Chapter 68: Evening
On August 30th, at eight o'clock in the evening, the Jiajia Performing Arts Cultural Center was as usual, brightly lit and surrounded by soft light, but unlike in the past, a movie still of Leslie Cheung and Lin Qingxia passing by was hung at the door, and in the gap between the two, there was a row of beautiful and elegant books - the premiere of "Love at Dawn". Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Because Shen Chong and Zhang Aijia were going to the Seven Seas Mansion to attend Chiang Ching-kuo's dinner, the premiere was held relatively late, and the time marked on the invitation letter was 9 o'clock in the evening, but many reporters and audiences arrived early, some enjoyed the coolness brought by the air conditioning in the hall, and some stood in the square outside the door to enjoy the fun of smoking.
A reporter raised his camera and took two photos of the huge poster covering the front of the entire performing arts center, and then sighed: "The God of Wealth is wealthy, such a big poster, the cost is estimated to be tens of thousands, just one day today, and it will be lost tomorrow morning, what a waste!" ”
"People have money, what do you feel sorry for him?"
"That's it! Hey, have you heard? At noon today, Shen Caishen held an annual meeting and distributed $10,000 souvenirs to each of the employees of Oriental Charm Taiwan Branch. ”
"I've heard that Omega and Montblanc are really extravagant."
"10,000 US dollars is worth about NT$360,000, which is almost my salary for three years. (Note)
"What's good, there are a lot of benefits, and the pressure is also great, I heard that Shen Caishen scolded those people for a bloody blood, and I can't wait to eat them all, and I was scolded by a twenty-one or twelve-year-old hairy young man pointing at his nose, that taste is not good."
"Shopping malls are like battlefields, they have never been a place to rank their seniority, people are bosses, scolding their subordinates is righteous, and you want to, scolding them to the blood, obviously very dissatisfied, but very dissatisfied can send 10,000 US dollars in souvenirs, so if you are satisfied, how much should you send? We are usually scolded by the boss less, but at the end of the year, what benefits have we received? Not to mention 10,000 US dollars, 10,000 NT$ is nothing! ”
"Alas...... It's a pity that Taiwan doesn't allow foreign capital to run newspapers, and if Shen Caishen came to Taipei to run a newspaper, I would be the first to go to find a job. ”
"You can try the Oriental Weekly, they have a reporter station in Taipei."
"Oriental Weekly" is an elite magazine for high-ranking officials and celebrities, it is too difficult to enter, with high academic qualifications, good writing, neutral attitude, profound insights, and proficiency in English.
"But once you go in, you can eat and drink spicy food, not to mention the salary, just talk about business trips, we go out on business, the boss has a thousand instructions, ten thousand instructions, we must save the province, the reporter of the "Oriental Weekly" is not allowed to go on a business trip! Only take the first class on the plane, only live in a five-star hotel in the hotel, all reimbursement, chic and comfortable. ”
"Money is a trivial matter, mainly because of its high status, the reporters of "Oriental Weekly" are valued wherever they go, and even President Jiang treats him with courtesy, unlike us who are angry everywhere and interview a little star, and people still ignore it."
"Forget it, don't talk about those useless, let's think about how to write a manuscript when I go back at night, the premiere will start at 9 o'clock, and it is estimated that it will end at 11 o'clock, and it will be almost midnight when I get home, if I can't write well, don't sleep all night."
"I don't think we reporters will be able to sleep well tonight, but the editors-in-chief will probably not be able to sleep either."
"Why?"
"Because they're going to have a headache tomorrow and there's not enough space."
"Hahaha, what I'm saying is that it's another negotiation, it's the annual meeting, it's the premiere, plus all kinds of lace, where the God of Wealth passes, people turn their backs, it is said that many newspapers in Hong Kong are jokingly called Shen Family Daily by readers, because they publish his news every day."
"Not only in Hong Kong, but also in the United States, two newspapers in three days, maybe next year Time magazine will choose him as the cover person of the year."
"That's impossible, it's an election year, and the Person of the Year is definitely the newly elected president of the United States."
"It is said that Shen Caishen is very optimistic about the Republican presidential candidate Reagan, and Reagan is also very optimistic about Shen Caishen, saying that the knowledge economy he advocates is the future development direction of the US economy."
"Shen Caishen likes to tinker with movies, and Reagan used to be an actor, so it's not surprising that the two look at each other."
"If Reagan is elected, Shen Caishen may be able to go to the White House for dinner like he did at the Nanami Mansion today."
"It's just a meal, where to eat is not to eat, if it were me, I wouldn't want to eat it, this rule and that rule, how can I eat comfortably in my own home."
"You, you've been so productive all your life! is the same as eating, people can eat millions of silver in one meal, and you can only eat a bunch of rice in one meal. ”
A few people laughed, and after laughing, the smoke was smoked, the fire was lit, and then the small talk continued.
"When Shen Caishen was having dinner in Singapore, he gave Lee Kuan Yew a Gameboy game console, I don't know what kind of gift he gave to our president tonight?"
"I heard from the people who ran politics and finance that they were giving them game cartridges developed by his game company."
"Shen Caishen is really ridiculous, how can Lee Kuan Yew and President Chiang have time to play game consoles, and ah, during the negotiations this morning, everyone else was wearing suits and leather shoes, only he was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, like a play, not a matter at all."
"Young people, it's inevitable to be arrogant, it's normal to not think about the problem properly, no one cares about clothes anyway, it's all staring at his money."
"Hey, do you say that if Shen Caishen goes to the White House for dinner, will he take Hong Kong's Golden Phoenix or our Taiwanese actress?"
"It should be the one in Hong Kong, he went to Singapore, didn't he take the golden phoenix with him, yesterday "Nanyang Siang Pao" also reported, saying that Fengqi Nanyang is shining brightly."
"Looking at the photos is indeed glorious, standing in front of a group of high-ranking officials, not weak at all."
"The day before yesterday, when Zhang Aijia returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong alone, there was grapevine that she was too high-profile a few days ago, happy and sad, and lost to the Golden Phoenix, after reading the Singapore newspaper yesterday, everyone thought that she really lost, and the love triangle drama came to an end, but this morning, Shen Caishen and her went out arm-in-arm, nothing happened, fortunately, the press bureau said hello a few days ago, and did not let the gossip news of Shen Caishen be hyped, otherwise our newspaper would become a joke."
"Not necessarily, in fact, there is an inside story here, I heard that it was Li Kaiyuan who went to the banquet at the Seven Seas Mansion tonight, and everyone went to Taipei, but Zhang Aijia blocked her at the airport, and the two negotiated in the waiting room, and talked for more than half an hour, and then Li Kaiyuan temporarily bought a ticket back to Hong Kong."
Several reporters invariably got together with the one who broke the news and asked, "Is there such a thing?" Who do you listen to? ”
"It was said by a friend of mine in the provincial government, he was one of the members who picked up the airport last night, and he saw it with his own eyes, and it is said that there was almost a fight, and when Li Kaiyuan left, he didn't even look back."
"In this way, Shen Caishen's East Palace and West Palace are not as harmonious as they seem."
"How can it be harmonious, even if it is not for Shen Caishen, he will fight for his Wanguan family wealth, those two women are not fuel-efficient lamps."
"Forget it, this matter has been discussed and rotten, there is nothing to say, anyway, they are fighting around, it is good for us, if Shen Caishen is pure and has few desires, there is no good show to watch, we will be unemployed."
"Dry, it's really hot today, let's go, go into the theater and blow the wind."
Note: Taiwan's per capita GDP in 1980 was less than US$2,200.