Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 795 The Leaders' Affirmation, Cross-Border Scheme, Boundless Medical Skills (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
After chatting with Lao Hu for a while, Fang Yan saw that it was almost time to leave.

“I’ll come along too, so I can help you out from the sidelines,” Hu Daohu said to Fang Yan.

"Okay!" Fang Yan didn't refuse and agreed to Hu Daohu's request. Then the two of them walked outside together.

At this moment, apart from Chairman Li who has not yet arrived, most of the people have already arrived.

The leaders started chatting as soon as they met.

Turning around, I saw Fang Yan and Hu Daohu walking over, and Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office waved to them in greeting.

"Mr. Hu, you always avoid other overseas Chinese businessmen, why are you here today?" Director Liao asked Hu Daohu.

Hu Daohu responded with a smile:
"It's alright, they haven't arrived yet. I'll leave as soon as they do."

Director Liao then realized what was happening and asked:

"You want to ask about the land acquisition in the south, right? It's a bit far away, and the telegram won't arrive until around noon, but it shouldn't be a big problem, so don't worry about it."

Hu Daohu said:
"With Director Liao handling things, I'm naturally relieved. I'm here today to discuss something else."

"Oh?" Director Liao looked curious.

At this moment, Hu Daohu and Fang Yan exchanged a glance, and Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Then I'll explain."

Director Liao and everyone else turned their attention to Fang Yan.

Then, Fang Yan recounted the matter he had just discussed with Lao Hu to Director Liao. Coincidentally, leaders from the Ministry of Health and Peking Union Medical College Hospital were present at that moment, so everyone listened together.

Fang Yan explained in detail how the idea first came about, and then outlined the benefits for all parties involved. He even added details that hadn't been considered before.

After hearing the idea about dialects, the Vice Minister of Health was the first to express his support:

"That's a good thing. No matter how you look at it, it's a good thing."

"Furthermore, I suggest that the film include footage of policy support from our Ministry of Health, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, and Peking Union Medical College Hospital. This way, others can understand our role."

The leaders of the Ministry of Health are quite perceptive about this area. Once this movie is released, many people will want to watch it. In the future, with the goal of reform and opening up to attract foreign investment, this movie directly aligns with the policy direction. It couldn't be better.

The others weren't stupid either, and they immediately realized what was happening.

The dean of Peking Union Medical College Hospital nodded and said:
"The situation was so dangerous at the time, it must have made an exceptionally exciting movie."

"This way, more people who are not familiar with the situation can understand in more detail how critical the situation was at that time."

The dialect was added as follows:
"Moreover, this is a more concrete image mode than radio and newspapers, which can be accepted by more people. It is equivalent to soft advertising. Many things that you want to express can be added to it and can be output subtly."

Upon hearing this, Director Liao's eyes lit up, and he nodded:
"Yes, movies are indeed a new form of promotion."

He spoke in dialect:

"Okay then, I'll contact the Beijing Film Studio when I get down, and they can handle the filming of the mainland version."

Hu Daohu, who was standing to the side, asked:
"What about the international version?"

Director Liao said:
"This is indeed a difficult matter. The main problem is that we don't know if the films we make in mainland China will be well-received internationally. If they are, then we'll have messed things up."

Director Liao has lived abroad, so he knows that the situation outside is very different from that in China. Foreigners may not understand some things, and if you force an explanation from the wrong angle, they may not accept it. So this is a problem.

Fang Yan thought for a moment and then suggested:

"Let professionals handle professional matters. Or we could invite a Hong Kong film crew to come here and discuss how to shoot a film that meets the needs of international publicity. We can also control the plot of the film to prevent any bad scenes from appearing."

Upon hearing Fang Yan say this, Director Liao was slightly taken aback.

Old Hu then chimed in:
"Yes, let's get the Hong Kong team to handle this. Our company there is also doing some promotional work recently, and we've contacted quite a few film and television teams."

"How about we contact them and see who's willing to come here to film? Even if they don't come, we can still get them to adapt a script that suits the international market."

Director Liao and the Vice Minister of Health both nodded:
"Hmm...that makes sense."

Then Director Liao looked at Hu Daohu and said:
"Then I think we'll have to trouble Mr. Hu with this matter."

Hu Daohu chuckled and said:

"No trouble at all, it's just a small favor."

...And that's how it was settled. Hu Daohu seemed to get no benefit from it and was just helping out, but he had already discussed it with Fang Yan in the international version and wanted to include their new product.

Old Hu is working so hard right now partly because of his dialect, and partly because it's essentially for product promotion, like product placement in a movie.

Helping him now can be considered an investment on his part.

After the discussion was over, Lao Hu quickly made his escape, not wanting to break his own rule of avoiding other overseas Chinese businessmen.

Not long after they left, Chairman Li and his family arrived.

The ceremony lasted for more than an hour. Fang Yan gave a speech, gave an interview, and then took a group photo with Chairman Li and other leaders.

After the ceremony, everyone had lunch in a private room at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, which was reserved for receiving leaders.

When Chairman Li left, he also prepared a gift box for everyone, which contained some precious specialties from Southeast Asia, including bird's nest, Tongkat Ali (traditional herbal medicine), white coffee, Bak Kut Teh spice packets, agarwood products and other regionally representative gifts.

Everyone present received a portion, even the reporters. Chairman Li was quite generous in this regard, a tactic he learned from Hu Daohu.

Even reporters would say a few nice things about him after accepting his gifts.

They're not short of money, so Mr. Lee's philosophy is to make sure everyone receives a proper gift.

After lunch, Fang Yan put down the gifts and went to school.

I didn't participate in the morning's activities, but I'll take this opportunity to ask Li Zhengji and the others how things went at Xiyuan Hospital at noon, and also let them know that the movie arrangements have been finalized.

To be honest, Fang Yan intends to pull all these people into his own interest group.

Geniuses are best not to be overlooked.

As long as the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine is not encouraged, then there is value in trying to win them over.

When we arrived at school, it wasn't time for class yet.

Fang Yan headed towards the dormitory first.

When they arrived, they found that the dormitory door was locked.

At that moment, Du Heng, who lived in the dormitory across the hall, saw Fang Yan at the door and immediately called him over.

"Where are they?" Fang Yan asked Du Heng about the situation on the other side.

Du Heng said to Fang Yan:

"They went out this morning and haven't come back yet."

He asked in dialect:

How many people did the teacher take out?

Du Heng said:

"Everyone from Group A and Group B has gone there."

That means all the class officers went, except for those who spoke dialects.

Fang Yan asked Du Heng:

What do you learn in the morning?

Du Heng said:

"Copy medical records."

"Copy classic medical cases from the seven major medical schools provided by Professor Ren Yingqiu."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yan was astonished to hear such a good thing and said to Du Heng:

"show me!"

P.S.: I still owe you 54000 words after finishing this chapter.

There will be more this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)