Chapter 61 Premiere

  Since June 17th, when the US announced that Taiwan would be incorporated into Japan, the entire island of Taiwan has fallen into a state of frenzy. Starting with university students taking to the streets, patriotic intellectuals from all over Taiwan have joined in the protests. The demonstrations are becoming increasingly intense. Some students have even asked the government: "Give us a gun and we'll go fight on the Diaoyu Islands."

  The betrayal and shamelessness of Mei De have driven the entire Taiwanese people into a frenzy, and as Double Ten approaches, this restless and excited mood has not subsided but has become even more intense.

  Due to this unrest and turmoil, the authorities placed greater emphasis on the screening of "Ying Lie Qian Qiu", hoping to guide the emotions of the Taiwanese people to be 'properly' released through the film.

  In the week before "A Better Tomorrow" was released, all major distributors in Taiwan received a notice from theater owners to attend the premiere of "A Better Tomorrow".

  On October 8th evening, at the National Father Memorial Hall on Ren'ai Road Section 4 in Beitou District, Taipei, which was still under construction, gathered the elite of Taiwan's film industry.

  The National Father Memorial Hall was built to commemorate the 100th birthday of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and it was completed in 1972 but is still only half-finished. It is a work by renowned Taiwanese architect Wang Da-hong.

  The National Father Memorial Hall is a square with a length of 100 meters and a height of 30.4 meters, divided into two main parts in the front and back, the front being the Sun Yat-sen Statue Memorial Hall, and the back being the Performance Hall.

  Tonight, the premiere of "Ying Lie Qian Qiu" will be held in the performance hall of the Memorial Hall.

  The front entrance of the National Father Memorial Hall has an eaves that turns upwards, and the roof is modeled after the architecture of the Tang and Song dynasties. However, designer Wang Daming not only borrowed from traditional architecture but also added a lot of new ideas: using simple and powerful lines to outline the ridge, cleverly forming the roof into a three-degree curved surface, making the entire building almost perfect in shape.

  At the same time, the designer replaced blocks with lines and emphasized the beauty of columns, doors and windows, and eaves. The color is simple and durable, with a light and quiet temperament, making the whole building exude a subtle oriental classic beauty.

  At 8 o'clock in the evening, just as night was falling, the front of the National Father Memorial Hall was already packed with elite figures from the TW film industry.

  "Hu Dao, you've also arrived." Liu Zirou, the owner of a theater chain in Taipei, had received the premiere notice for "Ying Lie Qian Qiu" a week ago.

  Liu Zirou is actually not very interested in this kind of political propaganda film, because this type of movie doesn't have much profit to speak of, and it's not worth mentioning that there's no benefit. Moreover, sometimes it will even affect one's own business, because every time such a propaganda film is released, all the other films in one's cinema have to make way for it, even if they are blockbusters, unless you don't want your cinema to operate anymore.

  Because they are all in the film industry, Liu Ziruo and Li Xing are also quite familiar with each other. Hu Jinquan sees Liu Ziruo greeting him.

  "Boss Liu is also here, isn't he?"

  "Hehe, a major event for the party and country, how could I possibly not come?" Liu Zirou said with an insincere smile.

  "What? Isn't that Director Li? I heard this movie was filmed at his studio, with a pretty large investment." Hu Jinquan said to Liu Zirou while looking at Li Huanxiang in the distance.

  "That movie invested a lot by the country." Liu Zirou said with a slight pout. Hu Jinquan just smiled and didn't comment on Liu Zirou's words.

  Two men walked up to Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan smiled and shouted: "Hanziang brother, you're doing well!" Hu Jinquan and Li Hanxiang had co-directed the 1963 version of The Love Eterne. This film won several major awards at that year's Golden Horse Awards, including Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, and Best Editing. Therefore, their relationship was still very good.

  "Old Hu, you're here too." Li Hanxiang was talking to the boss of a film company beside him, and when he heard Hu Jinquan calling him, he turned around with a smile.

  "Han Xiang, I heard that this film was shot in your company's studio." Hu Jinquan asked with a smile.

  "What's my studio, the studio was acquired by Huayi Brothers Media Corporation several months ago." Li Hanxiang mentioned the studio and couldn't help but think of Guolian which had just gone bankrupt, so the smile on his face was somewhat bitter.

  "What's Yan Huang Film?" Hu Jinquan thought for half a day, but still couldn't figure out the origin of this company. It seemed that TW had the ability to acquire Guolian Xinxinbei Film Studio, and all the film companies in Hu Jinquan were very familiar with it, but there was no such thing as Yan Huang Film Industry. Was it a Hong Kong-based film company?

  Li Hanxiang, on the other side, saw Hu Jinqiu's puzzled face and explained: "Don't think about it, this is a newly opened film company, and the boss is the director of tonight's movie."

  "Are you referring to the new director who filmed Big Brother of Tangshan?" Hu Jinquan was quite familiar with this kung fu film that had recently swept Hong Kong and Taiwan.

  "That's the new director." Li Hanxiang replied.

  After listening to Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan suddenly felt at ease. It turned out that the director of this play was also the producer of this play. According to the box office fire of this play some time ago, the director should have made a fortune, so it's normal to have the financial resources to acquire Guolian's studio.

  Two people were talking when the door of the broadcasting hall opened. The two followed the crowd into the broadcasting hall.

  Hu Jinquan and Li Hanxiang entered the hall, checked their seat numbers, and found that they were only one number apart. Between their two seats was a familiar face, Li Xing.

  "Director Li, you're here too." Hu Jinquan asked from his own seat.

