Chapter 81 Day Tour
After the factory in the commune started operation, Director Ji has been paying close attention to it.
Thinking about the upcoming International Women's Day, I can't help but think of the performances of the Taohua Brigade during the Chinese New Year, and I also want to organize female comrades to have fun.
She discussed it with two secretaries in the office, but no one had ever seen how the Taohua Brigade's program was organized. The only reason they knew about it was because they heard it from several leaders who went to the commune at that time.
The singing and dancing programs were okay, but what made them most curious was what program their team would perform, which was said to be very good.
This made Director Ji have an idea.
Since no conclusion could be reached, Director Ji simply went directly to Zhou Xian for questioning.
"You mean that show? It's something our team arranged. If you want it, I can give you the script."
Zhou Xian paused and said, "Director Ji, I have an idea. Would you like to hear it?"
Director Ji smiled and said, "You say."
"The Taohua Team has performed this show before, so they must have experience. How about I ask them to come over and perform it in person to show you the effect? If it works, just use them."
"Okay." Director Ji agreed straightforwardly.
The existing people are better than finding others to rehearse.
When Zhou Xian returned, he called Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua over and told them about this.
"Performance in Shangshangshang Commune?" Liu Chunhua stuttered when she heard it.
Ma Erya glanced at her and looked down upon her useless appearance. What was so surprising about her going to the commune to perform?
"Well, when can we go?"
"We're just performing for Director Ji. If the effect isn't good, you won't get the chance to perform."
"No problem. Acting is what I'm best at." Ma Erya said confidently, patting her chest.
Liu Chunhua didn't say anything, but quietly moved out from behind Ma Erya, silently expressing her determination to go as well.
"Also, I will tell Director Ji about your past affairs. I don't know whether you will be hired in the end. But I think if you perform well, it shouldn't be a problem."
When talking about the previous events, both of them looked bitter.
The play they performed on stage during the New Year completely changed the brigade members' view of them. Now the two of them have a good reputation, and when they talk about the bad things they did in the past, they wish they could erase their past selves.
If I had known this would happen, I would have been a better person.
The two people who were originally happy were both a little worried on the way back.
The next day, Zhou Xian took them to the commune. Secretary He heard that Director Ji was going to organize a program for International Women's Day, so he also came to take a look.
I was a little surprised to hear that the two of them had committed crimes before.
Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua were a little nervous when they came over, but in order to leave a good impression on their leaders, they both put their best efforts in their performance.
Seeing the smile on their leader's face, they thought that the performance must be a success.
Director Ji also felt that the effect was good, but such a program alone was too monotonous. Singing and dancing have been done before, but nothing is as innovative as this.
"That's easy. I'll write a few more programs and let everyone rehearse them."
Since it is about Women's Day, the program must be related to lesbians.
"I think if we are going to do it, we should make it lively," said Secretary He.
It is only held in the commune, and it is not convenient for members from the far-away brigade to come.
"Don't we have tractors in our brigade? Let's prepare a few more performances. On Women's Day, each brigade will perform and let the lower brigades participate as well."
Now that their commune had made progress, they naturally could not forget the brigades under it.
Secretary He also knew that some teams were worried about not having plastic greenhouses, and were afraid that the commune would abandon them.
But some things cannot be rushed. Even now, he has not asked all the teams to build plastic greenhouses, for fear that the output will be too high and the vegetables will rot in their hands if they cannot be sold.
Fresh vegetables cannot be preserved for long.
Fortunately, the pickle factory has made up for these now. If there are no problems in the future, the educated youth will be allowed to go back to their hometown to promote the product. By then they will have no shortage of sales channels, and the factory will be able to expand and recruit more workers, so that members can also increase their income.
Thinking about the future, Secretary He's heart was filled with excitement.
But reason calmed him down.
You can do it. He knows very well that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
Secretary He also tried his best to comfort the team leaders who came to him.
This program comes at the right time. Taking advantage of the International Women's Day performance, everyone can have some fun. At the same time, it also tells those brigades that have not yet participated that the commune has not forgotten them.
Secretary He's idea was to go on a tour of various production brigades. Director Ji thought that was a good idea and he had discussed the key points of the script with Zhou Xian. It was a good opportunity to promote the new ideas to everyone.
The program of Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua was also confirmed, but there was a requirement that after the performance, the two people had to express their thoughts after receiving ideological education.
Hearing with her own ears that her leader recognized her, even Ma Erya couldn't remain calm.
