1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 160 Watching Japanese Movies with My Sister-in-law

"Where are you going to do it?"

Chen Yixiu asked with concern.

"It's at Gongti."

Xu Yuexin picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton.

The Workers' Stadium has a large venue and a good location, and is currently the most suitable place in the entire capital to hold concerts.

Even in later times when there are numerous venues, many first-line stars still hold concerts at the Workers' Stadium.

The first concert after the reform and opening up in 1980 was held here.

Now Xu Yuexin has also set his sights on this.

“It should be difficult to apply for a venue, right?”

Chen Yixue responded subconsciously, "Do you want me to go find the leader of the previous art troupe?"

"They also know some people in related areas."

"No, you just need to sing the song well."

Xu Yuexin said firmly, "Let's eat the food."

The principle of cooperation between Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law is that his sister-in-law only needs to be responsible for singing well.

He took care of everything else.

After eating hot pot, Xu Yuexin suggested watching a movie, and his sister-in-law agreed.

The two walked to the cinema and spent fifty cents to buy two tickets for "Lush Mountain Love".

In the past two years, ordinary movie tickets were five cents each. With economic development and the gradual liberalization of prices, the price has generally increased to ten cents.

There are very few movies that can set the ticket price at 2.5 cents like "Lush Mountain Love".

The reason is that "Lush Mountain Love" was filmed too well and became too popular after its release.

When it was released last year, "Lush Mountain Love" achieved box office revenue of over 100 million yuan in just one week.

If converted according to the price ratio, it would be equivalent to more than 10 billion box office in later generations.

Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law walked into the theater with their tickets, only to see that it was full.

The two found their seats and sat down next to each other. After a while, the lights in the theater went out and the movie began to play.

As the title of the movie suggests, this is a romance drama that tells the story of Geng Hua, a young man from a revolutionary family, and Zhou Yun, the daughter of a Kuomintang general, who met, got to know each other, and fell in love in Lushan.

Their love has many twists and turns, and they have endured a lot of pressure in the middle, which is very touching.

When the plot reached a critical point, Xu Yuexin saw many viewers stretching their necks, staring at the screen with wide eyes, looking extremely focused.

"Lush Mountain Love" is indeed well-made, and since the beginning of the special period, the film and television industry has not been able to make romance films.

The audience's demands have been accumulating until "Lush Mountain Love" satisfied everyone.

Xu Yuexin saw that his sister-in-law was also staring at him without blinking, so he took her hand and gently touched the back of her hand.

The sister-in-law moved her hand, trying to pull it out, but her main attention was still on the screen.

It was not until the end of the movie, when the male and female protagonists got married, that the sister-in-law came to her senses.

The sister-in-law still couldn't accept Xu Yuexin holding her hand in public.

This is different from yesterday in the subway station. There are people all around now.

"Don't go too far."

Worried that others might hear, the sister-in-law whispered, "Let go."

"Don't you see other people holding hands when they are dating?"

Xu Yuexin pointed at the couples who were secretly holding hands nearby.

"You and I are not a couple."

"If you don't let go, I'll scream."

The sister-in-law looked displeased and threatened Xu Yuexin.

"This...Xuexue, if you shout, I will have to go in."

Xu Yuexin was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled calmly, "I don't think you want to see Qiaoqiao sad, do you?"

The sister-in-law was speechless for a moment.

"Shameless."

After a long silence, the sister-in-law looked at Xu Yuexin unhappily and said.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, she thought Xu Yuexin had changed a lot.

Who knows it will still be like that.

Even learned how to threaten!

……

After the movie was over, Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law left the cinema and strolled on the street together.

"We'll eat at home tonight."

Xu Yuexin said to his sister-in-law, "Let's go buy some vegetables."

After saying that, he took his sister-in-law to the vegetable market and bought half a rooster, as well as eggplants, tomatoes and other things.

Although material supplies have become increasingly abundant after the reform and opening up, it is still difficult to buy hens because they need to be kept for laying eggs.

Hens began to appear on the market in large numbers after the rise of large-scale chicken farms.

After returning home, Xu Yuexin cooked and prepared three dishes one after another: spicy chicken, steamed eggplant and tomato egg soup.

The sister-in-law served the rice and brought the dishes to the table, and the two of them sat down face to face to eat.

"Didn't you book a boat last time? How did it turn out?"

During the meal, the sister-in-law expressed her concern for Xu Yuexin.

"It's not a ship, it's a container."

"Hmm, have those containers been sold?"

"I transferred it out and earned more than 70 million yuan."

When asked by his sister-in-law about this, Xu Yuexin felt extremely relieved, "I am now worth over 100 million yuan."

"Breaking million?"

The sister-in-law's beautiful eyes moved slightly.

The word "billionaire" is not often encountered nowadays. When newspapers introduce the top rich people abroad, they usually use the term "millionaire".

It was a little hard for her to imagine how much one hundred million would mean in front of her.

"Yes, it has exceeded 100 million."

Xu Yuexin confirmed with his sister-in-law.

"sharp."

"You have so much money, so you can do a lot of things." The sister-in-law admired him and changed the subject, "Just let me go from now on, okay?"

"That won't work. Without you, what's the point of having money?"

