"Wow, Brother Zhiqiang, this is the airport in Beijing. It's really big and impressive. It's much better than our airport in Jinling."
"It's okay. It's the capital after all, and the facade always needs a little bit of attention. But you don't have to worry. With the status of Jinling City, a larger and more modern airport will be built sooner or later. Once the new airport is built, it will also be very big. beautiful."
Yes, the airport in Jinling City was still the Daxiaochang Airport at this time. Its facilities are quite old, and many of them are from the Republic of China period.
Of course, before the Capital Airport was built in Beijing, this Daxiaochang Airport had indeed always been the best airport in the country, but that is all in the past.
With the changes of the times, this large airport in Jinling City has long been outdated and is now a dual-use airport for military and civilian purposes.
If there are no exceptions, this Daxiaochang Airport will be used for many years. It will not be until 1995 that construction of another Lukou Airport will begin.
The reason is also very simple, that is, for a long time, Jinling City was not a city with a particularly good economy, and the demand for civil airports was not high.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, there was only one economic center in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and that was Shanghai.
It is precisely because of the siphon effect and cluster effect of Shanghai that Jinling, the capital of JS Province, has been very inconspicuous economically for a long time, and is more of a cultural and historical city.
Even, for a period of time, the economic level of Jinling City was not as good as that of Suzhou and Wuxi.
Of course, the construction of an airport does not entirely depend on the economic level. Otherwise, Suzhou, an economically strong city, would not have an airport by the beginning of the 21st century.
So the sooner or later Cao Zhiqiang said was actually quite late, and more of a casual comfort.
But it was obvious that the other party seriously believed it.
"Well, my brother Xin Zhiqiang, if you say you can, then you will definitely do it!"
Seeing the little girl with two braids and a serious expression on her face, Cao Zhiqiang was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this, I will take you home first. I will arrange a place for you to stay and take a rest. After you have rested, I will treat you to a good meal and give you a refreshment."
"Yes!" The little girl with double braids nodded solemnly and tightened the green cross-body bag tightly, "I listen to Brother Zhiqiang, whatever you say will be done!"
Seeing the other party's complete belief in himself, Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Let's go then, remember to follow me, don't get lost!"
"No!" The little girl with braids said seriously, "I have a good memory, and many people are not as good at calculating as me. And my legs and feet are also good, and I have to pass the women's sports meeting in the factory. The first place in the 800-meter race."
After hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang curled his lips and was speechless for a while.
I thought to myself, nonsense, you are the factory director’s favorite little girl. In the factory’s sports meeting, you will run with others. Who dares to run faster than you?
That's right, this little girl with double braids and a serious look on her face is named Wang Xiaohong. She is the youngest daughter of Factory Director Wang and also his liaison officer sent to the capital.
Wang Xiaohong is now twenty-one years old, and is actually older than Cao Zhi. There is of course a reason why she calls Cao Zhiqiang Brother Zhiqiang.
Mainly, after Cao Zhiqiang came to Jinling City, out of various considerations, he never mentioned his true age to the outside world, so long as others didn't ask, if they did ask, he would always say he was twenty-eight.
At this age, basically everyone believed it, including Factory Director Wang.
Also, Cao Zhiqiang wears many hats and is basically the most powerful person. Even if he is twenty-eight years old, he is still too young. If you are younger than this age, most people may not believe it at all, even if you are a child of a high-ranking cadre.
Even though Cao Zhiqiang is indeed young and handsome, most people think that Cao Zhiqiang is just more delicate and less handsome, which is not surprising.
Also, normally speaking, for many men, as long as they are under thirty and do not do menial jobs and are not experienced, there is not much difference between the age of eighteen and the age of twenty-eight.
It is precisely because of this that no one has ever doubted Cao Zhiqiang's age when he talks about himself.
In fact, in this era without ID cards, it is common for people to state their age for various purposes.
The most typical ones are young people who work in factories.
In order to work in factories early and under the age of 18, children from many families often lie about their age and change their age to one or two years older, or even three or four years old.
There are also some families whose children will change their age in order to enter kindergarten early.
Government agencies and institutions are even more likely to change their age.
But normally, people don't change their age as much as Cao Zhiqiang, and they can only change their age to three or four years old at most.
But there was nothing Cao Zhiqiang could do.
His nineteen-year-old age is actually a flaw in many cases, which will increase others' distrust.
In order to avoid trouble, to outsiders, he simply described himself as twenty-eight years old.
Therefore, this Wang Xiaohong really thinks that Cao Zhiqiang is older than her, so there is no problem in calling her Brother Zhiqiang.
After the two of them got out of the airport, they quickly called a tuk-tuk and went straight to Qinghong's house.
Tricycles are a special form of transportation in this era.
In the early 1980s, cars were in short supply across the country, and cars could only be purchased by units, not individuals.
However, the number of vehicles owned by the unit is also very limited, so there are not many real taxis even in the capital, and they are basically concentrated at major transportation companies, or parked in the parking lots of major foreign-related hotels.
