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On May 5, a long whistle woke up the entire Yanjing Railway Station.

In the soft sleeper car, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng were in the same room, while Fang Yan and Han Yuemin were in another.

"The luggage is all put away."

Fang Yan took a sip of water and handed over the army green kettle. "Brother-in-law, I'll go check in the next room."

Han Yuemin took the kettle and exhaled: "Okay, go ahead and get busy."

Fang Yan went straight to find Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng. As it was their first time in Yanjing, they had a lot of feelings.

The authentic delicacies such as fried noodles with soybean paste, roast duck and shabu-shabu mutton are enough to make Xu Ke reminisce. Two out of three sentences he made were about food.

"what is this!"

Fangyan waved his hand, "China is a vast country with countless delicious foods. Yanjing is a 'food desert' and is not worth mentioning at all." He then vowed, "When we go to Shanghai to shoot Once Upon a Time in China, I will take you to eat authentic Shanghai cuisine."

Shi Nansheng is not only interested in Shanghai cuisine, but also yearns for Suzhou cuisine and Hangzhou cuisine.

After all, there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.

"That being said, the food in these two places is not that great."

Fangyan shook his head and laughed, "Suzhou cuisine is very sweet, even sweeter than Shanghai cuisine. As for Hangzhou, it's a 'food desert' that's even more 'desolate' than Beijing. The most famous ones are probably Dongpo pork and West Lake vinegar fish, but the West Lake vinegar fish tastes terrible!"

Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng talked about food and chatted for a while, and gradually talked about box office sharing and batch film buyouts.

"Teacher Fang, I heard from Director Shi that this was your idea?" Shi Nansheng asked.

"Good, what do you think of this alternative compensation plan?" Fang Yan smiled.

"This is indeed a good idea. Both parties have room for negotiation and compromise, and they can also make a lot of money from the film sales."

Shi Nansheng promised to work with Xu Ke to try their best to persuade Boss Lei of Princess Jin to agree to this plan.

"The script will be sent to you at the end of the month."

Fang Yan said with great satisfaction: "Regarding the contracts for scripts, royalties, etc., I will let my agent Pan Yaoming handle it."

Xu Ke extended his hand. "Then, happy cooperation, Mr. Fang!"

"Happy cooperation!"

Fang Yan shook hands with the couple, then left and returned to the box.

Han Yuemin closed the door and took out the design drawings that Fang Hong had drawn from his bag. "We are finally leaving for eastern Guangdong. Yanzi, come and take a look."

Fangyan looked closely and saw various red and white dress styles on the design drawing, and he also had a share of credit for it.

Han Yuemin said, "One more thing. Do you remember the modern science and education equipment exhibition center I mentioned to you last time?"

"What exactly is this exhibition center used for?" Fangyan asked.

"There are so many different businesses. How can I put it? I just do whatever makes money!"

Han Yuemin said bluntly, "Reversing currency, reversing video recorders, and cars, Wang Shi is the best at this."

Fangyan raised an eyebrow, "We should follow Qionghai's path, right?"

"If you want to buy a private car now, where else can you go except through Qionghai?"

Han Yuemin told the truth that Qionghai and eastern Guangdong are now riding on the wave of automobile trading and are all taking off.

It only costs four or five thousand US dollars to import a 12-seat Japanese van, and it only costs 5700 US dollars to import a super luxury Crown.

Even at the current exchange rate of 1 to 2.8, plus tariffs, there is still an astonishing profit of 100% or even 200%.

Nowadays, whether in Qionghai or eastern Guangdong, even the aunties in the tea room are tinkering with cars!
When he said this, Youyou sighed: "If I were not in Yanjing and had a serious clothing business, I would have gone to Qionghai and Pengcheng to work with Wang Shi and others."

"Don't envy them for making a lot of money quickly. Brother-in-law, you have more blessings to come."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "Let's build a clothing factory in Pengcheng and get some equipment at the Canton Fair. Not only can we produce for our own brand, but if we have enough capacity, we can also do OEM for foreign companies like Pierre Cardin..."

Facing his brother-in-law's empty promises, Han Yuemin's frown softened:
"So should we be affiliated with the exhibition center?"

