Chapter 83 Model Room
The desire to get rich made Xie Chao, Qian Xiangdong and Gao Jiawang work like chicken blood. They were busy from morning to night every day and they couldn't wait to open the factory.
Even Gao Jialin was not as relaxed as before. He still wrote books in the morning, but from the afternoon to the evening, he had to run around for the furniture factory. He followed Xie Chao to visit the site and choose a suitable location for the factory.
Xie Chao took a leave of absence from his unit and came here specifically to handle this matter. After a few days of observation, he found that Gao Jialin had rented a factory building from an old factory. The factory had expanded and moved to another place, so this place was temporarily idle. The workshop and warehouse were all available, and he could start work directly after a little tidying up.
In the evening, Xie Chao and I took Qian Xiangdong and Gao Jiawang to treat people to dinner. Niu Xinliang was the guest. They chose all the good places, and after a few drinks, everyone was happy.
I went there the next day to handle the formalities and everything went smoothly.
It was also easy to recruit workers. With so many furniture factories in Shanghai, there must be many people who were still in their prime but had to retire early. The salary offered by Gao Jialin was also in place. They went to negotiate on the same day, and the next day they brought their tools to the factory and started working, for fear of missing this good opportunity.
It is easier to deal with newcomers. There are now many labor centers in Shanghai. Many people from other places are squatting there waiting for odd jobs. We first find a group of them and let them do the work. If they perform well, they will be kept. If they don't, we will replace them.
There are many people who want to work in the city now, but there are very few jobs available to them. If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who will do it. Most of the people who can come cherish this opportunity very much, and no one dares to cheat.
Twenty days later, Gao Jialin finished writing the manuscript of "Spring Breeze in Meilong Town". The beginning was basically the same as the plot of the TV series, but the latter part was greatly revised. When the descendants of the Fang family were looking for the descendants of the Mei family, the Long family, and Li Yishao, a lot of customs and practices of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan were added, and the description of homesickness was especially emphasized. Fang Zhenjin used the taste of their hometown to convince them to follow him back to Shanghai to rebuild the Meilong Town Restaurant.
At the same time, Gao Jialin also added a main line, which is the National Cooking Competition. Fang Zhenjin wants to join the other three families to participate in this competition in order to restore the reputation of the Meilong Town Restaurant.
Finally, he realized his wish. The four restaurants jointly won the gold medal of the Master Chef. Meilong Town Restaurant once again stood at the top of the national food industry.
This is also a metaphor, suggesting that after the reunification of the motherland, the Chinese nation will surely achieve great rejuvenation and stand on top of the world again.
In the last competition, the famous chefs from all over the country who entered the finals showed off their specialties and cooked one luxurious dish after another. However, the four people from Meilong Town did the opposite and did not use their signature dish "Four Joys of Dragon and Wind" to compete with these famous chefs.
The dish they served was called "Hometown". Based on Suzhou home-cooked dishes, it combined the cooking techniques of Japanese, Western and even Turkish cuisine to create a sea bass and water shield soup. This dish was both traditional and trendy, conquering all the judges and helping Meilongzhen Restaurant win the gold medal.
When the editor-in-chief saw this ending, he immediately applauded, "The homesickness of water shield and perch is the most well-known allusion to homesickness in traditional culture. It's perfect that you let them make this dish at the end!"
"Besides, our country is not rich yet, and many people can't even get enough food. If the article keeps exaggerating expensive dishes like delicacies from land and sea, it will definitely be inappropriate! In the end, the protagonist won the championship with a home-cooked dish, which just concealed this contradiction and sublimated the thought, telling people that even if you have eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, the most delicious is still the home-cooked dish cooked by your mother!"
"It would be even better to introduce cooking techniques from Japanese, Western and Turkish cuisines, which would coincide with the general trend of reform and opening up. Why do we need reform and opening up? Isn't it to learn from the strengths of other countries and develop ourselves?"
"There are no major problems with this work. There are only some minor details that need to be revised. We will come up with the revision suggestions as soon as possible. When the time comes, you can come and revise the manuscript as soon as possible and try to publish it in the next issue. We will publish your book after it is published."
"It's a pity that the Mao Dun Literature Prize is only awarded every four years. The last one was just awarded last year. If you want to win, you have to wait three years!" The editor-in-chief was satisfied with everything about the novel. The only regret was that he couldn't win the award right away.
"But it doesn't matter. People's Literature Publishing House is establishing a new literary award, which is expected to be presented next year. When we have news, we will submit this work!"
The editor-in-chief is confident of winning the award. The book "Spring Breeze in Meilong Town" is very well-made. It is not only excellent in literary quality, but also in line with many major trends. If such a work does not win the award, what kind of work will win? Which judge dares to reject such a book? Gao Jialin had just attended classes for a few days when Niu Xinliang called him to revise the manuscript. This time he did not live in No. 675 Julu Road. The house had been renovated, and it was more comfortable to stay here to write books.
After spending several days revising the manuscript, the editor-in-chief immediately arranged the layout and scheduled it for publication next month, and also recommended it in the most prominent position on the cover.
Gao Jialin's royalties also rose to the highest level, 20 yuan per thousand words. The novel of more than 215,000 words brought Gao Jialin a total of 4,320 yuan in royalties, and his savings increased again.
The furniture factory has also taken out the first batch of products. Gao Jialin did not let them set up stalls with the furniture, but asked them to stock up first. Then he asked Gao Jiawang and Qian Xiangdong to take the list given by Xie Chao and visit door to door those customers who are about to move into new homes and have good financial strength.
When the number of customers and inventory accumulated to a certain level, Gao Jialin chose a weekend and invited them to Tai'an Road.
When customers arrived in front of the big house, they couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't we here to look at furniture? Why are we here?"
Gao Jialin smiled and grabbed the door handle. "Don't worry. Just a few pieces of furniture placed there won't show much. So we specially prepared a model room, decorated in accordance with the popular style of Hong Kong. This way, we can see whether our furniture is good or not, right?"
"What's the popular style in Hong Kong?"
"Yes, both the furniture style and the layout style were based on the popular trends in Hong Kong. We spent a lot of effort to find this information. We even consulted several groups of customers from Hong Kong." What Gao Jialin said was true. When he was preparing to write a book, in addition to food, home style was also a focus of his consultation.
After talking for a long time and whetting people's appetite, Gao Jialin turned the handle, opened the door, and revealed the true appearance of the model room.
"Wow!" The customers took one glance and couldn't take their eyes off it.
(End of this chapter)
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