After Jimmy heard Yu Liang finish talking about "Travel Notes", he first said: "Jiang Jie, this guy is pretty good."
What Jiang Jie said was very to Jimmy's liking.
When the company was not that big, Jimmy would often make exaggerated publicity and make up short stories.
Now that the company is bigger, this kind of thing is done less often, 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 is right. Their publicity methods in the past two years have indeed been too mild and not proactive.
This kind of mild propaganda method may be enough for deep space in the short term, but it will definitely not work in the long run.
In fact, Jimmy had already thought about this issue a few days ago, and was also considering whether to increase the company's publicity initiative. Now Jiang Jie happened to mention it, and Jimmy put this matter on the agenda.
As for the travel notes, Jimmy certainly agreed, but he had to ask Yu Dong and the others about it.
"You should ask Yu Dong and the others, and everyone involved should ask. Also, in terms of form, you are thinking about whether it is better to be directly realistic or to make it more exaggerated. You should also pay attention to the copyright."
There is a big difference between writing realistically or not.
If it is realistic, it is similar to a biography. It may be a little embellishment, but the story will not be too exaggerated.
If it is not realistic, there will be more room for development, and the characters will be separated from Yu Dong, making it easier to adapt it into film, TV series or animation in the future.
The cores of these two forms are different, and the things they convey will certainly be different.
If it is realistic, there is less room for expression, but it expresses more the personal charm and literary charm of Yu Dong and others.
If it is not realistic, it is simply borrowing their names to let others remember them, and the story has little to do with their experiences.
…
After returning to Jinling, Yu Dong first went to Wu Changxin to apply for a place to stay 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 would be difficult to take care of.
When he heard that Wang Xiaobo was coming to live in Jinyi, Wu Changxin was of course very happy and immediately approved the move.
"Otherwise, just sign Wang Xiaobo as our school's writer-in-residence. I will arrange an apartment for him, which will be more spacious."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Principal, this matter is not urgent."
Upon hearing Yu Dong say "no rush", Wu Changxin raised his eyebrows and thought that this matter was interesting.
"You go settle him first, and when he settles down, I will go see him on behalf of the school."
"I'll bring him over to see you later."
"Isn't he not in good health?"
"It's not that bad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come so far to Aurous Hill with us."
Wu Changxin nodded: "You should pay more attention to this matter. People are willing to come with you because they trust you. You can't live up to this trust."
"Yeah, naturally."
Wu Changxin took out a cigarette with a smile, lit it, and leaned back in his chair. It was the end of the semester, and there were a lot of things at school, so he was too busy to think about his head.
"I heard Mr. Zhang say that for the recent TV series in Shen Kong, some students will be recruited from the school? Does the school need to do anything?"
In Wu Changxin's opinion, Shen Kong was helping their school by finding actors from Jinyi, so he thought that he could not just take advantage of it in vain, but also give something back.
Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "Principal, you are so polite. You are already helping the crew by letting the students go. Moreover, Director Zhang and Director Cui may have to sacrifice their vacation to lead the team there in the summer."
"Zhang Xian told me about this. I think it's good. Joining the crew is a good learning opportunity for the students. With Zhang Xian and Cui Xinqin following them, they can help the students improve at any time and get twice the result with half the effort. Regarding 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.”
"No……"
When Yu Dong was about to refuse, Wu Changxin waved his cigarette hand in the air: "Just listen to me on this matter. When students go to the crew, no matter whether they are taken care of by Deep Space, they will still work on the crew. If they can
I'd like to help you. But Zhang Xian and the others are different. They are here purely for the school. It would be outrageous if their allowances are paid from the sky. Jin Yi's financial situation has been pretty good in the past two years.
The investment is still affordable.”
Wu Changxin said that for the sake of it, Yu Dong didn't say any more, nodded and said: "Okay, I will follow your arrangements."
…
On June 30th, the students had almost left, but Jinyi was still very lively.
The weather in Jinling today is very sunny, 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 did not stay in the guard room. After dinner in the afternoon, he arranged a task for himself: patrolling.
Just walking, at around three o'clock, his legs carried him uncontrollably to the teacher's apartment.
Yu Dong and the others were gathering together to chat. When they saw Uncle Zhou coming, Yu Hua smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, come and have a drink of water and smoke a cigarette."
"I'm working right now..." Uncle Zhou waved his hand and walked into the house: "Just stay for a while."
Yu Hua gave Uncle Zhou a cigarette and said, "There is nothing to patrol in the school today. The students have almost left, and the teachers who have not left are all in the room 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 will not be until midnight, now is the countdown, there are some related reports, in a while the governor sent by the British will hand over the British flag."
"I can't wait until midnight." Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "It's true that this British guy has occupied Xiangjiang for so many years. Why can't he give us back Xiangjiang a few hours earlier? If he insists on doing it until midnight, call me
stay up."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Xiaobo grinned and joked: "This British person is really not very sensible and did not take your sleep into account, Uncle Zhou."
Uncle Zhou patted his thigh, "That's right."
Everyone laughed.
On days like this, everyone is in a good mood, and the air is filled with joy. Even the dog raised by Feng Ming's family barked an octave higher than usual today.
Uncle Zhou didn't leave until after five o'clock. He said he wanted to go home after work and continue watching live TV.
Yu Dong and the others also changed places and moved to Luoyuan.
They planned to watch Xiangjiang's return together, but the space in the apartment was too small. There were about twenty people in total, and they couldn't squeeze in.
