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Chapter 90 It's Time to Take on More Responsibility (Please Subscribe!)

"The waves surge and flow."

"The mighty Yangtze River flows on forever."

"..."

"I love you, I hate you, do you know?"

"Like a mighty river, once it flows, it cannot be contained."

Fu Mingxian was doing his homework in his room when he heard his mother singing the hit song "Shanghai Bund" from last year as she went upstairs through the window. He quickly dropped his pen and ran out to open the door for her.

"Thank you, Zhizhi."

"You're welcome, Mom. Why are you so happy today?"

"Huh, you noticed?"

"Yeah, I could hear your singing even when I was doing my homework in my room."

"There is good news indeed."

"What good news?"

"Xiao Chen and his team sold 'Andhadhun' for $673.5 million in Cannes."

"Mom, how much is US$673.5 million in Hong Kong dollars?"

"That's roughly equivalent to 35 million Hong Kong dollars."

Wow, so many?!

Fu Mingxian's mouth dropped open in surprise, and after a moment of astonishment, he asked, "When will 'The Tuner' be released? I want to see it."

"Don't worry, after Xiao Chen and the others return from Cannes, I heard they'll be adding a short commercial segment to the film before it can be released."

Fu Mingxian grunted in response and continued to ask, "When will Brother Chen and the others be back?"

"Judging by the days, they should be back soon, but they went back to the mainland first."

"All right……"

……

Li Yaoguo is a top engineer at Hongxing Steel Plant No. 2. He had just returned from a study tour to Europe with a team and was on the same flight as Chen Fusheng and his group.

I had a brief chat with them on the plane and learned that they were from the arts and culture sector. They were going to France to attend some kind of film festival and apparently won some kind of group award.

Li Yaoguo and his team didn't really understand it, and of course, they didn't care.

"arrive."

The plane landed smoothly at Beijing Capital International Airport.

The crew opened the cabin door for them. Li Yaoguo, being a calm and composed person, was not in a hurry. He waited until everyone else had lined up to disembark before he was the last to step out of the cabin.

But as soon as I got off the plane, I was 'shocked' by what I saw.

As soon as his comrades from the literary and artistic front got off the plane, they were greeted by a group of leaders, several of whom turned out to be high-ranking officials. This shocked and puzzled him and his team.

"Team Leader Li, all they did was win a group award at a European film festival, is it really necessary for them to receive this kind of treatment?"

"I don't know either. I should have talked to them more on the plane."

Although Li Yaoguo and the others were very curious, they couldn't go over and ask right now. They could only call their team members to get their luggage and walk out of the airport, looking back every few steps.

As a result, while they were waiting for the bus, they ran into Chen Fusheng and his group again.

They were riding in a minibus, which sped past us like a gust of wind.

"Pah, why should I?"

"Alright, Lao Wu, stop complaining. Maybe they really did do something important that we don't know about, they just didn't tell us on the plane. Okay, the bus is here, everyone get on."

Li Yaoguo said this, but deep down he also had his doubts.

However, once he boarded the bus, he put the matter out of his mind.

Because they felt that the two sides would not have any further contact in the future...

Meanwhile, on the minibus that had just driven past Li Yaoguo and his group.

Chen Fusheng glanced out the car window and asked curiously, "This doesn't seem to be the way back to our workplace."

Upon hearing his reminder, Ling Zi, a native of the capital, quickly took a look and found that Chen Fusheng was right. "It really is true."

Then they all turned their attention to their own leader, Director Chen, who was someone they were more familiar with in the car.

The latter chuckled twice and then explained, "We're not going to the bureau right now."

"Director Chen, where are we going?" Seeing that the director was deliberately keeping him in suspense, Han Sanping couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Hehe, let's go to the lake."

Upon hearing that they were going to the lake, not only Chen Fusheng and his group, but even Deputy Director Shi nervously rubbed his hands together.

"Director Chen, what are we going to talk about later?" Chen Fusheng was naturally nervous; no one is completely calm at this moment.

Even a strong heart won't do.

"Just answer whatever they ask, Comrade Fusheng, don't be too nervous." It was Secretary Ding who spoke; he was the second-in-command of their film bureau's superior department.

Secretary Ding comforted Chen Fusheng and then gave instructions to the others.

