Chapter 219 Slacking Off I've always been good at being lazy since I was a child. ...
In a scene before the movie ends, there is a scene of the male officer reuniting with his family. In this scene, Qin Xiangxiang and Li Jianzhi, a married couple, are very eye-catching background figures.
Wu Xueyan exclaimed excitedly, "Think about it, you and Jianzhi have appeared!"
As Qin Xiangxiang looked at the image on the screen, her face immediately turned red. The man in front of the screen seemed to be gazing at her with deep affection across time and space, and invisible sparks were sizzling out.
He usually has a deadpan expression, so why does his eyes suddenly become so affectionate under director Xie Ankang's lens?
And all of this was done in full view of everyone!
—How embarrassing!
Qin Xiangxiang regretted it so much she wanted to slap her thigh. How could she have agreed to make a movie? The affectionate scoundrel in the movie wasn't her husband, and the other gentle and beautiful wife was definitely not Qin Xiangxiang.
"This movie is great!" Wu Xueyan exclaimed as she watched her son and daughter-in-law on the screen. "How come I've never seen this movie before? When will it be shown? I want to go to the cinema to see it. I want to pay someone to come to our village to show this movie, especially since my son and daughter-in-law are in it."
Qin Xiangxiang struggled to support her heavy head and bravely advised, "Mom, watching a movie once is enough. Watching it too many times is pointless."
"Interesting, very interesting! This movie is very interesting. I want to watch it again later."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
At this moment, she felt as if ants were crawling all over her body, as if she had been forced into a pot of oil and fried until crispy and crunchy. This movie had toured all over the country, including Shanghai, including her parents and neighbors... Qin Xiangxiang really had no face to live!
Qin Xiangxiang turned her head away in despair, only to meet another pair of despairing eyes—those of Zheng Jianguo.
Qin Xiangxiang gave a wry smile.
Zheng Jianguo, watching from afar, took the laughter as a provocation and mockery, as if the White Bone Demon had revealed a ferocious smile to him, a beautiful woman with fair skin who, after laughing, turned into a terrifying and sinister skull.
"Ah!" Zheng Jianguo screamed and ran out of the public screening room, his face pale.
From now on, he will have a great psychological trauma related to the Canton Fair.
Even when Zheng Jianguo was in his seventies or eighties, his hands would still tremble and he would panic whenever he heard the words "Canton Fair".
The film "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle" caused a huge sensation at the Canton Fair, with many people commenting that it would be a disaster film that would shock the world.
Some people say that making a movie under such natural disaster conditions is an inhumane act.
Feiyan Textile Factory explained, "The typhoon scene in the movie was purely an accident."
"The director was filming at a textile factory when a strong typhoon suddenly struck. Everyone was panicking, but Director Qin directed the factory workers to take precautions... Director Xie accidentally filmed these disaster relief scenes and decided to use them in the movie."
The media reporters exclaimed, "The appearance of this movie is truly a blessing from God."
"The right time, the right place, and the right people are all present."
"I heard that during last year's strong typhoon, Fei Yan Textile Factory suffered the least damage, was the first to resume production, and even provided support to other sister factories."
"Before the typhoon arrived, our factory manager led us in several typhoon drills, so when the real typhoon came, everyone acted in an orderly manner as in the drills."
"Director Qin has great foresight!"
...
The film became the most powerful advertisement for Feiyan Textile Factory. Foreign businessmen realized that this was an organization that could guarantee production order and quality even under extremely harsh conditions, and its reliability was beyond doubt.
"I need to order patchwork shirts..."
"I want to order wave-like yarn..."
"I need to……"
...
Faced with a flood of orders, Yin Pingping was stunned. It was her first time at the Canton Fair and the first time she had ever encountered such a scene. This scene was different from the sales of a few items in foreign guest shops. These buyers either did not place any orders or placed large orders.
"So fast, over a million US dollars!" Yin Pingping exclaimed in astonishment; she had never seen so much money in her life.
Yang Zhixia calmly replied, "Our Feiyan Textile Factory receives at least a million yuan in foreign exchange orders every year. You'll get used to it."
"Factory Director, I was really lucky to have come to Feiyan Textile Factory! I was so lucky!" Yin Pingping looked at the scene in front of her, and then thought back to the beginning of the year when she was just a small group member in a neighborhood production team. She had shamelessly asked Qin Xiangxiang to apply to go to the island factory, but she had the opportunity to come into contact with such a huge and impressive order.
For Yin Pingping, this was tantamount to changing the course of her life.
Qin Xiangxiang said weakly, "...Don't underestimate yourself."
Rather than saying she was trying to climb the social ladder, it would be more accurate to say that Qin Xiangxiang "misjudged" the situation. Her initial goal was to get Yin Pingping to fool Master Lu into embroidering... and knowing that Yin Pingping was naturally popular, Qin Xiangxiang, being a lazy bum, tried to take advantage of the situation.
Although the current situation is not bad, why does it always seem like things don't go as planned?
"Director Qin, cheer up! A reporter is here and wants to interview you about the story behind the factory that makes patchwork embroidered shirts."
"This movie became famous throughout the country as soon as it was released! It's amazing, truly amazing! It's incredible that such a movie could be made!"
