Chapter 187: Popularity

The sound insulation of the private room made it unclear to everyone, including the internal guards who were waiting outside, what was going on in the private room on the third floor. It's just that when I found that the people inside came out, their expressions were invariably a little heavy.

Regarding Li Shimin's noncommittal attitude, Li Anran was not surprised at all. To a certain extent, the fact that the other party was able to directly stop the commercial tax that he tried on the side of the commercial street is already a great success.

Considering that the realization of commercial tax will have a great impact on the changes in the entire Tang Dynasty time and space, after sending away a group of His Majesty the Tang Emperor and a group of ministers who have no taste for food, Li Anran prepared a report on commercial tax.

Li Anran also knows that this kind of matter related to the national system can definitely be regarded as a big matter. It is impossible to implement it immediately because of one of your own excerpts. Fortunately, the last thing I lack at the moment is time, and I can wait slowly.

Moreover, the trial trial of commercial tax on the side of Xinglong Commercial Street, although it was not approved by Li Shimin's royal mouth, was not vetoed. In this case, whether it is Li Anran or those ministers, unless they are stupid, they know that this is already acquiescence.

After sending the excerpt, Li Anran didn't care about Li Shimin, who had to rush back to the palace as soon as possible to discuss related matters because of the appearance of commercial taxes, but took Su Xiaomei and Xiangyun into the lively atmosphere of the Shangyuan Festival.

If the most popular snack street in the entire commercial street during the daytime is the snack street, then when the night begins to fall, the most popular is the Xinglong Cinema, which has just started to open for a long time.

Just use a small LCD screen. Several short films were shown outside the cinema, and the entire hall of the cinema was soon filled with a large number of people who had known the news and attracted by the short films.

Although the screening hall of this Xinglong Cinema is far inferior to those large cinemas in modern time and space, there are nearly 200 seats in the stepped hall. As a result, tickets for the first movie were sold out in the blink of an eye.

When they learned that the cinema screening would last until midnight, many people who did not grab tickets for the second and third screenings had already decided not to watch this movie again today and not go home. Anyway, there are inns on the commercial street, by the way, what do people call express hotels, the environment inside is quite good. Stay one night and be able to go back tomorrow.

Considering that there is a big "generation gap" between the movies of modern time and space and the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Anran did not plan to broadcast any blockbusters. Instead, he spent some money and bought the broadcast rights of a series of cartoons from Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio.

"Magic Brush Ma Liang", "Laoshan Taoist", "Ginseng Doll", "Nezha in the Sea", "Nine-colored Deer", "Strange Tales from the Book of Heaven", "Mirror Flowers" and the classic "Hulu Brothers" and a series of classic old cartoons with Chinese characteristics have almost all been wiped out.

Considering that these cartoons, which are old but definitely yellowed, the content is not very long. Li Anran also deliberately made people integrate the same type of theme into a film in modern time and space. It's good to play it in your own cinema.

These are selected cartoons. Although in modern time and space it is only a classic for some people to reminisce about the past, it is definitely a visual enjoyment that has never been seen before in Datang time and space, regardless of whether it is an adult or a child, a man or a woman. It's all watched with relish.

After the movie was played N times in a night, with word of mouth, Xinglong Cinema had to have two players together to take turns to play it for twelve hours, and movie tickets have become the most sought-after thing in the entire commercial street.

If it weren't for Li Anran's repeated regulations that standing tickets should not be sold, so as not to cause any problems. It is estimated that the screening hall with nearly 200 seats can be filled with people from the Tang Dynasty who want to see what this magical movie is.

After a day of trial operation, Li Anran, who was a little underestimated about the adaptability of the people of Datang and the herd mentality of making up for popularity, found that he had ordered a large enough quantity of materials in the spirit of not being bad for money when he was preparing the materials. Otherwise, these three days may not be able to last.

With the popularity of the movie, the time soon came to the next day, that is, the real Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The day before, the ordinary people who had rushed to the shopping street with various ideas such as joining in the fun, seeing the novelty, and trying their luck reluctantly rushed back to their homes, and boasted about the prosperity of the shopping street, all kinds of novelties, snacks, and other things in the villages where their homes were located.

In particular, a few big-mouthed aunts who followed their men to do business together, did not spend much effort to publicize what they saw, ate, and played, and promoted them all with oil and vinegar, and added branches and leaves, and only half a day's work had a huge impact on Chang'an City and the ten miles and eight townships near Lantian County.

Especially for the lunch and dinner that are provided for free, the soup cake (noodles) with delicious braised pork and the large piece of pork and a spoonful of salty and sweet brine are passed on through the word of mouth, which seduces many villagers and moves their interest.

In addition, there are all kinds of household items that are far cheaper than the market price, such as brightly colored cloths, delicate jewelry, sharp kitchen knives, exquisite dishes, salty, fresh and fatty salties, etc., etc., which make those big girls and little daughters-in-law who love beauty and live at home hot.

Anyway, as long as you come here to do business, even if it is to sell bundles of firewood or a few pairs of straw sandals, you can enjoy such free treatment. However, only for the three days of the Shangyuan Festival, after this time, not only the free lunch and dinner are gone, but even those cheap and sufficient items will no longer be at that price.

It is precisely because of this unexpected publicity effect that the number of people gathered on Xinglong Commercial Street in the afternoon of the second day more than doubled compared to the first day. Many of the wealthy businessmen, landlords, and dignitaries who had had fun and gone crazy on the first day simply did not leave, and stayed directly in the express hotels on the commercial street.

Not to mention, I was a little worried that these places that should be inns but are called hotels will not be comfortable enough and clean enough. But after checking in, I found that there are different rooms such as single standard rooms, double standard rooms, multi-person standard rooms, business rooms, deluxe rooms, etc., each of which is so clean and tidy.

And the bedding and mattress inside are all brand new, especially the kind called the quilt, which is called a warm one when covered on the body. Each room has a heating stove with a kettle. This night, not only can I drink hot water at any time, but I don't have to worry about any charcoal poisoning, and even my skin is not dry, so I can sleep comfortably.

And these rooms, which are called different names, also have their own characteristics. The higher the price of the room, not only the larger the internal environment, but also the supporting items and services, the more thoughtful. It is even said that in the most expensive luxury room, there is a kind of Dongdong similar to the Xinglong Cinema, although it is a little smaller, but you can lie on the bed and enjoy the magical movie.

It is precisely because of these word-of-mouth that the rumors have gone out, and as a result, the rooms in several express hotels have quickly been booked out of the city. What surprised Li Anran the most was that the business rooms and luxury rooms that were originally just piggybacking on were actually doing very well. By the afternoon of October 15, all had already been decided.

As a result, some customers who came late for various reasons couldn't stay if they wanted to. In the end, after the following people asked Xiangyun and obtained approval, they temporarily added the mansion that had not yet opened to serve as a hotel room, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to the commercial street, which was definitely a good start.

And for those business-savvy businessmen, whether it's buying snacks or watching movies, spending the money can be exchanged for something called an invoice. Although there is no explanation from Li Anran, even if these people can see something, they can't interpret it thoroughly, but the appearance of the invoice still quickly attracted attention. (To be continued......)

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