1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 439 A bad start
The article "You can get pleasure from brushing the toilet" continues to be popular and its popularity is rising in the country.

Chen Chong went from being an object of hatred to a laughing stock. At the same time, this article triggered a social reflection:
"Isn't it said that the air in the United States is sweet?"

"Why did Chen Chong live such a miserable life in the United States?"

In the early days of reform and opening up, China faced the dilemma of backward technology and lack of knowledge. The country also urgently needed to keep pace with the international community and cultivate talents with a global vision.

In 1978, he decided to resume the college entrance examination and encouraged sending students to study abroad in various countries around the world.

Since then, various channels such as government-sponsored and self-funded study abroad have been rapidly rolled out.

An unprecedented craze for traveling abroad has begun.

In 1978, there were only eight people in Shanghai who applied to study abroad at their own expense.

That year Carter promised China that it could accept 10 Chinese students.

In the second year, the number of students studying abroad at their own expense exceeded one thousand.

However, with the passage of time, studying abroad has gradually changed from a "national mission" to a symbol of personal struggle.

The reason for studying abroad is no longer just for academic purposes, but to rewrite one's personal destiny.

From the perspective of an ordinary citizen, going abroad to make money can help one break out of the original social class and bring enough sense of security to oneself and one's family.

Especially in this era that has not yet been fully marketized and is still influenced by a planned economy, studying abroad is a way to break through institutional restrictions!
"Foreign Farmworkers Joining the Team" has become an opportunity for young people who are dissatisfied with the status quo to rewrite their destiny.

Meanwhile, the craze was turning morbid.

In order to go abroad, the whole family usually has to be mobilized. If the family cannot gather enough money, they can only borrow money, which is called "selling everything they have".

There are even many women who try every possible means to marry foreigners just to get a green card more easily. There are also many stories of marriage fraud and foreign love.

All the efforts are made just to reach that advanced foreign country with sweet air.

But according to the article "You can get pleasure from cleaning the toilet", the gap between ideal and reality seems to be deeper than imagined.

Chen Chong, the former "favorite of heaven" in China and the Hundred Flowers Film Queen who was loved by the people of the country, had such a hard life abroad? She even had to make a living by washing dishes, delivering newspapers, doing odd jobs, and cleaning toilets!
This is simply unbelievable.

In everyone's fantasy, that distant, strange and rich land should be a paradise with countless good opportunities.

But judging from the article "You can get pleasure from brushing the toilet", the reality is not what everyone thinks.

In the United States, Chen Chong not only couldn't speak the language, but also had nothing in that country. Not to mention success and wealth, even the most practical problem of eating was almost impossible to solve.

No one valued Chen Chong's identity and experience as an artist. Everyone just laughed at her unfamiliarity and incompetence in restaurant work.

In short, this article reveals not only Chen Chong’s embarrassment, but also the current situation of countless people going abroad.

As the influence of "You Can Get Pleasure from Cleaning the Toilet" grew, discussions about studying abroad became more and more heated, and the dreams of studying abroad of more and more intellectuals were shattered.

There is no way not to be disillusioned.

What kind of family does Chen Chong come from?

Both of my parents are senior intellectuals in Shanghai. Although our family background is not wealthy, it is enough to surpass 99 percent of other families in the country.

The person himself also has status and position in the country.

Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress!

There are only a few people in the country who have this honor.

Finally she went to the United States. What kind of life did she live?

His original acting career didn't make any splash at all, and he couldn't even make a living. He lived a life without dignity and respect.

Then why go to the United States?
Wouldn't it be nice if I just stayed in the country and worked as a worker?

Of course, there are also some people who stand up to refute the content of the article "Toilet" and question the authenticity of the article, just like Meng Xiaojun in "Chinese Partners".

Wang Defa's daughter, who is preparing to study abroad, is also one of these argumentative people.

"Dad, don't read the nonsense in this magazine."

"Has the person who wrote this article ever been to the United States?"

"What he wrote is simply not true."

“Do you know the American Dream?”

"Everyone is equal in front of their dreams!"

"The United States is the only country in the world that can do this!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Defa took off his Nei Liansheng cloth shoes and went straight to his daughter's butt.

