Chapter 352: Be strong without desire
Half past nine in the evening.
Considering that there are elderly and children in the Chen family, the brothers dispersed after dinner.
Baoqiang got on E280 quite drunk, but when he turned around, he saw Xu Kun standing on the street looking into the distance.
Looking at the general direction, he rolled down the window and asked: "Brother Kun, you don't really want to buy a house in the Olympic Village, do you?"
"Not sure yet."
Xu Kun waved his hand and said: "I have made an appointment with someone else, you go back first."
"Oh~"
Baoqiang silently rolled up the car window, thinking that if Brother Kun wanted to buy it, then he would have to buy one too.
Although he looks naive, he understands in his heart that even though he has become famous recently, his biggest reliance in the entertainment industry is still his acquaintance with Brother Kun.
After Baoqiang left in the E280 driven by his assistant, it didn't take long for Xu Kun to wait for Ningjing's car.
Seeing that Ning Jing's car was a newly launched Sylphy, Xu Kun was a little puzzled and said: "Sister Ning, why are you still downgrading your consumption?"
Ningjing is not a low-key character, especially after marrying to the United States, she became lavish.
Ning Jing explained while driving: "I don't say I left home in the United States, but I don't have much money left - Paul has not been rich in these years, so I kept everything I could leave him."
"Why, this American has no food left at home?"
"Americans don't have enough food to survive. Many of them are just living on the moonlight, carrying a lot of debt and no savings at all."
The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Xu Kun suddenly thought of a major event that was about to happen: the 2008 financial crisis.
This matter seemed to have happened around the time of the Olympics. Later, it was China that took care of it.
But when the opponent slows down, he starts to repay kindness with hatred...
The latter is not important for the time being. What is important is that the financial crisis should be useful.
In the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Thailand was the first to suffer. At that time, financial currencies across Asia were collapsing, and it was only China that held on, preventing greater losses.
As the saying goes, one should never forget the past. If the economic crisis has already emerged, wouldn't it be natural for Thailand to want to draw closer to China at this juncture?
Moreover, predicting the economic crisis in the movie can also create a big gimmick for the movie, and maybe it will go down in history in the future...
But this creates a new problem.
He is a Chinese director, and he is not a financial expert. If he wants to predict the 2008 US financial crisis in advance, he must have a reasonable reason, right?
At this time, Ning Jing saw that Xu Kun had not said a word for a long time, and couldn't help but wonder: "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
Xu Kun hesitated and said: "I just think there will be problems if Americans are so conscientious about food and clothing."
"That's for sure. I heard people say that there will be an economic crisis in the United States every ten years."
"Really?!"
Xu Kun's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Are there any research materials in this area?"
"It should be there. Can you check it online?"
Xu Kun didn't care about meeting again after a long separation. When he arrived at Ningjing's house, he began to use her notebook to search for information related to the economic crisis.
As a result, most of the searches found were reviews of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
There are some related analyzes of the economic crisis that occurs in the United States every ten years, but they are all summary information rather than prospects for the future.
After all, singing about the beauty of aging is not very popular on intranets these days.
"What are you doing?"
It wasn't until Ning Jing finished taking a shower and stretched out a snow-white thigh to try to count the change in his pocket that Xu Kun remembered where he was.
He grabbed Ning Jing's mischievous right foot and asked persistently: "I also want to search for information on the Internet. If you are good at English, help me find it."
Ning Jing was caught by his ankle, and his body bones were so soft. When he heard this, he kicked Xu Kun's belly angrily, and said angrily: "Why are you so anxious? If you think I'm old and old, you can just go straight Say!”
"How is it possible!"
"Then you just think that I'm divorced and I'm missing that tone!"
This woman is starting to be unreasonable, so it's useless what you say.
Fortunately, our brother Kun is better at convincing people.
Even though Ningjing is a fierce horse that has been running for a long time, it gradually becomes more well-behaved under his persistent encouragement.
The two of them even lied about it - the new sofa that Ningjing bought was definitely not genuine leather, and the water had penetrated under the leather. …………
Suddenly, Xu Kun took Ning Jing to go over the wall and went to the Internet. Sure enough, he successfully searched for articles predicting the economic crisis. Several of them mentioned the term "subprime mortgage crisis", and most of them were published in 2005 or 2006.
Xu Kun felt like he had found a treasure and quickly printed out these articles and prepared to find someone to help translate them.
Although Ningjing's English is good, he doesn't have the patience and can't understand those professional terms.
As a result, before Xu Kun could find a suitable translator, he received a call from Han Sanping.
"Xiao Xu, are you free tomorrow morning?"
