Since 1983

In 1979, it was a spring, an old man drew a circle on the South China Sea.

In January 1984, the old man suddenly decided to visit the circle, and wrote an inscription: "The development and experience of Shencheng prove that our policy of establishing a special economic zone is correct."

In the second month after he left, the central government made a major decision to open 14 coastal cities. China's opening up to the outside world has formed a pattern of opening up the entire coastal area from point to point.

More importantly, these actions have strengthened the determination to reform and open up, making social thinking no longer waver.

Therefore, 1984 was an extremely critical year. The concept of commodity economy was formally proposed, and the company developed rapidly. Later, many people called this year the first year of China's modern company...

All of this has nothing to do with Xu Fei, oh, at least for the time being.

After the Spring Festival, when the weather was getting warmer and the new shoots on the trees had just sprouted, the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions", which had been waiting for nearly a year, finally received news.

An assistant director specially went to Ancheng to sign a half-year secondment contract for Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoxu, asking them to report to Beijing on April 1st.

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"Is it here?"

"It should be, didn't you see the in and out?"

In the spring when the peach blossoms in the capital had not yet bloomed, Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoxu stayed on the train for another night, and rushed to the guest house in Yuanmingyuan with their bags.

The guest house is very dilapidated, with four floors and a small courtyard, just behind Dashuifa. When the two of them entered, the first floor was already crowded with many people, and Wang Gui'e, the actor of Youshi, was greeting loudly, "Comrades who report for duty go to the back room to register, and the rooms will be allocated uniformly. Everyone, don't mess up."

She, Xia Minghui, who played Mrs. Xing, and Li Jie, who played Jia She, were the casting teachers of the Dream of the Red Chamber crew, and they picked 90% of the actors.

Both Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoxu were not short in stature, they were quite conspicuous. The teacher saw it right away, and said hello, "Hey, you are Xiao Xu, right?"

"you are?"

"My name is Wang Gui'e, I have never met you, but I have seen your photos and poems, and I can still recite a few sentences! I am a catkin, growing up in the beautiful spring..."

This person has a bright personality, and he recited poems as soon as he opened his mouth. The girl was a little embarrassed, "Well, Mr. Wang, I'll go to register first!"

She dragged Xu Fei into the back room, and saw three tables sitting on director Wang Fulin, and producers Ren Dahui and Zheng Yanchang. A lot of people were crowded at the table, mostly young girls and boys.

"Sun Mengquan, Room 202, you can stroll around in the afternoon, but you must come back at night, and the meeting will be held on the fourth floor at seven o'clock."

"OK."

A plainly dressed woman just finished registering and turned around. Xu Fei was amused when he saw it, hey, isn't this the third aunt!

Her role in "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" is quite well known, but how many people know that she also played Li Wan? How many people know that she also played the role of Miejue Shitai in "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji: The Demon Sect Leader"?

That's right, it was the Yitian who Zhang Min was riding a white horse looking back at. Monk Sha is still playing the Golden Retriever Lion King, can you believe it? ? ?

Sun Mengquan is a little older, with deep qualifications, and he walks steadily. In contrast, others are very young, and some are accompanied by their parents.

There was a little girl standing in front of Xu Fei, holding a cake in her hand.

"Li Honghong, right? You're only seventeen years old. You're the youngest in the group..."

Wang Fulin was as kind as ever, and said with a smile, "Why did you bring a cake?"

"Today, today is my birthday."

Li Honghong was very shy, and responded timidly—she later played Xing Xiuyan and changed her name to Li Yi.

"Oh? Then I wish you a happy birthday. I hope you will be happy here too. Let's go to the room first."

Wang Fulin's attitude relieved the little girl's nervousness, and she followed her mother upstairs to settle down, while her father made friends with Ren Dahui and asked her to take care of her.

They registered one by one, and soon it was Boss Xu and Boss Chen's turn.

Wang Fulin's face was subtle, but he didn't say much, and said: "You have to live here for a while, get used to it as soon as possible, and dedicate yourself to studying."

"You are at 304, you are at 205, there is a meeting at seven o'clock in the evening, don't be late."

Obviously, the third floor for men and the second floor for women. The two separated first and went to their rooms to tidy up.

