Chapter 113: My Master and Me - The Story of My Master and Me Working Overtime?
As the factory director, Qin Xiangxiang made phone calls to the leaders of the local song and dance troupe and drama troupe.
"Hello, I am Qin Xiangxiang, the factory manager of Feiyan Textile Factory."
"Director Qin! I've heard so much about you!"
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"Don't worry, we've prepared programs that the workers and peasants will love. I've already discussed and negotiated the program list with the drama troupe, and we'll send it over tomorrow."
"The time is set for Sunday, which is good, so that the workers' families and friends can come and watch the program."
Qin Xiangxiang: "Then we look forward to a feast for the eyes."
She learned from there that the performance program included music, dance, acrobatics, and traditional folk arts. Qin Xiangxiang was incredibly excited when she heard that there would be acrobatics.
Music and traditional folk art programs can often be heard on the radio, but acrobatic performances are a rare sight, especially live acrobatic performances on stage.
the next day.
Assistant He: "Director Qin, the song and dance troupe and the drama troupe have sent over their program schedules. There are quite a few good programs on it. Not to mention the music, there's also a crosstalk performance called 'Master and Me'."
Qin Xiangxiang: "Master and me? Journey to the West?"
Assistant He blushed and said, "Of course, they are the masters and apprentices in the factory, just like you and Master Li."
Qin Xiang thought to herself, "No wonder I felt a headache when I saw the name of this program. This name is bad for me."
Assistant He: "This is a crosstalk show, it's bound to be very interesting. The performing arts troupe knows they're coming to the factory to perform, so they mostly arrange shows related to the workers."
"Others include the plays 'The Story of Building a Hydropower Station' and 'The Story of Working Overtime'."
Qin Xiangxiang: "A story about working overtime?"
My mentor and I? A story of working overtime? My mentor and I's story of working overtime? ? ? ?
The combination of these is a bit too terrifying.
The names of these programs were truly terrifying. Qin Xiangxiang focused on watching the acrobatic performance she wanted to see, and she discovered that there was even a piano performance of "Liuyang River".
The piano was banned for two or three years until around 1977 or 1989, when a composer incorporated the piano into the background music of Peking Opera, which brought it back into the public eye. In 1970, the Cultural Palace began recruiting temporary piano teachers.
1972 was also a special year, marked by visits from foreign presidents, performances and exchanges by music troupes abroad, and the re-sending of students abroad to study foreign languages. Among the programs performed abroad was the famous piano concerto "Yellow River," which was truly spectacular.
"Liuyang River" is also a gentle and soothing piano piece that was recently composed. The piece is relatively simple, but it is also very beautiful.
Since the beginning of this year, diplomatic relations with many countries have been improved, overseas offices have been upgraded to embassies, and it is now easier to see more things from overseas in China.
As Qin Xiang was thinking about the piano piece, she flipped to the list of performers in the program. She saw three names on the play "The Story of Overtime Work," one of which was the most eye-catching: Lu Baizhou, her brother-in-law from her dream.
When Qin Xiangxiang thought of this name, she pictured a handsome young man.
Now all I can think about is Zhong Li's fiery and bold voice:
"—Short as a piece of chalk."
Qin Xiangxiang gasped, "Hiss!"
Assistant He asked in surprise, "Factory Manager, what's wrong?"
Qin Xiangxiang almost had to lean on herself for support. Not to mention the name Lu Baizhou, there were two other names. If you looked at them individually, Qin Xiangxiang wouldn't think of anything, but when you put the three names together, they seemed insignificant.
This is Lu Baizhou, and Lu Baizhou's goddess, Liang Ling, the pillar of the drama troupe, and Zhou Liangdong, the man Liang Ling likes.
These three people, you love me, I love him, and together they put on a "story of working overtime".
Qin Xiangxiang slammed her hand on the table: "This 'Story of Overtime' is sure to be amazing!"
Assistant He laughed: "Director Qin, even though you always say you need to relax and take it slow, you really do enjoy 'working overtime' from the bottom of your heart."
Assistant He's smile seemed to say: Factory manager, your usual relaxed demeanor is all an act, isn't it? You actually enjoy working overtime, and I've found out you like working overtime.
Qin Xiangxiang was taken aback by his words, thinking that it wouldn't be right to reply with "I want to see a story of 'I love him, and he loves me'".
Assistant He: "Factory manager, you don't need to say anything, I understand. I also like working overtime! I wish I could dedicate my whole life to the factory."
Qin Xiangxiang closed her eyes and advised, "Assistant He, you should read more books."
If you want to be like Su Peisheng or Wei Zhongxian, you should learn to "flatter your superiors" properly, instead of trying to curry favor in the wrong way.
"Our factory will be having a cultural performance soon!"
"There will be performances by song and dance troupes and drama troupes, and I heard there will also be acrobatics!"
"There's music, and there are also crosstalk and skit performances."
