Chapter 1304: Great Construction
Since people have left the land of right and wrong, they no longer need to worry about right and wrong.
Of course Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko would not know what happened in Paris after they left.
On June 2, when they flew to the capital, they naturally gained a new perspective and began to pay attention to the changes in the city in front of them.
When you get off the plane, the most obvious feeling is the heat.
This year, the capital was much hotter than Paris. It was only the beginning of June and the temperature was already over 30 degrees.
Besides, Beijing is still the kind of dry and hot place where the dust and smoke are combined with the sun. As long as people are in the sun, their skin will be easily burned.
In addition, the terminal equipment of the Capital Airport is relatively backward, so fans are still used at this time.
In comparison, Paris and Tokyo, which have central air conditioning, are definitely more comfortable than the experience at the airport.
But the good thing is that Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, who came to pick them up, had already changed their guns.
They didn't come in that "big-headed shoe" this time, but an imported silver Mercedes-Benz.
Not only is this car quite eye-catching on the road, but the air-conditioning is turned on and the breeze blows, and the leather seats are soft and cool, making the passengers feel particularly comfortable.
Shen Cun, the cheap cousin who dares to fall in love with Ning Weimin, is very smart and he also knows how to do as the Romans do.
After taking over the fast food chain and completing the business registration change procedures, the first thing he did was to take advantage.
Buy duty-free imported cars according to preferential policies.
First, because it is convenient to use, of course you cannot do without a car if you want to do big business.
Secondly, domestically imported cars are rare commodities that can be bought and sold. Anyone who can buy an imported car is equivalent to making money.
Third, everyone in China has the same problem.
Whether it is an official or a businessman, they judge a person's strength by looking at the car he drives.
It seems that what class of car you drive is the most important criterion for measuring a person's wealth.
Therefore, this eldest cousin is extraordinary as soon as he takes action.
He used all the quotas for imported cars and the funds in the joint venture to purchase duty-free imported cars.
The money in the public accounts was not enough, so I added hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A total of four imported cars, one refrigerated truck and three cars were purchased.
Then he resold two imported cars at high prices.
In this way, it means that not a penny has been spent, and the fast food chain company has lost a refrigerated truck and an imported Mercedes-Benz.
In addition, when Shen Cun took over from Zou Guodong, Pierre Cardin Company had already allocated two Daihatsu vans for this subsidiary company to pull goods.
So if you look at it this way, whether it is pulling goods or people, the basic logistics conditions for fast food chain companies have been established.
And you must know that such hardware conditions are already considered advanced in the capital at this time.
Even the first fast food restaurant in Beijing, Yili Fast Food, a joint venture between Beijing and Hong Kong, does not have such a logistics configuration.
In short, I have to say that Shen Cun did a very good job in this matter.
It can be seen from this that he adapted well in his homeland and did not change direction in the mainland because of living in the United States, losing the flexibility of Chinese people.
For this reason, Ning Weimin is quite satisfied.
Before I met the person, I felt a little more happy and planned to praise him when I met him.
Of course, although according to what Master Pierre Cardin said in Paris, France, this kind of Mercedes-Benz is the most vulgar high-end car, and its poor style is despised by the "old money" in Europe.
But why does Ning Weimin care about this?
As long as it is comfortable, practical, and does not heat himself and his wife, it is enough.
What’s more, this eliminates tariffs and saves the company half of the money.
He is a person from a poor background. He has taken such a big advantage and is picky about the brand of car. He really forgets his roots and is a bit pretentious.
Secondly, the street scene in the capital has also undergone significant changes.
On the road leading from the Capital Airport to the city, Ning Weimin noticed at a glance that the white police uniforms had turned green, and there were obviously more commercial activities on the roadside, with more and more people doing business.
Especially when the car drove to the vicinity of Sanyuan Bridge, there were actually many vendors selling fruits and agricultural products gathered here, and it had already become a large scale.
Ning Weimin saw someone selling cherries and mulberries, which were in season, so he asked Luo Guangliang to park the car on the side of the road.
He went down to take a look and tasted it. It was very fresh. He asked the price, but it was only thirty-five cents per catty, so he bought ten catties of cherries and five catties of mulberries. He planned to take them back and share them. Try something new.
The people who bought things were also kind. Seeing Ning Weimin getting out of the car, he bought so much at once.
In addition to being happy, he also gave Ning Weimin a few more cantaloupes.
