Chapter 766 The county came forward to entertain
Fang Minghua and Zhang Xi walked together, chatting while walking.
The two of them are the oldest among this group of young people, so they can talk together.
Seeing Zuo Wenlu leaning towards her, she asked: "What's wrong? Xiao Zuo?"
"I always feel that something is a bit unreliable?" Zuo Wenlu whispered said.
Fang Minghua smiled.
"Xiao Zuo, are you from a big city?"
"Well, my home is in Shenyang."
"Oh, no wonder." Fang Minghua nodded: "But Shenyang Are there similar places in such a big city? Yanfen Street in Tiexi District is similar to this."
"I have never been to the place you mentioned," Zuo Wenlu replied. .
It seems that she is a girl with good family conditions and good protection.
"It's good to come here and wander around, it will help you get a deeper understanding of the role of Hu Meimei. In fact, it is estimated that there are places like this in every county in the country, more or less."
Fang Minghua Looking at the surrounding small buildings, he saw a fashionably dressed girl on the second floor ogling him.
Of course he pretended not to see it.
Jia Zhangke took everyone around Fenyang County. The county was very small and it took less than an hour to finish the tour. Everyone returned to the guest house, and the start-up work of "Xiao Wu" began.
There were no banners or carpets, and it wasn't like the ones in movies and TV shows where they chose an auspicious day to burn incense and worship before starting the movie. A simple mobilization meeting was held in Jia Zhangke's room.
As a producer and representing the producer, Fang Minghua spoke first.
“First of all, I am a layman.” Fang Minghua also spoke crisply and neatly: “I am just a producer, and all matters of the crew, big and small, are handled by Zhang Ke. Sometimes there are difficulties that cannot be solved. Just ask me.”
“The main thing we need now is a car,” said Xiao Li, who is in charge of the drama: “It’s not easy to rent a car in Fenyang. We rented a van, but it’s not enough. Otherwise, we have to make two trips every time we go out to pull people and equipment.”
“My police car is quite spacious,” Hao Hongjian said immediately, “But it can only be used for a day or two, otherwise the unit will use it. The boss will give me trouble.”
"Use my car, it's enough to squeeze in. Anyway, I don't need a car if I don't have anything to do all day." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
"Okay, Teacher Minghua, I'll use yours temporarily, and I'll return it to you after I rent the car again." Jia Zhangke said politely.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Zhangke began to arrange today's shooting work. Fang Minghua quietly left after listening for a while. Anyway, he has nothing to do now, so he might as well go out for a walk.
If you want to stay in Fenyang for a while, of course you can’t stay in a guest house all day.
As soon as Fang Minghua returned to his room, he heard someone knocking on the door before he left. When he opened the door, he saw a strange middle-aged man.
Seeing Fang Minghua, the man smiled and said in Mandarin with a strong Fenyang accent: "Are you Comrade Fang Minghua, vice chairman of the Qin Provincial Writers Association?"
"I am, you?"
"Hello, Chairman Fang." The other party stretched out his right hand and said with enthusiasm: "I am Zhang Jianguo, Director of the Government Office."
"Hello, Director Zhang." Fang Minghua asked. Fang came in and the two sat on the sofa. Zhang Jianguo said: "Chairman Fang, on behalf of the county secretary last week and County Magistrate Li, I welcome you to Fenyang."
Fang Minghua came to Fenyang this time only in private. Lailai did not notify any local official agency, but he had long been accustomed to this situation. He was greeted by local leaders wherever he went. The smaller the place, the more this happened in areas with backward economic conditions.
He then expressed his gratitude and briefly explained his purpose of coming to Fenyang. "Chairman Fang, that's it. Our County Magistrate Li specifically asked me to ask if you are okay at noon? Secretary Zhou and County Magistrate Li both want to see you and give you a refreshment by the way." Zhang Jianguo said.
"You are so polite. There are so many things going on in the county. Secretary Zhou and County Magistrate Li are both very busy people. They have more important work to do, so there is no need to delay them. It's time." Fang Minghua declined.
"Chairman Fang, receiving you is an important job! Our Secretary Zhou said that you are a great writer. If you come to Fenyang, we will not receive you well and people will laugh if word spreads."
< br>In this case, Fang Minghua agreed.
When it was time to eat at noon, Zhang Jianguo came again, invited Fang Minghua to get into a black Santana in the yard, and went straight to the Jiudu Hotel.
In a private room on the second floor, Fang Minghua met the first and second leaders of the county, as well as a female cadre in her thirties.
After introducing each other, I learned that this female cadre is called Zhao Xuemei, who is the chairman of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the deputy director of the county Propaganda Department.
"Chairman Fang, you are the vice chairman of the Writers Association, so Secretary Zhou and I specially asked Chairman Zhao to accompany you." The speaker was County Magistrate Li, a man in his early fifties, with a stocky appearance. Speaks Fenyang dialect.
After that, he said to Zhao Xuemei who was sitting next to him: "Chairman Zhao, you must accompany Chairman Fang today."
"Secretary Zhou, County Magistrate Li, promise to complete the task!" Zhou Xuemei looked to be less than forty years old, quite pretty, with short hair, and looked very smart.
Sure enough, as soon as the cold dishes were served, after the first and second leaders of the county made their opening remarks, Zhao Xuemei picked up the wine glass, stood up and said to Fang Minghua with a smile: "Chairman Fang, welcome to Fenyang, welcome to guide our Federation of Literary and Art Circles Work, I’ll toast you three cups first.”
Oh my God, I’ll start with three cups!
At the wine table, lesbians usually drink when they get up to toast.
Of course Fang Minghua did not drink alone. After he finished three glasses, Zhao Xuemei clinked three glasses with him, and in the blink of an eye, he drank six glasses of wine.
Fortunately, Fang Minghua is not a bad drinker. There are only five of them here, not many. They drink Fenjiu from Xinghua Village, which is soft in the mouth, and he can still handle it.
In the dining room, when they talked about making movies again, Fang Minghua naturally praised Jia Zhangke, saying that although he was young, he had shown amazing talent as a director and would definitely become an excellent director in the future.
The leaders were very happy to hear this. County Magistrate Li was red-faced after drinking: "Making movies is a good thing. In our place, the county party committee and county government strongly support it! Chairman Fang, if you have any difficulties with the crew, just let us know!"< br>
"It's like this. The crew rented a van, but it was not enough and wanted to rent another one. However, they searched the entire county and couldn't find it, which affected the filming work." Fang Minghua took the opportunity to say.
"Fenyang is a small place, and there are really few places to rent a car." County Magistrate Li pondered for a moment and looked at Zhang Jianguo, who was sitting next to him: "Director Zhang, which unit in the county has a van? Let me know. The crew will use it.”
"County Magistrate Li, if you ask your work unit to borrow a car, it's easy to find one, but a van..." Zhang Jianguo looked confused.
"Jianguo, think of a way." Secretary Zhou spoke.
Zhang Jianguo is indeed the director of the office who specializes in serving leaders. He pondered for a while and thought of a way: "Secretary Zhou, County Magistrate Li, I remembered that Boss Wang of Shengli Coal Mine in Dongzhuang Township, his former I bought a van during my time, saying it is for the coal miners to use for cooking and shopping, so I can borrow it.”
“Call him later and ask him to bring the van and let the crew borrow it. For a while, making movies is more important than buying groceries!" County Magistrate Li interjected.
"Okay, I'll fight now." After saying this, Zhang Jianguo left the box and came back within a few minutes.
"Okay, Boss Wang said that after lunch, he drove to the county guest house."
"Thank you so much." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)