Zheng Qian is very busy. In these two or three days, he really experienced the workload of popular artists in advance.
In addition to "Poetry Conference", "Rainbow Chorus" and personal interviews with Beijing Music Radio, he also worked with commercial performance managers and performed six consecutive performances in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, including a real estate opening ceremony and a wealthy couple.
Wedding celebrations, and some corporate party activities, etc., after two or three days, I got a steady pre-tax income of 300,000 yuan.
In fact, the performance is not tiring, what is tiring is the process of going to the performance venue.
But earning a lot of labor fees made Zheng Qian both sad and happy.
But he also understood a profound truth.
A person's time is limited, and future business must be as high-end as possible...
Today, Zheng Qian cleaned up his personal image, took the acceptance letter from the Air Force Cultural Troupe, and went to Haidian West Third Ring Road early in the morning to start reporting.
He first filled out information at the Military Service Club in the guest house, and then received his own two sets of dark blue military uniforms, one with a beret and the other with an officer's hat, which looked quite impressive.
Later, an officer named Yang Hongyi from the Air Force Cultural Troupe enthusiastically took Zheng Qian to the unit for a physical examination and entry procedures. The process was very efficient. During this period, he even put on a military uniform for the purpose of taking photos. He was wearing a dark blue Air Force uniform with a touch of embroidery on his chest.
A golden wheat ribbon hangs, and the emblems on both sides of the epaulette are golden yellow with blue trim representing the Air Force. The base of the epaulette is decorated with a thin blue bar and a star emblem.
Looking at it, it still feels relatively empty. If you are a major general or above, it will be richer.
Because he is a ninth-level civilian cadre and does not have a military rank, Zheng Qian still enjoys the treatment of second lieutenant. If he wants to upgrade, the easiest way is to go through seniority. It only takes three years for a second lieutenant to be promoted to a lieutenant, and each subsequent promotion is four years until he is a senior colonel.
Until then, if there are meritorious services or other major commendations during this period, the number of years for upgrade can be reduced.
Promotion from senior colonel to major general is a selective promotion, and those above major general are awarded the title by the Ministry of National Defense.
Before noon arrived, Zheng Qian's certificate had already been produced.
The office building of the art troupe has four floors in total. Yang Hongyi took Zheng Qian around to visit it. It was different from the grandeur imagined. It looked a bit shabby. It was a little better than the street office, and it was an office building hidden in the streets.
Zhongya is very inconspicuous, and the sign at the door with black characters and white background is also very simple. If you are not introduced by acquaintances, it is easy for people to ignore this place.
Yang Hongyi saw Zheng Qian's doubts and said with a smile: "Brother, all major art troupes are basically like this. Civilian cadres are promoted quickly and attract attention, so they have to keep a low profile."
Zheng Qian has heard about this. Many civilian cadres easily won awards in many professional competitions during their service, and their promotion speed was as fast as a rocket. They were criticized very much. The military ranks of civilian cadres were canceled many years ago, and they only enjoyed administrative treatment.
, later in order to avoid suspicion, major cultural troupes faced disbandment several times, but within a few days, major cultural troupes reorganized with the support of the military.
The criticism from the outside world is nothing but criticism. They stand and talk without pain in their backs. The training in major military regions is inherently high-intensity to withstand pressure, and spiritual life is a necessity, so the art troupe can never be cancelled.
"We are a cultural troupe belonging to the Air Force. We have our own grand theater stage. We can go there if we need to rehearse for performances."
Yang Hongyi said with a smile: "Brother, our group is relatively free and does not need to end like that. Teacher Wei said that your personal schedule is quite busy, so except for major festivals, the group will not arrange performance tasks for you..."
After Zheng Qian got to know more, he found out that the General Administration of Government arranges fixed KPI performance tasks for major cultural troupes every year. Each cultural troupe has no more than a hundred active employees. A cultural troupe like Kongzheng, which has just been adapted and rebuilt from a song and dance troupe, has a number of
There are fewer, only fifty or sixty people, but there are very few people like Wei Yehong who are popular in the entertainment industry, so many civilian cadres prefer to accept performance tasks because they can get more bonuses and subsidies.