"Don't talk nonsense. There are so many meaningful things in life."

“They’re all waiting for you to do it.”

"Wouldn't it be better to have you while doing meaningful things?"

Xu Yuexin raised the corner of his mouth slightly and raised his eyebrows at his sister-in-law.

Only children do multiple choice questions.

Adults just want them all!
The sister-in-law was extremely speechless after hearing what he said, and quickly turned her face away: "No, I don't want to be owned by you."

Is this something my sister-in-law wants to do?
Xu Yuexin smiled silently.

After dinner, Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law sat on the sofa and watched TV.

After turning on the TV, Xu Yuexin noticed that there was a new VCR under the TV cabinet.

“When did you buy the VCR?”

Xu Yuexin turned around and asked his sister-in-law next to him.

"I bought it last week, but unfortunately there are no nice discs."

"It just so happens that I brought back a batch of tapes from Japan. Do you want to see them?"

"Okay, bring it here."

When the sister-in-law heard that Xu Yuexin brought back the tape, she immediately became interested.

Xu Yuexin returned to the second bedroom, opened his suitcase, took out a large stack of plastic boxes containing tapes, and took them to the living room.

"Watch a TV show first."

Xu Yuexin carefully opened the plastic box and took out a tape track to prevent dust from getting on it.

"What is your name?"

“It’s called ‘Blood Doubt’, the blood is the blood, and the doubt is the doubt.”

Xu Yuexin replied, started the VCR and put the tape in.

"Blood Ties" was the first Japanese TV series introduced to China after the reform and opening up. Starring Yamaguchi Momoe, it once caused a sensation across the country.

"Blood Ties" was officially introduced in 1984, so Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law got to try it out in advance today.

In the plot, the heroine Sachiko unfortunately suffers from leukemia, and the hero Mitsuo is her half-brother. Their love is full of tragic elements from the beginning.

Although these plots are very common in later TV dramas, they are groundbreaking innovations at the moment.

It is no exaggeration to say that "Blood Ties" is the ancestor of this type of TV series.

After the tape was inserted, a color picture appeared on the TV screen.

My sister-in-law's beautiful eyes were fixed on the screen, with a lot of her attention focused on the subtitles.

The plates brought back from Japan are naturally in Japanese.

She had to read the Chinese characters in the subtitles together to understand the general meaning.

While his sister-in-law was concentrating on watching TV series, Xu Yuexin secretly put his arm around her shoulders.

My sister-in-law is wearing a silk shirt today, which feels particularly good to the touch.

As the two got closer, Xu Yuexin could still clearly smell her charming fragrance.

The sister-in-law was completely attracted by the plot. When Xu Yuexin hugged her, she just pushed him away with her hands and didn't react much.

Only when Xu Yuexin's big hand slid down her shoulder, ready to invade further, did she push Xu Yuexin's hand away: "Are you still going to let me watch TV?"

My sister-in-law's tone was not very happy, but her eyes were still focused on the TV.

"Just take a look."

Xu Yuexin pretended to speak casually, still staying beside his sister-in-law.

On the screen, the TV plot is constantly advancing and time is passing.

After watching the first episode, Xu Yuexin went forward to change the tape and play the second episode.

Each episode of "Blood Ties" lasts 50 minutes, and my sister-in-law is fully focused from beginning to end without any distraction.

It was not until midnight when Xu Yuexin patted her shoulder after watching the sixth episode that she came to her senses.

"It is late."

Xu Yuexin reminded.

My sister-in-law was so focused on the plot that she didn't want to go back to sleep.

"Hmm... watch one more episode."

The sister-in-law shook her head and walked forward to change the tape.

As a result, she had only taken two steps when she cried out "Ouch" and was about to fall onto the coffee table.

Xu Yuexin was quick-witted and quick-handed. He walked forward and hugged his sister-in-law in his arms. After helping her back to the sofa, he began to rub her beautiful legs under her long skirt.

"Sitting for too long, my legs are numb."

The sister-in-law pushed Xu Yuexin's hand away and said, "You go change the tape, I'll rub it myself."

"I see you're seriously addicted."

Xu Yuexin joked, "I'll have to skip dinner tomorrow to watch it."

"It's not as serious as you said."

The sister-in-law said embarrassedly, "But the TV series is indeed wonderful."

"Watch one more episode and then go to bed."

Well, at the insistence of his sister-in-law, Xu Yuexin stepped forward and changed the tape to the seventh episode and watched it with her for another fifty minutes.

By the time the ending song "Thank You My Love" sounded, it was already early in the morning.

Xu Yuexin went forward, turned off the TV, took out the tape, turned off the VCR, and prepared to go to bed.

But the sister-in-law was still a little unsatisfied, and her beautiful eyes were sparkling as she was still concerned about the plot.

"Alas, it's such a pity for Sachiko and Mitsuo."

"They love each other so much, but they are brother and sister, and Sachiko has leukemia."

The sister-in-law's eyes were full of regret as she said, "Why can't there be a better ending?"

Xu Yuexin hummed and yes/no a few times but didn't respond carefully.

He was really sleepy.

"How come you're not moved at all after watching it?"

The sister-in-law glanced at Xu Yuexin and touched him with the back of her hand.

(End of this chapter)