Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 794

Although Duan Yun was somewhat tired just after getting off the train, he still didn't even eat lunch, so he went to the center of SH with Cao Dong to investigate. Go to Shenzhen to deal with the establishment of a factory.

After arriving at Nanjing Road, Duan Yun was a little shocked by the scene in front of him. It was Sunday, and the entire Nanjing Road was crowded with people, shopping malls and billboards on both sides, and it was a bustling scene.

Shanghai has always been the most important economic center in China. Although it is far from the stunning skyline of skyscrapers in Shanghai in this era, Nanjing Road is undoubtedly the most prosperous commercial street in China.

Cao Dong has been in Shanghai for more than a month, and he is quite familiar with the situation in the city center. Under his leadership, the two first came to Shanghai No. [-] Department Store.

As the largest department store in China at that time, the customer flow inside can be described as terrifying. In addition to Shanghai locals, many foreigners from all over the country also came here to shop, especially in the household appliances area on the second floor of the department store. , Many people held TV tickets and refrigerator tickets in their hands. The flow of people lined up from the door to the counter. The scene was very lively.

In the past two years, the purchase channels of state-owned stores are still very strict. It is very difficult to sell the products of private enterprises in such large stores, and the country's top stores like Shanghai No. [-] Department Store have stricter purchase channels. up.

But what I have to say is that the shipment volume of this kind of big shopping mall is really impressive. In this era without e-commerce and online shopping, being able to put products on the shelves of such a big shopping mall is a kind of recognition and honor in itself.

Feeling that there were too many people, Duan Yun finally withdrew from the household appliances department.

"Brother Duan, you are eloquent, or should we talk to the store manager now?" Cao Dong suggested.

"Forget it, the hype I said is useless. There is no shortage of good sources of goods in this kind of shopping mall. Let's talk about it later." Seeing the crowds of people in the store, Duan Yun shook his head lightly, and then Leaving the mall with Cao Dong.

The weather in Shanghai in June was extremely hot. Duan Yun and Cao Dong bought a bottle of soda on the street and began to stroll slowly along Nanjing Road.

After walking not far, Duan Yun saw a building with a very unique appearance in front of him, and on the wall facing the street of this building, there were some beautifully crafted movie posters, such as "Shaolin Temple", "Burning the Old Summer Palace", "The Wrangler", etc. The posters of popular movies are displayed in the most prominent position.

"This is the Da Guangming Cinema, the largest cinema in Shanghai, but the ticket price is quite expensive. It only costs one or two cents to watch a movie in Daxing. The ticket for any movie in this place costs about one yuan. Last week, I and My daughter-in-law came here to watch "Shaolin Temple", it's quite cool inside, and the screen is quite big..." Cao Dong said to Duan Yun.

"There are quite a lot of people." Duan Yun glanced at the crowd queuing up to buy tickets at the entrance of the cinema, and nodded.

Da Guangming Cinema was founded in 1928 and enjoys the reputation of "the first cinema in the Far East". It was the first wide-screen cinema, the first stereo cinema, and the first four-star cinema in China.

It can be said that Da Guangming Cinema has always been a business card of Shanghai. Although the ticket price is more expensive than ordinary movie theaters, there are still an endless stream of people who come here to watch movies. There are even many foreigners who come to Da Guangming Cinema to watch movies. Proud, this shows how famous this movie theater is.

But when Duan Yun saw the crowd gathered at the entrance of the cinema, he seemed to think of something, so he also stepped forward to join the queue to buy tickets.

"Brother Duan, do you want to watch a movie too?" Cao Dong asked after him.

"I just want to go in and have a look." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Okay..." Even though he didn't understand why Duan Yun suddenly wanted to watch a movie, Cao Dong followed obediently.

After the two bought movie tickets, they entered the Great Bright Cinema.

Compared with domestic movie theaters, the interior decoration of Daguangming Cinema is obviously much more upscale. Duan Yun even saw a small fountain inside, which is very cool and comfortable.

The two bought tickets for the movie "Wrangler", but Duan Yun walked out alone not long after entering the screening hall.

For Duan Yun, who is used to watching many domestic and foreign blockbusters in later generations, although some movies these days are classics, they are not very attractive to him. He came to the theater today for other purposes.

The 1st to 5th floors of Grand Gaoming Cinema are all projection halls, but Duan Yun saw a staircase leading to the underground at another entrance on the 1st floor.

At this time, several cinema staff were holding carts with boxes filled with various soft drinks, and they were sent down the gentle ramp of the stairs into the basement.

Duan Yun saw the bright light in front of his eyes, and immediately followed him in. After going down the stairs, Duan Yun saw that the basement area below was very large. There are warehouses on both sides, and there are a few houses in the distance that are locked, but judging from the area of ​​the warehouse directly in front, there is still a lot of space inside.

Duan Yun was about to step forward to take a closer look at those warehouses, but was directly stopped by the theater staff, so he had no choice but to give up and return to the theater.

But Duan Yun didn't leave, but chatted with the theater staff in the corridor.

After Duan Yun stuffed half a pack of cigarettes in his pocket to the worker, the theater worker told Duan Yun about the situation in the basement.

It turned out that there was an underground air-raid shelter at the beginning of the construction of Daguangming Cinema. After reconstruction, it gradually became the basement of Daguangming Cinema. The area inside is very large, covering thousands of square meters. In addition to being used as a warehouse, there are many other places is idle.

This is similar to Duan Yun's initial expectation. Generally speaking, such large old buildings before liberation must have air-raid shelters or basements under them, and considering the area occupied by Guangming Cinema, his basement will not be small.

If Duan Yun can rent a part of the basement here, it can be used as a sound audition room and a warehouse for storing speakers. There is a lot of traffic and space here, and it is an excellent place to use it as a sound audition room and warehouse.

Every inch of land is expensive in Shanghai. At present, Cao Dong has found a warehouse far away from the urban area. If the basement here can be used as a transit warehouse for shopping malls in the urban area, it will be very convenient for replenishment and shipment.

It's just that the current Daguangming Cinema is a subordinate unit of the SH City Cultural Bureau. It is not easy for Duan Yun to rent the basement of the Daguangming Cinema.

However, Duan Yun was still ready to give it a try, so after asking the employee, Duan Yun immediately went to the manager's office of Da Guang Guang Cinema...

(End of this chapter)