Rebirth of Siheyuan, starting in the 1980s

Chapter 410 It's all market economy, everyone is your love and I wish

After making arrangements for his women, Cao Zhiqiang basically has nothing to worry about.

Although he still has a number of units such as publishing houses and magazines, even if these units do not have him, nothing will happen for a while.

So, after arranging everything, Cao Zhiqiang and the director Xu Qingdong, the heroine Zhu Lin, and his two younger sisters, Cao Lili and Qiao Simei, took the plane from the Capital Airport on the morning of August th. , Fly directly to Jinling City.

The reason why I want to go to Jinling City is because the main scenic spot for this shooting is Jinling City.

In fact, originally, Xu Qingdong wanted to shoot in the capital.

Unfortunately, during this period, although the capital city was the capital, there were few truly beautiful places.

The capital city is not without scenic spots and historical sites, but most of those scenic spots and historical sites have relatively great historical significance, such as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and so on.

Although these places are well-known, but to say that the scenery is beautiful, it really can't be called.

Others, such as Beihai Park, Rending Lake Park, Longtan Lake Park, etc., also lack some temperament.

In addition, the biggest problem is that the air pollution in the capital is relatively serious at this time. Even in summer, the sky is rarely blue, and it always feels a little gray.

Also, the capital is short of water at this time, and it rarely rains, and the movie "Love in the Guting" is based on the theme of rain. Without rain, it is basically meaningless.

Although artificial precipitation can be done, such as using water pipes, it is difficult to capture that atmospheric feeling.

Therefore, it is better to go to a Jiangnan water town with more rain and better scenery.

Relatively speaking, Jinling City is a good choice.

Xuanwu Lake Park in Jinling City has beautiful scenery of world civilization. Among other things, a lotus garden is enough to see.

Jinling City has a subtropical monsoon climate. Even though it is already August and the rainy season has passed, the climate is still hot and there are many rainy days.

Especially the thunderstorm weather in Jinling City usually lasts throughout August.

Of course, just like this, it doesn't have to be Jinling City, after all, there are many places with a lot of rain.

The main reason is that Jinling City is a big city with relatively complete supporting facilities. There is an airport and a train station. In terms of distance, it is not far or close, which is suitable for long-distance business trips by the crew.

What's more, Li Youfu is sitting in Jinling City at this time, if he goes to Jinling City, it will be more convenient for him to receive him.

Li Youfu was in Jinling City, apparently responsible for the sales of the book "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" and the music album "Life in Bloom".

But in fact, besides selling "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" and "Life in Bloom", he also used the sales network established by Hongguang Publishing House to do other businesses incidentally, such as clothing and silk business.

The clothing business is easy to say, it is nothing more than transit trade, that is, to build a warehouse in Jinling, with Jinling as the center, to collect trendy clothing from the south, and when the quantity is sufficient, it will be shipped from Jinling by train.

It is difficult for ordinary people to get train skins, but in the name of Hongguang Machinery Factory, it is still easy to get train skins, especially in Jinling.

The main reason is that Hongguang Machinery Factory has helped some factories in Jinling, and has established an internal trading system for a long time.

This internal trading system is all point-to-point. Throughout the mid-60s to the early 80s, it has been very stable and closed, and it is difficult for the outside to penetrate.

The most prominent feature is that these factories have a good relationship with the railway system, and they can fix a certain number of train skins.

Therefore, if we use the name of Hongguang Machinery Factory to transport materials and borrow the banner of Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling, we can form a railway transportation system from Jinling to Beijing.

The Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling was the designated support unit of the Hongguang Machinery Factory at the beginning, and Cao Zhiqiang's parents used to work there.

Since it is a designated support enterprise, the relationship between Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling and Hongguang Machinery Factory in Beijing has always been good, and the two parties have always had transactions.

For example, many raw materials of Yuhong Machinery Factory need to be provided by Hongguang Machinery Factory, and some special parts required by Hongguang Machinery Factory also need to be provided by Yuhong Machinery Factory.

However, since the end of the 70s, since Hongguang Machinery Factory and Yuhong Machinery Factory began to gradually decline, the trade volume between the two parties has actually shrunk year by year, and it is difficult to trade raw materials and parts with each other at full capacity.

But no matter what, the trade quota between the two parties is still there. If you make good use of this trade quota, such as stuffing other materials in the train skins that transport raw materials and parts, then there is no problem at all.

After all, this kind of thing, the train station does not check, as long as Yuhong Machinery Factory cooperates well, puts the stuffed materials in boxes and sacks with the name of Yuhong Machinery Factory, and then puts them in the name of Yuhong Machinery Factory The train skins transported to the capital are no problem at all.

