1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 16 Participation in Children's Literature

That day, Xia Tian returned home and saw his father washing his face.

Dad Xia is a clean person. Nowadays, the air is dusty, so he often washes his face before going to work and again after get off work. He is very particular.
"Haven't you always wanted to watch the internal reference film? You found it today~" Dad Xia said with a smile while wiping his face.

"Really?!" Xia Tian laughed.

Speaking of internal reference films, Xia Tian knew a little about it, and with the information he gained from the inexplicable "revelation" in his mind, he knew a lot.

The so-called internal reference films are films that are not allowed to be watched by the public and are only watched for internal reference.

At first there were some war films, and later on they involved films with love and other themes.

It is said that in the process of investigating "FOUR" and its accomplices, a number of archival films still remaining in certain specific locations were sealed up and should have been taken back by China Film Corporation.

However, due to some reasons, these films were not returned in time. Instead, they were repeatedly loaned out for screening in the following year, which set off a wave of "internal reference film" screenings in Beijing.

For general audiences, this is the arrival of the era of true "internal reference films"!

Because these films are no longer limited to military films, and include some European and American romantic literary films, they attract audiences of all levels - many people are tired of war films.

Running around from morning till night every day to watch "internal reference films" has become the main activity for many young people.

It was not until a year later that the higher authorities ordered the films to be recalled and returned to China Film Corporation, and the trend of screening “internal reference films” was slightly subsided.

However, the trend of screening "internal reference films" at Yenching University has not decreased but increased. In addition, as the country's borders have been loosened, many films brought in by foreign institutions and individuals stationed in China have also joined in as "passing films", and the trend of screening "internal reference films" is still continuing.

In response to the increasingly popular trend of screening "internal reference films", it was not until early 79 that the higher authorities issued an emergency notice and approved the Ministry of Culture's "Documentary Film Management Measures", which gradually cooled down the nationwide trend of screening "internal reference films".

However, the six documentary films provided by China Film Corporation to various film studios in the second half of 1979, namely "People Must Live", "The Battle of Rome", "Snakes", "Kidnapping" and "Prisoners", were still screened beyond the scope.

The internal reference film that Xia's father was talking about this time was naturally not something like "The Battle of Rome", which contained some bad scenes - it was a bit too outrageous for a father to take his 12-year-old son to watch this.

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Xia Tian, ​​who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, participated in the screening of the internal reference film as a projectionist's assistant.

The small auditorium was not big, with about a few dozen people, all of them were quite old, the youngest was probably in his thirties. They were all veteran cadres!

The movie being screened is called The Breakup.

It tells the story of founding a communist labor university.

The positive character in the film is Principal Long, who is keen on reform, insists on opening the school to the public, and selects farmers' children to attend school in an unconventional way.

The villain is Principal Pan, who has many years of teaching experience, insists on implementing textbook education according to the university curriculum, and strictly controls the "entrance to the school" with admission scores.

The story in "The Breakup" unfolds around different educational philosophies, differences in talent recognition, and disagreements in teaching content.

I have an impression of this movie in the summer and have seen related clips on "Bilibili Youth University Hall".

You know what, this movie is very thought-provoking!

After reading it myself, Xia Tian couldn’t help but think deeply.

The conceptual conflicts and confrontations between the positive and negative characters in the film on educational philosophy are quite similar to the debate between "examination-oriented education" and "quality-oriented education" in today's education reform.

On the way back, Xia's father asked while riding his bicycle: "Xia Tian, ​​who do you think is more correct in "The Breakup"? "

"I think..." Xia Tian just opened his mouth when his father interrupted him.

"You don't have to answer me, just answer it in your heart..."

This film's discussion of education is still thought-provoking even after forty years.

Oh, by the way, the villain teacher in the movie is played by a familiar veteran actor – Ge Cunzhuang, Ge You’s father!
Isn't this an acquaintance?
……

Soon, Xia Tian stopped thinking about "Breakup", and it was not his responsibility to think about it.

He has been attracted by another foreign film.

The movie "The Bridge", which was just introduced from Yugoslavia this year, tells the story of a Yugoslav guerrilla group blowing up a bridge.

The content of the movie is not important, what’s important is that there is a song in it called “Bella ciao”!
This song is a song of the Italian national team, and was later used as an interlude in the Yugoslav film "The Bridge".

