Chapter 140: Find someone to carry the black cauldron
A week later, Hu Mingchen's insistence on building the Duge Cinema was finally completed after a simple decoration in a hurry.
It stands to reason that Hu Mingchen's laser theater should have another name, it is not a public theater after all, and it is just a laser theater.
However, when Hu Mingchen asked Song Qiaoshan to choose a name for his movie theater, these five words popped out of Song Qiaoshan's mouth.
At first glance, Hu Mingchen thought he was joking, but the expression on Song Qiaoshan's face was really serious, and he didn't mean to joke at all.
Song Qiaoshan didn't let Hu Mingchen be confused, and explained the reason for the name to him.
"In the three or four townships around Duge Township, none of them have a movie theater, and there are not many video halls. We may not be as good as us in other aspects, but we have cinemas, whether private or public, after all, in Duge Township, and the leaders are happy to see them. ”
As soon as Song Qiaoshan explained, Hu Mingchen understood that if this was to be named "Chunlei Cinema" or "Century Cinema", as soon as people heard it, it would have nothing to do with the township, it was just a private behavior of the common people.
However, with the name "Duge Cinema", not to mention the high-end atmosphere, uninformed people will think that it is the result of the great efforts of the township, and the meaning is very different.
Duge Township is remote and backward, and investment promotion has never had much to do with here, and over the years, the leaders working here have not had any outstanding achievements. But now it has the only cinema in the surrounding townships, which can be regarded as one of the highlights of the achievement.
As long as the word "Duge" is used in the name, the results will be inseparable from Duge Township, and no one can get rid of it if they want to. Otherwise, why should the township insist on renting the warehouse to him, the rent is only so small, this cannot be completely attributed to Song Qiaoshan's factors.
Since the name can have such an effect, Hu Mingchen is also willing to pull the tiger skin.
Standing at the door of the newly painted movie theater and looking at the five-character plaque of "Duge Cinema" hanging on the door, Hu Mingchen spontaneously felt a sense of pride.
Regardless of whether the house in the family can be repaired or not before the year, it is a great contribution to make it possible for people here to watch movies at their doorstep.
"Xiao Chen, do you think there won't be many people watching tomorrow?" Hu Jianqiang, who was standing at the gate with Hu Mingchen, asked without confidence.
"Third uncle, if no one is watching tomorrow, then we can close the door. Don't forget, tomorrow is the day of the show, and our ticket price is half price, if there is no one like this, my family will really have to sleep in the open dam. "Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang are the opposite, he is full of confidence.
According to Hu Mingchen's setting, the usual ticket price is two yuan a game, and five yuan to watch, but tomorrow the opening is auspicious, in order to give back to the local villagers, Hu Mingchen set the ticket price to one yuan per game.
The Duge Cinema has two hundred seats, eighty of which are soft seats received from Chen Xuesheng, and the other one hundred and twenty are those long chairs.
In advance, Hu Mingchen wanted to distinguish the price of the two kinds of seats, but later he had this idea.
If you make a price differentiation, it will increase the difficulty of daily management, and in addition, the price is not easy to adjust, if the price of the soft seat is raised, it will be a bit beyond the consumption power of the locals, but the price of the long chair is reduced to compressing their profit margins.
Therefore, it is simply all the same price, and those who buy tickets first choose first, adding a kind of excitement of competition and temptation.
"I'm still a little nervous. Hu Jianqiang said.
"Third uncle, you are now the manager of the movie theater, what is there to be nervous about, it's not your fault that you lose. I'm not afraid that no one will come tomorrow, but I'm afraid that tomorrow it will be too crowded to sit inside. Hu Mingchen said with a smile.
At this time, Hu Jianjun, Jiang Yucai and Hu Mingchen's sisters and sisters walked out of the door from the movie theater.
"Xiao Chen, this movie theater looks very good, can I bring a few classmates to see it tomorrow?" Hu Yandie asked happily.
Although her family is still under the fence, Hu Yandie is still excited and excited to see that such a large movie theater is her own.
"Yes, of course, as long as they buy tickets. Jiang Yucai said angrily.
"If they can afford tickets, then what am I going to say? Hu Yandie pouted.
"Hehe, sister, I'll give you five tickets, you can bring five people to watch. Hu Mingchen didn't care about Jiang Yucai's statement, and seeing that she was going to object, Hu Mingchen hurriedly interrupted her: "Mom, it's open, let's have more people, it's nothing." Although we are in business, we can't ignore any favors, and it is impossible to collect money from everyone. For example, tomorrow the eldest brother's family comes, is it possible to collect their tickets?"
