Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 391 Is It Worth It For You To Do This?
Xiang Dongfang's sudden possessive whisper immediately startled Cao Zhiqiang.

Turning his head subconsciously, he happened to meet Xiang Dongfang who was possessed at close range.

The distance between the two parties was so close that they could even hear each other's breathing clearly.

This sudden change immediately made Cao Zhiqiang aware of something wrong.

"Cough!" Cao Zhiqiang quickly turned his head away from looking at Xiang Dongfang, and at the same time pretended to be calm and said, "Okay, it's fine, no need to press your head."

Xiang Dongfang withdrew his hands silently, then stood on the side silently, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head pleasingly, without asking or saying anything, only his cheeks on both sides began to turn red.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't go to see Xiang Dongfang either. He just took a deep breath and said suddenly, "Secretary Xiang, give me the keys to my private car. I'm going out for a while."

Only then did Xiang Dongfang come back to his senses, he raised his head abruptly and said, "Ah, Cao...President, where are you going? Do you want me to drive you?"

"No need, I can drive by myself." Cao Zhiqiang said, "You just need to help me watch over here."

"Then where are you going?" Xiang Dongfang asked, "I mean, if someone asks, I'll have something to say."

"I'm going to Beijing Film Studio." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Go to Director Xu Qingdong."

After a short pause, Cao Zhiqiang turned to face Xiang Dongfang and said, "Now that we have the script, the equipment, and the film studio, the film I discussed with him before can officially start shooting.

After all, my movie is a movie about summer, and it is already August, if I don't shoot it, I will miss the season.

As the saying goes, time doesn't wait for me, so I don't have to worry about finishing the filming early. "

"Understood." Xiang Dongfang nodded, "But since this is the case, why can't we call him over?

After all, you are now the director of a film studio, and that director Xu, it seems that in terms of status, he should not be as good as you. "

"I said you were smart before, how can you ask such a question now?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

"Even if I set up a film studio, it's just a little-known small studio with nothing but money and fame.

Director Xu is different. Although he is still a newcomer in the director circle, he has a wide network and rich experience.

So the more it is at this time, the more you have to be humble, so that people are willing to do their best.

If I can find a way to bring Director Xu to our factory, I would be happy to give him a deputy director. "

Xiang Dongfang's eyes lit up, and he immediately laughed: "Understood, you are a drunkard, but you are actually interested in Director Xu's ability, and you want to lure him into the team, so that our film studio can be restored as soon as possible, right? ?”

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "For a new film studio, an experienced director is the most important. With a director, others can slowly recruit them.

Although I have set up a film studio, there are also members of the art troupe from the machinery factory available, but to be honest, most of those people in the art troupe are middle-aged women nowadays. Even if they have some talents, they can at most be extras in movies. It is impossible for them to take the lead.

In addition, although our factory also has a film team and a director who can organize programs, it is okay for them to hold a cultural performance. If they want to make a movie, it will definitely be difficult for them.

Therefore, it is still necessary to invite a professional director, and then invite some professional related personnel, such as lighting engineers and the like, which makes sense.

Also, although I am the director of the film studio and Lao Chen is the deputy director, neither of us has any experience in film studios.

Director Xu is different. He is a serious professional. He worked as a cadre in the Art Bureau before, and later went to Beijing Film Studio as a director. He has rich experience in directing and management.

In addition, Director Xu has a strong background and a wide network of contacts. It is more than enough for such a person to be the deputy director of the factory.

Once I can persuade him to join our factory, I can rest assured. "

"I see." Xiang Dongfang nodded, "But President, if that's the case, then you should really take me with you."

"Oh? Why?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "First of all, you are too young and unknown, if you don't bring me as a secretary, then when you enter Beijing Film Studio, you will easily be looked down upon, and you may not be allowed to enter the factory.

But if you bring me along, if someone asks, I can introduce you as a secretary, so that others will believe that you are really a big shot and won't make things difficult for you.

Now, what real leader travels without a secretary by his side?

Secondly, since your purpose of meeting Director Xu is to recruit him into the team, it would be more formal to bring me along.

When Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times to invite Zhuge Liang, he didn't go alone. He always took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with him, just to appear serious and solemn.

Instead, you go alone, which is a little too casual.

