roccoschili Chapter 137 New Business Opportunities
Chapter 137 New Business Opportunities
After half an hour.
Professor Liu handed over the list to Li Cunxi without hesitation.
Li Cunxi glanced at it and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
The antique decorative curtains and other scenery cost less than 2000 yuan. The antiques must be real antiques, and the calligraphy and painting must be antique. Just when he thought it was a costume drama.
The items require a change of style, including leather sofas, gramophones, some solid wood furniture, and oil paintings.
As for the clothes, two sets of cheongsam cost one thousand.
The average price of a set is [-], which really scares Li Cunxi, who makes a living selling high-priced clothes.
More than 500 yuan, even if the cheongsam is embroidered with gold threads and pearls, it cannot be sold at this sky-high price.
However, he was not in a hurry to ask about clothes. After all, this list was not limited to clothes. It was just a drama. Why would he need real antiques, ancient calligraphy and paintings?No matter how good the eyesight of this thing is, you can't tell whether it is real or fake from a distance of dozens of meters. There is also a leather sofa, which is hundreds of dollars in price and useless imported goods. It is just for the purpose of setting the scene. It is too luxurious. If you have plenty of time, you can spend a few dozen yuan to find two carpenters to build a similar wooden frame and sew a set of leather cushions. The cost will not exceed one hundred.
to be frank.
He somewhat suspected that Professor Liu was a liar who was making money in the name of filming dramas.
"Can you please let me read the script?"
Li Cunxi looked at his wife.
Bai Xiaoyan handed over the script.
Li Cunxi took the paper and scanned it roughly. There was nothing wrong with the story. It was about a young lady and a poor girl in the magical city of the Republic of China, robbing a poor boy, and finally succeeded in getting the man. The poor girl married into an ordinary family, and the two of them began to marry each other. The grievances and hatreds from eighteen to eighty.
The play has a total of six acts, spanning from the Republic of China to the 70s. It even has detailed storyboards for the actors to understand the plot.
If you are so careful, you are not a liar. The remaining possibility is that the writer of the article is too idealistic and wants to pursue perfection in everything.
There is nothing wrong with pursuing perfection, but using other people’s money to pursue perfection is a bit unethical. No one’s money comes with the wind.
If his wife hadn't wanted to act in this drama, he would have cursed her a long time ago.
Li Cunxi thought for a moment and decided to negotiate the price.
"Professor Liu, do you plan to find regular actors and sell tickets to perform this play, or do you plan to find a grass-stage troupe in the school to perform it for the students?"
In fact, it was unnecessary for him to ask. He had already found his wife, so she must be from the Caotai troupe. Since it was a Caotai troupe, it must not have the resources to perform in public.
After all, if a play wants to sell tickets in the Grand Theater these days, it needs to be reviewed and approved at all levels, which is extremely strict. Moreover, in this era, most of the public plays are leadership dramas, and such romantic dramas may not be approved.
The only thing left is to perform at Beijing University.
"I would like to perform it publicly and let everyone know this story, but our Capital University does not have the resources."
Professor Liu’s answer was exactly the same as his idea.
Li Cunxi said quietly: "Then I may say something you don't want to hear."
"You say."
Professor Liu looked like he was willing to accept teachings.
"The drama is about people and stories. You are so particular about the setting, which is putting the cart before the horse."
Li Cunxi put forward his own opinions.
Professor Liu immediately retorted: "But the realistic setting can increase the sense of immersion."
Li Cunxi licked his dry lips. As a scholar, he is emotional and stubborn. It seems that it doesn't make sense: "Let's try another way. I can only give you a budget of less than 1000 yuan. What do you think needs to be reduced in these settings? "
"If I don't raise enough money, it's impossible to reduce my scenery."
Professor Liu said in a deep voice.
Li Cunxi sneered: "If you weren't completely out of ideas, you wouldn't have found me, right? To you, I'm just a doctor in a hurry. If I'm not wrong, before you came here, you didn't give me any money at all. I don’t have any hope in this matter, at most I don’t want to disgrace my wife.”
Professor Liu opened his mouth with bitterness on his face.
Li Cunxi handed over the pen and paper and said: "Let's reduce it according to the budget of 1000 yuan."
Professor Liu sighed softly and began to revise it. It took him more than ten minutes before he handed the new list to Li Cunxi.
Li Cunxi glanced at it and nodded: "Please continue to reduce it to 500 yuan."
"you!!"
Professor Liu was angry.
Li Cunxi asked again: "Professor Liu, would you give someone 50 yuan casually?"
"I."
Professor Liu opened his mouth again, realizing the concept of someone getting 500 yuan for nothing, so he compromised and racked his brains to replace his ideal stage setting.
Perhaps because he had a minimum plan, it only took him 5 minutes this time to hand the order to Li Cunxi: "My bottom line is [-], no matter how low it is, I would rather not schedule this drama."
Li Cunxi took the list, glanced at it, and frowned.
This Professor Liu basically shrunk everything that could be shrunk. He discarded everything such as the sofa and the gramophone. Only the five hundred cheongsams were kept.
"Professor Liu, can you tell me why this cheongsam costs 500 yuan?"
"My friend knows a master who sews cheongsams by hand in Shanghai. The cheongsams he designed are very beautiful and his sewing skills are good. Many celebrities in Hong Kong have asked him to make cheongsams. I would like to ask him to tailor it for your wife. For a custom-made cheongsam, 500 yuan is already the lowest price.”
Professor Liu explained.
Li Cunxi nodded.
If the market is for high-income celebrities in Hong Kong, let alone [-] for a cheongsam, [-] for a cheongsam is not expensive, but expensive ones may not necessarily be good. My wife knows best, and no one is more suitable to design this set than him. cheongsam.
He handed the list to Professor Liu: "Actually, I can also design clothes and character shapes. If it doesn't work, you can take a look at my design first. If you think it doesn't work, I will give you 1000 yuan and you can go find a master."
"Can you design clothes and styles?"
Professor Liu looked puzzled.
Bai Xiaoyan smiled and said: "The styles and clothes designed by my husband are so beautiful."
"Then please give it a try, Mr. Li."
Professor Liu actually didn’t have high hopes.
The cheongsam, a garment with the characteristics of the Dragon Kingdom, highlights the classical beauty of the women of the Dragon Kingdom. This is precisely the aesthetic contradiction of Li Cunxi, who studied Western oil painting.
"Wait."
Li Cunxi took out his drawing board and pencil.
In 79, the Dragon State liberated the cheongsam, which had been banned for a long time, and designated it as the national welcome dress. As a result, the cheongsam returned to the public eye, and in the following decades, it became popular all over the world.
In the 90s, one of the best-selling garments on Xiushui Street was the cheongsam, and the price premium was extremely high, ranging from dozens to thousands of yuan.
This just reflects that cheongsam is very in line with the taste of foreigners.
Therefore, he can find a batch of fabrics and let the garment factory produce cheongsam for foreigners to choose from.
You can even create a domestic brand that specializes in supplying high-end cheongsam to foreigners who have money and nowhere to spend it.