Chapter 119 One Hundred and Eight... This time you'll be in deep trouble, you Gao Lishi...

Xue Haiyang came to the factory director's office to persuade Qin Xiangxiang: "Director Qin, it is too difficult to put together a song and dance program with eighty people in just over a month. Many of the people in the factory are farmers, veterans, and military family members. Other textile trainees have some basic skills, but the rest have no experience performing on stage at all."

Imagine the spectacle of having these people perform on stage—it would be something Xue Haiyang never even dared to dream of.

"I suggest changing the number of people to sixteen or twenty, selecting young girls, and creating a simple song and dance performance. After a month of rehearsals, it will definitely be a feast for the eyes and a dazzling spectacle."

Qin Xiangxiang immediately refused: "No, twenty people are too few. There must be at least eighty people, and both men and women must participate."

If it weren't so difficult, Qin Xiang would have liked to have the whole factory participate in the performance. After all, she was the factory manager, so she could do whatever she wanted, and everyone could slack off and have fun together.

Moreover, Qin Xiangxiang grew up in a factory, and every time there was a song and dance performance, it was always the same people, the best of the best. Does that mean that ordinary people, those who are not good-looking, don't have the opportunity to perform on stage?

Even being a supporting role on stage is an opportunity.

Qin Xiangxiang said, "Xue Haiyang, our goal is not to win a prize, but to give everyone a chance to perform on stage."

"You used to be in the drama troupe, performing on stage every day, but what about the ordinary people in our factory? Those farmers, those veterans, those military families, how many opportunities do they have to perform on stage in their entire lives?"

"Since the union is organizing such a cultural competition, the purpose is to enrich the lives of workers and give ordinary workers the opportunity to perform on stage!"

Qin Xiangxiang spoke grandly, but what she really wanted was to take everyone to Mingzhou for food, drink, and fun. She believed that sharing happiness was better than enjoying it alone, and that everyone should go and enjoy themselves together.

In this respect, Qin Xiangxiang, as the factory director, was quite generous. Since most of the factory's profits had to be handed over to the state every year anyway, he might as well do more to benefit himself and the workers.

Qin Xiangxiang is not the kind of person who eats rice herself while others eat coarse food.

And—the little drama queen declares she's going to get revenge!!!

These people put on a play called "Me and My Master," nailing her to the pillar of shame. Fine, come on, let's hurt each other! All of you, go perform on stage! One by one, none of you can escape.

She's a bit of a drama queen and loves to have fun. The worse the dancing is, the more trouble they cause, the more photos she wants to take to commemorate it. She wants to laugh at these people for years to come!

Even after becoming the factory manager, she still had a tendency to stir up trouble.

Xue Haiyang nodded: "Director Qin, I understand your intention. Then I will design it like this: we need 45 male and 45 female employees, a total of 90 people to participate in the performance. Half of them will be responsible for holding the flower balls behind the scenes. The entire performance will only be slightly modified."

"We need forty-five male employees too?" Does that mean the factory's security department would have to be involved?

"Yes, men and women are equal."

Qin Xiangxiang immediately said, "I agree with your idea. There are few male employees in our factory. I suggest adding the factory manager's assistant to the program and having Assistant He dance!"

"Assistant He should take the lead and set an example for male employees!"

She thought to herself: Assistant He, Assistant He, you're going to get yourself killed this time, you Gao Lishi!

Xue Haiyang: "Okay, I'll include Assistant He."

Assistant He: "???!! Factory Director Qin, I can't dance?"

Qin Xiangxiang encouraged, "You can learn to dance if you don't know how! Go for it, Xiao He!"

Xue Haiyang has tentatively decided on three songs for the song and dance program, roughly similar to "The East Is Red," which tells the story of the changes of the times. The three songs will be combined into a ten-minute song and dance program, requiring a total of 108 people.

Each time a song changes, the position of the green leaves that serve as the background changes once.

The main dancers will number around twenty, consisting of sixteen female workers and four male workers.

"Good, good, good! Xue Haiyang, you're a real talent!" Qin Xiangxiang almost choked when she heard "one hundred and eight people." Were these one hundred and eight Liangshan heroes?

"Let Assistant He be the male lead dancer."

Xue Haiyang: "I am the lead dancer."

"Oh, I almost forgot, Comrade Xue, you're incredibly talented! This year's union arts competition is all thanks to you!"

When Li Jinling heard that they were going to submit a song and dance program instead of the play "Me and My Master," she felt unhappy. She thought that submitting the play would definitely win an award, so she went to find Master Li and asked him to persuade Director Qin.

“Master Li, please persuade my sister-in-law—please persuade Director Qin. We’ve been rehearsing this play, ‘Me and My Master,’ for a long time, and it’s ready to be performed on stage!”

"This is everyone's hard work, we can't let it go to waste."

After hearing this, Master Li thought Li Jinling's words made sense, so she went to Qin Xiangxiang and said, "Submit the play 'Me and My Master' to participate in the program."

“Master Li, this won’t do. I also want to sign up for this play, but these kinds of arts competitions are so rare. We should give more workers the opportunity to showcase their talents! We can’t be too selfish.”

