Coquettish Rebirth

This matter has to be carefully considered. What is a handicraft distribution center?Jia Hongjian often went shopping in this Tianzifang in his previous life. To put it simply, it was a place where creative items were sold—for example, if a young man thought he was quite artistic, he didn’t like the ready-made clothes sold on the street. You can go to Tianzifang to open a store by yourself and sell the clothes you design.Of course, there are not many clothes there, but more gadgets—for example, hand-sewn cowhide men's bags without labels.This kind of bag has not been painted or anything, so when you take it out, it looks different from the ones made by the outside factory.

In addition to this kind of handmade bags, there are of course other interesting handicrafts in Natianzifang - such as stone tablets.Take your own photo or something, such as a couple’s wedding photo, the craftsman can use a hammer and an awl to carve a dot matrix effect on the stone tablet to restore the "photo", and in the end, a stone tablet There is a custom photo directly!In addition, there are more simple creative products, such as the leather with the Four Books and Five Classics printed on the surface, but inside are notebooks or diaries, and various music boxes, etc. Crafts!

If this Tianzifang is turned into a handicraft distribution center - anyway, it has not started attracting investment, so who should come? Isn't that just Jia Hongjian's words?If it is to be turned into a distribution center for handicrafts, then it is obvious that many handicraft artists who are facing extinction can come here, right?What's the use of letting craftsmen come?On the one hand, it was him, Jia Hongjian, who paid the wages.How good is it to let them "perform" here, or to perform with peace of mind or to inherit traditional Chinese handicrafts?

But wait a minute, does this mean that Jia Hongjian lost money to support them?Of course not!This kind of folk custom may not be unusual for Chinese people who have seen it a lot, but foreigners find it strange, they have never seen it in their entire lives!And in the future, as China's national power becomes stronger and stronger, more and more foreigners will come to Shanghai. They will definitely be willing to come and see this traditional Chinese handicraft, and even spend money to buy it, right?It's like a joke that Jia Hongjian heard in his previous life - the Juanren of China.That is, the kind of stuff that is tied into a human with Juan.It costs 120 yuan to be a beautiful woman in China. This is still in places like Chenghuang Temple, but if it is sold in Japan.That 1 yuan is fine!How big is the price difference here?Yes or no?If Jia Hongjian came to find someone to do this.He didn't even need to ask the old craftsmen to sell it for one hundred and two.The price is [-] directly, whether you like it or not!If the Chinese don't buy it, they will sell it exclusively to foreigners.This is considered to be the indemnity earned by the Chinese during the Opium War!

It’s not like no one does this kind of thing in later generations—for example, the Yuyuan Mall in Shanghai has retained many profitable handicraft projects, which can be said to be aimed at foreigners and tourists.However, due to various reasons—probably because it is also aimed at local tourists, this thing cannot be sold too expensively, and it cannot be sold as real art, just like sugar figurines. But if it sells for tens of dollars, who in China doesn't call it cheating?But in Jia Hongjian's view, Guo Degang's cross talk can sell for thousands of dollars per ticket, so why can't traditional craftsmen sell their products for thousands of dollars?Yes or no?They also started in elementary school, and they took more than ten years to practice, and then they were able to make a name for themselves! [

Thinking of this, Jia Hongjian probably settled on some ideas. He felt that this idea was really feasible, and if it was feasible, he could operate it a little bit.How to do it?On the one hand, he was preparing a rough idea, and on the other hand, Jia Hongjian took advantage of the opportunity of Xintiandi's foundation laying and started to discuss something with Cheng Yu, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee!

The day of laying the foundation stone finally arrived. Many leaders of the municipal party committee and government came, as did the TV stations. This kind of filming of leading cadres wielding shovels to lay the foundation stone is simply a reserved project in various places.When the foundation was laid here, Jia Hongjian didn't say anything. After the foundation was laid, when Huaxia Hi-Tech entertained the leading cadres to have a big meal, Jia Hongjian took the initiative to get into Cheng Yu's car .

Cheng Yu was also a fine person, and when he saw Jia Hongjian approaching him, he knew that Jia Hongjian had something to do with him.So as soon as the car started, the deputy secretary took the initiative to ask Jia Hongjian, "Tell me, Young Master Jia, why did you come to see me this time?" Can't I come to chat with you?" Even if it's really something that doesn't make it to the Three Treasures Hall, our politeness can't be too utilitarian, right?Otherwise, it will not look good!