It can be said that the quota of train skins between Beijing Hongguang Machinery Factory and Jinling Yuhong Machinery Factory is itself a logistics system and a way to make a fortune.

For factories in other places, it is not so convenient, at least the quota for train skins is not so large.

It is also because of this that Li Youfu spends most of his time in Jinling City now, because this place is very important.

You must know that train leathers are in short supply these days, especially freight train leathers, which are all monopolized by state-owned enterprises, and private individuals have no chance at all, unless there is a special relationship.

For example, Wang Dana, who made a batch of train skins with approval slips, transported northeast corn to Shenzhen for sale, and earned 300 million yuan in less than a year.

But that kind of situation is temporary and speculative, and cannot last for a long time.

For example, the quota of train skins between Beijing Hongguang Machinery Factory and Jinling Yuhong Machinery Factory is fixed for a long time, and can be increased to a certain extent. The nature of the two is completely different.

Although using the freight quota between the two machinery factories to block private goods is inherently risky, as long as it is done properly and done in a discreet manner, it is not a big problem.

Therefore, Li Youfu used the freight quota between Hongguang Machinery Factory and Yuhong Machinery Factory to block private goods.

In addition to books and records, there is still a lot of space, so Li Youfu decided to resell clothing, cloth and silk, which are easy to transport, relatively high value, and not very sensitive.

Because during this period, the voucher system for clothing, cloth, and satin has been cancelled, and it is no longer necessary to buy cloth tickets. It is a rare product that was unsealed first in the early 80s.

Unlike other things, it needs to be supplied by ticket, which is quite hot.

What many people don't know is that in the 80s, the textile industry in Jinling City was quite developed, and it was one of the best in the country.

Especially the silk and satin industry, Jinling City's silk and satin industry is simply the best in the country.

For example, the famous Jinling Yunjin, which is a national geographical indication product, is known as "an inch of brocade is an inch of gold".

Although during this period, Jinling Yunjin has not been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, but the reputation of Jinling Yunjin has long been known throughout the country.

Of course, the real Jinling Yunjin is purely handcrafted, and it is difficult for ordinary people to consume it. But generally speaking, as long as it is Jinling's silk and satin, everyone calls it Jinling Yunjin.

Silk and satin have always been of high value and huge profits, since ancient times.

The dignitaries in the capital also like to wear silk and satin clothes.

Even if you don't do silk and satin, Jinling cloth is very popular in the northern region because of its high quality.

Therefore, southern clothing, Jinling cloth and Jinling silk are good things for Li Youfu.

Generally speaking, it is Hongguang Publishing House, in the name of a subsidiary of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and with the help of the freight quota of Hongguang Machinery Factory, transports the book "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" and the album "Life in Bloom" from Jiasai, Beijing. Go to Jinling.

After Li Youfu received the goods in Jinling, he put these empty train skins on some spare parts from Yuhong Machinery Factory as a cover, and then stuffed a large amount of Jinling cloth, Jinling silk and satin, as well as collected southern trendy clothes, and shipped them directly to the factory. the capital.

After the cloth, satin and clothing are transported to the capital, they are temporarily stored in the warehouse of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and then wholesaled through various distribution networks.

The train skins come and go, just to earn the price difference, you can earn at least 50 in one round trip... Hongguang and Yuhong each earn 50!

Of course, there are risks.

After all, using the freight quotas of the two factories to block private goods is strictly speaking speculative, and it would be very troublesome to be caught.

But as long as everyone works together, everyone makes money, no one reports, no one investigates, then everything will be fine.

Even Cao Zhiqiang himself didn't know about this matter. In fact, it was a new project that Li Youfu and Factory Director Li had started privately, and it hadn't been running for long.

Cao Zhiqiang only knows that Li Youfu has been sitting in Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling City recently.

With his help in reception in Jinling City, and the great help of Yuhong Machinery Factory, at least the film crew's food, clothing, housing and transportation in Jinling City will be fine.

On the contrary, in other cities, because there is no sibling unit of Yuhong Machinery Factory, it is not so convenient.

Other than that, it's just selfishness.

Because Cao Lili and Qiao Simi were born in Jinling, their biological father and two older brothers are still in Jinling City.

Therefore, going to Jinling this time is also a way for Cao Lili and Qiao Simi to go back to their hometown to see their father and brother.

Although according to Cao Lili, she doesn't like that biological father, but the two biological brothers still miss them very much.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I can just go home and have a look.

Also, in fact, Cao Lili and Qiao Simei, in addition to visiting relatives in Jinling City this time, they also have work.

This work mainly refers to Qiao Simi.

Because Qiao Simei will also participate in the filming of "Love in the Guting" and play the leading role, that is, Cao Zhiqiang's sister.

