Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 521
After listening to Yu Liang's talk about "Travel Notes", Jimmy first said: "Jiang Jie, this young man is not bad."

What Jiang Jie said was very appetizing to Jimmy.

When the company was not that big, Jimmy often made some exaggerated publicity, made up some small stories and the like.

Now that the company has grown in size, this kind of work is done less, because at this stage they don't really need these things, they just need to work steadily and do the things at hand well.

But Jiang Jie was right. Their propaganda methods in the past two years were indeed too mild and not proactive.

This kind of mild propaganda method may be enough for deep space in the short term, but in the long run, it will definitely not work.

In fact, Jimmy had already thought about this issue a few days ago, and was also considering whether to increase the company's promotional initiative. Now that Jiang Jie mentioned it, Jimmy also put this matter on the agenda.

As for the travel notes, of course Jimmy agrees, but he still has to ask Yu Dong and the others about it.

"Go and ask Yu Dong and the others, all the people involved should ask. Also, in terms of form, you are thinking about whether it is better to be realistic or exaggerated, and you should also pay attention to copyright."

There is a big difference between writing and not being realistic.

If it is realistic, it is similar to a biography, and may be a little beautified, but the story will not be too exaggerated.

If it is not realistic, there will be more room for development, the characters will be separated from Yu Dong and the others, and it will be easier to adapt it into film and television dramas or animations in the future.

The core of these two forms is different, and the things conveyed will of course be different.

If it is realistic, there is little room for development, but it shows more of the personal charm and literary charm of Yu Dong and the others.

If it is not realistic, it is purely borrowing their names, in order to let others remember them, the story has nothing to do with their experiences.

……

After returning to Jinling, Yu Dong first went to Wu Changxin to apply for a residence for Wang Xiaobo.Of course, Yu Dong could also arrange for Wang Xiaobo to stay in a hotel, but that would be far away and difficult to take care of.

Hearing that Wang Xiaobo was going to live in Jinyi, Wu Changxin was of course very happy and immediately approved it.

"Or, just sign Wang Xiaobo as our school's writer-in-residence. I'll arrange an apartment for him, which will be more spacious."

Yu Dong smiled, "Principal, this matter is not urgent."

As soon as Yu Dong said "no rush", Wu Changxin raised his eyebrows, thinking that there was something to be said about it.

"You go to settle him first, and when he settles down, I will go to see him on behalf of the school."

"I'll bring him over to see you later."

"Isn't he in poor health?"

"It's not that far, otherwise we wouldn't be able to travel so far to Jinling with us."

Wu Changxin nodded: "You should pay more attention to this matter. People are willing to come with you because they trust you, and you can't live up to this trust."

"Well, of course."

Wu Changxin took out a cigarette with a smile, lit it, and leaned back in his chair. It was the end of the term, and there were a lot of things to do in school, so he was too busy to care about his head.

"I heard from Zhang Xian that the recent TV series in Deep Space will draw some students from the school? Does the school need to do something?"

In Wu Changxin's view, Shen Kong's ability to find actors from Jinyi is helping their school, so he thought that he should not always take advantage of it for nothing, but also give back.

Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "Principal, you are being polite. It is already a help to let the students go to the crew. Besides, Director Zhang and Director Cui may have to sacrifice their vacation to lead the team there in summer."

"Zhang told me about this first, and I think it's very good. It is a good learning opportunity for the students to join the film crew. With Zhang Xian and Cui Xinqin following, they can help the students improve at any time, which is even more effective. About this matter That’s what I want to say, Zhang Xian told me that they still have subsidies from deep space in the past. What I mean is that you don’t need to pay their subsidies, let the school be responsible.”

"Do not……"

Yu Dong was about to refuse, but Wu Changxin waved his hand holding a cigarette in the air: "You can just listen to me about this matter, the students go to the film crew, no matter whether they are taken care of by the deep space or not, they are still working on the film crew. I can help you a little bit. But Mr. Zhang and the others are different. They went there purely for the school. It would be shameful if their stipends were paid from deep space. Jinyi’s financial situation has been pretty good for the past two years. The investment is still affordable.”

When Wu Changxin got to this point, Yu Dong didn't say any more, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll follow your arrangement."

