On the first day of the first lunar month, the sound of firecrackers still sounded everywhere in the alleys, and children chased, laughed and had fun.
Gong Qie packed her luggage for Shanghai. On the second day of the first lunar month, her married daughter would take her husband and children back to her parents' home. Of course, it would be too late to take the train. She took the train from Yanjing to Shanghai. A flight ticket costs sixty or seventy yuan, which is equivalent to one month’s salary of an ordinary person.
Immediately after arriving at the study, I saw Fang Yan reading the letter sent from Japan over and over again.
"You've been reading these letters for a few days and you haven't finished them yet? Is there anything important?"
"It's not too big to say it's big, and it's not too small to say it's small."
Dialect did not express Matsuzaka Keiko's lovesickness in the letter, but mentioned two things that were also mentioned in the letters from Kurihara Komaki and Shochiku Film Company. One was the Japanese remake of "The Ring", It will be released during the Bon Festival in August, which is also the Ghost Festival.
Another thing is that this year marks the 30th anniversary of cultural exchanges between the two countries. Kurihara Komaki and Matsuzaka Keiko will visit China with the Japanese actor theater troupe.
“Time flies so fast.”
Gong Qie couldn’t help but sigh.
“That’s right.”
Fang Yan glanced at his watch, "It's almost time. We should set off to pay New Year greetings. We have to catch a plane in the evening."
"I have already divided the things that should be given to whom. You can give them to everyone." Take them all into the car. "
Gong Qi followed Fang Yan and went from house to house to pay New Year greetings to Shen Shuang, Zhang Guangnian, Wang Zengqi, Ding Ling, Wang Meng and others.
The time agreed with Wan Jiabao was at 10:30, and the two of them rang the doorbell on time.
Wan Fang opened the door enthusiastically, "Happy New Year!"
Fang Yan and Gong Chou said in unison: "Happy New Year."
Wan Fang smiled and said, "Come in, come in, dad has already made tea and is waiting for you."
Living room The atmosphere inside quickly became lively. Wan Fang and Gong Cie were chatting quietly, glancing at Fang Yan and Wan Jiabao from the corner of their eyes from time to time.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Fang Yan spoke seriously about the Cultural Education Foundation’s sponsorship of the National Award for Outstanding Scripts in Dramas, Operas and Operas, from the Gambling King’s charity gala to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest’s “One Yuan Charity Donation” ", telling the whole story.
“This is a good thing!”
Wan Jiabao's tone was full of joy and he praised him without hesitation.
Fang Yan took a sip of tea and said, "What the hell, you're so grateful."
"You, you, always bring me surprises."
Wan Jia Bao Xiaoyingying said: "Maybe you don't know that the foundation you founded previously donated heavily to the Mao Dun Literary Award, allowing the literary and art circles to Many comrades have thought about asking you for sponsorship, but considering this or that situation, no one is embarrassed to be the first to talk to you."
Fang Yan took the initiative and said: "Civilization is. As a whole, material civilization and spiritual civilization have two sides and are indispensable.”
"Yes, in addition to spiritual honors, material incentives are also indispensable. Since the Mao Dun Literary Award received your donation and the 'International Writing' literary exchange project, more and more writers in the literary world have begun to Pay attention to and invest in the creation of novels.”
Wan Jiabao’s eyes were filled with appreciation and relief.
Dialect drama and drama are about to usher in a situation where all things are competing and full of vitality.
“I hope so.”
Wan Jiabao sighed, and then mentioned the Japanese actor theater troupe’s visit to China this year to exchange new plays and perform dramas.
Hearing this, Gong Zhen lowered his voice and asked: "What is new drama?"
"New drama is our Chinese drama." Wan Fang explained that during the Republic of China, large-scale dramas appeared in the field of opera The reform movement absorbed elements of European drama and Japanese new schools. In order to distinguish it from traditional opera, it was called "new drama", which is also "civilized drama".
Gong Cie suddenly realized that the drama plays he had exchanged before were basically "Thunderstorm", "Longxugou", "Teahouse", etc. Although they are classic enough, they cannot always be like this. There are a few things, so the drama industry has been innovating and launching several modern dramas that can maintain their appearance.
