Chapter 112 Playing the movie
“No, there are so many women who like you, no matter what, you will meet love.”
Xie Yuanhang took another sip of Coke, feeling a little uncomfortable He said: "Even the new girl can fall in love with you at first sight."
Gu Errong was stunned. She didn't show anything strange when Director Liu introduced Jiang Yan just now.
He smiled and said: "Look what you said, she fell in love with me at first sight, how is it possible? Besides, I am married, and it is impossible for me to have thoughts about any other woman."
Xie Yuanhang nodded.
Gu Errong thought for a moment and decided to tell Xie Yuanhang, then said: "Let me tell you the truth. In fact, Jiang Yan and I knew each other before, in the army, and she once expressed her feelings to me. I had a good impression, but I didn’t agree.”
It turned out to be an old acquaintance, not love at first sight.
Xie Yuanhang felt a little better.
"If you like her, I can help match her up, but Jiang Yan is such a stubborn person."
"It's okay, I just like girls who are persistent in their feelings." Xie Yuanhang drank the remaining half bottle of Coke, threw the empty bottle in the trash can, and said, "Do you know what she likes? I will definitely perform well, Let her fall in love with me early.”
“She likes singing and dancing, and has her own understanding of music and choreography. She can compose music and write lyrics, and she seems to be able to play several musical instruments.”
Xie Yuanhang found it difficult to handle.
If you say you like listening to music, you can send some CDs or something, but this directly rises to composing music and lyrics, which is not an ordinary difficulty. He is a tone-deaf person, and it is impossible to do it in a short time. Become a musician.
"This, it seems a bit difficult, you know, I have no artistic ability at all."
"I remember telling you before, love is a very wonderful thing, as long as you fall in love All the standards will no longer exist. You just need to be yourself, be true to yourself, and leave the rest to fate.”
Xie Yuanhang patted Gu Errong. shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are right."
While the two were talking, Jiang Yan came in, with no trace of crying on his face.
She put a bag of apples and a bag of bananas on the table, and said with a smile: "I'm leaving in a hurry this time, so I didn't bring you a gift. Come, have some fruit."
"We will all work together in the future, so you don't need to be so polite." Xie Yuanhang said, "By the way, I have applied for your notebook, pen and other things. You can try it later to see if the pen works well. If it doesn't work, I will I’ll help you change it.”
"Thank you. I just saw a promotional poster in the department store, saying that there is a movie at 7 o'clock tonight, "The Unknown Family" in Hong Kong. Do you have any plans for the evening? If not, I will invite you to watch it."
"No, there is no arrangement." Xie Yuanhang said quickly, "Right, Errong?"
Gu Errong originally wanted to say that he still had something to do, but Xie Yuanhang said so, and he couldn't refuse anymore. , and nodded in agreement.
Jiang Yan was as happy as a child and said: "Is there a plate here? I'll wash the apples for us."
Xie Yuanhang said: "I'll wash it."
With that said, he went out carrying the apple.
Jiang Yan said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Errong, I made it difficult for you just now. I have figured it out and won't say anything to make it difficult for you. No matter what, we are still friends."
Gu Errong felt a lot more relaxed, nodded and said, "Well, thank you for your understanding. If you need any help in the future, just ask."
"Okay."
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Gujiatai.
On this day, Guan Youshuang stayed at school for a while longer and helped the children summarize some question types based on the high school entrance examination papers in recent years.
It was already evening when I came back from school, and the sky was dyed orange by fire clouds.
She saw that the wheat grass field was full of people, and there were many cloths and wooden sticks. Everyone was talking about something.
She walked over and took a look. There was a big red paper fixed with a pin on the outside of a piece of cloth, which read the movie newspaper:
Video: "The Swordsman" Play time: 7 p.m. -10 pm
Ticket: 0.5 yuan
It turns out that a movie is going to be played in the village.
In the last life, Guan Youshuang heard from her parents that the old-fashioned projector movies they watched when they were children always seemed very novel to her and she didn’t know what they were like.
I finally got a chance to take a look today.
The film projectionist is busy setting up simple projection equipment.
The projectionist is a dark-skinned, middle-aged man with a beard.
He unloaded an old-fashioned film projector from the tricycle and skillfully placed it on a stable table. This table was known to Guan Youshuang and belonged to the village committee.
Next to the projector, there is a worn-out large speaker, probably used to amplify the sound of the movie.
The paint on the speaker casing has peeled off, revealing the metallic color underneath.
He opened the coiled power cord and plugged it into the power socket not far away.
The socket was pulled out from the yard of the house at the entrance of the village.
After doing this, he carefully took out the reel from the wooden film box, gently passed the head of the film through the inside of the projector, and finally fixed it on the storage shaft.
Guan Youshuang remembers her father saying that she must be extremely careful when putting film in, because any small scratch may affect the viewing effect.
In front of the projector, a white curtain supported by bamboo poles has been erected, and the bottom of the curtain is pressed down with bricks, probably to prevent it from being blown down by the night wind.
Although the curtain has a few obvious patches, it looks relatively clean.
The night gradually darkened, and a circle of cloth was built around the wheat field, leaving only an entrance and exit about one meter wide on the edge.
The conductor was standing at the door selling tickets.
Because it is only once or twice a year, just like singing and opera, movie tickets sell out very quickly. Some people even stay here without having dinner because they are worried about not being able to buy tickets.
Guan Youshuang's family also went. She originally planned to take Yuanyuan with her, but Yuanyuan said she wanted to go with other friends. Wang Huiying also said that every year Yuanyuan goes to the opera by herself. , nothing will happen.
Guan Youshuang went with Gu Xiaoyun.
Wang Huiying pushed Gu Yunliang there.
Soon, the tickets were sold out and the conductor closed the door.
The children excitedly found the best viewing position in front of the curtain, while the adults sat around the back, each family with their own small bench, chatting in twos and threes.
Guan Youshuang did not bring a bench, she and Gu Xiaoyun stood behind.
The projectionist adjusted the projector's lens so that it was aimed at the curtain, and then shook the projector's handle with his hand.
After confirming that everything was normal, he turned on the power of the projector, and a beam of bright light penetrated the darkness and was projected on the curtain.
As the machine sounded, the film began to roll slowly, and the screening began.
A black and white picture appeared on the curtain, and a loud melody came from the loudspeaker.
They are all veteran actors from Hong Kong. Although the dubbing is in Mandarin, it still feels good.
Guan Youshuang stood at the back, looking at the dark crowd in front, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.
(End of this chapter)