"Nonsense."
Yi Zhonghai didn't believe it at all: "If you don't want it, why should they give it to you? Giving you some mountain products is already very kind, why would they give you chickens and ducks?"
"Uncle, you're really wrong. The commune and the brigade are really just giving it to us."
Xu Damao explained, "I'm the projectionist at our factory. It's my job to show movies in the countryside, but where we show them is, of course, my decision."
"Some communes and brigades want to see more movies, which means they're asking me for something. If they see more, other communes and brigades will have to see fewer. Uncle, don't you think they'll have to rush to give me something?"
"They gave me something, so do you think I should show them a few more movies? Otherwise, wouldn't it be like I'm taking the gift but not doing anything?"
These words really overturned Yi Zhonghai's long-held concept. He had always believed that Xu Damao brought back so many things from the countryside because Xu Damao took the opportunity to ask his fellow villagers for them.
Jia Dongsheng, who was standing by, knew that what Xu Damao said was true. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a saying that when movies were sent to the countryside, people would either eat chicken legs or drink duck soup.
It’s because there really are no entertainment options in the countryside nowadays, which is much more lacking than in the city.
So every time the projectionist goes to the countryside, he is warmly received. You have to eat, and after the movie is over, you have to take something. Just to watch a few movies, people are really very nice to the projectionist.
In some places, people even want to marry their girls to projectionists just to establish a relationship with them so that they can show more movies. There is a reason why you, projectionist, can become one of the eight major members.
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