Chapter 143 Cold Encounter
After settling in an ordinary hotel in Taipei, Ye Tian called Hong Kong Lizhi to mail the copy, took a break from his busy schedule to spend a happy life with Zhao Luizhi, and browsed some famous places and historical sites together for several consecutive days, the Palace Museum of Taiwan, the National Father Memorial Hall, Longshan Temple, etc.
The appearance of the Palace Museum is imitated by the capital Palace Museum, and adopts a palace-style design, with a grand and beautiful atmosphere.
The Guofa Memorial Hall was built to commemorate Mr. Sun. It is a imitation palace-style design, majestic and grand. It has a multi-functional hall that can accommodate 3,000 spectators, which can hold music, dance, drama and other activities.
Longshan Temple was known as Wanhua in ancient times. It was the earliest place to develop in Taipei City and Dadaocheng. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was called "One Mansion, Two Lu, Three Menghua" together with Tainan and Lugang. Longshan Temple was founded at the beginning of the development of Wanjia. It mainly worships Guanyin Bodhisattva and is one of the most popular temples in Taipei City. Ye Tian was not interested in the temple, but Zhao Luzhi was very devout and took Ye Tian here for an afternoon. There were three times of requesting a visa. He asked about marriage twice and asked about the right and wrong lawsuit.
After visiting famous scenic spots and historical sites during the day, he naturally visited the night market. The West Street Night Market located on the west side of Longshan Temple is a must-see place for tourists to come to Taiwan. With Zhao Luizhi as a tour guide, Ye Tian naturally did not miss it. It includes all kinds of snacks, from mountain to seafood, and it is all available. Ye Tian, who is used to being at the Night Market in Hong Kong Temple Street, has really opened his eyes. It seems that there are various trendy toys, daily necessities, clothing and accessories, novel inventions, magical divination, traditional games, and of course there are many tourists.
"I've got another one!"
"So amazing!"
Every time Ye Tian threw out a circle, the onlookers couldn't help but exclaim.
The rules of the game of tying are very simple. The shop owner visited items on the ground and asked customers to stand outside the white line to throw circles. This is Ye Tian’s specialty. After spending dozens of Taiwan dollars to get familiar with the tying circles. In recent times, he succeeded in several successes and brought many novel items. When the circles fell on the jade bracelet of the store, it really hurt the owner. He put this item for three years to attract customers. Because it was placed far away, no one had ever succeeded, so who would eventually turn it into a young man’s hand.
Ye Tian left the bracelet and distributed the remaining antique toys to the onlookers, and followed Zhao Luizhi with a smile.
"Sister Zhi, is this bracelet beautiful for you?"
Zhao Luizhi said in surprise: "Where did it come from?"
Ye Tian said proudly: "I got it from the circle game just now!"
After observing for a while, Zhao Luizhi couldn't tell whether it was expensive or not, but she just thought it was good-looking.
Ye Tian smiled and said, "This is an ordinary jade bracelet. The market price is around two or three thousand."
"It's pretty good!"
"Hey, look at the marbles there!"
When Zhao Luizhi saw Ye Tian slip away in the blink of an eye, she shook her head helplessly.
As he moved forward, Ye Tian found many fun places, such as playing marbles, fishing fish, and shooting balloons, which he loved to play, but Zhao Luizhi seemed not interested in it. Ye Tian stayed for a long time. She would walk around, and Ye Tian couldn't see her. He hurriedly gave up looking and walked out of the night market quickly.
"Ximendong!" When the night market reached the end, Ye Tian read a place name to the street sign, turned around and asked, "Sister Zhi, what is this place?"
Zhao Luizhi blushed and spat, "It's not a good place!"
Ye Tian's heart moved and thought of the famous Japanese Kabukicho. Could it be the red light district?
A passerby who was also waiting for the bus smiled and introduced: "Young man is a foreigner, Ximending is a commercial and entertainment district, and it is a representative of alternative sub-pop culture in Taipei City. We locals like to go there to watch movies the most."
"Uncle, is there a cinema in Ximending?"
"There are too many cinemas. There are about twenty. Lin Qingxia was discovered by a star scout while shopping in Ximending and became a famous movie star!"
I heard that there are so many cinemas, Ye Tian is very novel. Isn’t he just publishing videos when he comes to Taiwan? More than 20 cinemas, with a scale of more than any theater in Hong Kong, gathered in one place.
When the bus arrived at the station, passers-by got on the bus one after another.
Ye Tian pulled Zhao Luizhi and begged: "Sister Zhi, let's go and have a look."
Zhao Luizhi said helplessly: "I really can't do anything to you!"
Zhao Luizhi was deeply impressed by Ximending. When she came to film a movie, she felt ashamed of what she saw and heard. Taipei’s famous commercial entertainment circle is also a place where dirt is hidden, Taiwan’s famous red light district, and a paradise for bad men.
Since the 1930s, Ximending became a famous movie street in Taipei. After Japan's defeat, the prosperity continued to continue. Since the 1940s, every theater was crowded with scalpers, and cinemas were rampant. More than ten theaters were opened after another. Wu Chang Street Section 2 alone, and the grand occasion has been evident. However, as the city of Taipei gradually developed eastward, many functions of Ximending were replaced. The Taipei Municipal Government and local businesses in Ximending re-planned Ximending as a pedestrian hiking area, and banned vehicles on weekends and national holidays, which brought teenagers back to this area. In Ximending, there are small concerts, signing concerts, first-time record sales, and various movie promotions, street performances and other activities are often seen.
