Chapter 218 The movie "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle" I felt safe the moment I saw Director Zheng...
Qin Xiangxiang originally didn't plan to go to the Canton Fair in the spring of that year, but because her mother-in-law Wu Xueyan came, she accompanied her to this rare grand event.
She didn't arrive in Guangzhou until the last week of the textile exhibition, where she stayed in a guesthouse arranged by the organizing committee, sharing a room with her mother-in-law, Wu Xueyan.
Wu Xueyan already knew from her daughter Li Jinling that participating in the Canton Fair not only provides entry and exit credentials, but also a commemorative medal.
"Take this fishtail certificate and commemorative medal back to the village. I'll be the most worldly person in our village! I've traveled from north to south, covering most of the country! I never thought I'd experience something like this in my life. It's all thanks to Jianzhi's academic excellence that he was able to leave the village..."
Wu Xueyan was getting old and kept talking to herself, while Qin Xiangxiang studied the television in the room. "It's a pity that this is a guesthouse. When I came here, I saw many people installing fishbone antennas on their houses."
It was 1975. Ordinary families in Guangzhou now had televisions, many of which were gifts from relatives and friends in Hong Kong who came to visit the mainland. Of course, some were smuggled in. Many people here owned televisions, and some even secretly installed a fishbone antenna on their roofs to receive TV channels from Hong Kong and other places—watching TV dramas in secret.
Such unauthorized antenna connections are not permitted, but people insist on doing so, making it a persistent problem despite repeated bans.
Actually, here, compared to secretly swimming to the other side, illegally connecting a fishbone antenna to watch TV isn't such a big deal.
Wu Xueyan: "What fishbone antenna?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "An antenna can enhance the signal, so we can receive more TV channels."
"Mom, when you go back, I'll try to get you a black and white TV."
Wu Xueyan was terrified and quickly waved her hand, saying, "This thing is so precious, you mustn't."
Qin Xiangxiang: "I'll have my dad make it himself. He said he's already collecting the parts. Once he has all the parts, he'll assemble two TVs himself and send one to you. Our factory here already has them."
"My father-in-law knows this skill?"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "My dad used to go to the mall to watch people repair TVs, and now he says he can assemble one himself! He learned how by watching."
Wu Xueyan: "You see more of the world in big cities!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a while, then Qin Xiangxiang took her mother-in-law downstairs for a stroll, and then they all had a meal together. This time, Lu Suxin, Master Lu, also came to watch the fun.
At the guesthouse, you inevitably run into old acquaintances, especially the old colleagues from the Red Star Textile Factory. You run into them almost every time you come. Zheng Jianguo is no longer the factory director this year. Zeng Jinfeng and He Xiuxiu are also in their group.
Lin Xiuqin didn't come; I heard she stayed on the island to go on a blind date with Zhao Rui. If the blind date is successful, Zhao Rui will probably become the new male lead.
Qin Xiangxiang admired Lin Xiuqin from the bottom of her heart, thinking that she was indeed destined to be the female lead, having "emotional entanglements" with countless people. Gao Rong thought "she loves her", Zhao Yangyang thought "she loves her", He Xiuxiu thought "she loves her", and she even went on blind dates with the four most talented men in the navy.
The reason Zhou Zhenbang didn't get the role was because of his poor character; he lacked the discernment to recognize the female lead and thus missed out on the male lead's destiny.
"Director Zheng, it's been a long time!" Qin Xiangxiang greeted Zheng Jianguo happily.
Zheng Jianguo's face darkened: "Deputy Factory Director."
"Oh, Deputy Factory Director Zheng, every time we run into you at our factory, something good always happens!"
Zheng Jianguo rolled his eyes, thinking that nothing good ever came from running into them. This caused his heart to race whenever he saw Qin Xiangxiang, as if he were about to faint at any moment.
Qin Xiangxiang sighed: "I'm in the same boat as you now. We're both being manipulated by the female technicians in the factory."
Zheng Jianguo: "???"
Zheng Jianguo's heart, which had died, was revived by the other party's words.
Qin Xiangxiang, even this brat has been taken advantage of by the skilled female worker?
Zheng Jianguo: "How did I manage to manipulate you?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "They forced me to become an apprentice and insisted that I learn Suzhou embroidery. Actually, I don't want to learn these things at all. It's exhausting."
Zheng Jianguo: "???"
He was so angry he almost rolled his eyes: "I shouldn't have listened to you!"
The next day, in addition to the textiles from the factory, the Feiyan Textile Factory booth also featured geometric embroidered patchwork shirts, which immediately attracted a lot of attention, albeit with a "bad reputation."
Zheng Jianguo was angered by Qin Xiangxiang yesterday. He originally didn't intend to kick her while she was down, but now he took out all the articles by Master Zhu that he had brought with him and shared them with the people around him.
This time, Zheng Jianguo wasn't alone. He was accompanied by quite a few people, including Master Zhu Wenzhang, with the aim of disrupting Feiyan Textile Factory's business. This was because Qin Xiangxiang, the young female factory director, had achieved remarkable foreign exchange earnings with Feiyan Textile Factory over the years!
A woman?
We have to pull her down!
This time, she made a fool of herself at the Canton Fair.
"You've also read Master Zhu's articles? I think Master Zhu's articles are quite well written."
"Isn't this against tradition?"
"Master Zhu said that this is a dismemberment of traditional patterns and a desecration of the art of embroidery."
"Master Zhu wrote extremely harshly, saying that this has completely disgraced our traditional crafts and will surely become an international laughing stock!"
No one likes a good show, and Feiyan Textile Factory has participated in the Canton Fair several times, but this is the first time they've become the focus of attention for all buyers right from the start of the exhibition.
