1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After Zhou Yan returned to Yanjing, he had almost no rest and directly plunged into the post-production of "Time Traveler".

He rushes to the studio at seven o'clock every day and does not go home until after ten o'clock in the evening.

At noon on the 26th, Zhou Yan came out of the editing room and walked towards the cafeteria, where he happened to meet Jiang Mengfei.

What Zhou Yan meant was that after Jiang Mengfei came back, he should rest at home and not come to the studio.

But Jiang Mengfei couldn't sit still. He stayed at home for less than two days and then rushed to the studio. Now every day is like a normal work, coming in the morning and going back in the evening.

If he comes across work he can do, he will help, and if he can't do it, he won't force it.

Zhou Yan glanced at his arm and asked, "Have you gone for a checkup recently? How is your recovery?"

Jiang Mengfei raised his arm and said, "I don't feel anything special, and there's no need for a follow-up check. I can just go to the hospital to remove the plaster when the time is right. Anyway, now I don't feel anything except when I sleep."

"You can't be careless. You still have to go to the hospital for regular checkups. Injuries are not a small matter. If you don't recover well and are left with sequelae, you will regret it."

"That's scary."

Jiang Mengfei curled his lips and looked like he didn't care, but in fact he took Zhou Yan's words to heart and was thinking of finding time to go to the hospital for a follow-up check-up in the next two days.

"Eat more high-protein, high-calcium foods."

"I've been drinking pork rib soup every day lately."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes. "Besides water, the majority of the pork rib soup is fat. Drinking it will do you no good except gain weight. Eat some fish, shrimp, eggs, milk, lean meat, etc. Besides these, you should also supplement vitamins and dietary fiber."

"I thought bone broth would help."

"If you chew the bones and eat them, it might be of some use."

"Well, Kong Chao has been so kind as to make bone soup for me every day recently. It seems that all his efforts have been in vain."

"Leave the bone broth for others, and drink something else."

In fact, they usually have soup in the cafeteria, and most of the time it is bone soup or pork rib soup. Even if it is not specifically for Jiang Mengfei, they often have bone soup to drink.

"By the way, Lao Zhou, I saw in the news that the Golden Film Music Award has a prize of 100,000 yuan. Is that true?"

Zhou Yan was stunned by Jiang Mengfei's words, "What do you mean by a 100,000 yuan bonus?"

Seeing Zhou Yan's puzzled expression, Jiang Mengfei smiled and said, "I knew it was fake."

"Where did you hear that?"

"I saw it in the newspaper this morning, saying that the gold medal has a prize of 100,000 yuan, and it was announced by the organizing committee."

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes. Could it be that this news was released by the organizer, the Shanghai Film Association?

In fact, this award does not have a penny in prize money. The winner only gets a prize and a certificate. The medal and certificate are still in Shanghai, and Zhou Yan has not received them yet.

If there really is a prize of 100,000 yuan, why is the popularity so low?

Nowadays, 100,000 yuan is a lot of money. Few films in the mainland spend more than this amount on soundtracks. If the producers knew there was a 100,000 yuan bonus, wouldn't they be crazy and invest in it?

If this news was leaked by the organizer, then what the organizer did was somewhat unkind.

"Where is that newspaper?"

"It's right at my workstation, do you want to see it?"

"Well, show it to me after dinner."

……

After lunch, Jiang Mengfei gave Zhou Yan a copy of "Yanjing Entertainment News".

Jiang Mengfei had already put the news about the award of "The Chorus" on the top. As soon as Zhou Yan got it, he saw the headline of the news: 100,000 yuan! The highest prize money for a domestic film music award!

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. This title was quite intimidating.

Not to mention, if the prize money is really 100,000 yuan, this amount is indeed the highest prize money for a domestic music award. After all, there are not many awards related to film music in the country, and even fewer prize money can be won.

Zhou Yan quickly read the content of the news and then discovered that Jiang Mengfei had not finished reading the news.

A lot of the content in the news from the Yanjing Entertainment News was quoted from the Yanjing Evening News, which was explained in detail at the end of the report. The original text of the Yanjing Evening News mentioned that the bonus issue was indeed said by Fang Yongqing, the president of the Shanghai Film Association.

But Fang Yongqing's original words were that the first National Film Music Awards held this year was very successful, and they are already preparing for the second session next year, and they have planned to offer a prize of 100,000 yuan for the work that wins the gold award next year.

The word "draft" is very important.

Zhou Yan believed that these words were most likely said by Fang Yongqing himself, and the Yenching Evening News would not fabricate such facts.

Fang Yongqing had every intention to say this.

Nowadays, the National Film Music Awards have attracted a lot of attention, but most of the attention is still on Zhou Yan and "The Chorus", and not much attention is paid to the award itself.

Now that Fang Yongqing has painted such a big picture, it can arouse everyone's interest, especially those in the industry.