"The top of this exhibition center is the Pengcheng government. It's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out."

"Then just wear a foreign hat!"

"It's convenient to export foreign hats, but it's not so convenient to sell and circulate them domestically in the future."

"This won't work, and that won't work, but I have to wear a hat anyway." Han Yuemin said helplessly: "Yanzi, what do you think we should do?"

"Look at you, you're anxious again." Fang Yan patted his shoulder, "Brother-in-law, don't be anxious, calm down."

………………

The train went all the way south and finally arrived in Yangcheng.

The ones who came to greet them were still Fan Hansheng and Lin Xianzhi from "Huacheng".

It’s just that one has been promoted to the president of a publishing house, and the other has become the director of the editor-in-chief. It’s hard not to make progress following Teacher Fang!
"This is the famous Hong Kong director, Xu Ke."

"This is Director Xu's wife, Ms. Shi Nansheng."

When they met each other, Fangyan introduced each other and then asked about the arrangements for the four of them.

"Teacher Fang, don't worry, everything has been arranged."

Lin Xianzhi said that the editorial department of Huacheng Magazine had already booked a room for them at the White Swan Hotel.

Fangyan nodded with satisfaction and took out the manuscript of the third part of "Huang Feihong" from his briefcase.

Fan Hansheng held it tightly in his hand as if he had found a treasure. Seeing this, Lin Xianzhi was surprised and delighted, and kept thanking him:

"Teacher Fang, there will be a lion dance performance in Foshan in a few days. Do you want to go and see it?"

“Foshan lion dance?”

The dialect was a big surprise.

Fan Hansheng explained that eastern Guangdong now has more and more exchanges with Hong Kong and Macao, and more and more Hong Kong tourists are coming to eastern Guangdong to visit relatives and travel.

Because the "Huang Feihong" series of novels are extremely popular in Hong Kong, many tourists will visit Huang Feihong's hometown, Foshan.

"When the leaders in Foshan heard that you might come to eastern Guangdong, they asked the editor of Foshan Literature and Art to contact us immediately."

Lin Xianzhi said: "I hope you will honor us by visiting Foshan. We will make proper arrangements for your accommodation and transportation."

Fang Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's hard to refuse such a kind invitation. I can't refuse it either."

Lin Xianzhi and Fan Hansheng looked at each other, overjoyed, and mentioned the creative training classes regularly held by "Huacheng".

"Can you explain to this group of students what 'roots-seeking literature' is in class?"

"Please, Teacher Fang!"

"........."

Before Fangyan could speak, the reporters who had been waiting at the station swarmed up and surrounded everyone.

"Nanfang Daily", "Yangcheng Evening News", "Yangcheng Daily"...

Reporters from different newspapers pursued Xu Ke, Fang Yan and others relentlessly, pestering them for interviews, bombarding them with questions one after another.

The next day, all the newspapers in Guangzhou reported the news. The news spread quickly and was even reprinted by newspapers in Foshan.

At this moment, in a winery in Sanshui, Foshan, Li Jingwei was holding a pen and drawing circles on paper.

Although he was exiled to the "frontier" by the Sports Commission and sent to a winery on the verge of bankruptcy, fortunately there is always a way out.

He found ways to introduce a beer production line, and the entire brewery has turned losses into profits and come back to life.

Not long ago, he heard that the Sports Science Institute in eastern Guangdong had developed an electrolyte beverage, so he immediately paid them a visit and they hit it off. He decided to make this beverage into a national beverage brand that is no less popular than Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

Everything is ready, except for the naming.

Therefore, a naming campaign was organized in the factory.

Disappointingly, however, there was not a single name on the list that satisfied him.

With so many things in mind, I went outside to get some fresh air. From the corner of my eye, I noticed that the workers of the winery were gathered in a group, talking among themselves.

"What are you talking about so excitedly?"

"Director, the newspaper said that Teacher Fang is coming to Foshan to watch the lion dance!"

"Teacher Fang? Which Teacher Fang!"

Li Jingwei took the livelihood section of Foshan Daily and his eyes lit up instantly. Dialects are coming to Foshan! (End of this chapter)