Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 410 It’s now a market economy, everyone is willing to do what you want

After arranging all his women, Cao Zhiqiang basically has nothing to worry about.

Although he still has publishing houses, magazines and other units, even if these units don't have him, nothing will happen for a while.

So, after arranging everything, Cao Zhiqiang took the director Xu Qingdong, the heroine Zhu Lin, and his two younger sisters Cao Lili and Qiao Simei to take a flight from the Capital Airport early in the morning on August 6th.

, direct flight to Jinling City.

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

In fact, originally, Xu Qingdong wanted to shoot in Beijing.

Unfortunately, during this period, although Beijing was the capital, there were almost no truly beautiful places.

The capital is not without places of interest, but most of those places of interest are of great historical significance, such as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Great Wall.

Although these places are famous, they can't really be called beautiful in terms of scenery.

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 here in the capital is relatively serious at this time. Even in summer, the sky is rarely blue and always feels a bit gray.

Also, the capital was short of water at this time and it rarely rained. And the movie "Love in the Ancient Pavilion" is based on the theme of rain. Without rain, it would be basically meaningless.

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

Therefore, it is better to go to a water town in the south of the Yangtze River where it rains more often and has better scenery.

Relatively speaking, Jinling City is a good choice.

The Xuanwu Lake Park in Jinling City is a beautiful sight among world civilizations. If nothing else, the lotus garden alone is enough to see it.

Jinling City has a subtropical monsoon climate. Even though it is now August and has passed the rainy season, 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, you don’t have to choose Jinling City. After all, there are many places where it rains a lot.

The main reason is that Jinling City is a big city with relatively complete supporting facilities. There is an airport and a train station. The distance is not far or close, so it is suitable for the crew to travel long distances.

Also, Li Youfu is currently in charge of Jinling City. If you go to Jinling City, it will be more convenient for him to receive you.

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

But in fact, in addition to selling "Jiang Hu Xing" and "Blooming Life", he also used the sales network established by Hongguang Publishing House to do other businesses, such as clothing and silk business.

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

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

Mainly because Hongguang Machinery Factory has helped some factories in Jinling and has established an internal trading system for a long time.

This internal trading system was peer-to-peer. From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, it had been very stable and closed, making it difficult for outsiders to penetrate.

The most prominent feature is that these factories have a good relationship with the railway system and can achieve certain train quotas.

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 set up a railway transportation system from Jinling to Beijing.

Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling was the designated support unit of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and Cao Zhiqiang's parents once worked there.

Since they are targeted enterprises for assistance, the relationship between Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling and Hongguang Machinery Factory in Beijing has always been good, and both 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 needed by Hongguang Machinery Factory also need to be provided by Yuhong Machinery Factory.

However, since the late 1970s, as both Hongguang Machinery Factory and Yuhong Machinery Factory have begun to gradually decline, the trade volume between the two parties has actually shrunk year by year, and it has become difficult to trade raw materials and parts with each other at full capacity.

But no matter what, the trade quota between the two sides is still there. If you make good use of this trade quota, such as adding other materials to the trains that transport raw materials and parts, then there is no problem at all.

After all, the railway station will not investigate this kind of thing. As long as Yuhong Machinery Factory cooperates well, put the stuffed materials into boxes and sacks with the name of Yuhong Machinery Factory, and then put them in the name of Yuhong Machinery Factory.

If it's a train bound for the capital, there's no problem at all.

It can be said that the train leather quota 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 precisely because of this that Li Youfu now spends most of his time in Jinling City, because this place is very important.

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

For example, Dana Wang made a batch of train leather with the batch slip, transported northeastern corn to Shenzhen and sold it, and earned three million in less than a year.

But that situation is temporary and speculative and cannot last long.

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

Although there is a certain risk in using the freight quota between two machinery factories to stuff private goods, as long as it is done properly and done secretly, there is not much of a problem.

Therefore, Li Youfu took advantage of the freight quota between Hongguang Machinery Factory and Yuhong Machinery Factory to add private goods.

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

Because during this period, the voucher system for clothing, cloth and satin had been abolished, and cloth tickets were no longer required to purchase. This was one of the rare products that was unblocked in the early 1980s.

Unlike other things, it also needs to be supplied with a ticket, which is relatively hot.

What many people don’t know is that in the 1980s, the textile industry in Jinling City was quite developed and ranked among the best in the country.

Especially the silk and satin industry. The silk and satin industry in Jinling City is simply the best in the country.

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

Although Jinling Yunjin has not yet been included in the national intangible cultural heritage catalog during this period, the reputation of Jinling Yunjin has long been famous throughout the country.

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

Silk and satin have always been of high value and highly profitable, and this has been the case since ancient times.

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

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

Therefore, southern clothing, Jinling cloth and Jinling silk and satin are good things that Li Youfu added.

Generally speaking, it is Hongguang Publishing House, in the name of a subsidiary of Hongguang Machinery Factory, with the help of Hongguang Machinery Factory's freight quota, transporting the book "Journey to Rivers and Lakes" and the album "Blooming Life" from the capital city.

