1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 57 "Little Flower" and "Director Qiao's Inauguration"

When Chun's mother saw Dachun was leaving again, she asked, "Where are you going?"

"Find Xia Tian and help him play the drums."

Chun's mother didn't say anything. She knew that her son was very good at playing drums, but he didn't like it.

She didn't care. Playing drums was not a great skill. At most, she could contribute in the unit's cultural performance. If she liked it, she would play. If she didn't like it, she wouldn't play.

Parents generally have this attitude these days: they raise you, work hard to support your education, and at most educate you to contribute to the country and the people, and they don't care about anything else.

This is how it is these days. Even if you want to do more, you can't.

However, as a mother, I have to sew up my son's torn pants!
"Why is your corsage broken again? Take it off!"

Dachun always took the "shortcut" when going to Xiatian's house, climbing over the wall directly, and his pants were often worn out.

Patches are needed these days. Considering the amount of activity Dachun has, he should at least get them done once a week. He's about to become a nine-bag elder of the Beggars' Sect.

Dachun's mother was very annoyed. While sewing, she scolded him: "I will make you a pair of iron pants in the future!"

After a few seconds of reaction, Dachun retorted: "Then you have to add a hinge to my leg bend, otherwise I can't bend my leg and I can't fight back!"

"I..." Chun's mother was so angry that she grabbed the small broom for sweeping the kang and was about to beat him.

Dachun immediately caught up with the topic, "Oh! By the way, Mom, someone praised me yesterday!"

Dachun's mother was fooled and put down the broom in her hand: "How did you praise it?"

Dachun was very proud: "I gave up my seat to an old lady on the bus, and she praised me - the young man may not look that good, but he has a good heart."

"I'll beat you to death!" This beating with a broom (Northeastern dialect, broom) is inevitable.

So much so that Dachun was still in a low mood when he went to find Xia Tian.

"Tian'er, do you think I shouldn't play the drums?"

Without waiting for Xia Tian to speak, he said to himself: "I'd better give up. I'm not suitable for playing drums."

He felt that only piano, erhu, flute, guitar, or at least a harmonica, like Xia Tian, ​​could be considered art!
As for my own drumming and my father's suona, neither of them can be considered art.

He has some grudge in his heart!
Xia Tian rolled his eyes. Weren't we talking about you getting hit by a tree? What does that have to do with you playing the drums?
If you keep mad at your mother like this, you can beat the drums and she will hit you!

But as a friend, I must enlighten him!
Xia Tian took a deep breath and said in a deep tone:
"Don't give up, don't beat the drum, you worry about gains and losses, care too much about the past, and worry too much about the future. There is a saying that goes, yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God, cherish today as you would a gift."

Well~ I’m just going to share this little chat with you!
Master Wugui really knows how to show off.
Dachun was stunned, as if he had heard it and realized something - "Gift? Where is the gift?"

Xia Tian: I want to punch you!
He finally understood how Dachun's mother felt.

Bring me my tree!

……

Dachun is an optimist, and heartless to a certain extent.

So things like whether to play the drums or not were completely forgotten during the time it takes to eat a meal.

And time will not stop because of the boy’s entanglement.

Nothing major happened in May. In the summer, I practiced martial arts every day, learning from various boxing masters in Yanjing City; I practiced musical instruments, and went to old man Ma every now and then to learn Peking Opera and sing a few songs with him; or I practiced ventriloquism to see if Grandpa Sun had any special skills that he didn't teach me!

Grandpa Sun: That’s all! Don’t come here! You’ve given me nightmares! You’re even harder to deal with than the gangsters in Tianjin in the old society!

Xia Tian: Uncle Sun, I am upset when you say that. Is the wine not tasty? Or are the peanuts stuck in my teeth?! I am honoring you!

Grandpa Sun: If you show me less filial piety, I can live a few more years.

Usually on weekends, Xia Tian would go to see old man Zhu Youguang.

In the morning, Old Man Zhu took him to meet those old friends and see their collections, or go to the store to appreciate those ancient calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, miscellaneous items and the like.

Occasionally, the two of them would go to the Friendship Store and drool over the good stuff they were going to sell to foreigners.

It’s so expensive! I can’t afford it!
This thing is designed to cheat foreigners and make foreign exchange.

Later, Zhu Youguang no longer liked to take Xia Tian to stores like Rong Bao Zhai. He said, "When you look at those things, your eyes are full of evil light!"

Xia Tian was not satisfied: "If you say so, I won't go fishing this afternoon. My eyes are uncomfortable."

Zhu Youguang immediately pulled him back: "Hey, hey, hey, I was just kidding! Don't take it seriously, little comrade! Who wouldn't be envious when seeing something good, right?"

Whether Zhu Youguang will be able to defeat the enemy depends entirely on Xia Tian. He "can't afford to offend"!

At the end of May, there was a "big news" in Xia's father's unit!
Shougang is conducting a pilot project on the contracting system!

Isn't this a reform? We need to try to change some things.

A few days ago, the authorities announced eight reform pilot enterprises. Shougang, as one of the first eight pilot units in the country, was the first to implement the "contract system."

They give you a number, and you pay it in full, and the rest is considered the factory's profit. This is a disguised way of motivating production enthusiasm.

