Chapter 35: Using golden kettle, the yield is 1,800 per mu
By November, the crew had completed most of the filming work. The remaining filming, mainly the snow scenes, was troublesome and had to wait until next time. Filming can only be done when it snows, so the crew's filming arrangements during this period are relatively loose. They only shoot a scene every three to five days, just to wait for the snow.
On November 8th, Liu Qing and Fatty He were going to the county to do some shopping, and Zhou Yan also followed the car.
It’s getting colder and colder recently, and Gong Li’s melon seeds are being consumed faster and faster. Zhou Yan is going to go to the county with Liu Qing and the others to buy more at once. In addition, he also wants to take a look inside the county. Can I buy the latest issue of "Flower City"? The sample issue sent by the magazine has not arrived yet, and it is estimated that it will not arrive in November.
Even if these things didn't happen, Zhou Yan still wanted to go and have a look. He had been coming to the studio for several months, but he had never been to the county once. The filming of the movie was about to end, and if he didn't go, he would have no chance.
When the car arrived at the county, Liu Qing put Zhou Yan down.
"The bookstore is right in front. If you walk along this road, you will see it in a moment. Fatty and I will go shopping, and you can go shopping by yourself. We will meet here at eleven o'clock. "
"Okay. "
After Liu Qing and the others left, Zhou Yan walked forward in the direction Liu Qing said.
Only two to three hundred meters away, Zhou Yan saw a Xinhua Bookstore.
The most popular bookstore these days is Xinhua Bookstore, and there are very few other bookstores. However, many people do not go to bookstores to buy books. Newsstands and street stalls are the first choice for most people.
This Xinhua Bookstore looks like it has just opened. There are still red cloth strips hanging on the door. The furnishings inside the bookstore don’t look much different from other stores. The bookshelves are placed against the wall. There is an old-fashioned counter in front.
If you want to buy a book, you need to tell the teller which book you want across the counter, and then the teller will give it to the customer. This greatly reduces theft, but it also increases the tediousness of buying books and the manpower of the bookstore. .
Of course, this does not mean that all Xinhua Bookstores have this model. Xinhua Bookstores in big cities still have open bookshelves.
Because of this sales model, there is naturally no reading area in the bookstore. Zhou Yan walked around briefly, then walked to the counter and said to the teller, "Sister, give me a "Flower City""
The teller was a woman in her 30s and 40s. She was fiddling with her hair because there were not many customers in the store. When she heard Zhou Yan calling her eldest sister, she became unhappy and said, "Whoever is your eldest sister, just scream."
Zhou Yan Correct your mistake when you realize it, and immediately correct it with a smile, "Miss, please bring me a copy of "Flower City"."
Hearing the word "Miss", the teller's expression softened a little, but his tone was still a little impatient, "" The price of "Flower City" has increased to 3.5 yuan. "
The price of "Flower City" increased last year, from 1.20 cents per book to 3.50 cents per book. The price increase is very large.
Many people came to buy and were not happy when they heard the price had increased so much.
The teller had quarreled with people many times over this matter, so when she heard that someone wanted to buy "Flower City", she became impatient.
"Well, take a copy." Zhou Yan took out three dollars and fifty cents.
The teller collected the money and gave the magazine to Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan did not stay in the bookstore for too long. In his opinion, this shabby bookstore was definitely one of the obstacles to the development of Chinese literature. Staying for a second longer would give him a headache.
After walking out of the bookstore, Zhou Yancai opened the magazine and quickly found "The River Wet by Rain" in the catalog, written by Zhou Chan.
Zhou Yan followed the catalog and quickly read the article. The magazine did not delete the article and published it almost word for word.
After reading "The River Wet by the Rain", Zhou Yan took the magazine in his hand and weighed it. Others tended to increase the quantity but not the price. "Flower City" was better. Not only did the price increase, but the quantity was also returned. Now, compared to before, the weight of the magazine is at least 20% less.
But there is nothing we can do about it. "Flower City" was originally priced at one dollar and twenty cents per book, but it has three to four hundred pages. At this price, I'm afraid I won't even be able to earn back the production cost.
