My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 156: Only those who are good at fighting can lead the army
That’s right, I don’t know if it’s because of the weather but the swallows are suffering more. There are no swallows in the south but there are in the north.

After all, being located next to the capital, Pingjing would always be exposed to imported goods earlier than the rest of the country.

Just like sanitary napkin production was introduced three years ago, it depends on whether anyone can grasp this selling point.

Didn’t a cadre from the Jiangzhou Commercial Bureau say before that he had seen it in a movie?

Ordinary people just miss out.

But someone always catches it.

For example, a twenty-year-old reform expert like Rang Weidong is taken for granted by all parties.

It's because at this time, these awesome guys are emerging all over the country.

The reason why Weidong came to Pingjing half a year ago was so that he could attend seminars with a group of advanced reformers.

In the past six months, Jibei has also produced a top star.

Together with the director of the Haitian County Shirt Factory in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, his status in the reform and opening-up society is almost the same as that of Qiao Feng in the north and Murong in the south.

If Wei Dong had not repeatedly declined and kept a low profile, and basically refused to cooperate in various interviews, Yu Songhai would have been "blessed with two wives".

It should be a situation where the south, north and west poles are all high.

The director of the shirt factory in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cut the ribbon to mark the first step of the factory's reform and opening last year.

Ji Bei was the first business section chief in the country to contract a state-owned factory in April this year.

Then his move was to roll up the toilet paper...

Weidong was very suspicious whether this guy had seen the roll paper at the Guangdong Trade Fair just like him.

Or maybe you saw it in some foreign-related hotels in Pingjing.

Anyway, the use of this kind of toilet paper has become popular throughout northern Hebei!
This has become a new topic among state-owned factories in northern Hebei.

If you don't reform yourself, you will have to start selling toilet paper!
Wei Dong decided to go back and visit because he seemed to feel another layer of threat.

But the focus right now is the photography exhibition.

Finalizing the next major collaboration between the organizer and co-organizer is actually a matter of some complications before the festival.

Shen Cuiyue didn't even have time to distribute the photos to everyone.
The three parties just sat down and exchanged greetings.

Let Weidong have signed an agreement to sell over 10 million volumes in the calendar year starting from next year, which will be counted from the second half of this year to next year.

But there is no penalty if this agreement is not reached!
The other party has no intention of claiming compensation for breach of contract and just wants a promise.

However, it guaranteed that Weidong's sales team would have the pricing and sales rights for at least 100 million lottery tickets in the next ten years, as well as the manufacturer's promise to give them as many as they wanted.

As the first film factory under the Ministry of Chemical Industry, Triumph Factory said that with the small amount of film for civilian use, they could produce 100 million films a year as long as they turned on the machines.

Just think about it, making a movie requires hundreds of thousands of feet of film, so this amount of film is really no problem.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyun and his team are guaranteed a golden career period for the next ten years!

Everyone worships the boss!

But then it was the newspapers that resisted the new thinking.

In fact, being a leader in reform at this moment is extremely risky.

Nan Murong was under investigation for economic issues from the beginning to the end, and Bei Qiao Feng himself started his term by posting advertisements in newspapers, and even at the peak of his career he was constantly posted in newspapers.

In the end, they all passed away in disgrace, but at least they did not go to jail for preserving the significance of reform and opening up.

So it’s not wrong to let Weidong keep a low profile.

Just make money quietly.

But others couldn't see this connection and thought he was just lucky.

Once the photos were distributed, opinions began to diverge immediately.

The film factory has already started thinking about how to change the packaging and how to make it, so that Weidong can meet his requirement of preparing the first batch of 100,000 pieces and the new packaging of 10,000 pieces each.

All photos on the table are acceptable, and anyone who wins a gold, silver, or bronze medal can take part.

The three parties all agreed that there was no problem with designating a candidate to receive the award.

It would be easy to reach a consensus even if we each produce one gold medal, and share some of the silver and bronze medals, and finally give some to truly outstanding social articles.

The only thing that immediately made the newspaper office shake their heads was the series of photos the two female university students presented under Manager Shen's direction: "No, no, how can this be the style?"

Let Weidong give Manager Zhang and his team the humanistic care and down-to-earth atmosphere they require.

The most outstanding one was a picture of a chef frying dishes on the stove of an old restaurant in a shabby alley in Jiangzhou.

Very common subject matter.

However, they were photographed as artistic photos by a group of old masters from a portrait photography studio.

In the words of later generations, it was staged.

When Weidong reminded them that they should capture the atmosphere of fireworks in their photos, they really just stared at the fireworks and took photos. Maybe that's what they understood based on their cultural level.

In the photo studio, they are used to placing all kinds of appropriate props to create a perfect picture.

On the wooden exterior wall of the stilt house, which is full of the vicissitudes of time, a row of smoked bacon and sausages are hung above the window.

In fact, even if you search the entire Jiangzhou, you won’t find such a wealthy family. There are at least twenty or thirty pieces of bacon like a row of curtains, and a few long strings of sausages hanging down just serve as dividing lines.

This is already professional-level composition and posing.

There were plates of red and white peppers, green vegetables, radishes, and eggplants placed in front of the window. They deliberately chose colorful fruits and vegetables to highlight the colors of the film.

The purpose of these two parts is to highlight the dim and dark interior. The flames of the frying pan on the stove jump out onto the pot. The chef turns his head and makes faces, his face covered with sweat.

All the foreground is dim to highlight the depth of field, and the dimness is like a curtain holding up the drifting flames.

Weidong knew that there were at least ten photographers holding up their cameras and capturing a bunch of pictures at the same time, and then selecting this one from one or two hundred pictures.

Almost every scene was completed by their army fighting in this way.

How do individual photography enthusiasts compare?