  "It's not just me, have you all arrived?" Li Hang looked around and said with a smile.

  "In a special time, when the party and country call, how can we not come? Not just us, you see." Li Hanxiang said angrily to Li Hang in front of him.

  My goodness, the Director of the Publicity Department, the Minister of News, the Minister of Culture, all these big shots who have something to do with movies are here. Behind them are also the heads of several state-owned film companies such as China Film Group, China Film Co., and Taiwan Film Company.

  However, these few people did not sit down directly after entering the door, as if there were even more important figures.

  "Director Chiang has arrived." Suddenly said Bai Jingrui in a low voice, sitting next to Hu Jinquan.

  Li Hang and several other directors sitting in a row all fixed their eyes on the entrance of the hall.

  "As expected, Director Jiang." Several people exchanged a knowing glance. It seems that the previous speculation was correct, and the authorities attach great importance to this film, intending to use it to guide public sentiment.

  Unlike the directors, the bosses of these cinemas are now thinking bitterly in their hearts: It seems that from today on, their own cinema will have to play the movie that will be released tonight all day long. Don't expect any income. Just hope to break even.

  But this is just a pipe dream, because since the government withdrew from the mainland in 1949, they have been making propaganda films. However, it seems that up to now, not one of them has made a profit, if this were a private company, it would have gone bankrupt who knows how many times, but since it's state-owned, it's got deep pockets. But the bosses of these theaters can't compare with them. People eat and horses chew their cud, sigh, just hope they don't lose too much money.

  Tonight Wang Wei is the protagonist, so he was 'lucky' enough to be arranged beside Director Jin.

  Wang Wei met this future leader of TW for the first time. A great man will wear a crown. Wang Wei still admires him quite a bit.

  During his tenure as Premier of the Executive Yuan, he promoted the Ten Major Construction Projects, carried out the Ten Major Reforms, and promulgated eight "Political and Social Innovations", which led to Taiwan's rapid economic development and became one of the Four Asian Tigers.

  At the same time, adhering to the One-China principle and opposing Taiwan independence. In 1987, it was announced that some people would be allowed to visit relatives on the mainland, ending the 40-year separation of compatriots across the strait.

  Looking at the slightly chubby general in front of him, Wang Wei silently wondered if there was an opportunity to exert his own energy and make these policies appear ahead of time.

  Mei Changling, the former head of Central Motion Picture Corporation, had told Zhang Jingyi that "Ying Lie Qian Qiu" was a very successful film and would definitely serve as a morale booster for the Taiwanese people at this special moment.

  "You must be Wang Wei, so young." Jian Jing smiled and shook hands with Wang Wei. The reporter from China Times saw the director shaking hands with Wang Wei and quickly picked up his camera to capture this shot.

  "Director Chiang is well." Wang Wei smiled and shook hands with Jiang Jingyi.

  "Great ambition is not limited by age, this sentence is quite right. I heard from Changling that your film was shot very wonderfully." After the translation, he sat down quietly.

  "Thank you, President Jiang, for your praise. It's hard to say whether it's good or not, I don't dare to boast about myself," Wang Wei said with a humble smile.

  "I'm really looking forward to it then. If it's not good, I'll have to give you a good scolding." Jing Xiang said with a smile.

  As the two were talking, the host on stage announced: "Next, please welcome the Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China and the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan, Mr. Jing Lian, to give a speech at the premiere of 'Eternal Heroes'."

  At that time, Jiang Jingguo was only the vice president of the Executive Yuan of the ROC government, but Wang Wei knew that it wouldn't be long before Jiang would drop the "vice" from his title.

  As soon as she stepped onto the stage, a warm and enthusiastic applause erupted from below.

  Here, I, Chiang Kai-shek, on behalf of the National Government, pay my respects to those martyrs who have fought against the powerful enemies. After finishing his speech, he bowed deeply.

  "Moreover, what I want to say is that the Republic will absolutely not yield to the tyranny of those powerful countries." After finishing speaking, he hung up the receiver and returned to his seat neatly.

  It's no surprise that the content of Tsai Ing-wen's speech is related to the current situation in Taiwan.

  The curtains had just been drawn back to their seats when the entire auditorium suddenly fell silent. Then, on the big screen, the logos of China Film and Huayi Brothers appeared one after another.

  Suddenly, a plane's roar and the sound of bombs exploding filled the entire auditorium.

  A line of subtitles flashed on the big screen.

  This tablet is dedicated to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in fighting against Japanese aggression.

  At the same time, the prelude of "Jing Zhong Bao Guo" sounded in the broadcasting hall. Since the prelude of "Jing Zhong Bao Guo" was taken from the fragment of "Qin Wang Po Zhen Yue", at this moment, the people in the hall were infected by the music and their mood became particularly heavy.

  The names of the music composer, editor and lead actors then appear on the subtitles.

  When the crowd under the stage saw this string of unfamiliar names, they couldn't help but furrow their brows. Lin Fengchao and Ke Junxiong were still familiar with everyone, but who was Lin Qingxia? She seemed to be a new actress.

  And who is this Wang Wei, it seems that the screenwriter, editor and composer of the theme song are all one person. Seeing this, everyone in their hearts couldn't help but suspect, could it be that China Film also lacks people?

  However, when everyone heard Wang Wei's rendition of "Jing Zhong Bao Guo", they were shocked and at the same time felt a sense of curiosity about Wang Wei.

  Just as everyone's heart was filled with doubts,

  On the screen appeared a few large characters: "Eternal Glory". Director: Wang Wei.

  PS; Seeking Sanjiang's recommendation, seeking patronage

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