The Pentium Era - South to North

At noon that day, Gao Zhipeng and Xu Li made sure to invite Zhang Chen and the others to dinner. Gao Zhipeng said that he had already made a reservation at the Revolving Palace of the Jinling Hotel not far from Wangfu Street. For Zhang Chen and his generation, the Jinling Hotel was once the most popular place. It's an unattainable dream.

When it was built in 1983, it had 37 floors and 110 meters. It was the tallest building in the country. The revolving palace on the 36th floor was also the first high-rise revolving restaurant in the country. Too many people visited it every day. So much so that you had to buy a ticket to enter, and a ticket cost up to five yuan. At that time, the salary of an ordinary worker was only more than thirty yuan a month.

The Jinling Hotel has attracted the attention of the world's media since its construction. Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" reported: "Whether the Jinling Hotel can succeed will be a touchstone for the modernization of China's entire hotel industry."

Media from the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries, as well as Hong Kong and Macao, also made extensive reports on the construction and opening of the Jinling Hotel. As one of the landmark buildings in Nanjing and even China, in the early 1980s, the exposure rate of the Jinling Hotel in overseas media was estimated to be second only to Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Even now in 1993, the Jinling Hotel is still the tallest building in Nanjing.

Zhang Chen and Gao Zhipeng said that they wanted to have dinner together, but we should be the ones to invite them. We want to thank you and Li Yang.

When Li Yang heard this, he pointed at Gao Zhipeng and Xu Li and said, let them invite them, keep yours, and you can treat us to dinner when I take my partner to Hangzhou.

"Do you have a partner?" Xu Li asked.

"Looking for it." Li Yang said, "What a big deal."

"Are you looking for a partner? Boom, boom!" Gao Zhipeng shouted, "When you ran over, the partner had all turned upside down (left)."

Everyone laughed.

While eating, Zhang Chen and Li Yang said, "You can help me take care of my friend's place. You can arrange whatever you want."

Xiao Zhao also said, yes, as long as we can get out as soon as possible, everything else doesn't matter.

Xu Li and Xiao Zhao said, don't worry, I will keep an eye on the little pole.

He turned around and asked Li Yang again, Ah Xing? Li Yang nodded.

After eating, he parted ways with Gao Zhipeng, Xu Li, and Li Yang, and sat in the car. Zhang Chen flipped through the map and suddenly shouted:

"How about we go directly to Shanghai? I looked at the map. Getting to Shanghai from here is almost the same as going to Hangzhou. I was supposed to go to Shanghai to check out the venue in the next two days, so why not check it out now and make arrangements as soon as we get back.

"If we leave now, we can arrive in Shanghai in the evening. We will visit several shopping malls in the evening and tomorrow morning, and then return to Hangzhou. It is less than two hundred kilometers from Shanghai to Hangzhou."

Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei have never been to Shanghai. After hearing what Zhang Chen said, they immediately became interested and agreed. Not to mention Wu Zhaohui, Wei Wenfang is also in Shanghai now.

The group of people immediately decided to go to Shanghai.

On the way out of the city, Xiao Zhao saw a duck blood vermicelli shop on the street and asked Wu Zhaohui to stop the car. Wu Zhaohui stopped and Xiao Zhao ran out of the car. Zhang Chen shouted, "What are you doing? You are hungry just after eating." Already?

Xiao Zhao was speechless. She walked into the store and walked out empty-handed after a while. Zhang Chen suddenly realized that she was looking for Qian Fang.

"How long has Lao Meng been in Nanjing? Qian Fang and the others are preparing to open, but they haven't opened so soon." Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao said, and Xiao Zhao also remembered it and smiled sheepishly.

Along the way, several people were thinking about Meng Ping. They all felt that fate was too cruel and could play tricks on people. Especially Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao thought that it had only been a few months since their Yan'an Road store opened. The friends who came to help Hainan were all high-spirited, but in the blink of an eye, none of them could be found, and those who could be found were already in prison.

Xiao Zhao thought about it and was about to cry again, so he quickly turned his head towards the window.

The car left Nanjing and passed Jiangning. When it was approaching Jurong, Zhang Chen suddenly shouted: "Mistake!"

Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei both looked at him and asked him what was wrong?

"Across from Laohuqiao Prison, have you noticed that there is a row of storefronts being renovated?" Zhang Chen asked them.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" He Hongmei asked.

"I can guarantee that Qian Fang's shop should be there. Think about it, why did Qian Fang and the others open a duck blood vermicelli shop? They opened this shop opposite the prison. First, they can understand the situation in the prison. Second, they can understand the situation in the prison. The guards in the prison and so on will go there to eat, so they can build a good relationship and have room to move around."

As Zhang Chen said, Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei's eyes lit up. They also thought it was too possible.

"Moreover, Lao Meng said that they didn't know what kind of connection they had established so that they could go in and see him. Maybe the landlord of the house had connections with the prison. Qian Fang and the others only rented his house knowing that they had this connection. In this way, they would even know which day Lao Meng was transferred to prison, and go in to see him as soon as he was transferred to prison.

"Otherwise, no matter how talented a few outsiders are, how can they find connections so quickly?"

Zhang Chen said that Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei thought it was too reasonable. Xiao Zhao complained: "Why did you only think of it now? You should have thought of it earlier. We can find him when we get out of prison."

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as Lao Meng doesn't come out, they won't leave. We will definitely be able to find them next time we come."

Hearing what Zhang Chen said, Xiao Zhao also became happy.