The other photos are all of this kind, with an old lady holding delicious food with a toothless smile, and young men and women eating hot pot with their faces wrinkled with comfort, and all of them were taken in this kind of shabby alley.

But the newspaper's photography director, who oversees art and editing, disagreed with this style: "We've already outlined templates for our promotional ads. They reflect the achievements of reform and opening up, and they need to show the fervor and dedication of the front lines, the battles against all odds, not just eating and drinking. I have no problem with you winning a bronze medal, but this style is absolutely unacceptable for gold and silver awards."

Rang Weidong hadn't intended to argue: "Okay, give me a few more samples, and I'll have the photography team reshoot them to suit your requirements."

But this person slipped up again and said, "How can this be called a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure? In my opinion, we are a news media organization and represent the mainstream attitude. If we use this kind of one-sided pursuit of food, drink and pleasure in the gold and silver awards, it will greatly promote the decline of similar thinking and the pursuit of hedonism!"

He even specifically brought out photos of other dilapidated alleys and commented: "I don't know what your thinking is. These are all dilapidated streets and alleys. Isn't this a joke? This is the result of reform and opening up! Shouldn't it be a brand new look with tall buildings? Even the close-ups should be of people from all walks of life fighting on the front lines!"

Weidong was not happy to hear this.

Not

Of course he wouldn't say that. He happened to see He Yuemei taking notes seriously, and suddenly thought of a joke.

He smiled and stood up: "We have a children's rhyme in Jiangzhou, 'The old woman has tiptoe and can't escape when the train comes.' What is the old woman's last name?"

The Jibei gang, who were absent-mindedly whispering to each other about work, more than a dozen people from the newspaper with different expressions, a dozen or so people from the sales team, and even twenty or thirty young reporters and editors from various departments of the newspaper who were sitting on the periphery attending the meeting, all fell silent in an instant.

what are you saying?
Even Shen Cuiyue, the only one familiar with the Jiangzhou accent, was stunned. What are you talking about?
Of course, she must have heard this nursery rhyme before, and there was also the line "Gurgle Gurgle Rolling Down the River" at the end, and she almost sang it.

But what does this mean?
Finally, someone couldn't help but ask, "Can you say that again?"

It's like the problem-solving blood is awakened.

After Weidong read it again, everyone, whether they were college students or veteran journalists in their fifties or sixties, were pondering over it.

Because I still have more faith in this little expert in reform and opening up, and I know that he has a purpose for what he said.

But really no brains.

The photographer frowned and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Wei Dong was completely expressionless when he revealed the punchline: "Her last name is He, and that's why her horns are pointed because of her little He."

The entire conference room was silent for half a second, like the sound of a passing north wind. Then a female reporter couldn't help laughing out loud, and the whole audience started to burst into laughter.

The comrades born in 1984 who had never heard of a bad joke laughed so hard that one old comrade even had to touch the quick-acting one.

The photographer leader also laughed: "What do you want to say?"

Wei Dong said seriously, "It's about understanding the question, it's about associative thinking. What are the achievements of reform and opening up? They are majestic buildings, and they are also the delicious food in people's bowls. People even care more about whether they have a good meal today or whether they are warm. The feeling of home is the best achievement of reform and opening up. This is what I mean. If you understand the question incorrectly, you are like bound feet. When the train of history runs over you, you can't escape."

Let Weidong's college entrance examination composition be okay.

More importantly, it was his understanding of national peace and prosperity over the past forty years that ensured that his analysis of the question was absolutely correct.

This is an era where it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

Still emphasizing various grand narratives means that the civil service examination essay is in the wrong direction.

Anyway, his explanation silenced the entire audience and immediately triggered excited applause from the college students.

In fact, this is the most dislocated and painful aspect for today's college students.

But let Weidong explain it clearly.

Some of the reporters couldn't help but applaud, and the people from Jibei Film Studio quickly followed suit.

Wei Dong was reminded of a joke and couldn't stop himself from saying, "Try again, dogs can bark, cats can meow, what can chickens do?"

The whole place was quiet again, and everyone thought seriously, was someone trying to cluck?
The person next to me said no, that was a hen laying eggs, so it should be cock-a-doodle-doo...

The result made Weidong say: "Opportunities come to those who are prepared."

This time the whole audience didn’t burst into laughter, and everyone felt deeply thoughtful!
Comrade Rang Weidong’s words are very meaningful!
So the whole audience gave a super warm round of applause!

These two jokes, which seem to be crosstalk gags, use just the right metaphors to imply many things.

In fact, all debates about reform and opening up these days have to cite classics. When Qiao Feng came to power in the Jibei Paper Mill, he said a lot in the newspaper, and You Qili also had to write an essay in it.

Everyone has various opinions to base the debate on.

But I have never seen anyone convince others in such a way that makes everyone laugh.

Even the veteran comrades felt that this young man avoided direct debate and emphasized the main idea in a relaxed and humorous way.

Very strong.

Anyway, the photographer who was originally a bit too serious couldn't be serious: "Weidong, you have such a big mouth!"

At this moment, the highest-ranking newspaper leader on the scene suddenly spoke up, "The gold medal work at the National Art Exhibition a while ago was the painting 'Father' by the oil painter from Jiangzhou. I went to see it, and it truly has a sense of life, from the pen tip tucked by the ear to the scar wrapped around the finger. When people see such works, they are deeply moved. I agree with Xiao Rang."

Thus, the direction of the works of the Triumph Cup Photography Exhibition was determined.

Shen Cuiyue didn't care about such things and signaled Xiao Xiao to go downstairs quickly to make a restaurant reservation for lunch.

Then he asked Weidong to have a few drinks with the head photographer.

Everything is now in place.

As for whether the inscription exists or not, it doesn’t matter.

(End of this chapter)