Chapter 515 Steak Talk


    The current president of the United States is Ronald Reagan.


    When he took office, the United States was experiencing a serious stagflation crisis. Reagan adopted a series of reform measures and successfully pulled the United States out of the quagmire, but he laid many roots for the disaster.


    For example, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, the economy is turning away from reality, national decision-making is increasingly influenced by the power of Wall Street, national interests give way to capital interests, etc... A considerable part of the bizarre stuff in the United States in later generations comes from this.


    Chen Qi had quite a fortune in his previous life. Before the epidemic, he had been to the United States several times. He had shot guns, ate meat, played with bunny girls, and had some fun in a casino.


    Now, the timeline is too early. Transvestite Clinton is still the governor, old witch Hillary is still a lawyer, Obama is still fighting for student loans, and Chuanbao is the most successful, taking over his father''s company and doing a great job. A career.


    Well, these people have all been to Loli Island.


    …


    The delegation arrived at the hotel.


    Gong Xue still obediently shared a room with Chen Qi, but Chen Qi entered the room and began to use the professional skills of checking cameras in hotels in his previous life - he was always very careful about this kind of thing, so as not to become a domestic male protagonist.


    "What are you doing?"


    "I''m looking for a bug!"


    "Are you really lying?"


    Gong Xue didn''t believe that he had gotten it, nor did he believe it. Chen Qi searched around and said: "I didn''t find anything, at least not on the surface. If it''s built into the item, then I don''t know."


    "You can do it yourself, I''ll take a bath."


    She took off her clothes and went into the bathroom. Chen Qi thought about it and followed her in to wash her hands.


    Don''t blame him for being suspicious. If the passionate scene between the two of them was secretly filmed and used to make a point, or else it would be published, it would be a real threat. Of course, with the candid photography technology of the 1980s, it was difficult to achieve both concealment and clarity.


    After taking a shower, Gong Xue felt a little uncomfortable after the long flight and lay down on the bed to rest.


    Chen Qi looked at the itinerary. He will attend the reception dinner at the consulate tonight. Tomorrow it will be just for fun and there will be no units to visit. I will go to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow. Los Angeles is a key city and I will stay there for a few days.


    The inspection team from the Ministry of Electronic Industry has its own tasks tomorrow, which means that tonight''s dinner is the only opportunity for communication.


    He has to impress the other person and make him agree with him.


    Then, he saw a newspaper in the room, so he took it out and read it. In English, some news with a lot of advanced vocabulary was hard to understand, but in ordinary terms, he could understand it. The ordinary ones were about Hollywood nonsense.


    The third part of "Star Wars" was released in May, with a box office of more than 200 million U.S. dollars in North America. The trilogy''s box office in North America alone reached more than 700 million, completely kicking off the Hollywood industrial era.


    Americans'' feelings for "Star Wars" are equivalent to the Chinese people''s feelings for Monkey King.


    Chen Qi wants to develop in the United States and starts as an author as usual, but Hollywood is different from Hong Kong. Hong Kong scripts are all shot and written now. Many Hollywood scripts were created a few years ago, or were adapted from novels.


    If you are not careful, you will crash.


    If he wanted to write about it, he could only look for it from a later date.


    For example, "Jurassic Park", the original novel was only published in 1990, which was quite late.


    But he doesn''t want to make "Jurassic Park" now. He wants to start with relatively less competitive cartoons and build himself into a "dinosaur fan" image to show to Hollywood.


    "ha!"


    Chen Qi looked at it, yawned, and turned to look at Gong Xue, who was already asleep.


    He got on the bed and hugged her small waist from behind. She was a little groggy from the long flight + jet lag.


    …


    I don’t know how much time passed.


    Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Liu Zhigu shouted: "Xiao Chen Xiao Gong, we are leaving!"


    Maybe he didn''t hear the response. Liu Zhigu suddenly got angry and banged on the door: "Xiao Chen, are you in? Are you in?"


    "Sleep! Sleep!"


