Chapter 1098: What People Want
What Ning Weimin said was from the bottom of his heart.
And in order to avoid another accident and loss like Chang Yuling's death, he deeply felt the urgency of time.
So we just went ahead and started fulfilling the promise almost immediately, and started working intensively.
To do this, the first thing you need is a place.
There is no need to worry about this, Ning Weimin has a ready-made house in his hands.
In fact, it took only two days for him to have his "imperial uncle's courtyard" vacated, tidied up, and used as an office space.
And because the small courtyard has three entrances and a lot of houses, it can kill two birds with one stone and serve two purposes in one place.
You can hang up the two brands of "Palace Catering Research Association" and "Beijing Industrial Art Industry Inheritance and Cultural Materials Compilation Department" at the same time, and the space will not be constrained at all.
The most important thing is that the location of the yard is good.
The courtyard is located in Dongsisi Tiao, very close to the Forbidden City and the city's most important cultural institutions, commercial places and offices, which is extremely convenient.
With such a prime location, it is a card in itself.
In addition, the building specifications of the small courtyard are also high, far exceeding ordinary official residences. It is very intimidating to outsiders, and they will definitely think that it is a high-level government agency.
So looking at all aspects, there are indeed not many places that are more suitable than here.
The next thing needed is administrative procedures. Ning Weimin has Qiao Wanlin to help, so this aspect is not difficult either.
He just spoke, and within a few days, the registration procedures for the two cultural organizations were approved by the District Cultural Bureau.
At this time, Ning Weimin hadn't even had time to order basic office furniture.
Just look at how efficiently he handles things. The problems that worry others the most and the most difficult hurdles are solved by him without any effort at all.
But even so, it doesn’t matter. The most troublesome thing for most people is funds, which is Ning Weimin’s strength.
After the two cultural organizations were officially listed, Ning Weimin transferred the proceeds from Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang's two albums from Matsumoto Keiko's office account.
Except for the money allocated to the farm hospital, which was 300,000 yuan each given to Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang, he kept no other funds and invested them all without hesitation in this business with almost no financial return.
The Palace Catering Research Association charged 400,000 yuan to its account, which was fully double the 200,000 yuan originally agreed upon.
The Beijing Industrial Art Industry Inheritance and Cultural Data Compilation Department even gave a huge sum of 800,000 yuan.
He also particularly understands the principle that if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Not only did we apply for two telephones for each of these two cultural organizations, we also posted recruitment advertisements in newspapers to openly recruit people with a college degree or above to work as clerks.
We also purchased two Japanese Daihatsu vans and hired two full-time drivers.
He is completely ready to fight in an earth-shattering manner.
Perhaps it was because of his wealth that he didn't take money seriously at all, so he threw away so much money without blinking an eye.
Not to mention the experts from the Forbidden City and the last prince and his wife all thought that he really wanted to do something and the treatment was pretty good, so they gladly accepted his invitation and joined one after another.
Even the recruitment of highly educated talents is going very smoothly.
To be honest, in the past few years, senior intellectuals in Beijing are no longer so valuable.
Because college students have graduated every year since 1981, most government agencies are seriously overstaffed.
So even for college students, it is not that easy to stay in Beijing and get a decent job.
What's more, the continued development of the market economy has led to the loosening of the food stamp system, which has further contributed to the formation of the "Beijing Drifters" group in the capital.
This includes not only migrant workers who come to work in cities, but also young people with lofty ambitions and high education from all over the motherland.
Many of these people even had very stable and good jobs, but they did not hesitate to resign in order to become reporters, writers, painters, actors, or photographers.
As the national cultural and political center, Beijing has attracted a large number of ambitious young people who are dissatisfied with the status quo.
So all this makes the employment situation in Beijing more severe.
For Ning Weimin, it is no longer difficult to hire highly educated people, much easier than in the first few years.
Many people don’t care whether the job he provides has a formal establishment or whether it is an iron rice bowl.
On the contrary, many people were pleasantly surprised that he was able to provide a salary that was far more than double that of government agencies, and they were very motivated.
In this way, in just ten days and a half, Ning Weimin set up the basic structure of the two cultural institutions.
And as a coincidence, at this time, Huo Yanping happened to help him connect with the TV drama production center.
The production center agreed to send a person in charge to meet with him and discuss it. If the price was suitable, they could also sell him the overseas copyright of "Dream of Red Mansions" which had just been broadcast in the mainland and Hong Kong. So Ning Weimin took this opportunity to fully demonstrate his sincerity and strength.
Not only was the asking price $400,000, it made Director Huo proud and made the person in charge of the TV drama production center very satisfied.
