National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1309

An old person’s years are like the calendar cards at the end of the year, one shorter with each tear.

It became more and more desolate as time went by. I could only watch helplessly as only a few of my "calendar posters" were left.

Therefore, old people usually pay special attention to their birthdays, because when they are in their seventies or eighties, everyone's heart is as clear as a mirror, and the distance between birthdays and funerals is not far.

It is also because of this that the elderly pay special attention to the major life events of their children and grandchildren.

Start a family, get married and have children. Only when you see your children and grandchildren accomplish these goals and have children and grandchildren, will your life take shape as a stable one.

Only then will the elderly think that their lives are basically on the right track and they can rest assured from now on.

Ning Weimin has no parents, so he didn’t understand these things in the past.

However, in this life, he had been influenced by the people living in No. 2 Shaner Hutong, and because his work required him to frequently deal with the old craftsmen in the arts and crafts department, he had already understood this point.

He knew that all this was due to the care and love that the elders had for their children and grandchildren.

Therefore, out of understanding of Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun's intentions, he treated the two old people as if they were his own biological parents and tried his best to obey their wishes.

As long as he can make the two old people happy and feel at ease, he will do his best to cooperate.

He gives money when asked for money, gives things when asked for things, and does whatever he is asked to do.

So he quickly fulfilled his promise to the old man.

Not only did he invest RMB 2.4 million to establish a joint venture company called "Jin Yu Man Tang International Hotel Management Company" with Jiang Nianyun, he also successfully completed the industrial and commercial registration procedures and became a major shareholder with 51% of the shares.

He also gave the old man 600,000 yuan in private.

He didn't say that it was to make up for the shortfall in preparing for the wedding, because saying so would imply that he was ungrateful and wanted to settle the financial matter.

He just said that he was saving it for the old man as pocket money.

Who can say anything bad about this disciple?

Even a biological son may not be able to do this.

From then on, the Ma Family Garden, which was open to the public, officially had a new name - Yun Garden.

Speaking of this, this name was proposed by Kang Shude, who took a character from Jiang Nianyun's name.

The original meaning of this word is to describe the fragrance of plants and trees. It is elegant and appropriate, and also implies vitality and lush vegetation.

This not only fully demonstrates the old man's magnanimity, but also shows his sincerity and his friendship with the fourth young lady of the Jiang family.

Otherwise, how could he name the industry that he cared about most after someone else's name?

At the very least, you have to add a character from your own name. This is the basic operation.

In fact, even Jiang Nianyun herself had the same idea. The old lady was very moved, so she also suggested a name and added a character from Kang Shude's name.

However, not only did the old man dislike this name, but Ning Weimin also strongly opposed it.

If nothing else, who asked the fourth young lady of the Jiang family to name her home "De Yunyuan"?

This definitely won’t work. You can’t call it this.

Ning Weimin couldn't get used to this name because it gave people very bad associations.

It's impossible for such a beautiful garden to have the same name as that makeshift crosstalk troupe in the future.

If others associate this garden with the "great scholar"'s "literary and artistic" performance on the stage, that would be so lame and would affect their own style.

Not only can the garden not be called this name, even the theater cannot be called this name.

Otherwise, once that person becomes famous, people will think that this is their branch.

  Who could stand it if there were hundreds of self-righteous "smart people" blocking the door of the theater every day to buy tickets?

So now that we know this, we must eradicate this trouble. We really can't do it again and again.

So in the end, with everyone's unanimous insistence, they decided on the name that the old man originally gave - Yunyuan.

With the legal procedures, we can recruit employees and buy two more imported cars.

But Ning Weimin doesn't have to worry about these things. Just like the old man said, he is a hands-off boss.

All of this will be handled by his cheap cousin Shen Cun.

Originally, fast food chains require recruitment and training, which is something Shen Cun has always taken care of. Now, according to actual needs, the worst that can happen is to place advertisements in the newspaper again and continue recruiting in the name of Yunyuan.

The fast food chain has no stores open now, so it is not difficult to temporarily transfer a few people here to handle daily chores.

Don’t be fooled by the small number of people and the unfamiliarity of the skills.

Don’t worry when it comes to the wedding banquet. Catering requires professional work and we have the people from Tan Palace Restaurant to take care of it.