Finally, after you meet Director Xu, you must have a lot to say, which is very exhausting.

So, if you let me drive, you can also take a break in the car and not drive distracted.

With these three points, do you think you should take me with you? "

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "There is some truth in what you said, but is it too much? Director Xu and I are old friends, there is no need for this?"

Xiang Dongfang shook his head and said: "President Cao, I know that you are more willful and don't care much about these bureaucratic forms, but if you don't care, it doesn't mean that others don't care.

Sometimes, some necessary forms are still required.

For example, with your current status, if you go out to formally display people without a secretary by your side, it is indeed easy to be ignored.

Especially for a young person like you, it is shameful not to bring a secretary to support the scene.

As for that director Xu, he must be eager to be respected.

But respect is different from respect.

The respect of an ordinary person and the respect of a leader are two completely different situations.

If you meet him rashly alone, he will not feel valued by the leader.

But if you take my secretary with you, he will immediately realize that your status is different now.

When he realizes that you are actually the president of a publishing house and the director of a film studio, he will subconsciously lose his temper when he talks to you again.

When the time comes, if you beg him to come, you will be looking for talents, and you will not be considered humble, understand? "

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang frowned, then nodded in agreement.

Indeed, future generations will not mention it, but in this period, a decent leader must have a secretary with him when he travels.

If you don't bring a secretary, it only means that you are not a big official and not an important person.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang had dinner with some leaders before, and those leaders were accompanied by secretaries.

Unless there are some special occasions, the secretary does not come to the table, but usually they wait outside.

For example, when Cao Zhiqiang met Director Shi of the Film Bureau for the first time in the guest house of Hongguang Machinery Factory, although he didn't have a secretary by his side, it didn't mean he didn't have a secretary with him.

Because his secretary opened another table outside at that time, and he didn't show up until Director Shi left.

At that time, not only Director Shi had a secretary, but Secretary Dong and Director Li also had secretaries.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang also brought Xiang Dongfang, the secretary, with him at the time. After Xiang Dongfang didn't enter the room where Cao Zhiqiang had dinner, he was led to the next room by the waiter to eat and communicate with other secretaries.

It can be said that with Cao Zhiqiang's current status, if he goes out without a secretary, it is indeed not formal enough.

Although this is just a formalism, it is popular in this period. If you don't do this, in the eyes of some people, you just look down on the other party.

"Hiss, I got it!" Cao Zhiqiang, who wanted to understand, nodded solemnly, "You're right, if it's informal, it's fine, since I want to formally invite Director Xu to join our factory this time, I should be more serious.

That being the case, then you come with me. "

Upon hearing this, Xiang Dongfang immediately beamed with joy: "Yes, I'm going to prepare right now... Ah yes, there is one more thing that I almost forgot to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback.

Xiang Dongfang said: "That's it, President, I think, in your current capacity, it is not appropriate to continue to drive that Citroen, and a car like the Crown is more stable and more social.

Although the Citroen car is good, it is too unique and not suitable for your leadership status. You should buy a Crown. "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Crown? I think so too, but this thing needs approval, and money is not enough."

Indeed, in the 80s, although the Crown car was already popular in China, it was not actually something that people could buy with money.

Because in this period, imported cars are limited, and you must have an approval to buy them. Without the approval of imported cars, you can't buy them even if you have money.

As for smuggling cars, it is not so arrogant these days.

In fact, in April of this year, that is, in April 1983, Hainan just released the "Discussion Minutes on Accelerating the Development and Construction of Hainan Island".

To put it bluntly, the so-called minutes are to license Hainan Island to use precious foreign exchange to directly import industrial and agricultural production materials, as well as various consumer goods that are in short supply in the domestic market, including foreign cars.

But the minutes also stipulate that things imported from Hainan Island are not allowed to leave the island, and are not allowed to be resold to the inland.

If nothing has changed, then according to history, the policy that imported goods are not allowed to be exclusively sold to the island at this time is still strictly enforced.

It will not be until next year, that is, after 80, or to be precise in the second half of [-], that Hainan will begin to resell cars frantically to the inland, kicking off the frenzy of reselling cars in the [-]s.

Of course, if there is no accident, this carnival did not last long. In 1985, it was directly banned, and this reversing frenzy quickly came to an abrupt end.