The Chinese name of this song is "Ah~Goodbye, Friend"!
"Goodbye, my friend. Goodbye, my friend. Goodbye, my friend. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye~"

Just by watching the movie once, Xia Tian has memorized the Italian pronunciation of the song and can sing it fluently!
You can even play it on a harmonica!
Dad Xia: My son is a genius!
Xia Ma: My son is a genius!!!
At first, Xia's mother took Xia Tian to the troupe to show off. Xia Tian sang five or six times with a bitter face, played the harmonica twice, and played the piano once. Everyone was amazed that Xia Tian could sing in Italian.

There are even members who specialize in Italian who have heard it and said that the pronunciation of summer is very standard!

Xia Tian: Actually, I don’t know what the song I sang means.
Of course, I will definitely...

Wait, there's a Chinese version now?
Xia Tian didn't dare to take advantage of this because he didn't understand Italian. It would be embarrassing if he ran into someone who had already translated it.

If it's an English or Russian song, I can still pretend to be cool~
……

In the blink of an eye, it’s Festival.

As Xiatian just went out, he saw Dachun running towards him excitedly, waving his arms to show off his "watch" to Xiatian!
"Xia Tian, ​​look at it, what do you think? It looks great!"

Dachun's mother, Aunt Li Wanhong, is from Northeast China. Unlike Xia's mother, who is half-Northeasterner and left her hometown when she was a teenager, she has been in the Northeast for thirty years. Xia even sounds familiar with her Northeastern dialect.

This is also the reason why Xia’s mother suspected that Xia Tian spoke with a Northeastern accent - my son must have been abducted.

Dad Xia: Why don’t you look for the reason in yourself?

Xia Tian looked and saw that Dachun had drawn a watch on his wrist with a pen.

These days watches and bicycles are considered the four major items and are hard currency for weddings.

It is understandable that Dachun longs to have a watch of his own.

Many years later, will he remember the watch he drew on his wrist when he was a child?
It didn't move, but it took away our best time~
"Hey, Xia Tian, ​​why are you lost in thought again?" Da Chun shouted, interrupting Xia Tian's melancholy.

"Take a quick look at the painting. Is it good?"

"Good! Good!"

Xia Tian took Da Chun to the street in a bad mood, mainly to buy some magazines.

The Xinhua Bookstore was very busy these days, with long queues. You won't see that in later generations.

Today is the 1st, and many magazines have released new issues, so there are a lot of people here.

As Xia Tian watched, he felt that he was a little short of money.

Although compared to Dachun's 2 cents of pocket money, the few cents I have every day is already quite sufficient, but it's not convenient to buy some books or magazines!
The bad thing about reading books too fast is that you may read a book three or four times within one or two days, and a few cents will be gone!

It’s summer now and I don’t have much money, so I can only buy two books. I have to choose carefully!

Suddenly, he saw a book of Children's Literature!
I picked it up and saw "Re-publication" written on the title page.

I opened it and saw detailed relevant information - under the call of knowledgeable people from all sides and the expectation of new and old readers across the country, "Children's Literature" was officially resumed.

"Children's Literature" is a magazine jointly founded by Tuan Tuan and the Writers Association in 63. It is known as "a banner of Chinese children's literature."

"Apocalypse" appeared in Xia Tian's mind again.

Xia Tian called this phenomenon of suddenly getting inspired by someone or something and receiving information "revelation."

I heard that there is a kind of "bard with destiny" in the snowy area. He originally couldn't even recognize how to read, but after a serious illness, he suddenly could recite and sing tens of millions of heroic epics!
My own phenomenon is somewhat similar, but the information I get is more complicated.

This information told him that after ten issues, that is, ten months later, in July 79, Children's Literature would be officially changed to a regular publication...

The most important thing is that Xia Tian saw the "Manuscript Received" information at the end of the publication!

Hey... do you think I can earn some pocket money?
Summer: Look, the spring breeze is about to blow!

The window was open and flies and butterflies flew in.

We should also have our own fairy tales and maintain our own culture and values, right?

It is my duty!

Buy this book and take it home to read it first.

If there is only one photo, it means you have been reviewed. Just wait a while...

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