Later, even if the price increased to 3.5 yuan, "Flower City" could not break even. In order to survive, it began to recruit advertisements for the magazine. Now, the inner pages and even the cover of "Flower City" appear from time to time. Hotel, tourism and other promotional advertisements.
Perhaps "Flower City" magazine also hopes to keep the literary world pure, but in the end it still cannot withstand the tide of materialism.
Zhou Yan didn't have any special feelings about this matter. As long as the articles were good enough, there was nothing wrong with publishing some advertisements. Otherwise, who would pay them for publishing?
Putting the magazine into his satchel, Zhou Yan walked along the street again. Next, he wanted to buy melon seeds for Gong Li. There are many roasted seed shops in the county. Zhou Yan found one with a large family and weighed more than thirty kilograms of melon seeds.
The boss was also very happy when he met a big customer like Zhou Yan. He directly gave Zhou Yan the snakeskin bag containing melon seeds, and also gave him two taels of fried peanuts for free.
Because the melon seeds were too heavy, Zhou Yan first stored the melon seeds in a roasted seed shop, then traveled lightly and wandered around the county town.
Qixian County is not a big town. It takes less than ten minutes to walk from the street to the end of the busiest street. However, in this street of several hundred meters, the atmosphere of fireworks is full.
Whether it is a big vendor or a small vendor, they will stand in front of the shop and shout. Each shop has its own rhythm. It will neither mess up its own position nor interfere with other shops wantonly, walking from street to street. At the end, the shouts from every house can be heard clearly, and it will not become a chaos.
After walking for a while, Zhou Yan suddenly smelled a pungent smell, and he followed the smell to find it.
The source is a fertilizer store that also sells some pesticides and seeds. The store owner is a middle-aged uncle. When Zhou Yan came over, he greeted Zhou Yan very enthusiastically: "Boss, what do you want?"
"Look at compound fertilizer."
Zhou Yan rubbed his eyes. Outside, he only felt the smell was pungent, but when he got inside the store, he felt that his eyes were so smoked that he couldn't open his eyes. The irritating gas kept hitting his tear ducts, and tears would flow out at any time.
The store uncle originally spoke the local dialect of Qi County. When he heard Zhou Yan speak Mandarin, he also switched to Mandarin with a strong accent, "What kind of compound fertilizer does the boss want? What should it be used for?"
Zhou Yan originally wanted to chat with the boss for a while, but he couldn't stay in the store anymore, so he went straight to the topic, "Boss, where do you get the fertilizer for your family?"
When Zhou Yan asked this, the boss's face suddenly changed, and he said warily, "Why do you ask?"
The boss suspected that Zhou Yan was a competitor and came to inquire about the source of goods with him.
Zhou Yan could probably guess the boss's concerns, so he smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave it to the boss. Although the boss was still wary, he couldn't help but take it when he saw that what Zhou Yan took out was Hongtashan.
"Boss, don't get me wrong. I work for an agricultural company. Recently, our company is promoting a fertilizer additive. I would like to ask you who the source is and see if I can sell some goods to them."
Hearing that Zhou Yan was selling goods, the boss relaxed his guard, took out a match and lit the cigarette, "What brand are you from?"
"Jin Gaola, have you heard of it, boss?"
“Jin Kaola?” The boss shook his head, “I’ve never heard of it, it’s a new brand.”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "The new brand is correct, but our products are very good. Now the United States, Britain and France are using Jincai garbage. The fertilizer is mixed with Jincai garbage, and the wheat yield is 1,800 per mu."
"One thousand and eighty" , Blow it up!" The boss curled his lips, and then revealed the news to Zhou Yan, "We have a large fertilizer factory in the south of the city. If you want to sell goods, you can try your luck there."
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When Zhou Yan came out of the fertilizer store, he was holding a piece of paper with the address and contact information of the Chengnan Fertilizer Factory written on it.
The reason why he asked this was because he heard Liu Qing and others talking about the snow on the road today, saying that the snow might not be available for a while.
If you really can't wait for snow, you can only use other things to replace the snow, and fertilizer is one of the substitutes.
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