Two days after the celebration party, the box office of "Police Story" exceeded HK$10 million without any surprise.
At the same time, Fang Yan and Gong Zhen embarked on the road back to Beijing, but this time they took a plane instead of a boat.
In the mid-1980s, routes from Xiangjiang to the mainland were gradually opened, although the frequency of flights was very rare.
Gong Qian turned his gaze from the blue sky outside the porthole to Fang Yan, who was sitting next to him, and saw him eating peanuts and drinking Maotai wine.
"How do you plan to help Qingxia find her sister?"
"They said they gave the child to her parents in Laiyang, Ludong more than 30 years ago, and then took her daughter away after she stabilized."
Fang Yan said: "The old man may have passed away now, but fortunately there is still a key clue, which is her second uncle Lin Weiyun. With this level of relationship, it will be much easier to find this 'Lin Li'. With the assistance of comrades from the Ludong Writers Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other departments.”
"What if, I mean what if she is not in Ludong?"
Gong Xie speculated: "Don't forget that according to her age, she must have participated in the mountainous countryside, and may have settled in the place where she jumped in the queue."
"No matter whether they are in Laiyang or not, we have to start the investigation from their hometown in Ludong first. As long as we can dig out some clues, we can follow the clues and continue the investigation. If we are lucky, we may be able to meet Lin Weiyun and Lin Weiyun. Li’s people.”
Fang Yan said: "Have you ever heard of a theory called 'six degrees of separation'?"
Gong Zhen shook his head and listened to what he said, "Any two people in the world who don't know each other can establish a connection with only a few middlemen. With no more than six people at most, they can get to know any stranger." Incredible expression:
"Real or false?"
"I don't know either. I can take this opportunity to verify it."
Fang Yan shrugged.
"Be serious, this is a major event related to the reunion of Qingxia's family. Since you promised, you can't take it lightly."
Gong Zhen reminded.
Fang Yan said: "If we really can't find out the whereabouts of Lin Weiyun and Lin Li's family in Ludong, we can only publish a missing persons notice in the newspaper. Of course, it is impossible to do it in the name of Qingxia's search for relatives." A big reward event to give back to outstanding readers of "World of Reasoning"..."
"You have so many tricks up your sleeve."
Gong Zhen thought it was ridiculous at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really feasible.
"You still don't know if I have many tricks? When the night is quiet, I will teach you..."
Fang Yan showed a playful smile.
"Not serious!"
Gong Zhen patted her gently and rolled her eyes in shame and annoyance.
At this moment, the stewardess’s voice came over the radio:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is about to land, please confirm again to fasten your seat belts..."
After a while, the plane arrived at the airport smoothly. Fang Yan and Gong Xie took a taxi. First, they went to the house in Shichahai and put down their large and small bags of things in the house. Then the couple worked together to pack up the courtyard house they had not lived in for a long time. It's time to clean the windows, it's time to sweep the floor...
After cleaning it inside and out, all I had to do was hang up lanterns, put up couplets, and decorate it to add a little bit of New Year flavor.
At this time, the sky gradually darkened.
"We won't eat at home tonight. I just called our mother and she asked us to come to her place to eat."
Fang Yan picked up the hot kettle, mixed it with the cold water in the basin, soaked the towel in it, wrung it out and handed it over.
"Okay, I just happened to bring the furs I bought for my mother in Xiangjiang and the gifts for my little sister."
Gong Qian stretched out his hand to take it, wiped his jade-like face and slender swan neck, and then washed it again.
Seeing her pretending to wipe his face, Fang Yan closed his eyes and said, "Okay, let's get ready and set off."
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Nanluogu Lane has eight alleys on the east and west sides, neatly arranged, shaped like "fish bones" and "centipedes".
Driving past the two ancient wells at the northernmost end, which are the eyes of the entire Centipede Street, we quickly arrived at the familiar courtyard.
Yang Xia walked out of the kitchen, holding steaming dishes in her hands. When she saw them, she was surprised and happy and said:
"You're here just in time. Hurry up and sit in the room. Dinner will be served soon."
"Mom, let me help you."
Gong Zhen was ready to help, but Yang Xia refused.
"As for Yanzi, even though he is such a big man, he still doesn't come out to help."
Fang Yan glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that there was no one in the lobby, but the cartoon "Calabash Brothers" was playing on the color TV.
"She's busy with that computer."
Yang Xia curled her lips and said, "Serving it is more diligent than serving this old lady like me."
Fang Yan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but under his mother's gaze, he immediately pulled the corners of his mouth downwards with a stern face:
"Mom, let me teach her a lesson for you. It's really shameful!"
While talking, he walked to the room that used to be his and lifted Fang Yan out like a chicken.
Fang Yan said in confusion: "Brother, brother, what are you doing? I am completing the homework assigned by Teacher Ni."
