Chapter 351 Entry Point
When I returned to the capital, it was the Lantern Festival.
Xu Kun lay there at home for most of the day, and in the evening he went to Lao Chen's new home with Baoqiang and Li Yixiang.
Chen Xuebin bought this house last summer. It is a duplex with five bedrooms and three living rooms, covering an area of over 260 square meters, near the North Fourth Ring Road. The down payment and renovation cost him more than 140 million yuan, and he also took out a loan of nearly 200 million yuan.
Originally, according to Chen Xuebin's plan, they were going to move there next autumn, but Mrs. Chen was anxious to live in the big house, so she took advantage of Chen's trip to Thailand to act arbitrarily.
Today, several brothers went there to warm up the pot for Lao Chen.
The building is an 11-story high-rise, and Mr. Chen’s family occupies the 10th and 11th floors.
Li Yixiang had been here before, but Xu Kun and Bao Qiang were visiting for the first time. As soon as they entered the living room, they felt a little jealous, because this big living room had only been seen in a bungalow with a separate entrance.
After placing the gifts on the coffee table, Xu Kun and Bao Qiang walked around the place and exclaimed in amazement: "This floor alone must be about 200 square meters, right?"
"More than 170 square meters."
Chen Xuebin was holding a cigar in his mouth, looking very proud, but he didn't dare to light it in front of his wife: "The living area upstairs is 86 square meters, and there is also a rooftop of more than 80 square meters. I plan to grow vegetables and raise a dog in the future..."
“No dogs allowed!”
Mrs. Chen yelled in the kitchen. Old Chen rolled his eyes and muttered something.
Baoqiang stood in front of the French window in the living room, looking out at the scenery outside the window, and asked curiously: "Brother Chen, how much is your house per square meter?"
Chen Xuebin held the unlit cigar in his hand and said arrogantly, "Not much. When I bought it, it was less than 1 yuan. Now it is estimated to be 1 yuan."
"So expensive?!"
Baoqiang was shocked and said, "This location is not as good as ours."
"That was before!"
When Baoqiang said that the location he bought was not good, he used his cigar as a pointer, pointed at a building in the distance and said, "See that over there? The Olympic Village. When the 08 Olympics come, our area will be the center of the world!"
"Can you scratch off a piece of this?"
Xu Kunxu looked at the building in the distance and asked curiously, "Is this house used to entertain athletes? What will happen after the Olympics? Will it be sold out?"
"We have already started selling the houses, but we can't hand them over for now. We will have to wait until the Winter Olympics are over before we can give them to you. I heard that the cheapest average price is 1 yuan per square meter, and the price can even double for a good floor and location!"
Hearing this, Xu Kun was a little tempted. The quality of this kind of house must be top-notch, and it must have all kinds of supporting facilities.
At this time, the sound of the door opening was heard at the front door. It turned out that Chen Xuebin's son and his wife and mother had returned from the supermarket.
After Mrs. Chen moved in a flash at the end of last year, she brought her parents over from the countryside. So not only did Chen Xuebin not dare to complain, his status in the family also declined.
Xu Kun and Bao Qiang took the initiative to step forward and greet them. It was the first time for the two elderly people to see a big star and they were a little uncomfortable, so they quickly hid in the house after a few words.
However, Lao Chen's son had already gotten to know the group well, and he held up a large bag of tomatoes and said, "Uncle Xu, look, there's your portrait on it!"
The endorsements Xu Kun has accepted now include Lao Baigan and hometown dishes.
Of course, not all vegetables are qualified to have his portrait on them. Only pure natural green vegetables that are not sprayed with pesticides will be labeled with his name, Xu.
Old Chen sent his son away and sat down on the large U-shaped leather sofa with everyone. While pouring tea for everyone, he asked, "Kun'er, I've seen criticism in the newspapers recently, saying that you broke the rules of the Spring Festival Gala - did you get into any trouble?"
"It wasn't me who ordered them to do this, so how could I be in any trouble?" Xu Kun said indifferently, "Besides, they are foreigners and have value in the united front. At most, they will be fined three glasses of wine."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about business. What types of helicopters and tanks are Thailand going to provide? Can they be used only during filming, or can they be used for rehearsals?"
“That’s not detailed.”
Li Yixiang said: "See what they mean. If we are willing to highlight the positive image of the Thai military in the movie, they can provide more help." "Highlight the positive image of the Thai military?"
Xu Kun couldn't help but frown. Considering that this film was to be shot in Thailand, when he initially set the general framework of the script, he had already included Thailand-related plots.
The reason is very simple. After Big D caught Mr. Fu, he would definitely be wary of the domestic reaction, so the rescue team chose to go around Thailand and enter the Golden Triangle.
But the Thai military has nothing to do with this.
Besides, I intend to highlight national pride. If I change it to promote the Thai military, wouldn’t that be missing the biggest…
and many more!
If we change our way of thinking, we may be able to take both into account, which may even be more effective than directly highlighting the country's strength.
Because the country has been in decline for too long since the late Qing Dynasty, most Chinese people like to hear foreigners praise their own country. Although Thailand is not a developed country, it is still a foreign country after all.
If the movie could feature high-ranking Thai military officials praising the country, it might arouse the audience's sense of national pride more than having the country appear in a positive image.
This can also effectively avoid domestic review issues.
Hollywood films about American troops and agents flying all over the world, and the Americans don't care as long as they portray a positive image; but in China, this aspect is more strictly controlled, and the issue of troops crossing the border is even more sensitive.
Xu Kun originally hoped to use the China-Thailand cooperation as a cover to force his superiors to give Operation Kunpeng a break.
But now I think, maybe we can replace the troops that cross the border to pick up the protagonist team with the Thai military entrusted by us, and then let the Thai military leaders praise our country.
In this way, the issue of weapons and equipment has been resolved, and the difficulties in auditing have also been solved.
We just need to find a suitable entry point so that the Thais’ praise will be more reasonable and not so abrupt…
…………
at the same time.
Jiang Yiyan also heard from Yang Mi that Chen Shu was about to join "Teddy Sisters".
This immediately triggered her sense of crisis.
Their own "Nantianmen" has not yet expanded its strength, but the Teddy Sisters have actually found someone to fill their own vacancies, and it was Qin Lan who took the initiative to bring them in!
I have seen Chen Shu myself. He looks like a kept woman. Even if he has no affair with Brother Kun now, he will definitely not be able to escape in the future.
hum~
Qin Lan had the nerve to pretend to be innocent before, but now he is just like me.
However, mere sarcasm and cynicism cannot solve real problems.
"Mengmen, what do you think our Nantianmen should do to fight against the Teddy Sisters?"
"This……"
Yang Mi didn't expect that after she secretly reported the news, she would be forced to be Jiang Yiyan's military advisor - I didn't quit the "Teddy Sisters Group", why should I target myself?
While she was complaining in her heart, she could only comfort him casually: "Sister Yiyan, it's nothing. Chen Shu was born in 77, one year older than Sister Hao Lei. In terms of looks..."
"Yes, yes, that's it!"
Before Yang Mi could finish her words, Jiang Yiyan on the other end of the phone suddenly became excited.
That's it?
Yang Mi was puzzled and asked, "Sister Yiyan, what did you think of?"
"Hum~"
Jiang Yiyan said proudly, "You're right. Since the Teddy Sisters are still recruiting the old-schoolers born in the 70s, let's focus on the younger generation. The girls born in the 90s are 16 or 7 years old this year, right?"
(End of this chapter)
