Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 395 It Feels Like You’re Bragging, But It’s Not Like You’re Bragging

"Wow, cool, really cool!"

As soon as he walked into the lobby of Jianguo Hotel in Beijing, feeling the coolness inside and outside was completely different, Xu Qingdong immediately sighed.

"It's better to be in a big hotel with air conditioning. The temperature is cool and comfortable!"

Seeing Xu Qingdong's slightly exaggerated appearance, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head with a smile: "Old Xu, where are you going? Otherwise, I'll take you to the swimming pool, where it's cooler."

"Ah?" Xu Qingdong was taken aback, "Swimming pool? This is not suitable!"

"What's inappropriate?" Cao Zhiqiang asked strangely.

"That's true." Xu Qingdong frowned, "The swimming pool here is good, but it's not open to the public. Only guests here can use it. I'm not qualified to play here."

Yes, Jianguo Hotel is a Sino-foreign joint venture foreign-related hotel. Although there is a swimming pool inside, it is not open to the public at this time. Only guests staying in the hotel can use the swimming pool inside.

After Cao Zhiqiang understood it, he immediately laughed: "What should I do? Coincidentally, I am a guest here and a long-term tenant, so I am qualified to play here. Then, as a guest here, I will bring friends to Go for a swim, what's the problem?"

"Long-term tenant?" Xu Qingdong was taken aback, "Didn't you live in the Peking Hotel before? Why do you also rent a room here?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "The Peking Hotel expired, and I have had enough, so I changed to live here. The environment here is better and the service is better."

"Oh." Xu Qingdong nodded, and then sighed, "It's nice to have money!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, you will be rich in the future, and you will be able to stay in a big hotel for a long time, I'm afraid you will not be happy to stay there."

"Me?" Xu Qingdong shook his head, "Are you kidding me, do you think everyone is the same as you, money is so easy to earn?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, and stopped talking, but asked, "By the way, old Xu, can you swim?"

"Of course I will." Xu Qingdong chuckled, "I can swim since I was a child, breaststroke, freestyle, all of them."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Come with me, let's go to the swimming pool."

"Wait." Xu Qingdong said, "I, I didn't bring my swimming trunks."

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "Old Xu, old Xu, you just said that you are well-informed. There are new swimming trunks for sale in this swimming pool, and you can just change them when the time comes, and count them as mine."

Xu Qingdong smiled embarrassedly: "This is not good, is it? What a waste of money."

"Hi!" Cao Zhiqiang pursed his lips deliberately.

"Old Xu, we haven't been together long enough, you may not know me well.

In fact, when I make friends, I don’t care whether I have money or not, but whether I have a temper or not.

Although you are older than me, but how to say, I think that I have a special affinity with you, a special temper, and I want to be a buddy with you.

Since we are buddies, don't care about these small problems of money or not.

So just come with me, unless you don't want me as a buddy. "

"Hey!" Xu Qingdong grinned, "Since you've finished talking here, why don't I go?"

"It must be dripped!" Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be hearty and patted Xu Qingdong's shoulder, "Okay, old Xu, come with me!
On such a hot day, I was so hot that I was sweating all over, which was really uncomfortable.

Let's go to the swimming pool for a swim and have fun, and then we'll talk about the main text when we're comfortable! "

"Success!" Xu Qingdong nodded, "I'll listen to you! Cao...Xiao Cao!"

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang grin: "Hey, that's right, Old Xu!"

Afterwards, the two sides laughed and walked towards the indoor swimming pool while talking and laughing, while Xiang Dongfang followed behind with a smile.

Well, well, in fact, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to take Xu Qingdong to the swimming pool on purpose, mainly because he couldn't bear the smell of smoke from Xu Qingdong, a heavy-smoking gun.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to take Xu Qingdong to his room for a chat, but when he found out that Xu Qingdong was a big smoker and kept his hands on the cigarette, he became a little unhappy.

Although he also liked to smoke in his previous life, Cao Zhiqiang restrained himself after time travelling, and gradually gave up the bad habit of smoking.

After all, he never smoked in his previous life, and he knew that smoking was harmful to his health, so of course he couldn't smoke all day long.

He doesn't smoke himself, so he naturally hates other people smoking, and then inhales second-hand smoke himself.

