A visiting delegation from the Hong Kong film industry.

This trip was headed by He Guanchang, and there were 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., for a total of 26 people.

Lasts for one week.

New Art City officially closed its doors at the beginning of this year, but Princess Jin is still supporting it, as is Debao, a new company. However, they have all been blacklisted and are not eligible to participate.

When the plane landed and walked out of the airport, everyone had the same reaction: "Whoops!"

"It's so cold!"

March is getting warmer, and the daytime temperature is only over ten degrees. Most people have come to the capital for the first time and have never experienced the cold in the north. Accompanied by staff from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, when they came out, they saw a big banner that read "Warmly welcome Hong Kong entertainers"

So much.

“Welcome welcome!”

Ding Qiao personally greeted him and shook hands with He Guanchang warmly. He Guanchang tried his best to speak Mandarin: "Thank you for coming to greet us. We are flattered."

Others are also serious.

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

"Mr. Chen, it's OK if you're here!"

"Wish you a happy old age!"

"It's been a hard journey, where is Manager Fang?" He saw that Fang Yihua was not among them.

"Let's talk after we get in the car," He Guanchang said.

It is also a Hino bus specially designed to receive foreign guests. It can fit just one car and has air conditioning inside to keep it warm.

He Guanchang then said: "Some unexpected changes occurred temporarily. Mr. Shao Renmei passed away. They have to organize a funeral. The person at the helm of Shaw's theater chain is gone. It's unclear what will happen in the future. But Shaw's left something behind, saying that it supports negotiations.

result."

"That's it. Alas, what a coincidence."

Chen Qi sighed along with him.

The full name of Shaw Brothers is "Shaw Brothers Film Company", and the brothers refer to Shao Renmei and Run Run Shaw. Shaw is in charge of filming, and Shao Renmei is in charge of the theater chain and is responsible for distribution and release. They are very low-key.

Shaw Brothers was in recession, and Run Run Shaw had long wanted to turn to TV stations, but it was because of his brother's favor. Now that Shao Renmei is dead, Run Run Shaw no longer has any worries. There must be a lot of things to deal with, so Fang Yihua is absent.

Shaw Brothers has more than a dozen theaters, all of which were historically leased by Debao to form the Debao Cinema Chain.

After Chen Qi understood the situation, he stood up and stood in front, like a tour guide, and said: "We will stay for a week, and we will have the first meeting tomorrow. During this period, I will accompany you to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

The number of meetings is not fixed and depends on the specific negotiation situation.

You must be mentally prepared, this kind of major event will not happen overnight. We have limited the time to one week, which is also the purpose of classifying it as the first round of consultations, hoping that there will be a phased progress."

Everyone said yes one after another, their expressions were a little reserved, and they were obviously worried about everything going on in the mainland.

Cheng Long enlivened the atmosphere and shouted: "Mr. Chen, they say you have a 10,000-square-foot mansion in the capital. Is it true?"

"There are not 10,000 square feet, only 800 square meters."

"Wow! Can you show us around?" Cheng Long shouted again.

"Private residence is inconvenient! As for you, why don't you go back to your hometown for a rare visit?" Chen Qi said with a smile.

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

Well, you don't know, I know.

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

Cheng Long didn't know that he had two older brothers, nor did he know that his real surname was Fang - Jaycee Chan was now called Chan. It wasn't until 2004 that he recognized his ancestor and changed his name to Jaycee Chan.

Chen Qi wanted to pretend to be the White Dragon King of Xiangjiang again, but he thought about it and was too lazy to talk about such nonsense.

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

"What hotel are we staying in? Is there hot water?"

"Will it still snow at this time?"

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

"good!"

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

There was suddenly no sound in the car. I don’t know whether it was fear or fear...

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

This is the first joint venture hotel in China. Chen Xuanyuan and a Chinese-American each invested US$10 million. The Chinese party held 51% of the shares. It was agreed that after 10 years, Chen Xuanyuan would transfer 49% of the shares for US$1, and the hotel would be fully owned by the Chinese party.

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Why?

Because it was Liao Gong who was involved in this matter, and Chen Xuanyuan was his distant cousin.

After arriving at the hotel and settling in first, Chen Qi came to He Guanchang's room. More than ten bosses of film companies, big and small, were there. He Guanchang was a little nervous and asked: "Mr. Chen, how confident do you think you are?"

"With your proposal, none of it is passed. It is impossible for Hong Kong films to have such great freedoms in the mainland."

"But if you call us over, you can't just talk about nothing, right?" someone said.

"I'm calling this matter, and I have to give you a guarantee? You can eat whatever you want and abide by the rules of the place. Don't you have to cooperate with the review when you go to Taiwan? Why are you barking at me?"

"Don't mind if they don't understand! When doing business, you will naturally have to talk about it. Just talk about it."

He Guanchang tried to smooth things over, choosing his words: "But we also hope to achieve some results, so that everyone will have morale, don't you think?"

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

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

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

“Competent Ideology.”

"The level must be very high?"

"It's not bad, a little higher than the Governor of Hong Kong!"

"..."

Everyone looked at each other in shock.

They drafted a charter and listed a number of requirements. They had already given a copy to the leaders in advance so that they had an idea of ​​what it was and then met again for talks.

In other words, it was only in the 1980s that Chen Qi dared to form a bureau. How can future generations just talk about it?

At this time, there was not even a quota for imported films in the country, and it was completely decided by China Film. It was not until the establishment of the WTO in 1994 that China decided to introduce 10 imported blockbusters every year for the first time in order to join the WTO.

Regarding the release of Hong Kong films, we have to wait until CEPA in 2003.

What era has what environment? The 1980s were not like the later ones. Now we are extremely cautious and extremely rough at the same time.
Chapter completed!