Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 108 106. Listen to me and thank you

On the streets in the evening, the sounds of vendors selling and bargaining can be heard all the time.

Chen Li'an held an apple in his hand and took a bite. The flesh was sweet, crisp and juicy.

At a newspaper stop on the roadside, Qiao Mulin and the newsstand owner were looking through newspapers and magazines from the previous two months.

The newsstand man wearing reading glasses took out a magazine from a pile of magazines after flipping through it for a while, looked at it carefully and said: "I found it. Very few people buy this magazine. Last time I bought five copies, they were sold." Three copies.”

Qiao Linmu immediately leaned over and took a look at Chen Li'an who turned back to eat an apple and asked, "Is it called World Art?"

"Well, there are my reports on it." Chen Li'an glanced at it and then didn't care. He had never read those magazines himself.

In contrast, Chen Li'an was more interested in the recent issues of Yangcheng Daily, which reported on the proliferation of pirated optical discs.

what does that mean? It means business opportunities!

Last year, the sales volume of VCDs nationwide was only over 100,000. High price is one of the reasons for the lack of sales. Another reason is that there are too few optical discs.

If you don’t have a movie to watch when you get it home, who would buy it? It’s not cost-effective to buy genuine discs at such a high price.

VCD wants to enter thousands of households, but what is missing is such an opportunity.

Chen Li'an and Qiao Linmu were in front of the newsstand, one reading the newspaper and the other reading the magazine.

The newsstand owner looked at him and knocked on the table with dissatisfaction and said: "Give me the money first and then look at it!"

Chen Li'an, who was fascinated by what he saw, realized what he was doing, took out ten dollars from his pocket and handed it to the boss.

"It's not enough. It's still two yuan short. That magazine is in full color." The boss said, adjusting his reading glasses.

Chen Li'an: "..." It's so expensive, no wonder it can't be sold!

After giving another two yuan to the boss, Chen Li'an rolled up the newspaper, looked at Qiao Linmu and said, "Second uncle, let's read it when we get home."

Qiao Linmu looked up at Chen Li'an and nodded with a complicated expression.

There was really a report about Chen Li'an in the magazine, and this guy really became an artist.

Why did a child who was so naughty and mischievous when he was a child suddenly feel like he doesn't recognize him anymore?

Artist alas...

Does the old Chen family still have this gene? Qiao Linmu touched his round chin with his chubby hand, and after thinking for a long time, he determined that it should be the genes of Lao Qiao's family!

When I was young, I was also an artistic young man!

Thinking of this, the suspicion in Qiao Linmu's eyes turned into relief. He patted Chen Li'an's shoulder with his chubby palm and said, "Not bad, I inherited the talent of the old Qiao family."

Three question marks appeared on Chen Li'an's forehead. If I remember correctly, no one in Lao Qiao's family has artistic talent.

But looking at the happy Qiao Linmu, Chen Li'an just smiled. Isn't it right to make the elders happy?

After the two got home, Qiao Linmu happily ran to the kitchen with the magazine.

"Linlin, your brother is in a magazine. He is really an artist." Qiao Linmu opened the magazine and handed it to Qiao Xiulin and said, "Look, they say Li An is a new artist."

Qiao Xiulin hummed calmly, then poured the prawns into the hot water. She had already read these magazines, and Chen Li'an and her often talked on the phone.

After Qiao Linmu shared the good news, he said with some disappointment: "It would have been better if I had also learned to draw. It's all your grandpa's fault. When I was in elementary school, my teacher praised me for my talent."

Qiao Xiulin, who was playing with the prawns, glanced at the happy but regretful Qiao Linmu when she heard this. She moved her lips but still didn't say anything that would hurt her old father's heart.

Chen Li'an leaned over and looked at the gradually reddening prawns in the pot and asked, "Sister, let me help you."

"You don't have to wait, it's the last dish." Qiao Xiuling looked at the two men in the kitchen and the other standing at the door and urged, "You go outside and wait, don't get in the way."

Chen Li'an took a look in the kitchen and found that there was indeed nothing that needed to be cooked, so he took his second uncle out.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, I asked him: "Auntie is not at home. How about having a drink tonight?"

Qiao Linmu nodded excitedly, then picked up the newspaper that Chen Li'an had placed on the coffee table and asked, "What's up with that VCD you mentioned before?"

Chen Li'an opened a box of wine from next to the sofa and said: "You can make money by reading the newspaper. You should know better than me what it means when pirated discs are so common now. You have been doing business for many years." .”

Qiao Linmu opened the newspaper and took a look. After a few minutes, he raised his head and looked at Chen Li'an. He said with some confusion: "I didn't expect you knew how to do business. This is indeed a good business opportunity, but now the VCD manufacturer It’s quite a lot.”

