The Pentium Era - South to North

It has been more than two years since the Yue Opera Troupe was announced to be disbanded, and there are still a lot of problems left. The leaders of the county and the Cultural Bureau get dizzy when they hear the word Yue Opera Troupe.

First of all, people cannot be arranged. The people in the troupe are generally not well educated, but they are all employees of the enterprise. If you want to arrange the laid-off people to the enterprise, they can die on the spot for you to see, but in a county, where can such people come from? Even if there are many public institutions, what can these people do if they are gone?

Every department is pushing, but it doesn’t mean that these people are not professionally qualified. You can’t arrange opera singers and erhu players to seismological stations, weather stations, and epidemic prevention stations, right? That is to say, my unit has been overcrowded for a long time, and there are still several people in the unit waiting for the indicator to turn positive.

The county leaders had no choice but to issue harsh orders to wipe everyone's butts themselves and let the cultural system solve the problem on its own.

How to solve the cultural system? Go to Xinhua Bookstore to sell books, go to movie theaters to sell tickets, go to libraries and cultural centers to do sanitation, the theater troupe has nearly a hundred people, how can we need so many people just to do these, not to mention that people may not be willing to do it, and they feel like they are just a role when there is no acting. , If you don't want to, just put it off. Until now, half of the people have not been assigned their jobs.

Several directors of the Cultural Affairs Bureau have been troubled by this. Even the Cultural Management Committee, which has only one establishment, has never had a director go there before. Directors often come there and complain, "Why haven't you made any major discoveries here recently?" ?

In the countryside of Yongcheng, in 1971, experts from the Institute of Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Zhejiang Provincial Museum unearthed an ancient human tooth fossil. After identification, this human tooth fossil was about 50,000 years old and was called The Chinese Academy of Sciences officially named him “Yongcheng People”.

"Yongcheng Man" is an ancient human fossil of the "New Homo Stage" first discovered in Zhejiang Province. Since then, Zhejiang's history has advanced by more than 40,000 years, and Yongcheng has become the source of Zhejiang's history.

Therefore, there is such a cultural management committee crowded in the cultural center. Xiao Xing of the cultural management committee certainly knows what the director means by this. If there is another project like this, the people from the theater troupe can be arranged to dig ancient tombs. , it lasted for a year and a half, and all I received were special funds from the state.

Xiao Xing pointed to a row of incomplete clay pots in the glass cabinet behind him, and joked with the director:

"Or, should I bury these underground and discover them again? Digging won't work, but I can still bury them."

The director laughed and went out. With this smile, he felt a little more relaxed.

These people have no work arrangements, but their wages must not be less, their medical expenses must be reimbursed, and the Cultural Bureau has no money, so they go to the Cultural Bureau on the 1st, 3rd and 5th, and the county government on the 24th and 6th. They block the doors of the bureau chief and the county magistrate and sing ancient songs. Nowadays, there are one play after another.

On these days every week, if the secretary had something to do, he would stand in front of the window and watch. When he saw a large group of people coming in at the gate, talking and laughing, he hurried to the county magistrate's office, no matter what If anyone else is here, tell him, the leader, to go investigate, they are already waiting.

At that time, the county government compound was not as majestic as it was later. There was only an old man guarding the door. On sunny days, nearby residents could come to the trees in the yard to hang up ropes to dry quilts, and nearby farmers could come to the yard. On the concrete floor inside, rice is being dried.

As soon as the county magistrate heard what the secretary said, he understood that it was someone from the Yue Opera Troupe. He kept calm and pretended to just remember it and said, "Oh, okay, okay, right now!"

The two people left the office and went down the stairs at the far side of the government building. The army of the Yue Opera Troupe was coming up majestically from the main stairs.

Teacher Li's wife was still crying and singing. Lao Hu, Deputy Director Tang and Director Ding were sitting there. Whenever they thought about the Wu Opera Troupe taking the path of the Yue Opera Troupe, their heads would get even bigger. They thought that they might as well do it earlier. Find a reason and get over it.

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The selection of the leader of the Yongcheng Wu Opera Troupe has now become a top priority for the Yongcheng County Cultural Bureau and the working group. Several directors have held several meetings for this purpose.

They found another old actor in the troupe and talked with a drummer. When the actor heard about this, he got up and left. Director Ding Baigou called from behind, "Hey, hey, why are you leaving?"

The other party said, I will call my old woman, she is also very good at crying.

Director Ding quickly grabbed him and told him, forget it.

Then I talked to the drummer. The drummer sat in front of the drum and kept beating. The three people stood beside him and talked earnestly for a long time. He didn't seem to hear anything. He didn't say a word, and didn't even look at the three people. He just focused on beating the drum.

This knocking lasted all afternoon.

Deputy Director Tang couldn't hold himself any longer and cursed fiercely: "Okay, okay, you damn old man, you're damn smarter than my former recruit Danzi!"