But people in this era, many people smoke, especially those engaged in literary and artistic work, and very few do not smoke.

Especially this Xu Qingdong, he couldn't leave his cigarette.

Just now, on the way here while driving, he ordered one, which made Cao Zhiqiang embarrassed to say anything.

So when he came to this lobby, he made an impromptu decision to take Xu Qingdong to the swimming pool for a swim and exercise.

In this way, at least the smell of sweat and smoke can be removed from his body.

And if he smokes again, the swimming pool is so big that he won't feel uncomfortable.

It would be hard to smoke in his room.

Soon, a group of people came to the swimming pool. After changing their swimsuits in the locker room, they went to the indoor swimming pool to swim.

Needless to say, the Jianguo Hotel in this period is worthy of being the first joint venture hotel in the capital. Not to mention the new equipment, even the indoor swimming pool is of a high standard, which feels better than the professional swimming pool in the gymnasium.

Moreover, there are many deck chairs around the swimming pool, and waiters are always there. If you want to drink or eat, you can just call the waiter. The service quality is completely incomparable with the gymnasium.

It can be said that, as far as Cao Zhiqiang feels, the quality of the waiters at the Jianguo Hotel is comparable to the quality of the waiters at the five-star hotels in his previous life. Not as good as here.

At the very least, most of the waiters here are smiling when they come to serve you, while most of the waiters in Peking Hotel are stern when facing you.

This is normal. Most of the state-owned enterprises in the planned economy have poor service quality.

No matter what, Peking Hotel is a state-owned enterprise, while Jianguo Hotel is a joint venture, and the current service management is all outsourced to the Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang, so the service quality is the best in the whole capital, bar none.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about the purely eye-catching position of elevator lady, which is not available in other hotels.

Of course, the elevator lady of Jianguo Hotel was actually a flash in the pan, and it was only available when Jianguo Hotel was just built and the management was contracted to Xiangjiang Peninsula Hotel. Later, the management team changed, and the position of elevator lady no longer existed.

After swimming back and forth with Xu Qingdong for two rounds, Xu Qingdong was exhausted, so Cao Zhiqiang stopped insisting and went ashore with Xu Qingdong.

As soon as Cao Zhiqiang landed, Xiang Dongfang, who was wearing a one-piece swimsuit, immediately came over with two big towels.

"Thank you, Secretary Xiang." Xu Qingdong smiled and took the towel.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qingdong teased Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Oh, Xiao Cao, you are so lucky to have a woman as good as Secretary Xiang by your side, taking care of you so meticulously, so lucky, so lucky!"

Cao Zhiqiang put on a big towel and laughed: "That's necessary, who made me handsome?"

Xu Qingdong was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

After Xu Qingdong and Cao Zhiqiang sat down in their chairs to rest, Xiang Dongfang quickly distributed the cut watermelons to everyone.

After Xu Qingdong took the watermelon, he thanked him again.

It was Cao Zhiqiang, who took the watermelon and said, "Secretary Xiang, don't worry about us, you can go swimming for a while and relax. We can do these small things by ourselves."

"No need." Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, "I don't like swimming very much, so this is fine."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, then pointed to the seat next to him, "Then you sit down too, let's eat melons together."

"Okay." Xiang Dongfang smiled, sat down generously, and picked up a piece of watermelon to eat.

After the three of them ate more than half of the watermelon, Xu Qingdong hiccupped, leaned on the back of the chair, patted his belly and said, "Ah, it's comfortable, it's so comfortable, it hasn't been so comfortable for a long time!
The life of the rich is comfortable!
Does everyone like capitalism now?

How evil, how evil! "

Cao Zhiqiang laughed, threw the watermelon rind away, picked up a wet towel on the table, wiped his mouth and hands, and said, "Don't worry, the days to come will be better, and sooner or later you will live such a luxurious life."

"Me? Forget it." Xu Qingdong shook his head, "Occasionally it's okay, but in the long run, I'm afraid I'll really get lost."

After sighing, Xu Qingdong said seriously: "By the way, Xiao Cao, you haven't given me a letter yet. Do you agree to join the Youth Film Studio and make this "Love in the Guting" in the name of the Youth Film Studio?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head lightly: "I don't agree."

"Don't mind me." Xu Qingdong frowned.