"It's against you!"

“It’s not written right.”

"You mean Chen Chong is a good person, right?"

"How dare you forget your roots!"

"You are such a heartless person, I don't want a daughter like you!"

"You are a traitor!"

Wang Defa was merciless in beating his daughter, who looked aggrieved but could not utter any complaint.

She didn't want to speak to Chen Chong.

In her opinion, what Chen Chong said was quite excessive.

But now, the American study life described in the article "Toilet" seems to have been tied to Chen Chong.

Saying that what is written in "Toilet" is wrong, isn't that the same as speaking for Chen Chong?
Just like Wang Defa and his daughter, at this moment, anyone who raises any voice questioning "Toilet" will be chased and beaten and sprayed by the angry people.

The correctness of the article "Toilet" is beyond doubt!

Do you dare to say that it is written wrong?
how?

Are you trying to clear Chen Chong’s name?
Who dares to put such a hat on their head?

They cannot guarantee that they can go to the United States in a short time like Chen Chong.

Fang Youlin is a "scalper".

Because of the popularity of "Toilet", he has been a little depressed recently.

The so-called "scalpers" are people who introduce foreign schools to people who want to study abroad.

They can also help you exchange foreign currency and bring money over privately.

Nowadays, the enthusiasm for studying abroad in China is unprecedentedly high, but the lack of formal channels has led to a situation that is basically completely out of control.

This also led to the birth of scalpers like Fang Youlin who were in the dark area.

For Fang Youlin, it is very easy to make money in this industry.

In order to accommodate this group of Chinese students with unprecedented enthusiasm, an institution called "Xuedian" emerged abroad.

This kind of "school" has no teaching scale, let alone teaching management, and the teaching staff cannot be guaranteed.

As long as Fang Youlin can get the person over, it doesn't matter even if the student has trouble getting things done or is denied a visa.

They only care about making money and disappear when something happens. Many students who were sent there by them ended up with nothing happening and even the high tuition fees could not be recouped.

Through this means, Fang Youlin's family bought three major items and became a small local tycoon.

But recently, the business of several of his students who were ready to pay the "tuition" have all gone bankrupt.

The reason was that the article "Toilet" revealed the real life of studying abroad.

Not only Fang Youlin, he also asked several other scalpers, and the response he got was that there were a lot fewer students recently. The students are not stupid.

Who among the college students who are popular in China would be willing to go out and wash dishes or be a mistress?

Not to mention that before that, a huge price has to be spent first.

An article actually dampened my enthusiasm for studying abroad!
The outside world cannot feel this.

But Fang Youlin and other "scalpers" who are scrambling to get students to study abroad know what's going on.

"Tui! It's all that damn bitch Chen Chong's fault!" Fang Youlin cursed harshly.

If it weren't for this woman's outrageous remarks, there would not have been the article "Toilet", and there would not have been all these messes caused by this article.

"This silly woman is bound to say something later."

"Can someone in the United States handle this for her?"

Perhaps the Chen Chong incident was too popular, diluting the media's discussion of the movie "Furong Town".

Just when the Chen Chong incident was causing a stir across the country, "Furong Town" finally obtained permission and was approved for release nationwide.

In addition to Beijing and Shanghai, audiences in other regions can finally see this film that caused a sensation before its release.

The various twists and turns in the film review process of "Furong Town" have long spread like wildfire.

This can be regarded as brewing the audience's viewing mood in advance and whetting the audience's appetite.

If the film is blocked again, you won’t be able to watch it anymore.

Moreover, this movie is adapted from the winning work of the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Countless viewers have read and been moved by the original work.

When the movie comes out, they have no reason not to go and see it.

For various reasons, audiences came to the cinema to watch "Furong Town".

This is incredible.

Because of the kiss.

Kissing in public and showing kissing scenes have been unacceptable to our morality for a long time.

Let alone kissing, in the past few years, even young women who permed their hair, applied lotion, wore fashionable clothes, danced healthy group dances, and even grew flowers would be criticized!

In many units, female comrades with permed or shoulder-length hair are not allowed to enter the unit. There will be people standing guard at the door. Male and female workers with long hair or wearing strange clothes are not allowed to enter.

