Chapter 133 Filming an Advertisement

The next morning, Fang Mingche got up at 7:30. He called Lao He to go to Cui's house to eat a bowl of noodles and then drove off.

He only booked half a day,

so he should try to act early. He still had to call Lao He. If it were him, he could have been half an hour earlier.

Now Lin Yan likes to sleep in the morning. It is normal to be sleepy when pregnant, and it is the only day of the week without classes, Sunday.

It is November, and the early winter is coming to the capital. Even Yanyan is reluctant to get up so early.

Then let the mother and daughter sleep comfortably. In this weather, it is better to be motherless than to get out of bed at

five o'clock in the morning. Beijing Normal University is nine kilometers away from here. It usually takes Fang Mingche about 40 minutes to ride a bike. If the weather or road conditions are bad, it will take

ten minutes longer. But with a car, it only takes ten minutes.

Fang Mingche couldn't help but sigh.

If he could afford a car to drive to and from school, he could sleep half an hour more every morning. The time spent on commuting can be greatly shortened.

Taking the bus is not an option. Buses always go around and around, trying to get as many people on this route as possible.

They also have to stop, open and close the doors at every stop.

And the stop is not in front of his house, he still has to walk a kilometer.

There is a stop at the Beijing Normal University right in front of the school gate, but it is not close to the teaching building after getting off the bus. Taking

the bus takes as much time as riding a bicycle.

Fang Mingche said to Master He: "Starting next Monday, you can help me pick up and drop off my wife to and from school."

Although A Yan was very hardworking after going to the countryside, she repeatedly emphasized that she could ride a bicycle to and from school.

But after all, she is a pregnant woman, so she still needs to be taken care of.

It will snow in a few days, and the road will be very slippery.

Master He said: "No problem for me, just give me the class schedule. We can also negotiate a package price."

He can take Teacher Lin to school after breakfast, take her home after school, and have dinner on the way home. It's more regular than the three meals now.

"Yes, sure."

The car waited at the agreed school gate, and Wang Dexian arrived in a military jeep.

For something like this, the Wang family's car and Lao Wang must be requisitioned.

It's not his own business, and the Wang family will have to share the money when the time comes.

This is also to let the Wang family understand the progress.

At this moment, Wang Dexian hasn't given the money to Fang Mingche yet, and he agreed to give it to him at the end of November.

Fang Mingche lowered the car window and told him about borrowing 3,000 yuan from Lao Cui at an annual interest rate of 10%.

They can't get a loan now, so they can only borrow from private individuals.

Wang Dexian also thought this was a good deal, and nodded, "Well, you decide. By the way, the company requires half a year's car rental fee to be paid on December 1st. I tried my best to persuade them to pay 9,000 a year. 4,500, is it okay to pay it?"

Fang Mingche nodded, "I have estimated this expense."

Wang Dexian said, "The tour guide activity for Japanese tourists has not yet been launched. If we rent another car, it will cost another 4,500!"

"For Japanese tourists, I have contacted the families of several people who went there to work illegally. They have not made up their minds yet, and the income gap is too big. But they work 16 hours a day there, and they are not treated as human beings at all. When they see our English tour guides making money, they will definitely be willing to come back. It is estimated that it will start after New Year's Day. As long as the English tour guide team can proceed smoothly in December, 4,500 should be available on New Year's Day. If it doesn't go smoothly, it will be a problem to set up a Japanese tour guide team."

This is considered a relatively high-standard travel agency. Moreover, he and Wang Dexian did not intend to be soft-hearted in making money from foreigners.

Wang Dexian has learned a lot since he saw Fang Mingche double the price.

Foreign exchange is more valuable than RMB!

Fang Mingche said, "In fact, the exchange rate of banks is not bad now. The exchange rate of US dollars to RMB is 1:1.5. However, the price on the black market is much higher than this. Most tourists who come here seriously go to the bank to exchange. However, their average salary level is really much higher than ours! The average salary in developed countries is 100 to 80 times ours!"

Wang Dexian cursed, "Didn't they rob our money a hundred years ago and complete the primitive accumulation of capital? Not only that, until 1949, Americans still robbed our money through financial means."

