However, it is not impossible for an airport to appear in Yahe in this life. There are many flat areas in Yahe that are several kilometers long. Whether to build an airport depends mainly on whether there is a need.
If Yahe really becomes the largest guitar-producing county in Asia, it's not impossible to build a small to medium-sized airport there.
1998 was a year of rapid development for Yahe Guitar, which has now formed a pattern of radiating outwards from Pingshan Village as the center.
This year, people engaged in guitar processing accounted for 85% of the entire village of Pingshan, meaning that almost every household had someone involved in this profession.
The number of manufacturers capable of producing complete instruments has increased to more than 20, creating jobs for thousands of people.
Just before the Lunar New Year, this number was less than ten.
Most of these guitars are sold overseas through the Liang family's export channels. Since they are sold through the Liang family's export channels, it is only natural for Liang Feng to make a small profit in the middle. This alone can bring in hundreds of thousands of yuan in extra income each year.
Besides Pingshan Village, many people from neighboring villages have also started to get involved in this industry.
After more than three years of development and adaptation, the guitar industry has begun to take root here and is developing at an extremely rapid pace.
Based on this year's development momentum, in another two years, Yahe will become a nationally renowned guitar production base.
By 2005, it will become the largest guitar production base in Asia, with an expected annual production of over one million guitars.
When the guitar industry develops to a certain scale, those merchants will naturally complain about the inconvenient transportation in Yahe. It's not impossible that an airport will appear in Yahe in this lifetime.
Besides guitar and bass, Liang Feng even called Liang Liang to inquire about violins and cellos.
The violin and the acoustic guitar are somewhat similar, but the violin will never be as popular as the guitar.
Liang Liang told Liang Feng that he should just focus on making good guitars and avoid violins altogether.
Being good at one thing is better than being good at everything; it still offers a promising future.
1998 was not a good year; the great flood was still fresh in Liang Liang's memory many years later.
He could give early warnings, but not everyone would necessarily listen.
If I say too much, people might think I'm crazy.
Therefore, even though he knew the flood was inevitable, he was powerless to stop it.
All he could do was donate some money and organize a benefit performance.
On August 16, 1998, Liang Liang and the Blue Shark Band participated in CCTV's disaster relief gala.
At the gala, the Blue Shark Band sang two inspirational songs and donated 100,000 yuan.
Subsequently, Liang Liang donated another one million yuan in his personal capacity.
Then in October, he participated in the "Love My China" charity performance at the Great Hall of the People.
This time, he personally donated another one million yuan.
After participating in the second charity performance for disaster relief, Liang Liang went to the small theater in Beijing.
There are currently thirty resident bands in Beijing's small theaters. Although the number of bands is quite large, there are not that many performers.
The number of permanent residents is only around one hundred, and many of them are members of several bands.
Having more part-time band members means more opportunities to perform on stage, which naturally leads to higher income.
Liang Liang didn't object to their approach. As long as the show was well-performed and the small theater maintained a positive cycle, he didn't care much about how the individual band members performed.
Now, this small theater has become a well-known gathering place for new music in Beijing, with a fairly stable customer base.
Every night, thousands of people come here to cultivate their minds and spirits.
The cost of living in Beijing is also high. While small theaters in other parts of Liangliang still maintain a ticket price of five yuan, the ticket price for small theaters in Beijing has been eight yuan since last year.
This price is still the lowest among entertainment venues in Beijing.
In Beijing, most entertainment venues now charge admission fees of ten yuan, while some high-end venues start at thirty or twenty yuan.
Liang Liang receives 40% of the small theater's ticket revenue and half of the other revenue.
The daily ticket revenue from the small theater can bring Liang Liang more than 3,000 yuan. With the revenue sharing from drinks, food, and tips, the small theater in Beijing can bring him around 120,000 yuan a month.
These bands earn an average of 170,000 to 180,000 yuan a month, which translates to about 1,800 to 1,900 yuan per person per month.
This income level isn't considered very high in Beijing, but it's still significantly higher than the income of low-level workers.
If we sell good works to Haiyun Audio-Visual, we can earn some income; if we release an album, we can earn even more.
Looking at these musicians who were content with their lot, Liang Liang felt gratified. It was better than not having enough to eat.
Huang Jie told him some interesting stories about performing in Europe.
"Foreign women are really fierce. We Chinese are a bit more reserved, but they don't have that kind of attitude. They just let out a howl and rush up before you even know what's going on and they've already bitten you."
"Looks like you got dealt with by some foreign woman?" Wang Fan asked.
"Foreign women are no good, they smell bad." Huang Jie didn't directly answer Wang Fan's question, but said this, clearly indicating that he had slept with a foreign woman.
That's like trying something new.
"There are many swindlers and cronies in foreign countries. Be careful not to get entangled with them, or it will be very difficult to get rid of them," Liang Liang warned.
Han Chui's men also bought a piece of land in the eastern part of the capital, in a relatively remote location due to price considerations.
Liang Liang also went to take a look at that piece of land, which should be basically in the Fourth Ring Road.
It's still quite desolate now, but it won't be in a few years.
We should buy another plot to the west; after all, we won't lose money selling the land if it appreciates in value.
Buying a piece of land in Beijing for ten million yuan now could be sold for over one hundred million yuan in the future.
After inspecting the land, Liang Liang, accompanied by Huang Jie, took a stroll around Liulichang, a hub for cultural and commercial goods in Beijing.
Outside Hepingmen in Xicheng District, there is a street about 800 meters long, which is the famous cultural street in Beijing—Liulichang.
This street is filled with all sorts of old-fashioned shops and pavilions, exuding an antique charm and the aroma of ink and brush.
Here, books, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and stationery are all in disarray, with genuine and fake items mixed together.
Liang Liang wasn't there to look at antiques and calligraphy; he knew absolutely nothing about those things. If he went in, he'd definitely be easy prey in their eyes.
He wanted to see things with a modern flair, such as audio-visual products.
There are quite a few audio-visual stores on this street, and Liang Liang mainly wanted to check out the sales of Haiyun Audio-Visual products.
In addition to some of their company's recently released albums, dozens of old Hong Kong martial arts films that they bought in Hong Kong have also been released.
These martial arts films cost twelve yuan a copy, which was relatively inexpensive considering the market price in 1998.
It's an officially licensed product, yet it's being sold at a pirated price.
The sales of these classic Hong Kong films are still quite good.
The owner of the shop Liang Liang entered said he could sell dozens of these a day, earning two or three yuan per piece.
Liang Liang nodded in approval.
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