1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

"Xuemin, there's news from Hong Kong, they've taken the bait!"

The old factory manager was waiting for a reply from Hong Kong when he heard Fu Qi excitedly telling him on the phone that they had taken the bait!

And just as Cheng Xuemin had expected, not only did he take the bait and ask for their script, but he also offered to go north at a friendly price!

Friendship price, what is it?

Anyway, the deposit of 30,000 Hong Kong dollars given before has now become the full payment.

So the friendship price is 30,000 Hong Kong dollars!
Good guy!
It was just a huge opening of two hundred thousand lions, and then it came to such a discounted price below the legs of a machete. It was unbelievable.

"That's great! Then let's ask Hong Kong to help and arrange for them to go north as soon as possible!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I told Hong Kong the same thing!"

When Cheng Xuemin heard the news, he felt relieved as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, and he was also secretly happy.

What is this called?
Take their things, do their own things, and Cheng Xuemin can also get the world's best martial arts director for free.

After all, the movie "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" released the year after next was a huge hit and set a new box office record in Hong Kong. The producer was Peace Pictures, the world's number one martial arts director.

At the same time, it is also their entrepreneurial film.

Cheng Xuemin just helped them take it out in advance.

Now, the most important part of a martial arts film, after deciding on the martial arts director, is the final confirmation of the actors.

Although the male and female protagonists have been confirmed, Cheng Xuemin must also personally review several other important roles.

"Xuemin, several actors from Shandong have arrived. They are now reporting to the guesthouse with Li Lianjie and the others. Do you want to meet them formally?"

Director Huang Jianzhong mentioned to Cheng Xuemin that these days it was basically Huang Jianzhong who was in charge of welcoming and seeing off guests, and making some preparations before the filming started.

"Are you all here?! Then we must meet him!" Cheng Xuemin nodded and followed Huang Jianzhong down the main office building to the guesthouse building in front.

As soon as I arrived at the guesthouse, I saw Yu Hai and Sun Jiankui from Shandong, who were asking something with Manager Wang of the guesthouse.

"Look, Director Huang Jianzhong and Comrade Cheng Xuemin, the people you are looking for, are here!"

Manager Wang of the guesthouse was just about to instruct the two Shandong men to go directly to the studio to find their crew members, but he didn't expect that their director and producer had already come over, so he hurriedly said.

"Master Yu Hai and Comrade Jian Kui, right? Hello, welcome to Yanjing to support our Tai Chi crew's filming. My name is Cheng Xuemin!"

Cheng Xuemin is currently holding the position of producer of a Tai Chi drama crew, otherwise it would be somewhat improper to have such a high position, and besides, they are all martial artists, which would be hard to convince the public.

At the first sight, Cheng Xuemin recognized Yu Hai and Sun Jiankui, and took the initiative to step forward and greet them.

"Huh? You are Director Huang and the producer?" Yu Hai looked at Cheng Xuemin and the other two who came in. Seeing that the young man actually recognized him, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "How do you know us? It seems like we have never met before?!"

"Yes! How did you know us? You even sent a letter to call us over from Shandong to film... to film a movie, right?"

"How can we, who practice martial arts, make a movie?"

Sun Jiankui was also very puzzled. He finally saw the people from the Tai Chi crew and asked quickly.

In fact, they came all the way from Shandong, wondering how the filmmakers far away in Yanjing knew about them?
They even sent a special letter to call them over from Shandong. When they received the notice from the unit, they were stunned on the spot.

"Master Yu, do you know Coach Wu Bin from Shichahai Sports School? He's the coach of national champion Li Lianjie. They introduced you to us!"

Cheng Xuemin smiled and nodded, then used Wu Bin from the sports school as an excuse to explain.

For fear that they didn't know Coach Wu Bin well enough, Cheng Xuemin simply brought up the national champion Li Lianjie. His coach might not know the national champion, but he must know the national champion, right?

"Ah? Xiao Wu! Now that we know each other, that's no wonder! So it was that guy who introduced us!"

"They didn't even tell us in advance, leaving us confused all the way!"

Yu Hai touched his unshaved head naively, then smiled as if he suddenly realized something.

They all practice martial arts, and have several competitions every year. How could they not be familiar with each other?

What’s hateful is the national champion. If it weren’t for Wu Bin who cultivated the good seedling Li Lianjie, the national champions in previous years would basically have been won by their Shandong Wushu Team!
So, this can be considered a gathering of enemies.

"That's perfect. Coach Wu has been eagerly waiting for you, Master, for a long time!" Cheng Xuemin then laughed jokingly.

"Ah?! What does he expect us to do?" Sun Jiankui beside him asked in the same naive way, "Could it be that we need to fight again?"

