In Lu Xiaotian's room, there were several sets of high-end suits and other clothes with woolen texture, as well as a few pairs of shiny brand-name leather shoes, which were the most valuable part of his property and a must-have outfit for an artist.

The total value at the time of purchase was more than 100 gold oceans.

In particular, one of the light-colored plaid pure wool suits is a famous "Edelweiss" brand product, which is only sold at the counters of high-end shopping malls, and it cost 36.8 gold ocean when it was purchased, which is a clothing that Lu Xiaotian can afford after saving 4 months' salary.

To put it mildly, if he falls when he goes out, his property will be reduced by half.

The profession of an artist is completely different from other professions, even if you are frugal, you must dress up brightly, and a well-fitting outfit is very important, which can strengthen your persuasiveness when fighting for roles, and is an inseparable part of the work.

The prosperity of the ocean empire and the growing middle class of affluent people did not mean that there were no low-income commoners in the cities.

Not only do they have, but they are the largest part of the social group.

In the final analysis, the Ocean Empire was a highly developed capitalist economy under the feudal system, with crony capital and social capital accounting for most of the wealth of society, and the wealth of the whole society presented a pyramid structure.

Standing at the top of the pyramid is the elite capital represented by the royal family, they have the strongest capital strength and high social status, Li Jia is an unremarkable one in this group, the ability and capital are not conspicuous, but it has opened a world of difference from the general public.

For example, Sir Wu Zhengguang, the father of Earl Wu Baoli, he is the chairman of Guangfuji Water Conservancy Company, which is listed on the Red River Valley Stock Exchange, and has 37 cement factories, covering Australia, Luzon Islands and North America, and is one of the top 20 listed building materials companies in China, with a reputation in the industry.

For another example, Qingdao's famous "kitchen knife quartet" Zhao Qishan, Mai Guangtian, Ma Limin and Lu Qiang, in response to the call for the development of northern Queensland in 1879, went north to Qingdao to buy private ranches to operate, and gradually developed and expanded.

In the span of 36 years, the original entrepreneur has now become a great capitalist in the empire with a name resounding in the north.

Zhao Qishan is the chairman of Dongfanghong Machinery Co., Ltd., whose consortium involves docks, hotels, shipping transportation, finance and commerce, owns and holds more than 100 enterprises, directly and indirectly employs more than 160,000 employees, and is very strong.

Lu Qiang is no slouch, he was one of the first capitalists to participate in the development of the Jinshui River Basin, and Lumen City, the fourth largest city on Shangri-La Island, is dominated by tobacco and natural rubber industries, with a permanent population of more than 580,000 people.

Lu's Tobacco Group holds and owns 17 cigarette factories, owns famous cigarette brands such as "Big Golden Dragon" and "Labor", and its industries span many fields, making it one of the big capitalists who want to be.

Mai Guangtian and Ma Limin are also not inferior, although they are not as rich as the previous two, they can also be called one of the local big capitalists, with a huge fortune.

This pyramid top group headed by the royal family, accounting for about 10% of the total population of the society, is dominated by the powerful, big capitalists and military nobles, but accounts for more than 70% of the wealth of the entire society.

They are a vested interest group in today's society, and they are also the private reserve of the royal conservative forces, although the total number of people is less than 10 million, but their influence has penetrated into all aspects of society.

Below the top of the pyramid is the vast middle class, which is growing in number, including countless small and medium-sized business owners, small and medium-sized businessmen, workshop owners, middle and lower rank officers and professional sergeants in the army, large number of small and medium-sized farmers and ranchers and plantation owners, as well as middle and lower class cadres in government, factories and mines, and financial enterprises, with a fixed and rich income.

This part of the social group, accounting for more than two-and-a-half percent of the total number of people in society, is rapidly expanding with the rapid advancement of social industrialization and high prosperity.