There are more than 20 cinemas in Ximending, and the first round of movies released in Taipei are almost always available in Ximending.
Because of the high concentration of teenagers, Ximending is also ranked alongside the East District and Shilin Night Market in Taipei with the highest teenage crime rate. In addition, Ximending is also a famous red-light district venue in Taipei City, and most of them are female students.
After wandering around Ximending, Ye Tian was disappointed. Although there were more than 20 cinemas, the screening halls were very small, with the smallest even only a hundred seats. They could not compare with the Hong Kong theater, and the attendance rate was also unsatisfactory. It was like this at night, and it must be even worse during the day.
"Hey, are you showing a new movie here?"
The ticket seller said: "This is the new film, it just started to be released last month!"
Ye Tian was so tender that he was sore and tender from the outside. Last month's new film is now on August 10th. If you say this in Hong Kong, you can be a joke. The film that has been released in Taiwan for more than half a month is still called a new film. How long is a movie lasting?
"Sir, do you buy a ticket?"
"I want to see your boss!"
The ticket seller said, "Our boss is not here, what are you asking for him?"
Ye Tian asked again: "Does your cinema show videos from the production company or from the distribution company?"
The ticket seller said bluntly: "Sometimes it is a distribution company, and some production companies directly send copies, but the videos sent by the production company are not sold well, so the distribution company is different. Movie tickets are generally sold well."
"Sorry, I'll disturb you!"
Ye Tian stood at the entrance of the cinema for a while, shook his head slightly, and still had to contact the distribution company. If he contacted one by one, the movie could not be released even if he had broken legs. Besides, he had no time to waste contacting the cinema.
"Tianzai?"
"I'm fine, Sister Zhi, it's getting late, let's go back."
"OK!"
Zhao Luizhi agreed happily, watching the people who were having fun on the road, it was a torment to stay here for a longer time.
When he returned to the hotel, Ye Tian talked and went back to sleep. Zhao Luzhi was amazed. A few days ago, Ye Tian always liked to make a fuss in her room, but in the end she pushed him out. Why did he change his temper today? Zhao Luzhi was worried about whether to go to the next door to take a look. After tossing and turning, it took a long time to fall asleep.
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After spending a week in Taipei and receiving the copy sent by Li Zhi, Ye Tian immediately called the publisher introduced by Qin Xianglin.
"Hey, Mr. Li, hello, I am Ye Tian, and a friend of Mr. Qin Xianglin."
"Yes, I have a new film here, Hong Kong Princess Golden Cinema movie... I'm not from Princess Golden Cinema."
"Can't be released? Sorry to disturb me!"
The first call was invalid. Ye Tian thought about it and felt that the other party should have a cooperative relationship with Princess Jin. Fortunately, he did not say the name of the movie, otherwise Lei Juekun should be alert and called the second one. According to Qin Xianglin, this Mr. Zhou often cooperated with Jiahe.
"Is it Mr. Zhou? I have a new film here, "Doess the Father-in-law" which has a very popular box office in Hong Kong."
"I'm not a liar, I'm the producer Ye Tian!"
"Producer Zhao Luizhi?"
"Hello?"
Damn! Ye Tian had no choice but to put down the phone, but he actually forgot that the production column of "Doing Father-in-law" did contain the name of Zhao Wuzhi. This Mr. Zhou was too clever. It seemed that he would come to visit him in person.
There is also a phone number, the director of China Film Production, and an official.
"Mr. Wang from China Film Group..."
"Sorry, Miss Secretary, I'll look for Mr. Wang!"
"I have a video here and want to work with him."
"What, I've been removed from my post, uh, sorry, I'm disturbed!"
Ye Tian was depressed and put down the phone. What went wrong? The contact information Qin Xianglin gave him was useless. The other party didn't listen to his instructions to hang up the phone, and he couldn't even contact the person. The reason was very strange. He even said he was dismissed and was not afraid of bad luck. I guess even if Qin Xianglin came in person, he would not give face.
Taiwan is obviously the dumping place for Hong Kong movies, and most of the movies released in cinemas are Hong Kong movies. Why is it so difficult to get to him? Ye Tian suppressed his distracted mood and decided to come to him to try it in person.
Ye Tian told Zhao Luizhi the idea.
"You're going out?"
"yes!"
"I'll accompany you?"
"No, I'll go by myself."
Ye Tian smiled and shook his head. Although it would be much easier to have a big star in charge, Taiwanese filmmakers are not good people, especially those who master the rules. Isn’t that Wu Sar the club leader? Jia Jingwen’s godfather, and I don’t know if it’s really a godfather. Zhao Luizhi is a big beauty, Ye Tianzhen is worried about asking her to ask for help.
"I'll wait for you in the hotel!" Zhao Luizhi's eyes flashed with firmness. She also had connections in Taiwan, so it would be no problem to contact one or two publishers. Ye Tian came back and gave him a surprise.
"I'm going down, well... I might come back tonight and contact the pager if you have something to do!"
"Well, be careful. When others ask, they say you are from Hong Kong."
"I know this!"
Ye Tian nodded with a smile and said in Taiwan that he was a mainland smuggler, unless he was tired of living. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!