As the saying goes, when you are poor, you will think of change. Now is indeed a difficult time. There are 20 million unemployed people in the country, especially the many educated youth who have returned to the cities, and there is no way to resettle them.

Either the parents are workers and retire early, letting their children take over. Or they can only make various arrangements...

The grassroots organizations are still there, and the subdistrict office is busy trying to find ways to place these young people. They have even thought of adding water selling points.
Naturally, each factory had to share the country's concerns and create a large number of unnecessary jobs.

Two people are doing one person's job, five people are doing three people's work... a lot of redundant staff.

This may also be the reason why state-owned enterprises declined after a few years and had to undergo further reform or even be abolished.

Back to Shougang, Director Zhou was a great figure. He made drastic reforms.

These days, supplies are scarce, so no matter what you produce, as long as you produce it, you will have no trouble selling it.

Besides, since we have unified purchase and sales, you don’t need to worry about it. Just focus on production.

Now if you go to a state-owned enterprise to buy things, such as rubber products, mechanical parts, etc., you still have to give gifts or local specialties to the factory!
That week, the factory manager carried out drastic reforms from production to sales, including various incentives and production regulations.

Shougang was bustling throughout June.

Even Xia's father was very busy. After all, at this time, it was necessary to keep up with the publicity work in a timely manner so that the top and bottom could be united and the momentum could be high.

Various bulletin boards, factory newspapers, various slogans, posters...

According to Xia’s father: the effect is visible to the naked eye!

Because Dad Xia was too busy and had little time to even show movies, Xia Tian took over the job and became a non-staff film projectionist.

And this month, a new movie is released.

It’s the cover of “Popular Movies”, “Little Flower”!
This feature film was produced by Yanjing Film Studio and starred by Tang Guoqiang, Chen Chong and Liu Xiaoqing. It was adapted from the novel "Heroes of Tongbai".

It tells the story of a poor family in Tongbai Mountain area who were forced to sell their biological daughter Xiaohua and then adopted the baby girl left by Hong J. They named the baby girl Xiaohua. More than a decade later, in the smoke of the Liberation War, the separated relatives finally reunited...

This movie gave many viewers a refreshing experience. Chen Chong, who played "Xiaohua", and Liu Xiaoqing, who played "He Cuigu", both became youth idols in the hearts of a generation.

This movie is really popular!
Long queues, every show is packed!

It seems that because Tang Guoqiang likes to eat cream cakes, Chen Chong told people that his good skin is due to eating cream.

As a result, Tang Guoqiang was nicknamed a cream boy - which is not considered a compliment these days, and it caused his acting range to become much narrower.

Chen Chong may have really believed it, and a few years later he went to the United States to eat "foreign cream".

Later, Elder Tang became the spokesperson for excavators, and Xiaoqing was released from prison, still acting as a girl in her sixties...

……

July arrived, and in the summer I saw Jiang Zilon’s “The Record of Director Qiao’s Taking Office” in “People’s Literature”.

This work is considered to be the forerunner of reform literature.

This short story basically talks about the difficulties encountered by reform pioneers like Shougang's Director Zhou, and how they solved them.

It can be said that it is very consistent with this time point, and it has caused a great shock in the literary circle and society.

After the household contract responsibility system was implemented in rural areas, there were constant criticisms of the "household contract responsibility system."

However, this "contracting trend" quickly spread to cities, and many places began to try to delegate power and make concessions to state-owned enterprises...

Xia Tian continued to pay attention to "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office".

After all, any reform is not simple and will touch upon many traditional areas.

Sure enough, as soon as this novel was published, it was criticized by the Tianjin literary circle.

Many newspapers even devoted 14 pages to the campaign, sparking discussions across the country with mixed reviews.

However, this is in line with the current situation. It will definitely be recognized.

Once the higher-ups have made their final decision, the voices of criticism will disappear...

In addition, at the beginning of this month, the fifth session of the National People's Congress concluded, and seven laws including the Criminal Law were passed.

Everyone knows where to find opportunities to make a fortune in the future.
What has a greater impact on the general public and is of greater concern is the notice issued by the higher authorities - to increase the monthly salary of urban workers by 5 yuan.

This is also driven by rising prices!

A line from "Lin Ning in 1918", "There will be bread, there will be milk, there will be everything." This sentence is often used to encourage others in mainland China.

When L Ning left the factory after his speech, the male assassin Novikov blocked the crowd behind him and said hypocritically: "Don't push, let Comrade L Ning go first!", which gave the female assassin Fanny Kaplan an opportunity. This sentence is often used as a joke in mainland China when people are leaving a crowded place.

Matveyev jumped from the enemy's meeting place, shouting "Vassily!", so much so that for a period of time, some people would shout "Vassily!" when they jumped from a high place.

When interrogating the traitor Chidorv, Dzerzhinsky, the head of the Russian bear's secret security agency Cheka, said: "Look at me, look into my eyes." This sentence is used by people to ask questions when questioning others.

An official announced to the people who were anxiously waiting for news about L Ning’s injury: “Comrade L Ning no longer has a cough, and he no longer has a fever!” This is also a widely circulated line.

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