1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 71: Stay Steady~
I bought five versions of monkey stamps and I have to keep them well for the summer!
Don’t let your breasts be scratched!

This cat usually looks pretty normal, and is pretty good at catching mice, but when it gets mad, it can fight with its own shadow for half an hour!
If a cat chews this... Xia Tian will be so mad!
Mimi: Huh? Me? Just wait! I’ll give you all the food when I get the chance! I’ll eat eat eat eat~
After putting away the stamps, Xia Tian counted his own little treasury - no, little golden pocket!
Is it a lot? Not much!
Come to think of it, I'm afraid I don't have as much money as Milan!
Sure enough, you can’t get rich by just writing code!
The royalties and recording fees for "Where is Spring" were all gone in an instant.

If this continues, I will have to plan my pocket money for next month.

That’s not appropriate!
I decided to make money in the summer, and after much thought, I decided to write something.

The main thing is that these days, almost all ways to make money are illegal. Don't take the risk...

Just a few dozen or a hundred bucks, what's the point of playing with my life?
I want to write in the summer, but it’s not just any writing.

After thinking it over, he decided to write a letter to old Palo.

It's been four or five months, it's time to say hello to my old friend.

Xia Tian was sitting at his desk. Mimi jumped onto his lap and took a nap, wagging its tail.

Xia Tian stroked the cat with one hand and spun a pen with the other, wondering: "What should I write?"

My own writing skills in English are good enough, but if I want to make a splash in the United States, I must write something different.

I looked down at the shiny dark breasts on her back, and yes, she's pregnant!
Just write... work hard for three days, first write in Chinese, and then translate it into English.

At that time, international mail was still a very rare job, and under the guidance of the lady at the post office, Xia Tian affixed four or five stamps before sending the letter.

As for when it will arrive, it may take 20 days to a month!

……

"Sure enough!" Xia Tian put down the "Yanjing Music News" in his hand.

The front-page article above is a criticism of Mr. Li: "Homesickness" anthropomorphizes nostalgia for home, but what it expresses is not a healthy love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland, but a low, lingering and decadent music."

"She speaks in a coquettish and pretentious manner."

"It has the same flavor as the entertainment life in cafes, bars, dance halls, nightclubs, etc."

"A typical representative of music trends and decadent music."

"Sinners who corrupt young people."

"Yellow Songstress"

……

That's daunting.

This is why I only write children's songs in the summer.

And the song "Homesickness", with its breathy singing, tango rhythm, and sad emotions... isn't that outrageous enough?

Now there are people who really write articles and talk seriously about how far away from the microphone one should be when singing this song, how many breaths one should take, and what instruments should be used for accompaniment.

On the 25th of the month, Teacher Li, who sang "Homesickness", published an article in the "Yanjing Music News" entitled "Exploration in Practice", expressing his views on whether to use light voice or breathy voice in singing.

She wrote: The use of soft voice is one of the technical means to express the content and emotions of songs. This method exists in Western singing and Chinese opera and folk song singing. It cannot be compared with foreign pop songs and pop songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan...

Unfortunately, this statement cannot convince others.

……

A certain director L of the Central Orchestra where Teacher Li worked also sent a message to warn her that if she continued on this path, she should find another job.

Teacher Li was also quite stubborn - by the 84 Spring Festival Gala, Li Guyi's self-introduction was already from the "China Light Music Orchestra Preparatory Group."

When Milan saw the articles in the newspaper, his expression was also very unhappy: "I really like this song... It seems that I can't sing it anymore?"

Xia Tian comforted her: "Yes, don't worry. But I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few years, you'll have to sing it anyway."

Xia Tian looked out the window and gazed into the distance: "You have to know that what is being criticized now is not "Homesickness", but the new singing style that goes beyond people's traditional cognition."

"The emergence of new things always goes through a tortuous process, and this new way of singing and new artistic style is not favored now and has been criticized by countless voices." "But with the development of the times, people are increasingly aware that we need to let a hundred flowers bloom and branch out, and we cannot stick to the old rules and cannot refuse to accept new things."

As for now, stay calm and don't waste time~
……

Although the issue of the new song has made many young people silent, as Xia Tian said, "It has to be sung anyway."

At the end of the month, another new movie was released.