Needless to say, there is no woman who doesn’t like fruits.
Especially as a Japanese, Keiko felt even more happy and satisfied when she saw that fruits from China were so cheap.
As soon as I sat in the car, I couldn't help but taste a few cherries and stuffed a few mulberries. I said it was sweet and smiled even sweeter.
It can be seen that whether it is a Japanese girl or a Chinese girl, some preferences are the same.
There is one thing, the mulberries are black. If you eat them, they will become discolored and you have to touch up your makeup.
That's not all. When the car continued to move forward, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao took the initiative to inform Ning Weimin of the news.
It is said that the zoo already has the second five-star hotel in Beijing, which just opened on May Day.
They also said they had already gone to find out where.
It seems that the hardware conditions are better than the Great Wall Hotel, and there is also a Japanese restaurant called Nishimura there that sells Japanese food.
According to their thinking, the bungalows in Beijing are too hot in summer and there is no air conditioning.
If Matsumoto Keiko can't get used to living and eating, it would be better to move there.
Or it would be good to rent a few rooms to receive her Japanese relatives during the wedding.
But... they couldn't remember the name of the hotel, and they couldn't even pronounce it.
It seems to be some lira, I don’t know if it has anything to do with Italy...
Just like that, I listened to the two brothers talking endlessly, as if they were talking about cross talk.
Matsumoto Keiko, whose Chinese proficiency has improved a lot and can understand most words, kept thanking her.
Although Ning Weimin dared to move, he did not say a word.
Not for anything else, but mainly because he kept suppressing his laughter.
These two warm-hearted brothers actually connected Shangri-La with the Italian currency. They are also geniuses.
However, compared with this incident, the changes in the family were greater and the excitement was even more joyful, which was far beyond Ning Weimin's expectation.
To be honest, because of the special purpose of this trip back to the capital, they felt not only the sense of relaxation of going home, but also the sense of mission of holding a Chinese wedding, and the resulting pressure and tension.
In fact, whether it is Ning Weimin or Matsumoto Keiko, the young couple know it very well in their hearts. Whether it is based on Ning Weimin’s social connections in the capital, the attraction of the big star Keiko Matsumoto to the Chinese and Japanese media, or the caring hearts of the two elders, Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun.
These factors determine that their upcoming wedding in the capital will not be a simple matter.
The effort to mobilize troops and mobilize people may not be less than that of Japan.
So, having already experienced the "torture" of the wedding for a while, they all felt a little overwhelmed and couldn't help but feel sad.
But even so, even if they had already made preparations in their hearts, they never expected that the Ma Family Garden would actually go into great construction, and the level of mobilization of troops and people would be far beyond their imagination.
According to Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, given that it was so dark during the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, even fire prevention was afraid of falling into a ditch.
Since Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko left this time, his American cousin Shen Cun immediately mapped the location of the street lights in Majia Garden according to his wishes.
In March and April, we hired people to dig trenches, lay wiring, string lights, and press the gates, and everything was done.
The total cost to the old man was about fifty or sixty thousand yuan.
Of course, Shen Cun wanted to pay for it, but Kang Shude didn't give in.
And this is not over yet. In May, Jiang Nianyun, the fourth aunt of the Jiang family, is afraid of summer rain and heat.
Used to carry out repairs on the house and build a greenhouse in the yard.
To say that annual repairs are easy to do, it is just asking two people from the ancient construction team to check the roof.
The grass was pulled out and the broken bricks and tiles were replaced.
Then wipe the top and apply cleaning water or something.
After a few weeks, the whole garden was tidied up.
But building a greenhouse is a problem.
Because this business was in the past before liberation.
Nowadays, let alone anyone doing this, there are not many people who even know about this business.
Think about it, no one needs help, no materials, even the big teahouse where employers and shed builders used to talk about work is gone. How can we do this?
So Kang Shude told Jiang Nianyun that this could not be done.
If she is really afraid of the heat, get her an ice basin or buy an electric fan.
According to Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao's knowledge and understanding, this is very interesting for the old man.
Nowadays, even the bureau chiefs in Beijing, few people can enjoy such treatment at home.
Who doesn’t go shirtless in summer and rely on cattail leaf fans?
On a really hot day, there are more people sleeping outside.
But the fourth aunt of the Jiang family was angry because of this.
