1979 Golden Age

In the second year of the reform and opening up, in the year of Jiwei, in the golden autumn of Beijing, a meeting was held in the main hall of the Great Hall. All the wise men and women, young and old, gathered together...

On that day, the sky was clear and the air was fresh, and the breeze was gentle.

The surrounding area had long been under martial law. Representatives arrived in batches from their residences, greeted each other in the square, took photos, accepted media interviews, and waited to enter.

Hou Baolin came with his son Hou Yaowen. Hou Yaowen was in the Railway Art Troupe and wore a work suit on purpose. To say that Hou Yaowen, oh, he looks exactly like Xie Dong, as if they were born from the same father.

Jiang Kun and Li Wenhua also came. They will perform at the dinner. Jiang Kun is only 29 years old.

Wang Wenjuan, the actor of Yue Opera Lin Daiyu, is greeting Chang Xiangyu, who sings Henan Opera. Chang Xiangyu is 56 years old. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, she toured the country and donated a MiG-15 fighter. After her death, the State Council posthumously awarded her the title of "People's Artist".

The current "Xiao Xiangyu" is her step-granddaughter.

Tibetan singer Caidan Zhuoma of "Sing a Mountain Song for the Party" and "On the Golden Mountain of Beijing" was chatting with the lyricist Qiao Yu of "Let's Row the Oars" and "My Motherland", and the composer Liu Chi was laughing beside her.

There were also big names such as Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Ai Qing, Xia Yan, etc., who appeared one after another...

"Ha!"

Jiang Huaiyan, as the director of the literature department of Beijing Film Studio, also attended, but he yawned and was in low spirits.

"What's wrong, Director Jiang, you were too excited and didn't sleep well yesterday?"

Liu Xiaoqing joked.

"I was reading a book, and I read all night without realizing it."

"What book attracted you so much?"

"Xiao Chen!"

"Huh? Xiao Chen wrote a new work again?"

"What is it? What story?"

When they heard Xiao Chen's words, many people gathered around, and when they heard it was martial arts, they booed and left in disappointment.

Wang Yang also heard it and asked, "He wrote a martial arts novel?"

"Yes, and it was published in "Story Club". Objectively speaking, this story is very suitable for being made into an entertainment film."

"Go back and show it to me."

As they were talking, they were about to enter the venue. The two straightened their clothes, raised their heads and chests, and their expressions were solemn.

Whether for them or any literary and artistic workers, this conference is of great significance. They all have a premonition that the environment will be further relaxed and the real spring is coming.

More than 3,000 people entered the venue in batches and walked into the venue with a huge red star on their heads.

Wang Yang looked around, looking for the person he wanted to see. Suddenly he saw him and gestured to him from a distance. The other party also nodded slightly and sat in the area of ​​the Hong Kong delegation.

Many people from Hong Kong came this time.

The most eye-catching one was undoubtedly Xia Meng.

She was from Shanghai. She moved to Hong Kong with her family in 1947 and joined the Great Wall Film Company as an actress. She was very popular and was the eldest princess of the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall".

In 1966, she moved to Canada, got married, had children, and opened a garment factory. She had retired from the entertainment industry, but could not resist the mainland's invitation to attend the National People's Congress. She is 46 years old, still slim, wearing a fashionable yet dignified black waistcoat and brown glasses.

The most widely circulated story about her is that Jin Yong was obsessed with her and sneaked into the Great Wall Company to be a screenwriter just to pursue Xia Meng.

However, the flowers fell and the water flowed without emotion. Xia Meng became Jin Yong's white moonlight and cinnabar mole. Her image evolved into various characters and was written into martial arts novels, such as Xiaolongnu.

Jin Yong did work as a screenwriter at the Great Wall, but it was not for Xia Meng, and it is unknown.

Although Xia Meng did not marry Jin Yong, they had a good relationship privately. When she later invested in filming, she asked Jin Yong to name the movie, which led to "To the Wrath of the Sea".

At this moment, she sat there, calm and elegant, attracting the attention of many mainland colleagues.

After all, it is very legendary.

But mainland filmmakers are more concerned about a couple sitting not far from her, who are also the ones who nodded to Wang Yang.