    Chen Qi obviously heard a sigh of relief from outside, and went over to open the door: "Director Liu, are you okay?"


    "Why not? I have been frightened from the moment I landed. Don''t talk about trust or distrust. This kind of thing cannot be guaranteed. You have to understand." Liu Zhigu was not polite to him and spoke frankly. "I understand, you can ask others to go."


    Chen Qi came back to wake up Gong Xue. They washed their faces, changed their clothes, and went downstairs to wait.


    Liu Zhigu counted the heads twice and set off after confirming that they were correct.


    The San Francisco Consulate was established in 1979. Like some of our missions in the United States, after entering the new century, it was often attacked by various types of arson, throwing dangerous objects, and break-ins. Most of these criminals were Chinese.


    Overseas anti-China forces…


    Arrive at the consulate.


    This kind of dinner is nothing special, just a buffet, drinking and chatting, sometimes dancing, and then taking photos for promotion.


    A familiar song "Jasmine" was playing in the banquet hall, and people were doing their own activities in twos and threes. Chen Qigang had a drink with the Consul General, and stood in front of the dining table to look at the surroundings. People from the inspection team were also there.


    When he saw the leader walking towards the steak interestingly after chatting with others, he rushed over first.


    The familiar laughter sounded again, "Comrade Chen Qi, we meet again!"


    "Well, please come first!"


    "You arrived first... No need to be polite, give it to this little comrade first!"


    The leader signaled, and the meal-sharing staff put a piece on Chen Qi''s plate first.


    "More sauce, please, thank you!"


    The steak was covered with a thick layer of sauce. Chen Qi smiled and said: "I like the stronger flavor. I like steak, braised pork, elbow meat and so on."


    "Then your taste is the same as mine. I also like the taste stronger."


    "It''s a pity that it''s not easy to buy in normal times. I ate pork elbow at a wedding not long ago, but I eat it often in Hong Kong."


    "Haha, I have heard that you have made great achievements in Hong Kong and earned a lot of foreign exchange for the country."


    "Don''t take it seriously, it''s just a fluke."


    Chen Qi sighed and said: "Making movies to earn foreign exchange is easy, but who knows how hard it is. We have to consider the cost, director, actors, subject matter, creativity, market, and audience preferences. Every new film has to rack its brains. . Because the risk is too great, if a film fails, it may not be able to turn around, just like Li Lianjie’s film..."


    The leader just wanted to chat casually, but the other party talked about Li Lianlian''s new film, which was quite interesting, and he asked questions from time to time.


    He is indeed a profound lover of literature and art.


    Chen Qi added: "On this visit to the United States, we are going to visit Hollywood companies. American films have been industrialized and have formed a very mature cultural industry. If we want to earn more foreign exchange, we have to expand new businesses. I I also want to watch cartoons and learn from Disney’s model.”


    "Disney?"


    "I think cultural products are interconnected. Disney was the first to produce cartoons and market them around the world. When the images of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse (already broadcast in China) became well-known, they started selling toys.


    The toys have been sold well and a theme park has been built. This time we are going to visit it too.


    They have expanded their pure cultural products into real industries, effectively extending their vitality and, to be honest, making more money. "


    "But it took them decades to mature this set of things. It''s not easy if you want to do it!"


    "Someone has to try! I do what I should do, and the next generation will do a little more, and the next generation will do a little more. Maybe it will succeed a few decades later?"


    Chen Qi said with a half-truth and half-false smile: "I have approached Meitu to make a few episodes of cartoons, which were broadcast in Hong Kong and received a good response.


    I want to start animation first. Whether it is a wishful thinking or a long-term goal, I will do my best and slowly integrate it. Film and television, animation, novels, toys, amusement parks will form a system, and oh, by the way, there will also be video games. I think it also has great potential. "


    “…”


    A banquet is all about chatting and dealing with different people. The leader thought that the conversation was taking a long time and was about to end it, but the other party suddenly threw out a "video game".


    He didn''t want to leave again.


    (No more!)


    (End of chapter)