Gong Qian joked: "So you are busy, so I will give you the gift I prepared for you later."
"Sister-in-law!"
Fang Yan ran over in a hurry, trying to be cute, "Hey, sister-in-law, why did you go to Xiangjiang and become more beautiful!"
Gong Qian poked it with his finger and said, "Hey, you, stop saying flattery and come with me to help our mother bring the food."
Fang Yan stuck out her tongue, then obediently followed her sister-in-law out, and then quickly walked in with the "Double Happiness" pressure cooker.
"That's pretty much it."
Fang Yan handed over a bag of gifts, "Hey, these are all yours."
"Wow! Thank you sister-in-law!"
The little girl's eyes flashed with "bulingbuling" light, and she took out an LCD electronic game console as big as the palm of her hand.
"This is Nintendo's 'GAMEWATCH', which contains several video games such as "Donkey Kong" and "Ball"."
Fang Yan took it in his hand and demonstrated it.
Seeing that the little girl was immediately fascinated, Gong Qiao smiled:
"Sure enough, my dear friend Mo Ruo, your brother guessed a long time ago that you would like this thing."
"Hey, thank you bro!"
Fang Yan couldn't hold it any longer and couldn't wait to get started immediately.
"Don't rush to play now. Take a look at what your sister-in-law brought you." Fang Yan said.
"This is the album you want most signed by Zhang Guorong."
Gong Qian said with doting eyes: "And these are the signed photos of Zhang Guorong, Cheng Long, and Lin Qingxia..."
Fang Yan was very excited, "This...this, sister-in-law, did you meet Zhang Guorong in Xiangjiang this time!?" Gong Cong smiled, "Not only did we meet him, we also invited him to make a movie."
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Fang Yan was shocked: "Really!"
"That's right, and it's a movie that our family participates in and invests in."
Gong Yue picked up what he could say and recounted what they saw, heard, and did in Xiangjiang.
Yang Xia put vegetables in her and Fang Yan's bowls, listening attentively, and occasionally asked a few questions that she was curious about.
"If I have the chance, I really want to go to Xiangjiang with my brother and sister-in-law."
Fang Yan's eyes wandered and she couldn't help but sigh.
Gong Jie said: "Then it depends on you. If you are successful in your studies, you can study abroad like your sister Ruoxue."
Seeing their aunts and sisters chatting animatedly, Yang Xia was overjoyed. When her peripheral vision fell on Fang Yan, she noticed that he had finished two bowls of rice in silence, "Look, you didn't eat well outside. Look at yourself." For the thin ones, would you like another bowl?”
"That's enough, mom. If you eat any more, you'll be full."
Fang Yan scooped radish and pork ribs soup into a bowl.
"By the way, many people have sent you letters these days, and some of them have been sent here."
Yang Xia said: "Swallow, hurry up and take out the letter for you."
Fang Yan responded, and then took out a stack of letters from the cabinet.
"Brother, several letters were sent from Japan, and one was sent by Sister Yoko herself, saying that it must be delivered to you."
"Oh!"
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows and immediately opened the envelope. He saw that it said "Love Letter" would be published on February 14th, the eve of Valentine's Day. It had done a lot of publicity in newspapers and had already been pre-ordered by many readers. , prepare to use it as one of the gifts given on Valentine’s Day.
Immediately afterwards, Shunjiro Suzuki asked him when he would have the opportunity to return to Japan to participate in the anniversary celebration of Yufi Pavilion this year.
In the following letters, there were letters from Shochiku Film Company, Kyoto University Family Visiting Association, Matsuzaka Keiko, Kurihara Komaki...
Before he could take it apart one by one, Fang Yan screamed "Snow" and then ran out of the courtyard with her rice bowl in hand.
Fang Yan and Gong Xie also came to the yard and saw that the night was dark, the north wind was blowing, and white snowflakes were falling.
On the radio, the tape they brought back from Xiangjiang was playing, with charming melodies and eloquent narration.
"Knock gently to wake up the sleeping soul, slowly open your eyes,
Look at the busy world, are you still wandering around lonely?
...The white snow falling on Jade Mountain burns the hearts of young people, making true feelings melt into musical notes..."
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It snowed all night, and the entire Sijiu City turned into a world of ice and snow.
Fang Yan went to Yonghegong Street early in the morning. In addition to Chen Ximi and Yu Hua who had already gone back, all the members of the editorial department of "Mystery World" were there. As the editor-in-chief and the owner of the studio, it is natural to receive benefits at the end of the year. , everyone received a thick red envelope.
It includes awards for scripts such as "Baby" and "Police Story" as well as year-end awards.
After all, the average monthly sales volume of "Mystery World" magazine can be maintained at around 550,000 copies, and the entire editorial department is indispensable.