He went back to the courtyard to live last night. The old man thinks highly of their travel agency.

He called a few days ago and said he needed a car to pick up and drop off international students to shoot commercials. Well, print ads, and then put their photos in the brochure.

The old man immediately agreed to let him drive the car. Usually, it is really not used by their grandchildren.

By the way, he also asked him to remember to fill up the gas.

Fang Mingche asked, "Have you found a place to print the brochure?"

"Yes, we have it in our government department. I will pay you based on the private work I've taken."

Fang Mingche said, "I thought I didn't have to spend money."

"You're so nice. Printing equipment is so expensive nowadays! The money goes into the company's coffers. Our old man wouldn't take advantage of this. They're here, aren't they?"

Wang Dexian saw a few foreigners coming out in the morning light.

There was also an old Chinese man with him. He should be the associate professor who lost his teaching qualification after saying a few fair words and could only work as a boiler burner.

Fang Mingche took a look and said, "Yes, they are."

He got out of the car and waved, "Teacher Qiu, Truman——"

Those foreign students had just eaten breakfast in the cafeteria. I just felt that working and studying was a bit hard, and I had to get up so early on Sunday.

As for Teacher Qiu, he didn't want to go to the cafeteria to eat, so he made a bowl of noodles at home.

When he came out, he happened to meet these foreign students. When he heard them mention Fang Mingche's name, he followed them out.

Fang Mingche asked Teacher Qiu to sit in the front passenger seat of his car, and asked two foreign students to join him.

The other four sat in Lao Wang's jeep.

Lao He agreed to let him drive himself. This would free up a seat for Master He to move with his camera.

However, if there was any problem with the car, Fang Mingche had to take full responsibility.

It was only after he followed Lao He to drive for a few times and showed him his driver's license that Lao He agreed.

Fang Mingche's driver's license was obtained by his cousin in the county, and was transferred to the capital before.

Lao He was still a little worried, and said, "It should be okay to have one more person, just squeeze in."

Fang Mingche said, "Foreigners pay more attention to these things." After much

persuasion, Lao He agreed. Anyway, Fang Mingche would be responsible for anything that happened, so he took the money for the car and driver and rested at home for half a day.

He insisted on coming on this first trip because it was only dawn when he set off. He felt that he would feel more at ease if he drove.

The two cars drove towards Tiananmen Square together and arrived at about 8:20.

There were already people in the square.

The group that watched the flag-raising ceremony had just left, and these people were here to visit the square.

Or maybe they just watched the flag-raising ceremony, had breakfast nearby, and then came back to visit.

Master He handed the car keys to Fang Mingche and walked home.

Fang Mingche asked Master He, who was taking pictures, to go into the Forbidden City together.

He went to buy tickets and took everyone with him.

The next part was for Teacher Qiu to perform. The old man prepared for a while and decided to act as a tour guide for the international students today.

He had written down and memorized all the introduction phrases.

If he wanted to teach the tour, he must be a competent tour guide. He introduced the six international students in English along the way.

Fang Mingche and Wang Dexian followed along, and Master He ran around to find angles to take pictures.

There were group photos and individual photos, and they had to pay attention to capturing the essence of the Forbidden City.

This was not asking the international students to pose, but inviting them to visit the Forbidden City. The photos were very natural!

Truman smiled and said to Fang Mingche: "Fang, I think it's okay! When I first arrived in China, if there was such a service, I would be happy to accept it."

Several other international students also said so.

Later, some European and American tourists who were traveling independently followed behind to listen to Teacher Qiu's explanation.

Fang Mingche communicated with them. Some were willing to appear in the camera, while some were not. For those

who were willing, he asked Master He to take pictures for them; for those who were not willing, they had to pay a service fee.

These foreign tourists were used to being served and paid service fees.

Fang Mingche finally received two big unity photos.

Well, the purpose was to take pictures, so we only took a tour of the three main halls, the Imperial Garden and other main routes and left.

The route planned for this morning also includes the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and other places. We all have to take pictures!

