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This one sentence made Mr. Wu drop his jaw. After all, everyone in the cultural field knows that the area least likely to generate US dollar foreign exchange is movies.

Foreigners outside don’t even watch the movies we make, so how can we earn any US dollar foreign exchange?

But now it’s better!

This little guy Cheng Xuemin actually said that the cultural sector that earns the most US dollars is movies!

Isn’t this a bit funny?

Mr. Wu nodded in surprise, without further discussion on this topic, and turned his attention back to the movie.

Uh!
This sudden change made Cheng Xuemin feel uncertain and shocked.

I didn't understand why Mr. Wu suddenly stopped talking. Did he think that he was bragging too much?

Or do you still think that Cheng Xuemin is ignorant of his own limitations and is not worthy of being a strategist?
Really!

The sudden silence made Cheng Xuemin, who was sitting next to the old leader, feel really uncomfortable.

Because it seemed that as far as he could remember, since he became a soldier under Old Wu, he had never been treated like this and sat on the bench.

And they were just chatting happily, so why did Cheng Xuemin say that the cultural sector that brings in the most US dollars is the film industry, and Mr. Wu's attitude suddenly turned cold?
Just now, Mr. Wu was encouraging Cheng Xuemin to take up the responsibility and keep working hard on earning foreign exchange.

Good thing!

The silence did not last long. Just when Cheng Xuemin was lost in thought, Mr. Wu spoke again.

But it was no longer a question of earning foreign exchange. Instead, he pointed to the big movie screen and said, "Xiao Cheng, you are acting in your true colors. People say you are Xu Lingjun. Now it seems that your acting is really good, and the director also filmed it well. You can send a copy to Mr. Liao later and let him see it too!"

"Mr. Wu, you are so kind!"

Cheng Xuemin began to feel restrained and quickly spoke modestly.

When we almost finished watching the movie "The Horse Herder", Mr. Wu didn't give any specific instructions. He was old and easily tired, so he left early.

After all, this is only the first day of the film screening, and there are still several days to go. There are more than 20 new movies, and it is impossible for Mr. Wu to watch every one of them.

So generally they just come over to go through the motions and give a speech.

Today, I stayed to watch Cheng Xuemin’s “The Horse Shepherd”.

But when he stood up, he whispered to Cheng Xuemin: "Xiao Cheng, come with me!"

"it is good!"

Cheng Xuemin's expression suddenly changed, and he realized something. He quickly responded and followed him.

that's it!
Everyone escorted Mr. Wu and the others out of the auditorium. Ding Daming from China Film Group Corporation looked at Cheng Xuemin a few more times, intentionally or unintentionally, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Old Factory Director, you were sitting closest to Mr. Wu and the others just now. Did you hear what they talked about?"

"Why was Xiao Cheng also called away suddenly?"

After seeing Mr. Wu off, Ding Daming from China Film Group Corporation immediately found Wang Yang and asked him about the matter.

Although he also sat in the first row, as the host of the film screening, he humbly gave up several important seats to some senior comrades.

For example, Wang Yang, the former director of Yanying Studio, and leaders of other departments.

As for the newcomer Cheng Xuemin, there is no doubt that he is an exception.

So, just now Ding Daming was actually sitting two people away from Mr. Wu, and was a bit far away so he couldn't hear clearly.

I just heard a few words like "earning foreign exchange" and "movie".

Movies, earning foreign exchange?
Ding Daming wondered in his heart, could it be that this reform pioneer named Cheng Xuemin had given advice to Mr. Wu?

"What else can we talk about?"

“It must be to earn foreign exchange!”

"Now our cultural outlet is facing a gap of more than one million MiGold foreign exchange, and the old man is worried to death!"

"Fortunately, we have Cheng Xuemin, a little expert in earning foreign exchange. The old man wants to teach him the tricks in person and ask him to keep up the good work and create more glories!"

What the wily old man Wang Yang said was half true and half false, and he would not be honest and tell Ding Daming the details.

But I was already so excited by what he had just overheard that I haven't calmed down yet.

Cheng Xuemin is such a brave guy!

They actually wanted to carry out reforms in the film industry and even put forward the slogan of earning foreign exchange through film. They also said that the cultural outlet that can generate the most foreign exchange is the film industry.

OK!

Could it be that the spring breeze of their film career is really going to blow from that kid Cheng Xuemin?
look forward to!
It's a pity that the boy was called away by Mr. Wu, otherwise Wang Yang would have had a long talk with the boy for three days and three nights.

"Then we must continue to work hard to achieve more brilliant foreign exchange earnings for our cultural sector!" Upon hearing this, Ding Daming knew that this old fox must be holding back on him.

But there’s no rush, I’ll just ask around later.

Then we enter the subscription and distribution phase for the first movie today.

"Comrades, let's not waste time talking nonsense. Let's get down to business as usual and watch one movie!"

"Everyone has already watched The Horse Herder, produced by our Yan Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin!"