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After returning to Hangzhou, Zhang Chen started busy designing the decoration of the Shanghai shopping mall. The key to the decoration of the shopping mall was props such as hangers and wardrobes. They all needed to be made uniformly in the factory, shipped there, and installed and displayed on site. Just let it go.

After Xiao Zhao's younger brothers and sisters returned, He Hongmei went to the Sijiqing and Sanbao factories in the morning to deliver goods, and in the afternoon she went to Stadium Road, where she also had a place in the design center.

She took the costume design draft of the movie and ran to Zhang Chen's office and told him, "What should we do? Master, the person who made it must start doing this first."

Zhang Chen said without raising his head, "Look for Zhao Zhigang."

He Hongmei said angrily, "Huh, you two, one wants me to find him, and the other wants me to find you."

Zhang Chen smiled and said, of course you have to go to him to do something. I want to do it, but I don’t know how to do it. You can either go to Zhao Zhilong, he has great craftsmanship.

"You...!" He Hongmei glared at him.

Zhao Jingjing held the list in her hand and walked in to find Zhang Chen to sign. When she saw the drawing in front of He Hongmei, she said "Huh" and asked, "What, our factory is making ancient clothes?"

"It would be great if we could produce in our factory." He Hongmei said angrily.

Zhao Jingjing was surprised. She picked up the drawing and looked at it and said, "Aren't they all costumes? What's so difficult about this? Why can't we do it?"

"These are for filming movies. They all have to be made by hand. Who in our factory knows how to sew clothes by hand?" He Hongmei shouted, "No, even this big boss is cheating."

Zhao Jingjing looked at her and smiled: "You don't have to look for him, look for me, little sister, I can help you solve it."

"What, you have a way?" He Hongmei was surprised, and even Zhang Chen found it strange.

"It's not that there is a way, but there is a way." Zhao Jingjing said, "Those retired workers in our factory used to be tailors. When they were young, where were the sewing machines? Didn't all of them sew clothes by hand?"

Zhang Chen laughed loudly, and He Hongmei also laughed.

Zhang Chen thought to himself that he was really confused. He should have thought of it a long time ago. Didn't Qunying Garment Factory first merge some tailor shops and workshops? Alas, I blame myself. I always thought that these retired workers were a burden, but I didn’t expect that they were actually wealth, including Ge Donghai.

"When do you want it? They will come as soon as I call. There shouldn't be too many people." Zhao Jingjing asked He Hongmei.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Did you see that it takes no effort at all?"

He Hongmei knocked on Zhang Chen's desk and said, "Come on, boss, give me a place to work."

Zhang Chen thought for a while and said, in the cutting room on the first floor, half of the cutting beds are empty and will not be used. You can let them work there. They can also cut by the way. If you think the cutting bed is not long enough, let them Lao Wan and the others can add a few meters or make another table. Anyway, there is room in the tailoring room.

"Okay, everything is ready. Now I'm going to flatter you. Come on, tell me what you want to eat, and I'll buy it for you."

He Hongmei picked up the stack of drawings and went out with Zhao Jingjing in her arms. Zhao Jingjing was so amused by her that she giggled and even forgot to ask Zhang Chen to sign. He came in with the list and went out with the list. When he walked outside the door, he remembered The signing matter came back again.

After Zhang Chen designed the shelves, he went to the Sanbao factory. He had already asked Lao Wan to buy back a lot of wood. In order to reflect and highlight the return to nature of their cotton and linen clothing, Zhang Chen thought that all props would be made of wood. It is made of wood and is ready to be roasted on the fire to give it that fire-roasted feeling.

Then use water and a brush to clean the surface, and then apply a layer of tung oil or varnish on the outside to act as a protective layer. The effect is achieved, but the clothes will not be stained.

Regarding this, Zhang Chen felt that it was very important to master the temperature when burning wood, and it required trial and error.

They found an oil drum, filled it with firewood, poured diesel oil and ignited it, then put the wood on top and burned it, and soon there were traces of fire.

Zhang Chen stared at the firewood in the oil drum and suddenly shouted, Lao Wan, come out with a piece of firewood.

Lao Wan took a piece of firewood out of the oil drum. Zhang Chen quickly doused the fire with water. He picked up the piece of firewood and looked at it. He felt that the texture of the charred wood was very beautiful, and he was immediately inspired.

He asked Lao Wan to pour diesel oil on the thick wooden board, put the wooden board on the ground with the diesel side facing up, and ignited it with fire. After burning for a while, he put out the fire, and a pattern appeared on the surface of the wood. A layer of black charcoal was rinsed with water and brushed with an iron brush to remove the charcoal dust floating on the surface, and then a layer of tung oil was applied on the outside. Haha, the effect he wanted was completely achieved.

A set of props similar to charcoal must have a lot of personality in a large shopping mall with bright lights and colorful colors. Zhang Chen looked at it and laughed proudly. Zhang Chen asked Lao Wan to try it according to his method, and he tried it until nine in the evening. At around o'clock, Lao Wan was able to fully control the heat. Tomorrow, he would be able to lead people to start making large quantities of such wooden strips and boards.

Zhang Chen asked him to find two carpenters to use such materials to make the clothes hanger he designed.

When Zhang Chen returned to the factory after taking a shower, Xiao Zhao came back and took stock in the distribution center with Zheng Huihong's men. As soon as Zhang Chen walked in, he heard Wu Zhaohui shouting in the yard outside:

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang! Come out quickly!"

Zhang Chen thought something had happened, walked to the door, and couldn't help shouting: "Fuck me!"

Then he turned back and shouted: "Xiao Zhao, come quickly!"

He then ran outside and saw Liu Ligan standing next to Wu Zhaohui!

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