After going out, Wang Dexian and Fang Mingche acted as drivers. Master He also took pictures of them getting on the car. The background is Tiananmen Square!

The Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace are similar to the Forbidden City. They have foreign tourists following them spontaneously. In total, five great unity photos were collected in one day.

After visiting several places, Wang Dexian looked at his watch and said, "I can't make it to the Great Wall in the morning."

The Great Wall is quite far away!

"I didn't plan to take them to the Great Wall. Let's just take some photos by ourselves."

Wang Dexian said, "There should be foreign tourists there, right?"

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have spent more than 80 yuan to hire these foreign students as models.

Fang Mingche said, "If there are no regular tourists, we don't look like a tour group. There are not many tourists on the Great Wall. It is now overgrown with weeds. I went there specially last week."

"You said you wanted to take photos at the Great Wall. I thought it was better now."

Wang Dexian is an old BJ. Of course, he knew that there were no tourists on the Great Wall a few months ago. But when Fang Mingche talked about the Great Wall, he thought the situation had improved greatly in the past few months.

Fang Mingche said, "It will definitely get better in the future. The main reason is that we have only been open to the outside world for a short time, and the tourism industry is still growing spontaneously. The public services along the Great Wall cannot keep up at all. But we can film the scenery of the Great Wall."

When Teacher Qiu came back and sat down, Fang Mingche quickly handed him a bottle of mineral water to moisten his throat.

The old man prepared very well for today's explanation and said a lot.

Well, mineral water has been around for a long time. When Qingdao was still a German colony, the Germans had Laoshan

mineral water. Since Fang Mingche was going to run a foreign-related travel agency, he must prepare mineral water.

All services must be thoughtful for foreign tourists. Otherwise, why would people spend money here? They

still hope that word of mouth can slowly ferment out.

"Teacher Qiu, you have worked hard." Fang Mingche felt that these commentary words could be used directly.

Teacher Qiu waved his hand, "I haven't had the opportunity to speak English with so many people like this for ten years!"

He would definitely cherish it very much and prepare well in advance.

Moreover, after so long, Xiao Fang gave him ten yuan! He could buy nearly twenty kilograms of pork.

Fang Mingche saw that it was eleven o'clock, so he sent them back to school.

He was very careful with his budget, so he didn't include lunch!

Teacher Qiu said to him, "This schedule is a bit rushed!"

"It won't be so rushed when it's officially launched. This is a one-day schedule. In the future, it will be a three-day tour or a five-day tour of the capital."

"That's fine."

Fang Mingche settled today's salary for Teacher Qiu and the foreign students on the spot.

The foreign students went out to play with him and got 4 yuan more than Teacher Qiu.

There was no other way, what was needed was their foreign faces. And they also gave a lot of feedback.

He explained to Teacher Qiu, who nodded, "Don't worry, I understand. The faces of a few of us Chinese are not very attractive to foreign tourists. Besides, they only come once, and I am a long-term employee."

"Yes. You pack up, and I will take your luggage over. We will start the class tomorrow!"

The class will be held in the small side courtyard, and Lingzi, the driver, and the full-time tour guide introduced by Teacher Qiu will take the class together.

This full-time tour guide is actually Teacher Qiu's daughter, who went to the countryside as an educated youth and returned. There is no job placement for her at the moment, after all, her father has a problem with his

class background. She has some basic knowledge of English from her family background. So Fang Mingche agreed as soon as Teacher Qiu said that.

As for the future, we will add more staff when the business is good

. Moreover, Lao Cheng and Xiao Xu have said that they will come to work part-time during the winter vacation. If there is business at that time, they will not go back to their hometown, and let the family reunite in the capital.

At that time, we will find a guesthouse to open a multi-person room. One room for men and one room for women.

"Okay!"

Xiao Qiu has packed Lao Qiu's luggage. The father and daughter will live in the small room of Fang Mingche's house.

Just add a single bed and draw a curtain in the middle.

There is not much space left for activities, but such living conditions are not bad in the current capital.

There is also an old lady in their family, Lao Qiu's mother. She is seventy years old and still strong. I asked the colleague next door to help look after her from time to time.