"As for how the filming went? How the acting went? How good of a result can it be achieved when it is brought back? I can't give you any suggestions!"

"It's still the same old rules. Fill out the form based on your own judgment!"

At Ding Daming's command, representatives from local film companies had to start filling in the number of copies they wanted to purchase based on their own judgment.

In fact, Ding Daming didn't need to make any suggestions. A good movie is definitely a good movie. Moreover, the original author, Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, starred as the male protagonist in the movie. This immediately confirmed that Xu Lingjun was Cheng Xuemin himself, confirming the readers' guesses.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin, who plays the role of the horse shepherd Lao Xu, has not been revealed at all so far. It is foreseeable how big a surprise and sensation the movie will cause when it is officially released.

Anyway, the popularity of Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform and opening up, means that the movie will bring about a crazy viewing craze after it is officially released.

Therefore, you will definitely not lose money if you buy it back, and you will definitely make a lot of money.

Therefore, after Ding Daming from China Film Group Corporation talked about filling out the form, representatives from all regions turned their eyes to the representatives from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

They are a benchmark because the population in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is the most densely populated and the demand for watching movies is the greatest. They get the majority of the copies at China Film's quarterly film screenings.

Now that Yanying Studio has produced such a movie, and Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform and opening up who is currently in the limelight and whose popularity remains high, is personally leading the starring role, it depends on whether the representatives of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai will take the lead in expressing their opinions and how many orders they can fill out.

Being stared at like this by everyone, the representatives from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai knew it was time for them to express their stance.

The Jiangsu representatives, in particular, felt worried when they thought of their Thirteen Brothers who were scattered all together.

Seeing that everyone was looking at them eagerly, he waved his hand and filled in a number that they thought should be about the same.

Anyway, the same old saying applies: the more copies you buy, the more powerful you are.

Other places don’t have that strength and will certainly not be able to catch up, but the three places in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai all want to compete for the top spot.

That is why when they filled out the forms, they intentionally or unintentionally avoided letting others scan them.

This instantly left the representatives from other places feeling lonely, and they could only fill in the numbers that they thought were about the same based on their own reference judgment.

After each company submitted the completed forms, the staff of China Film Group immediately counted them on the spot.

This is the time when Wang Yang, the old director of Yanying Studio, is extremely nervous!

"Old Director, estimate how much it can sell?" Wu Tianming of Xi'an Film Studio deliberately provoked Wang Yang and asked. "With Xiao Cheng starring in the lead role, it will definitely be better than your Xi'an Film Studio's "Loess Plateau"!" Wang Yang glanced at Wu Tianming and confronted him.

"That's right! I think the big players in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are very optimistic! I estimate that it may break a record!"

Wu Tianming is very optimistic about it. After all, as Wang Yang said, with Cheng Xuemin, the original author, personally leading the starring role, the popularity is basically guaranteed, and the lower limit may be the upper limit of their "Loess Plateau".

As for the upper limit of "The Horse Wrangler", it will probably aim to break the record.

"Break the record?" Wang Yang was definitely aiming for this in his mind, but he would be too embarrassed to say it. Now that Wu Tianming actually said so, he could look forward to it.

If there was anyone who was more nervous than Wang Yang at the scene, it must be Xie Jin, who directed the film.

According to Wu Tianming's analysis and judgment, it might break the record!
Xie Jin was so nervous that he clasped his hands together, tightened and loosened them, and stared at the China Film staff in front of him who were counting and filling out forms.

I saw that when the people from China Film Group took the form one by one, they first frowned obviously, and then widened their eyes. I really couldn't understand what these expressions meant.
Is it because I didn’t fill enough and there was an unexpected explosion, frowning?

Or did you fill in the number of a hot item, staring with eyes wide open in disbelief?
"Have you figured out the statistics yet? How much is the number?!"

Some people could no longer hold back and started shouting for Wang Yang, Xie Jin and the others, and the others followed suit and urged them on!

"OK OK!"

The statistics of China Film Group handed the final data to Ding Daming and said repeatedly.

Ding Daming took the final statistics, glanced at them and subconsciously wanted to reveal them directly, but when he looked at the statistical results on the list, he turned back in disbelief and asked, "Is the statistics correct?"

"No, no! We checked it twice, the quantity cannot be wrong!"

"How much is it?! Could it really be a record-breaking number?"

"I lost it, no way!"

“Stop arguing, stop arguing!” Knowing that it had been reviewed twice, there would be no mistakes. Ding Daming looked at the representatives of film companies from all over the country and loved them so much in his heart.

Without further ado, he revealed the final statistics: "Wrangler, 35mm copies 16, 8.75mm copies , mm copies !"

hiss!
As soon as the statistical results came out, everyone on the spot gasped.

Three hundred and five?
That’s nearly a hundred more than the previous record holder. Is this a joke?
"boom!"

"Nonsense!"

"You didn't count it wrong, did you? There are more than 300 of them. Can we distribute them all?"