In other words, in 1983, if you had to ask whether there were smuggled cars in China, there must have been, but none of them became popular at all.

Moreover, those cars with unknown origins are usually mostly found in southern cities. In sensitive places like Beijing, it is difficult to sell cars with unknown origins.

Especially Cao Zhiqiang, who is an upright Miaohong and a decent state-owned enterprise, is even less likely to be contaminated with such violations of law and discipline.

Therefore, even if Cao Zhiqiang is not short of money now, and the publishing house he controls is not short of money, he still cannot buy imported cars like the Crown.

Without him, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't get the approval.

Therefore, although Cao Zhiqiang used a sum of money to buy a batch of cars in the name of Hongguang Publishing House, they were all domestically produced cars, mainly trucks and supplemented by cars.

The trucks ordered all went to Jinan Automobile Factory, specially ordered eight-ton heavy trucks of the Yellow River brand.

As for the so-called cars, they just went to the car factory in Jiading County and ordered three Shanghai brand cars.

Due to limited production capacity, the batch of eight-ton trucks will not be delivered until September this year.

As for the three Shanghai brand cars, they are also limited by the production capacity, and they will not be able to pick up the goods until October at the earliest.

So, now Cao Zhiqiang doesn't have a decent car at all, and he still uses the old Jiefang from the machinery factory.

As for the official vehicles, except for the Citroen cx20 used by Cao Zhiqiang himself, all the others are old jeeps from the machinery factory.

Cao Zhiqiang struggled to even buy a domestic car, let alone an imported car that needed approval. With his current strength, he would never be able to get an approval for an imported car.

Hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Xiang Dongfang smiled suddenly: "Coincidentally, I can get an approval document for importing a Crown car, but I don't have the money. Are you interested in buying it?"

"Ah?" Cao Zhiqiang was dumbfounded, "Can you get the approval for imported cars? Is it true or not?"

"Of course it's true." Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, "Can I still lie to you?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly fell silent, and then looked at Xiang Dongfang with a complicated expression: "You, are you looking for your father?"

Xiang Dongfang lowered his eyelids naturally: "No, I just... found one of my uncles, um, one of my father's comrades-in-arms, and asked him to help."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Why bother? Is it worth it for you to do this?"

Xiang Dongfang was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Cao Zhiqiang firmly, and said with a serious expression: "It's worth it!"

Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth, then exhaled, and said indifferently: "Okay, go prepare the car, we are leaving!"

"Yes, President!" Xiang Dongfang suddenly gave a military salute to Cao Zhiqiang, and then left with a serious expression.

As soon as Xiang Dongfang walked out and closed the door, he immediately covered his face with his hands, showing a shy and happy expression.

After taking a few deep breaths, Xiang Dongfang blushed and walked forward with a smile on his head, as if he had stolen a jar of honey.

As a result, Xiang Dongfang, who was walking away with his head bowed, happened to come face to face with Xu Jingli, who was walking this way with a folder in his arms.

"Huh? Teacher Xiang, no, Secretary Xiang?" Xu Jingli was the first to say hello with a smile, "Smiling all over your face, why are you so happy?"

Xiang Dongfang hastily put away his wanton footsteps and uncontrollable joy, and returned to his gentle and generous smile: "Ah, it's nothing, I suddenly thought of something happy... By the way, what are you doing here? I'm looking for the president ?"

"That's right!" Xu Jingli nodded, "The first edition of the white paper of our "Friends" magazine has come out, and I want to show it to the president. Are you free?"

"He..." Xiang Dongfang frowned, and looked back at the door of the president's office, "The president will go out later, and now... there is still a little time, if you want to deliver magazines, go in now, there is still time."

"Yes, I understand." Xu Jingli nodded.

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, and then walked away directly.

And Xu Jingli looked at Xiang Dongfang's back, narrowed her eyes and smiled playfully, then turned around and walked outside the president's office.

After arriving at the door, Xu Jingli took a deep breath, and knocked lightly on the door with a serious expression: "President, are you there?"

"Who is it?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"It's me, Xu Jingli." Xu Jingli said solemnly, "President, is it convenient for you now? I'm here to send you the first edition of the white paper of "Friends" magazine."

(End of this chapter)