1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 15 The Hat Comes
Dachun: Xia Tian, ​​what kind of kite is this? I’ve never seen it before.
Summer: Cthulhu.

Xiaodong: What kind of stew?
Glasses: Didn’t you see it? Octopus stew, seafood flavor!
Dachun and Xiaodong looked at each other in bewilderment. The only seafood they had ever eaten was kelp, and that was only available during Chinese New Year.

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As the saying goes, when President Ke appears, who can compete with him?

Looking at the eight "soft claws" covered with eyeballs swaying in the wind in the sky, the pairs of eyes with only whites on the head of the terrifying colorful octopus were staring straight at everything on the land.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a chill, and a chill rose from the soles of their feet and out from the top of their heads.

"This thing looks too creepy!"

"What is this?"

"Damn, that's awesome!"

Compared with this Mr. Ke, the colorful phoenix loses its color.

Under the gaze of the most primitive unknown fear, the visual splendor is not worth mentioning at all.

Who still cares about the Phoenix now? !
A group of young people surrounded Xia Tian and asked them questions, while the older ones pointed and talked.

"This, this, this... This young man launched a sneak attack. This is an unfair victory!" The person who said this is the same one who said that Old Liu's victory was unfair.

Is "unfair victory" your catchphrase? !
The kite was flying high, and its long tail was very conspicuous. I'm afraid most of Houhai could see it clearly.

Where have you seen this kind of thing in this day and age? My scalp tingled when I saw it, but then I wanted to watch the fun.

Seeing something new these days is enough to keep you happy for half a month. They all rushed to the place where the kites took off.

In less than ten minutes, thirty or forty people gathered around.

Discussions, questioning, criticism, praise... the atmosphere inside and outside the crowd was filled with a happy atmosphere.

As the saying goes: The naughty boy graduated from elementary school early, and was busy fighting the old man flying kites~
In this round, Xia Tian unilaterally announced that I won!
However, too much joy can lead to sorrow!
Before we could enjoy ourselves for long, two men wearing big hats and blue uniforms with white tops and blue bottoms came over.

"Hey, go out. What are you all doing here?"

"Whoever flew the kite, collect it quickly!"

The arrival of the two immediately broke the atmosphere.

"Comrade Gong'an, what's wrong?" an old man asked. In those days, they were not called police, but Gong'an.

The status of the people was not that low these days, and it was common for these retired uncles to argue with law enforcement officers.

"What's wrong? Whose kite is this? Hey, kid, I'm talking to you, put it away quickly!" A public security comrade with a square face who looked less than 40 years old pointed at Xia Tian and said.

“Is flying a kite against the law?”

"That's right! Why do you care about this?"

The square-faced comrade glanced around and said calmly, "Flying a kite is reasonable, but this kite is not reasonable."

"I was just over there on the river, and I saw some kids crying out of fear!"

"Ah?" Everyone was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Besides, this place is so close to Zhonghai, what if we scare the leaders?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

When it comes to leadership, it’s no small matter.

"I'm sorry Uncle Gong AN, we didn't expect this. We'll call it a day now." Xia Tian quickly gave in and started to reel in the line.

The kites have been put away, and the public security comrades can't help but question and criticize us - you can fly kites, but don't affect others!
What the hell is this?
Xia Tian: I am an octopus, a seafood from the sea - it is definitely not right to call me Cthulhu.

The square-faced man: You think I've never seen an octopus? I used to be a navy!

Xia Tian: Ah, I haven’t seen it. I made it based on the description in the book. Please forgive me if it’s not done right.
Square Face: This kid is too cunning, we need to pay more attention to him in the future!

When I asked, I found out that he had just graduated from elementary school and was 12 years old!
Everyone: Is he 12 years old? I would believe him even if he said he was or !

Xia Tian and Da Chun are growing so fast that they look like grown men now.

However, Yan Jing and Xiaodong next to them are actually 12 years old and have graduated from the fifth grade of elementary school.

When someone heard this, he spoke up immediately: "Ah! You are Xia Tian! My kid was beaten by you~"

"Well, my nephew also said that Xia Tian taught him a lesson, twice."

"My daughter is learning pipa at Jingshan Children's Palace. She heard that there is a girl named Xia Tian who is learning very fast."

"My son is in the martial arts class. One day he posted a banner on the door..." It turns out he is the father of his classmate Erga.

I didn't expect that Xia Tian is now a celebrity. When I mention her, many people know her!

After a round of criticism and education, flying kites is no longer allowed as it is said to have a bad influence.

Mr. Ke missed one side and was sealed. Praise Comrade Gong AN!

……

In less than a day, the news reached Xia's parents. They thought it was not good, their son was too troublesome, and now he had no school to go to and nothing to do every day, so he should not get into trouble.

It is better to keep him busy rather than leaving him idle.

So Xia's mother took Xia Tian to the dance troupe to do odd jobs, clean the place, and put away the musical instruments. She could also get a free meal at noon.