"You should also keep a calm attitude and try to keep smiling. The leaders are actually very kind. Just answer their questions, but don't make your answers too complicated. Just be truthful."

"If anyone really can't answer this, those who know the answer should step forward and help answer it. Who among you is good at this?"

Chen Fusheng looked at Deputy Director Shi, but everyone else looked at him.

Deputy Director Shi offered, "Xiao Chen, you can come. Everyone trusts you."

Chen Fusheng hesitated, knowing it was inappropriate to be modest at this moment, and could only nod solemnly.

Seeing this, Secretary Ding gave Chen Fusheng another instruction: "Alright, then Comrade Fusheng, just act according to the situation later."

"Hmm," Chen Fusheng responded, his usual ease completely gone.

Before long, their car drove into the red wall.

After several procedures and checks, the car stopped in front of a courtyard, and then Secretary Ding instructed, "Everyone, get out of the car."

"Be careful~"

Gong Xue was so nervous that she almost fell in the car when she stood up, but Chen Fusheng caught her in time.

"Thank you."

"Are you okay?"

Everyone was concerned.

"It's nothing, I was just too excited."

"Relax, if you can't, take a few deep breaths."

"it is good……"

After getting off the bus, they lined up in a row and then walked toward the courtyard where guards were stationed.

No one is checking them here anymore.

Secretary Ding led them through the gate and courtyard, and soon they entered the main hall of the building.

Before they came in, several elderly people were already sitting in the main hall chatting.

After they came in, the elderly people stopped chatting, and the parent in the middle gently clapped his hands and said, "Welcome back our heroes!"

After the welcoming ceremony, Secretary Ding introduced Chen Fusheng and his entourage one by one.

"Tell us how you managed to sell the overseas rights to the movie 'Andhadhun' for $673.5 million... You know, last year, the combined foreign exchange earnings of several of our provinces didn't even equal the earnings of this one movie."

As the team leader, Deputy Director Shi was naturally the one to answer these questions.

However, when a leader followed up with another question, Deputy Director Shi was unable to answer it.

The leader's question was: "Every year, our country's major film studios produce a lot of films, and some of them do well when they are released domestically, but it is very difficult for them to go abroad. However, your films not only win awards abroad, but also sell for high prices. What is the secret to this?"

When Chen Fusheng saw Deputy Director Shi looking at him with a pleading gaze, he stepped forward without hesitation, even though he was still thinking about it.

"Boss, I have some preliminary thoughts on this issue."

"Alright, Comrade Fusheng, please share your thoughts."

Chen Fusheng nodded, paused for a moment, and then said while thinking:

"Dear leaders, I am a movie enthusiast!"

Han Sanping almost lost his composure when he heard this first sentence: Damn, this sounds so familiar!

However, Chen Fusheng didn't pay attention to Han Sanping's expression at this moment. He continued, "After my observation, I found that a lot of movies have indeed been made in China since the reform and opening up. But I did a simple classification when I had nothing to do before."
In my categorization, films released in the last two years mainly focus on reflecting social changes, rethinking the past, or dealing with rural themes. Of course, I'm not saying these kinds of films are bad, but after two trips abroad, I've found that our domestic directors' narrative styles are heavily influenced by local contexts. The consequence is that while our own people can understand our films, foreign audiences, lacking the relevant background knowledge, find it difficult to resonate with them. I think this is one reason why our films struggle to gain international recognition.

The leaders exchanged opinions on Chen Fusheng's statement, nodded to each other, and then gestured for him to continue.

"As for our films being able to go global, it's essentially because foreign audiences can understand them."

"Comrade Fusheng, do you have any suggestions for reforming the future development model of Chinese films?" Perhaps feeling that the question was too broad and vague, the leader quickly added, "Or, do you have any suggestions regarding the narrative methods of other directors that you have raised?"

Chen Fusheng shook his head.

Seeing this, the leader did not make things difficult for him anymore.

The meeting ended quickly.

Secretary Ding led them back the way they came.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief once they were on the bus.

However, what they didn't know was that after they left, the leaders had a private discussion about their film revenue-generating group.

Initially, their foreign exchange earning group was just a pilot project.

The results are in now.

Moreover, it was a very impressive achievement.

Of course, the higher-ups should also pay attention to this.

Therefore, those who are capable should not delay taking on the responsibilities that should be shouldered!
(End of this chapter)