1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 271 The era of the rise of the Chinese national football team?
Regarding the acupuncture matter, Zhai Yuan glanced at Moon Lee several times along the way, but he still couldn't figure out who teased whom.

Don’t pierce the big acupoints, pierce the small ones...it’s too vulgar!
Hong Kong women dare to say anything. It makes me blush when I hear them.

There were no airport buses back then.

A group of people got off the plane and walked for a long time before leaving the airport.

It goes without saying that the country bumpkins were amazed at the vastness of the mainland. Jet Li, a man who had suffered some discrimination in Hong Kong, also straightened his head and took the initiative to introduce the scenery of the capital.

The rough men of the Yuan family were somewhat annoyed after listening to him talk all the way.

Someone started to stir up trouble in a sarcastic tone: "It turns out that Ajie is so powerful in the mainland. I'm afraid Mr. Zhai's development in the mainland must be due to you."

Jet Li's self-esteem was aroused. He glanced at Zhai Yuan who was not far away and whispered, "It's about the same. I often help him solve some problems with the higher-ups."

A group of people laughed quietly. During the time they spent together in Hong Kong, everyone got to know him a little. This young man didn't have any bad intentions, he just liked to brag. He was the type who, if he met the Governor of Hong Kong, even if he didn't say a word, he would brag to others the next day that he and the Governor were close friends.

When we left the airport, it was still dark.

Several Red Flag cars were already waiting outside.

A staff member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles who I met last year was standing outside the airport. When he saw Zhai Yuan leading a group of people like a tour group coming out, he greeted them with a smile.

"Welcome Mr. Zhai and fellow Hong Kong people to Yanjing. The Federation of Literary and Art Circles has sent several cars to pick you up."

He pointed to the car behind him and continued, "Ms. Xia Meng has informed you in advance. I will send you to the foreign guest hotel to rest first. We will have a meeting to discuss the filming later."

Zhai Yuan thought his face was familiar and vaguely remembered that his surname was Zhou, but he didn't know his position.

Seeing that he was about 40 years old, he simply climbed up the pole and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Zhou. I'm sorry to have caused you all trouble."

Zhou Xuejun was stunned when he heard the name, but then his face became more enthusiastic: "Well! Just call me Lao Zhou, I also go to Hong Kong for meetings from time to time, and I have heard a lot about you, Xiao Zhai. Next time you come to Yanjing, call me in advance."

Zhai Yuan brought Xu Qi and his group to Yanjing this time. Although he himself did not take it seriously, it was actually a big deal within the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

More than 20 Hong Kong compatriots came, making for a bigger show than Li Hanxiang's original event. Where and how to shoot "Once Upon a Time in China" and "Mr. Vampire" and which film studio would come to learn, visit and assist in the shooting were all discussed several times in advance.

Old Zhou and Little Zhai became closer through a few words and began the traditional greetings among their old family members.

Zhou Xuejun helped stuff the luggage into the trunk while having a meaningless conversation.

"Just arrived, right?"

"Yes, just arrived."

"The weather in Yanjing has been getting hotter recently. How is Hong Kong?"

"It feels about the same. Xiangjiang is cooler."

"Right? The air in the south is better. It's been dusty in Beijing these past few days..."

Xu Qi and the others watched Zhai Yuan talk with ease with their superiors, bursting into laughter from time to time, and their admiration for their boss increased even more.

Is it okay to refuse to accept it? There is really nothing that I can't handle.

In comparison, Jet Li, who had been boasting so much just now, looked much weaker now. He took the initiative to talk to the people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and revealed his identity as a martial arts champion, but was only greeted with a polite smile.

A group of martial artists from the Yuan Clan cast mocking glances at him: You were asked to pretend to be such a loser, you are such a failure!
1024 is wealthy and powerful.

This time, two of the five brothers from the Yuan Clan were invited directly to come over, and Yuan Heping and Yuan Xiangren helped to design the action.

Because of the success of "Drunken Master" and "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow", Yuan Heping received sponsorship from Jiahe a few years ago and established the Heping Film Company with his other four brothers. However, the output of films is very low. So far, there are only a few such as "Fist of Buddha", "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" and "Patrol Horse", and the box office results are not ideal.

After the film failed and could not get new investment, Yuen Woo-ping returned to behind the scenes to design action scenes. However, his younger brother Yuen Cheung-yan is still active in front of the camera as an actor.

Yuan Xiangren stood among the martial artists, watching Zhai Yuan chatting and laughing with the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and sighed: "This kid is really capable. If I were as eloquent as him, I would have brought him in to invest in a new play long ago."

"Little boy? When you see the master, even I will call him uncle."

Yuan Heping smiled helplessly and said that he was Yu Zhanyuan's apprentice and his stage name in the troupe was Yuan Qing. Although he did not belong to the Seven Little Fortunes, he was still considered a senior brother of Hong Xinbao and Chen Shilong. But now he had to lower himself in front of Zhai Yuan.

Ever since Yu Zhanyuan and Fen Juhua came to the mainland to become apprentices, they have not returned to Hong Kong for a long time. Yuan Heping had to visit them when he came to Yanjing this time.