"There's a story called 'Overtime' in it, and I heard our factory manager, Mr. Qin, really likes it!"
"Sigh, our Factory Director Qin is no ordinary person. I heard that her mother was a model worker back then. Like mother, like daughter! I also want my daughter to learn from Factory Director Qin."
"The factory is nice, but I don't like working overtime."
Gao Rong, Li Jinling, and Master Li all learned about the upcoming cultural performance at the factory. Old workers like Master Li used to watch many cultural performances every year in Shanghai. The factory work was monotonous, but there were many cultural performances. Almost every large factory had an amateur "cultural propaganda team" that often performed for the workers.
Over the years, she's gotten tired of watching the old shows.
Master Li: "Thinking back to her saying she liked 'The Story of Overtime'? She really is my apprentice. I have to tell her mom about this."
Li Jinling was very excited: "Is this a cultural performance at the factory? I've never seen one before. Will our factory have open-air movie screenings in the future?"
Master Li: "Of course there will be, don't worry, everything will be available."
"Does our factory have cultural performances?" Gao Rong grinned, and what surprised her even more was an important piece of information she had just received—the factory director, Qin Xiangxiang, liked "The Story of Overtime Work".
Wow!
Back when they lived in the family compound, Gao Rong had never realized that Qin Xiangxiang was such a hard-working person. Now that she had been working at the textile factory for a while, Gao Rong thought that Qin Xiangxiang was indeed a hard worker, getting excited at the mere mention of "overtime."
She was going to tell Lin Xiuqin about this.
Some female workers were happy, but others were worried. One worried, "While 'The Story of Overtime' is certainly responsible, we have to work shifts on Sundays. Everyone else goes to see the show, and we have to stay in the workshop listening to the roar of the machines? That would be too pitiful for us."
"Yes, we can't watch the show."
"Now everyone else is going to see 'The Story of Overtime,' while we're the ones who really have to work overtime."
As female factory workers, they work three days on and one day off, meaning they get two days off out of eight days. For ordinary jobs, where only Sunday is a day off, these female factory workers are considered to have a lot of holidays.
But it would be really disappointing if I couldn't see the show!
The female workers on duty were very disappointed. "Couldn't this performance for the benefit of the workers be held for two days?"
Upon learning of the female workers' concerns, Qin Xiangxiang waved his hand and announced, "This is the first time our factory has collectively watched a performance to comfort the workers. No one can be absent. Everyone has worked hard during those tough days. Feiyan Textile Factory will be closed for one day on the day of the performance!"
"Everyone come to see the show!"
Qin Xiangxiang's voice blared from loudspeakers and broadcasts, and the crowd cheered.
"Our Factory Director Qin is so great!"
"Aaaaaah! I can go to the show now! I can go to the show now!"
"Factory manager, that's amazing!!! I've never seen a circus performance before, I'm so excited!!!"
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Qin Xiangxiang was also very happy and excited. Nothing was more exciting than having Xianyu announce a holiday.
"Director Qin is such a kind person. She likes to tell stories about working overtime, but she lets us have a day off to watch the show. She is strict with herself and lenient with others."
"The factory manager is thinking of us. This is the factory's first cultural performance, and no one can be absent."
"I want to learn from our factory manager, and I also want to enjoy stories about working overtime!"
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Qin Xiangxiang, who happened to be passing by, overheard the workers' conversation. She was full of doubt: "Who said I like stories about working overtime?"
Although she was indeed really looking forward to it.
After Qin Xiangxiang inquired carefully, she discovered that everyone in the factory now knew that she liked "The Story of Overtime".
Is this Assistant He a complete scoundrel?
You're the one who likes working overtime! Your whole family likes working overtime!!!
"This Assistant He, he's such a blabbermouth! He doesn't even help keep the boss's secrets. If this were a regular factory, an assistant with such a loose tongue would be fired by the boss on some pretext."
"This is so unreliable."
"But I'm an unreliable factory manager to begin with, so having an extra unreliable assistant won't make a difference."
When Qin Xiangxiang got home, she complained to Li Jianzhi, "Now the whole factory knows that I like 'The Story of Overtime'."
"The problem is, I don't like it! Who likes working overtime!"
Li Jianzhi: "Why would they misunderstand that you like stories about working overtime?"
“I told Assistant He that this program might be very exciting.”
Qin Xiangxiang said mysteriously, "Do you know who I saw on the program? Lu Baizhou!"
Who is Lu Baizhou?
“We’ve been gossiping about this since the Chinese New Year! A handsome man came to visit Sister Zhong Li next door, and Li Jinling took a liking to him. But Sister Zhong Li reminded her that he was the one who had committed some sins in his family.”
That thing... its lip is as short as a piece of chalk!
Li Jianzhi: "What's wrong with that now? Are you discriminating against people?"
"No! And I have some news for you: this person likes her, and this person likes him, and they're both on the same show!"
"I can imagine how amazing their rehearsals are."
Li Jianzhi: "???"
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