Chapter 2465

Soon, Zhou Andong entered the study carrying a box of Imperial Tribute Wine: "Master Liu, we haven't seen each other for quite a while. I've been thinking of you day and night, unable to sleep well. Look at me, old man, do I have dark circles under my eyes?"

Master Liu actually looked carefully at Zhou Andong's eyes, then chuckled: "Hmm, there are indeed some dark circles. However, it's hard to say how you got them."

Zhou Andong acted as if he hadn't heard, diligently taking out a cigarette and lighting one for Master Liu, which made Master Liu even more vigilant: "Showing courtesy for no reason—either a traitor or a thief. Speak, what do you want from me?"

"Master!" Zhou Andong looked heartbroken: "Your words are too hurtful. I mainly came to see you because I missed you; business is just a side matter."

Master Liu curled his lip: "Spare me that. We aren't that close yet."

"Sigh!" Zhou Andong sighed: "Master, Brother Liu Yahang and I are brothers—brothers who aren't blood-related but are closer than blood. Since he's not in the capital now, shouldn't I be filial to his father on his behalf?"

The corners of Master Liu's mouth twitched violently again: "I've had a friendship with your grandfather for decades, and you're calling Liu Yahui brother? Are you trying to rebel, kid?"

"There's no other way, after all, I met Brother Liu Yahang first." Zhou Andong shrugged: "Besides, Brother Liu Yahang went to the countryside in Tanghezi and married a girl from there, making him a son-in-law of Tanghezi. I am a proper member of the maternal family, having grown up with Sister Sister Yuezhen."

"Therefore, I should call Brother Liu Yahang brother-in-law, but I'm used to calling him brother and can't change it for a moment. So, you really can't pick on the seniority, old man. If I called Brother Liu Yahang uncle and Sister Sister Yuezhen aunt, the seniority of the maternal family would be impossible to talk about."

"If the elders—uncles, aunts, and cousins—all call Sister Sister Yuezhen sister, and the siblings all call Sister Sister Yuezhen aunt, wouldn't that be a mess? So, let's just call each other what we're used to, to avoid confusion."

Master Liu rubbed his temples and said weakly: "Alright, get to the point."

Zhou Andong sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette himself, and crossed his legs: "Master, a Hollywood blockbuster was introduced in April this year, and the box office has already exceeded 100 million. What is your opinion on this?"

Master Liu frowned. He didn't expect Zhou Andong to be talking about this, but he also knew that Zhou Andong coming all this way to talk to him about this definitely wasn't for a casual chat.

"True Lies, I've seen that film. Big production, big investment—a box office over 100 million is expected. Besides, whether it's advanced equipment or filming technology, we can't reach that level."

"Then have you ever thought about it?" Zhou Andong's voice became low: "We can't film it ourselves, and the domestic entertainment market is flooded with Hollywood movies, and even being battered by Japanese and Korean dramas and songs."

Speaking of this, Zhou Andong stood up and walked to the desk, looking at Master Liu: "By then, our descendants will be saying 'Yes, I do,' 'Simida,' and 'Baka yaro.' They will be wearing kimonos, singing Korean songs, celebrating Christmas, and forgetting our Chinese culture entirely."

Zhou Andong had talked about the topic of vigilance against cultural aggression, and Master Liu had naturally heard it, and in fact, he attached great importance to it. Because it was proposed by Zhou Andong, he also believed in Zhou Andong's judgment on future cultural aggression.

Therefore, he had also been pondering how to prevent and counter cultural aggression. As for keeping foreign movies, TV shows, and songs out of the country, that was impossible, and it couldn't be refused.

But cultural warfare is a new type of warfare, and he was completely in the dark about how to fight it. But he knew this was a long-term, protracted war that definitely couldn't be won overnight.

Master Liu nodded slightly and said without any change in expression: "Cultural aggression, you've mentioned it before, and I've heard it. So, how should we prevent and counter it?"

Zhou Andong said word by word: "Support our own cultural industries, abolish or relax various unreasonable censorship systems, so that our own arts and culture industries can develop rapidly."

Master Liu said expressionlessly: "Anything else?"

"Yes!" Zhou Andong turned and returned to the sofa to sit down, picking up the ashtray to flick the ash: "And it's the most important thing—cleaning out the parasites sitting in important positions in the cultural departments."

"These people do everything except their proper jobs. They can't do good things, but they can do bad things with ease. If a movie has no problems, they insist on taking scissors to cut it twice, turning the complete plot into a mess, because only then can they satisfy their inner desire for power."

"Not to mention the distant past, just recently, Future Culture was suppressed and all its works were taken off the shelves. It was secretly instigated by Cao Peng, Deputy Director of the Film and Television Bureau, and Sun Zhenghua, Director of the News and Publication Bureau."

"I don't care what relationship they have with the Kong Xingzhong and Kong Xinghua brothers, or whether there is any transfer of benefits. I only know that Future Culture is a legally operating company, and all the audiovisual products published are legal, compliant, and positive works."

"But even so, they were secretly instigated by Cao Peng and Sun Zhenghua to be taken off the shelves, and to this day, the relevant departments haven't given me a reasonable explanation. You tell me, old man, with such people sitting in such important positions, how can our arts and culture industry develop?"

Master Liu smoked silently for a long while before saying: "You came here today just to tell me this?"

Zhou Andong smiled slightly: "You should have heard the songs 'Good Days' and 'Walking into a New Era,' right?"

Old Liu nodded: "I've heard them, and I listen to them often."

Zhou Andong continued: "Then, you naturally know the singer of these two songs, right?"

Old Liu showed a hint of doubt in his eyes: "I know, it's a little girl named Jiang Jiang Yuyue, she sings very well."

"Right!" Zhou Andong said in a slower tone: "I wrote a song for her, preparing to enter the Korean entertainment market. After all, the best defense is offense. We can't just stay at home and be beaten passively; we must take the initiative to strike out and let our culture occupy their market."

"So, I asked the company to send this song to the Spring Festival Gala, preparing to test the waters and see how it goes. But the new person in charge, the deputy director of the Spring Festival Gala, said this song has no educational significance and is not suitable for the gala."

Speaking of this, Zhou Andong chuckled: "I won't talk about what this so-called educational significance means. I'll just say, when our entertainment market is occupied by Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea, are we going to let this deputy director talk to those devils about educational significance?"

Zhou Andong stood up again, then bent down and pressed the cigarette butt in his hand hard into the ashtray: "People like this are the stumbling blocks to cultural development. If we don't get rid of them, how can we talk about a cultural renaissance, how can we talk about countering cultural aggression?"