Go to Jinling.

After Li Youfu received the goods in Jinling, he loaded the empty train skins with some spare parts from Yuhong Machinery Factory as a cover, then stuffed a large amount of Jinling cloth, Jinling silk and satin, and collected southern trendy clothing, and shipped them directly.

Beijing.

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, and just by earning the price difference, you can earn at least 500,000 yuan per round trip... The two factories, Hongguang and Yuhong, each earn 500,000!

Of course, there are risks.

After all, using the freight quotas of two factories to add private goods is strictly considered speculation, and it will be very troublesome if you are caught.

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

What's more, even Cao Zhiqiang himself didn't know about this. It was actually a new project that Li Youfu worked on privately with Factory Director Li, and it had just started running not long ago.

Cao Zhiqiang only knew that Li Youfu had been working at the Yuhong Machinery Factory in Jinling City recently.

With his help in reception in Jinling City, and the great help from Yuhong Machinery Factory, at least the film crew will have no problem with food, clothing, housing and transportation in Jinling City.

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

Other than that, it's just some selfishness.

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

Therefore, this trip to Jinling allows Cao Lili and Qiao Simei to return to their hometown and visit their biological father and brother.

Although according to Cao Lili, she doesn't like her biological father, she still misses her two biological brothers very much.

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

Also, Cao Lili and Qiao Simei actually came to Jinling City this time not only to visit relatives but also for work.

This job mainly refers to Qiao Simei.

Because Qiao Simei also wanted to participate in the filming of "Love in the Ancient Pavilion" and play the leading role, Cao Zhiqiang's sister.

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

But after the audition, I found that Cao Lili was not in her best condition, always laughing easily and being shy.

On the contrary, Qiao Simei, despite being younger, has a natural talent for acting and can easily enter different emotions.

To put it simply, laugh if you want her to laugh, cry if you want her to cry, and her emotions change very smoothly.

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

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

Since Cao Lili was not suitable for acting, Cao Zhiqiang originally wanted to modify the script and simply let the male protagonist have a younger sister.

Later, one of the supporting actresses, who was also a teacher at Nortel, recommended an actress named Cui Xinqin, who 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. The response was very good, and her relationship with Cui Xinqin has been good since that movie.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang didn't care. After all, the male protagonist's sisters are all supporting characters. 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, it was initially decided that Yu Feihong and Qiao Simei would play the role of the male protagonist's sister.

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

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

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

In fact, due to sufficient funds and complete equipment, there are only six cameras, which can be said to be unprecedentedly lavish.

Therefore, the film crew that Xu Qingdong brought together this time was quite large.

Including the director team, photography team, production team, styling team, actor team, recording team, lighting team, set team... It can be said that the teams needed for making a movie are all available.

Eighty percent of these people were teachers and students who were on vacation from Nortel and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make extra money. The remaining 20% ​​were idle staff from other film studios.

Therefore, the total number of people involved in this shooting was quite large, a total of 88 people.

If this number is placed in future generations, it will definitely not be too much. After all, if you want to make a movie in the 21st century, why can't the film crew only have one or two hundred people?

But in China in the 1980s, a photography crew of 88 people was quite luxurious.

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

For example, some people who do scenery production, many of them are also responsible for lighting, sound recording and even scene management.

There are also some supporting actors who, when they are not filming, have to do some chores such as set chores, such as lighting, logistics, etc.

In fact, since the film itself doesn't have much plot, it didn't have so many plots.

According to Xu Qingdong's original estimate, more than 40 people could take the photo.

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

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

As for those people hired by Xu Qingdong, most of them are teachers and classmates of Nortel. It is summer vacation and they are willing to make extra money.

Even if you don't make money, who wouldn't be happy if someone invited you to travel for free and all travel expenses were reimbursed.

Of course, although Cao Zhiqiang was fully reimbursed for travel expenses, everyone cannot be treated the same way.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang, his two sisters, Xu Qingdong, and Zhu Lin can naturally fly to Jinling and stay in a super luxury hotel like the Jinling Hotel.

The travel expenses of these people were paid by Cao Zhiqiang out of his own pocket and were not included in the public expenses of the photography team.

But everyone else, including other actors and film crew members, etc., all went there by train, and stayed in the guest house arranged by Jinling Yuhong Machinery Factory. Their meals were also based on the standard cadre meal of four dishes and one soup in the canteen.

What? Unfair?

It's not fair, don't come!

No one asked you to come!

Now that we have a market economy, everyone is willing to do what they want.

The photography team this time was actually recruited on a temporary basis and was not a fixed team.

In other words, for most people, coming here to film this time is just to do odd jobs, earn extra money, and exchange labor for quick money. How important they really think they are!

If you have the means, you can pay for flights and hotels, and that's no problem.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang could only think these words in his own mind, and certainly could not speak them out loud.

Externally, Cao Zhiqiang has many things to do, time is precious, and the flight is for official business. He has 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 flying and staying in a hotel, that was purely a matter of taking advantage of the situation, and it was a favor between good friends, so I couldn't envy them.

(End of chapter)