Reborn to be rich

Chapter 88 Qin Opera Troupe

When the new village committee of Zhangjialing Village took office, the development of the entire Zhangjialing Village seemed to be proceeding in an orderly manner. The water pipes had been laid in five teams, and only four teams were too far away from the official road to line up in the dormitory. Now only an old man in the village needs to be sent to take care of it. Water towers, households and even schools only need to turn the tap to get water, and Zhangjialing Village has entered the era of tap water.

On July 7, the County Power Supply Bureau began to connect electricity to each household at the Guanlu intersection. On July 16, all but four teams in Zhangjialing Village had successfully connected electricity. On the morning of the 7th, the staff of the power supply bureau finally pulled the main power supply , all the people in Zhangjialing Village stared at their own light bulbs and jumped up excitedly.

Zhangjialing Village was electrified, which is a milestone for Zhang Guodong. The village can start buying TVs, electric fans and other home appliances. Uncle Wu started his own oil press at the first moment when the fifth team was powered on, and it turned normally. For a few days, every room in Zhang Guodong's house was filled with rapeseed, until the house couldn't fit any more, and Uncle Wu stopped buying them one after another, waiting for the moment when the house was powered on.

"Uncle Wu, are you going to start extracting oil today?" Zhang Guodong came to the intersection of Guanlu and saw two big pots in Wen Bin's house were already burning, and the lid of the big pot was filled with smoke. Uncle Wu was already steaming rapeseed. .

"I can't do without squeezing! Several villages have sent rapeseeds over the past few days, and I really can't put them down at home. It's not a good idea to squeeze the rapeseeds and store them in your house." Uncle Wu hired today More than 4 people from Beizhuang Village came to help, which saved him from being in such a hurry.

"It's okay for my family to move here later. Uncle Wu, where are you going to store the rapeseed after you press it?" Zhang Guodong suddenly thought of the storage of rapeseed oil.

"Where else can I put it! I asked Wen Bin to buy 10 large oil barrels in the county."

"Uncle Wu, this is not allowed! Oil barrels are used to store diesel and gasoline. If you sell oil to others, what do you think when they see that it is drawn from a large oil barrel? In this way, I want to go to Chang'an City, just in time. There will be a meeting in the monastery in a month, I want to see if the Provincial Qin Opera Troupe can come over? Just to see if there is a pot suitable for oil." Zhang Guodong said.

"What? Are you going to the Qin Opera Troupe? How much will it cost!" Fifth Uncle asked in surprise when he heard that Zhang Guodong was going to the Qin Opera Troupe.

The full name of the Qin Opera Troupe is the Qin Province Qin Opera Art Association. Those who can enter there are well-known and well-known opera actors who are subsidized by the state. It is not so difficult to recruit the Qin Opera Troupe. He was invited to perform in the county.

"Try it! You can leave all the leftover oil dregs in my firewood house first. You don't need to sell this oil in Laqin City. Let's open a feed factory by ourselves and make some high-quality feed by then. He is indispensable, I have asked the price of oil residue, and now it is basically [-] cents per catty."

"The oil residue is 120 cents? I asked rapeseed oil to 35 yuan per catty. Our first pot of rapeseed has produced 400 catties of oil. The oil yield is calculated at 320%. The 200 catty of rapeseed is It can be sold for 120 yuan, and the cost of collecting rapeseed is less than [-] yuan, and the profit is [-]?" Uncle Jiu lightly calculated the account for Zhang Guodong, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"We can't calculate it like this. We will buy oil pots when we sell a lot. The profit should be less, but half the profit of a catty of rapeseed can still be guaranteed!" Zhang Guodong said with a smile.

After leaving Uncle Wu's house, Zhang Guodong went home to pick up the car, filled up the gas at Uncle Jiu's house, and then set off for Chang'an.

The speed of the jeep is not comparable to that of a tractor. It took Zhang Guodong less than three hours to reach Chang'an City.After driving into the North City Gate, it was just when the workers got off work. Zhangjialing walked around Huimin Street and had lunch. Then he went to Folk Street to see opera costumes, opera costumes from five provinces in Northwest China, Yazi drums and other special musical instruments. Most of them are bought here. Zhang Guodong saw a drum workshop, went in and saw a variety of drums here, and two types of drums bought in Zhangjialing Village. The largest diameter sold here reached [-] meters. The big drum must be placed on a special drum stand and people stand on a stool to play the big drum. This is for professional large-scale performances, and Zhangjialing Village does not use it.