Chen Li'an unscrewed it, smelled the wine bottle cap, frowned and said: "Although there are many manufacturers, there are not many truly competitive opponents. As long as the machine price is low, the quality is good, and we are willing to spend money on advertising, we can take the opportunity to occupy It’s not a small market.”

Qiao Linmu glanced at Chen Li'an angrily, snatched the bottle from his hand, and smelled it himself. A smile suddenly appeared on his chubby little face, and then he swallowed and said, "You said it easily, but these Which of the things is easy to do?"

Chen Li'an said with a playful smile: "Second uncle, these things are not difficult for you, right? I believe in you! I will pay for it and you will do the hard work. Let us earn his seven or eight small goals!"

"Small goal?"

Qiao Linmu didn't understand what the little target meant, but he heard Chen Li'an's intention to do some hard work for him, and couldn't help but cursed: "You are here to recruit me, right? Let me work for you!"

"How can it be considered a part-time job? In partnership, you are the boss, and I will just follow you and drink some soup." Chen Li'an said with some distress: "You asked me to engage in art business, but I'm really not good at business."

Qiao Linmu thought about Chen Li'an's talk just now and said angrily: "I think you are quite good at it! You are richer than me now and have more talent in painting than you."

"I really can't do it, I don't have time, and I have to go to school." Chen Li'an knew how much he weighed, and he would probably get the wrong money when he opened the supermarket, so he had better think about it when doing business.

"Let me think about this and investigate later."

Qiao Linmu didn't expect Chen Li'an to do business either. It would be a great honor for an artist to talk about it. Throwing a brick in Yangcheng these days could kill a bunch of small business owners.

Artists are scarce. In Qiao Linmu's heart, the status of cultural people is much higher than that of businessmen.

After a while, Qiao Xiulin came out of the kitchen and shouted: "Ready to eat."

"coming!"

Chen Lin'an immediately ran to the kitchen to help serve the dishes. The dishes tonight were very good, including boiled prawns, roasted goose, steamed sea bass and a dish of plain-cut chicken.

They are all meat dishes, and Chen Li'an likes them very much!

After sitting at the dinner table, Qiao Xiulin gave Chen Li'an a piece of roast goose and said, "Try how it tastes. I took a detour to buy it."

"It's delicious!" Chen Li'an said as he put the roast goose into his mouth and took a bite.

"If it tastes good, eat more."

Qiao Xiulin smiled and put the roasted goose plate in front of Chen Li'an. The goose head that Qiao Linmu had just picked up fell to the plate again due to such a move.

Qiao Linmu: "."

Chen Li'an enjoyed the meal in the evening. Qiao Linmu was not very happy at first, but he became happy after the wine was poured. Finally, his wife was not at home, and his daughter gave him the honor to ignore him, but he drank him beautifully.

The drunken Qiao Linmu sat on the sofa, patted Chen Li'an's thigh and said with a loud tongue: "Li'an, you are making a difference now, uncle is very happy!"

Chen Li'an, who was talking to his cousin, gave a perfunctory hum, then looked at Qiao Xiulin and asked, "Sister, have you always planned to be a teacher in school from now on?"

Qiao Xiulin took a sip of tea and said, "Well, it's very relaxing and suitable for me."

"Then I don't think you can find one." Chen Li'an was interrupted by Qiao Linmu before he finished speaking.

"I'm telling you, you must get married as soon as possible to continue the legacy of your old Chen family, otherwise I will be sorry for my brother-in-law." Qiao Linmu suddenly put his arms around Chen Li'an's shoulders and murmured: "You don't know, when you When mom married your dad, I wouldn’t agree to it even to the death.”

Chen Li'an and Qiao Xiulin looked at each other and smiled helplessly. They couldn't drink but still liked to show off. When they drank too much, they became like Tang Seng.

Chen Li'an and Qiao Xiulin had no choice but to simply clean up the nagging drunkard and send him back to his room to sleep.

"Huh!" Chen Li'an waved his hand and said, "Second uncle, it's time to lose weight, he's almost 180."

"My mother tells him to lose weight every day, but he doesn't listen." Qiao Xiulin put a glass of water on the bedside, then looked at Chen Li'an and said, "You must be tired too. Go to bed early tonight and take you out for a walk tomorrow."

Chen Li'an drank a lot, nodded and said, "Okay, I'm really a little tired."

"You sleep in the second bedroom next to me. I have changed the sheets and quilts." Qiao Xiulin went to get new towels and toothbrushes, and said with some disgust: "Hurry up and wash up, you smell of alcohol, don't drink anymore. "

Chen Li'an pursed his lips, finally knowing what it was like for his second uncle to be controlled by two women.