"Xiao Cao, yes, Qingying Studio and the others do have their request.

For example, requesting to change the script, requesting to add some Sino-Japanese friendly content, you don’t like these, I understand.

After all, no one likes others to change their scripts randomly.

But these are not impossible to talk about.

Everything is negotiable, we can have a meal with the director of the Youth Film Studio, and it may not be impossible to accommodate.

Don't just say no.

In fact, if you want to be affiliated, Qingying Factory is the best choice. After all, they are the subsidiary factories of Nortel, and the troubles are the least.

You're going to change to another film studio, but it's not so easy to talk about. "

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "That's not necessarily the case. For example, I know that there is a film studio that can support us unconditionally. We can do whatever we want, and we have the final say on everything."

"Is there such a good thing?" Xu Qingdong asked in surprise, "That movie studio?"

"Red Light Film Studio." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Red Light Film Studio?" Xu Qingdong frowned, "Hiss, why have I never heard of it, where is it?"

"It's from the capital." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"In the capital?" Xu Qingdong shook his head hastily, "Impossible, there are only a few film studios in the capital, I know all about it, and I've never heard of a Hongguang Film Studio."

"You're right if you haven't heard of it." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "This is a new establishment, and it just opened for business today."

"Newly established? Just opened today?" Xu Qingdong blinked.

Speaking of this, Xu Qingdong looked at Cao Zhiqiang's expression, then frowned and asked, "Xiao Cao, are you kidding me?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "I might tease you about other things, but I definitely won't do this serious thing."

"Then, then..." Xu Qingdong frowned and thought for a while, "Hongguang Film Factory, Hongguang...wait a minute, wouldn't it be produced by your Hongguang Machinery Factory?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile: "Of course, I guessed it right!"

Xu Qingdong looked at Cao Zhiqiang in surprise: "Isn't it, your Hongguang Machinery Factory is so powerful? Can a film factory make it?
This is no small matter, and it costs a lot of money.

I also know that Hongguang Machinery Factory is a big factory in the past. I heard that it also produced tank guns.

But the current Hongguang Machinery Factory has long since failed. How can it have this ability? What kind of film factory should it open?
You are not fooling me, are you? "

"Where can it be?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"Old Xu, the Red Light Film Studio is real, but I paid for the registration fee of this film studio, and I asked Director Shi of the Film Bureau for the license.

And this Hongguang Film Factory belongs to Hongguang Machinery Factory in name only, but in fact it is a film factory contracted and operated by me personally.

In a sense, this is the first film studio in China that is contracted and operated by an individual and is completely responsible for its own profits and losses. It can also be regarded as a pilot project of the Film Bureau. "

"You really want to set up a film studio?" Xu Qingdong frowned, "Xiao Cao, I didn't say that, opening a film studio and making movies are two different things.

Making a movie is nothing more than finding someone worth a hundred and eighty thousand yuan to make a movie.

But it's not that easy to set up a film studio.

Don't tell me that you set up a film studio because of your movie. "

"You're really right!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I once told people that I made dumplings specially because of the jealousy.

In the same way, this time, I really set up a film studio just for my film.

What I want is nothing but one word—quan! "

"right?"

"That's right!"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "As for me, I can see some things very openly, but I like to be serious about some things, and I can decide what I like.

If you don't open this film studio and rely on other studios, as you said, you will inevitably have to accept additional conditions from others.

Just like this script, if you rely on other people's film studios and use their names, it is tantamount to looking at other people's faces.

At that time, people will ask you to change the script and change the actors. If you still want to continue filming, you can only accept it with your nose pinched.

I don't like this, so I'm going to start my own film studio and make whatever I want.

My game, my turf, my rules.

I use my own film studio, use my own funds, my own equipment, and shoot my own script. How cool is that, don’t you think? "

Xu Qingdong nodded: "Well, it's really cool to be able to shoot what you want without being hindered by others."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "For others, money is very important, but for me, money is a bastard, if you don't have it, you can earn it.

So, I don't care how much it costs at all, I just care about how happy I am.

It just so happens that I can now open a film studio by myself, even if it is a contracted operation model, this is a rare opportunity.

If the opportunity cannot be lost, I will not come again. If I want to open this kind of film studio in the future, it may not be so easy.