"My cheap uncle seems to value the mainland market very much."

Yuan Heping saw something was wrong with Zhai Yuan's attitude and told his martial artist: "Be smart when you get to Beijing. Don't act like you are a foreign guest and put on airs. If you dare to cause trouble and upset Zhai Yuan, you will have no job in Hong Kong in the future."

Pack your bags.

Zhai Yuan pulled Moon Lee into Zhou Xuejun's car. Maggie Cheung looked around and, not very familiar with the others, also squeezed into the car and sat next to Moon Lee.

The main creators Xu Yi and Liu Zhenwei were on the ride together, and actors such as Jet Li, John Lone, and Wang Xiaofeng gathered together.

In the end, only the martial artist, photographer, and stagehand were left following the car.

The convoy started slowly and drove towards the city.

In the car.

Zhai Yuan and Zhou Xuejun were chatting casually, while Moon Lee and Barbara Yung's Mandarin was so poor that they just started practicing silence.

After chatting for a few words, Zhai Yuan noticed that Lao Zhou, who was sitting in the passenger seat, began to frequently glance at the two girls in the rearview mirror.

Zhai Yuan frowned and thought, is it possible that Lao Zhou wants to make a mistake?

Just as he thought of this, Zhou Xuejun turned around and looked at Weng Meiling, hesitantly asking: "Excuse me, is this lady Huang Rong from The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

Zhai Yuan smiled knowingly, turned around and said to Weng Meiling: "I'm asking you if you are Huang Rong!"

Maggie Cheung didn't expect that she still had audiences in the mainland. She smiled, nodded and said yes. This time even the driver couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.

Zhou Xuejun said excitedly, "Xiao Zhai, if you had told me earlier that Huang Rong was coming, I think all the colleagues from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles would have come to the airport to pick you up today."

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "Not really, not really."

Zhou Xuejun waved his hands and said, "You don't understand. We just introduced The Legend of the Condor Heroes this year, and we've only just started to see Mei Chaofeng. The ratings are even higher than The Heroes of Fearless. Every household watches TV every day, and when the show starts at 8pm, there's basically no one on the road."

He smiled and rubbed his hands, and after asking Weng Meiling's name, he said, "Ms. Weng, my daughter especially likes your role as Huang Rong. Can you spare some time to take a photo with you?"

Maggie Cheung agreed readily.

The driver smiled and said, "Then I'll take a picture and show it off to my relatives. Fortunately, Ms. Weng's itinerary for today was not leaked, otherwise the road would have been blocked and we would have had a hard time getting into the city."

Moon Lee whispered, "So Mei Ling is so popular in the Mainland? But what the driver said is a bit exaggerated."

Zhai Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's not an exaggeration."

After a TV series called "My Fair Princess" was broadcast in the 1990s, a female star named Zhao, who played the role of Xiaoyanzi, attended an event. Several streets were packed with people. Even the walls, tree branches, and telephone poles were filled with people, leaving no place to stand.

If Weng Meiling's Huang Rong had appeared at this time, it would probably not have been much different. …………

Zhai Yuan did not expect that after Weng Meiling's identity as Huang Rong was exposed, his group of people would become supporting roles instead.

In the following day, staff members from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles who got the news rushed to the foreign guest hotel where the Jiuyi employees were staying and lined up to take photos with the beautiful Huang Rong.

Zhou Xuejun said to Zhai Yuan: "The higher-ups suggested not to announce the news of Ms. Weng's visit to Yanjing for now, as they are worried that too many fans will gather and cause unnecessary trouble."

"I understand." Zhai Yuan nodded, looked at the crowd queuing up in the corridor for photos, and said helplessly: "But it seems that the most people come from your Federation of Literary and Art Circles."

Zhou Xuejun smiled and said, "We are close to each other, so everyone is here to join in the fun. Don't worry, we will definitely not spread the news."

Zhai Yuan sighed: "If you say so, then I can't go out and show my face in public."

Zhou Xuejun was surprised and said, "It's okay. You're not a big star. You can go out as you please."

Zhai Yuan said unhappily, "No, Lao Zhou, I was also on the National Day Gala last year, so I'm considered a bit famous, right?"

Zhou Xuejun said disrespectfully, "You were okay last year, but after Pearl of the Orient, no one paid attention to you anymore. You are nothing compared to Barbara Yung, who made TV series!"

The film industry in the mainland is not well developed now, cinemas and videotapes are not popular, but televisions are being sold all over the country at a very hot pace.

Therefore, in terms of fame, TV actors are far more famous than movie actors and singers.

But even if Zhou Xuejun said so.

When Zhai Yuan went out, he still pretended to wear a hat.

After leaving the hotel and passing by a general store, Zhai Yuan saw some audio cassettes hanging outside and stopped to walk over.

"Boss, give me a pack of Double Happiness."

After buying a pack of cigarettes and opening it, Zhai Yuan asked casually, "Do you have a tape of Zhai Yuan's new song?"

The shop owner scratched his ear: "Who?"

Zhai Yuan said: "Zhai Yuan, the big star who sang "Pearl of the Orient"."

"Oh him, he's not a big star at all. He can't come up with a song in a year. It's not worth it to record a tape just for him."

