Chapter 483: Price Increase

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The drama manager sent by Jiayang Pictures to station the crew is in his forties, with a short figure and small eyes, giving people a very shrewd feeling, a very lively mouth, and strong coordination ability in all aspects.

Although he didn't know each other before, after a few days, Lu Chen was still very satisfied with Lao Jia's ability.

Drama is the abbreviation of crew service, is the person in charge of daily affairs in the process of film and television drama production, and its main task is to do a good job in the clothing, food, housing and transportation of crew members, which is cumbersome and essential.

If there is no good drama manager in a crew, there will often be a lot of problems.

When Lao Jia saw this batch of completely substandard box lunches, his face suddenly changed, and he was shocked and angry.

"Lu Shao, I'm really sorry, I'll go find out what's going on right away!"

Lu Chen nodded: "Then go and let them change a batch, or simply change a restaurant to order a boxed lunch." ”

Although he didn't reprimand Lao Jia, Lao Jia was obviously under pressure, so he left in a hurry.

Naturally, no one ate the lunch box that was not as good as the pig's food, and everyone put the lunch box back in the incubator, and the atmosphere on the set was a little strange, and many people sat around and whispered.

Wan Xiaoquan was helpless: "This thing is done... They don't want to do business anymore?"

Chen Wenqiang said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. ”

Lu Chen was shocked and asked, "Uncle Qiang?"

Chen Wenqiang hesitated for a moment and said: "The lunch box business in the Lion Rock Film and Television City is occupied by two clubs, and others can't interfere, I don't know which one our crew ordered, nine times out of ten there is a problem, otherwise any restaurant would not do such a self-inflicted sign." ”

Societies?

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the trivial matter of eating a boxed lunch would actually involve the community in Xiangjiang.

The "community" mentioned by Chen Wenqiang is certainly not the kind of formal and good mutual benefit organization, but a gang association, which is commonly known as the underworld gang in Xiangjiang.

The gang associations in Xiangjiang were once flourishing in the seventies and eighties, when triads such as Shenghe, Xin'an, and Hongtang were rampant, with hundreds of thousands of gang members, and their influence spread throughout Xiangjiang, Aocheng, Baodao and several countries in Southeast Asia, and even established halls in the Chinese areas of Europe and the United States.

These big gangs and associations are engaged in drug trafficking, smuggling, prostitution, piracy, gambling stalls, and so on, and the small associations below collect protection money and bully the market, resulting in a very bad public security situation in Xiangjiang for a time.

At that time, in Xiangjiang, even the rich and wealthy were in danger, and they had to bring bodyguards to protect them when they went out, otherwise they might be kidnapped and extorted by a few bold gangsters.

On July 15, 87, the long-term accumulated contradictions between the two gangs of Xin'an and Hongtang broke out, and thousands of gangs on both sides fought in the streets in the prosperous areas of the New Territories, resulting in the tragic result of 78 deaths and 154 serious injuries, countless minor injuries, and several innocent passers-by were killed by stray bullets.

The 7.15 New Territories massacre shocked Hong Kong, triggering protests on the streets, prompting the Hong Kong government to finally make up its mind to tackle this cancer and apply for help from the Hong Kong Garrison in China.

In March 88, in the plough-like crackdown of the Hong Kong government, many triad organizations that had been rampant on Hong Kong Island for decades were uprooted, and a large number of key members were either killed on the spot or arrested and imprisoned, which made countless Xiangjiang people applaud.

So far, the public order situation in Hong Kong has been fundamentally improved.

However, the triad organization, which had great influence in Xiangjiang society, did not completely disappear, and after the old associations such as Shenghe, Xin'an and Hongtang fell, new ones re-emerged.

However, these new associations no longer blatantly engage in illegal activities, they have incorporated companies to engage in legitimate business, and they are secretly doing some business that is not easy to wield knives and guns, and the means of making money are more hidden, and they even hire lawyers as legal advisers.

Such a new type of community is even more difficult, and dealing with them is undoubtedly a very headache.

And the gang forces in Xiangjiang have a deep entanglement with the entertainment industry, and many film and television entertainment companies used to have the background and power of the association, but now although they are basically whitewashed, they are secretly disconnected.

After only a few minutes, Lao Jia came back and brought back three people.

Lao Jia's face was very ugly.

He introduced to Lu Chen: "Lu Shao, this is Manager Jiang of Honghua Catering Management Co., Ltd., our crew's boxed lunch was ordered through Honghua Catering, Manager Jiang and they want to talk to us about something." ”

This manager Jiang of Honghua Catering is a middle-aged man with a roe head and a mouse, his hair with thick hair oil is untenable for fear of flies, he is wearing a suit and tie, and he also wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, which gives people the feeling of obscenity.

"Lu Shao, hello. ”

Manager Jiang nodded and greeted Lu Chen, cracking his mouth to reveal a mouthful of gold teeth.

Behind him were two strong men with bears' backs, their faces expressionless, their bare arms covered with dark cyan tattoos, and their muscles were bulging to make them look powerful.

Lu Chen immediately understood this posture, nodded and said lightly, "Okay, let's talk about it in another place." ”

It's definitely not going to work here, the crew members around are watching, and many people are looking at each other in shock.

The location of the conversation between the two sides was chosen in a meditation room in the temple, which was also used as a temporary office for the crew.

After sitting down, Lu Chen asked straight to the point: "Manager Jiang, can you explain what's going on with the boxed lunch that our crew ate today?"

Manager Jiang said with a smile: "Lu Shao, your crew's catering expenses are paid in time and there is no arrears, we are also very sorry if there is a problem with today's box lunch, I can guarantee that there will never be such a thing in the future." ”

"But..."

His words suddenly changed and said: "The price of goods in Xiangjiang is very high now, and the prices of vegetables and pork have risen sharply recently, if the original price is followed, our company will lose money, so..."

So what, Manager Jiang didn't say anything more, and looked at Lu Chen with a smile.

Lu Chen quietly picked him up: "So you want to raise the price?"

"I'm really sorry..."

Manager Jiang rubbed his hands, and the smile on his face was even stronger: "There is no way to raise the price, and a group of employees in our company also have to eat..."

Lu Chen interrupted his ramblings: "Just say it, how much does it go up?"

Manager Jiang gave a thumbs up to Lu Chen: "Lu Shao is really fast-talking, he deserves to be a big star from the mainland, in fact, there are not many, in the future, a boxed lunch will be given 55 yuan, and we will guarantee the quality." ”

55 pieces!

If Lu Chen is not mistaken, the price of the boxed lunch box originally ordered was 30 yuan, but now the price has increased to 55 yuan, which is equivalent to nearly doubling!

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The first one is sent. (To be continued.) )