Name: My father Yuan Mu

The year 2003 has passed and the brand new year 2004 has arrived. Comrade Xiao Yuan has officially turned 21.

This year's Chinese New Year is still celebrated in Kyoto. Yuan Mu and Zhou Xiaobai also returned to Kyoto. Together with Zhou Zhiming, the family of four all celebrated the New Year at the Zhou family.

The process of celebrating the New Year is almost the same: setting off firecrackers, eating dumplings, and watching the Spring Festival Gala. This has almost become a characteristic of the north.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a large number of people came to pay New Year's greetings, most of whom were members of the Zhou family, as well as some of Zhou Zhennan's close friends and old subordinates.

Yuan Zhihao also saw Tang Zhengjuan, his grandmother's younger sister and his mother's aunt. When it was his turn, he should call Tang Zhengjuan "Auntie".

Tang Zhengjuan is almost sixty years old this year. She is currently serving as the deputy minister of the Propaganda Department. Her career has come to an end and there is no way for her to move forward. In other words, when she turns sixty, Tang Zhengjuan should retire.

In fact, Tang Zhengjuan has been a member of the Standing Committee of a Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda for many years, but she has not made any major progress in recent years, mainly because the resources allocated to her by her family are limited.

There is no way around this. The Tang family is quite large, and he has several older brothers. The eldest sister, Yuan Zhihao's grandmother, doesn't have to worry about it, but her brothers all need resources.

There is no way around it. In official circles, women do suffer disadvantages, and very few can reach high positions. So she can only retire from this position. If things are better, she could probably retire from a ministerial position.

She is also the only one in the Zhou family who works in the propaganda department, and is also the one who can bring great help to Yuan Zhihao. There is more than one deputy minister in the Z Propaganda Department, and Tang Zhengjuan is not ranked high in the Z Propaganda Department, otherwise she might serve as the director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, which would be a greater help to him. But even so, it is also very good.

The Ministry of Propaganda, as the country's propaganda department, carries an important mission, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television also needs to obey the instructions of the Ministry of Propaganda.

Yuan Zhihao had discussed this with his aunt before and told her about his development plan, and Tang Zhengjuan was naturally willing to support Yuan Zhihao.

On February 17, Yuan Zhihao met Mei Yun, the executive deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, with the introduction of Tang Zhengjuan. Mei Yun herself supported Yuan Zhihao's future position in radio, film and television. Of course, she had to support him.

Afterwards, Yuan Zhihao met with Xia Zishi, the director of the Film Bureau, and Xiao Huachi, the deputy director, and talked with them for a long time. These were people he would be able to use in the future.

[P.S.: The author knows that the Film Bureau hadn't been established at this time, but for the sake of the plot, it's assumed here that it had already been established. Its head, a director-general, wasn't concurrently held by the Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department. This head was primarily responsible for managing film administration, directing and supervising film production, distribution, and screening, organizing film content reviews, guiding and coordinating major national film events, and undertaking international cooperation and exchanges in co-production, importing and exporting films.]

Especially with the Feng Pants incident, we need the help of these two.

February 18th, 7pm.

A private room in a hotel in Kyoto.

Yuan Zhihao, Xia Zishi and Xiao Huachi were sitting here.

At this time, Xia and Xiao were a little confused by Yuan Zhihao's sudden invitation to dinner. They could not afford to offend this young master. They were Beijing officials and knew something about things.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about Tang Zhengjuan, they have to be careful with this young master, otherwise they will suffer if he says something. They are aware of the power of the Tang family.

Even though there is only one level difference between the two sides, this one level can detect a huge distance.

The three of them were chatting and laughing, toasting each other, and getting along harmoniously, but Xia and Xiao felt a little uncomfortable because they felt that Yuan Zhihao must have something to ask them, so they looked at each other, and finally Xia Zishi asked.

"Mr. Yuan, do you have anything to talk to us about today?"

Yuan Zhihao paused for a moment, then he laughed, put down his chopsticks and looked at the two of them.

"Since you two elder brothers have come to this point, I do have something I would like to ask for your help."

"Hey! Mr. Yuan, please don't say that. What's the point of asking for help? You say it, and we'll do it!" The two of them waved their hands repeatedly.

"Hey, that's not how it should be said. Our China is a society based on human relationships. You help me and I help you. This is called give and take. Only such friendship can last long. What do you think, right?" Yuan Zhihao said with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Yuan, you are right. I wonder if you need our help with anything. As long as we can help, we will definitely help!" Xia Zishi patted his chest.

Yuan Zhihao smiled, a very bright smile.

"You two know Director Feng, right?"

"Director Feng?" Question marks popped up in the two people's heads. Of course they knew Director Feng, and they were very familiar with him. After all, domestic film review needs to go through the Film Bureau, and they have been dealing with Director Feng for many years.

"Yes, Mr. Yuan, why did you mention him?"

"I heard that Director Feng shot a movie during the Chinese New Year. I don't want to see his movie pass the review." Yuan Zhihao lit a cigarette and said lightly to the two of them.

Upon hearing this, the two's pupils shrank. The thing they were most worried about happened. They had just guessed that Yuan Zhihao had a conflict with them, and now it seemed to be true. How could Director Feng offend such a big shot?

"Mr. Yuan, you are kidding, right? You said that you two have nothing to do with each other, so how could he offend you?" Xia Zishi laughed dryly.

"Yes, Mr. Yuan, is there any misunderstanding here?" Xiao Huachi also laughed dryly.

Yuan Zhihao narrowed his eyes and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"There's no misunderstanding. We have a grudge. I'm going to be frank with you. I don't want his movie to pass the censorship. Can you help me with this?"

"This..." The two hesitated for a moment.

They do have a good relationship with Director Feng, but they can't afford to offend Yuan Zhihao. Now they are caught in the middle. Who can they complain to?

The most important thing is that Director Feng just called them yesterday and said that a movie would be sent for review tomorrow, asking them to take extra care. The two of them agreed to it yesterday, but they went back on their word today, which is a bit bad.

"Why, you don't want to?" Yuan Zhihao glanced at the two of them and said.

"No, Mr. Yuan, it's like this. I think there is some misunderstanding between you and Director Feng? How about this, I'll call him and ask him to apologize to you in person, okay?" The smile on Xia Zishi's face was a little unnatural.

"What do you think? I don't want to know what you think, I want to know what I think. I told you, there's a grudge between him and me. I won't force you on this matter. If we can do it, we can be friends in the future. If we can't, then forget it." With that, Yuan Zhihao stood up and was about to leave.