In fact, if you are a native of Hengdian, you may know this old man. His name is Xu Wenrong, and he is also the founder of Hengdian Film and Television Base. He used to be chairman, president and party secretary of Hengdian Group. Xu Wenrong is a legend. He was born earlier in 1935. The first bucket of gold he earned was by collecting manure. In the 1960s, crops grew slowly due to the lack of fertilizer in the village next door. Careful Xu Wenrong found the excrement left by the toilet (the scientific name is toilet sand), which is extremely fertile. So he traveled thousands of miles to Shanghai to collect feces from house to house. With the collected excrement, Xu Wenrong collected 1.500 Jin of "toilet sand", in exchange for 1.000 Jin of corn and 1.200 yuan, and successfully earned the first bucket of gold in life.
Although he earned the first bucket of gold, Xu Wenrong donated a large part of it to the poor families in the village, and almost got into trouble because he earned the first bucket of gold. Some people are jealous of him indiscriminately and accuse him of "profiteering". Thanks to the intercession of many villagers, Xu Wenrong was saved from imprisonment.
Because Xu Wenrong earned his first bucket of gold by himself, many villagers recognized his ability and chose him as the party branch secretary of the brigade in the village general election. He was able to create Hengdian film and television empire because he was appointed as Party branch secretary of Hengdian Silk Reeling Factory in 1975. With his own ability, he brought the factory back to life in a few years and led everyone on the road to wealth. After several years' efforts, the textile industry such as knitting factory, underwear factory and printing and dyeing factory has been established. 1987, the industrial output value of Hengdian was as high as11000000 yuan, becoming the first "100 million yuan town" with industrial output value in central Zhejiang, and Hengdian was transformed from a barren land into an industrial town.
In the 1990s, Xu Wenrong had a new idea for the development of Hengdian, which was to develop cultural power and promote productivity. But at that time, the traffic in Hengdian was underdeveloped, so many people were not optimistic. However, Xu Wenrong still spent money to build a five-storeroom, six-storeroom and a cemetery. As expected, there are few tourists.
1995 the situation has improved. At this time, director Xie Jin was preparing to shoot the Opium War, but he couldn't find the set. When he was filming in Dongyang, he met Xu Wenrong, and Xu Wenrong promised to help him create the scenery within three months. In order to complete the construction period, 100 teams started at the same time, and finally the Opium War started shooting smoothly. Because of this incident, people in the film and television circles all know that there is a Xu Wenrong in Hengdian, and the director Chen Kaige came here to shoot "Jing Ke Stabbed the King of Qin", which is in urgent need of A Qin Palace. As always, Xu Wenrong built the Qin Gong for Chen Kaige. After that, Hengdian was on fire, and various buildings became more and more abundant. Up to now, Hengdian Film and Television City has shot more than 2,000 films and received nearly 654.38 billion tourists every year.
After hearing about Xu Wenrong's personal story, Ma Yun also went to visit, and Xu Wenrong, who is already old, went out to meet him personally. Ma Yun held an umbrella for him and praised Mr. Xu as "the pride of Zhejiang businessmen and China".