Occasionally, I can also sing along or provide accompaniment when the aunts are singing.

Highlight a place where there is something going on~
My favorite thing is to listen to the older sisters and aunts gossiping in private when they gather together during meals.

The aunts really don't treat him as an outsider. They often ask Xia Tian for his opinion and even jokingly want to introduce him to someone!
Xia Tian: Sister, I’m only 12 years old!

This woman, once she has the advantage in numbers, she will become very bold.

Apart from going to the dance troupe with Mom Xia, Xia Tian would go to show movies with Dad Xia.

In addition to the factory newspaper, radio and publicity, the most important thing for Xia's father's propaganda work was to organize film screenings. He was in charge of the dozen or so film projectionists in the affiliated factories. He was also responsible for some of the tasks himself.

For many movies, Xia's father even hand-painted posters himself, the largest of which was a huge two-meter-high poster. This is really a craft.

No wonder Xia Tian was sent to learn painting. It turns out there is an artistic foundation in my family.

Recently, the farming season is off, so it's time for movies to go to the countryside. Xia Tian followed him around the countryside and nearby towns, doing odd jobs for Xia's father who showed open-air movies.

It’s a good job to be able to watch movies while playing them.

In my previous life, Xia Tian was a self-media person, and a large part of my content was about film and television complaints. I have a natural affinity for the film and television industry.

With the help of Xia's father, I learned a lot about film projection in a few days. I started to take on some tasks such as changing film and handling sound.

This job is not something that ordinary people can do!

From enlargers and amplifiers to movie projectors, there is a lot to learn.

Learn how to load film, turn on the machine, rewind film, check film, and repair film...how to adjust when there is snow on the screen, how to adjust when a person is distorted, etc.

There are often problems such as freezes during every screening, and the projectionist needs to step in to solve the problems.

These days, film projectionists are one of the eight major officials and have a very high status.

In towns and cities, the average monthly wage of ordinary workers is only 30 yuan, but the average wage of temporary film projectionists is more than 40 yuan, and that of regular workers is even higher.

As regular film projectionists, they are system employees and receive various welfare subsidies. After each movie screening, these projectionists can receive a certain commission, and after adding the commission every month, their salary has reached 50 or 60 yuan.

This job is not easy either. For a 90-minute film, the copies alone weigh 50 kilograms.

That thing is very heavy, and most women with weak bodies cannot use it.

Every month the film company will provide a table showing the films available that month.

The projectionist makes a monthly schedule based on these films, deciding which film to show on which day.

Generally, popular films will be screened for four or five days, or extended to six or seven days.

Some production teams were far away from the city, so a film had to be shown for several days before it could be shown again.

Sometimes, good movies will be shown twice overnight.

The father and son rode on a bicycle, sitting on the big bar in summer, with a tightly packed equipment box on the back seat. It was usually 20 to 30 kilometers round trip on a rural dirt road.

Because the movie was shown at night, it was not clear during the day. So the two of them had to stay overnight at a fellow villager's house and return the next day.

Generally, fellow villagers are very enthusiastic. In order to express their gratitude and to get more good films to watch, they will entertain you warmly, by killing chickens and so on!
Otherwise, why do people say that movie projectionists have a high status?

However, I don’t go to the nearby rural areas very often. Usually I stay in Yanjing City. There is nothing to do in a factory on weekends, so many workers do overtime voluntarily.

The factory leaders would organize some cultural and artistic activities, such as showing movies.

That’s easy, just go back after the show is over at night.

I know most of these movies in summer, and I have watched the more famous ones like "Tunnel Warfare" and "Land Mine Warfare" many times when I was a child.

After the movie Tunnel Warfare was shown that day, I could still hear children who had left in the distance at night singing nursery rhymes: "Learn from Li Xyang and never surrender. When the enemy comes to me, I will jump over the wall. Shooting with a gun is useless, so I will dig a hole in the ground. There are bullets in the hole, so I can kill the Japanese!"

Movies are great. They add a bit of fun and color to people's boring lives.

People these days are so short of spiritual supplies. For many years, there were only a few model operas and old movies to watch...

The eight model operas are: the Peking operas "The Red Lantern", "Sha Jia Bang", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "The Harbor", and "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", the ballets "The Red Detachment of Women" and "The White-Haired Girl", and the symphony "Sha Jia Bang".

It’s certainly not that these eight model operas were bad; in fact, they were the highest quality art at the time.

The problem is that after reading for ten years, you can really memorize it!
For example, in the excerpt of Sha Jia Bang, there is a scene where A Qingsao outsmarts Diao Deyi: When we meet, we nod and smile, but we don’t think about each other after we leave. When people leave, the tea gets cold. What’s the point of being thoughtful or not?

The commonly used idiom "When people leave, the tea gets cold" comes from here. It is an idiom born in modern times!

Unexpectedly!

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