Chapter 155 The Atmosphere of Fireworks in Pig Cage Village

The capital city thousands of miles away.

The lakeside a hundred meters away from the Su-style courtyard.

Chen Mingfu sat on a wooden bench with a fishing rod in his hand.

At his feet, a cat tied to a cat leash rolled on its belly and rolled around on the ground.

"Huoyun, don't worry, we have never been empty-handed, we will definitely catch it."

As soon as the voice fell, the phone in his pocket rang.

Chen Mingfu took out his mobile phone and turned on the speaker, "Hello, what's wrong?"

Chen Xiao's voice came from the phone, "Dad, do you want to make money?"

"If you have something to say, just say it."

"Why don't you quit your job and come to the company to help me."

Chen Mingfu's hand trembled, and he almost didn't hold the fishing rod, "Resign?"

He has been working for more than 20 years and has never thought of leaving Yanbei University.

Ask him to resign out of the blue?

OK, OK, you are promising, and you will make your dad lose his job later.

He was sighing, and Chen Xiao's voice continued to come from the phone.

"Dad, you are a teaching position, not a teaching and research position. You have been teaching those advanced mathematics knowledge for many years..."

Chen Xiao seemed to be afraid of hurting his heart, so he didn't continue.

Chen Mingfu was silent.

As Chen Xiao said, he is a teaching position.

This position does not involve scientific research, and he occasionally publishes papers.

But without strong scientific research support, there is no room for promotion.

He repeats teaching tasks year after year, and in special periods such as large-scale teaching evaluations, he will also take on some administrative work.

It's really meaningless. However, his idea for the past 20 years has always been to work in this position until he grows old.

"Dad, please think about this first. Can you do me a favor first?"

"You say."

"I'm going to register a company recently. I'll send you the process documents. Can you help me keep an eye on the process? There is a professional team doing it, so it won't take up too much of your time."

"Your dad, I'll do it..."

"One month, you can ask for any salary. Don't tell mom."

"Your dad, I'm fine!" Chen Mingfu straightened his back and immediately changed his words, "100,000... Forget it, it's useless to ask for too much, just give me 10,000."

On the other side of the phone, Chen Xiao wanted to laugh a little.

However, although mom manages the money, she doesn't hold on to it tightly. If dad needs a large amount of expenditure, mom will definitely give it to him. The two of them didn't have a conflict because of this. This is probably the interest between the old couple.

After chatting about work for a few sentences, Chen Xiao changed the subject, "Is Huoyun okay?"

As soon as he finished asking, Chen Xiao heard a "meow" from the speaker.

Wow, it's worth it to raise it for a month. Brother Cat still misses him. I'll reward him with canned food when I go back!

After chatting for a few more sentences, Chen Xiao hung up the phone.

What he didn't know was that on the other end of the phone...

Huoyun meowed while tugging at the fishing rod in Chen Mingfu's hand, as if saying, "Go fishing, don't waste time!"

...

In the small villa in Magic City.

Chen Xiao put down his phone and continued to look at the document.

The name was chosen, and the company registration was also settled.

As for the articles of association, he wrote them based on the knowledge in his mind. As for the office building, he also asked the professional team to help find it.

That's roughly it.

His current task is to draft the articles of association and occasionally check the progress of the company registration. Although his father helped to watch, he occasionally took a look in case his father was confused.

After the registration is completed, the heads and employees of each department will be recruited.

...

Two days later, on the morning of November 19, Wang Rui also came back from Cannes.

This is not Wang Rui being lazy, but Chen Xiao asked him to stay for two more days.

After all, it was his first time to participate in such a large international film festival, and this was a good time to become famous. Stay two more days to gain fame. Kung Fu is not in a hurry for two days.

Afternoon.

Chen Xiao temporarily put away the materials for the office and followed Wang Rui to a gray-black U-shaped, or concave, four-story building.

This is the Pig Cage Walled City built by the crew.

Pig Cage Walled City, this name can be understood in many ways.

