Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Oh, his name is Lin Zhengjun, a young writer. Chu Kuangren is his pen name. He has written "The Shepherd" and "Under the Hawthorn Tree". He is very talented!" Wu Bin introduced with a smile.

"Never heard of it..." Li Lianjie shook his head in confusion.

Fu Qi and Wu Bin were both very confused.

This kid is too immature and reckless. He tells everything out loud. You make Comrade Lin Zhengjun so embarrassed.

Lin Zhengjun was also a little confused.

Next to them, there was a pretty girl who had stopped training long ago and was keeping an eye on Li Lianjie and Lin Zhengjun.

Hearing this, she came over and pulled Li Lianjie's sleeve, then looked at Lin Zhengjun with admiration and smiled, "Teacher Lin is very famous, even more popular than Liu Xinwu. The novels he writes are very interesting. Many girls in our martial arts team like his works and often cry when reading them!"

"Oh, I see, Senior Sister."

Li Lianjie scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Teacher Lin, I don't like reading very much. I will definitely find your works and read them carefully later!"

After the girl finished speaking, she strolled away. While practicing with double swords, she secretly glanced at Li Lianjie, fearing that he would say something wrong again.

Lin Zhengjun glanced at her back and asked, "Who is she?"

"Oh, her name is Huang Qiuyan."

Wu Bin introduced: "She started learning martial arts at the age of 11, and joined the Yanjing Professional Martial Arts Team at the age of 1971 in 13. She is good at practicing guns and swords, and has won the Snake Fist and Double Sword awards in the Yanjing Martial Arts Competition. She is Li Lianjie's senior sister!"

"Oh!" Lin Zhengjun suddenly understood.

Huang Qiuyan later became Li Lianjie's wife, and then divorced him. She also acted in many movies, but her achievements were mediocre, and she later went abroad.

After watching a few more athletes, everyone walked out of the training hall and came to Wu Bin's office.

Zhang Xinyan said excitedly: "Boss Fu, this is indeed a rich mine worth digging. This Li Lianjie is too good!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "In addition to Li Lianjie, I also want Zhen Zidan to play Tianbao!"

"Him? Sure! He has a rebellious and unyielding air!"

Fu Qi nodded and said with a smile: "What does Tianbao say? My fate is determined by myself, not by God!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "In addition, we can also let them serve as our martial arts consultants and sparring partners and teach us some martial arts for the actors!"

"Yes, according to this idea, martial arts teams from all over the country are looking for actors."

Fu Qi said happily: "Xinyan, during this period of time, you should visit the martial arts teams in various provinces and try to secure martial arts actors before the Spring Festival."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Zhang Xinyan said excitedly.

Lin Zhengjun smiled bitterly and said, "Director Zhang, you are too impatient. Xiao Li and Xiao Zhen haven't decided yet, and you want to look for someone else somewhere else?"

Zhang Xinyan had lived in Hong Kong for too many years and didn't understand the strictness of the personnel relations in the mainland. He immediately asked in confusion: "Ah? Didn't Coach Wu Bin agree?"

Wu Bin waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Director Zhang, I'm just a small coach. How can my words count? The leaders have to give the order."

Lin Zhengjun said: "That's right, we need to find a leader, the principal or secretary of the sports school."

"Let's go and talk to him."

Zhang Xinyan walked out the door and said, "We just went to the leadership office and told them our purpose. Since Coach Wu asked us to select the players, is there any chance of anything else happening?"

"I think it's difficult..."

Lin Zhengjun thought to himself, you are too naive. You don’t know the official style of various units in the mainland!

Sure enough, when I arrived at ***'s office, the leader's surname was Zhu. When he heard that Li Lianjie was wanted, his face immediately turned ugly.

"You can take Zhen Zidan away. He is just a martial arts student in the school, but not an athlete. As long as he agrees, we can't do anything about it."

"But Li Lianjie can't do that. He is the national champion, the face of our martial arts team, a friendly ambassador for promoting traditional martial arts culture, and a signboard for showing the world our country's healthy and heroic image. He has a lot of competition and performance tasks to do, and he will visit Japan and the United States after the new year. As for making a movie..."

