Chapter 948 Negligence
The next day, Song Yuanchao went to the Youth Foundation, found the person in charge of the foundation and explained his purpose.
Because of Lin Daoyuan's previous communication, the other party was very enthusiastic about Song Yuanchao's arrival. They had preliminary communication and discussion on the opinions and needs of both parties, and the results were pretty good.
At noon, the other party also invited Song Yuanchao to have lunch together in the Youth Foundation cafeteria. The lunch was very simple, just an ordinary working meal. This working attitude also made Song Yuanchao satisfied.
When leaving, the two parties agreed that Shenghua would send someone to discuss specific cooperation next month. The other party expressed welcome to Shenghua's friends and looked forward to the start of cooperation. He shook hands with Song Yuanchao, personally sent him to the car and watched him leave.
After leaving the Youth Foundation, Song Yuanchao just got home when he received a call from Luo Yang. Luo Yang asked Song Yuanchao to go to his place, saying that some friends including Wang Shuo, Ma Dudu and Chen Xiaoer were there today, and asked him to go over for a gathering.
Song Chaoyuan readily agreed, and remembered that Li Daqi was not at home, so he asked Luo Yang on the phone. Unexpectedly, Luo Yang told Song Chaoyuan that Li Daqi was already with him, and asked Song Chaoyuan to come by himself. Song Chaoyuan laughed and cursed on the phone, hung up and hurried over there.
When Song Chaoyuan arrived, all the people from Luo Yang's side had already gathered. Quite a few people came, including the more familiar Wang Shuo, Ma Dudu, Chen Xiaoer, as well as Zheng Xiaolong and Zhao Baogang whom he had met before. In addition, he also met Jiang Wen and his lover Liu Xiaoqing.
"You're late, you have to drink three glasses of wine as punishment!" As soon as Song Yuanchao arrived, Wang Shuo shouted that he wanted to drink a glass of wine as punishment, and pointed at the table on purpose.
Seeing that there were already three glasses of wine on the table, Song Chaoyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These guys must have discussed this long ago and were waiting for him here, otherwise how could they have even prepared the wine?
Song Chaoyuan was not good at talking to Wang Shuo. This guy could turn white into black, and make the dead come alive. He could talk in a coherent way, citing classics and making others stunned. Song Chaoyuan had experienced this before, so he said nothing. He went forward and bowed to everyone, then admitted his mistake, and then picked up the wine in front of him and drank one cup after another, finishing all three cups.
"good!"
Wang Shuo and several others praised loudly and applauded enthusiastically. Chen Xiaoer was a kind person. Seeing that Song Chaoyuan drank too quickly and his face turned red, he quickly asked him to sit down, took out the bowl and chopsticks and asked him to take a few sips to drink down the alcohol.
After saying thank you and sitting down next to Chen Xiaoer, Song Chaoyuan took the chopsticks and ate two bites of mutton hotpot and a bite of smashed cucumber, which helped to suppress the alcohol.
"Where did you go today? Why didn't I see you so early in the morning?" Chen Xiaoer asked. He went to look for Song Yuanchao with Luo Yang in the morning, but found out that Song Yuanchao had gone out early in the morning, so he brought Li Daqi, who had just got up, back with him.
"I went to the Youth Foundation." It's not that I can't talk about going to the Youth Foundation, Song Chaoyuan explained with a smile.
"Youth Foundation? Why are you going there?" someone nearby asked in confusion.
Luo Yang understood what was going on immediately and asked Song Chaoyuan if it was about cooperation with the charity foundation. Song Chaoyuan nodded and said yes, and then briefly talked about the cooperation with the Youth Foundation. Everyone was very surprised after hearing it. Luo Yang and Li Daqi were certainly not among them, but others knew for the first time that Song Chaoyuan's company actually had a large-scale charity foundation, and this time it was going to cooperate with the Youth Foundation.
Now is not the future. People nowadays still respect charity, and now they basically do it in a down-to-earth manner.
"Brother...brother...you are this...I...I'll toast you a glass!" Jiang Wen had a bad habit, which was that he would stutter easily when he was excited. Although he was not familiar with Song Yuanchao, he was very good at getting along with others, and this guy was very loyal. When Sit was holding the "Another Bottle" promotion, Song Yuanchao asked Luo Yang to help find someone to shoot the commercial. Luo Yang called Jiang Wen at that time. When Jiang Wen heard about it, he patted his chest and agreed without saying a word. He also asked his wife Liu Xiaoqing to join in. The couple participated in the commercial shooting without asking for any money. Song Yuanchao still remembers this favor.
Song Yuanchao said thank you, picked up the wine in front of him and clinked glasses with Jiang Wen. Of course, what he was drinking now was not white wine. He had just drunk three glasses in a row. If he continued to drink white wine, he would have to fall down soon, so Chen Xiaoer specially changed it to beer for him.