However, so far, the only ones that can be used for international exchanges are the dramas "Shang Yang".
Precisely because the production of well-received and popular dramas is not high, Renyi is faced with the dilemma of not having any good plays to perform. The attendance rate has been greatly affected, and subsequently there are problems with the business situation. Therefore, there is an urgent need for one or two dramas that can not only experience Renyi A drama that is both powerful and charming, and can attract crowds and make money.
“I discussed it with Comrades Shizhi, Tianye, and other comrades from Renyi.”
Wan Jiabao said: “Before the visiting delegation arrives, it would be best to Do you have any good suggestions for writing a new play?”
Wan Fang said, “Dad has been having a headache for a long time because of this. Even the New Year is not peaceful at all.”
“I’m old,” Wan Jiabao laughed at himself, “I may have had some talent when I was young, but I’m afraid it’s all gone now. It’s like the dregs of medicine that has been boiled. How can it have any medicinal properties? How can it compare with you, the sun at six or seven o’clock.”
Fang Yan, Gong Xie and Wan Fang looked at each other, "You're really offending us when you say that."
Wan Jiabao cast an encouraging look, "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and we, the waves ahead, are trying to Falling behind you guys To catch up, depending on what you have achieved now, even if you miss, you are not far off."
Fang Yan rubbed the side of the cup with his hand and fell into a long thought, like "Notre Dame de Paris" in French. Musicals were ruled out first.
The donkey needs water? Although it can be called a good enough and exciting black humor drama, it is not a milestone in the drama industry.
Secretly in love with Peach Blossom Spring? I don’t know if it has already been performed in Baodao. It’s easy to bump into each other, which would be embarrassing.
"The Mansion Gate" is quite suitable to be written into a drama, but Guo Baochang has not written the script yet, so he has no way to start. In fact, if it were not for the length of "Song Ci, the Criminal Officer of the Song Dynasty" and "Farewell My Concubine", it would be difficult to adapt it. , it lasts a long time, otherwise it is the best choice.
"It's okay, take your time, don't be in a hurry."
Wan Jiabao refilled his cup with tea, "Don't leave at noon, just have lunch with us. "
Wan Fang patted Gong Qie's hand and said with a smile, "Dad knew you were coming to celebrate the New Year, so he specially asked me to book a private room in Quanjude."
Fang Yan's eyes lit up instantly.
“What’s wrong?”
Gong Qie and Wan Fang looked at each other, full of doubts.
Facing Wan Jiabao's puzzled gaze, Fang Yan showed a confident smile: "Sir, why don't we just write this 'Quanjude'?"
Wan Jiabao said with great interest: "Be specific about your thoughts."
Fang Yan grinned: "Mr. and Sister Fang have lived in Yanjing for a long time, so they must have heard about the origins of 'Quanjude', right?"
Seeing him being so pretentious, Wan Fang and Gong Cie rolled their eyes angrily, His heart was itching with anxiety, but Wan Jiabao kept his composure and talked about Quanjude concisely and concisely. From its establishment in 1864 to the present, Mandu Mansuan has a history of 122 years, but if you look back, it is even longer.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the "De Juquan" dried and fresh fruit shop originally located at the front gate of Lao Yanjing was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Yang Quanren, who sells live chickens and ducks, bought this store, reversed the three characters of the old name, and established the new name "Quanjude".
Then the famous chef Sun was specially hired to take charge of the cooking, and the delicacy "roast duck in the hanging oven" was introduced to the people. After continuous development and improvement, Quanjude's roast duck slowly became "the capital's delicacy", inexplicably With the reputation of "Yu Yu", coupled with the "whole duck banquet", "duck delicacies series" and more than 100 kinds of innovative specialties, it has the reputation of "the best restaurant in the world".
"Sir, I'm going to make an article about Quanjude's history of success and write "The No. 1 Building in the World"!"
Fang Yan looked around and spoke firmly. (End of this chapter)