After walking around Folk Street, Zhang Guodong saw an Agricultural Bank. After staying in the bank for nearly two hours, Zhang Guodong came out again with a cash box in his hand.

Walking into the compound of the Qin Opera Troupe, you will be greeted by a huge stage. This stage can be seen every week at [-]:[-] p.m. in Qin Province. It is the grand stage of Qin Zhisheng's opera.

Behind Qin Zhisheng's stage was the sound of musical instruments playing. Zhang Guodong walked into the compound of Qin Opera Troupe following his business. When he saw a young guard, he stepped forward to inquire.

"Hello! I would like to invite artists from the Qin Opera Troupe to perform in our village. Who should I ask?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"When you enter the door, turn left and there is another reception room on the first floor. You can go there and ask. Please register here!" , the place where the second part of the actors usually rehearse and study, and it is also the place where the leaders of the entire Qin Opera Troupe work.The third part is the opera school area, which is full of the best Qin Opera students selected from the northwestern provinces. After graduation, they can join various theater troupes and enjoy singing for the rest of their lives.

Entering the office building, Zhang Guodong looked up and saw the sign of the reception room. After entering the door, there were two middle-aged men sitting inside. After seeing Zhang Guodong, a man stood up.

"Excuse me?"

"Hello, the temple in our village will hold a meeting on July [-]th. I would like to invite our Qin Opera Troupe to sing in our village for a few days!" Zhang Guodong said.

Another middle-aged man next to him gave a "puchi" smile. Even if the Qin Opera Troupe is only going to you as a young ordinary actor, the appearance fee starts at 1000 yuan. This is the first time for him to come to the Qin Opera Troupe to invite actors for a temple fair in a village. hear.

"I don't know whether you are hiring famous actors or opera troupes. If you just want to hire a custom troupe to sing, I suggest you go to the county troupe. It's cheaper there." The man who got up to entertain Zhang Guodong said kindly.

"I just came here to invite famous actors. Didn't we select 12 first-class national actors? I plan to invite them all to sing in our village for a few days. I wonder if it is possible?"

"Haha! Even the national first-class actors are invited, young man, do you know how much it costs to invite a national first-class actor?" The man sitting on the side asked mockingly.

"Money is not a problem, can I invite them all over?" Zhang Guodong continued to ask.

"Let me take you to meet our team leader! The team leader must agree to dispatch famous actors." The receptionist led Zhang Guodong out of the reception room, all the way to the 5th floor of the office building, and the other party knocked on the door of the team leader's office. "Come in!" came from inside.

"Leader, this gentleman wants to invite a famous actor to sing!"

"Okay, I got it, you go out!" The person who spoke was Ren Zhezhong, the head of the Qin Opera Troupe. There have been many videos of him, and if memory serves, he will die in another 6 years.

"Please sit down, who do you plan to invite to play? The appearance fees of our famous actors are very high. Let me explain to you. Now there are several teachers who are going out on tour. You have to find a way to invite them." Mr. Ren is actually only a little over 50 years old now , he is the biggest pillar of the Qin Opera Troupe.

"Hello Mr. Ren! I'm from Zhangjialing Village, Ganjing Township, Yongkang County. I plan to invite teachers to our village for three days on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. The more famous teachers, the better."

"Yongkang County, then we are fellow villagers! Is it the Qingyun Temple Club in Ganjing Township? I have been there many times when I was young. There are 12 national first-class actors in our troupe and 8 people are there. You want to invite us all to go there It’s a lot of money, even if I have my face, each person’s appearance fee will be 3000 yuan for three days, plus the theater company’s stage fee is less than 3 yuan, it’s impossible to get it.”

How could Zhang Guodong not know that Elder Ren and he were fellow villagers, and his life was tested in the county civil servant examination in later generations, but Zhang Guodong didn't know that he was still the head of the Qin Opera Troupe.

"I have prepared enough money! I want to invite eight famous actors, including Mr. Ren, to sing one of their favorite plays every day, and then let you sing a few excerpts at night. How much will it cost? "

"Nowadays we rarely sing full operas! If you want to invite a large opera troupe, there will be more people, and the cost will be high." Ren Zhezhong thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Ren, it's 10 yuan. Do you think you can hire a few famous actors to lead the whole play? Our village has just been connected to electricity this year, and several factories have just opened in the village. We especially need this big play to support the scene. In the future I plan to develop tourism in the village centering on the Qingyun Temple in the village, please help me!" Zhang Guodong opened the cash box, and piles of Great Unity were placed on Ren Zhezhong's desk.