Lao Qiu gave his mother ten yuan and asked her to live on it. He also said that he would make more money in the future and treat himself better.

Then the father and daughter followed Fang Mingche.

As for Wang Dexian, he wanted to meet the people from the travel agency today. He is still here now.

Fang Mingche brought the father and daughter of the Qiu family home, returned the car to Lao He in good condition, and settled the money.

"Mr. Qiu, Miss Qiu, please get over it for now. The conditions of the travel agency are really not very good now."

Miss Qiu waved her hand, "It's already very good."

"Okay, let's go to lunch first. My wife and daughter have already gone to order

food. I also called other people from the travel agency, let's get to know each other today." He called Master He, Teacher Gao, Lingzi and others to go to Lao Cui's house for lunch.

Xiao Hu, the driver introduced by Wang Dexian, was also called.

He has left the military camp and is helping people move things outside. He is very happy to be a driver.

There were not enough places this morning, so he was not asked to go out with him.

While waiting for the food, Fang Mingche introduced everyone. Name, future position.

Except Yanyan, everyone has a temporary position. Lin Yan has a temporary position as a cashier, and Wang Dexian is the deputy general manager.

"From now on, we will eat from the same pot. Let's get to know each other. Tomorrow, Teacher Qiu will start teaching English to everyone. Sister Qiu, Lingzi and Xiao Hu, all of you come, no salary. Teacher Qiu charges three dollars a day! The course will last for two weeks until December 1st, and then we will officially open. I will decide on everyone's salary standards before then."

Teacher Gao said, "I want to come and listen, can I?"

"Your job requires a lot of English, and don't you have to take English classes at school?"

"Improve it."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay. OK, let's eat. After lunch, take a break for an hour. Xiao Hu, Master He and I will go to the Great Wall to take pictures. Old Wang, are you going?"

Wang Dexian nodded and said, "Go ahead!"

After lunch, Wang Dexian went to his mother's house to rest.

Xiao Hu was the one driving in the afternoon, and Wang Dexian sat in the co-pilot seat. Fang Mingche took Yanyan with him.

Lingzi enthusiastically ran to help the Qiu family father and daughter put their luggage away. She would learn English with them in the future.

Lin Yan was pregnant and could not help much.

Lingzi was very attentive to the Qiu family father and daughter. Teacher Fang said that if she learned well and could answer the phone in English, her salary would be increased to 48 yuan a month.

If she didn't learn well, it would only be 24 yuan.

The difference is a bit big, and she is very motivated.

The contact number on the promotional brochure will include Lingzi's home phone number. The office address is the large courtyard house of Mr. Gu.

Anyway, to those who don't know, it still looks very formal.

When taking pictures in the afternoon, Master He couldn't help but say, "How can the Great Wall be so desolate?"

Fang Mingche unscrewed the mineral water and gave Yanyan, who was panting after climbing, a sip

. "Nowadays, there are still many scenic spots in China that are like this."

Wang Dexian said, "What a waste of natural resources!"

Fang Mingche said, "There is another thing. If foreign tourists want to go to other places after visiting the capital, although we don't have a branch yet, it would be best if we can help them buy air tickets and sleeper tickets."

Wang Dexian said, "Well, foreign tourists have no problem. They don't need letters of introduction to buy air tickets and sleeper tickets."

"No, we buy them for them. This is also an additional service item."

Wang Dexian thought for a while, "If foreigners don't go to the window, it's not easy for Chinese faces to buy tickets. We don't have an official seal, so we have to be affiliated with a unit that is qualified to buy. Let me go back and ask the investment office, it should be possible. Let them issue us a letter of introduction when the time comes."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Yanyan, come, Dad will carry you up. Let's go to Haohanpo and take a photo when we get there."

"Okay." Yanyan was very happy today. Children like to go out and play.

Her mother stayed at home to rest and greeted Grandpa Qiu and Aunt Qiu. She followed her father out to play.

Master He said, "Didn't you tell me for a long time?"

"Just come out and relax this afternoon."

Master He said, "Okay, considering the rich dishes for lunch."

(End of this chapter)