Even the matter of buying imported cars is the same. Shen Cun is already familiar with it. Even if no one helps, he can handle these things by himself.

However, Ning Weimin did not just ignore everything. He was still very concerned about the wedding tent.

He first went to the Temple of Heaven Park to discuss the issue of fire prevention and had a detailed face-to-face discussion with the security department.

He didn't expect that the thing he thought was very difficult turned out to be just a layer of window paper, which was not difficult to break through.

It turns out that my country has had its own fire-retardant coatings since the 1970s.

So for the Temple of Heaven Park, for this kind of temporary stuff, as long as it is in the process of being built.

Spraying fire-retardant treatment on wooden structures and flammable materials can greatly reduce the incidence of fire.

Although it is not absolutely impossible to prevent a fire, fire extinguishers must be available and there must be someone to watch over and patrol.

But it is much safer than in the past when there was no such means and things could catch fire at any time.

This is how all public activities in the Temple of Heaven Park and those temporary commercial greenhouses are done.

Just be careful with wood chips and construction waste. So far there have been no real fires. They are usually just minor problems caused by cigarette butts igniting certain areas.

What's more, there is no need for open flame lamps for lighting. According to the chief of the Security Department of the Temple of Heaven, under normal weather conditions, as long as you try not to use open flames and avoid electrical leakage by pulling wires, it is very safe to use electric lights for lighting.

The section chief also said that if Ning Weimin was worried, he could ask the director for support during his wedding days.

As long as the Temple of Heaven Security Department is allowed to send people to assist, there will be no problems with fire safety.

So not only did Ning Weimin feel relieved, he also returned happily.

When he returned, he told Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun these words, and the two old people were also very happy.

In this way, the design of the wedding tent is no longer a problem.

The money is ready now. As long as we follow the construction requirements of the Temple of Heaven Park, buy enough fire-retardant paint and spray all the flammable building materials first, then let it dry and then proceed with the normal construction.

But then again, if fire prevention became so easy, now that I think about it, it’s actually a bit unfair that this shed business disappeared.

In other words, if it weren't for the campaign to change customs and habits, if the craftsmen who built greenhouses had persisted for a few more years, they might have survived and the incense tradition would not have been cut off.

To be honest, our ordinary people are still willing to spend money on weddings and funerals.

Most people save money all their lives just to spend on these things.

Therefore, even if no wealthy people build sheds in the summer to come, the shed builders will not starve to death if they only have to eat at weddings and funerals.

Thinking of this, Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun felt a little sad and couldn't help sighing.

They seemed to relive the unpredictable losses in life and the helplessness of being unable to control fate through Master He and Master Zheng.

But Ning Weimin was a little bit skeptical because he suddenly thought of more things.

It's true, he suddenly had some new discoveries and new ideas.

No matter what high-end industry you are in, in fact, it all remains essentially the same, and we Chinese have prototypes for it.

In fact, in his opinion, for the shed builders, with the development of the times, even weddings and funerals are small businesses.

Because the scaffolding industry has natural advantages in public and commercial activities. In fact, their industry is equivalent to the business scope of the future exhibition industry.

But the exhibition industry in the future will not be as cheap and convenient as he sees.

As people living in the information age, who hasn’t visited a few exhibitions and participated in a few large-scale commercial activities?

In Ning Weimin's impression, although those strange exhibition stands were also made of wood, no matter how large they were, they were almost all built within a week.

But the most basic materials are made of heavy core boards wrapped around iron frames.

To build a two-story structure, many people would have to work together for several days.

Especially for traditional Chinese exhibition stands and activities, if you want to create a three-dimensional effect without fooling people with spray painting, it will cost a lot of money.

For comparison, where else can you find things like these built by shed builders that are quick, convenient, gorgeous, and affordable?

The advantages outdoors are even more incomparable.

In his previous life, Ning Weimin watched an auto show at the National Exhibition Center in Beijing and witnessed with his own eyes a scene where a wooden and iron frame exhibition booth was blown down by a level 7 gale in windy weather.

  But what do the scaffolding buildings built by the scaffolders look like?

Although it is ten feet high and ten feet wide, it rises from the ground and there is no pillar in the middle.

But even if there is a twelve-level violent attack, it will not fall apart.

According to the two masters, this is the most basic requirement.