The situation where you would just wave and stop a taxi while walking on the roadside was rare in 1983 at least.
By the same token, there are usually only a few taxis in places like airports and train stations, and most of them are ordered by the employer by calling the transportation company in advance.
However, although cars are not allowed to be owned by private individuals, two-wheeled motorcycles and three-wheeled motorcycles are no longer restricted, and private individuals can also buy them.
Therefore, many people converted their two-wheeled motorcycles into three-wheeled motorcycles, or directly bought finished three-wheeled motorcycles to use them as taxis to attract passengers.
Just like in Beijing during this period, there were more and more private three-wheeled motorcycles soliciting customers, and many of them were visible to the naked eye.
You know, just a few months ago, when Cao Zhiqiang was flying at the Capital Airport, there were not so many three-wheel motorcycles near the airport. Of course, when Cao Zhiqiang was flying at that time, he always informed the other party to pick him up in advance. No need to take a motorcycle taxi.
But this time it was different. This time Cao Zhiqiang returned to Beijing without notifying the capital in advance to pick him up.
The main reason is that there is no exact date for Cao Zhiqiang's return to Beijing this time, and everyone at the publishing house is very busy at this time, so there is no need to notify him at all.
As for why the people at the publishing house are busy, it is of course because the Zhiji magazine, a subsidiary of Hongguang Publishing House, has just officially published its first monthly "Zhiji" magazine at the beginning of this month.
As the first monthly magazine published by the magazine, everyone was very excited, so after the monthly magazine was officially launched, everyone was busy doing various promotions, hoping that the sales volume would be slightly higher.
The so-called promotions during this period were actually looking for various magazines selling shops and self-employed businesses, and asking them to order or sell "Friends" magazine on their behalf.
This situation of walking around the streets and ordering magazines from the canteens is called promotion.
Of course, when newsstands came into being later, those newly released magazines basically visited those newsstands and asked them to sell the magazines on their behalf.
In fact, newsstands and canteens also like to sell new magazines on behalf of others, because selling new magazines on behalf of others does not require them to pay, and it does not take up much space. It can also make it appear that they have many magazines and a complete range of goods. If they sell them, there will be no need for them to sell them. You can still make some money, so everyone is happy.
On the contrary, places such as Xinhua Bookstore and the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, although they also put the "Friends" magazine on the shelves, after all, it was negotiated in advance, but these places are often not very friendly to new magazines. After all, such units have few outlets and will not give them. Promote new magazines.
In short, if a new magazine wants to publish a new magazine and promote it quickly in the early stage, the employees of the magazine will have a hard time.
Because they often have to go to the streets in person to sell their magazines to various canteens, vendors, and even strangers. They even have to go to various units, such as factories, hospitals, and other places to promote their magazines.
To put it bluntly, it means that the employees of the magazine are turned into temporary salesmen, and they go door-to-door to sell their magazines in an effort to open up the market as soon as possible.
But this kind of magazine employees going door-to-door to sell magazines was actually popular in the late 1990s, not the early 1980s.
Because in the early 1980s, publishing houses and magazines were basically public institutions.
The nature of a public institution ensures that regardless of product sales, employees' wages are guaranteed because they are paid from above.
As a magazine with the nature of a public institution, the employees in the magazine are relatively well-educated. There is no need for editors to go out to promote the magazine. After all, even if the magazine's sales are not good in the early stage, their magazine editors will still be paid.
Therefore, this situation of walking around the streets, contacting small stores and doors that sell magazines, and asking them to sell new magazines for free was not common at all during this period, and it could even be said to be novel.
The reason why Cao Zhiqiang had people come to sell magazines door-to-door was because his confidant magazine was a state-owned magazine contracted by him personally. The money spent was Cao Zhiqiang's personal money. Naturally, he didn't have time to wait and wait slowly. The goal is to open the market as soon as possible and see benefits as soon as possible.
Therefore, in order to implement Cao Zhiqiang's instruction that "the smell of wine is also afraid of the depth of the alley", when Zhiji Magazine published its first magazine, everyone in the magazine, as long as they did not have important jobs, had to go to the streets to promote it.
That is to say, there are a relatively large proportion of young people in Zhiji Magazine, and Cao Zhiqiang has too many previous successful examples and has too much prestige, so everyone went out to promote the magazine without hesitation.
If it were a magazine with mostly old guys, Cao Zhiqiang's order might not be easy to implement.
But how can I put it, Cao Zhiqiang’s previous success was too brilliant, and he made too much money. In addition, Cao Zhiqiang has always been generous with his actions. He made a lot of money, but he also wanted everyone to drink soup together. The bonuses were all high. Yes, then everyone’s motivation is naturally high.
In the past, it was basically Cao Zhiqiang's solo performance. After all, whether it was a book or an album, 90% of it was Cao Zhiqiang's personal talent and ability.
But this time the "Friends" magazine is different. Although the content tone of this magazine is set by Cao Zhiqiang, the specific content is created by everyone's brainstorming. Cao Zhiqiang will only review it for the last time and basically has no involvement in the specific content. Compilation work.
