The establishment of special economic zones is a general trend, not a state secret, and the approval of the National People's Congress is just a formality, so Chen Chong asked "Shengshi Oriental Weekly" to prepare a special topic early on, first, use the memories of his past lives, put forward some forward-looking predictions, and further establish the authoritative status of the magazine. Second, it is better to sell it to the mainland and promote Shenzhen overseas. Anyway, the faster it develops, the more benefits it will gain as a pioneer.

After listening to Qiu Liben's report, Chen Chong nodded and said, "Mr. Chen Bi is very optimistic about the development prospects of the mainland, you can also try to interview him."

HSBC is the invisible central bank of Hong Kong. Chen Bi's remarks are extremely heavy and very newsworthy. Qiu Liben was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I'll make arrangements later."

"There's one more thing." Chen Chong picked up a document on his desk and said: "I just got the news that the World Bank will organize a delegation of 30 experts from all fields to visit China in October for a three-month inspection. You can send a reporter to follow this matter."

"World Bank?"

"China only joined the World Bank in May this year." Chen Chong handed the document to Qiu Liben and said: "This is a list of experts who are likely to go to the mainland."

Qiu Liben took the document and found that it was full of World Bank's expert information and had complete photos and resumes. He couldn't help but be surprised by the rich connections and the well-informed information.

"You have been to Beijing more than once. You should know that if these experts visit China, the government will definitely form a corresponding reception group." After Chen Chong received the documents, he reminded: "The Mainland attaches great importance to the visit of the World Bank, so the members of this reception group are likely to be the stars of tomorrow that the Mainland focuses on training."

Qiu Li was originally a person with a lively mind and a keen sense of smell. He understood at first glance that the key to the interview was not the experts of the World Bank, but in the mainland reception group. The mainland education industry was full of holes and was hit by the ten-year catastrophe. Now that they can communicate face-to-face with foreign experts, all of them are real talents. However, when the mainland economy takes off, they are extremely short of talents. The times create heroes. The current star of tomorrow is likely to be the future national leader...

Plant a grain of millet in spring and make ten thousand seeds in autumn. The friendship planted in the tiny moments will inevitably be extremely rewarding after success and fame...

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I will be responsible for this matter myself."

After Qiu Liben left, Chen Chong took out the ashtray, put it on the table, and said, "Lao Luo, please."

"I dare not, I dare not." Luo Weiming said he didn't dare, but took out the cigarette box in his hand and asked with a smile: "The boss also wants to satisfy his craving?"

"In ancient China, there was a saying that things specially used for royalty are called tributes, such as tribute tea and tribute wine..." Chen Chong said, while taking a cigarette from the drawer and said, "There is no emperor in China now, but I took it out of Zhongnanhai. Do you want to try it out?"

Luo Weiming became interested, so he came over, looked at the cigarette box, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing that Hong Kong does not have."

"This thing was sold in Hong Kong 20 years ago, but because of the small output, it only sold ten boxes." Chen Chong threw the whole cigarette to him and said, "I'll give it to you, so I'll smoke it, but it'll be gone after it's finished. This is what I got half-stole and half-robbed. I won't do such a low-level and interesting thing again in the future."

This kind of small favor is very considerate. Luo Weiming happily held the cigarette and said anxiously: "Is there anything else for the boss? If there is nothing to do, I will go down and try it out."

"Of course there is something wrong." Chen Chong knocked on the table, signaled him to sit down, and said, "The Ministry of Culture of the Mainland is preparing to hold a Chinese film tour exhibition in several European countries. You know, there are not many people in the mainland who know foreign languages, so I asked me for help. You can draw a few people familiar with Europe from the editorial department to help."

“When will this film show be held?”

"At the end of September, the specific meeting is still being studied." Chen Chong shrugged, said a classic official word helplessly, and then said: "It is mainly held in Italy, Britain and France. It is not large in scale, and it looks like a dozen movies."

“OK.”

"It's an opportunity to have more snacks. Mainland movies have artistic temperaments that Hong Kong movies do not have. If this tour is well organized, it will enhance Europeans' views on Chinese-language films, which is also a good thing for Hong Kong movies. More European filmmakers will come to Hong Kong to find film sources in the future."