"Okay, three days is not enough time for the eight of us to sing a big drama, so you choose three people to sing for a day each, and the others guarantee that they will be included in the big drama. In the evening, each of us will sing at least one piece, and then invite a dozen young people Talented actors together, what do you think of this?" Seeing Zhang Guodong give away 10 yuan, at this time, 10 yuan is not necessarily earned by a person who does not eat or drink for the rest of his life. The Qin Opera Troupe seems to have many famous actors, but their monthly income is also low. For tens of thousands of dollars, it is very hard to support more than 300 people in a large theater troupe.

"Okay, then I will trouble Old Ren. I will ask someone to pick you up when the time comes."

"No, there is a special performance car in the troupe. There will be a special person in the troupe responsible for setting up the stage three days before the performance. You can designate the venue for the performance at that time."

They are professionals. The Qin Opera Troupe goes out for hundreds of performances a year. As long as the money is in place, you don't have to worry about everything else, and you will take care of everything else yourself.

The matter of inviting the famous actors of Qin Opera to sing a big play has been booked. Zhang Guodong ordered Mr. Ren Zhezhong's famous play, which happened to be a big play between him and Mr. Xiao Yuling. For a big event of 10 yuan, the Qin Opera Troupe needs to dispatch hundreds of talents.

In addition to the Qin Opera Troupe, Zhang Guodong drove to the department store wholesale market and found a shop that bought plastic pots, including small pots of 1 catties to large pots of 50 catties. Zhang Guodong chose three types of plastic pots, the smallest 10 catties, medium 20 catties, big 50 catties.These three sizes are basically enough for customers to choose. When Zhangjialing Oil Press Factory wholesales rapeseed oil, no matter how small the oil pot is, it is not suitable.

Put more than 20 small and medium oil cans in the trunk of the car, and let the boss tie more than 40 oil cans on the back seat and the passenger seat of the car. Finally, the boss found more than 100 large and small oil cans on the roof with a rope. The pot, the small oil pot was 1.8 yuan each, the medium oil pot was 2.4 yuan, and the large oil pot was 3.5 yuan. The jeep was tied up so that the body could not be seen. Zhang Guodong gave the other party 310 yuan before he climbed into the car with difficulty and drove to go home.

Fortunately, the rope outside the car on the way back was very strong. It took him more than 140 hours to walk 4 kilometers to Zhangjialing Village on a five-five basis. Then, the yard was brightly lit, it was a day of oil extraction.

"Brother Guodong, you're back!" Zhang Wenbin's last bus had run out, and the car was parked in the yard of Zhangjialing's house. He was helping his father squeeze the rapeseed when he saw Zhang Guodong came back and asked.

"Where is Uncle Wu! Why haven't you rested since it was dark? How many rapeseeds have you pressed today?" Zhang Guodong got out of the car, and Uncle Wu came out with a few hired workers, and took down the plastic pot on Zhang Guodong's car.

"Today, 9000 catties of rapeseed were crushed, and about 3200 catties of oil were produced, and 6 barrels were filled out of ten oil barrels. We are busy harvesting wheat, which is much heavier than this. Today, it's over after pressing a pot." Uncle Wu said.

"Put all the oil in the oil pot tonight! These oil pots can hold 3200 jin of rapeseed oil. I will drive a tractor to the county tomorrow to see if there are many people buying oil?" Zhang Guodong Speaking to Uncle Wu, Zhang Wenbin has also found two cousins ​​of his uncle’s family to learn to drive with him these days, and he can take turns driving with them in the future. There is something at home and I can take care of it, otherwise the shuttle bus runs like this every day for a month Without rest, he can't handle it as a driver alone.

Uncle Ten is at home when I go home at night, and sees Zhang Guodong coming home to report the project progress of the feed factory. In fact, everyone knows that putting him in the feed factory is related to Zhang Guodong, and he also knows that there is something wrong with his lack of ability. Discuss with Zhang Chenglin more and report to Zhang Guodong more.

The feed factory covers an area of ​​about 40 mu, and the provincial second construction only left more than 30 workers here. Today, my uncle Zhang Guodong drove a 30 loader to fill the foundation soil of the wall. The feed factory workshop has already seized the time to work. , the bricks in the brick factory are now used by the village first. Uncle Jiu hired the car of the second brother to pull 5 trucks of building materials from the county a day, and everything went on in an orderly manner, especially the chicken farm in charge of the father. After sorting out a large platform of 20 mu of land, all chicken coops will be a separate slope platform in the future, so that the chicken farm will look more beautiful and more than management.

(End of this chapter)