The conditions of the guest house are very simple, the public toilets and washrooms are mostly rooms for three or four people, with solid wooden beds, national flowered sheets, and pillows with a strange smell.

When Xu Fei smelled it, it was so rotten.

"I can't sleep..."

He took the sheets, quilts, and pillows downstairs to dry, packed his luggage as fast as he could, and ran to 205. In this short period of time, Chen Xiaoxu already had an extra roommate, and they chatted happily.

This girl has an oval face, round eyes, and looks very young, even elementary school students can believe it. She looked very lively, and her voice was clear and crisp, "Chen Xiaoxu, is this your boyfriend? He's quite handsome."

"Don't talk nonsense, we came from the same place, there is no such relationship." That person hurriedly dismissed it.

"Oh, fellow."

The girl took the initiative to reach out her hand and spoke like pouring beans, "Hello, my name is Hu Zehong, from the Hongqi Yue Opera Troupe. I'm 21 this year. How old are you?"

"I'm nineteen."

Xu Feizhen was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "You don't look like twenty-one, you are too small."

"I'm not young. I'm most annoyed that people say I'm young. No one is allowed to say I'm young in the future!"

"Oh, then I apologize to you."

Xu Fei chatted for a few words, only to feel that the other party was outspoken and dumbfounded. But he didn't have time to chat, so he dragged Chen Xiaoxu downstairs.

After walking for ten minutes and waiting for the bus for twenty minutes, I arrived at a more prosperous part of the city.

The two entered a department store, and it took a long time before they found a daily necessities counter. He looked at it for a while and asked: "Excuse me, comrade, do you need a ticket for the washbasin?"

Facing the aunt in white, he didn't dare to make a mistake. Sure enough, although the aunt who was chatting with the next door was impatient, she also replied: "No need!"

"Oh, then please bring me a washbasin."

The old-fashioned enamel basin with a displeased face, there are two red carps on the bottom of the basin. It is rustic and festive, and it jingles when knocked.

"You can also buy a basin, and a bucket."

"What do you buy a bucket for?"

"The faucets are all public. Store some water at ordinary times, otherwise you have to fight with others to wash your feet?"

"ah!"

Chen Xiaoxu had no independent living experience, so he hurriedly said, "Then I want one too!"

Ever since, the two of them held the basin and bucket, wandered around in it, and bought some biscuits and candies.

In 1984, the central government continued to open up port cities, established that reforms would not fail, and the supply of various products also increased significantly. Shencheng was the first to abolish food stamps, and several major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Jinling also gradually canceled some of the food stamps.

Just like in the capital city, if it was two years ago, you would have to use a ticket to buy a basin, but now only rare products are needed.

...

It was night in a flash.

There were not as many people as expected, there were only a dozen or so actors and some crew members.

At six o'clock the guest house provided the first meal. In the cafeteria on the first floor, several dysmenorrhea aunts lined up, with three large buckets in front of them.

Xu Fei leaned over, his hands sank, a spoon was sticky, and some yellowed rice was stuck in the lunch box.

Followed by the second one, a spoonful of Chinese cabbage with no oily stars, and then the third one, a small spoonful of pickled vegetables.

"..."

The two looked at each other and found a place to sit silently.

Chen Xiaoxu loves food very much, but he has no appetite at the moment, not to mention the quality of the food, at least it should be clean, it looks unhygienic.

Xu Fei reluctantly tasted the cabbage, chewed and swallowed it, and the girl quickly asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

"No oil, no saltiness, just the taste of cabbage."

"ah?"

When Chen Xiaoxu heard this, he didn't like to eat anymore. He sneaked a look around and saw that some were hard to swallow, and some were delicious. At first glance, he was born as a poor child with a particularly poor family environment.

"If you cook some noodles and add cabbage, it will definitely be delicious."

Her eyes lit up, and she said, "Hey, let's buy some noodles. I see a small shop outside."

"Nowhere to cook."

"That's right."

Chen Xiaoxu pouted, poking the rice with one chopstick after another, and finally gave up on himself and stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Xu Fei didn't want to be hypocritical, let's eat!

He knew that the food in the training class was bad, but he didn't expect it to be so bad. He had no choice but to divert his attention while swallowing, so as to ignore the bad taste of the food.

Tsk, it looks like I need to get a rice cooker...

(Chapter 15 is released again, amazing!!!)