Originally, people in the industry were not very interested in this award, but now that they hear that next year's gold medal may receive a prize of 100,000 yuan, they are naturally eager to try.

I just don’t know how likely it is that the pie that Fang Yongqing painted will come true.

One hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount. Can the Shanghai Film Association come up with it?

Moreover, this 100,000 is only the prize money for the gold medal. They can't hold an award ceremony and only give prize money to the gold medal, leaving the other prizes without a penny, right?
The total amount of other prizes would be at least tens of thousands of dollars.

Adding the money spent on the ceremony itself, it is very normal for a single selection to cost tens or even hundreds of millions.

If there are any other events like dinner parties, the expenses may be limitless.

The Shanghai Film Association certainly cannot afford this money on their own, so if they want to achieve this goal, they can find sponsorship.

Zhou Yan looked at the newspaper and pondered for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Zhang Youan.

Zhang Youan was in Shanghai at the moment. When he received Zhou Yan's call, he smiled and said, "Did the post-production of Time Traveler encounter any problems?"

"No, I just want to ask something."

"whats the matter?"

"I saw in the news today that Fang Yongqing, the president of the Shanghai Film Association, said that he plans to hold the second National Film Music Competition next year and will offer a prize of 100,000 yuan for the gold award. Does this have anything to do with you?"

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhang Youan laughed, "You are really sensitive. You can even guess it's us."

"So, it is indeed related to you?"

“It’s related, and it’s not related.”

"Don't play dumb with me, just tell me the situation."

"This was done by Mr. Tang. He plans to donate 200,000 yuan to the Shanghai Film Association in the name of the Tang Chen Group to help them hold the Second National Film Music Selection."

"Isn't that what Sister Feng meant?"

"Boss Xu said that was not her intention."

Zhou Yan pondered, "Thomson Group only sponsored 200,000 yuan, and the Shanghai Film Association spent half of the money on the gold award prize? This is not reasonable, right?"

"Because in addition to the 200,000 yuan, there is also 300,000 yuan sponsored by Yaowen Real Estate." Zhang Youan said with a smile.

When Zhou Yan heard about Yaowen Real Estate, he curled the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect that this matter would involve his father.

The owner of Yaowen Real Estate is none other than his father Zhou Yaowen.

Real estate is not their family's main business, so the scale of Yaowen Real Estate is not large. Zhou Yan had also heard Zhou Hong mention it before.

Suddenly, Zhou Yan felt a little sorry for the three hundred thousand.

Because he thought that it was meaningless to spend three hundred thousand on such an award. "Okay, I understand."

……

After talking to Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan called his brother Zhou Hong.

After the call was connected, Zhou Yan told him about Yaowen Real Estate's sponsorship of 300,000 yuan, and then asked, "Did you know about this?"

"Yes, of course I know. It was me who facilitated the cooperation between Yaowen Real Estate and Tomson Group."

"Isn't this a waste of money? And it also drags Mr. Tang into this."

Zhou Hong laughed and said, "It's really not us who dragged Mr. Tang into this matter, but he dragged us into it. When I was chatting with Mr. Tang a few days ago, he mentioned this matter, saying that there are no decent awards related to film music in the country, and the Shanghai Film Association organized a national film music selection, which was too shabby, so he wanted to invest some money to help."

"Since he has mentioned it, I will suggest that we invest some money together to show our appreciation."

"Why does Mr. Tang suddenly bring this up?" Zhou Yan asked puzzledly.

"It's easy to understand. We played a role in his previous incident in Hong Kong, so he now hopes to have closer cooperation with us. In addition, Tomson wants to develop in Shanghai after all, and it's also a contribution to the local publicity. But it's only 200,000 yuan, which is not worth mentioning compared to the policies that Shanghai has given them. In addition to the economy, Shanghai has always wanted to make some achievements in cultural development. If this award can be achieved, the publicity effect will definitely be good."

Zhou Yan nodded secretly. From this perspective, Mr. Tang’s 200,000 yuan is indeed very cost-effective.

"I was worried that you were spending this money just for me."

"Of course it's for you, but it's not just for you. If it was just for you, we could have spent the five hundred thousand dollars elsewhere."

"Well, five hundred thousand is enough for me to shoot a lot of scenes."

"In fact, after our two families gave 500,000 yuan, the Shanghai government is also preparing to allocate some money to the organizer. Add to that the Film Association's own money, and we can get together 1 or 2 million yuan. Next year's film music awards will definitely be much more lively than this year."

"Having money can naturally attract many people in the industry."

"You should fight for your reputation and win the gold medal next year."

Zhou Yan laughed and said, "If I win the gold medal for two consecutive years, it will not be a good thing for this selection."

If the biggest prize is awarded to one person for two consecutive years, it will definitely cause controversy and people will question its fairness, especially when Tang Chen and Yao Wen companies sponsored 500,000 yuan.

