1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 112 You've managed to fool Brother Tian'er?
The Berlin Film Festival opened on February 11.

The film "The Wedding Banquet," directed by Li An, was produced on the island and won the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

This film tells the story of a gay man who has settled in the United States and enters into a sham marriage with an undocumented female painter in order to appease his parents who are pressuring him to marry.

It, along with "Pushing Hands" (1991) and "Eat Drink Man Woman" (1994), is known as the "Family Trilogy".

Li An has a deep understanding of the clash between Chinese and Western cultures, and his family trilogy all share a similar spiritual core.

It's worth mentioning that the Berlin Golden Bear that year was a tie!
Besides Li An's "The Wedding Banquet," the Golden Bear for Best Film also goes to Xie Fei's "Woman Sesame Oil Maker"!
"The Woman Who Loves to Scented Souls" tells the story of Xiang Ersao, who was raised as a child bride and endured many hardships. In the end, she became the executioner who ruined the life of another girl for the sake of her mentally challenged son.

The double-yolk golden bear eggs on this island and the mainland are particularly interesting~
Director Xie Fei won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 90 for "Black Snow," a film starring Marvin.

This year, the film went even further, winning the Golden Bear, which caused a great stir in China.

Now, the box office results for "Farewell My Concubine" on the island have also been released: 1.2 million yuan, ranking third among Chinese-language films on the island last year (the first being "Swordsman 2").

The people of Taiwan have a great fondness for art films!
"The Ghostbusters" has finished its run there, grossing 3800 million T-coins. It's still showing in Hong Kong...

The four vinyl records that were recorded on the island that summer have now traveled from the island and Hong Kong to the mainland and are now being sold in China.

Last year, fans in China thought that Xia Tian hadn't released an album, and when they found out that it hadn't been sent over, they were furious!
……

On February 17th, a film titled "Filial Sons and Virtuous Grandsons Serving Each Other" was released.

The film stars Chen Xiaoer, Sima Laozei, Wei Zongwan, Zhao Lirong, and Ding Jiali.

Chen Xiaoer truly deserves to be called a comedy master, directing and starring in his own work.

The film's subject matter is closely related to current events—the conflict between the concepts of promoting cremation and traditional burial. The filming is very down-to-earth, the script is complete, and the actors' performances are also very full, making it a masterpiece of its time!
However, Chen Xiaoer was somewhat born at the wrong time.

He was one of the earliest private investors in film production in mainland China, and his films were quite successful at the box office, but he just couldn't make money.
The time is not right yet!

It's that phrase from the summer: "personal development, historical process."

Being half a step ahead is genius; being a full step ahead is madness.

Over the years, I've tried my best to control myself in the summer, afraid that I'll take one big step and accidentally tear my balls.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Xia Tian seems to be enjoying great success right now, being treated like royalty wherever she goes.

If someone accidentally falls down, who knows how many people will come up and kick them?

The higher you go, the less room there is for carelessness.

……

After watching Chen Xiaoer's movie, Milan brought home a thick notebook and gave it to Xia Tian.

Milan: "I've also written a novel, can you show it to me?"

"Oh?" Xia Tian was surprised.

Milan is certainly capable of writing short essays or prose, but her personality doesn't seem like that of someone who can write long stories; she doesn't have the patience.

Sure enough, Xia Tian took the notebook, opened it, and took a look...

【Madam, you didn't want this either…】

Summer: What the hell did you write?!

I quickly flipped through it and there were seven or eight stories. The whole thing was really colorful!

The military dispatches consist of twelve volumes, each containing the story of a consummation of a marriage!
Comrade Gong An, she spreads Silver Gray!
Milan was still unconvinced: "I think I wrote it pretty well! Look at this part, the female lead has been completely...defeated! She's crying and begging for mercy~"

"Pah! You're writing this unhealthy stuff, I think you need to be taught a lesson."

Summer pinned her down and slapped her bottom twice. "Today I'm going to make you cry and beg for mercy!"

Well, in the following days, Milan would frequently come over and say she wanted to write a novel, even wiggling her hips around...

Xiao Xu often rolled her eyes at her: "She doesn't want to write novels, she wants to be the female lead in a novel. Burn her! Just kill her!"

Milan ran away, clutching his backside, yelling, "You guys need to understand sustainable development!"

What finally made Mr. Mi completely forget about this trick was a paper-cut style animation—"The Twelve Zodiacs"!
The first four episodes produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio this year—a total of thirteen episodes, each about 9 minutes long—mainly tell the legends and origins of the twelve zodiac animals.