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"We must adhere to the principle of letting a hundred flowers bloom, bringing forth the new through the old, making foreign things serve China, and making the past serve the present. We should advocate the free development of different forms and styles in artistic creation, and advocate the free discussion of different viewpoints and schools in artistic theory."

The National Congress of Literature and Art has always been of high standards, and leaders attend in groups.

At this moment, a leader is sitting on the high platform in front, delivering a speech at the opening ceremony. Above his head, there is a picture of a teacher.

"Literature and art, a complex spiritual labor, requires artists to give full play to their personal creative spirit. What to write and how to write can only be explored and gradually solved by artists in artistic practice. In this regard, do not interfere..."

When it comes to "do not interfere", the tone is strengthened, and the audience bursts into thunderous applause.

This is the core idea of ​​this National Congress of Literature and Art.

Further loosen the shackles for the literary and art circles, so many people are shouting, spring is coming!

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Wang Yang also clapped his hands vigorously. The Beijing Film Studio was tormented a lot in the past few years. It only produced one or two movies every year. Last year, it finally resumed production and produced eight movies.

This year, there are also seven movies. He believes that next year will be more productive. More importantly, the types should be richer. He has always wanted to make entertainment movies.

After the big leader finished speaking, the second leader said that this second leader was a good friend of Liu Shaotang...

Then Mao Dun spoke again. Mao Dun was 83 years old and trembling. He died two years later.

In short, a meeting was held for a day, and a banquet was held in the evening. The next day was another meeting, and there were still activities in the evening... It was not until the fourth day that Wang Yang took a breath and was able to go back to the studio to rest.

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Beijing Film Studio.

Early in the morning, Wang Yang paced back and forth in the office.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and someone came in to report: "Director, someone has entered the yard!"

"Please come in!"

"No, no, I'll go down to greet them!"

The 63-year-old Wang Yang walked briskly down the stairs, and sure enough, he saw a man and a woman walking towards him.

The man was in his fifties, thin and tall, and the woman was in her forties. Although wrinkles were hard to hide, her facial features were still bright and generous, and she was unpretentious.

"Comrade Fu Qi!"

"Comrade Shi Hui!"

"Old Wang, long time no see, how are you!"

Fu Qi laughed loudly, his steps were brisk, and he stretched out his hand before he came close, and shook hands tightly with Wang Yang. Shi Hui also smiled and spoke in a soft Wu dialect: "Seeing that you are still so energetic, we are relieved."

"I should say this, seeing that you are all well, I am relieved too!"

Wang Yang and Shi Hui also shook hands tightly, quite emotional.

In fact, before Hong Kong's return, many Chinese-funded units had already taken root here, such as the Bank of China branch, China Travel Service, China Resources, China Merchants, and the Chinese-funded "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po".

There are also three film companies, Great Wall, Phoenix, and New Union, as well as a cinema chain, which are equivalent to state-owned enterprises rooted in Hong Kong.

Fu Qi is a famous actor and director of Great Wall, with a very high reputation, and Shi Hui is an actor, who was also very popular.

In 1967, a plastic flower factory in Hong Kong treated workers too harshly, which triggered a wave of strikes. Workers gathered on the streets to confront the police... The incident intensified and finally turned into a storm that lasted for half a year.

Fu Qi and Shi Hui were among the leaders. They were first arrested and imprisoned. Later, the Hong Kong British government wanted to send them to Taiwan. The two said: "Whoever sends me to Taiwan will get a corpse!"

The Hong Kong British government repatriated them back to the mainland, and the two stood at the Luohu Bridge and refused to leave.

In the end, there was no choice but to put them in prison for a year... It's hard to say too much, if you are interested, go and check it yourself.

The three princesses of Great Wall!

Xia Meng was very cautious and ran away to Canada, which was nothing. She came back to help the two places to make movies.

The third princess was Chen Sisi, who was in love. She ran away with a man at that time, but later came back and participated in the Spring Festival Gala.

The second princess Shi Hui and her husband Fu Qi stayed, and did not leave even when Great Wall Company was in the most difficult time. In the 1980s, they were still making their own contributions, and they did not retire until the early 1990s.

The two had a daughter named Fu Mingxian, who played Guo Fu in the version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" by Louis Koo and Li Ruotong.

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