There are quite a few people in Luoyuan now, and uncle Cheng Yanqiu's family has also arrived, so there must be a total of forty or fifty people.
In order to make it easier to watch the Hong Kong Return Ceremony, Yu Dong bought a large TV and placed it in the banquet hall.
The dinner lasted from eight to ten o'clock, but the wine was not over yet. The kitchen prepared some dishes to go with the wine, and everyone sat together, waiting for the handover ceremony to begin.
It wasn't until 11:42 pm, when Mo Yan and the others were all dizzy from drinking, that the handover ceremony officially began.
At this time, the Chinese and British honor guards entered the scene, and trumpeters from both sides blew the trumpets.
When the trumpet sounded, everyone focused on the TV.
At 11:46, the Chinese leaders boarded the rostrum and the British representatives followed suit. After the gun salute, Prince Charles delivered a speech first.
At 11:56, the Chinese and British flag bearers entered the scene...
At 11:59, the Union Jack flag slowly fell...
At midnight, during the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese national flag and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were slowly raised together.
After the solemnity, there was intense boiling.
It's not just the ceremony that's boiling. In China, there are pairs of eyes filled with tears in front of every TV.
Yu Dong looked at the TV screen, listening to the excited shouts of the people around him, and his eyes were a little moist. Although it was the second time he watched the handover ceremony of Xiangjiang's return live, his excitement did not diminish at all.
This is a very important moment for every Chinese. No matter how backward and poor China is compared to those developed countries, at least we have begun to take back what belongs to us.
Maybe we still have some things that we haven't gotten back, but tonight, every Chinese will believe that sooner or later that day will come.
Over there, Yu Hua raised a glass to have a drink with Yu Dong, but the cell phone on Yu Dong's waist rang. He raised his hand to signal Yu Hua to drink later, and took out the phone.
It's an unfamiliar number from Yanjing. The call coming at this time is most likely related to the return.
The phone was connected, and a substandard Mandarin message came from the other end: "Mr. Yu, we are going home."
This voice was full of excitement. Even though he was on the phone, Yu Dong could still imagine the owner of the voice having tears in his eyes.
Yu Dong recognized this voice as Liu Weiqiang.
"Director Liu." Yu Dong smiled and said, "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 playing, my eyes felt like they were not my own..."
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 Competition.
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 shelved by Yu Dong.
Over the past year or so, Liu Weiqiang has developed very well in the Hong Kong film industry.
The "Best Partner Film Production Company" he founded with Wang Jing and others has shot several Young and Dangerous movies in succession, and each one has been a success.
Recently, they seem to be producing "Wind and Cloud Dominate the World", which is also getting a lot of attention.
Liu Weiqiang talked for five or six minutes without taking a break. He 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 happen to have something to do during this time, so I came over. I'm calling you. In addition to telling you that I'm very excited, I also want to ask if you have time recently.
."
"What's the matter with you?" Yu Dong asked.
"Nothing special, I just came to the mainland, so I just dropped by to visit you."
Hearing this, Yu Dong smiled. Although Jinling was in the area between Yanjing and Xiangjiang in the direction, it was a bit reluctant to say it by the way.
"Director Liu, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Liu Weiqiang smiled: "Mr. Yu, you are so smart. I can't hide anything from you. In fact, it's not a big deal. Last time you mentioned that there was an idea that was more suitable for me. I wonder if this idea is still there now?"
When Liu Weiqiang came to Jinyi last time, Yu Dong did mention it to him, saying that he had an idea and 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 he didn't expect Liu Weiqiang to still remember it. Not only did he remember it, he also took it seriously.
"On such an important day, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say this kind of thing?" Liu Weiqiang said again.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "No, I think it is more appropriate to talk about this on a day like this. Xiangjiang has returned, so the cooperation between us should indeed be strengthened. As for the idea I mentioned last time,
It is indeed true. Let’s do this. If possible, you can come to Jinling to see me in a week and we can discuss this idea.”
"Okay." Liu Weiqiang said excitedly: "Then I will go to Jinling to find you, and I won't disturb you now. I heard that your place is quite lively."
"Well, the family is watching 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 touched his arm with a wine glass and said, "Come on."
Yu Dong smiled and simply put aside the matter of "Infernal Affairs" for the time being. He picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Yu Hua, "Here."
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At noon the next day, Yu Dongcai woke up leisurely.
Cheng Yanqiu was sitting on the couch reading a book. When he saw that he was awake, he gave him a lovely roll of his eyes and said, "You are the worst drinker, but you drink the most."
Yu Dongban sat up and stretched first. Although he drank a lot last night, he had a very comfortable sleep this time. When he woke up with a hangover, his head didn't hurt or feel dizzy at all.
"The main thing is to have a few drinks with me, Mr. Taishan."
Cheng Yanqiu tugged at the corners of his lips, "If you want to drink, don't rely on my dad."
Yu Dong smiled and asked, "Where are the others?"
"The others got up early and set up the card games. I just ran over and counted them, and we gathered four tables."
"Well, that's good."
What Yu Dong meant was to let them come over and stay in Luoyuan for a while, just to escape the summer heat.
Their free days are running out. At the end of July, they are going to Yanjing to attend the International Science Fiction Conference. They will probably spend several days in Yanjing and Rongcheng together.
After the International Science Fiction Convention is over, they will rush to the United States.
Chapter completed!