……

June NO.30, the students have almost left, but Jinyi is still very lively.

The weather in Jinling today is very clear, the sky is blue, the clouds are thick, the wind is neither fast nor slow, and the red flag on the flagpole is dancing gently in the wind, exuding infinite vitality.

Uncle Zhou didn't stay in the guard room. After dinner in the afternoon, he arranged a task for himself: patrol.

Just walking, at around three o'clock, his legs took him uncontrollably to the teacher's apartment.

Yu Dong and the others were chatting together, when they saw Uncle Zhou coming, Yu Hua smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, come and drink some water and smoke a cigarette."

"I'm working now..." Uncle Zhou waved his hands and walked into the house: "Just stay for a while."

Yu Hua gave Uncle Zhou a cigarette, "What's the use of patrolling the school today? The students are almost gone, and the teachers who haven't left are all staying indoors watching the live broadcast."

Uncle Zhou took the cigarette and glanced at the TV that was playing, "It's already started."

Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "The ceremony is still early, it's about to reach zero, and now it's the countdown, and there are some related reports. In a while, the British governor will hand over the British flag."

"I can't wait for zero o'clock." Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "This British guy is really, after occupying it for so many years, can't he return Xiangjiang to us a few hours earlier? If you insist on getting it in the middle of the night, call me stay up."

Wang Xiaobo grinned and joked, "This Englishman is really not very sensible. He didn't take your sleep into consideration, Mr. Zhou."

Uncle Zhou patted his thigh, "That's right."

Everyone laughed.

On such a day, everyone was in a good mood, and the air was full of joy. Even Feng Ming's dog barked an octave higher than usual today.

Uncle Zhou stayed until after five o'clock before leaving. He said he would go home after work and continue watching live TV.

Yu Dong and the others also changed places and moved to Luoyuan.

They were going to watch Xiangjiang's comeback together, but the space in the apartment was too small, there were about twenty of them in total, and they couldn't fit in.

There are not many people in Luoyuan now, plus Uncle Cheng Yanqiu's family has also arrived, there must be four NO.50 people in total.

In order to facilitate watching the return ceremony of Xiangjiang this time, Yu Dong specially bought a big TV and put it in the banquet hall.

A dinner lasted from eight o'clock to ten o'clock, but the wine was not over yet, and the kitchen prepared some appetizers, so everyone sat around and waited for the handover ceremony to begin.

It wasn't until 42:[-] in the evening, when Mo Yan and the others were drunk, that the handover ceremony officially began.

At this time, the Chinese and British guards of honor entered the arena, and the trumpeters of both sides blew their trumpets.

When the trumpet sounded, everyone turned their attention to the TV.

At 46:[-], the Chinese state leaders boarded the rostrum, and the representatives of the United Kingdom also boarded together.After the gun salute, Prince Charles spoke first.

At 56:[-], the Chinese and British flag bearers entered the stadium...

At 59:[-], the Mi Ziqi slowly fell...

At zero o'clock, during the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, the national flag of China and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were slowly raised together.

After the solemnity, there was intense boiling.

It is not just the scene of the ceremony that is boiling. In China, there are pairs of eyes full of tears in front of every TV.

Yu Dong looked at the TV screen and listened to the excited shouts of the people around him, his eyes were a little moist. Although he had watched the live broadcast of the handover ceremony of Xiangjiang's return for the second time, the excitement did not decrease at all.

For every Chinese, this is a very important moment, no matter how backward and poor China is compared to those developed countries, at least we start to take back what belongs to us.

Maybe we still have some things that we haven't got back, but tonight, every Chinese will believe that sooner or later there will be such a day.

Over there, Yu Hua toasted to drink with Yu Dong, but the phone on Yu Dong's waist rang. He raised his hand to signal to Yu Hua to drink later, and then took out the phone.

It's an unfamiliar number from Yanjing. The call at this time is most likely related to the comeback.

The phone was connected, and a substandard Mandarin came from the other end: "Mr. Yu, we are going home."

The voice was full of excitement, and even though separated by the phone, Yu Dong could still imagine the tear-filled eyes of the owner of the voice.