Now Zheng Qian feels more at ease. Although the cultural troupe is a guarantee of identity, it also has a lot of constraints on him. According to Yang Hongyi, Zheng Qian will have a major performance during the Dragon Boat Festival next month. By then,
The entire art troupe cadres need to be mobilized and go to seven major air force bases to complete holiday condolences performances within three days.
Zheng Qian was very aware of this and agreed immediately.
After visiting the office building of the art troupe in detail, Zheng Qian left. In fact, he saw no more than ten employees in the unit during the visit. It was obvious that when there was no task, everyone was busy with their own affairs.
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When leaving the art troupe, Zheng Qian had not yet taken off his Air Force uniform, but Yang Hongyi grabbed him back and warned him: "Brother, I want to make something clear to you. When you are not on a mission, remember not to walk around in your uniform.
So as not to cause bad effects.”
Hearing this, Zheng Qian patted his forehead and quickly changed back to what he was wearing when he came here.
I was wearing that dark blue military uniform just now. Although I am handsome, dashing, and visually impactful, it is really too eye-catching. This is actually similar to other public institutions, such as some subway department personnel, etc., who go to work It is required to wear work clothes when working. When taking the subway after get off work, it is strictly forbidden to walk around in work clothes.
Next, after leaving the art troupe, Zheng Qian took a taxi back to the apartment, preparing to put the formalities and uniforms home before going to the company.
Just as he was opening the door, a greeting came from behind.
"Hello, Zheng Qian, is Mr. Zheng at home?"
Zheng Qian turned around and saw a blond foreigner and a middle-aged man wearing thick myopic glasses looking at him. It was the man with glasses who spoke.
Zheng Qian was a little strange: "I am Zheng Qian, who are you?"
Hearing these words, the middle-aged man with glasses was a little surprised: "Are you Zheng Qian? Comrade, are you kidding me... eh?"
"I am Zheng Qian!"
Zheng Qian was puzzled. He lowered his head and rummaged through the document bag in his hand for a while. He took out the newly issued certificate and held it up for the other party to take a look at.
The latter saw the young man wearing an officer's hat in the ID, and then looked at Zheng Qian, feeling a little confused. Then his eyes moved down and saw the name in the ID - Zheng Qian!
"Are you really Zheng Qian? Are you the author of "The Three-Body Problem"?"
At this moment, Zhang Hanting was shocked. The author of "The Three-Body Problem" was actually so young? And he was actually an army officer? Oh, yes, the description of the Hong'an Project in the book was so professional and detailed, it seemed that true knowledge comes from practice.
Maybe from a military family?
"Hello Mr. Zheng, I am Zhang Hanting, the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World"!"
Zhang Hanting was a little excited and stepped forward to shake hands with Zheng Qian: "I didn't expect Mr. Zheng to be so young. He is indeed very promising. Oh, by the way, this is Stephen. He has just joined the National Geographic magazine as the editor-in-chief. He is here this time."
China, just to talk to you about the overseas translation copyright of "The Three-Body Problem"."
Stephen took out his work ID and showed it to Zheng Qian, and then stepped forward to shake hands with a smile on his face, "Mr. Zheng, it's amazing. You are so young. I am really happy to meet you. My name is Stephen King. I am
Editor-in-chief of "National Geographic" magazine, I am very keen to read your "Three-Body Problem" and have become your fan..."
Zheng Qian was also a little happy. Becoming a great writer has always been one of his dreams!
Now that the two chief editors were standing in front of him, he didn't hesitate. He opened the door and quickly invited the two distinguished guests to come.
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Thank you for the 1,000 book coins reward that seems very impure, and thank you for the 500 book coins reward for my dedicated service in military and state affairs.