788: My first job in Beijing
After passing the exam, the father and son officially entered the Red Star Machinery Factory and became workers of a large state-owned factory in Beijing.
While the father and son went to work at the machinery factory, Zhou Ziheng also officially took office and had a new identity:
President of the Military Engineering College!
The youngest dean ever.
As for Yu Xiaoye's work arrangement, it has not been resolved.
Because they are not in a hurry, as long as Yu Xiaoye wants to work, it can be arranged immediately. The problem is that Yu Xiaoye does not know exactly what he wants to do.
She wants to go to college, but it will take another one or two years.
She wanted to do business and make money, but speculation is still a serious crime now.
The time has not come yet for what she wants to do most, and she has to lie low for another two years.
Zhou Ziheng had no plans for her work. He just listened to her and let her do whatever she wanted. He never asked any questions. Even if she never worked at home for the rest of her life, he wouldn't say a word - instead, he would be very happy.
As for the old couple of the Zhou family, they certainly hope that their daughter-in-law will not go out to work, stay at home, and give them a grandson as soon as possible.
However, it seems that the two young people have no intention in this regard and have no intention of becoming parents at all.
Zhuang Huaijian couldn't urge him either.
Therefore, during the first period after arriving in the capital, Yu Xiaoye lived like a vagrant. Every day, apart from eating and drinking, he would go out for a walk and go home to accompany Zhou Ziheng at night.
She had the most leisurely period of her life.
A happy family, no worries about food and clothing, no troubles, and being free and easy every day feels like living in a dream.
But after a long time, this kind of life becomes a bit boring.
She began to think about finding herself a job.
Just when she was looking for a job, Jia Song, who happened to work at the Cultural Center, brought her a message that a film studio in Beijing was making a movie, and there was a problem with a female dancer in the film and she could not perform. Now the studio was looking for a suitable actress and asked Yu Xiaoye if she wanted to audition, since she had dance skills and looked good on camera.
Yu Xiaoye became interested as soon as he heard it, not in the audition, but in the film studio.
She promised Jia Song that she could give it a try.
So Jia Song took Yu Xiaoye to the film studio on his bicycle, just like two years ago in the Great Northern Wilderness, when Jia Song took her to the field office on his bicycle to participate in the selection of the field office's propaganda team.
When they arrived at the studio, the moment Yu Xiaoye showed up, everyone in the film crew was dazzled. Just as Jia Song said, her appearance was impeccable. In the past two years, she had grown more and more tall and beautiful, with an outstanding temperament. Even a professional dance troupe could not pick out such a good talent.
The people in the film crew took a fancy to her and then symbolically asked her if she had any acting experience.
Jia Song, the quick-tongued man, told the film crew all the truth. He told them about Yu Xiaoye's achievements over the past two years, how he was a key figure in the Corps' propaganda team, had participated in many large-scale performances, had personally written the scripts for musicals, represented the entire Beidahuang Corps in performances at the Great Hall of Beijing, and had even been featured in national newspapers, and so on and so forth.
The people in the film crew were stunned and looked at Yu Xiaoye as if they had found a treasure. No wonder, no wonder they were so dazzled at first sight, it turned out that he really had a brilliant record!
The people in the film crew didn't hesitate at all, as if they were afraid that she would run away, so they took her to try on costumes and talk to her about the play.
Yu Xiaoye’s first job in Beijing was thus settled.
But she is only a temporary worker.
Actors of this era were either seconded from song and dance troupes or drama troupes, or were employees of film studios. No matter how many plays they performed, they received a fixed salary. There was no such thing as sky-high pay. At most, they would get a few dollars in allowances or travel expenses, which was not much more than what ordinary workers made.
People like Yu Xiaoye who have no unit, are not on secondment, and are not formal employees can only apply for some subsidies as temporary workers, and those few dollars are better than nothing.
Yu Xiaoye didn't care about the few dollars. She was just curious and wanted to get involved in this industry.
At present, this industry is not as high-end as the entertainment industry will sound in a few decades. It is just a job that sounds better. For some families, they even look down on this kind of job. For example, her father-in-law Zhou Jingru looks down on this kind of job.
But Yu Xiaoye was quite interested. While the threshold to this industry was not that high, he came in to learn more about it and took the opportunity to learn something that interested him and understand the film business.
She stayed at the studio until the end of the shift, and she shot all her scenes in one take. She had a great sense of the camera and could control her movements easily. The director was very surprised and asked her to come back the next day and come to work on time.
Yu Xiaoye agreed and went home after work.
When they got home, it was already getting late. Zhou Ziheng had also finished get off work at the Military Engineering College and was waiting for her to come back for dinner.
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Zhou Ziheng thought she had gone somewhere fun today.
Yu Xiaoye didn't say where he went today. After dinner, when the two returned upstairs, Yu Xiaoye said to Zhou Ziheng with a smile:
"Guess where I went today?"
"What interesting places have you found?"
"I didn't play today, I did serious work."
"Let's talk about something serious."
"I went to the movie studio today to play an extra."
"What's the meaning?"
"It's just playing supporting roles in movies, and some unimportant roles, like passerby or something."
Zhou Ziheng frowned:
"With your qualifications, you can easily play the leading role, so why are you playing a minor role? Who gave you this role?"
"Brother Jia."
"It's him again!"
Seeing Zhou Ziheng's fierce determination to "crush that bastard to death", Yu Xiaoye explained:
"Brother Heng, I had a lot of fun."
Zhou Ziheng was helpless:
"Well, just have fun."
"Besides, I might have to go there every day for the time being. I'm considered a temporary worker at the film studio and have to go to work on time every day, so this is my job."
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Xiaoye, if you're bored at home and want to find a job, I can arrange something for you. There's no need to run around the studio doing odd jobs. You could work in our college's publicity department, or be my secretary. I'm in need of a capable assistant, and you'd be perfect for the job.
"Brother Heng, please forgive me. I'm completely clueless about airplanes and cannons. I won't go to the academy, so please let me go to the film studio. Okay, let me go?"
Zhou Ziheng smiled bitterly, feeling powerless to resist.
He knew Yu Xiaoye's character. His soft words seemed like begging, but in fact, he had already made up his mind and no one could change it.
If he doesn't agree now, then this girl will get angry and give him orders, and he will have to agree even if he doesn't agree then. It's better to agree early and ask for a favor:
"Okay, go ahead if you want to. Do what you like."
"Brother Heng is so nice!"
Yu Xiaoye jumped up and hugged Zhou Ziheng and kissed him fiercely. After the kiss, he said:
"However, it's better for you to keep this to yourself. Don't let your parents-in-law know for the time being."
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