"Third uncle, if you summon me, I will definitely have time!"
"Well, come to China Film Group Corporation tomorrow. Someone wants to hear the general outline of your new movie - especially the cooperation with Thailand."
Xu Kun had long guessed that before he went to Thailand to discuss cooperation, there would be an 'explanation' from above, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
However, looking at the untranslated articles in his hand, Xu Kun didn't think there was anything to worry about. In the past, he wanted to use the gimmick of Sino-Thailand cooperation to make the superiors open a hole in the review.
But now that the Thai military has moved across the border, there is less need for this.
If you have no desires, then you are strong.
So the next day, he came to China Film Studio with a draft of the script that he had not yet written, as well as a few articles predicting the economic crisis.
In addition to Han Sanping, there was a middle-aged man and a young man in the reception room. Judging from their posture, they knew they were from government agencies.
Xu Kun subconsciously sat upright, and then heard Han Sanping say: "Xiao Xu, don't be nervous, I'm just here to have a casual chat with you this time - I heard that Thailand promised that if they can help promote a positive image of the Thai military, they will What do you think about providing greater support? ”
Anyone who believes this 'casual chat' is a fool.
"Cough~"
Xu Kun cleared his throat and said sternly: "Mr. Han, in fact, Thailand's request reminded me that in order to maintain the image of a major country, it is inconvenient for our country to send troops to perform tasks outside, but Thailand has no such concerns. < br>
I think it can be set up as a Thai people entrusted by us, and finally crossed the border to help the rescue team - by the way, there are several articles here, Mr. Han, you can take a look first. ”
Talking about business in front of outsiders, of course, must be called a job.
Xu Kun took out the articles and respectfully handed them to Han Sanping.
Han Sanping flipped through it and saw that it was all in English. He was a little confused and said, "Don't be so pretentious. What is written here?"
"It's an article predicting the imminent subprime mortgage crisis in the United States." Xu Kun explained: "I heard about these articles from friends recently and thought they could be used in movies, so I asked someone to download some from the Internet, but there are still It’s too late for someone to translate.”
Hearing what Xu Kun said, the young man who was sitting upright immediately became unable to sit still and subconsciously looked at the middle-aged man next to him.
The middle-aged man nodded, and he immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Han, can you show me."
Han Sanping naturally would not refuse. When the young man took the article and started to read it, he asked again: "What does this have to do with your movie?"
Xu Kun talked eloquently: "This is what I think. Thailand was in a terrible state due to the Asian financial crisis back then. It has just recovered in the past few years. Suddenly, it heard rumors about the economic crisis again, so it was a bit like being bitten by a snake. Nian is afraid of the well rope.
After the Thais have rescued the protagonist group, I will arrange a dialogue between the operation commander and the superior leaders, and use the words of Thailand's senior generals to explain the reasons for Thailand's actions, mainly because the economic crisis is coming back again.
Last time, it was only thanks to our country's steadfast needle that Asian countries did not suffer greater losses. Now facing a new crisis, it is natural to have a good relationship with our country.
At that time, the commander pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: You are right, in the face of the economic crisis, Asia really needs China to shield it from the wind and rain.
The top Thai military officials replied: No, it’s not just Asia. This time, the world needs China to protect itself from the wind and rain. ”
"Well said!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Han Sanping couldn't help but want to praise the case, but he looked at the middle-aged man next to him and held it back. He turned to the middle-aged man and said: "I think Xiao Xu's approach is right. It not only avoids some difficult issues, but also points out the current strength of our country through the words of foreigners. ”
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, but did not speak. Instead, he looked at the young man beside him.
The young man immediately said: "It is indeed some articles based on the current situation in the United States that predict a subprime mortgage crisis in two or three years - but such articles are not uncommon. Director Xu, have you ever thought about what to do if the prediction fails? ?”
Faced with his question, Xu Kun spread his hands: "I just need a suitable reason to explain why Thailand is willing to help our country, and at the same time express the importance of our country now.
As for whether the economic crisis will happen, I'm afraid even the world's top economists may not be able to accurately predict it. Even if I, a film maker, make a mistake, it shouldn't be a big problem, right? ”
"Yeah."
After listening to Xu Kun's explanation, the middle-aged man nodded slightly, then stood up and said: "That's it - these articles..."
"You can take it away!"
"Don't worry, I won't get it for nothing. I'll have someone translate it into Chinese and Thai for you later." The middle-aged man said with a smile: "The script will follow this framework - and don't use Du Liang, whining There are too many weird words that don’t fit well with the style of the movie.”
(End of chapter)