Chang Kaishen is a smart man, Zhou Hexuan once persuaded Zhang Xueliang to change banners in the northeast, and this time it seems that there is hope to persuade Zhang Xueliang to assist the Central Army, which makes him pay more and more attention to Zhou Hexuan. What's more www.biquge.info Zhou Hexuan is not only knowledgeable, but also well-known at home and abroad, and such a university scholar is also worth wooing.

On the third day after Cai Yuanpei sent his calligraphy works, the editor of the publishing house under the Guangzhou Center for International Studies suddenly came to Shanghai for a visit. The other party directly explained his intention and wanted to reprint Zhou Hexuan's "The Rise of a Great Power", and the new edition of the book should also be accompanied by a preface by Chang Kaishen, saying that it would be printed and distributed within governments at all levels.

This is awesome, government procurement. It is equivalent to the central government and the party department of the Kuomintang to help promote the book "The Rise of Great Powers".

At that time, important government officials at all levels, as well as senior party members of the Kuomintang, will each have a copy of "The Rise of a Great Power", and Zhou Hexuan will find it interesting to think about it.

It's just that the publishing house has made a request that part of the "Russian Chapter" be deleted and all the chapters that say good things about the Soviet Union can be eliminated. Zhou Hexuan didn't care about this, anyway, he was not a Soviet propagandist, so there was no need to make trouble with the Nanjing government for this.

Chang Kaishen wanted to write a preface to the new edition of "The Rise of a Great Power", and the article naturally could not be written by him personally, but by his secretary Chen Bui. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Chang Kaishen had a famous declaration of the Anti-Japanese War called "If the war starts, it is that there is no distinction between the north and the south, and there is no distinction between the old and the young, no matter who has the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war", this passage is from the hand of Chen Bui.

The Nanjing government not only wanted to reprint "The Rise of a Great Power", but even completely relaxed restrictions on "The Goddess", "Dog Official" and "The Biography of Dog Official". The official caliber characterized these three books as a critique of the old-style warlords, and said that China, under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Chiang and under the guidance of Mr. Zhongshan's Three People's Principles, will completely sweep away the maladministration of Beiyang, and the tragedy in "The Goddess" will not happen in China under the rule of the Kuomintang.

Books such as "The Divine Woman" appeared one after another in the major party-run bookstores of the Kuomintang, and the publications of the Kuomintang organs also began to have commentary articles on "The Divine Woman" and "Dog Official." Clear-eyed people know at a glance that Zhou Hexuan has been recognized and supported by the Nanjing government.

The funniest thing is that Chen Dezheng, who once angrily scolded Zhou Hexuan, actually wrote an article praising "The Rise of a Great Power", calling Zhou Hexuan "the first person in international historical research", and even invited Zhou Hexuan to give a speech at the Shanghai Party Department of the Kuomintang.

Zhou Hexuan put down Shanghai's "Republic of China Daily" with tears and laughter, on this newspaper, Chen Dezheng had already lifted him to the sky, and there was no contradiction between the two.

"Sir, there is a Mr. Luo Mingyou asking to see you." The servant came in to give a report.

The name Luo Mingyou, Zhou Hexuan had never even heard of it, he thought about it and ordered: "Please let him in." ”

Not long after, Zhou Hexuan saw a young man wearing glasses come in and said in awkward Cantonese Mandarin: "Zou Xiansen, dogs, dogs!" ”

"My surname is Zhou, and I am not a dog," Zhou Hexuan cried and laughed, "You still speak Cantonese directly." ”

Luo Mingyou's expression was a little embarrassed, and he changed to Cantonese: "I'm sorry, my accent is a little problematic." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "It's okay, please take a seat." Can you introduce yourself? ”

Luo Mingyou said: "Contemptible Luo Mingyou, a native of Panyu, Guangdong, is the general manager of North China Film Company. ”

"Oh, I know," Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Most of the movie theaters in Peking and Tianjin are opened by you." ”

Luo Mingyou is also a powerful person, he entered Peking University at the age of 18, opened a movie theater in Peking in his second year of college, and served as a manager in his spare time. Now just 30 years old, he has opened cinemas in North, Northwest and Northeast China, and has reached cooperation with cinema companies in Shanghai and Guangzhou, becoming the largest cinema trust in China today.

If you want to say the secret of Luo Mingyou's success, first of all, of course, he will be reincarnated, otherwise how can he have the money to open a movie theater when he is studying, and how can he have the money to acquire more than 20 theaters in North China within two years?

Reincarnation is a technical job.

One used to be a Peking University student, and the other used to be the president of Peking University, and the relationship between the two quickly became closer after chatting about Peking University.

In the end, Luo Mingyou said what he meant: "Mr. Zhou, my North China Film Company is going to join forces with Minxin Film Company, Great China Lily Film Company and Shanghai Film and Drama Company to form Hualian Film Production Company. Are you interested in taking a stake? ”

Zhou Hexuan was surprised: "Why did you think of asking me to join the film company?" ”

"To open a company, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high," Luo Mingyou said with a smile, "Mr. He Dong, the richest man in Hong Kong, has agreed to invest in shares and serve as the chairman of the company." The Board of Directors also includes Zhang Xueliang's wife, Ms. Yu Fengzhi, former Prime Minister of State Mr. Gan Huiqing, former Minister of Justice Mr. Xu Shiying, former Minister of Finance Mr. Liu Enyuan, and certain senior officials of the Nanjing government who are not able to be named. ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Yes, your company has money and a political background, and the future is immeasurable." ”

Luo Mingyou said: "Only money and backstage can't run a film company well." I decided to introduce the advanced company management model and film equipment from the West, and I had big directors such as Mr. Lai Man Wai (Lai Zi's grandfather) and big stars such as Miss Ruan Lingyu to join. I would like Mr. Zhou to join the company as well, to be in charge of artistic supervision of the film, and if possible, I would like to ask Mr. Zhou to write the screenplay himself. I just came back from the United States two months ago, and your novel "Titanic" is very exciting, and various adaptations are taking the United States by storm, and you are a top master at making stories. ”

Zhou Hexuan finally understood that Luo Mingyou wanted to ask him to be the literary director.

In addition to the director-centered system, there are also star-centered systems, photographer-centered systems, and screenwriter-centered systems.

When movies first emerged, they belonged to the photographer-centered system, while the Chinese film industry at this time was still stuck in the screenwriter-centered system.

Nowadays, when making movies in China, screenwriters have a very large right to dictate to directors and actors. Because in the hearts of filmmakers in the Republic of China, the story is the core of the movie, the movie is used to tell the story, the director can be changed, the actor can be changed, but the screenwriter cannot be changed casually.

The screenwriter even holds the final editing rights of the film - a right that only the top directors of later generations can enjoy.

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile: "If I invest 100,000 yuan, how many company shares can I get?" ”

Luo Mingyou said: "Because there are too many shareholders, I only have the right to distribute 5% of the shares to you, and the investment of 100,000 yuan is just about the same." ”

The investment of 100,000 yuan is really not much, because the soon-to-be-established Lianhua Film Company has dozens of movie theaters (which has monopolized the cinema industry in northern China), and has also formed several large film companies with many advanced film equipment and stars.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I agree to buy shares, the script story is also ready-made, and it can be adapted from "The Goddess". ”