1979 Golden Age

On the way back.

Gong Xue asked: "What do you think?"

"A big deal! I really saw an international production. Every detail is carefully considered. So many people are working in an orderly manner. I heard there is a position specifically responsible for ice cream, coffee, and alcoholic beverages?"

"Hey, I heard about that too. They eat ice cream while filming?"

"It was summer when we filmed it, and the foreigners were all so pretentious, just like those American soldiers."

Amid all the discussion, Gong Xue said, "25 million dollars is just a medium-level budget in Hollywood, not a big production. They came to Beijing to shoot because of the price difference. Everything is cheap here."

The army supported some people, each of them only received 30 yuan, how could that be possible abroad? Lao Zhang, what are you thinking about? "

"I secretly took a few glances at a shed..."

Zhang Yi, who had remained silent, said: "It should be the scenery of the Qing Dynasty palace. I always feel that it is not right. Even if I don't know much about history, I know that the Qing Dynasty could not be like that."

"What?"

"It's quite magical, with lots of dragon pillars and lanterns. It feels quite spooky."

"ah?"

Everyone had a question mark on their faces. He Ping asked, "Isn't the Panlong Pillar very normal?"

"The key is that his design is not realistic and is extremely ugly. The Forbidden City is right in front of us, why didn't he just follow the set design? Why did he have to design it himself? Those huge pillars look like the underworld."

"So exaggerated? I'll go take a look tomorrow."

"I'm going too!"

Zhang Yi's observation aroused everyone's interest, and they all wanted to take a look at the scenery.

Zhang Yi paused and asked, "Teacher Gong, when will Teacher Chen come back?"

"Soon. He has to go to Shanghai first."

"I hope Teacher Chen will come back soon. This factory is restless."

"It's not just the factory. The entire literary and artistic circles in Beijing are quite agitated. It's rare for an international big director to come and make a movie. Everyone wants to see it."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"

When they reached the bottom of the residential building, Gong Xue reminded them, "This is the work of Beijing Film Studio in cooperation with The Last Emperor. It has nothing to do with Dongfang Company. You should be careful about what you say and do and just watch from the side."

…………

“Ding ding!”

On a sunny afternoon, a newly purchased Japanese imported car set off from the airport and drove to the Beijing Film Studio.

Dongfang Company became a department-level company and bought a lot of things. Several old cadres understood the ways of the world and did not care about the level. They directly sent a car to pick people up. At this moment, Chen Qi was sitting in the back seat reading a newspaper and suddenly cursed: "The Japanese devils are still thieves and have tampered with textbooks again!"

"Who said it wasn't? The people have been complaining about it these days. The authorities asked them to change it. Do you think they can change it?" said the driver.

"The changes are only superficial. They will never admit aggression even if they are beaten to death."

This is the second time Japan has tampered with its textbooks in 82 years.

The "Pacific War" was changed to "liberating Asia from the rule of European and American powers and building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere under the leadership of Japan", and a note was added after "Nanjing Massacre": "The description is not objective, and the death toll of more than 300,000 is an exaggeration on the Chinese side".

The last time the incident was tampered with, Chen Qi took advantage of the issue and filmed "Life is Beautiful", which nailed the issue of Japanese concentration camps in international public opinion, and the right wing hated it to the core.

To be honest, he really didn't dare to go to Japan for fear of being assassinated.

“Ding ding!”

We soon arrived at the gate of Beijing Film Studio and stopped, and there was a traffic jam.

Chen Qi leaned forward to observe, frowning and said, "Isn't that a Cadillac from decades ago? Which cadre is so retro? Smuggling such a vintage car?"

"That's from The Last Emperor. It came from Italy."

“Are they filming yet?”

"No, but they are very excited about the mess in the factory. I don't know why they are so excited. It's not like they are taking the photos." The driver complained.

This is the old car used in the filming of the scene where Puyi was driven out of the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang.

More than a dozen vehicles were shipped in from Italy, but they often broke down due to age, so the crew tied them up with ropes and had several people pull the vehicles, and added the sound of the engines in later production.

After they went in one by one, Chen Qicai entered the compound and stopped downstairs.

He first went to the company office and met Feng Li.

Feng Li was drinking tea leisurely, looking like he was earning a high salary to support his retirement. When he saw him, he stood up and said with a smile, "Xiao Chen is back. How about this car? The company spent a lot of effort to buy one."

"It's fine, but you don't have to pick me up specially in the future. I can just take my van."

"No, you have to listen to us."

Feng Li was very worldly-wise and said, "Knowing that you were coming back, the people from the Radio and Television Bureau came eight times a day, which annoyed us to death. They were keeping an eye on your TV series, and now it's spread that you were going to continue filming Justice Bao."

"It shows that the people have high expectations... OK, I'll go up first."

Chen Qi chatted for a few minutes before going upstairs.

The old couple are used to this lifestyle, and they don’t have to worry about life and death like before. Gong Xue was preparing milk powder for Zhuangzhuang, and when she saw him coming back, she asked, “Did you see those antique cars?”

"They've blocked my door. They've put in a lot of effort, even getting a Cadillac from fifty years ago. Where's Mom?"

"I went to hang out with friends."

Chen Qi put down his luggage, kissed her on the cheek, and reached out to hug the child.

When he was hugged, the child started crying again.

He had no choice but to put it back and snorted, "You little brat has no memory. You can't remember anything. I have to start a new dungeon every time I come back. How old do you have to be to go online?"

"You're talking nonsense again! You know the child is young, why are you arguing with him?"

Gong Xue took the child in her arms and said with a smile, "Zhuangzhuang, this is Daddy! I taught you to call him Daddy."

“…”

Zhuangzhuang blinked his big eyes, looked at his father motionless, and after a long while he uttered two words: "Daddy!"

"Forget it!"

Chen Qi washed his hands and went to eat.

Summer has also arrived in Beijing. Light and refreshing home-cooked dishes, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes and mixed cucumbers, are the best dishes to go with rice.

"Have you ever dealt with those foreigners?"

"I met him once. Bertolucci wanted me to make a cameo appearance, but I refused. I took a closer look and found that the preparations were indeed very good, much more elaborate than those in China. After all, it cost 25 million US dollars. But Lao Zhang said that the set design seemed a little wrong, and I took a look at it."

"Why is it wrong?"

"It's a kind of..."

Gong Xue carefully considered her words and said, "It's not our real historical design. It's a Chinese design that those foreigners imagined. Anyway, it's very awkward."

“Oh, I see!”

Chen Qi understood immediately that these things can be collectively called: Fu Manchu style!

He gulped down a bowl of rice and simply passed the plate over. Gong Xue served him some more rice and mixed it with the scrambled eggs and tomatoes, making the soup and the water taste delicious!

"I'll go visit the set some other day. International friends are coming here to film, so I have to do my best to be a good host."

(No more...

Deepseek is really fun. I have already played a western fantasy text adventure game, but it is too laggy.)