Several foreign businesspeople, holding translated copies of the article, curiously asked the sales staff at the Canton Fair, "Is this real? Is this a desecration of art?"
"I think this shirt has a rather artistic feel to it?"
"It's quite artistic..."
The people at Feiyan Textile Factory couldn't understand the foreign businessman's gibberish. Yin Pingping was happy one moment and frowned the next. She complained, "This Master Zhu is going too far!"
"Some foreign businessmen have praised our artistic flair!"
"Some say we are desecrating art."
...
The scene was chaotic, which was clearly disadvantageous to Feiyan Textile Factory. When Zheng Jianguo saw the scene in front of him, he wanted to shout in his heart: "The serfs have been liberated and are now singing!"
Zheng Jianguo had waited for so many years, and finally, someone threw eggs at the head of Feiyan Textile Factory!
Zheng Jianguo said happily, "As long as you live long enough, you can see all kinds of scenes!"
"That was so satisfying!"
Zheng Jianguo loudly recited Master Zhu's article, wishing he could be possessed by Master Zhu at that moment: "This is a dismemberment of traditional patterns! It is a desecration of art!"
Yin Pingping frowned and said, "Comrade, could you please stop reading this next to our booth?"
Zheng Jianguo grinned and said, "I'm getting old, and my hearing isn't very good, so I have to speak louder."
Yin Pingping was angry. Yang Zhixia pulled Yin Pingping aside and said, "Pingping, don't mind him. This is Director Zheng Jianguo. I feel at ease as soon as I see Director Zheng."
Zheng Jianguo: "???!!!" What are you talking about?!
"Director Zheng is a lucky charm for our textile factory; he always manages to achieve the opposite of what we want."
"I guess I'll have to thank Director Zheng again today."
Zheng Jianguo was so angry his eyes almost popped out: "???? Hey, I'm not going to believe this nonsense today!"
What kind of people work at Feiyan Textile Factory?!
At this moment, the exhibition hall broadcast:
"Distinguished guests, please move to the public screening area next door. The screening area will be showing the movie 'The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle' all day long. This movie was filmed at the Feiyan Textile Factory..."
Yin Pingping asked curiously, "A movie? What movie? Why did I hear our textile factory's name mentioned?"
"The Blue Sea and Silver Shuttle has been released!"
"Oh my god, how about we go see a movie too!"
...
At this moment, everyone at the Feiyan Textile Factory booth became restless. They didn't even want the booth anymore and were all eager to go see the movie. After all, they, including Qin Xiangxiang, were all actors in "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle".
"Movies? Think about it, you even made movies!" Mother-in-law Wu Xueyan hurriedly asked Qin Xiangxiang.
Qin Xiangxiang: "Both 'Weight Loss Bro' and I are in it. I don't think the director cut us out, right? I haven't seen it, so I don't know how it turned out."
Qin Xiangxiang was also nervous at this moment, because she didn't know what the movie would look like. She and Li Jianzhi had filmed a background scene of the male and female leads reuniting as an officer couple.
"Jian Zhi is in there too? Oh dear, what's this all about? What role does he play? Is he one of the workers from your factory?"
Qin Xiangxiang whispered in his ear, "He played a naval officer."
Wu Xueyan: "???? Does this even need acting?"
"And what about you, daughter-in-law? What role did you play?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "The wife of a naval officer."
Wu Xueyan: "?????? You...this, isn't this...the naval officer and his wife?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "The male and female protagonists of this movie are the story of a naval officer and his wife, a model worker in the textile industry."
Wu Xueyan: "Isn't that my son and daughter-in-law?"
"Jianzhi is a naval officer, you are a model worker."
Qin Xiangxiang: "???!!! I'm not a model worker!"
"So that's it! This is your story! I have to go and see it!"
"Mom, Li Jianzhi and I were just background characters! The model worker in the movie is definitely not me."
...
Zheng Jianguo scoffed from afar, thinking to himself, "What kind of military officer husband and model worker wife? This kind of old-fashioned movie story that glorifies merits is definitely not something any foreigner would like to watch!"
The people from Feiyan Textile Factory, as well as many foreign merchants, all walked towards the public screening room. Many of them were familiar with this screening room because movies were often shown at night, and many had been there before.
"The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle"?
Is this the movie about the Flying Swallow Textile Factory?
...
Groups of people walked into the screening room, but Zheng Jianguo stubbornly refused to go in. He stood outside and started timing them, thinking that these people definitely wouldn't have the patience to watch. "Some of them will definitely come out in less than ten minutes!"
"Model worker, model worker, the old-fashioned stories of model workers."
...
Zheng Jianguo looked at his watch and thought that it had been almost an hour and a half, and it was still "only going in and not coming out". Could there be another exit inside? "I don't believe it."
Zheng Jianguo also walked towards the screening room. He lifted the curtain and the movie happened to be showing the scene of "the textile factory resisting the typhoon" - the scene showed strong winds and heavy rain, huge waves, broken factory windows, and rainwater pouring in!
These images of disaster bring overwhelming pressure to people.
Under such perilous conditions, the textile factory workers opened the warehouse, covered the cotton yarn and fabric equipment with waterproof tarpaulins, blocked the doors with sandbags, and quickly moved important textiles... Everything was done in such an orderly and efficient manner, just like an army.
What's even more terrifying is how realistic the natural disasters in the movie are!
Some audience members were even so frightened that they cried and screamed.
"My God! How was this filmed? Is it special effects? Is it a model? No, this is impossible! It's so realistic!"
"This is a real disaster scene! Are they risking their lives to make a movie?"
"So orderly! It's incredible, these workers are amazing! Look at their organized actions! This is something no ordinary factory could do!"
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