"Many people have praised our courage and bold innovation!"
"No matter how much that Master Zhu writes articles to slander us, he can't cover up the truth! Besides, Factory Director, you initially made the patchwork embroidered shirts to help the neighborhood production team get rid of the unsold embroidered pieces... Everyone is grateful to you! What you did for everyone will never be forgotten, and we will never let anyone misunderstand you!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
This is a huge misunderstanding.
The next day, the Yangcheng Daily published several images from the film "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle," one of which showed workers protecting the Mawangdui patterned fabric in the wind and rain, which was particularly eye-catching on the front page of the newspaper.
An art critic wrote in a newspaper: "Instead of arguing about whether tradition is being desecrated, we should look at who is risking their lives to protect the carriers of these crafts. The practice of Feiyan Textile Factory is precisely how ancient patterns are 'living' in the new era."
...
Meanwhile, the film "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle" was showing in cinemas throughout Guangzhou. Citizens rushed to buy tickets and left the theaters praising it highly.
"This is the best and most exciting movie I've seen in the last decade!"
"The typhoon scenes inside were so scary that my child cried."
"Our country's workers are truly remarkable! Director Qin of the Feiyan Textile Factory is quite a character! What a thrilling and exciting experience!"
...
My mother-in-law, Wu Xueyan, said she wanted to watch it a second time, but she watched it not just two or three times, she watched it almost ten times. Every time the typhoon scene or the ending came up, she would run into the screening room to watch a segment. She was so engrossed in watching it that she ate several pounds of sunflower seeds!
Wu Xueyan: "If this movie keeps playing like this, I'm going to get a tooth stuck in my teeth."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Mom, when you get back, I promise you'll never want to see this again."
"Impossible. When I go back to my hometown, I roast sunflower seeds myself! They taste better when I roast them myself! The sunflower seeds from outside are too hard to chew."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
This order was worth more than five million US dollars, which of course included the purchase of embroidery pieces. The factory's profit was another matter, but it was all done in the name of Feiyan Textile Factory to generate foreign exchange for the country, and all of this foreign exchange was attributed to Feiyan Textile Factory.
Li Yongjian couldn't stop smiling. This time, his support for the screening of the film had yielded great results, showcasing the spirit of the nation's workers in the new era to many foreign guests. The indomitable fighting spirit embodied in the film made people feel proud and honored.
"They even call this a 'disaster movie'."
"They said they've never seen such a good disaster movie."
"This isn't a disaster movie! It's a struggle movie! A movie about striving in the new era!"
At the celebration banquet after the Canton Fair, representatives from Shanghai's light industry sector solemnly thanked Qin Xiangxiang, saying, "Thanks to Director Qin, the problem of unsold embroidered pieces in the alley production group was solved. Now we have received so many orders for embroidered patchwork shirts, everyone has something to do, and the educated youth who returned to the city have a place to settle down... Director Qin, you have solved a super big problem for us!"
"To many people, you are a great benefactor!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "You're too kind."
She's always lifting a stone only to drop it on her own foot; both her feet are hurt, and she doesn't know which foot to pick up and jump up from.
The patchwork embroidered shirt, which I kept with tears in my eyes—is gone.
Going to the movies with that deadbeat guy—it's embarrassing on the international stage.
Qin didn't dare to think about these things too much, because thinking about them would bring her to tears. At night, she would close her eyes and fall asleep immediately, leaving the excited Wu Xueyan unable to sleep for most of the night.
Wu Xueyan was worried that she was getting old and needed less sleep, which might disturb her daughter-in-law next door. But to her surprise, her daughter-in-law slept soundly without breaking a sweat.
When Qin Xiangxiang opened her eyes the next day, her mother-in-law, Wu Xueyan, held her hand with great concern: "Xiangxiang, you're exhausted every day, aren't you?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "?"
"Yes, you are a model worker. It's heartbreaking to see you so tired... When I was young, even if I worked on the farm for seven days straight, I never slept like this. Poor thing, it really breaks my heart."
"They all say mental work is more tiring, you've suffered."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...It's not that tiring."
“You don’t need to say anything, Mom knows. People like you don’t want to complain in front of your family. You work like oxen every day, but you still insist that you’re not tired or working hard.”
Wu Xueyan: "Such a beautiful woman, she shouldn't overwork herself."
"Even the donkeys in the production team should take a break; they shouldn't be working the millstone every day."
Wu Xueyan: "You silly city girl, you need to learn to slack off! My dear daughter-in-law, don't be so foolish as to always rush ahead on your own. If you slack off a little, no one will notice."
"Or, how about Mom teaches you how to slack off?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "??????"
She thought to herself, "I'm the ancestor of all lazy bums! Nobody's better at dawdling than me, Qin Xiangxiang!"
"Think about it, don't have any mental burden. It's normal to slack off at work, everyone does it... The most important thing is not to exhaust yourself."
Qin Xiangxiang said sincerely, "Mom, you really don't need to worry. I'm particularly good at being lazy. I've been good at being lazy since I was a child."
"Hmph, I don't believe you."
Wu Xueyan said with concern, "Don't work yourself to the bone. From now on, leave all the housework to Jianzhi and let the men do the work. Don't tire yourself out."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
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