There are many people like the Zhao family in Ming Dynasty.
These powerful families in the capital all have more or less loyal servants like the Zhao family. From generation to generation, they are all servants in the family. The older generation works for the older generation, and the new generation works for the younger master.
Maybe future generations will think that it is better to be a hen's mouth than a cow's queen. Who is willing to be a slave for generations?
But in fact, in ancient times, countless people wanted to be slaves to wealthy families, because being a slave to a wealthy family often meant that they had enough food and clothing, at least they didn't have to worry about starving to death.
In an era when productivity was extremely backward, food production was extremely limited, and ordinary people had limited fields. If there were a large number of people in the family, there would simply not be enough food to eat, and starvation was a common occurrence.
When there is a famine year, it is even worse. Those who sell their sons and daughters are considered lucky. Sometimes it is very common for the whole family to starve to death.
But it would be different if we could give a living member to a wealthy family. Basically, they would be responsible for the food, at least they wouldn't have to worry about starving to death.
Sometimes the host is in a good mood, or encounters some happy event, and there are many rewards. If the host's affairs are done beautifully, rewards are indispensable.
Countless people want to work as servants for rich and powerful people. Nowadays, people sometimes do it not just for food, but also to gain a certain status and status.
As the saying goes, there are seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister. Sometimes the servants in the prime minister's family are also very good. Many people who seek to see the prime minister have to pay some money as reporting fee.
In ancient times, being able to serve as a servant to a wealthy family was not a shameful thing. On the contrary, it was something that everyone envied.
The Zhao family, for example, was originally just an ordinary poor family in Xiahetun. They didn't even have a field, and the whole family relied on boiling salt to make ends meet.
But since Liu Jin gradually rose to prominence, the Liu family didn't have much help because they were orphaned and widowed, so they also selected some people from their own village to serve as their current servants and do things like that.
Especially when Liu Jin founded more and more industries, he needed some "own people" to help. Therefore, several families in Xiahetun who usually treated Liu Jin and his mother better also received
Liu Jin's care.
Zhao Erhu, for example, has been following Liu Jin, serving as Liu Jin's bodyguard, coachman, and serving Liu Jin wholeheartedly.
The same was true for the second generation, Zhao Xiaopang and his generation. Liu Jin gave birth to seven sons. The second generation of the Zhao family also had many sons, and they basically followed Liu Jin's sons around the world.
It can be said that the Zhao family has followed the Liu Jin family for decades, and three generations have been working for the Liu family.
Of course, Liu Jin did not treat their Zhao family badly.
The Zhao family, which was just a poor family at the beginning, became like a chicken and a dog because they followed the Liu family.
Zhao Erhu's family originally had many brothers, let alone a daughter-in-law, and even having enough food was a problem, but with Liu Jin, the whole family worked for Liu Jin, so there was no need to worry about life or anything else.
All the brothers bought real estate in the capital, married wives, took in concubines, and gave birth to a lot of children.
Now that it's Zhao Erhu and his son's generation, it's even more remarkable.
I have been studying and studying with Liu Jin's children since I was a child. My parents didn't have much education. Everyone in their generation has read a book, and they are all studying new schools. A few promising people even passed the entrance examination.
Attended university.
This is not to mention the third generation like Zhao Xiong. Not only do they study and learn knowledge, but most of them also get good opportunities to work in the South African colony or in the Liu family's industry.
It can be said that the Zhao family is what it is today entirely because of working with the Liu family and being servants to the Liu family. If it were not for the Liu family, the Zhao family would still be just ordinary villagers in Xiahetun.
How can the children have their current status, wealth and opportunities?
This is like giving you an opportunity to work as a driver, servant, housekeeper, etc. in a certain imperial court. Do you want to go?
You should think about it with your toes, because if something leaks out from your fingertips, it will be enough for you to eat for a lifetime, and it will even benefit generations of people.
It is not easy for ordinary people to make a comeback, and it is even more difficult to achieve a class leap.
I don’t know how many celebrities there are in ancient history. The great people were actually servants of the rich and powerful at the beginning. Wei Qing, for example, was just a slave in the princess’s house at the beginning. Because he was able to contact the most important people, he got the opportunity.
, and then there was a famous general.
"Sir, didn't the young master tell you about this?"