Just making a movie is nothing.

It's not a big deal to open a movie studio.

Not only do I want to open a film studio, I will also open a movie theater in the future, a lot of movie theaters.

I want to develop my own theater chain, master my own distribution channels, and form my own film and television group.

Let's put it this way, there is no future in purely doing content, and building a platform is the real future.

But before the platform is established, I can only do content first. "

Xu Qingdong was stunned for a while before he smiled wryly:
"Xiao Cao, you are really, I don't know how to say hello.

It feels like you're bragging, but it doesn't seem like you're bragging.

It can only be said that I, a sparrow, do not have your lofty ambitions! "

Cao Zhiqiang laughed, then looked at Xu Qingdong and said:

"You're right, talking about that now is indeed no different from bragging, let's talk about reality.

Look, Lao Xu, now I have my own film studio, the formal one. ,

In addition to the film studio, I also have my own equipment, the only one in the country.

By the way, there is no shortage of scripts and funds. Do you think this movie can be made? "

"Yes!" Xu Qingdong laughed, "Of course I can, that's great!"

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qingdong winked at Cao Zhiqiang: "So, you still want to hire me as a counselor to assist you in making this movie, and you still want to be the director yourself, writing, directing and acting yourself, right?"

"Yes!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded and said, "Why, you don't agree?"

"Why don't you agree to this?" Xu Qingdong said, "You pay such a high salary, 2000 yuan, how can I not agree to it."

"Then it's settled!" Cao Zhiqiang said,

"Equipment, funds, name, I will solve all the problems for you, and the rest, like the recruitment of film crew members, will be handled by you.

Three days, I only give you three days, can you form a film crew? "

"Yes." Xu Qingdong nodded, "In these days, as long as there is no shortage of funds and equipment, it is still very easy to pull up a film crew.

If the Beijing Film Studio can't do it, I will go to Nortel at worst. Nortel still has a lot of jobs.

Especially now that the university is on summer vacation, and many people have nothing to do. If they can make movies and the salary is high enough, they will definitely be willing to come. "

"That's good." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Old Xu, I am very efficient, I..."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly rolled his eyes: "By the way, what do you think of this Jianguo Hotel? Is it comfortable?"

"Of course it's comfortable." Xu Qingdong smiled.

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Well, in order for you to have a good rest and work, during the filming period, you can live here. I will give you a separate room, and the cost will be my own, not the public account of the film crew.

In this way, it will be convenient for you and me to contact, after all, I also live here, what do you think? "

"Hiss, really?" Xu Qingdong opened his mouth wide in surprise, "You, you want to open a room here for me to live in? For a long time?"

"Of course!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Not only will I live here for free for a long time, but I will also cover the cost of meals."

Xu Qingdong blinked: "Then, what about the other members of the film crew?"

"That must not work." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "However, I will not treat them badly.

If you are filming on location, you will definitely be picked up by car, and if you rest, you will also live in a nearby hotel.

Food expenses and travel expenses are all high standards, and the wages are also high standards. Anyway, they are twice the standard of Beijing Film Studio. How about it? "

"That's no problem." Xu Qingdong said, "If you are really twice as high as the standard of Beijing Film Studio, I can pull up the team for you in a day!"

"Then it's settled!" Cao Zhiqiang slapped the table, "It's not too late, you hurry to pull the team.

After the team is pulled up, temporarily stay at the guest house of our Hongguang Machinery Factory, and I will order someone to send a car to pick them up.

It's already August now, I hope the filming will be finished by the end of this month, do you have confidence? "

"It's hard to say." Xu Qingdong shook his head.

"How long does it take to shoot a movie depends on the specific situation, how can there be a date set in advance?

But, the plot of your script is actually very simple. If you don’t add any extra content and just shoot according to your second version, if you pay close attention, you should be able to finish the filming in a month. "

"That's it!" Cao Zhiqiang patted the table, "Tomorrow, tomorrow I will see the film crew, at most three days, and I will start filming!"

"So urgent?" Xu Qingdong frowned.

"It's that urgent!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Because next month, I'm going to go abroad, and I'm afraid I won't have time to make movies in China."

"Going abroad?" Xu Qingdong was taken aback, "Where are you going?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Go to Japan."

(End of this chapter)