Chapter 301, "Legend," is very well-written.
"Mr. Chen, I suggest we work together to develop the name 'Aunt Rong' into a unique and mysterious IP, creating an extraordinary sense of mystery surrounding her!"
"There's another master, 'Suxin,' who has even more stories to tell." Qin Xiangxiang secretly prepared to sacrifice the two masters.
Let them drown in the ocean of so-called haute couture, become slaves to money, and tirelessly make clothes every day.
Chen Qidong: "To create a sense of story, Director Qin, it's not easy to have a unique story."
Qin Xiangxiang immediately said, "They are all experienced masters with many stories to tell."
"Director Qin, you are the most interesting person I have ever met. Your existence is like a legend, extraordinary."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...Do you think it's legendary that a lazy zombie became the zombie king because it was too lazy?"
Chen Qidong: "This is a comedy."
"My life is a damn comedy." Qin Xiangxiang hung up the phone angrily.
Chen Qidong: "??????"
"Wow! What a unique person."
Chen Qidong interpreted Qin Xiangxiang's hanging up the phone as a unique and helpless act of a celebrity. Indeed, "Only hypocritical and vulgar people think about the words 'fame and fortune,' but Factory Director Qin is an extraordinary person. Therefore, she is different from us money-grubbing businessmen. Although she is a factory director, she belongs to the category of artists."
"Only works created by artists who regard money as dirt can truly touch people's hearts."
"She is the 'Van Gogh' of the new era, an artist unlike any other."
“It’s hard for us ordinary people to understand her thoughts, but she was luckier than Van Gogh because everyone discovered that she was a treasure.”
As Chen Qidong drank his wine, he was lost in thought. As the son of a merchant who had grown up surrounded by material things, what he envied most were those artists who pursued their ideals and self-realization.
Perhaps this is why the paintings of those maverick artists are sought after and collected by countless businessmen, fetching unparalleled high prices at auction.
The wealthier they are, the more they want to use art to wash away the stench of money.
"These clothes, made exclusively by Factory Director Qin, might become collectibles. If I had known that earlier, I wouldn't have sold those clothes."
Chen Qidong felt regretful. He felt that since there were so many profitable businesses, this little bit wouldn't make a difference. Someone like Factory Director Qin's works should be displayed in a collector's room.
And when he becomes a wealthy business tycoon in the future, this will be his proud collection.
Just as Chen Qidong was feeling regretful, he received a phone call from socialite Lin Jiaxiang.
"Mr. Chen, you're not kidding me, are you? This Factory Director Qin is so young, what kind of story could she have? You're not trying to create hype, are you?" Although Lin Jiaxiang thought Qin Xiangxiang's clothes were very good, she wasn't a world-renowned master craftsman, and selling them at such a high price... seemed a bit unworthy.
At this moment, Chen Qidong was filled with emotion: "Give me back my clothes, I'm not selling them anymore."
Lin Jiaxiang: "???? You're doing this again."
"I plan to collect it myself. This Factory Director Qin is really an interesting person." Chen Qidong felt that he also needed to be influenced by his unconventional art.
Lin Jiaxiang: "...Just what abilities does this Factory Director Qin possess?"
"You'll find out in the future. She's a nationally renowned figure in mainland China. What else could I possibly hide from you? Mainland China is about to produce a TV series specifically for her. Just think about it, what kind of person could she be?"
"And I will probably also appear in this chapter of mainland reform, as a Hong Kong businessman investing in the mainland..." Chen Qidong said, his face flushing slightly. He knew that the meaning of this TV series was different from those trashy movies invested in by businessmen. It had a very important significance and other effects, which would bring him a lot of positive wealth.
Lin Jiaxiang was taken aback: "What?"
Chen Qidong: "Give me back my clothes, I'm keeping them as a souvenir."
"...You're dreaming!"
Lin Jiaxiang: "I need to ask Factory Director Qin to order a few more pieces."
Director Xie acted swiftly, and the screenwriting team also quickly completed the initial script, "Factory Director Qin," which was planned to have a total of fifteen episodes.
"But after we learned about Director Qin's story, I felt that even fifteen episodes couldn't fully tell her story."
"Those years were truly amazing, starting from when she founded Feiyan Factory No. 1... It was a long and wonderful story that completely immersed people in it."
"While I was making inquiries and visiting people, I couldn't help but be captivated by her charm."
"I interviewed Xue Jianjun, the author of 'Echoes of Spruce,' at Peking University, and he gave Comrade Qin Xiangxiang a high evaluation."
...
Director Xie contacted the Shanghai Municipal Radio and Television Bureau and requested an additional expansion of the series, deciding to film twenty episodes.
