"Mr. Jia, the movie is all set. We can release it in Hong Kong on November 1st!" One day, Mr. Jia was flirting with his secretary in the chairman's office when an ungrateful phone call came in.
The call was from Director Zhang. He excitedly told Jia Yapeng that he was going to release his movie "Farewell My Concubine" in Hong Kong on November 1st.
CEO Jia was about to agree to it, but on second thought, he realized that it wasn't right. He remembered that "Farewell My Concubine" had participated in the 1994 Academy Awards. According to the rules, the Academy Awards were judged between January 1st and December 31st of the previous year. If it was released on November 1st, it would be two months too early. Then it wouldn't only be able to participate in the 1993 Academy Awards. This was different from history!
In fact, this was Mr. Jia's fault. Historically, "Farewell My Concubine" was released on January 1st of 1993. Due to financial problems, it took a lot of time for post-production.
But this time was different. Since Mr. Jia had forked out 10 million RMB, "Farewell My Concubine" was completed two months early. Naturally, Director Zhang couldn't wait to release the movie.
"No!" Mr. Jia said decisively after some thought. "How about this, we'll release it in Hong Kong on January 1st!"
"Why? The movie is already completed. Why do we have to delay it so much?! "Director Zhang was unwilling.
"Because we have to release it on January 1st to participate in the Oscars!" Mr. Jia said with a smile.
"Oscars?" Director Zhang was stunned when he heard that. As a big shot director, he had never thought of winning an Oscar before, yet Jia Yapeng was already preparing for it!
Director Zhang felt that Jia Yapeng had most likely lost his mind. However, the Oscars were something that no filmmaker could refuse. When he thought about the fact that his movie would premiere on January 1st, it would indeed be more beneficial to the Oscars selection process. Director Zhang hesitated a little.
Plus, Mr. Jia was the producer and the actual controller of the movie. Director Zhang reluctantly agreed to delay the release to January 1st.
"Oscars? What a joke. Who would dare to dream of such a thing! The newborn calf is truly fearless! "Director Zhang sighed as he put down the phone.
After Director Zhang hung up, CEO Jia Yapeng was about to continue his teasing when another call came in. This time, it was Jia Yapeng's private number. This was not a number that people in the company could call. It seemed like it was a friend outside of the company.
Jia Yapeng picked up the phone and found out that it was Director He from CCTV. He told Jia Yapeng that he had to watch "Key Questions" tomorrow.
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That night, Jia Yapeng and his family, as well as Zhu Qiushui, Xia Mu Haruko, and Liu Qingmei, were all sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching the one-of-a-kind 60-inch color TV in the Jia family.
This color TV was imported from Fusang. Not only was it huge, but it was also very expensive. It cost more than 100,000 RMB. Only CEO Jia, who pursued enjoyment, could afford such a TV.
In fact, Jia Yapeng wanted to buy an LCD TV, but there wasn't a single LCD TV in the whole of Japan. He guessed that the research hadn't been completed yet. While Jia Yapeng was deep in thought, he could only buy the biggest TV he could and ask someone to bring it back.
The TV instantly became the focus of the whole family. They all said that it was the best TV in the world. However, Jia Yapeng looked helpless. He was used to watching LCD TVs. Watching a normal TV made him uncomfortable.
Back to the topic, the "Key Questions" program would be broadcast after the news broadcast, so everyone watched the news broadcast together.
Jia Yapeng thought that the news broadcast would not have anything to do with him. Unexpectedly, when the news broadcast was about to end, the host suddenly interrupted, "The east wind rises, the war drums and thunder. Hua Xia enterprises are not afraid of difficulties and difficulties abroad. Finally, there is a Hua Xia trend abroad. The overseas Chinese all over the world can feel the new style of Hua Xia. For more details, please watch the upcoming one-hour special episode of "Key Questions": Who Changed Instant Noodles?! "
"Brother, this is talking about us, right? It's our Daqian, right?! "Jia Jiayue heard it and immediately reacted. She was pleasantly surprised.
"It should be!" Jia Yapeng's voice was a little uncertain. What kind of joke is this? It's actually a one-hour special episode. I can't believe I have such a big card!
As everyone knew, when there was some major news, the "Key Questions" program would increase from the original 30 minutes to about an hour, thus squeezing out a lot of the time of other programs and advertisements.
However, this kind of thing was rare. It only happened once or twice a year. The expansion of the program's duration was not as simple as not being able to finish talking about things. The taste of ZZ behind this was far higher than the news value.
Once it was expanded to an hour, it meant that the content of this program was extremely important. It rang the alarm bell for everyone, telling them that this was a big deal!
Therefore, our Director Jia never dreamed that not only would he be on the "Key Questions" program, but it would also be expanded to an hour. This was too f * cking exciting.
What was even more unexpected was that after the fixed weather forecast program at the end of the news broadcast, there wasn't even a second of advertisement. The screen directly switched to the opening of the "Key Questions" program, followed by the familiar opening.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the" Key Questions "program." The host used a sonorous and powerful voice to state, "As we all know, since the reform and opening up, a large number of foreign enterprises and joint ventures have entered the Hua Xia market. While we all feel that the various products and materials around us have become more abundant, we can't help but ask, when will the enterprises that belong to our Hua Xia truly be able to go out and let the people of other countries also feel the development of our Hua Xia, and the crystallization of the wisdom of the people of Hua Xia!"
"Everyone, please take a look at the data. Since the 1980s, our country's foreign-related enterprises have basically been …"
The host began to talk. At the beginning, he roughly said that in the past 10 years, Hua Xia had mainly imported finished products and exported mostly resources. There had never been a single Hua Xia product that could be sold abroad.
In any case, he first bitterly explained to the audience how bad Hua Xia's foreign trade was in the past. Many people in front of the TV, including the Jia family's siblings and Liu Cuifen and her mother, felt a sense of depression in their chests. They really wanted to vent, but it was difficult to do so. Their faces were pale with anger.
After about five minutes of looking back, the host suddenly said, "However, since July this year, a very strange scene has appeared on the streets of Fusang. A large number of Fusang citizens have lined up in front of convenience stores to buy a mysterious product. The longest line has even been about 200 meters. Below, please take a look at the news footage sent by the reporter from Fusang."
With a turn of the camera, they arrived at Fusang. They arrived at a place filled with tall buildings and Japanese was spoken everywhere.
"Fusang, so advanced! Brother, you must take me to Fusang next time! " Jia Jiayue and Jia Jiafeng said coquettishly. Mr. Jia could only say that as long as the two girls finished their college entrance examination, he would take them to Fusang during the summer vacation or something.
"You don't need to take them. I'll take them!" Xiamu Haruko smiled and hugged her two sisters-in-law. "You call me sister-in-law. I'll take you to Fusang in a few days!"
"That's great, sister-in-law!"
"From today onwards, you're my sister-in-law!"
The two sisters immediately changed sides and threw themselves into Xiamu Haruko's arms. Zhu Qiushui pinched Jia Yapeng's thigh hard. It was so painful that Mr. Jia's face twisted.
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