Zhao Xiong served Liu Jin diligently and asked with a smile.
"He didn't tell me about this. I really didn't know that this media chamber was his industry."
Liu Jin smiled and shook his head.
Liu Jin himself is not sure how many properties his family has.
Because these chambers of commerce under their command are all handed over to professional managers, they have great management rights. For operational needs, they will continue to establish new chambers of commerce and enter new industries. They will only report to them regularly.
Report yourself.
As for his son's affairs, Liu Jin himself would not care about it. He would let them go and run on their own. Only when they encountered trouble would he step forward to help after they told him.
Of course, for Liu Jin and Liu Da, it seems that the matter of a small chamber of commerce is not worth talking about alone. After all, when they talk together, they talk about national affairs, future development trends, etc.
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"Young Master has also founded many industries in South Africa. This is just an industry under his command. Young Master, he learns from you in every aspect."
When Zhao Xiong heard this, he also smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, and he also calls Liu Jin master."
This is the family motto of the Zhao family. In the words of his grandfather, the Zhao family has always been servants and servants of the Liu family. They have always served the children of the Liu family.
"That's fine, that's fine."
When Liu Jin heard this, he nodded slightly.
If you want to gain a firm foothold in South Africa, you must develop in many aspects. Not only do you need people in the South African Government House, but you also need to be influential in all other aspects.
"By the way, I came here this time to buy a gramophone. See if you have any phonographs here, and I'll buy a few."
After chatting for a while, Liu Jin also talked about the purpose of his visit.
"Master, you are out of touch when you say this. You don't know that the young master didn't send it to you, otherwise I would have sent it over directly."
"I'll have some sent over later."
When Zhao Xiong heard this, he quickly said.
I thought Liu Jin was here to inspect the business operations of the business, but he didn't expect that he was here to buy a gramophone.
"Um!"
Liu Jin also nodded without any politeness.
Then he thought about it and said, "How is the sales of this gramophone now?"
"Master, the sales are very popular. There is not enough to sell. Even 500 units a day are not enough."
"For this reason, we also invested in and built two factories in Tianjin and Songhu, specializing in the production of phonographs and records."
Zhao Xiong quickly replied with a smile on his face.
He also admired Liu Da's vision very much. When he saw the invention of the phonograph, he decisively bought the patent, then researched and improved it, and built a factory to produce the phonograph.
Now it seems that this business is very profitable. Phonographs are very popular all over the world. They are sold very well. They are sold out and the production capacity cannot keep up.
"That's good."
"Although this gramophone is selling very well now, the most important thing is this record."
"There are always just a few songs, and you'll get tired of them if you listen to them too much. It's better to release more new records, new songs, dramas, etc. The content will be richer, and selling records will be more profitable."
Liu Jin nodded slightly, thought for a while and then gave some advice.
"Yes, we are also working on this now."
"The company has a special record factory here to record and produce records."
"For this reason, we also specially signed contracts with some famous actors and invited them to sing and perform in operas and so on."
Zhao Xiong also said quickly.
"Um!"
"Also, this gramophone must be constantly improved and perfected, and constantly innovated."
"For example, this gramophone can also be combined with a camera to create a special device that can play pictures, pictures, and sounds. In this way, it is not just pictures, but also a whole section of pictures and sounds.
, in that case it will definitely be very popular.”
Liu Jin also described the movie to Zhao Xiong.
Cameras and phonographs have come out, and electrical technology has become more and more mature. This movie can actually be made.
After all, the future of the gramophone was limited, and it still had to develop into movies. If such movies could be made, then there would be an additional form of entertainment in the future.
Watching a movie in the evening, the scene of hundreds or thousands of people watching the movie in an open space is definitely a very memorable scene.
"Combining a gramophone and a camera?"
"Play the sound while playing the picture?"
After Zhao Xiong listened, he was also confused. What on earth is this?
But this is what Liu Jin said. This is definitely not nonsense and must be correct.
"Yes Yes!"
"I will send a detailed report later and let the people in the technical department study this."
Zhao Xiong nodded repeatedly and said.
"Well, remember to use light to remove the negative of the camera, so that the picture can be played out. When a series of pictures are slowly played out, a coherent picture can be formed."
"Plus the sound of a gramophone playing, and that's right."
Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction, and finally explained in detail, that's about it.