Since this industry came into being in Beijing, there has never been a case of a greenhouse being blown down by the wind. If you can't do this, what else is there to do?

No matter how strong the wind is, at most it will just lift up the entire scaffolding and then drop it somewhere else intact.

This shows how sturdy the scaffolding is.

  Think about it, if it looks like this, aren't we going backwards as we live?

Our ancestors' things were actually thrown away and forgotten, and then we learned the so-called modern exhibition technology, using iron frames, thick wood and plastic boards to build things.

It is not environmentally friendly and wasteful.

When I see a portable truss or a standard stall built using the plug-in method, I feel that it is so convenient and advanced, and I admire it very much.

  What is this called?

This is called cultural degeneration!

How stupid!

So stupid!

  It's such a pity. Take the present for example, we hold the Canton Fair every year for the purpose of exporting. We don't know how much money we have wasted by doing such stupid things every year!

Therefore, we have to follow Ning Weimin's gradually clear ideas. As long as this industry is not completely eradicated, there are still people who understand the technology.

In fact, it is not difficult to revive the traditional shed business or even develop it.

After all, the market demand for commercial exhibitions in China in the future is too huge, and the practicality and applicability of the exhibition industry cannot be fully covered by the business content of the exhibition industry.

It can really be used for public activities and residents' daily needs, and can be used for at least one season.

Take the present for example, the book fair at the Temple of Heaven Park every summer, the night market at Dong'anmen Square, and even the clothing stalls at Xidan Shopping Mall, all of which are perfectly suited to the use of this skill.

Wouldn’t it be nice to build a pavilion, an outdoor teahouse or a pergola at a tourist attraction or park?

Especially since the Asian Games is coming up soon, aren’t these places where we can put our skills to good use?

  Let’s make a bolder assumption. If we can really improve it and study how to use the iron frame as the inner frame, then perhaps the greenhouse will be more fire-resistant and safer, and its future will be limitless!

If these so-called "unable to keep up with the times" shed builders are really given a chance to display their skills, they will surely save money and gain face, which will definitely be enough to open the eyes of foreigners.

Therefore, precisely because of this, Ning Weimin is no longer satisfied with just letting these wedding tents have a brief resurgence and become the last souvenir of his wedding.

What he hopes is to seize an opportunity to truly revive this traditional industry in the capital.

So in addition to quickly contacting people to come and shoot the documentary, he also found time in private to have new discussions with Master He and Master Zheng.

He said that after the fire-fighting work is done, the wedding tent will be built according to your ideas, but he does not want this to be the last cooperation.

He is willing to personally invest 200,000 yuan to set up a celebration company.

Then we hired Master He and Master Zheng as consultants, and had several of their capable apprentices work in the company for a long time.

If you have a job, you don't have to quit, you can work part-time.

Of course, they no longer have to worry about where to find work in the future, as there will be someone dedicated to taking care of business issues.

When there is work, they can be completely independent and form temporary teams to do the work, just like they did this time when they set up the wedding tent, and also let their apprentices, colleagues and friends earn some extra money.

When there was no work, they still had at least two or three hundred yuan salary per month.

This allows them to work with clerical staff with peace of mind to organize industry information, prepare for restoring the traditions and techniques of the shed industry, and even prepare for publishing industry monographs.

Needless to say, whether it is for the two masters or their respective capable apprentices, there is no possibility of disagreement!

This kind of thing, where you can make money, show off your reputation, and even leave your name in the future, is simply a pie in the sky.

Master He and Master Zheng, like Jiang Sanchang who makes pottery and Liu Yongqing who makes antique porcelain, naturally have the determination to die for their friends.

With gratitude and emotion, I regarded Ning Weimin as a living Buddha who saves people from suffering, and a kind man who is willing to use money to do good deeds.

  How can we not serve with all our heart and soul?

On the other hand, no one knew what Ning Weimin was really planning.

No one would know why Ning Weiminwei was so happy even though he was spending money to do charity.

No one understands this kind of fun.

To be honest, even Ning Weimin himself didn't believe that he could pick up a treasure just by coming back to get married.

Another gold nugget was picked up by him and put into his sack.

There is no doubt at all that it won’t be long before this shiny, glittering treasure comes out of nowhere and blinds the eyes of all the ignorant people.