It can be understood as the Kowloon Walled City in Xiangjiang (Xianggang). It can be traced back to the Song Dynasty and is a stronghold for defending against foreign enemies.

In the 1930s, because all political powers did not care about this area, it became a slum with mixed fish and dragons, and a large number of illegal activities occurred. It has also become the prototype of some movies.

It can also be understood as "Zhulong Walled City" by homophony, implying that there are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in it.

Of course, there is another most straightforward explanation. It is the type of building. "Pig Cage Walled City" refers to a U-shaped building like a pig cage, with a long corridor connecting multiple single rooms. It is a kind of tube building, mostly found in Fujian Province.

Chen Xiao simply did not give a conclusion and let everyone explain it.

After all, from the perspective of literary theory, there are three types of works.

One is the work in the author's mind.

One is the objectively existing work itself.

One is the work interpreted by readers or audiences.

He didn't want to block the third category, so he didn't make an authoritative conclusion.

To put it more utilitarian, more discussion among the audience will lead to traffic.

"Director Chen, the building is built, and the scenery props are placed in the warehouse on the first floor." Wang Rui pointed to the easternmost room and said.

"Let's go and take a look."

The background of the movie is an era of social turmoil and gangs. Pig Cage City is a poor community that even gangs are not interested in, enjoying temporary peace.

In other words, it has almost formed a small society here, self-sufficient.

So the scenery must be full of life and meet the living needs of residents.

The two came to the warehouse.

The warehouse was filled with wooden and cloth plaques, as well as props such as pots, pans, quilts, and clothes.

Chen Xiao walked to the western corner.

There were plaques here, like books on a bookshelf, standing in three rows. Most of the plaques were yellow in varying shades, and a few were black with gold characters.

The four characters placed in the front were the four characters "Zhu Long Cheng Zhai".

The four characters were surrounded by the traditional Chinese auspicious pattern of the Hui-shaped pattern. It meant long-lasting, endless, peaceful, and auspicious. It implied that the landlord and the landlady wanted to retire from the world and live a stable life.

Chen Xiao squatted down and flipped through the other plaques. At that time, simplified Chinese characters were not yet popular, so the plaques were still in traditional Chinese characters.

[Doctor Ma Zhanyun] [Longtai Grain and Oil White Rice] [Snake King Explosion]...

There are also the sissy tailor, the shop sign of Hong family iron wire fist master Ah Sheng [Daguan Western Clothes Men and Women Western Clothes Tang Suit Cheongsam], and the snack shop of Wulang Bagua Stick master Youzhagui [Congee Noodle Oiler].

In addition to these shops, there are also plaques such as [Zhu Longcheng Village Neighborhood Welfare Association Security Guard Team Fire Prevention Patrol Team].

Looking sideways, there are some cloth plaques hanging on the wall, such as [Mountain Herbs].

In addition, there are some signs with special shapes.

Next to the plaque is a black umbrella with the words "shoe repair" printed on it. This is the shoemaker's stall.

"Director Chen, how is it, detailed enough?" Wang Rui asked with a little pride in his tone.

After following Chen Xiao for more than half a year, he certainly knew that Chen Xiao pursued details, so this time he consulted a lot of information, and even the patterns of the plaques were picked out from the documents of the last century.

"Not bad, very good." Chen Xiao stood up and dusted his hands.

Wang Rui was about to be proud when he heard Chen Xiao change his tune.

"But there is still something missing."

"You say."

"Children's entertainment. I remember reading in a history book that in the 1930s, the comic book market in Shanghai developed rapidly. Children would read comic books. In the barber shop, add a comic book shelf."

"Okay."

"Also, these things must be made old, but not dirty. Clean and old."

"Understood!"

Wang Rui secretly sighed. It was really hard to satisfy him.

Chen Xiao continued: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will go to the film and television city with Director Fang and others to rehearse the play. I'll trouble you to continue to set up the Pig Cage Village."

"Don't worry! No problem!"