The rest is the civilian class, accounting for about 55% of the total population of society, and Lu Xiaotian is also a part of this civilian population, about half of these ordinary people own their own houses, and a small number are working hard to achieve this goal.

I don't have to worry about food and clothing on weekdays, and I have some spare money to drink a little wine every now and then, listen to a movie and watch a movie, save some money to marry a daughter-in-law, and don't think about taking a concubine, which is a luxury that ordinary people can't afford.

The worst people were the new immigrants, who made up about 10 percent of the empire's population, who had just emigrated from the mainland, and many of whom were uneducated and had not yet found their place in society, such as dockers and most of the hardest workers.

Although life is hard, it is no problem to fill your stomach.

Lu Xiaotian spread out the braised vegetables he bought on the table, poured the loose beer into the big tea jar, poured himself one sip at a time, and looked at the scenery of the metropolis outside the window, his heart was flying.

He wants to be a corner, wants to be popular, wants to be famous, that means rolling money and a dazzling halo, which means that the door to the lively Vanity Fair has opened.

The hardships of life now did not dampen his ambitions.

Nowadays, there are more and more film companies, and there are more and more theaters. A medium-sized film company has to shoot at least 10~15 films a year, and a big film company like Tianxing Company has to make forty or fifty films a year, and it has to make a few famous actors.

In addition to kung fu films, the most popular on the market now is opera films, because opera films can simultaneously play pre-recorded opera vinyl records, so that there is sound and picture, which alone is very attractive to the audience.

Lu Xiaotian's "The Legend of the Mountain Village Martyr" is a feature film, which has some fighting elements, but it is still a story overall, and it is a new thing in the film industry, and it is difficult to say whether it can win the audience's preferences.

As a herdsman's son, he has no social network resources, so he can only rely on the handsome face given by God and the hard work of the day after tomorrow, hoping to be appreciated by the boss of a film company.

If you can sign it, your life will be stable.

The film company signed some well-known actors, and the actor had a guaranteed salary of at least 16 gold per month, and filming and overtime were counted separately. The actress has a guaranteed salary of at least 25 Jinyang per month, which is already twice the income of ordinary citizens.

For example, Wu Peipei, a first-line celebrity, has won the favor of many companies because of her enchanting figure, and her image is printed on perfume and cool oil products, and the products sell very well in the market.

Wu Peipei even endorsed the new jewelry launched by the gold jewelry company, and the endorsement fee was as high as thousands of gold oceans a year, making her one of the out-and-out little rich women in today's film industry.

There are many cases like Wu Peipei, and the most valuable thing is to endorse cigarette companies.

For example, the first-line red star Zhu Yilong's head is tied with a white towel, wearing a simple laborer's coat, stretching out his strong arms, and provoking his thumb to look like a jubilant harvest, which is the endorsement of the "labor brand" cigarettes, which are printed on the front of the cigarette box.

With this endorsement alone, Zhu Yilong can receive 25,000 gold oceans within ten years, an average of 2,500 gold oceans a year, and this money can buy a six-bedroom villa in Brisbane, buy a good high-end car, marry a daughter-in-law and a concubine, and become a winner in life in the new era.

Come to think of it

Lu Xiaotian's heart is hot, what Zhu Yilong can do, he can also do, and his image is better, the only thing he lacks is that he is not popular enough, and his fame is not big enough.

There was a knock on the door twice, and then it was pushed open.

A sturdy young man walked in from outside the door, carrying a pot of wine and a large oiled paper bag in his hand, and saw that Lu Xiaotian had already poured himself a drink, and couldn't help but laugh and scold; "Ah Tian, you are a decrepit boy, you don't wait for me to have delicious food, you will do it yourself."

"Ming Tsai, you can't blame me for this, I know when you'll come back?" Lu Xiaotian responded with a smile, then pulled out the bench under the table, moved the braised vegetables on the table to the side, and watched Ming Zai throw the big oiled paper bag in his hand on the table.