The shop owner flipped through the stall and said, "You bought this Teresa Teng album. I remember it came with "Pearl of the Orient" and "Tomorrow Will Be Better" as bonus copies."

Zhai Yuan forced a smile and said, "Do you have Blue and White Porcelain?"

The shop owner rolled his eyes at him and said, "Go to Panjiayuan to buy porcelain. Why are you making trouble here?"

Zhai Yuan explained: "'Blue and White Porcelain' is also a song written by Zhai Yuan."

The shop owner was a little impatient: "No, no, Chyi Chin, Su Rui, Teresa Teng, Alan Tam... these are the best sellers, do you want some?"

Zhai Yuan waved his hand and left silently.

After taking two steps, he could not help but turn around and go back, saying to the boss: "Zhai Yuan's songs are very popular in Hong Kong. Boss, I suggest you learn more about buying some goods."

The shop owner squinted at him and said, "Boy, you're not done yet, are you? Whether it's popular or not is not up to you. If my people's store sells his pirated copies, then it's popular. If my people's store doesn't sell his pirated copies, then it's not popular no matter who says it's popular. The people are the masters, don't you understand?"

Zhai Yuan covered his face and walked away, unable to help but sigh. He had not expected that he would become out of fashion so quickly.

…………

Zhai Yuan couldn't stand the fact that he was out of fashion, so he stayed in seclusion in the hotel for two days, and even the idea of hooking up with Moon Lee faded a little.

These two days, there is still a constant stream of people coming to take photos with Maggie Cheung.

There are no airtight pants in the world. The people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles took the photos back to show off. People from other departments also heard the news and rushed over to join in the fun.

Under the guise of having a cordial exchange with Zhai Yuan, the boss of Jiuyi Entertainment, he turned the topic to the beautiful Huang Rong after just a few words.

This made Zhai Yuan more and more withdrawn.

5 month 18 day.

A conference room is set up on the second floor of Yanjing Foreign Guest Hotel.

The leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles sat together with the creative team of Jiuyi Entertainment to discuss the next shooting plan.

A leader sitting at the top took a sip from his thermos cup, spat out a mouthful of tea foam, and said with a smile: "Everyone is here, so let me say a few words. First of all, welcome our compatriots from Hong Kong 91 Entertainment Company to our mainland to shoot a movie. Let's applaud."

clap clap clap!
The leader raised his hand, and the applause stopped. He continued, "Then let's talk about this filming. Although you are fellow Hong Kongers, you still have to follow the rules. What does that mean? I will briefly talk about the following three major points..."

Zhai Yuan listened very seriously, and exchanged glances with his leader from time to time, revealing expressions of "learned" and "suddenly enlightened".

Xu Qi and Liu Zhenwei were a little bit lacking in understanding and were confused by what they heard.

After the leader had finally finished speaking, the person next to him raised his hand again: "Comrades, let me add a few more words..."

The meeting lasted from ten in the morning to one in the afternoon.

Finally the meeting was over.

Zhai Yuan said with emotion: "The leaders' speeches are very profound. During this shoot, we will definitely respond calmly, make calm decisions, attach great importance to it, and effectively strengthen communication and coordination to form a working synergy and jointly promote the implementation of the task."

The leaders shook hands with Zhai Yuan with satisfaction, patted his shoulders encouragingly, and walked out of the meeting room one after another.

Zhai Yuan sent his leader downstairs and returned to the conference room, where a large number of seats were empty.

He sat back and lit a cigarette, then threw the cigarette box to Zhou Xuejun across from him and asked, "Old Zhou, I forgot to ask the leader during the meeting just now. When can we start the machine?"

"Any time is fine. I'll take you to choose a location and set later."

Zhou Xuejun bit his cigarette butt and said, "But I suggest that we schedule it for three days later. Why? Tomorrow there will be a football match at the Workers' Stadium, the World Cup Asian qualifiers. We can wait until the excitement is over before we calm down and shoot."

Zhai Yuan didn't know much about football, so he asked curiously, "Who's going to kick whom in a football match at the Workers' Stadium?"

Zhou Xuejun laughed and said, "Our national football team is playing against your provincial and municipal teams from Hong Kong. Last year, our national football team performed well in the Asian Cup and almost won the championship. We will continue to work hard this year and warm up against your Hong Kong team first. We have great hopes of making it to the World Cup!"

Zhai Yuan nodded in understanding.

Although I don’t know much about football, I have heard that the Chinese national football team was still strong for a while in the 1980s, and was even called the Imperial Tigers in Japanese comics. Could it be in recent years?
Zhai Yuan felt that he had to support such a grand event, and raised his chin towards Zhou Xuejun: "Tomorrow, May 5th, the Workers' Stadium, right? How about this, you get me a few tickets, and we can go and join in the fun tomorrow."

Zhou Xuejun smiled and said, "Okay, if you are willing to die, I am willing to bury you. I am just afraid that if we beat the Xiangjiang team to zero, you foreign guests will be unhappy."

Zhai Yuan waved his hands: "That can't be possible! We are all family. Anyway, I have never watched a proper football game..."

(End of this chapter)