1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 51 Annan Monkey

The Spring Festival is here, but the atmosphere in Yanjing City feels worse than it did later!
The sound of firecrackers can still be heard on the streets, but not in large numbers.

Not many people put up Spring Festival couplets because everyone is afraid of being the first to stand out.

It’s New Year’s Day, don’t make yourself uncomfortable.

Early in the morning, Dachun put on new clothes and came to wish Xia's father and mother a happy new year.

As soon as Dachun saw people in the room, he knelt down and kowtowed on the spot: "Uncle Xia, Aunt Han, Happy New Year!"

Father Xia quickly supported the tall and strong Dachun and said, "What else! Happy New Year, Happy New Year, here are the red envelopes!"

Mr. and Mrs. Xia each wrapped a five-cent coin for Dachun.

Dachun laughed like a fool!
Xia Tian couldn't stand his expression of "It's time for dinner again, brothers~" and taunted him, "A man's knees are made of gold, can you restrain yourself a little?"

When Dachun heard this, he became excited: "I have my own gold under the corrugated board. I am happy to exchange it for some money to spend. It's no problem~"

Xia Tian: "Who did you learn this shameless attitude from?"

"Follow you!"

Xia Tian was speechless—seems like he really learned this from me?!

Sin!

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The windows are pasted with paper-cuts made by Dachun’s mother. Since it is the Year of the Sheep, the pattern of three sheep bringing good luck adds a touch of festive atmosphere.

When it was almost evening, Xia Tian squatted on the wall and called Da Chun: "Da Chun? Da Chun! Come quickly, there are exciting programs!"

When Dachun heard that there was a show, he ran out happily, jumped over the wall and came to Xia Tian's house.

At this time, the "New Year's Eve Gala" was playing on the small color TV!
This evening party overturned the long propaganda slogans and New Year greetings of the past, and boldly arranged ballroom dances that were rare at the time!

Both Xia's father and mother were amazed when they saw this!
Isn't dancing considered a "proper act" these days?

As you can imagine, many people will discuss this tomorrow.

And during the party, a "Toast Song" appeared.

This song will soon become the most popular song of the year and become famous all over the country.

In Xia Tian’s impression, it seems like the first Spring Festival Gala is still a few years away?

But soon he got some information from Revelation.

This evening party was co-directed by Deng Zaijun and Yang Jie, directors of the song and dance group of the Art Department of CCTV, and adopted the tea party format that has always been used in the "Spring Festival Gala".

It can be considered the predecessor of the Spring Festival Gala!
There is a name among them that Xia Tian is very familiar with...

Director Yang Jie? Isn't that the director of Journey to the West?
Yes, to be the only female director of a TV series based on the four great classics must be extraordinary.

Before filming Journey to the West, I must have done a lot of work and achieved a lot of results.

In fact, Director Yang seems to have worked as a photographer for the great man!
After watching the evening show, it was time for everyone to cook dumplings. Dachun's father was already leaning over the wall, calling Dachun. If it were any other day, he would just let Dachun eat here, but today was Chinese New Year, so that was definitely not possible.

The Xia family doesn't have any custom of staying up late on New Year's Eve, and Xia doesn't like staying up late because he's worried that it will affect his growth, so he goes to bed early.

When I woke up, 79 had officially arrived!
People usually don’t visit relatives on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Besides, the Xia family doesn’t have many relatives on either side. However, Xia’s father has some comrades-in-arms in Yanjing, and Xia Tian and his father would go to visit them during the holidays.

On the one hand, this demonstrates our determination to reform and open up, and on the other hand, it also represents the beginning of the self-defense counterattack against the Annan monkeys!

Two years ago, the Annan monkeys, with the support of the Russian bear, began to make crazy provocations on the border.

Therefore, this move is of great significance!

On February 2, the People's Daily published a commentary article titled "What is Tolerable and What is Untolerable", officially announcing the battle against the Annan monkeys.

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On February 2, Xia's mother took Xia Tian to enjoy the newly completed large-scale folk dance drama "Silk Road Flower Rain" with the help of the song and dance troupe!
This dance drama, which is based on the Dunhuang murals and the Silk Road, also includes the famous "Rebounding Pipa" dance!
In the summer of later generations, people sneered at all kinds of dancing and singing, thinking that they were just a buffer between works such as skits.

But "Flower Rain on the Silk Road" brought him a huge shock!
To be honest, I'm a bit at a loss for words. That kind of beauty and shock is really hard to describe in words!
The stage of this era is a pure art stage, and only the most outstanding works can be honored.

Moreover, many masters and artists these days are fully committed and dedicated without asking for anything in return.

For example, the "Silk Road Flower Rain" team conducted research in Dunhuang and other places for several years before finally being able to present this work to the world.

The performance of "Silk Road Flower Rain" quickly became a sensation. Then it was invited to perform abroad, and it became a sensation abroad.

The emergence of "Silk Road Flower Rain" also marks the end of the era of one billion people watching eight model operas.

The literary and artistic stage ushered in the sunny spring.

At the same time, the agricultural products that were closed at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China began to recover.

Xia Tian also learned from the apocalypse that the Hang will be separated from the Human Hang in mid-March, and the Construction Hang will be separated from the Finance Hang in August. By then, the four major Hangs will be complete!
Another major event in February was the large-scale return of educated youth to the city.

It started at the end of December last year, but after all, only a few people were able to come back.

After the Chinese New Year, it is officially time to return to the city.

At that time, six classes of junior and senior high schools graduated at the same time, which was the old sixth class.

Adding the years that followed, how many people must have been involved!
According to incomplete statistics, 79 million educated youth were resettled in cities in 760 alone, and about 300 million have returned to cities since then.

For various reasons, there are still hundreds of thousands of educated youth stranded in rural areas.

In order to return to the city, countless stories of joy and sorrow have been played out, and the impact on people is lifelong.

This also led the higher authorities to decide to allow idle labor to engage in individual labor and develop individual businesses.

The first individual business license will be issued this year, and by the end of the year, 10 licenses will have been issued.

The situation is surging, and there are still many challenges waiting for us!

(End of this chapter)