not exist.

Since the above possibility does not exist, there is only one possibility left.

It was Zhang Yimou who gave up cooperation on his own initiative, or Qiu Fusheng had to give up cooperation.

Some people immediately thought of the rumor that circulated in the circle some time ago - Lin Weimin threatened to ban Qiu Fusheng!

Could this be true?