Yu Dong recognized the voice, it was Liu Weiqiang.

"Director Liu." Yu Dong smiled, "Welcome home."

Hearing Yu Dong's voice, Liu Weiqiang became even more excited, "Mr. Yu, you know, I thought I wouldn't cry, but when I heard the national anthem, my eyes didn't seem to be mine..."

Yu Dong was a little surprised and a little happy about Liu Weiqiang's call.

He hasn't seen Liu Weiqiang for a long time since the last Deep Space Short Film Contest.

When we met in the United States before, Yu Dong thought about writing "Infernal Affairs", but during this period, due to various things, "Infernal Affairs" was put on hold by Yu Dong.

For more than a year, Liu Weiqiang has developed very well in the Xiangjiang film circle.

The "Best Partner Film Production Company" he founded with Wang Jing and the others has shot several young and Dangerous movies in a row, and each of them has been a success.

Recently, they seem to be producing "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World", which has also attracted a lot of attention.

Liu Weiqiang talked for five or six minutes without stopping at all, and kept talking about how excited he was.

Later Yu Dong asked, "Director Liu, are you in Yanjing now?"

"That's right, that's right, I'm in Yanjing now. I just have something to do during this time, so I'll come over here. I'm calling you, not only to tell you that I'm very excited, but also to ask if you have time recently .”

"What's the matter with you?" Yu Dong asked.

"Nothing special, just coming to the mainland, so it's like visiting you by the way."

Hearing this, Yu Dong smiled. Although Jinling is in the middle of Yanjing and Xiangjiang in the direction, it is a bit reluctant to say it by the way.

"Director Liu, just tell me if you have anything to say."

Liu Weiqiang smiled: "Mr. Yu, you are really smart. You can't hide anything from you. Actually, it's not a big deal. Last time you mentioned that there is an idea that is more suitable for me. I wonder if this idea still exists?"

When Liu Weiqiang came to Jinyi last time, Yu Dong did mention it to him, saying that he had an idea that he might be able to cooperate with him in the future, and he was talking about "Infernal Affairs".

At that time, Yu Dong just mentioned it casually, but Liu Weiqiang still remembered it, not only remembering it, but also taking it seriously.

"On such an important day, isn't it a little bad to talk about this kind of thing?" Liu Weiqiang said again.

Yu Dong said with a smile: "No, on the contrary, I think it's more appropriate to talk about it in such a day. Xiangjiang is back, so the cooperation between us should indeed be strengthened. As for the idea I mentioned last time, It is true, so how about it, if possible, you come to Jinling to see me in a week, let's talk about this idea."

"Okay." Liu Weiqiang said excitedly: "Then I will go to Jinling to find you, and I won't bother you now. I heard that your place is also quite lively."

"Well, the family watched the ceremony together."

"Okay, okay, then I'll hang up first."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dong was thinking about "Infernal Affairs", Yu Hua held his glass and touched his arm, "Come on."

Yu Dong smiled, put aside the matter of "Infernal Affairs" temporarily, picked up his wine glass and touched Yu Hua, "Come on."

……

At noon the next day, Yu Dong woke up leisurely.

Cheng Yanqiu was sitting on the couch reading a book, and when he saw him awake, he rolled his eyes at him cutely, "You are the worst drinker, but you drink the most."

Yu Dongban sat up and stretched first. Although he drank a lot of wine last night, he slept very comfortably this time. He didn't feel dizzy or aching when he woke up from a hangover.

"The main thing is to have a few drinks with Master Taishan."

Cheng Yanqiu pulled the corner of his mouth, "If you want to drink yourself, don't rely on my dad."

Yu Dong smiled and asked, "Where are the others?"

"Others got up early and set up the game. I just ran over to count and made up four tables."

"Well, it's fine."

What Yu Dong meant was to let them come over and stay in Luoyuan for a few days, as a way to avoid the summer heat.

They don't have many happy days. At the end of July, they will go to Yanjing to participate in the International Science Fiction Convention. In Yanjing and Rongcheng, it is estimated that they will spend several days together.

After the International Science Fiction Convention is over, they will rush to the United States.

"Old Book" is about to be released, and Yu Dong and the others are going to hold a signing event.

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