After finishing, Song Chaoyuan curiously asked Jiang Wen what he was busy with recently. Last year, Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing shot a movie together. The movie was called "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying". This movie was jointly invested by Yanjing Film Studio and Luo Yang. Luo Yang used a Hong Kong company to invest, which was considered a co-production.
Song Yuanchao had seen the film and found it well made, better than his previous life. Moreover, he and his wife played the male and female protagonists, Jiang Wen played Li Lianying, and Liu Xiaoqing played Cixi. After the filming, it was sent to the Berlin Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award and received a special nomination award.
This is the last movie that Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing worked on together. The first two movies were the famous "Furong Town", which brought them together. Then in 1988, they worked on "Chun Tao", and then this "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying".
It is now 1993. If nothing changes, by next year, that is, 1994, Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing's marriage will come to an end and the two will go their separate ways. But even so, their feelings are still very deep. In the future, especially when Liu Xiaoqing got into big trouble because of some things, others avoided her, but Jiang Wen ran around and tried every means to help Liu Xiaoqing.
Looking at Jiang Wen, who was full of energy and Liu Xiaoqing, who was sitting next to Jiang Wen with a smile, Song Chaoyuan couldn't help but feel a little sad about the trick of fate. Who would have thought that this couple, whose marriage seemed to be happy, actually had cracks?
"I'm helping Xiaoqing run the company and being a househusband." Jiang Wen said with a smile. Liu Xiaoqing glared at him and patted his arm. However, Jiang Wen was a rough man and didn't care at all. He grinned and laughed.
Liu Xiaoqing registered an industrial development company two years ago, and then successively registered a cosmetics company and a cultural company, becoming the boss of several companies at once. As a couple, Jiang Wen knew that Liu Xiaoqing was very busy, so when he had time, he helped Liu Xiaoqing with company management, but Jiang Wen had no interest in these things. Even if he managed the company, he would fish for three days and fill the net for two days. In his words, it would be better to think about what good scripts to have with this free time. Even drinking, smoking and bragging with friends is worse than staying in the company to read documents.
"By the way, Lao Zheng has a script that he wants me to shoot. I've been considering it these days." Jiang Wen pointed at Zheng Xiaolong and said.
"What book? Movie or TV series?"
"TV series. Did you know there was a novel called "Yen Jing People in New York"? This TV series was adapted from this novel."
When Jiang Wen said this, Song Yuanchao suddenly realized. Of course he knew this TV series. It was a huge hit back then.
In the early 1990s, there were two very similar novels in China, one was "Yen Jing People in New York" and the other was "Shanghai People in Tokyo". These two novels caused a sensation as soon as they were released, and a large number of people bought and read them, because at that time there was a craze for going abroad, and many people, like the characters in the novels, went abroad through untold hardships and worked hard to change their own destiny...
Both novels were adapted into TV series, and both were good. However, Yanjing People in New York was filmed first and aired in 1994, while Shanghai People in Tokyo was filmed in 1995. Although it used actors as good as the former, including Cheng Daoming as the lead actor and other excellent actors such as Ge Daye, it was not as sensational and influential as the former because of the former's success.
"I've read this novel, it's well written, and the subject matter is quite sensitive right now, so people are paying a lot of attention to it. If it can be made into a film, I think given the level of Lao Zheng and you, it will definitely not be bad."
Jiang Wen raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked Song Chaoyuan very seriously: "Do you really think so?"
"Of course it's true! Why? You don't think I'm just saying this casually, do you?" Song Chaoyuan said with a smile, "The novel is good, and the script adaptation is needless to say. Lao Zheng is here, Lao Wang and Dudu are also here, and you are also good at adapting the script. How can so many talented people not come up with a good script? Plus your strength, the filming will definitely not be bad. By the way, there is also Luo Yang. Let this rich man invest some money, and this movie will definitely be a good movie!"
"That's a good point!" Jiang Wen slapped his thigh excitedly, then looked at Song Yuanchao and said, "How about you help me too?"
"Help?" Song Yuanchao was stunned and didn't understand what he meant.
Jiang Wen chuckled and said to Song Yuanchao, "You...you yourself said it must be a good movie. It would be a shame not to shoot it, right? But this movie is different from ordinary movies. We have to...we have to shoot it in the United States. Originally, we thought it would be difficult to shoot it in the United States. After all, the cost is too...too high. Although Mr. Luo is willing to invest, he also said that the landlord has no...surplus food, right? You are a big boss, a big boss who cooperated with the Youth Foundation at the first move, and I heard that you have your own...company in the United States. Isn't this a coincidence? So...hehehe..."
Jiang Wen narrowed his eyes and smiled so that his two rows of white teeth were exposed. At this time, the others also looked at Song Chaoyuan with a smile, as if they were enjoying a good show. Among them, Li Daqi, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, even deliberately gave him a look, and his shoulders kept shaking slightly as he tried to hold back his laughter.
Song Chaoyuan immediately understood that Jiang Wen, a bad guy, had deliberately set a trap for him, and he had taken the initiative to fall into it. Maybe these guys had already discussed it before he came, looking for an opportunity for him to contribute.