The drummer looked at the backs of the three people leaving the practice room, smiled proudly, then leaned forward and fell to the floor.

A large group of young students gathered around and called: Teacher Xu! Teacher Xu!

Teacher Xu fell to the ground, still laughing.

If it doesn't work within the troupe, then look for someone from outside the troupe. The first candidate is of course the former leader of the Yue Opera Troupe, who is now the deputy manager of the film company. When he arrived at the bureau conference room, when he heard this, he sang on the spot:

"Yeah, yeah, something bad is going to happen...!"

The bureau chiefs all laughed. Seeing him like that, they thought there might be a chance of success this time. Unexpectedly, when he finished singing, there was still no chance. He said to the bureau chiefs:

"Do you want me to be the scapegoat? Isn't it enough that someone named Yang dies?"

Lao Yang was originally the deputy leader of the Yue Opera Troupe. When the Yue Opera Troupe was disbanded, the leader of the Wu Opera Troupe retired. At that time, the bureau originally wanted Mr. Li to be the leader, but Lao Yang volunteered and asked to be a troupe leader in the Wu Opera Troupe. long.

Considering that Lao Yang is a well-spoken person, he was originally the deputy leader of the Yue Opera Troupe who specialized in contacting external performance business. In addition, Teacher Li's original intention was not high, so Lao Yang was finally asked to take over as the leader. What the other party said now, That's what happened.

Director Ding said quickly: "Don't talk nonsense. These are two different things. Letting you return to the troupe is also an affirmation of your professional ability."

"Don't, don't, don't be sure. The Yue Opera Troupe must be full of chicken feathers, so why are you sure?" The old troupe leader looked at several leaders with doubts on his face: "Is someone interested in me as the deputy manager? If you do, just say it clearly and I will give way."

Deputy Director Rao who was present teased him: "Then why are you going? The troupe doesn't want to go either?"

The old group leader was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "I'll go to the entrance of the theater and set up a street stall to perform!"

After saying that, he stood up and left, leaving everyone in the conference room there.

"I think we should let that guy, Zhang Chen, the artist from the troupe, try it. I can see that this kid is still able to control people in the troupe." Deputy Director Tang suggested.

Deputy Director Rao agreed: "I think it's okay, treating a dead horse like a living horse. Lao Hu, what's your opinion?"

Lao Hu looked at them and just smiled without saying anything. This means that the selection of group leaders is a specific business of your bureau. As the superior unit, the Propaganda Department will not be too involved. This actually makes it clear that he does not want to go on this trip. Muddy water.

Everyone then looked at the newly appointed director of culture, who was in his thirties and was originally from the reporting team of the county party committee. Last year, a report on the "double civilization" construction of civilized villages and civilized families in Yongcheng County was published in the People's Daily. ” caused a sensation. The Standing Committee of the County Party Committee considered him a rare talent. This year, the Cultural Bureau reorganized its team and appointed him as the Director of Culture.

The director also heard about Zhang Chen, half and half. Some were bad, saying he was prickly, and some were good, saying how strong his abilities (mainly painting) were. The director went to the county library on the first floor. When walking around the reading room of the library, the old director would pull him to look at the portraits of Einstein and Lu Xun on the wall and admire them:

"Look, all the spirit and spirit are drawn."

These two paintings were both painted by Zhang Chen.

The director thought to himself, if we find a young man to be the leader, maybe the troupe can make some progress? Anyway, I can't find anyone willing to be a doctor now. It's better to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, as Lao Rao said. If it doesn't work, then change it.

While the director was still thinking, Director Ding spoke: "Zhang Chen is too politically unreliable and daring. If he takes the troupe out, if he does anything outrageous, the impact will not be limited to our county."

When the director heard that he was politically unreliable, he immediately recoiled in his heart, especially since this is a sensitive period. He said: "It is right to boldly recruit young people, but we must recruit young people who are politically qualified."

Several other people understood this and agreed with Director Ding's opinion. Director Ding was secretly proud, and the two deputy directors could not refute.

"But the problem is that the Wu Opera Troupe cannot be without a leader. My opinion is this. Either, before we find a suitable new leader, Director Ding should concurrently serve as the leader of the Wu Opera Troupe." Deputy Director Rao said.

"I agree with Lao Rao."

As soon as Deputy Director Rao said this, Deputy Director Tang immediately agreed. The Director looked at Lao Hu, who was eager to get away as soon as possible and nodded slightly.

"Okay, then I'll ask Director Ding to work hard. By the way, during this period, Director Ding can also dig through the troupe to see if there are any other suitable talents." The director agreed.

"Okay, then I'll go back and report your decision to Minister Li."

Lao Hu's words were like another stamp on the director's consent form. Poor Director Ding Baigou, in this conference room, he had no right to express his personal opinions whether he agreed or disagreed.

And no one would ask for his opinion.