"Xue Haiyang's program now requires 108 people, and everyone will have the opportunity to perform on stage!"

Master Li sighed: "You're right, but the drama propaganda team has been rehearsing for a long time, and they should be given a chance to showcase their talents."

Assistant He spoke up: "Factory Director, Master Li, if you can't make up your mind, why don't you let all the factory workers vote and let the people choose the program themselves, so as to reflect the democratic spirit of our factory?"

Qin Xiangxiang immediately said confidently, "Okay, let's be democratic and let everyone vote to decide."

Her eyes darted around, and she said in a flash, "Whether the factory people vote for a drama or a song and dance performance, we will provide all the costumes for the performances this time. That means everyone who participates in the performances will receive a free costume!"

Now everyone knows how to choose! One hundred and eight heroes!

Qin Xiangxiang was incredibly confident. If this wasn't a song and dance performance, she, Qin Xiangxiang, would have gone on stage herself to act in a play!

"Assistant He, please pass on my message: we'll vote as a group tomorrow."

Assistant He spread the word about this to all the factory workers, and within half a day, the factory was in an uproar.

"Choosing cultural programs? Dramas and song and dance performances... Do we need 108 people to participate in the song and dance performances?"

"It would take fifty male workers to perform... Goodness, that's a bit too scary."

"Why are there so many people in this song and dance performance? One hundred and eight?"

Assistant He: "The factory manager said we should give ordinary workers more opportunities to perform and showcase their talents on stage! Everyone is enthusiastically signing up!"

"Furthermore, the factory manager said that all the costumes for this program will be made by our own factory. We will weave the fabric ourselves and sew the clothes ourselves, so as to showcase the style of Feiyan Textile Factory to the public!"

"Whether it's a theatrical performance or a song and dance performance, every worker participating in the competition will receive a free costume for their performance!"

"Oh my god!"

"Director Qin is truly a good director for the people!"

The female workers in the textile factory were all very excited. They were all willing to participate in the song and dance performance. Many of them never had the opportunity to perform on stage in their entire lives, and in fact, they all envied those actors who performed glamorously on stage.

In this simple era, only actors on stage could wear beautiful clothes and makeup.

Neither the young female textile trainees nor their female family members had ever experienced wearing lipstick.

This was a fantastic opportunity for the female workers, and they even received free performance costumes! They made their own costumes at the textile factory!

"Great! Great! I want to go on stage and participate in the song and dance performance!" The cheerful young female worker jumped up excitedly.

Some introverted female workers secretly hoped to be selected as performers in song and dance programs.

"We need 108 actors, surely I'll be chosen?" Gao Rong was thrilled. She wanted to participate in the song and dance performance, not just because she wanted a cheap costume, but also because she was eager to experience what it was like to be on stage.

In this era, how many ordinary people have the opportunity to perform on stage? It might be a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

"Director Qin upstairs is really too kind; she's giving everyone a chance."

Some of the older female relatives said, "We older folks won't participate in the song and dance performances, but we can make clothes! We'll make the clothes for this performance ourselves in our factory, and we'll definitely design a beautiful dress."

"The dresses worn on stage can be a little more exaggerated and have more vibrant colors."

The female workers were excited, while the male workers were in a panic because there were relatively few male workers in the textile factory, and they needed to select 108 actors, which meant 54 male workers would be chosen to be equal to the female workers.

Fifty-four!

Given this number, the probability of male workers being selected is too high. Excluding the older ones, almost every young male worker will be chosen to dance!

Whether it's the security department or the electricians and mechanics, apart from the young trainees, many are veterans. They were all numb when they heard they had to go on stage to dance.

"Xiao Zhang, you have a great image and temperament, you should definitely be selected."

“Every young person in your security department will definitely be selected.”

"This little She is so pretty, I bet she'll be dancing too. She has such a beautiful figure when she moves. I'll go and watch when you guys rehearse."

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The older male employees, feeling carefree, teased the younger male employees in the factory, while a group of retired security guards were almost scared to tears.

Having served in the military for several years, it's one thing to do some choral singing, but why do we have to go on stage and dance? We have to twist and turn! It's terrifying.

They ran to the military representative, Xie Yuedong: "Representative Xie, could you talk to Director Qin about this? We want to go on stage and dance too! How about we choose women for all 108 heroes?"

Jie Yuedong: "That won't do. Nowadays, we emphasize gender equality. These are all opportunities, especially for young people who haven't found a partner yet. They must seize this opportunity."

Jie Yuedong suppressed a laugh, secretly watching the show. He thought to himself that this Factory Director Qin was too good at getting things done. How did he come up with the idea of ​​108 men and women dancing? Maybe he could even bring together a few couples.

"Representative Jie, why don't you join as the lead dancer and lead everyone?"

Jie Yuedong: "I'm old and my back isn't good either. I'll just watch you young people jump around."

"No, Representative Jie, you're the head of the military representatives, and you also represent us veterans! You have to go on stage and dance! Even if you're not good at it, it doesn't matter, this is an opportunity!"

Xie Yuedong: "???"

"Yes, yes, yes! I heard that Assistant He is also going to participate in the song and dance performance. Representative Jie, you must be the representative!"