"I welcome chatting, but ah, I see that you are a busy person with hundreds of thousands of dollars per minute. Do you really have time to chat with me? Chatting for a while is all money, haha..." Cheng Yu is in his dozen years after all. It's really not stressful at all when talking and laughing with Jia Hongjian.He just used a voice-over to suggest to Jia Hongjian, "We are all our own people, so don't be polite to me, just say what you want!"

"Hey, secretary, I recently realized that some old traditional things in Shanghai are getting less and less. You know, I go to school in Fudan, and my campus is in the old city. Before that, I was always outside I am on a business trip, and now I am back at school, and I see that the nearby old towns are slowly being demolished... Of course, this is all thanks to our municipal party committee and government, which has improved the living environment of ordinary people and brought them into modernization Well..." Who is Jia Hongjian, can he not know how to take care of other people's face when he speaks?If he stood on the side of the so-called traditional protectionists and started talking about how the municipal party committee and the city government have lost their fortunes, patronizing modernization and throwing away all the old things, then Cheng Yu's face will not look good, and he will have to Thinking about you, Jia Hongjian, you don’t live there, you don’t have back pain when you stand and talk, if you live in the old city and don’t even have your own toilet, see if you want the traditional hard life or the modern one day?

"However, I found that there are fewer and fewer things like tiger stoves. Of course, things like tiger stoves belong to the memories of old Shanghai, and they can be included in museums in the future, but other street things What? For example, there are fewer and fewer people like bowl tinkers and coopers. Children in the future may not know that bowl cracks can be mended. The pieces of a bowl were spliced ​​and fixed together..." Jia Hongjian was talking here, seeing that Cheng Yu didn't show any disapproval expression on his face, but listened to his words seriously, so he simply Just continue to say below.

"So, I was thinking, can we do a project, just like finding jobs for laid-off workers, and finding a place for these traditional old craftsmen, so that they can give young people, children, and even Foreign guests come to show us the history of Shanghai and even the whole of China. After all, these things cannot be written into the history books. If they are gone, they will not be here in the future..."

Cheng Yu was listening while looking at Jia Hongjian's expression.He only found that Jia Hongjian's face was filled with a kind of humanistic concern.In fact, for him, Cheng Yu, he really didn't care much about these things.Even though these things grew up with him when he was a child, the old days represented by these things were a hard life with little food and clothing. He must like the new life!Just like how few people miss the 80s now, who would like the days when even buying a home appliance had to rely on tickets?

But he also had to admit that what Jia Hongjian said was true!He knew that this Shanghai was not any other place, not the so-called cultural desert like Hong Kong, this Shanghai was also China's cultural hegemony back then!Mr. Lu Xun and the like, they are all resident in Shanghai!The capital is the cultural center of the north, and Shanghai is the cultural center of the eastern coast, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the cultural center and economic center of the entire south——Shanghai had a port in the 2030s. What's the matter?The development of Hong Kong and Hong Kong is largely due to the fact that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, facing the Turtle Party to enter Shanghai, many big bosses in Shanghai went to Hong Kong and Hong Kong, and the small fishing village slowly developed!Otherwise, if no one ran over, Hong Kong would be just an ordinary city now!

This Shanghai has the so-called Shanghai-style culture, which has the heritage of the city. It is not good for such a city to completely abandon the old things.This is a bit like a city like Chang'an, where there are roots, so you can't dig them out rashly!Perhaps, the roots of Shanghai are relatively shallow, not the ancient capital of the n dynasty like Chang'an, where there are cultural relics everywhere, but the historical architectural sites of Nagada on the Bund in Shanghai are well protected, and even Jia Hongjian and his family have all kinds of historical sites next to their house. The former residences of the characters are also protected!So from this point of view, Jia Hongjian's humanistic concern is also in line with the temperament of Shanghai-style culture.

Reminiscent of some of Jia Hongjian’s previous actions—such as Xintiandi’s practice of retaining the traditional Shikumen buildings, and then maintaining the traditional appearance and modernizing the core, Cheng Yu understood something.After thinking about it, he simply said: "Well, I understand what you mean... How about this, I will mention it when I go back to the meeting, and you can also give me a charter, so that I can bring it up when the time comes, and then Let me see if the municipal party committee and municipal government can allocate funds to you, so that you can get about 300 million yuan a year, is it enough for you to maintain your scale?"

Hey!This old Cheng has a really smart brain!That’s right, Jia Hongjian actually told Cheng Yu about this, because he wanted to make a name for himself in the government—he has so many projects to protect laid-off workers, how much money he invested in, and they are all non-profit, how can the government Let him share a little money with him, right?Also give him a little chance to enjoy government subsidies? (to be continued...)