In each episode of this animated series, there is an evil monster, and for every monster that is defeated, an animal sacrifices its life!
In commemoration of them, the animal became the zodiac animal for that year.

For example, in the second episode, the clever mouse—a mouse that chewed through the monster's earth-shaking drum and then blinded the monster with sand during the fight—seized the opportunity to cut off the monster's head with a sword. But before dying, the monster crushed the clever mouse to death!
Is this for kids?!
That guy was a childhood nightmare!
Even someone as big as Milan is intimidated by this.

In the summer, I have to hold her in my arms to sleep at night, otherwise I'm afraid to go to sleep. It's both funny and exasperating!
Summer: "Don't be afraid! What trash monster? If I were that warrior, I'd kick it to death! No need to be afraid!"

"What kind of trashy electric monster is this? If I were a warrior, I'd catch it and put it in a power plant to contribute to the country!"

"Pfft~" Milan, Xiaoxu, and the other two burst out laughing.

……

Xiao Xu has been quite busy with work lately because she landed a big order!
Xiaotian Advertising Company secured a big deal – Kongfujia Liquor.

Finally, among hundreds of advertising slogans, a simple and catchy one was chosen: "Sage's homemade wine, daring to intoxicate even gentlemen."

This advertising deal, which included marketing strategies and follow-up services, cost over one million!

Kongfujia Liquor advertised on CCTV and even signed a deal worth over ten million yuan!

This should be considered the first CCTV advertising champion?
At this point, it wasn't called the "King of Bids" yet, but it would be soon!
These days, people who sell alcohol are really rich!

……

At the end of February, Xia Tian was invited by several friends who did business in Yanjing to meet someone.

Zhongguancun, Great Wall Technology Industry Company.

The man's surname was Shen. He was in his forties and not very tall, only 1.6 meters. But he had a steady and composed demeanor, like a big boss.

Upon meeting Xia Tian, ​​he was very polite, proactively shaking hands and then showing her around his company…

Finally, Xia Tian smiled and said, "I'll think about it," before leaving.

This person found Xia Tian through connections; his real purpose was to solicit investment.

But they didn't say that; instead, they said it was giving you an investment opportunity!

And what kind of motor is in his project?

In the summer, Yong Ge had someone investigate this person.

Honestly, there's nothing to investigate. After all, Xia Tian determined within three minutes that this person was a conman.

But this is the first time in the last two years that someone has set their sights on me. I should investigate and see where they come from.
The main concern is that he might have someone backing him.

Three days later, Yong Ge brought a brown paper bag containing Mr. Shen's information.

Summer reviewed them one by one...

Mr. Shen is also from Northeast China.
He participated in the second college entrance examination after the movement and was admitted to Chuncheng Water Conservancy and Hydropower School. Later, he lived in Chuncheng and worked in the local water conservancy bureau.

In the 1980s, he took advantage of the trend to go into business and even invented things like thermometers. He was quite a well-known figure in Kunming.

He came to Beijing in 86 and even had a collaboration with Sitong Company, but the deal fell through later.

This company was opened in Beijing in 89...

As for the so-called advanced motor, he claims it can "save 20% to 70% of electricity"—these days, our motor technology is much worse than that of foreign countries, and our electricity consumption is relatively high.

It is precisely these seemingly promising things, which are beneficial to the country and the family, that are easy to deceive people!

It was just bad luck for this old Shen; he was from Kunming, and his roots were there.

In summer, his local connections in Northeast China are basically second only to those in Beijing and Shenzhen!

Therefore, his information was thoroughly investigated.

For example, his company's "motor patent" was invented by an engineer from Liaoning Province in 84. However, he failed to pay the maintenance fee within the prescribed period, so the patented technology was made public and he could not apply for a patent again.

Old Shen poached this person with a high salary, repackaged the patent, changed its name, and reapplied for it, wanting to do something big!

It is said that they also obtained a loan of 5000 million yuan from the bank through unknown channels!
The result was a complete defeat!
In the end, he chose "technology transfer," which was actually a scam to illegally raise funds!
—Investing in Great Wall Company's "energy-saving motor" technology and project development requires a minimum investment of 3000 yuan per share, with no upper limit.

The investment interest rate he offered was 24% per annum.

—The annual interest rate for bank deposits is 12%, while the annual interest rate for private underground lending is between 15% and 20%.

Hey, you have to admit, this trick is really novel!
We'll still be able to see it after the new millennium!
Once you've told a lie, you have to keep covering it up until you can't cover it up anymore.

It's a Ponzi scheme.
(End of this chapter)