The Era of Hard Work

Life is not easy, and it is even more difficult for the post-80s in the countryside. Lu Dong was very aware of this when he lived as an ordinary post-80s until 2019.

Work, house, children, pension, retirement and other issues, each one is a big mountain.

Of course, it may also be a kind of luck to encounter an era of great change.

After all, the generation in the early 1980s suffered a lot when they were young, and their living conditions did improve after they grew up.

The life of a double-employee from the countryside like Liu Jie is difficult, but it is much better than most rural people.

The older generation in rural areas currently has no pensions, but in the future they will have money for the elderly, but in the face of soaring prices, it can only be said that nothing is better than nothing. The pensions of the rural elderly basically fall on their children, both of whom are only children. Not so heavy.

Villages with good conditions like Lujia Village are only a minority among the minority.

Most can only be said to be passable.

In today's rapid economic development, some people live in high-rise buildings, while others live in deep ditch.

Some people think it is normal to spend tens of dollars for a cup of milk tea, but some people cry bitterly because they lost a few dollars.

Lu Dong just heard one thing from Li Hongxing.

Some time ago, at the big market in Lujia Village, an old lady who was going to the market cried and walked away, just because she lost 10 yuan to buy leeks.

At that time, someone asked, is it necessary to cry because of 10 yuan?

The old lady broke down and said: "Without a wife, my child works in Weiqiao and never comes back. My living expenses are only 100 yuan a month. Do you think I can feel better?"

This situation is not uncommon in rural areas.

Lu Dong can drive the development of Lujia Village, and Lujia Village can drive the development of surrounding villages with industrial scale, but it is limited to one place after all.

There is only so much that one person can do.

Taking advantage of the free time during the May Day holiday, Lu Dong and Song Na simply prepared for their marriage, after all, the date has been set.

The two went to take wedding photos, and arranged the second floor of the house in Lujiacun Xincun. They also bought a large number of clothes, jewelry and various related personal items.

It is better to do the preparation work earlier than to be caught blind.

The wedding banquet is basically determined to be held at the Girl Mountain Resort in Lao Du's house. After all, there are too many people involved in the local area, and it is not appropriate to go to a distant place.

Neither Lu Dong nor Song Na wanted to be too high-profile.

Both of them could see clearly that making a fuss might cause a lot of trouble.

As for the wedding dress, Lu Dong put in some effort and placed an order directly with Wang Weiwei. This month, Wang Weiwei will fly across the Pacific Ocean and come to Quannan to design a wedding dress for Song Na.

During the May 17th long holiday, Qingzhao cultural tourism exploded in full swing, receiving 100,000 tourists, and the cultural tourism market is booming.

Qingzhao will be the foundation of the city's development for many years to come, and it will be established here.

However, the Qingzhao local government is not satisfied with the existing achievements, and wants to make further progress on this basis.

In particular, it has become a foregone conclusion that the leader of the Qingzhao University will be transferred to Lixia District as the top leader after a while, and the successor leader of the county government naturally wants to leave a new mark on Qingzhao.

In a short period of time, two development directions have been tentatively determined: on the one hand, expand the popularity of Qingzhao Cultural Tourism and make a fuss about existing resources; on the other hand, prepare to develop the southern mountainous area and make full use of natural resources.

Expanding the popularity of Qingzhao requires continuous publicity and the power of the media.

In addition to formal media channels, the TV series filmed in Qingzhao naturally became the focus of attention of the leaders.

For the crew directed by Qian Yangchun, in just a few days, many leaders came to inspect it, which once affected the normal shooting of the crew.

This is also something that can’t be helped. With the support of local policies and resources, we have to give convenience to the local government.

The same is true for Lu Dong, the head of the Propaganda Department of the Qingzhao County Party Committee personally visited the door to discuss the future development of TV dramas and Qingzhao.

"Minister Zhou, if you need to call, I'll just go over."

In the reception room on the top floor of Lu's Catering Building, Lu Dong met the leader of the Qingzhao County Party Committee: "I'll trouble you to make a trip."

Knowing the energy of the person in front of him, Zhou Guoming quickly said: "It should be." He was very polite: "Mr. Lu has made great contributions to the development of our Qingzhao. We should come here if there is something in the county."

Lu Dong has always attached great importance to Qingzhao, and Qingzhao is the basic plan in the basic plan: "Minister Zhou, we are a family, and we don't talk about each other. If there is any need in the county, Lu's Catering is duty-bound."

"It's not a big deal." Zhou Guoming has dealt with Lu Dong in the past, and he knows that Lu Dong is a great person and has contributed a lot to the development of Qingzhao: "It is still for the development of our Qingzhao cultural tourism, doing publicity and promotion. "

He said confidently: "This May 1st holiday, our Qingzhao cultural tourism has fired the first shot. From the number of tourists received to the actual operating income, it has created a record high. The cultural tourism business has truly become the engine of Qingzhao's development. In the next step, the county will definitely continue to play this card well, and in terms of publicity and promotion, it needs to work harder and make more fuss."