There must have been some supervisors at the scene. When they heard the China Film Corporation release such a number, they were stunned at first, then they slammed the table, stood up and yelled, "Can you show all of it?"

"Three hundred and five 35mm copies, do you know what that means? How much money does the country need to spend to make the copies?"

"Can you guys finish it?"

"If we can't release all of them, that would be a waste of national property. If you don't feel bad about it, we do!"

After the leader slammed the table so hard, the auditorium, which had been full of heated discussions and noise, suddenly became quiet.

Now hearing the leader's accusations like this, everyone felt a sudden chill in their hearts.

Yes!

I just filled in such a high quantity on impulse. Can I put all of it away when I take it back?
"Director Wang, this... these are the numbers reported by representatives from all over the country. We are only responsible for counting!" Ding Daming's heart was trembling. With so many copies, how much would China Film Group earn from selling the copies?
"You can't just let them act like rich people and follow their lead!"

"Otherwise, if they can't finish showing it later, they will ask you to refund the money. Will you refund it or not?"

It would be difficult to return it. It had already been copied and sold. How could it be returned? Ding Daming could only ask, "Then what do you think we should do, leader?"

"What else can be done?"

"You must follow the principle of preferring less to extravagance and waste. Start with 200. Each place should take two-thirds of the quantity first. If there is not enough, come back to make up for it!"

"Anyway, we must not take risks, otherwise it will be a waste of the country's money!"

The leader gave the final instructions, and Ding Daming nodded repeatedly, agreeing: "Yes, yes, you are right, we must not waste money and harm the country!"

"Then order 200 first, and we'll refund you if you get more than you want!"

That's pretty much it!
The leader nodded and sat back down.

"This old man is still so conservative!"

The old factory manager Wang Yang was angry but dared not say anything. He had just achieved a record-breaking result, but it was ruined because of this old guy named Wang!
Are you irritating or not?
"Next time, next time!" Wu Tianming sat next to Old Wang, trying his best to restrain his unkind temper and comfort the old factory director Wang Yang.

This matter would make anyone angry.

But they are the main leaders in charge of copying, and they also have to safeguard the national interests, so there is nothing wrong with them.

……

Of course Cheng Xuemin didn't know that something like this would happen at the film screening after they left.

After leaving China Film Group with Mr. Wu, he followed him into the ministry’s car. Mr. Wu then said to Cheng Xuemin, “There were so many people over there just now, so it’s hard to talk about your movie making foreign exchange in detail!”

"Now, Xiao Cheng, can you be more specific and bold and tell me what you think?!"

The movie is the most profitable foreign exchange in the US dollar. This is the first time that Mr. Wu has heard of someone coming up with such a slogan.

This really surprised Mr. Wu, and he also wanted to know what this "Ultimate US Dollar Foreign Exchange" was like.

After hearing what Mr. Wu said, Cheng Xuemin finally felt relieved, but he was indeed too rash just now!

You have to know that at that time, Wang Yang from Yanying Studio, Ding Daming from China Film Group, and representatives from film companies across the country were all present. However, Cheng Xuemin threatened in front of them that the film industry would not be able to make money from foreign exchange. What would they think?
Those film studios are fine because they only make films and not distribute them, so it is not their turn to earn foreign exchange.

Whether a movie can generate foreign exchange and earn U.S. dollars actually depends entirely on the distribution of the China Film Group.

But in fact!

China Film Group's performance in external distribution and earning US dollar foreign exchange has always been unsatisfactory and almost negligible.

The cultural sector has never had any confidence in the film industry to earn foreign exchange.

So, what was Cheng Xuemin trying to do by exposing someone's shortcomings in public on their home turf?
Are they going to directly take away China Film Group’s distribution rights?
Therefore, Mr. Wu chose to keep the conversation quiet and ignore the situation, in fact, he was protecting Cheng Xuemin.

In this case, it is time for Cheng Xuemin to speak from the heart and express his true stance.

Cheng Xuemin immediately expressed his opinion to Mr. Wu, “Mr. Wu, my idea is actually very simple. If I am allowed to take charge of the foreign exchange earning of the cultural sector, I can guarantee to the ministry that at least 50 million Hong Kong dollars will be earned every year!”

50 million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange earnings? !
Old Wu looked at Cheng Xuemin in great surprise. He thought this boy was arrogant, but he didn't expect him to be this arrogant!
You know, at present, the amount of foreign exchange earned by their cultural outlets each year is only 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

This guy was promoted five times, what a boast!

"There is also at least 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange income!" Cheng Xuemin said calmly afterwards!

"what?"

"How many?!"

Fifty million Hong Kong dollars is still acceptable, but ten million US dollars in foreign exchange, this made Old Wu gasp as well as Cheng Xuemin!

"Drive your car!"

The driver in front was also shocked and slammed the brakes in a panic.

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PS: On the first day of May, I shamelessly ask for a monthly ticket! (End of this chapter)