"Jiankui, you guessed it right!" Cheng Xuemin was also happy. They guessed it right before he even opened his mouth. That saved him a lot of trouble.

"Another fight? What's going on?" Yu Hai was stunned and confused, then said excitedly, "This won't work, this won't work. You didn't inform us in advance, and our little Sun didn't even come. How can we fight with their Li Lianjie?"

"Isn't this unethical? Our brother is not here, so aren't you bullying us outsiders?"

"If I had known, I would have brought my brother along!"

Sun Jiankui considers himself to be very good, but there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Among the young members of their Shandong Wushu Team, the best is his younger brother, who is the national runner-up and can fight with Li Lianjie.

Now hearing them say that they want to fight again, but they didn’t tell me in advance, isn’t this just pretending to be lazy?
"Oh, it's a misunderstanding! Master Yu Hai, Comrade Xiao Sun, we are not asking you to fight with Li Lianjie, we are asking Master Yu Hai to fight with Coach Wu Bin!" Seeing that they had misunderstood and were so excited, Huang Jianzhong next to them hurriedly explained.

"Not fighting with Li Lianjie? Let my master fight with Coach Wu?" Sun Jiankui became even more puzzled after hearing this. He didn't know what they were doing.

As the saying goes, if the master is busy, the disciple should do the hard work. How could Sun Jiankui let his master take the lead? He immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, let me fight with Li Lianjie! How can I let the master go first!"

Although Sun Jiankui admitted that he was no match for Li Lianjie, martial artists are full of hot-bloodedness. How could he admit defeat without a fight?
"Let me fight with Xiao Wu? Director Huang, this is for no reason... I don't like people being bullied!" Yu Hai was also puzzled after hearing this. Why did he have to fight with others as soon as he arrived in Yanjing?
And it was that kid Wu Bin!
I'm sorry, Yu Hai smiled innocently and said in a very unkind way.

Teach disciples?
Yu Hai indeed admitted that the two brothers Sun Jiankui, whom he brought with him, were indeed no match for that kid Li Lianjie.

But has the coach ever been there before?
Well, I'm sorry. Yu Hai is confident that he can completely defeat Wu Bin. After all, he has been defeated by him for more than ten years, and the result will not be different if they fight again.

"Uh..." Huang Jianzhong choked. He thought that Coach Wu Bin had vowed to compete with Master Yu Hai in front of him, and he thought they should be equally matched.

But I didn't expect Master Yu Hai to be so shameless. He said that he was not someone who could be bullied... Look at what he said!
Cheng Xuemin also smiled bitterly. In fact, he already knew in his heart that Coach Wu Bin would definitely not be able to beat Master Yu Hai in front of him.

Just kidding, the reputation of the captain of Shandong Wushu Team has reached internationally!

Yu Hai is so powerful that it can be said that none of his contemporary peers dares to claim that they can definitely beat him.

The only one who can compete with him is probably the sword master in Qinghai!

Unfortunately, the sword master was also on the list of people invited by Cheng Xuemin, and it was almost time for him to arrive. Cheng Xuemin was happy for a moment, and then he said, "Master Yu, it's like this!"

"You may not have read the script yet. As you can tell from the name, our movie Tai Chi is a martial arts film, so we invited martial arts masters like you, Master Yu, to act in it!"

"It's like this! The master of the male protagonist in the movie has a lot of scenes, so he should be considered the second male lead! Director Huang originally intended to let you, Master Yu, play the role..."

"Xiao Wu doesn't agree. He also has his eyes on this protagonist master. Does he want to steal my things?"

Ok!

Those who practice martial arts are there to practice martial arts, and their acumen is very strong. Before Cheng Xuemin had even finished speaking, Yu Hai excitedly interrupted and asked.

"No way! We really need a fight! Master, then have a good fight with Coach Wu and beat him into submission first!"

"You are kidding me! How dare you steal your second male lead from me, Master!"

Ok!

The apprentice Sun Jiankui became even more irritable and excited, and threatened to beat the man into submission!

"Then... let's go to the studio later... it's a good time to have an audition. Coach Wu Bin and Li Lianjie and the others joined the crew two days earlier than you did. They are waiting for you, Master Yu, to come over and finalize the roles!"

As expected, they all practiced martial arts and had short tempers and would explode at the slightest provocation. Cheng Xuemin was also happy to broaden his horizons.

Look at the martial artists of this era. If they fight, does it look the same as in the movies?

"That's enough, that's enough, Master Yu, we agreed in advance that we would make friends through martial arts, but that's enough. We still need to work together to make a good movie, so don't start a fight right after joining the crew!"