Under the current circumstances, it is impossible for Zhou Yan to win the award next year.

But Zhou Yan doesn't care. He would be happy if the National Film Music Awards could be successful.

Of course Zhou Hong understood the reasoning. He had thought about this issue when he decided to sponsor. He was also worried that his sponsorship would affect Zhou Yan's chances of winning the award next year.

But later he realized that even if they didn't sponsor him, it would be basically impossible for Zhou Yan to win the award next year.

But it doesn’t matter. As the first person to receive this award, Zhou Yan will be recorded in history.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and Zhou Hong suddenly said, "By the way, the things you encountered in Xiangjiang before will soon have results."

Zhou Yan didn't understand for a moment and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"Xiao Jiang and the others were beaten."

"Is there going to be a result? What kind of result?"

"I'll tell you the specific results after the dust settles, which will be in the next few days."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes. It was Zhou Hong who brought up the matter first, and now he was keeping it a secret again.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

"Well, it won't be long."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan was still thinking about how Jiang Mengfei and the others had been beaten. He was very curious about what outcome his brother would give.

The situation in Hong Kong is special now. It is impossible for the Zhou family to extend their hands to Hong Kong for this matter. This will be very disadvantageous for their Zhou family.

……

Chen Zhaoji has been in high spirits in recent days.

A few days ago, he was still worrying about how to revive his business, but now he is looking forward to becoming the leader in Pengcheng's catering industry in the future.

A few days ago, a friend told him that a catering company in Pengcheng had recently run into trouble and was going to sell several restaurants under its name at a low price.

These restaurants are in very good business. If the boss of that company had not lost money in gambling and his funding chain was cut off, there would be no way he would have sold the restaurants.

When Chen Zhaoji heard about this good opportunity, he rushed over to buy these stores.

At this time, his father Chen Yongde learned that his son was going to Pengchengpan Restaurant and thought it was unreliable so he stopped him.

Chen Yongde has been in the underworld for so many years and doesn't believe that there is such a thing as a free lunch.

But later on, Chen Yongde couldn't persuade Chen Zhaoji anymore, so he let him come, but he only gave Chen Zhaoji enough money to buy a store.

When Chen Zhaoji first arrived in Pengcheng, he was a little nervous because his father had repeatedly told him before he left.

But after arriving, he found that his father was completely worrying too much.

The purchase of the restaurant went very smoothly. After he paid the money, the restaurant was in his hands.

At this time, he began to regret not bringing more money, otherwise he would have to buy from more than one restaurant.

The restaurant he took over was really very good. He basically didn't have to take care of it, and it made a very considerable income every day. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to get his investment back in one or two years, and would be making money from then on.

Seeing that the other party's restaurants were selling less and less, Chen Zhaoji became extremely anxious. He called his father every day and asked him to come and inspect in person.

Chen Yongde couldn't stand his son's nagging and decided to come and see for himself.

However, Chen Yongde was cautious. He let his son come back first, and then went himself.

He didn't think that this trip would be very dangerous, but after being in the underworld for so many years, he understood the principle of "it's better to be safe than sorry".

Even if there are problems in Pengcheng, at least they can ensure that they and their son will not be wiped out.

But Chen Zhaoji was not so sensitive. He did go back first, but as soon as his father went to Pengcheng, he followed there.

When Chen Yongde saw his son, his eyebrows raised in anger.

"How did you come?!"

Seeing his father's angry face, Chen Zhaoji didn't care. "Dad, you are just too cautious. What can happen? Mr. Hu is short of funds. The only requirement for selling the store now is cash. Moreover, the price of these stores is not cheap. If there is a trap, Mr. Hu can still sell it at such a high price?"

Of course, Chen Zhaoji is not a fool. If these stores sell at very low prices, he would not dare to buy.

It is precisely because these stores sell at market prices, or even a little more expensive than the market price, that he feels at ease.

Although Chen Yongde was angry, he could do nothing about it and could only hope that everything would be safe and sound this time.

In fact, what my son said was not wrong. There was nothing suspicious about the other party selling the hotel this time except that they were in a hurry.

He also investigated privately and found that Mr. Hu had a clean background and that something had indeed gone wrong some time ago.

"I have contacted Mr. Hu. He has two more stores to sell. We will go take a look later."

"Dad, what are you still looking at? Just buy it. If you're slow, someone else will grab it. There are people bidding all the time. I paid an extra 50,000 yuan for the store before Mr. Hu agreed to give it to me."

"Nonsense! You bought the stores without even checking them out. Is that how you do business? If the trap this time is only for the last two stores, then you've fallen into a trap."

"Okay, let's go check it out."

Chen Yongde nodded, "That's it..."

boom!
He just opened his mouth when the door of the guest room was suddenly opened and several people with guns rushed in. (End of this chapter)