1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 169 Theme Song

"Comrade Jiang Xian!"

"Thank you, Director!"

Xie Jin was wearing sunglasses, and was accompanied by two people from the Shanghai Film Studio, acting like a great director. "Come on, let's find a place to talk."

We went to the main building and found a small empty meeting room to sit down. This is a tacit understanding among the major film studios to help each other on their own turf.

"Several of our comrades from the Shanghai Film Studio have read your script and they all think it's good. It's not too artistic and still retains a certain entertainment value. This is something I didn't expect," Xie Jin said with appreciation.

What he feared most was that Jiang Xian would make this movie into something that only he could admire, and that his work would be too high-brow for the masses and that he would not be able to sell a single copy.

But not at all, his scripts are basically a combination of entertainment and art.

"Culture and art should be appreciated by both the elite and the masses," Jiang Xian explained.

"The Chess King" is not a novel that wins by plot. Jiang Xian has seen too many movies that the audience couldn't understand and ended up being flops, so he must make adjustments to this.

"We came here this time to settle your script royalties." Xie Jin took off his glasses, and the staff around him immediately took out a list from his briefcase and handed it to him.

Jiang Xian glanced at the amount and got 2000 yuan!
After Xiao Jinku made the calculations, he estimated that he would soon become a millionaire, and Jiang Xian felt a little proud.

After talking about some issues concerning the script, Xie Jin said goodbye.

Jiang Xian returned to his room in the guesthouse, spread out the manuscript of "Rice", and began to revise the manuscript.

Just after the change, there was a knock on the door again.

"Comrade Jiang Xian!"

"Director Jiang!"

Jiang Huaiyan stood outside the door, "Someone wants to see you."

"Who?"

"Come with me first."

Seeing this, Jiang Xian followed Jiang Huaiyan and they entered the main building together and went straight to a meeting room. When they stepped in, they saw many people standing in the meeting room, dressed differently from people in the mainland.

"Director Wang!"

Jiang Xian saw Wang Yang and greeted him politely.

"Hey? Comrade Jiang Xian is here." Wang Yang smiled at him with his hands behind his back, and everyone in the office looked at him.

"Are you Mr. Jiang Xian?" A young man with thick eyebrows and bushy hair strode over with his head held high. After confirming his identity, he shook hands with him enthusiastically, speaking poor Mandarin.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Xiaoming and I'm from Hong Kong."

"Hello."

Jiang Xian was stunned. He never expected that this person would come to him.

"Mr. Jiang, you look very young!" Xu Xiaoming looked him up and down, his face full of disbelief.

He had thought that Jiang Xian was an old man with white hair and a youthful face, or even that he was about the same age as Huo Yuanjia. But when he saw that Jiang Xian was about the same age as him, he was shocked.

Jiang Xian was actually a little surprised. This Xu Xiaoming was so young and successful. He was probably even younger than him, but he made the movie "Heroes of the East" which caused a sensation in mainland China.

"Don't stand, sit down and talk."

Wang Yang brought a chair to them and introduced them: "Xiao Jiang, don't underestimate Comrade Xu Xiaoming because he is young. He is a director of Hong Kong Rediffusion Television."

"Mr. Xu has become a director at such a young age. He is really promising." Jiang Xian delivered a wave of emotional value.

"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning, Mr. Jiang is the one with outstanding talent." Xu Xiaoming exchanged a few pleasantries, completed a wave of commercial flattery, and then took out a pile of various magazines from his bag. The area was not large, small 32-page, "Mr. Jiang, to be honest, our ATV is planning to produce a TV series based on Huo Yuanjia. I happened to see the article about Huo Yuanjia you published in Story Club and was shocked.

I have come all the way to the mainland this time, firstly to meet you in person, and secondly, to talk to you about our ATV adaptation of your play Huo Yuanjia."

Wang Yang smacked his lips when he heard this, glanced at the "Story Club" on the table, and felt extremely puzzled.

What did Jiang Xian write that could be so popular that it could reach Hong Kong! Why did Hong Kong compatriots come to the mainland to ask him for it?

Jiang Huaiyan introduced: "Comrade Xu Xiaoming, you really found the right person, Comrade Jiang Xian, he can write scripts himself, and his scriptwriting skills are very deep."

"Ah, that's great." Xu Xiaoming was excited and asked directly: "Mr. Jiang Xian, if you are willing, we can try to cooperate."

"Of course I have no objection to this." Jiang Xian's "Huo Yuanjia" was originally written according to the filming order of the movie. There is no need to sort out the plot again, just directly read it and use it.

This money is as easy to make as free money!
Moreover, Xu Xiaoming is from Hong Kong. I wonder if I can use his identity to get some foreign exchange coupons.

At noon, Xu Xiaoming organized a banquet and took Jiang Xian to Quanjude for a roast duck meal. Two of his colleagues went with them, and Jiang Xian was accompanied by Jiang Huaiyan.

After three rounds of drinks, Jiang Huaiyan asked enthusiastically.

"Mr. Xu, how do you feel about coming to the capital?"

"How do you feel?" Xu Xiaoming drank some wine, his face flushed. "This is my first time in Beijing, but as soon as I set foot in the mainland, I was as excited as if I were back home!"

Jiang Huaiyan said, "Mr. Xu, now that you are in Beijing, you must try more of our Beijing specialties."

Xu Xiaoming was puzzled.

"Features? What features?"

"Bean juice!"

Jiang Xian said without hesitation: "Since we are in Beijing, we must try the old Beijing bean juice, the authentic old Beijing taste."

Xu Xiaoming called the waiter over and asked, and found out that Quanjude sold soy milk, so he immediately asked the waiter to bring him a bowl.

The light brown turbid liquid was placed on the table, and immediately a strange smell wafted out.

"Is this drinkable?" Xu Xiaoming couldn't believe it. He took a spoon and tasted it, then spit it out immediately, looking embarrassed. "I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy this."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Everyone at the table laughed.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xian went to visit the Summer Palace with Xu Xiaoming, and did not invite Jiang Huaiyan to join them.

The two people were of similar age, and they looked at the garden scenery with great contentment. Jiang Xian suddenly said, "Just now during dinner, they said that Mr. Xu is also a singer?"

Xu Xiaoming is not only a good singer, but also a very talented one. When he first entered the music scene in 1975, he won the Silver Star Award. He was subsequently named one of the Top Ten Singers in Hong Kong twice and won the Gold Record Award four times.

"My parents are Cantonese opera performers, and I was influenced a little bit by them."

"Speaking of singing, since you are filming a TV series, the TV series must have a theme song, right?" Jiang Xian asked tentatively.

"Of course we have to have a theme song, but the script hasn't been finalized yet, and the crew hasn't started filming yet, so the theme song issue is naturally not on the agenda."

"Ah."

Jiang Xian didn't say anything else and put his hands behind his back.

Green mountains, clear water, bright sky, sparkling water under the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, and fragrant lotus leaves in Kunming Lake.

(End of this chapter)