Huang Jianzhong saw that Cheng Xuemin was not afraid of trouble, so he quickly gave him a shot of emergency to calm him down, hoping that Cheng Xuemin would not really get angry, otherwise it would end badly.

"That's right, that's right!" Yu Hai returned to his old self, touched his head, smiled innocently and nodded.

But Huang Jianzhong was so excited that he could see it!

Following Cheng Xuemin, they did not go upstairs, but directly led Yu Hai and the others to the studio, where more people gathered.

Wu Bin from Shichahai Sports School, Li Lianjie, Wang Qun, Ge Chunyan, and Li Lianjie’s ex-wife Huang Qiuyan.

At this time they all gathered together and chatted.

"Coach, seriously, it's not a loss for us to come here to make a movie, and we can even make some extra money. A lot of people are trying their best to get in!"

Coach Wu Bin was still unsure, but Li Lianjie, who had seen a little bit of the world, spoke excitedly.

Any extra money to earn?

Sure enough, not to mention coach Wu Bin, the other senior brothers Wang Qun and junior sisters Ge Chunyan and Huang Qiuyan all had shining eyes. Is it possible to have such a good thing while making a movie?

Wang Qun asked in a hurry: "Lian Jie, can you make extra money by making movies? How much can you make?"

"Yes, Little Leo, how much can it be? Ten yuan?" Ge Chunyan was also eager to try, and asked expectantly.

Although they are either national champions or runner-ups or third place winners, they usually receive a fixed salary.

Li Lianjie is fine!
Because he won several national championships in a row, his salary level has reached the maximum, which is 85 yuan per month.

But whether it is Wang Qun, Ge Chunyan or Huang Qiuyan, their salary level is two levels lower than Li Lianjie's, only fifty-six yuan.

Although the salaries are actually not low, who wouldn’t want to earn some extra money?

"I heard from a director in Hong Kong that they gave us a subsidy of two yuan a day when they came to the mainland to shoot a movie!"

“I just don’t know how many people their crew is!”

Speaking of subsidies, Li Lianjie said with a worried look on her face, "And I've also asked around. I heard that the subsidies given by Yanying Studio are mostly 50 cents a day!"

"The price has increased by four times. It may not be noticeable in one or two days, but if it lasts for three to five months, it could cost us two or three months' salary!"

"Two dollars a day in subsidies? Is that so high?"

Not only Ge Chunyan and Huang Qiuyan were shocked and surprised, even coach Wu Bin was dumbfounded.

What does a subsidy of two dollars a day mean?
If I told Li Lianjie about this movie, it would take three to five months to shoot, more than a hundred days, so wouldn't it be two or three hundred yuan?

This is this...

No wonder Li Lianjie wants to make movies so much. This subsidy alone is enough to earn him several national championship prizes?!

You know, Li Lianjie won the national championship in this National Games, and in addition to the salary increase, she also received a cash bonus of 50 yuan.

Originally, this fifty yuan was equivalent to one month's salary for their team members, which was already a very high bonus!
But now compared with the subsidies for making movies, it’s simply... I really don’t know how to put it!

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

Cheng Xuemin and a few others came over. Huang Jianzhong, who wanted to be a peacemaker, quickly greeted them and asked with a smile. He was also mentally preparing himself for how to persuade them later.

"Hey! Director Huang, you guys came just in time. I was talking to the coaches about the subsidy! I heard from the directors in Hong Kong that they were given a subsidy of two dollars a day when they came here to shoot a movie. What about us?"

When Coach Wu Bin saw his old rival Yu Hai coming over, his eyes were instantly filled with fighting spirit, but Li Lianjie next to him extinguished the fire with quick words!

This little Leo is too direct. Can you ask this question so directly in person?

Can't you ask in private?
Moreover, he actually mentioned the subsidy that the Hong Kong director had promised to give him. Isn't this just taking advantage of the situation?

What I mean is that directors in Hong Kong pay two dollars a day, so we can’t pay less than them, right?

"Of course we..."

Sure enough, Huang Jianzhong was stunned by Li Lianjie's question. Aren't subsidies all based on the factory's regulations?
What does it mean that this guy moved out of Hong Kong to get subsidies to make a movie?

Huang Jianzhong originally wanted to say, of course we give it according to our factory’s own regulations, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, Cheng Xuemin next to him pulled them back!
Then I heard Cheng Xuemin say, "We will definitely pay as much as Hong Kong pays. It's already agreed. Two dollars a day, not less than what others pay!"

In an instant, not only Huang Jianzhong, but even Yu Hai, Sun Jiankui and others were completely dumbfounded!

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