Chapter 125: Old Roots Who Don't Want to Leave Their Comfort Zone
Going to the cigarette factory is a serious matter, and talking to Zhao Laogen is piggybacking.
Therefore, Cheng Guanli and Teacher Ma Ji took the train to Mu Ling first.
The leaders and workers of the cigarette factory had already heard that they were coming, and had already prepared a grand reception ceremony.
Cosmos brand cigarettes have been sold on sale through the effect of the Spring Festival Gala, and the orders received are several times higher than Cheng Guanli's pickled peppers.
The huge volume of orders also brings a lot of difficulties.
Especially for such a small county-level cigarette factory, it is a bit overwhelming.
Originally, this cigarette factory produced small cigars, without a mouthpiece, and the appearance was the color of tobacco, which was called amber.
The leader of the market has a keen sense of smell and immediately preemptively registered the trademark of the universe brand.
This was followed by the printing of wrapping paper, the production of cigarettes with filters, and the contact of newspapers to write letters to CCTV.
These are all unfolded at the same time, which can be said to be very fast and very efficient.
As soon as production began here, the order calls in the factory never stopped.
Problems arose quickly, starting with the fact that the pace of production was nowhere near the rate of the surge in orders.
The second is the supply of raw materials, the scale of tobacco cultivation in the Northeast is not large, and the quality is not well-known throughout the country.
Therefore, the stall of the universe brand cigarettes can only be set at a low level, and it is far from enough to take advantage of the dividends of the Spring Festival Gala to seize the national market.
Compared with Hongmei, Tashan and other best-selling brands in the country, it is a bit of a small thing.
The leaders of the factory were thinking hard about how to break the situation, and as soon as they heard that Ma Ji and a choreographer from CCTV were coming, they immediately pinned their hopes on the well-informed two.
It is hoped that the two can help Muling Cigarette Factory break through the bottleneck.
The factory leaders are now inviting Cheng Guanli and Mr. Ma to the guest house to set up wine and entertain.
The next day, I took them to visit the cigarette factory.
After learning about the predicament in the factory, Mr. Ma Ji said: "These two problems are easy to solve, the production speed can not catch up, increase the manpower, recruit more workers, and strictly control the quality if the quality does not go up, and start to improve the quality of raw materials. ”
Cheng Guanli said: "At the moment, you don't need too much publicity, the effect of the Spring Festival Gala publicity has not been fully understood, there will be more and more orders in the future, what you need to do is to improve the quality!" ”
"Yes, the two teachers analyzed it thoroughly, and we are afraid that the quality will not keep up with the reputation now, so we will waste this great opportunity!"
Cheng Guanli said: "Then according to what Mr. Ma said, strictly control the quality, start to improve from the raw materials, and make progress a little bit, as long as you don't regress and don't stand still!" ”
The factory leader looked embarrassed, "Alas...... To tell the truth, now the raw materials we use are already the best, and if we want to improve the quality, unless we ship high-quality tobacco leaves from Yunnan Province, it is difficult for a small cigarette factory at our county level to get the goods. ”
Ma Ji frowned and said: "Well, it's easy to say, Comrade Cheng Guanli and I helped you transfer high-quality raw materials from a large cigarette factory in Yun Province, wouldn't it be easy to solve?" ”
"Really? Oops, thank you so much to the two teachers! ”
"It's okay, let's just see if there is anything we can help, and when we return to the capital, we will contact you for you, wait patiently!"
Now the staff of the central station or the nationally famous actors are good passes in various places, and if Ma Ji comes forward in the name of the central station, he can really transfer high-quality raw materials from Yun Province to the Muling cigarette factory.
When the leaders of the cigarette factory heard this, they thanked them and asked Ma Ji and Cheng Guanli to mention the words to the cigarette factory.
Cheng Guanli said: "Mr. Ma, I am the screenwriter behind the scenes, you are the person in front of the stage, on the star effect, of course, you have to inscribe, I will be exempted!" ”
Ma Ji smiled: "Okay, I'm not polite to you, if you need it from your pickled pepper factory when you go back, whether it's an inscription or a photo, I'll be on call!" ”
Then he wrote the words 'Cosmic Spirit'.
The two stayed in Muling for another night, and only left the next day, and Ma Ji returned to the capital to help the cigarette factory contact the best tobacco raw materials in Yun Province.
Cheng Guanli rushed to the Xifeng Troupe to find Zhao Laogen, although it was still early for Zhao Laogen to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in this world.
But since Cheng Guanli has come to the Northeast, he must come to know him by the way, and it is not impossible to persuade him to appear on the Spring Festival Gala as soon as possible.
Zhao Laogen is three years older than Cheng Guanli.
If you want to talk about the life experience in the early years, it is several times more bitter than Cheng Guanli's original body in this parallel world.
When he was six years old, his mother died of illness, his father left the country, and Zhao Laogen almost became an orphan, following the blind second uncle to learn art to support himself.
He is proficient in blowing, playing and singing, and he performs the role vividly.
At this time, he performed purely for life, for the sake of food, and he didn't recognize what kind of artistic perspective he had risen.
When Cheng Guanli found him, he said that he was the director of CCTV and wrote sketches and scripts, but Zhao Laogen didn't believe it.
"I'm just a singer who asks for food, how can I alarm the teacher of CCTV, oh, don't be funny!"
Cheng Guanli said with a smile: "I watched your "Falling Three Strings", the performance is vivid and exciting, I just came back from Muling Cigarette Factory, and I came to know you by the way, are you interested in performing on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala?" Next year is an opportunity. ”
"Come on, don't fool me, hehe, you're not as old as me, you're still the director of CCTV, I'm also the director of the Spring Festival Gala, don't go, why do you love it!"
Cheng Guanli said with a smile: "You don't believe it, wait!" ”
As he spoke, he took out his work card from his pocket and handed it over, "Take a closer look, make a long-distance call to the central station and ask, see if I lied to you?" ”
"Oops! This...... Is this really a CCTV work permit? And the official seal, Mom, can't be wrong, you, you, hello, I, I, I ......"
Zhao Laogen hurriedly stood up and was about to shake hands with Cheng Guanli again.
Cheng Guanli smiled: "Don't be so formal, I'm here to chat with you, sit down." ”
After Zhao Laogen confirmed Cheng Guanli's identity, he felt awkward no matter how he sits.
It's no wonder that he, the biggest person he has come into contact with is the Quyi leader of Tieling, and the choreographer of CCTV does make him feel a little restrained.
Cheng Guanli saw that he couldn't let go, so he said: "I came this time mainly to get to know you, as for whether to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, it is not the task of the superiors, I just asked if you have that idea." ”
Zhao Laogen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'm really a little stunned by your sudden attack, you let me think about it." ”
After thinking for a while, Zhao Laogen said: "Don't hide it, after performing "Falling the Three Strings", I was valued by the Quyi leaders of Tieling, and it is estimated that I will be transferred to the Municipal Art Troupe in the past two years. ”
Cheng Guanli nodded.
"This is not forced, I will give you an address and phone number, when you have an idea, or if you encounter any difficulties in working here, remember to find me at any time, I will definitely help you, as for the Spring Festival Gala, you think about it, I will wait for your call."