"We all live in their house now, how can we collect their money, if you are kind, see that I don't break your legs. Jiang Yucai said with a tiger face.
"Xiao Chen said this, it's obviously impossible, look at what you said, would he be so ignorant?" Hu Jianjun said.
"Brother, can you also give me a few tickets, and I'll bring a few classmates too. Seeing that Hu Yandie got five movie tickets, she was so happy that she almost jumped up, and Hu Yujiao couldn't help but stretch out her hand.
To tell the truth, Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao rarely have any proud skills in school, but if they can invite their best classmates and friends to watch a movie, then their faces and status in front of their classmates and friends in the future will be absolutely different. Don't think that it's only adults who have vanity, sometimes it can be even worse for children.
"No problem, I'll give you three. "Hu Yujiao is young after all, and it is impossible for Hu Mingchen to let her love overflow.
If a few movie tickets can give them confidence and win friendship and goodwill, Hu Mingchen feels that it is worth it.
Although the movie tickets she got were two less than those of her sister, Hu Yujiao was very satisfied and excited, and she had already begun to think about who the three movie tickets should be used for the most cost-effective.
"Xiao Chen, what if relatives and friends come tomorrow? For example, those in Huangni Village, such as the relatives in the Qingshuihe family in Sanjiazhai, do they also collect money?" Seeing that Hu Mingchen gave Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao eight movie tickets, Hu Jianqiang pondered for a moment and asked.
Hu Jianqiang's question is very practical, and it is also something that will definitely be faced in the future.
"Relatives belong to relatives, business belongs to business, since we are a movie theater, there should still be rules, otherwise, if people you know in the future don't charge money, then half of the business will collapse. If they don't collect money, it will be difficult for the people they bring to collect money, otherwise they will all offend people. If the favor is too big at the beginning, it is almost impossible to take it back later. Hu Mingchen said.
In fact, Hu Mingchen has been thinking about this question for the past two days, his family has lived here for generations, and there are many relatives and friends. How to deal with these people is indeed scratching their heads.
In the countryside, people are very important, and if they are treated the same as other people, they will be considered as not remembering people's feelings and not being affectionate, which is offensive.
But it is impossible for Hu Mingchen not to collect their money all the time, otherwise he will do it in vain. After thinking about it, Hu Mingchen only came up with a way to hide from the world.
"But if we accept their money, your third master and we will not be recognized as being scolded to death by poking our backbones in the back. Hu Jianjun was entangled when he thought of that situation.
"It's okay, I found someone to carry the black cauldron. Hu Mingchen said with a narrow smile.
"Who can carry the black cauldron?" asked Hu Jianjun and Hu Jianqiang in unison.
"Of course, the one who can carry the black pot is the big boss. ”
"Big boss, where is the big boss? This movie theater is built by our family, and after talking for a long time, it's still nonsense. Jiang Yucai asked puzzled.
"Hehe, who said that our family did it, our family is only a small shareholder, and there is a big boss above, does our family have the strength to build such a big movie theater? I'm afraid no one will believe it. Wang Zhan and Chen Xuesheng in the city are the big bosses, and our family is just being promoted and participating in a piece of the pie. Hu Mingchen smiled slyly.
"What the hell are you talking about? They never mentioned that they were involved in this movie theater? How much money did they pay? We bought the equipment, we installed the decoration, and we didn't see where their money was. Hu Jianjun was confused.
"Yes, didn't you say that you have the final say on everything? Why are there two big bosses popping up now?" Hu Jianqiang naturally didn't understand.
"You little, did you deceive us, oh no, were you deceived by others? The money was taken out by our family, how did you work so hard that the house could not be repaired, but two unrelated people came out to be the big boss, you explain it to me clearly, if you can't explain it clearly, don't blame me for pumping you." Jiang Yucai roared angrily.
I worked hard for a long time, but I was picked a peach, no matter who it was, I couldn't accept it in my heart.
"I didn't mention it before, didn't I mention it now? What are you staring at me one by one...... I wasn't deceived, I just tried to deceive people. If you don't say that to the outside world, how can the tickets be sold? So no matter who asks the outside world, don't brag about it, they all say that Boss Wang and Boss Chen are the big bosses, and the third uncle is not what I am looking for, but the two bosses appointed. People will come to check and audit the accounts from time to time, and if we mess around, it will be difficult to explain. I've got it all to say, don't you understand? Anyway, we owe money to the two of them, and it's not nonsense to say that they are one of the bosses. Hu Mingchen urged narrowly.
"I seem to understand a little, you are moving them out as a shield, so that it becomes natural and natural for us to collect money, right?" Hu Jianqiang was the first to react.