Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2129, to study movies
There are many cases like Zhao's in Daming.

All the powerful families in the capital have more or less loyal servants like the Zhao family. They are always servants in the family. The older generation does things for the older generation, and the new generation does things for the young master.

Maybe the people of future generations will think that, rather than being a queen, who wants to be a slave for generations?

But in fact, in ancient times, countless people wanted to be servants of rich families, because being current servants and servants of rich families often meant that they would not have to worry about food and clothing, at least not worrying about being starved to death.

In the era of extremely backward productivity, food production was extremely limited, and ordinary people had limited land. If there were too many people in the family, there would be no food at all, and starvation was a common occurrence.

In times of famine, it will be even worse. Selling children and selling daughters is considered a good thing. Sometimes it is very common for the whole family to starve to death.

But if it can be given to the big family, it will be different. Basically, they will take care of the food, at least they don't have to worry about starving to death.

Sometimes when the host is in a good mood, or when some happy event happens, there will be a lot of rewards. If you do things well for the host, rewards are indispensable.

Countless people want to be servants of the rich and powerful, and sometimes not only for food, but also for a certain status and status.

As the saying goes, the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door, and the servants in the prime minister's house are sometimes very awesome. Many people who seek to see the prime minister will inevitably give some silver as a notification fee.

So in ancient times, it was not a shameful thing to be able to give to the current servants and servants of a big family, on the contrary, it was something everyone envied.

Like the Zhao family, it was just an ordinary poor family in Xiahetun. There was no land in the family, and the whole family relied on cooking salt for their livelihood.

But since Liu Jin's gradual rise, the Liu family didn't have much help because of orphans and widows, so they also selected some people in their own village to serve as current people and do things for them.

Especially when Liu Jin started more and more industries, he needed some "insiders" to help. Therefore, several households in Xiahetun who were usually good to Liu Jin's mother and son also got Liu Jin's care.

For example, Zhao Erhu has been following Liu Jin, serving Liu Jin wholeheartedly as a bodyguard, coachman, and horse.

The same is true for the second generation Zhao Xiaopang and his generation. Liu Jin gave birth to seven sons, and the second generation of the Zhao family also had many sons, and they basically followed Liu Jin's sons to all over the world.

It can be said that the Zhao family has also followed the Liu Jin family for decades, and three generations have been working for the Liu family.

Of course, Liu Jin did not treat the Zhao family badly.

The Zhao family was just a poor family at the beginning, but because they followed the Liu family, it was like chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.

Zhao Erhu's family originally had many brothers, not to mention a wife, even having enough to eat was a problem, but with Liu Jin, the whole family worked for Liu Jin, so naturally there was no need to worry about life.

The brothers all bought real estate in the capital like this, married wives, took concubines, and gave birth to a bunch of children.

This is the generation of Zhao Erhu and his son, and it will be even more remarkable.

I have followed Liu Jin's children to study and study since I was a child. The parents have no education. All of them in this generation have read the books, and they are all new ones. A few promising ones even passed the exam. University.

This is not to mention the third generation of Zhao Xiong and others. They not only study and learn knowledge, but most of them can get good opportunities to work in the South African colony or in the Liu family's industry.

It can be said that the Zhao family is able to have what it is now, it is all because of working with the Liu family, serving as a servant for the Liu family, and the current talent. If it is not for the Liu family, the Zhao family is just an ordinary villager in Xiahetun. Where can the children have the current status, wealth and opportunities.

This is like giving you a chance to become a driver, servant, housekeeper, etc. for a certain big boss in the court. Would you like to go?
It is also necessary to think with your toes, because just leaking something from your fingertips is enough for you to eat for a lifetime, and even generations will benefit endlessly.

It is not so easy for ordinary people to stand up, and it is even more difficult to achieve a leap in class.

In ancient history, I don’t know how many celebrities and powerful people were actually servants of the powerful mansion at the beginning, like Wei Qing, who was just a slave in the princess mansion at the beginning. Because he can contact the most core people, he has the opportunity , Only then did the famous general come into existence.

"Master, didn't the young master tell you about this?"

Zhao Xiong waited on Liu Jin attentively and asked with a smile.

"He didn't tell me about it. I really didn't know that the media chamber of commerce was his property."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head.