"The Fog is Thick"!
This movie is awesome!
When they saw it for the first time in the summer, many people were scared!

However, this is not a horror film, but a special detective film?

In the early 70s, a handwritten novel began to circulate among the educated youth group.

The story begins with a deep stone staircase, which leads to a gloomy old house. A bloody hand is placed on the threshold of the old house, and a pair of embroidered shoes moves slowly... Even if the details are no longer clear, many people must still remember this gloomy and terrifying beginning.

This handwritten novel is the famous "A Pair of Embroidered Shoes".

At that time, novels certainly could not be published publicly, and they were completely spread by copying from one person to another.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of copies of this novel once approached one million, and the more it was circulated, the more bizarre its content became.

Even those who have not read the manuscript at that time must have heard of the name of the novel.

Over time, the influence of this novel has surpassed the work itself and has become an urban legend~
Just last year, the novel was officially published!

Look, there’s even a movie.

It is said that the original name of the movie was "The Jinglu Murder Case", but it was changed to "The Fog City" when it was released.

This kind of scary yet fresh feeling that makes people want to watch it is something that no previous literary and artistic works have ever had.

Fear is a deep-rooted emotion in human beings and an irresistible driving force for human exploration.

In later generations, horror films and comedies are the only two options for making a small profit with a big return!

How powerful is this movie? Let me put it this way!

That night, Milan knocked on the door.
Xia Tian: “What?”

Milan outside the door: "I'm a little scared to be alone."

Xia Tian saw through the crack in the door that the woman was hugging a pillow with a smile of success on her face.

The pillow is already here, what are you going to do? !

Xia Tian: If I let you in, I would be scared!

……

April 4, April Fools' Day~
Bank of China began to issue foreign exchange certificates in the country.

When foreigners, overseas Chinese and compatriots from the three places enter the country, they must exchange the foreign currencies they hold at the Bank of China or designated foreign exchange outlets.

It will be converted into foreign exchange certificates at the exchange rate at that time and used at the same value as RMB within the specified range.

This is the official start of circulation!

There are seven denominations of foreign exchange certificates, the largest being 7 yuan and the smallest being 100 cents.

Scarcity makes things valuable, and this is always true.

Foreign exchange coupons can be used to buy many scarce items, which makes them rare and valuable.

According to regulations, private exchange among the public is not allowed, but many smart people try to exchange it secretly.

Because there is always a big gap between its official exchange rate and the black market price, there is a lot of arbitrage space.

In the following years, trading in foreign exchange certificates was a side way to make money.

Of course, the crackdown is quite strict!
By the middle of the month, news came from the international community that existentialist philosopher Sartre had passed away.

His death actually triggered a wave of Sartre fever in the country? !

Walking in universities and colleges, almost everyone has a copy of Sartre tucked under their arm, and everyone can say "Hell is other people".

At this time, people like to study, read and think, so philosophy is also very popular.

In the book "Western Thoughts and Chinese College Students" published in 91, the author conducted statistics on 13 universities in Shanghai and found that from 85 to 86, the proportion of college students who had read or owned the works of Sartre, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Freud, etc. was as high as 80%.
After the college entrance examination was resumed a few years ago, college students have a very high social status. And there are practical benefits, which makes everyone realize the importance of knowledge.

Therefore, throughout the 80s, "being proud of advocating science and ashamed of ignorance" was a value that the whole society recognized from the bottom of their hearts.

During this period, reading philosophy, science, and literature is a very noble behavior. All ambitious young people will try to expand their reading volume.

At this time, it is still embarrassing for intellectuals to talk about money. Everyone has passion, and it is not ordinary passion, but passion for carrying forward the past and opening up the future.

Because of the above-mentioned social atmosphere, poor students who were knowledgeable and talented at that time could attract the attention of the opposite sex.

This is also a powerful motivation~
At that time, there were very few entertainment activities, even television was rarely seen, and reading was the best entertainment activity. There were not so many online games and short videos later to occupy young people's time.

The pressure of life was not as great as it was later, and I had a lot of spare time, which I could use to systematically read books in a certain field.

You can even see a few people sitting on the side of the road, discussing literature with great enthusiasm.

After the 90s, no one worshipped knowledge anymore, and everyone started worshipping “entrepreneurs” instead.

(End of this chapter)