He shook his head with disdain and almost said "not doing your job".

Zhang Xinyan suddenly became anxious and said with a smile: "Secretary Zhu, movies are also a good medium to promote traditional martial arts culture! These two plays, hosted by Mr. Liao, will be promoted overseas. At that time, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of foreigners can see them!"

"That won't work either."

Secretary Zhu picked up the thermos cup, took a sip of tea, and said, "There is still a competition. If I miss the gold medal, the Sports Commission will ask about it. I can't take this responsibility, and neither can you! You should find someone else!"

"What about Huang Qiuyan?"

Lin Zhengjun asked tentatively, "We want to ask her to be our martial arts coach, not an actor. Several actresses in our crew want to learn kung fu from her."

"Except Zhen Zidan, no one else will do."

Secretary Zhu shook his head and said, "They are all on the payroll. The country and the people pay them and support them with money. Of course, they should repay the country and the people with their achievements in friendship!"

Then, he looked at his watch and politely asked them to leave: "Oh, I have a meeting, how about you guys..."

Zhang Xinyan left the office and started to complain crazily, not caring that Wu Bin was right next to him: "He is so conservative! Only a few hundred people saw the martial arts performance? But movies can allow hundreds or thousands of times more people to see traditional martial arts. What's wrong with his brain?"

He was so angry that he was panting. Lin Zhengjun was worried that his high blood pressure would flare up, so he had to persuade him, "Don't worry, there must be a way. Our film was promoted by Liao Gongchengzhi."

Lin Zhengjun understands this phenomenon. It's a national system. When you become an athlete, you are associated with various honors. You have to be cautious and pay attention to the impact.

Later generations?

The situation has not changed much in later generations. If a retired gymnast posts a few dancing videos, there will be people making irresponsible remarks about him.

Fu Qi thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'm afraid we should ask Mr. Liao to contact the State Sports Commission. He has great reputation, and the Sports Commission will definitely give him face!"

"That's right. Let Mr. Liao say hello to the Sports Commission first, and then we'll go to each province to look for martial arts teams. Otherwise, they won't let us go even if we go there!" Lin Zhengjun said.

They were chatting when suddenly, a voice came from behind, "Director Zhang!" They turned around and saw Li Lianjie running towards them as fast as a horse.

He ran closer, his eyes seemed to be burning with two small flames, sparkling brightly.

"Director Zhang, Master Lin, how is your talk with the school going? Can I act in a movie?" Li Lianjie's anticipation was evident in his words.

Zhang Xinyan smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It's not going well. Your leader is unwilling to let us go."

"Oh..." The fire in Li Lianjie's eyes quickly dimmed.

"Do not be discouraged!"

Lin Zhengjun patted him on the shoulder like a good brother and encouraged him: "We plan to seek coordination from the senior leaders. You still have a chance!"

"Really? That's great! Thank you, thank you Teacher Lin, thank you all!" Li Lianjie bowed and nodded, saying with gratitude.

Lin Zhengjun said, "Xiao Li, I guess your boss will talk to you during this period and ask you whether you want to stay in the martial arts team or make a movie. How will you answer?"

"Of course I said I wanted to make a movie! There are subsidies for making movies, and the money is high. Our salary is really too low, and it is not enough for our family to spend..." Li Lianjie said with a smile.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Wu Bin quickly coughed to stop him, "This unfortunate kid is too reckless. What do you mean by that? Aren't you dissatisfied with the organization?"

"If your boss wants to talk to you, don't say you want to make a movie, otherwise it will be a disaster," Lin Zhengjun reminded.

"Then what should I say?"

"Leaders will not consider your personal wishes, but only whether you are loyal to the organization."

Lin Zhengjun said: "Just tell me that you want to win honor for the country and promote traditional martial arts. Everything should be done by the organization. I am just a brick. I will be moved wherever I am needed. That's it!"

"Oh! Thank you Teacher Lin for the reminder!" Li Lianjie suddenly realized and admired Lin Zhengjun very much.

Look at other people...how worldly-wise they are!

Lin Zhengjun and the other two got into the car, which drove a long way away. They saw Li Lianjie standing at the gate, waving to them.