Lu Dong nodded and agreed: "Now that we are starting to gain fame, we need to take advantage of the popularity to further promote the photo and attract more people to our photo. Only when there is a market will there be vitality."

Zhou Guoming said with a smile: "Mr. Lu's Lujia Village is ahead of the whole county in this respect, and is an advanced model of our county. At this cultural and tourism festival, Lu's Catering has invited many performing arts stars, as well as Shaolin Temple The monks have helped the county to solve many problems, and the county will definitely express it, and the recognition of advanced units is indispensable."

Lu Dong also laughed: "It's only natural for Qingzhao people to seek development for Qingzhao."

"I focus on the promotion part. This part is easy to do, but it is very difficult to make some achievements." Zhou Guoming picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Mr. Lu, the popularity of "Country Love" The broadcast made Lujia Village famous, and our name of Qingzhao spread throughout the country, which vigorously promoted the development of Qingzhao cultural tourism events, and also let the county see the huge publicity effect that TV dramas can bring."

Hearing the other party's words and getting to the point, Lu Dong responded: "A popular TV series still has a great promotion effect."

Zhou Guoming said with a smile: "The county has held a meeting these days to discuss the effect of publicity in this area, and see if we can do more articles on TV drama promotion. The county lacked experience in this area before. Mr. Lu invested in the establishment of Noon Sunshine Films The TV production company filmed the TV series of Di Renjie, a famous historical figure, and gave the county a lot of hints, Qingzhao has been outstanding since ancient times, can you use Qingzhao's famous person as the protagonist to shoot a TV series?"

Lu Dong remained calm: "Is there any plan for this in the county?"

Zhou Guoming came here today because the county had an idea, so he came to discuss: "The county has recently been discussing whether it is possible to shoot a TV series about Li Qingzhao? Lay Yi An is the most talented woman in the ages, she is a peerless woman, living in a turbulent age In the early stage, there was the romance of the Song Dynasty, but in the later stage, the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, and the life was full of ups and downs, which is very interesting."

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "The life of Lay Yi An, if it can be filmed well, it can indeed become a high-quality drama."

Speaking of filming with Li Qingzhao as the protagonist, is it the rumored heroine?

But there is a difficulty. Li Qingzhao’s ups and downs in the second half of his life were most directly caused by the invasion of Jin people, which inevitably involved resistance to gold. Can anti-gold pass the trial?

Lu Dong vaguely had the impression that he didn't look carefully, but just hugged him a few times. It seemed that he was teaching the leading actor, Yue Fei.

Of course, he didn't remember clearly, and he might have misremembered.

However, it seems that anti-golden movies and TV shows are extremely rare...

"It seems that heroes see the same thing." Zhou Guoming laughed and asked impatiently, "If we shoot and produce now, when will it be broadcast on TV at the earliest?"

This is too impatient. Even if Lu Dong is a layman, he knows that this kind of thing should not be rushed. Once he is anxious, 99% of the films produced will be bad dramas.

Lu Dong and the people in the county didn't need to be sloppy, and said directly: "It will take two to three years at the earliest, if it goes well."

The answer was completely beyond Zhou Guoming's expectations: "So long?" He wanted to make some achievements quickly: "Mr. Lu, don't worry about funding. The county will fully support it. The county will also do the work ahead of time, we have done a good job in Qingzhao, and the superiors will give appropriate convenience."

"Minister Zhou, what I gave is the most optimistic estimate." Lu Dong didn't want to see the county go to waste for a long time: "This industry has its objective laws, let's take "Country Love" and "Detective Di Renjie" as examples... ..."

Although I don't know much about it, Lu Dong has put in a lot of effort in investing in this business: "The former Zhao Laogen has been planning for a long time, and the addition of Lujia Village just allows Zhao Laogen to find the most suitable entry point. Director Qian Yangchun spent a year polishing the script alone, and including filming and post-production, it took more than two years to broadcast on TV."

Zhou Guoming frowned, and said again: "So long?"

During this period, Lu Dong had been in contact with Zhao Laogen, Qian Yangchun, and Hou Hongliang many times, and he knew more about the film and television industry than before. He said: "Our county wants to promote a TV series with Li Qingzhao as the theme. If the TV series is filmed, people must watch it, attract people's attention, and make people talk about it, which cannot be done by non-boutique hit TV series."

Zhou Guoming kept nodding his head. The county wants to promote Li Qingzhao's TV series, and what it wants is something like "Country Love" that can cause a sensation.

"Strictly speaking, I am also a layman, but I have some understanding of the most basic things." Lu Dong continued: "High-quality TV dramas need time, money and manpower to polish. The script is the foundation and key. Now we even have scripts. No, it's too early to say how long it will be aired. Minister Zhou, we can't invest a huge amount of money and invite some celebrities to film casually, right? That's more likely to produce a bad drama!"

Making a bad show that no one pays attention to will not work at all.