Chapter 76 Pillar Industries
The tour was in full swing. An Zhixia only attended two shows and then let Fang Hongye handle all matters of the factory's publicity department, including the training of the touring team, the tour location and time, and subsequent negotiations for paid invitations.
Being entrusted with important tasks, Fang Hongye took every task seriously, withstood the distrustful and questioning eyes from the actors, and handled the work with a serious face. Every tour, Fang's family members carried stools to support, including the two brothers of the village chief, and successfully suppressed people who wanted to use the incident to squeeze Fang Hongye to get red eye disease.
One after another, the increasingly exciting and professional performances created a sensation as An Zhixia had hoped, and alarmed the town leaders, major units and factories. In those days, people had very little entertainment, and under the strong request of many employees, and hearing that the performances had an exciting effect, one unit after another and the factory sent people to Wuqi Commune to inquire about the matter.
The security guard had been greeted by An Zhixia a long time ago. He pointed in the direction of the agricultural and sideline products factory office when he saw people and explained to them that although the touring team was listed in Wuqi Commune, in fact, the publicity department of the agricultural and sideline products factory was fully responsible.
Coincidentally, the first person to come to the door was the propaganda secretary of the town's shoe factory.
Xuhe Town has a lot of land and can luxuriously fence off a large piece of land specifically for growing food and fodder for poultry and livestock. In addition, Xuhe Town has good soil and water, and the poultry and livestock raised here are fat, tender and strong, and are particularly popular. They have developed into the town's pillar industry and brand industry as early as the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Subsequently, food processing plants, leather shoe factories, leather factories, and Gongshan factories were built.
The town looked shabby, but the workers actually had plenty of money in their hands. They would buy meat and cloth every now and then, thinking they had the capital to look down on the peasants. They were arrogant, xenophobic and looked down on the poor, as if this was the only way to elevate their status and position. They competed fiercely with each other, and the same was true between different units.
A woman in her thirties with short hair and navy blue work clothes, carrying a leather bag and wearing high heels, knocked on the door twice and came in. She swept her eyes over the four people in the room and fixed on the older and more stable Director Zhang. She put on a fake smile and said, "Hello, are you Director An from the agricultural and sideline products factory? I am Director Zhang from the Propaganda Department of the Fuhua Leather Shoe Factory in the town. I am here to discuss the tour with you.
It just so happens that our factory is about to hold the first quarter summary meeting, and we would like to invite you to perform for the workers to reward their hard work. This is a major event to promote the economic development of our Xuhe Town and is the result of our joint efforts.
Therefore, I hope you can make time to attend our factory’s summary meeting.”
Director Zhang stood up, smiled, and asked Sister Li to pour tea for the guests.
"No, I'm used to drinking Tieguanyin, so I won't waste your tea." Officer Zhang frowned and looked around, then walked to a chair, took out paper from his bag and wiped it several times before reluctantly sitting down. "Let's quickly finalize the time and details, I'm in a hurry to go back for lunch, the cafeteria has braised pork and crucian carp soup for lunch."
An Zhixia couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Little girl, you are so rude, aren't you? The leaders are talking, is it your place to laugh? Also, what did I say to make you laugh like that? Did you think I was lying?" Officer Zhang glared at her in dissatisfaction. "Our factory has very good benefits. We have fixed meat dishes every day. The chef's cooking skills are good, much better than those in state-owned restaurants. If you come to our factory for a tour, you may have a chance to try it. I guarantee you will drool and not want to leave."
Director Zhang and the other two couldn't help but look at Secretary Zhang with some sympathy.
An Zhixia pointed at herself and said with a smile: "I'm Director An, and that's our Director Zhang."
"You, you are Director An?" Officer Zhang almost bit his tongue, and then sneered, "Little girl, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, but I have never seen a yellow-haired girl as a factory director. Is there no one in your Wuqi Commune? Or do you have a big leader backing you up?"
"Director Zhang, you came here without brushing your teeth this morning, right? Is there no one in the Fuhua Shoe Factory? Why did you send such an ungentlemanly person here to discuss things? Do you think we are a rural commune unit and therefore don't take us seriously, or do you just want to cause trouble?" She folded her arms and sneered.
Even if city dwellers have this mentality, they dare not bring it to light. After all, the poorer you are outside, the more glorious you are, and it is the best way to combat classism.
Zhang was so angry that he glared at her. How could this girl dare to say anything? "Even if you are Director An, Director, when will you send people to perform? Our factory is the pillar industry of the town. You must be careful to ensure the quality and quantity. Don't lose face for your commune and damage the friendly relationship between the commune and the shoe factory."
An Zhixia didn't care about the contempt in her words and just flipped through the information in her hand. "Our tour is so popular that our schedule is full. It's not easy to squeeze out time. Besides, seeing that Secretary Zhang came with nothing but a foul mouth, I'm afraid he is out of touch with the news. Doesn't he know that our commune's tour is also a pillar industry? You enrich people's material life, and we enrich people's spiritual life."
"What? You guys are asking for money for this crappy show?" Officer Zhang blurted out, but she wasn't embarrassed at all. She thought about it, she had already made a promise with her colleagues and the director before she came out, so she couldn't just go back without completing anything, right?
She asked impatiently, "What kind of compensation do you want? Let me tell you, we are all brothers, you can't go too far. We don't have to rely on you. There are many performance groups in the town, which one is not more professional than you?"
An Zhixia took out a small white jade abacus from the drawer, and moved it very quickly with her white fingers, while calculating clearly: "Although the tour lasts for an hour and a half, every minute on stage is the result of ten years of hard work off stage. The efforts of our more than 80 actors and workers deserve recognition. And I guarantee that our show cannot be replicated by others. These efforts and innovations, if evenly distributed in each tour, will start at two hundred.
We have to perform at your factory, there is a door-to-door fee of 80 yuan, and 80 yuan for food and transportation. This price is not high, each actor will share less than 2 yuan, and our factory will not take any share.
Costumes and props cost 50 yuan, lighting and sound effects cost 50 yuan, and our publicity fee is 100 yuan. The total is 560 yuan. Since your factory is also a member of the development and construction of Xuhe Town, I will give you a 20% discount and round off the rest, giving us 440 yuan.
If you want our actors to perform on time at the season summary meeting, you have to pay a 50% deposit first. So, Secretary Zhang, did you bring 200 yuan for the deposit? If not, then you should go back and discuss it with your leader.
We are busy with announcements and don't have time to chat with you."
(End of this chapter)
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