Liu Jin himself is not too clear about how much property his family has.

Because these chambers of commerce under their command are handed over to professional managers to take care of them, they have a lot of management rights. For business needs, they will continue to establish new chambers of commerce and enter new industries. Report yourself.

As for his son's affairs, Liu Jin himself will not take care of them, let them go and fly by themselves, and only when they are in trouble, they tell him, and he will come forward to help.

Of course, for Liu Jin and Liu Da, it seems that such a small business association is not worth talking about alone. After all, when they talk together, they are talking about major national affairs, future development trends, etc. .

"Young master has also established a lot of industries in South Africa. This is just one industry under his command. Young master, he has learned everything from you, master."

When Zhao Xiong heard this, he also smiled and said, there is no outsider here, and he also called Liu Jin the master.

This is the Zhao family's family motto. In his grandfather's words, the Zhao family was always the servants and servants of the Liu family, serving the children of the Liu family.

"Alright, alright."

When Liu Jin heard this, he also nodded slightly.

If you want to gain a firm foothold in South Africa, you need to develop in many ways, not only in the South African Governor's Palace, but also in other aspects.

"By the way, I came here this time to buy phonographs. See if you have any phonographs here. I'll buy a few."

After chatting for a while, Liu Jin also talked about the purpose of coming this time.

"Master, you are offended by saying this. I don't know that the young master didn't send it to you, otherwise I would have sent it directly."

"I'll send some over later."

When Zhao Xiong heard this, he also hurriedly said.

I thought Liu Jin was here to inspect the operation of the firm, but I didn't expect that he came to buy a phonograph.

"Ok!"

Liu Jin also nodded without any politeness.

Then he thought for a while and said, "How is the gramophone selling now?"

"Master, the sales are very hot, not enough to sell at all, 500 units a day is not enough to sell."

"For this reason, we also invested in two factories in Tianjin and Songhu, specializing in the production of phonographs and records."

Zhao Xiong quickly replied with a smile all over his face.

He also admired Liu Da's vision very much. At the beginning, he just saw the invention of the phonograph and decisively bought the patent, then researched and improved it, and built a factory to produce the phonograph.

Now it seems that this business is very profitable. Phonographs are very popular all over the world, and they are selling very well. When they are sold out, the production capacity cannot keep up.

"That's good."

"Although this gramophone is selling well now, the most important thing is this record."

"There are always a few songs, and if you listen to too many, you will get tired of it. It is better to release more new records, new songs, dramas and so on. The content is richer, and selling records will also make more money."

Liu Jin nodded slightly, and after thinking about it, he pointed out.

"Yes, we are also doing this now."

"There is a special record factory here in the firm, which records and produces records."

"For this reason, I also specially signed contracts with some famous actors, and specially invited them to sing, perform and so on."

Zhao Xiong also hurriedly said.

"Um!"

"Also, this phonograph needs to be constantly improved and perfected, and constantly innovated."

"For example, this phonograph can also be combined with a camera to produce a special one that can show pictures, pictures, and play sounds. In this way, it is not only a picture, but also a whole piece of picture and sound. , then it will definitely be very popular.”

Liu Jin also described the movie to Zhao Xiong.

With the advent of cameras and phonographs, and the maturity of electrical technology, this movie can actually be made.

After all, the future of the gramophone is limited, and it still needs to be developed in the field of movies. If this movie can be produced, then there will be an additional entertainment in the future.

Watching a movie at night, hundreds or thousands of people recorded the scene of watching a movie in an open space, it is definitely a very memorable scene.

"A combination of a gramophone and a camera?"

"Play sound while playing screen?"

After Zhao Xiong listened, he was also confused. What is this thing?
But this is what Liu Jin said, it must not be nonsense, it must be right.

"Yes Yes!"

"I will send a telegram to report in detail later, and let the people in the technical department study this."

Zhao Xiong nodded repeatedly.

"Well, remember to use light to go to the negative of the camera, so that the picture can be released, and a series of pictures can be played slowly to form a coherent picture."

"Plus that with the gramophone playing the sound, and that's right."

Liu Jin nodded in satisfaction, and finally talked about it in detail, and it's almost done when it comes to this.

PS: Ask for tickets~~
(End of this chapter)