In some places, pickets are organized to patrol day and night, and if they see someone wearing bell-bottom pants on the street, they will go up and cut their hair.
Moral freedom has always been a deep stream that never falls from the sky.

Rather, it comes from the tentative push made by the pioneers time and time again.

The first kiss that appeared in public in China was not between Chinese people, nor in a movie, but on a magazine cover.

The back cover of the 1979th issue of "Popular Movies" in 5 published a still from the British film "The Crystal Slipper and the Rose".

This picture naturally caused an uproar.

At that time, a propaganda officer wrote a letter to the editorial department to express his anger.

"Are hugs and kisses the most important things in China right now?"

"I never thought that after being baptized, something like this would happen. You have actually fallen to a level that is no different from XX magazine!"

"What a pity! I can't help but ask, what are you doing?"

"answer me!"

"It is purely to poison our young generation."

These condemnations, in the end, are the same as those in later generations and will all be directed at young people.

At the end of the letter, the reader challenged, "If you have the courage, please publish my letter verbatim in the reader letters column of Popular Movies so that the 900 million people across the country can appreciate it."

The editorial department was really "courageous" and immediately published the full text of the letter and started a discussion in the magazine.

As a result, in less than two months, more than 3 letters and manuscripts were received. Among the more than letters, less than % agreed with the propaganda officer.

With the trial of "Popular Movies", the film and television industry has also begun to test the boundaries of ideological liberation with real people.

In 1979, the first kissing scene appeared in the movie "The Sound of Life".

It is said that there was a layer of film on the lips of the hero and heroine when they kissed, and it was just a light kiss, which was interrupted by the girl's parents who broke into the room.

However, the movie still caused a huge sensation.

The later "Lush Mountain Love" had an even greater impact. Zhang Yu's proactive "dragonfly kiss" on Teacher Tang's cheek shocked a generation and became a love textbook for young men and women.

And the movie "Furong Town" is now released.

The scale of the kissing scene is unprecedentedly huge!
Because Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen presented a passionate kiss that lasted 263 seconds in the movie!
This almost set the record for the longest kiss in a Chinese movie!
263 seconds, or 4 minutes and 23 seconds.

This is definitely the longest kissing scene in the history of New Chinese movies!
The director was like a sulky child, making up for all the kisses that were interrupted or deleted in the movies of the past thirty years in one go.

Where have the audience seen this?
Not to mention that one of the people he kissed was Liu Xiaoqing!
So everyone went crazy.

Those who had never seen the world bought tickets and went straight to the theater. While appreciating the touching plot of the movie, they also sat in their seats with bated breath, with thick necks and red faces, watching this complete passionate kiss.

Oh, it looks good!

Liu Xiaoqing's biting, Jiang Wen's force, the two of them definitely kissed, it was so intense, full of passion, raging fire, lips and teeth blending, bones and tendons softening, wet and dripping.
Many people are not satisfied even after watching it once.

Go out and buy a ticket and continue watching.

Not long after the movie was released, cinemas across the country began to be packed, and many places even temporarily dispatched firefighters to the cinemas to guard against accidents.

The film delivery staff were even busier.

Logically speaking, I have bought quite a few copies of "Furong Town", but it is still not enough.

In order to satisfy the audience, cinemas added more screenings one after another.

Isn't the amount of copies enough?

What if it’s not enough?

add!
Representatives from film companies in various provinces arrived in Beijing overnight and went straight to China Film Corporation.

For nothing else.

Add a copy!
China Film Corporation was also caught off guard by this.

At the film screening, more than 35 400mm copies of "Furong Town" were sold, breaking the record set by "Shaolin Temple" at the film screening.

The result is that it became popular even faster than "Shaolin Temple"?
When the matter was reported to the leader in charge, he held his forehead with his hand, looking quite surprised.

"It shouldn't be."

“Why is Furong Town so popular?”

He had a reason for what he said.

Because the premiere of "Furong Town" did not go smoothly.

In other words, "Furong Town" got off to a bad start.

Until now, there are still many viewers who are disappointed with "Hibiscus Town" because of what happened at the premiere.

This story begins before "Furong Town" was approved for public release.

(End of this chapter)