I will never get married again!

The next morning, as soon as Chen Li'an got up, he heard the voice of his second uncle admitting his mistake and begging for mercy from the living room.

"I really only drank a little bit, not too much, Li Anfei made me drink!"

The second aunt who had just finished the night shift in the living room said with a straight face: "How old is Li An that he can make you drink! I think you just want to drink!"

Chen Li'an, who originally wanted to go out to wash his face and brush his teeth to say hello, immediately shrank his neck after hearing this, lay back on the bed and continued to sleep.

The second aunt's fighting ability is too strong, so it's better not to go out to be a target, and wait until she gets some sleep and feels better before going out to be good.

After about half an hour, it was quiet outside again. Chen Li'an got up from the bed and carefully opened the door and took a look.

"Come out, your aunt is sleeping." Qiao Lin was sitting on the sofa helplessly, regretting why he drank last night.

Qiao Xiulin, who was sitting at the dining table, saw Chen Li'an shouting: "Go brush your teeth and wash your face, and come over to eat."

Without the intimidation of his aunt, Chen Li'an felt much more at ease. He quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face before sitting at the dining table and eating breakfast.

"How many days are you planning to stay this time?" Qiao Xiulin asked while biting the custard bun.

"Two or three days." Chen Li'an paused and said, "There are still things to do in the capital, and I will be busy later."

Qiao Linmu, who had already finished breakfast, came over after hearing this and asked: "Two or three days? I'm going to take you to inspect the market. What do you think about the VCD?"

Chen Li'an swallowed the shrimp dumplings in his mouth and said, "I think it can be made, but I really don't understand. I'll just drink the soup."

"How much money are you prepared to invest?" Qiao Linmu pulled up his chair and sat down and asked.

"I don't know, how much does it cost to open a factory?" Chen Li'an really didn't know anything. He only knew that VCD would be very popular in the next few years.

Qiao Linmu looked at his eldest nephew and couldn't even scold him. He dared to fool himself into opening a factory and doing business without knowing anything!

"I really don't know what to say to you!" Qiao Linmu sighed, and then said: "I will investigate it myself first, and then I will tell you when I have a plan. Don't think about how much money you have to invest, just keep the money to buy it. It’s business to have a house and a wife.”

"Oh." Chen Li'an responded. He had planned to buy a house, but he had no plans to marry a wife. He couldn't tell his second uncle this, otherwise he would have to educate himself again.

After breakfast, Chen Li'an went out with his cousin. There was nothing interesting in Yangcheng, but there was a lot of delicious food.

Chen Li'an ate all the way, and Qiao Xiulin bought all the way. They bought everything for Chen Li'an, including seven or eight summer T-shirts.

Chen Li'an was carrying large and small bags and felt that his arms almost no longer belonged to him.

"Sister, can we not buy it? I'll buy it myself later." Chen Li'an couldn't hold it anymore and looked at Qiao Xiulin begging for mercy.

Qiao Xiulin looked at the dozen bags in Chen Li'an's hand, hesitated and said, "I also plan to buy you a few pairs of shoes. You don't usually have anyone to take care of you when you are alone in the capital."

"Then I don't need so much. These clothes are enough for me to wear for several years."

"Okay, let's get here first today."

Qiao Xiulin was a little disappointed. Her newly ignited desire for shopping was gone. She had only been shopping for a long time, and her cousin couldn't do it either. What if she found a girlfriend in the future.

Qiao Xiulin, who was somewhat unmotivated, took Chen Li'an home and planned to come out tomorrow to continue!

In the next two days, Qiao Linmu went out early and returned late every day to investigate the market, while Chen Li'an was dragged out by Qiao Xiulin to go shopping every day, as if he wanted to buy everything he could wear in his lifetime.

After being dragged out by Qiao Xiulin to go shopping for two days in a row, Chen Li'an really felt that he had to find a boyfriend for his cousin as soon as possible. He couldn't bring harm to his younger brother!

"Sister, you should find a boyfriend and let your boyfriend go shopping with you." Chen Li'an sat tiredly on the stone pier and looked at Qiao Xiulin and said.

Qiao Xiulin frowned and said, "I don't plan to find a boyfriend. Love is the most useless thing."

Chen Li'an: "." My cousin's values ​​are very similar to mine. It's hard not to agree!

"Then find a best friend, someone who can go shopping with you. If that doesn't work, a male best friend will do, just in case something sparks up." Chen Li'an suggested.

Qiao Xiulin pulled up her hair and said, "No need, I don't like shopping. This time I'm buying something for you."

Chen Li'an: "Listen to me and thank you."

There will be another chapter later. I started going to work today. It’s so fucking miserable!