Chapter 766: The County Government Entertains

Fang Minghua and Zhang Xi walked together, chatting as they walked.

The two were the oldest among the young people, so they could talk together.

Seeing Zuo Wenlu leaning towards him, he asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Zuo?"

"I always feel that it's a bit unreliable?" Zuo Wenlu whispered.

Fang Minghua smiled.

"Xiao Zuo, are you from a big city?"

"Yes, my home is in Shenyang."

"Oh, no wonder." Fang Minghua nodded: "But big cities like Shenyang also have similar places, right? Like Yanfen Street in Tiexi District, it's similar to this."

"I've never been to the place you mentioned." Zuo Wenlu replied.

It seems that she is a girl with a good family background and is well protected.

"It's good to come here to take a look, which will help you to deepen the role of Hu Meimei. In fact, there are probably places like this in every county in the country, more or less."

Fang Minghua looked at the small buildings around him and saw a girl on the second floor with heavy makeup and fashionable clothes winking at him.

Of course, he pretended not to see it.

Jia Zhangke led everyone to walk around Fenyang County. The county was small and it took less than an hour to finish the tour. Then everyone returned to the guesthouse and the filming of "Xiao Wu" began.

There were no banners or carpets, and it was not like the auspicious days to burn incense and worship before filming in TV dramas. A simple mobilization meeting was held in Jia Zhangke's room.

Fang Minghua, the producer and representative of the production company, spoke first.

"First of all, I'm an outsider." Fang Minghua spoke straightforwardly: "I'm just a producer in name only. All matters of the crew, big or small, are subject to Zhang Ke's decision. If you have any problems that cannot be solved, just come to me."

"Now we mainly need a car." Xiao Li, who is in charge of the production affairs, said: "It's not easy to rent a car in Fenyang. We rented a van, but we need another one if it's not enough. Otherwise, we have to run twice every time we go out to transport people and equipment."

"My police car is quite spacious." Hao Hongjian immediately stated: "But it can only be used for one or two days, otherwise the leaders of the unit will make trouble for me."

"Use my small car, it's enough to squeeze in. Anyway, I don't need a car for a day." Fang Minghua smiled.

"Okay, Teacher Minghua, I'll use yours temporarily, and I'll return it to you after I rent another car." Jia Zhangke said without hesitation.

Then Jia Zhangke began to arrange today's filming. Fang Minghua listened for a while and left quietly. Anyway, he didn't have anything to do now, so he might as well go out for a stroll.

If you want to stay in Fenyang for a while, you can't just stay in the guesthouse all day.

Fang Minghua just returned to his room and heard someone knocking on the door before he left. He opened the door and saw a strange middle-aged man.

When he saw Fang Minghua, the man smiled and said in Mandarin with a strong Fenyang accent: "Are you Comrade Fang Minghua, Vice Chairman of the Qin Province Writers Association?"

"I am, who are you?"

"Hello, Chairman Fang." The other party stretched out his right hand and said enthusiastically: "I am Zhang Jianguo, Director of the Government Office."

"Hello, Director Zhang." Fang Minghua invited the other party in. The two sat on the sofa. Zhang Jianguo said: "Chairman Fang, on behalf of the county party secretary Zhou and County Magistrate Li, welcome you to Fenyang."

Fang Minghua came to Fenyang this time, but he came privately and did not notify any local official agencies, but he had long been accustomed to this situation. Wherever he went, he was received by local leaders. The smaller the place, the more economically backward the area.

He then expressed his gratitude and briefly explained the purpose of his visit to Fenyang.

"Chairman Fang, this is it. Our County Magistrate Li specifically asked me to ask if you have anything to do at noon. Secretary Zhou and County Magistrate Li both want to meet you and welcome you." Zhang Jianguo said.

"You are too polite. There are so many things in the county. Secretary Zhou and County Magistrate Li are both busy people. There is more important work to do, so there is no need to delay their time." Fang Minghua declined.

"Chairman Fang, receiving you is an important job! Our Secretary Zhou said that you are a great writer. If you come to Fenyang, we will not receive you well and people will laugh at us if it is spread out."

In this case, Fang Minghua agreed.

When it was almost time for lunch, Zhang Jianguo came again and asked Fang Minghua to get on a black Santana in the yard and go straight to Jiudu Hotel.

In a private room on the second floor, Fang Minghua met the top two leaders of the county, as well as a female cadre in her thirties.

After introducing each other, I learned that the female cadre was Zhao Xuemei, the chairman of the county Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the deputy director of the county propaganda department.

"Chairman Fang, you are the vice chairman of the Writers Association, so Secretary Zhou and I specially asked Chairman Zhao to accompany you." The speaker was County Magistrate Li, a man in his early fifties, who was sturdy and spoke Fenyang dialect.

After that, he said to Zhao Xuemei who was sitting next to him: "Chairman Zhao, you must accompany Chairman Fang well today."

"Secretary Zhou, County Magistrate Li, I promise to complete the task!" Zhou Xuemei looked less than 40 years old, quite pretty, with short hair, and looked very smart.

Sure enough, as soon as the cold dishes were served, after the county's top two leaders made opening remarks, Zhao Xuemei picked up the wine glass and stood up and said to Fang Minghua with a smile: "Chairman Fang, welcome to Fenyang, welcome to guide our Federation of Literary and Art Circles, I will toast you three glasses first."

Oh my god, he started with three glasses!

At the wine table, female comrades usually drink when they stand up to toast.

Of course, Fang Minghua didn't drink alone. After he finished three glasses, Zhao Xuemei clinked three glasses with him, and six glasses of wine were drunk in a blink of an eye.

Fortunately, Fang Minghua is not a bad drinker. There are only five of them here, not many. They drink Fenjiu from Xinghua Village, which is soft in the mouth, and he can still handle it.

During the meal, they talked about making movies again. Fang Minghua naturally praised Jia Zhangke, saying that although he was young, he had shown amazing talent as a director and would definitely become an excellent director in the future.

The leaders were very happy to hear this. County Magistrate Li was red-faced after drinking: "Making movies is a good thing. In our place, the county committee and county government strongly support it! Chairman Fang, if you have any difficulties with the crew, just let us know!"

"It's like this. The crew rented a van, but it was not enough and wanted to rent another one. However, they searched the entire county and couldn't find it, which affected the filming work." Fang Minghua took the opportunity to say.

"Fenyang is a small place, and there are really few places to rent a car." County Magistrate Li pondered for a moment and looked at Zhang Jianguo, who was sitting next to him: "Director Zhang, which unit in the county has a van? Let the crew use it."

"County Magistrate Li, if you ask your work unit to borrow a car, it's easy to find one, but a van..." Zhang Jianguo looked confused.

"Jianguo, think of a way." Secretary Zhou spoke.

Zhang Jianguo is indeed worthy of being the office director who specializes in serving leaders. After thinking for a while, he came up with a solution: "Secretary Zhou, County Magistrate Li, I remembered that Boss Wang from Shengli Coal Mine in Dongzhuang Township bought a van some time ago. , saying it is for the coal miners to cook and buy groceries, so you can borrow it.”

"You call him later and ask him to bring the van. The crew can borrow it for a while. Filming is more important than buying groceries!" County Magistrate Li interjected.

"Okay, I'll fight now." After saying this, Zhang Jianguo left the box and came back within a few minutes.

"Okay, Boss Wang said, after lunch, he drove the car to the county guest house."

"Thank you so much." Fang Minghua smiled.