"How dare I ignore what the boss told me personally?"

"There's another thing, do you know who knows or can get in touch with Antonioni in Hong Kong?"

Luo Weiming was slightly stunned and asked, "That big Italian director Antonioni?"

"It's him." Chen Chong grinned and explained: "Antonioni is a pro-China left-wing filmmaker. In 2019, he was invited by Premier Zhou Enlai to film a documentary. As soon as the film was finished, he was affected by political struggles. The overwhelming criticism of the whole country made him look disgrace and very hurt. The movie has not been released so far. This time I was in Beijing, Mr. Xia Yan said he was very sorry for him and wanted to find an opportunity to make up for this mistake and invite him to visit China again."

Antonioni is a famous film master. His works have won all three major European film awards, including Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. Luo Weiming also heard about his experience after filming "China" in 1974. He thought for a moment and said, "I really couldn't think of anyone who could get in touch with him for a while. I'll ask for it later."

"It doesn't matter if someone can get in touch, but it doesn't matter if I can't get in touch. I'll visit him in person next year when I go to Cannes." Chen Chong said another thing: "I went to the China Film Archives this time in Beijing and found a very good but forgotten movie from it. You and Lin Nian looked for a while. I think it may be one of the best works in the history of Chinese films so far."

Luo Weiming was surprised and asked, "What movie?"

""Spring in Small Town", a movie made by Fei Mu in 1948."

Luo Weiming thought hard for a while, shook his head and said, "Fei Mu, I know, the director of Shanghai Beach, and Mei Lanfang, have collaborated on filming China's first color film "Life and Death and Hate", but I have never heard of this "Spring in a Small Town".

"Because this is a love film about love triangles, it is incompatible with the great era in 1948." Chen Chong didn't explain in detail, but just said: "I brought a copy back and put it in the preview room on the second floor. You go and have a look first."

Luo Weiming stood at attention, gave a mess of funny greetings, and then walked out of the office with a cigarette.

Chen Chong looked at his back and smiled slightly.

When the 90th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films, "Spring in a Small Town" was elected as one of the 10 classic works in film history...

"Asia-Weekly" editorial department and seven famous film critics jointly selected the "Top 100 Chinese Movies in the Century", and "Spring in Small Town" was among them...

The Hong Kong Film Review Society selected "Classic 00-0 Best Chinese Films", and "Spring in Small Town" was among them...

The Hong Kong Film Awards Association invited 10l film workers and scholars to select the "100 Best Chinese Films", and "Spring in Small Town" ranked first...

"100 Chinese Movies" were selected by the 5th Chinese Film Media Awards of Southern Metropolis Daily, and "Spring in Small Town" was among them...

The British veteran film magazine "Visual and Audio" organized 84U film critics to select "Film History 0", and "Spring in Small Town" ranked 7th...

Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival selected the "Top 100 Film Films in History", and "Spring in Small Town" ranked fifth...

In the ten years when there was no movie to shoot, Tian Zhuangzhuang had to watch "Spring in a Small Town" every year. Every time he re-watched it, he felt something. In the end, he re-made the movie in 0 years and fulfilled his wish...

Different media, different institutions, different judges, different aesthetics, and different audiences, without exception, regard "Spring in the Small Town" as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese films, which shows that this movie is indeed extraordinary.

"Spring in Small Town" is a movie that was born at the wrong time. After filming in 1948, the Kuomintang believed that it was accused of the authorities, and the Communist Party believed that it had a strong bourgeois mood, and was not pleased with both sides, and banned at the same time, so it was completely forgotten. It was not until 1983 that China held a large-scale film exhibition in Italy, and a total of lUU movies were released. I don't know whether it was to make up the numbers or to be willing to go to heaven. In short, "Spring in Small Town" was also screened. Many European filmmakers were surprised by its unique and aesthetic artistic conception and mood, which attracted considerable attention, and the film was able to re-enter the public's attention.

Chen Chong made "Spring in a Small Town" in advance, with a clear purpose, which is to take advantage of the unfading craze of "Die Hard" to allow European filmmakers to continue to pay attention to Chinese-language films, thus helping him open up the market next year, second only to North America and Japan.
Chapter completed!