Therefore, this "Confidant" magazine is our real hard work and our real strength. It can even be said that it is our child.
Since it is our child, of course I hope this "child" will be great.
As a magazine, how can you prove that your magazine, or "your own child" is great?
That of course depends on sales volume.
Only high sales can prove that your magazine is a good magazine that others like to read, and it can also prove in disguise that the people at the magazine are not working in vain, and all the efforts are worth it.
Because of these thoughts, everyone naturally has no resistance.
Moreover, selling magazines is no different from selling other things. There is not much shame, but it is easier to feel a sense of pride.
For example, if you are one of the editors of this magazine, when you go door-to-door to sell, you can say that I am also the editor of this magazine, and you are responsible for several of the articles.
If someone looks shocked and surprised after hearing this, and then compliments you a few words, it will feel so satisfying.
Don't think this is fake, there are quite a few such things these days.
Because during this period, magazine editors were properly cultural people.
Although most of the Chinese people were literate at this time, most of them were ordinary people who were proficient in writing and could not be regarded as literate people.
Therefore, during this period, everyone naturally respects and respects those intellectuals who hold pens.
Unlike later, for various reasons, the reputation of intellectuals became so bad that it almost became a derogatory term.
All in all, the people from the publishing house were busy doing door-to-door promotions at this time. They were all very busy, and Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to trouble them anymore.
As for Xu Qingdong, Zhu Lin and others, they just plan to work with Cao Zhiqiang, but they have not officially completed the formalities. Strictly speaking, they are not his people, and of course they cannot give arbitrary orders.
Of course, in addition to these people, Cao Zhiqiang also has some confidantes, but they are not suitable to pick him up at the airport.
The first is Wu Qinghong, the nominal head palace. She has already entered the university campus, and no surprise, it is Peking Normal University.
Originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to send Wu Qinghong to college, but due to some delays, he didn't go and just talked to each other on the phone.
Although Wu Qinghong regretted Cao Zhiqiang's absence, she wisely did not complain. After all, she knew very well that Cao Zhiqiang was really busy.
At the same time, during the summer vacation, Wu Qinghong's parents also instilled a lot of knowledge into Wu Qinghong, allowing Wu Qinghong to understand the importance of career to a man early on.
Therefore, Wu Qinghong has long understood that everything her family can enjoy is brought by Cao Zhiqiang, and the reason why Cao Zhiqiang is so powerful is because of his good career.
If Cao Zhiqiang really gives up his career for the sake of his children, it will only be a failure in career and love.
On the contrary, if Cao Zhiqiang is allowed to pursue more career while he is young, she will have a share in everything Cao Zhiqiang has from now on.
Yes, by now, Wu Qinghong's parents have long accepted Cao Zhiqiang, and have begun to PUA Wu Qinghong in turn. Wu Qinghong must be obedient to Cao Zhiqiang, be a good wife to Cao Zhiqiang, and not cause any trouble for him.
Wu Qinghong is an obedient child, and she also thinks that what her parents said is good, so she naturally obeys it.
Wu Qinghong was in class at this time, so it was impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to ask her to take leave to pick her up at the airport.
In the same situation, there is Kim Soo-young.
Jin Xiuying was also successfully admitted to the Beiping Institute of Physical Education, later known as Beiping Sports University, and entered the volleyball department.
As a physical education student, Jin Xiuying has more restrictions. In addition to cultural classes, she also has a lot of physical education classes, and she can't come out at this time.
And even if she could come out, she couldn't let Jin Xiuying come to pick her up. After all, her identity was sensitive and it was inappropriate.
Hao Shuwen and Yu Yuanyuan were both nominally Cao Zhiqiang's god sisters, so in theory they could come to pick them up at the airport.
But after careful consideration, Cao Zhiqiang felt that it would be better not to notify them, mainly because it was too troublesome.
Of course Cao Zhiqiang's sister and brother-in-law could also come, but Cao Zhiqiang also didn't notify them. The reason was the same, he didn't want to cause trouble.
This trouble is not for them, but for Cao Zhiqiang himself.
Because once these people come, Cao Zhiqiang will definitely have to receive various receptions and answer various questions, which is too tiring.
It's better to go back to Beijing quietly like this, and don't want to shoot anyone.
It would be great to come quietly, rest quietly, feel full and full of energy, and give everyone a surprise.
In addition, Cao Zhiqiang also thought clearly about Wang Xiaohong's arrangements.
It was obviously best to put it on Wu Qinghong's side.
Wu Qinghong is Cao Zhiqiang's temporary official girlfriend, and she also has a good best friend Gu Zhenzhen who lives under the same roof.
As long as Wang Xiaohong lives there openly, there will be no problems.
Of course, after that, Cao Zhiqiang felt that it was still necessary to find a nest for himself.
After all, staying in hotels all the time is not a long-term solution, so you still need to prepare a few more homes.
This way, if there is a thunderstorm in your backyard in the future, at least you will have a place to hide.
Alas, the only disadvantage of having too many women is that they cost a lot of money!