The eldest lady's wealthy temper was offended. She told Kang Shude that others who didn't build a shed were probably reluctant to spend money. Everyone knows the difference between building a shed in summer and not building a shed. Don't be so perfunctory with me. Could it be that this is a large courtyard?
She also said that Kang Shude didn't look like a master at all. He knew clearly that his apprentice was getting married and had to return to the capital for business.
As a result, we were busy with everything. We didn’t repair the theaters and theaters, and we didn’t find shed builders. We were completely careless.
Could it be that in order to save worry and effort, just find two cooks to set up a few tables in the garden and call it a day?
This is too confusing and embarrassing.
Not to mention, the fourth young lady of the Jiang family actually asked her own son to go out and inquire about it, and even claimed that she wanted to pay for someone to build a tent and build a theater.
I guarantee that the wedding banquet prepared for Ning Weimin will be graceful and dignified.
This is a slap in the face.
As a result, the old man was cornered, so he had no choice but to obey the young lady’s wishes and take care of the matter outside.
Not to mention, the old man really didn’t beat around the bush, he actually found out as soon as he inquired about it.
Because Zhang Shihui knew that Ning Weimin had used shed makers and color craftsmen for the Spring Festival temple fair prepared for the Temple of Heaven.
After hearing what the old man said about this matter, he quickly found someone who could do this through his acquaintances at the Temple of Heaven Park Management Office.
But the problem is that building a greenhouse and building a theater are two different things, and the prices are also different.
I don’t know if Kang Shude is afraid of spending money or trouble. Anyway, he is only willing to pay 3,000 yuan to build a roof for the small courtyard where Jiang Nianyun lives, not even his own courtyard.
As for the construction of the theater, this old man is firmly opposed to it.
His reasoning was that this was a bad idea.
Now that we have been liberated and entered a new era, the capital has long stopped organizing red events and has to go home to call gatherings.
It requires too much manpower and material resources. This is not only wasteful and expensive, but also eye-catching.
If you don't do it well, you will be labeled as a remnant of feudalism and cause unnecessary trouble.
And the key is that we are not pressed for time.
Such a big and good theater requires very high craftsmanship, and even if it was repaired, it would be too late. It would take a year and a half to repair it until it was in perfect condition.
But of course Jiang Nianyun wouldn't listen to him.
The fourth young lady of the Jiang family was tit for tat, extremely persistent, and let her words go.
“I have never heard that opera singing will not be allowed after liberation. I just want to make some noise and lively at home. This is much more subtle than beating gongs and drums outside. Is it possible for us to hold a happy event? Is it illegal to see my family having a good time?”
“I don’t believe it. I spent money for nothing and invited them politely. What else is wrong with letting a few people come to my house to perform?”< br>
"As for the theater building, although it is dilapidated, the frame structure is good. If you really want to repair it, it is easy, but you need to spend some time to repair the structure and clean it up. When the time comes, you can also let the shed builders and painters decorate the facade. . It doesn’t cost a lot of money, and it can be done for you in just three to five days.”
That’s what Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun did from early to mid-May. Everyone had their own opinions on the matter, and there was a stalemate. There were repeated arguments, and no one could convince anyone.
The final factor that changed this situation, no one expected, was the wedding held in Japan by Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko.
After Shen Cun, who dared to attend the wedding, came back, he showed Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun the photos he took at the wedding scene.
He also said that the two weddings were really grand, with many celebrities as guests. The weddings were all financed by the woman, and the money spent was probably lost.
As a result, these photos and Shen Cun's description stunned the two old men.
After reading it, it felt better this time. Without anyone to persuade him, Kang Shude took the initiative to find Jiang Nianyun to make plans.
Probably they want to create a scene of similar level, but if the gap between the two parties is too big, the old man will care about his face.
So soon the entire Majia Garden was busy
Those who were building buildings, those who were building sheds, they were busy and busy every day, as if It became a big construction site.
Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao both hoped that Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko would also be mentally prepared, saying that Ma's Garden is now full of building materials and full of workers during the day. If they can't stand it, they might as well go to the West Third Ring Road to live there. go.
Needless to say, after hearing these words, Ning Weimin was more surprised than anyone else - his marriage actually caused the old man to lose money!
Matsumoto Keiko said it was okay, after all, there were some things she couldn't quite understand.
But Ning Weimin had already gathered a wealth of information in his mind. He really didn't expect that so many things had happened in Ma's garden in the past few months.
It sounds like he feels sorry for the old man’s “hemorrhage”.