I opened it and saw that it was the most worthless sauce spiced mutton scorpion meat, this big bag weighed six or seven pounds, but the price was very cheap, adding up to no more than five copper horns, it was the most affordable dish with wine.

Ming Tsai's name is Zheng Ming, a new immigrant who just arrived in Australia three years ago, and he is also a young man with a lot of ideas, he took cultural classes while working, and was admitted to the Brisbane Army Preparatory School, and just graduated after two years of study.

Now he is a trainee platoon commander of a company and a platoon of a regiment under the Second Division of Brisbane, and he has more than five months to become a regular and be awarded the rank of warrant officer.

This guy is now receiving the salary of a probationary officer, 11.5 gold per month, which is almost the average of imperial employees, but in a metropolis like Brisbane, the income is too low, so he can only rent a miscellaneous compound.

Wait until five months later. Officially awarded the rank of warrant officer in the army, then you can get 26.5 gold per month, and there are regular duty allowances, remote service subsidies, combat subsidies, excellent service subsidies and other additional income, sometimes the subsidies are even higher than the official salary.

Having said that, it doesn't mean that Zheng Ming can get it.

Serving in remote areas required Somalia, Mozambique, Guinea, the Strait Province and Alaska, at least 6,000 kilometers from the imperial mainland, and North America and prosperous Panama were not remote areas and did not receive this allowance.

The battle allowance required the army to be mobilized at level 3 or more until the outbreak and end of the war, and now no one else on the Imperial side can get this money except for a few front-line troops in Salt Lake City.

The proportion of excellent service allowance is 20%, which means that more than 80% of officers cannot get it, basically concentrated on the old qualified officers above the company level, warrant officers, ensigns, etc., don't fantasize, not that it is impossible, but the difficulty of getting it is quite high.

However, there are other regular subsidies for officers, such as tropical subsidies for duty in tropical areas, cold subsidies for duty in cold regions, housing subsidies for those who do not have housing, and childbirth subsidies after marriage, salaries are several times that of ordinary people, and their social status is high, so they are indeed an enviable high-income group.

After Zheng Ming lived in the courtyard, he and Lu Xiaotian soon became acquainted. The two are close in age, have similar tempers, and have a very good relationship.

"What are you drinking this horse urine for?" Zheng Ming didn't see it, sat down, opened a jar of liquor he brought, picked up the bowl and poured two bowls directly, and suddenly the strong aroma of wine overflowed, he said with a smile; "Come, try this old white gan, a piece of gold and a jar, it will be strong enough to drink."

"Wow, how can you be willing to spend money on such a good wine today?"

"Come on, touch it and take a sip first, and I'll tell you later." Zheng Ming heartily picked up the wine bowl and touched it, raised his head and took a big sip.

The spicy liquor poured into his stomach, his face turned red visibly, and he hurriedly picked up a piece of mutton scorpion meat and gnawed it with relish.

"Okay, drinking liquor is an old tradition of herdsmen, since I was a child, my father used to make chopsticks dipped in white wine to tease us, and the amount of alcohol has been practiced since then." Lu Xiaotian smiled heartily, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip. Putting down the wine bowl and saying; "How's that...... Didn't drop a bit, did you? ”

"It's okay, our soldiers just drink wine in big bowls, eat meat in large pieces, and are looked down upon by people who twist and pinch." Zheng Ming's amount of alcohol was also trained after he entered the army, and he didn't think about how many times he was drenched unconscious, but now he dares to speak out.

He ate two bites of food and put some on the mat, then put down his chopsticks and asked; "Ah Tian, how is your big star acting in the film this time? Is there a chance to be red? ”

"The big star of fart, I only have a few opportunities to show my face alone in front of the camera, mainly because of that Liu Menger's sassy posture, the director means that if you want to win the sympathy of the audience, she is very important as the heroine, and the male lead actor is very good, and he doesn't even have a name on the movie poster, so we are just a foil."

"Take your time, don't think about eating Tang Seng in one bite."