What's more, in addition to periodicals and movies, the TV series business has also improved significantly. Although the cooperation partner is still only the Yanjing Television Art Center, "The Stewardess" has won many Feitian Awards, and the ratings of TV series such as "Undercover Police" Quite impressive too.
Even after the year, there will be a long TV series "Song Ci, the Punisher of the Song Dynasty" waiting for them to adapt it.
Yanjing TV Station and Yanjing TV Art Center have spent all their money this time, planning to invest 1 million yuan.
Fang Yan made a reservation at Donglaishun and ordered 2 kilograms of mutton for each person. While boiling the mutton, he discussed the script with Shi Tiesheng, Wang Shuo, Zhong Acheng, Lu Haiyan and others, and came up with ideas and outlines together. In the end, Zhong A Cheng and Shi Tie were born to be the final writers.
Teacher Fang has many things to do, so he has to focus on creation, so he can only reluctantly hold the positions of general consultant, chief planner and chief screenwriter.
Everyone brainstormed and polished the script, and they took a holiday until February 8th. Everyone went back to their homes to watch the Spring Festival Gala and celebrate the New Year.
The small house in Nanluogu Lane was filled with joy. Han Yue, who was not yet one year old, became the focus of all the stars. Yang Xia, Fang Hong, Gong Jie, Fang Yan and others all surrounded her and looked at her. They could never tire of it. Fang Yan had a similar relationship with Han Yuemin. They chatted for a while, occasionally glancing at the TV.
The 1986 Spring Festival Gala was the first Spring Festival Gala in which I was not on the creative team. It was planned and directed by Huang Yihe, Deng Zaijun and others.
The style of the entire Spring Festival Gala can only be described in eight words: everything is smooth and steady, and the stars are gathered together.
In the environment at that time, it was not easy to make bold innovations for the Spring Festival Gala. In addition, there was no dialect to make suggestions, so the founding concept was as conservative and stable as possible. Compared with the previous years, it was quite satisfactory and mediocre. Nothing surprising.
If I have to point out what is outstanding, it is that the guests invited this time are more important than before, and it is a gathering of talents.
In addition to regular guests Zhao Lirong, Chen Peisi, Ma Ji and others, Feng Gong finally appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.
After this appearance, she was out of control. From then on, she stayed at the Spring Festival Gala for 33 consecutive years and was nicknamed "the most awesome person in the Spring Festival Gala".
The phrase "audience friends, I miss you so much" is much more pleasing to the ear than "let's make dumplings and smash them together"!
In addition, in terms of hosts of the party, in addition to Jiang Kun, Zhao Zhongxiang and Zhu Shimao are old faces, there are also "Heshenhe adults" who have just been transferred to CCTV, Wang Gang, and the factory of Beijing Film Studio Hua, Fang Shu, the last one is unexpected, it will be Zhu Lu.
"It was Director Yang who recommended it to Director Deng and Director Huang. Of course, I also contributed a little bit."
As a former Spring Festival Gala host, Gong Zhen is naturally an old acquaintance with Jiang Kun, Deng Zaijun and others.
"Yeah!"
Fang Yan was surprised.
"'Journey to the West' is about to film the Daughter Kingdom scene, so Director Yang and the others are planning to let her appear as the representative of the crew."
Gong Zhen said with a smile that this was also a small compensation for CCTV's investigation of the "Journey to the West" crew some time ago.
Since January 1 this year, 11 episodes of "Journey to the West" have been broadcast continuously, from the birth of the Monkey King, the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, to the escape from Wuzhishan. The average ratings are as high as 89.4%, which is much higher than the pilot broadcast from 1982 to 1984. In just a few episodes, all the crew members of "Journey to the West" have wiped away their shame.
It also allowed the leaders of CCTV to refresh their understanding of the TV series "Journey to the West" and began to pay more and more attention to and support "Journey to the West".
"She plays the king of a daughter's kingdom!"
"This look and temperament are indeed suitable for playing the role of the king of the daughter country."
"Xiao Yue, she plays the king of the daughter kingdom, and Pei Ning plays the fairy Chang'e. What about you? What are you playing?"
Fang Hong, Yang Xia, Han Mu and others all turned their attention to the TV. The Zhu Fu in the picture was radiant, dignified and elegant.
Gong Qie said: "I really want to challenge Scorpion Spirit and act in the same play as Zhu Lu, but Director Yang wants me to play the Jade-faced Princess."
Fang Yan said in a joking tone: "Fortunately, you are not playing Gao Cuilan."
Gong Zhen was curious: "Why?"
"Then wouldn't I become Zhu Bajie?" Fang Yan shrugged.
"Haha!"
In an instant, the atmosphere inside and outside the house was filled with joy. A smile appeared on Fang Yan's lips. It would be better to be the Bull Demon King. The Tauren was ecstatic! (End of chapter)