He also took advantage of the situation and put forward the idea of shooting a documentary for the industrial art industry in Beijing, which gained the attention and recognition of the person in charge, and won the technical support of the production center in shooting and production.
You know, the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" has a total of thirty-six episodes, and the total investment is as high as 6.8 million yuan.
In order to film this TV series, the crew of "A Dream of Red Mansions" even built a grand view garden in Nancaiyuan, Xuanwu District, according to the description of the original work.
Japan's NHK TV station came to buy the film, but it still regarded the TV drama production center of the Republic as a poor man who had never seen foreign exchange and had no other export channels. He was stingy and only wanted to pay one thousand US dollars per episode. .
In comparison, Ning Weimin's words were just a round number, and the price was ten times more, which can be described as extremely kind and generous.
As long as we have these 400,000 US dollars, the production center can directly recover one-third of the production costs and turn losses into profits.
So why should you hesitate to choose?
Not to mention Ning Weimin's plan to spend huge sums of money to shoot a large number of documentaries and information films for the industrial art industry.
Not to mention that the person in charge of the production center these days is also interested in book business, and he understands the great humanistic value of this kind of work.
At least he agreed, which is a good thing from the perspective of economic gain.
It will definitely allow the production center to make more money and improve the living conditions of relevant employees.
Didn’t they hit it off immediately and become as close as one family?
So for Ning Weimin, not only did he contribute to the TV drama industry of the Republic at a fair price, but he also intercepted the NHK TV station to prevent the Japanese from taking advantage of it and buying it at a low price. Check out our premium TV series.
He also solved the technical problems of shooting audio and video materials, laid the foundation for himself to export Chinese culture overseas, and successfully expanded his career prospects.
Even if these are not mentioned, at least Director Huo, who brokered the matter, will be happy about this and praise Ning Weimin's magnanimity.
Of course Director Huo will support him with more confidence and continue to help him even more.
It’s worth it just for this harvest.
Similar to this, Ning Weimin soon took advantage of his connections in the publishing industry and invited several old editors who were approaching retirement from several major publishing houses to sit here.
These old editors are so experienced that they quickly brought the desk work into a regular state while bringing in new people.
Therefore, I am afraid that it is a new unit and most people have no relevant work experience, but the work efficiency is not low, and the risk of major mistakes is effectively avoided.
Finally, Ning Weimin persuaded Zhang Shihui and agreed that his daughter-in-law Liu Weijing, who was almost a housewife, would come over to help become the office director and manage the daily business and financial accounts for him.
To put it bluntly, at this point, you have everything you need, what else can’t be done?
For this reason, almost everyone involved in this cultural undertaking feels a great sense of relief and encouragement.
Especially the old craftsmen, they were all surprised to find that Ning Weimin valued their skills and treated them with courtesy far better than they imagined.
They are also completely reassured about the future. No matter how they look at it, Ning Weimin will continue to invest and will not let this major event give up halfway.
What does it mean to spare no effort in supporting?
This is it.
In short, the old craftsmen were really excited in their hearts, and many of them had the feeling that "a scholar died for his confidant."
According to what everyone thinks, Ning Weimin probably wants to devote all his wealth to this public welfare cultural undertaking.
Therefore, everyone's enthusiasm has been fully mobilized.
Each of them really carefully recalled the history and evolution of their own industry, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things from the past, and even more secretly planned to take this opportunity to publicize the know-how of the industry and leave it to future generations as much as possible.
Some people even took the initiative to find more colleagues with special skills for Ning Weimin to help compile the information. For the photographers, they gave their best cooperation in terms of time and energy.
At this time, retirement trends have begun in all walks of life.
Led by diligence, many old masters and craftsmen have retired from their respective positions, which has directly led to a cliff-like decline in the technical level of various industries.
However, most unit leaders do not pay attention to this, and few units are willing to spend money to re-employ employees.
As a result, word spread from ten to ten, and more and more well-known craftsmen came to help Ning Weimin produce materials in this industry regardless of remuneration.
Many people who have already changed careers have even been introduced by others, saying that if Ning Weimin is willing to provide certain financial support, they will resume their ancestral craftsmanship.
That is really what people want, and hundreds of people respond to it. Within the art industry, the momentum is getting stronger and stronger.
Needless to say, with this result, Ning Weimin is really happy to see the result, extremely happy and satisfied,
After achieving his wish, he couldn't help but want to cry.
I wish I could imitate Li Shimin, smile up at the sky, and say, "I will bring all the talents in the world to my home."
(End of this chapter)