"Mingzai, don't be funny, I have this appetite, but where does Tang Seng meat come from? It's all nonsense to say anything else, to do our business, you have to have the big boss of the film company to support you, and you have to have a popular good drama, or you are on the right path, and you will have a future in the future. ”

"It's not easy, brother." Zheng Ming picked up the wine bowl again, his face was already a little red at this time, and he sighed lightly;

"Listen to the orders conveyed by the upper peak;

The army is about to carry out a six-month large-scale military competition, in which more than 60 divisions of the whole army will participate, including 26 first-class divisions and all second- and third-class divisions, which is more than one million people.

The big competition is mainly based on actual combat subjects, individual soldier subjects, squad platoon company subjects, battalion and regiment combat subjects and armored coordination subjects, which is to play the rhythm of the dead.

Our division commander said in his lecture that the second division of Brisbane should be stupid and fly first, others will train for six months, we will train for eight months, others will shed 100 pounds of sweat, we will shed 200 pounds of sweat, and strive to be upstream in the big competition, compare the glory of the 2nd division, and compare the glory of the 2nd division.

Granny's ...... It's easy to say, it's a big competition for the whole army.

Those ruthless characters in the army will participate, including the divisions of the Royal Praetorian Guard and the Honorary Red First Division, all of which are world-famous steel powerhouses, how can we compare?

It is estimated that if you don't die this time, you will have to shed a layer of skin, and it will not be so easy to go home early in the future, and you will have to live in the barracks if you train late, and you can't drink. ”

After complaining for a while, Zheng Ming picked up the wine bowl and took another big sip.

Good guy, half of a bowl of wine in two sips.

Lu Xiaotian shook his head with a wry smile, pinched his nose and took another big sip, chatting while eating; "Ming Zai, what people can do, we can also do it, don't you just suffer hardships, who hasn't gone through it? I think the army is the same as us, you see I signed up for a martial arts class, as long as I don't go to work when I go to polish my kung fu, the opportunity is always reserved for those who have a heart. Our gang didn't catch up with the good times in the early days of development, and now we have to spend more effort to get ahead. The Holy One has said; No one can succeed casually. ”

"I know the truth, especially now that our soldiers have fewer and fewer opportunities to make meritorious contributions. The last time we attacked Sumatra, only two divisions went up, and they were easily taken, and the other 60 divisions of our whole army stood aside and looked at it in vain. If there is no war, where will the military merit come from? ”

"Isn't Europe fighting right now?"

"Oh, poof......".

Zheng Ming just took a sip of wine and didn't swallow it, he squirted out directly, coughed violently several times after being choked, his face turned red, and then he rolled his eyes and said; "Can you really talk about how terrible the war in Europe is now, and it is not written in the newspapers? It's a deep pit that can't be filled. It's useless to pile up many troops, let's take 10,000 steps back, what if our army wins? It is also impossible to occupy a large territory in Europe, how to implement the military merit field of life and death? ”

"If the Holy Lord starts a war, it must be calculated, don't expect to have so many military fields in North America to divide, but there must be."

"Although soldiers are never afraid of war, that place in Europe is really not a good place, and when I think about it, it sends chills down my back, and I would rather go to North America than to Europe."

Qi ...... As if you had a choice, don't tell me you have someone on top! ”

"Ah Tian, do you need to hit me like this?"

"Hey, hey, hey...... After saying these words, I felt much better. ”

"Then take another bite."

The two of you took a sip and I took a sip, quickly finished a bowl of liquor, and then picked up the wine jar and poured another bowl, drinking, chatting, and it didn't take long to be drunk.

More than an hour later

The cups and plates on the table were in a mess, and the two young men were very drunk, one fell asleep on the table, and the other turned and struggled to the bed, half of his body was lying on the bed, and half of his body was still on the ground and fell asleep, snoring and snoring.

Young...... It's good, get drunk and relieve a thousand sorrows.

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