It would be fine if it was just a commune performance, but the performance was for all the brigades touring. When Ma Erya thought that all the production brigades would have to watch their performance, she nervously grabbed Liu Chunhua's hand.
Liu Chunhua was originally nervous, but after Ma Erya pinched her arm, her nervousness disappeared and only pain remained.
When the two of them left, they were both feeling a little dizzy and didn't even realize they were moving in sync.
After they left, Zhou Xian went to write the script, while Director Ji took two secretaries from the office to find people to perform the show.
Although singing and dancing are nothing new, they are still necessary.
Since we are going to tour various troupes, we naturally have to select people from the troupes. We are not letting them perform for free. They will all be paid.
In order to achieve publicity effect, these people must be carefully selected.
As soon as this notice was sent out, it attracted a large number of people, especially the Women's Federation, which was recently recruiting people to work in the pickle factory and looking for women who could sew to make factory uniforms.
Knowing that they were looking for people to perform, everyone with some talent came.
Even the educated youth came. Those with talents were registered, and then screened one by one. Those with average talents were naturally eliminated.
After Director Ji had selected the cast, Zhou Xian's script was also written. Except for the pre-selected program, the other casts had to be re-selected.
The script contains both male and female characters, young and old, and there is no age range.
This is naturally another wave of selection.
But acting is different from performing talent. Director Ji asked those people to act out the performance according to the script, but they always felt that their performances were not as vivid as those of Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua.
Director Ji also talked about this issue with Zhou Xian.
"Maybe Aunt Ma has worked in a drama troupe before and has some experience in acting. How about this, let's call Aunt Ma over and ask her for guidance."
"That's fine." Director Ji thought that he could try calling him over first, and then think of other ways if it doesn't work.
When she heard that she was asked to go to the commune to provide acting guidance, Ma Erya became nervous.
She has no problem acting herself, but it is not certain that she can teach others how to act.
But when she heard that there would be salary, Ma Erya still came.
I can actually see some tricks in the awkward acting of those people.
However, those people had no experience with her guidance, so they didn't quite understand. Ma Erya then went on stage to demonstrate herself, and the performance improved a lot.
Even Director Ji sighed, "This Taohua Brigade is really full of talented people."
With Ma Erya's help, the performances of several shows were much better than before.
As for other aspects, as long as the actors have memorized the plot and rehearsed a few more times, it won't be a big problem.
After all, this was the first time for this tour, and Director Ji was still nervous, fearing that it would mess up.
Zhou Xiaocao, the tractor driver, also received the notice early, and she would be responsible for sending these people to various production brigades for performances.
Before that, she had to send back the batch of pickles ordered from the factory in the county.
The route map has also been decided, the first stop is the commune, and then we will start touring around the commune.
Of course it is impossible to have all the troupes perform in one day, so it starts from the day before Women's Day.
The brigade below had heard about it a long time ago, so they had already set up the platform, and as soon as the tractor entered the brigade, it followed behind.
After performing in the commune once, I was no longer nervous when I went to the brigade and was surrounded by the members.
The more you perform, the more proficient you become.
After the event, Director Ji spoke on the stage holding a loudspeaker.
"Comrades, even today, there are still working women on various fronts, who are building our country and rejuvenating the nation. The contributions of our women comrades are indelible, and the role of women is irreplaceable. Our women compatriots must respect themselves, be confident, be self-reliant and strong, and believe that you are no worse than anyone else. All women comrades are contributing their own strength and wisdom to the construction of our country."
Zhou Xian stood in the audience with a camera and took several photos.
This situation may not change at the moment, but as long as they persist, there will be changes.
The tour was very successful. Zhou Xian wrote an article and selected several representative photos and sent them to newspapers across the country.
She didn't know if she could change all this, but she knew that if she did nothing, there would be no chance of change.
Before the news of the performance had faded, the educated youth from Baihua Commune had already boarded the train home with a batch of pickles.
When handing the train tickets and letters of introduction to the group of educated youth, the accountant's face was distorted with pain.
Before leaving, Secretary He encouraged them and arranged for a tractor to take them to the county town.
Secretary He is still very confident about the county, but once it comes to other places, Secretary He is not so confident. He also doesn't know whether people from other provinces can get used to their pickles.
He just buried these worries in his heart, and even comforted himself by thinking that if it really didn't work, he could just go back and make a few more pickles, and there would always be one that would suit his taste.
Soon he had no time to worry because his phone was about to explode with calls from people in the county.
Some of the calls were answered by Xiao Zhou, who wrote down everything for him.
Some of the orders he received were from people who placed orders with their commune.
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