In fact, originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted both Cao Lili and Qiao Simei to participate in the performance.

But after the audition, I found that Cao Lili was not in the mood at all, always easy to laugh and shy.

On the contrary, Qiao Simei, regardless of her younger age, is born with a talent for acting, and it is easy to get into different emotions.

To put it simply, she laughs when she wants to laugh, and cries when she wants her to cry, and her emotions turn very smoothly.

In Xu Qingdong's words, Qiao Simei is a born actor.

In this way, it was decided that Qiao Simi would be one of the protagonist's younger sisters.

Because Cao Lili is not suitable for acting, Cao Zhiqiang originally wanted to modify the script and simply let the leading actor be a younger sister.

Later, one of the supporting actresses was recommended by an actress named Cui Xinqin, who was also a teacher of Nortel, and wanted a young actress named Yu Feihong to play one of the younger sisters.

When Yu Feihong was eight years old, she acted in a movie called "Bamboo" with Cui Xinqin, and the response was very good, and after that film, her relationship with Cui Xinqin has always been good.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't care at first, after all, the protagonist's younger sisters are all supporting roles, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less.

But when he heard Yu Feihong's name, he suddenly had an impression, so after a phone call with Yu Feihong, he agreed.

In this way, Yu Feihong and Qiao Simei were preliminarily decided to play the leading role's younger sister.

Although Cao Lili is not suitable for acting, she has a stable nature. She can play with the crew and watch her sister.

And this filming will take a long time, at least until the end of the month, almost throughout the entire summer vacation.

Therefore, Cao Lili can also take the opportunity to go back to her hometown and reunite with her two older brothers.

In fact, due to sufficient funds and complete equipment, there are six cameras alone, which can be said to be unprecedented.

Therefore, the film crew that Xu Qingdong recruited this time has quite a lot of people.

Including the director team, photography team, scene production team, modeling team, actors team, recording team, lighting team, scene management team... It can be said that the teams needed for filming are all available.

Eighty percent of these people are teachers and students who are still on vacation from Nortel and want to take the opportunity to earn extra money, and the remaining % ​​are idle staff from other film studios.

Therefore, the total number of people filming this time is quite large, a total of 88 people.

If this number is placed in later generations, it must not be too much. After all, if a movie is to be made in the 21st century, why should the film crew not have 200 people.

But in China in the 80s, a photography team of 88 people was quite luxurious.

After all, these are all core personnel, excluding group performers and the like, and many of them are multi-talented.

For example, some of them do scene production, and many of them are also lighting, recording and even scene management.

There are also some supporting actors who have to do some miscellaneous chores such as lighting and logistics before they are filming by themselves.

In fact, because the film itself does not have many plots, so much was originally unnecessary.

According to Xu Qingdong's original estimate, more than forty people can still shoot.

But because the shooting time requested by Cao Zhiqiang was too urgent, and a lot of scenery needed to be shot, so more people were called in.

Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang paid for the travel expenses, so he didn't care, so Xu Qingdong wished he had more people under his command.

As for those hired by Xu Qingdong, most of them are teachers and classmates from Nortel, and it happens to be summer vacation, and they are willing to come here to earn extra money.

Even if you don't make money, if someone invites you to travel for free, and the travel expenses are all reimbursed, then who wouldn't be happy.

Of course, although Cao Zhiqiang reimbursed all the travel expenses, it is certainly not possible for everyone to be treated the same.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang, his two younger sisters, and Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin, of course, can go to Jinling by plane, and the place of accommodation is also a super luxurious hotel like Jinling Hotel.

The travel expenses of these people were all paid by Cao Zhiqiang himself, not included in the public expenses of the photography team.

But other people, including other actors and film crew members, etc., all went by train, stayed in the guest house arranged by Jinling Yuhong Machinery Factory, and ate according to the canteen standard of four dishes and one soup for cadres.

What?unfair?
It's not fair, don't come!
No one begged you to come!
It's all a market economy, and everyone is willing to do what you want.

The photography team this time was actually recruited temporarily, not a permanent team at all.

In other words, for most people, they came here to film this time, just doing odd jobs, earning extra money, exchanging labor for quick money, really thinking how important they are!
If you have the ability, you can also pay for the flight or stay in the hotel out of your own pocket, that’s fine.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang could only think about these words in his own heart, and he definitely couldn't say them out.

The external caliber is that Cao Zhiqiang has a lot of time to deal with, time is precious, and the flight is also out of business needs. He wants to represent the machinery factory and the publishing house to negotiate other business in Jinling, not just for filming.

As for Zhu Lin and Xu Qingdong's flight and hotel stay, they were purely following the favor, and they belonged to the patronage of friends, so they couldn't envy them.

(End of this chapter)