"How about we try filming ten episodes first, see the audience's reaction, and then make changes?"
At that time, no TV series had ever been filmed in China before; most were short dramas. When they started preparing to film "Director Qin," it was going to be a 20-episode series, which put a lot of pressure on all the creators and actors.
Qin Xiangxiang, who was the prototype of the TV series "Director Qin", was the first to see the script. The script started in 1970 when she took her child to the island with the army. When she saw this, Qin Xiangxiang's vision went black.
This was like the moment Pandora's box was opened.
She wasn't like that in the dream, and she didn't cause so much trouble.
“Li Jianzhi, do you think there might be another Qin Xiangxiang who doesn’t have as many exciting stories as she does?”
Li Jianzhi: "You are wonderful in your own right."
"...I mean, if I had gone to the island with the army a year or two later, there might not have been the textile factory built on the island, and naturally I wouldn't have become Director Qin, and so many things wouldn't have happened afterward."
Li Jianzhi: "That's one possibility."
Li Jianzhi touched his chin: "Maybe, I'm that unique point?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "??????!!!!"
That damned man is trying to make himself look good.
"Perhaps another Qin Xiangxiang and another Li Jianzhi lived a mediocre life, but I, Li Jianzhi, am probably born to be a 'lucky wife'."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
"You really have an inflated sense of self-importance, huh! But the ten years I spent with you were pretty good."
As Qin Xiang thought about it, she felt that you have to lose something to gain something. Although she had become "the hardworking factory director Qin", she also had the man and children she loved, as well as her mother. Her parents were still alive, and she had no regrets.
She continued to look down at the script, then felt her teeth ache: "How could this screenwriter write such a script! It says that I was heavily pregnant, knew that a textile factory was going to be built on the island, and ran around everywhere with my big belly to promote the construction of the Feiyan Textile Factory."
Li Jianzhi: "...That's not wrong, is it? Didn't we run into trouble when we were building the factory and acquiring land?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "But it's not like that, is it??!!"
"Okay, okay, the factory is built, but the machines are having problems... I... never mind, it seems like this, someone's coming to steal the peaches... It seems like that's really the case. Is this what Yang Zhixia told the screenwriter? This is even in this part of the plot???"
"What do you mean by me intervening to reform the spy?"
"Trust her, take her to the Canton Fair..." Qin Xiangxiang felt increasingly confused. Her past experience was completely different, yet it also seemed to be true. "Why did I put her in charge of the Canton Fair back then—"
Li Jianzhi, who was looking at the script with her, said, "Yeah, why is that?"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "I'm thinking of making her work like a slave."
Li Jianzhi: "...It's hard for a normal person to have a thought process like yours."
"What are you saying, you deadbeat man?"
Li Jianzhi: "Let's continue reading the script. Let me take a look at my image. This male lead, a male officer, hmm, as expected, a naval officer who is never at home."
Qin Xiangxiang: "Sigh..."
"They dug up all the old almanacs from back then. Wow, there's even the story about how we were cheated out of our raw cotton quotas and forced to produce poplin and wavy yarn... This story is written like that, but I don't remember it being like that."
Li Jianzhi: "It's normal for our thoughts to differ from those of the parties involved."
"Mawangdui! What a terrible idea you came up with!"
Li Jianzhi frowned: "Is it me?"
"It's the Mawangdui you mentioned! That's why I led the workers to the Mawangdui archaeological excavation site."
Li Jianzhi: "I had forgotten about it. It was probably me."
"This screenwriter has some talent; the writing is excellent. And this Director Zheng is also very interesting."
"Your part at the Canton Fair was very interesting."
Li Jianzhi hugged her from behind: "I never imagined that you had experienced so many wonderful stories in the days I didn't know about."
Before Qin Xiang could speak, tears welled up in her eyes: "...Do you know how I've survived all these years?"
Li Jianzhi: "You are very capable. Just think about how you have overcome so many difficulties on your own."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...If I can get through it, I never intended to!"
"Alright, alright, let's continue reading the story." Li Jianzhi opened the script. "Wife, your story is so wonderful, it can't fit into ten episodes, let alone twenty."
"And the prince of the Khmer Kingdom, that section has also been added."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...Wasn't the film supposed to be about my reforms at the Shangpu Textile Factory? Wasn't that what the Shanghai Television Bureau requested? Then it should mainly focus on stories set in Shanghai."
Li Jianzhi: "There's nothing I can do, wife. Your story is just too interesting. The more I dig, the more interesting it becomes."
For some reason, it looks really cool.
"It has a very compelling story."
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