1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 113 Overseas Package
I went to watch an open-air movie again this summer, and this time it was an old movie from the 1960s - "Liao Yuan".

It tells the story of the coal miners' struggle in the late Qing Dynasty.

This kind of movie rarely appears in theaters nowadays and is no longer popular.

Coincidentally, the next day after the movie, Xia Tian actually saw a 12-minute TV movie on TV - "Kong Yiji"~
He put on a shabby long gown and went straight to the Luzhen Hotel. He warmed two bowls of wine and a dish of fennel beans, put out nine coins, and talked about all sorts of things.
Although it was only 12 minutes long, the performance was surprisingly vivid!
Although the image quality is blurry, the image of Kong Yiji in my heart is surprisingly clear.

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That day, Zhu Youguang asked Xia Tian to go to Rongbaozhai: "Don't you want to buy some Qi Baishi paintings? There is a good one now..."

Xia Tian immediately became energetic: That's right! Worrying about things every day is too painful. I am just an ordinary person, why should I think so much? Do something interesting!

Xia Tian hurried to Rong Bao Zhai and took his wallet with him.

The decoration of Rongbaozhai is antique and the atmosphere of literati is refreshing.
The predecessor of Rongbaozhai, "Songzhuzhai", was built in 1672. It was renamed "Rongbaozhai" in 1894, and later changed to "Rongbaozhai Xinji", which means "making friends through literature and treasure reputation".

There has always been no shortage of works by big-name artists here. Hanging in the room at this moment are either shrimps by Qi Baishi, horses by Xu Beihong, or "Cloud Sea on Mount Huashan" by Zhang Daqian. You can tell at a glance that this is an extraordinary shop.

At this time, paintings are bought based on area. One square foot is actually 33.3cm×33.3cm. The larger the painting, the more expensive it is.

Qi Baishi's is 55 per square foot, Zhang Daqian's is 46 per square foot, and Xu Beihong's is 36 per square foot
The painting that Zhu Youguang left for Xia Tian this time was Qi Baishi's "Dongfang Shuo Stealing Peaches"!
This painting is vertical, 176X68.5cm.

There is a folk legend: Queen Mother of the West told Emperor Wu of Han: The peaches in the fairy world usually bear fruit only once every three thousand years, but my peaches bear fruit only once every six thousand years.

No matter if it bears fruit once every three thousand years or once every six thousand years, if you eat my peaches, you can achieve immortality.

And this Dongfang Shuo has stolen my peaches three times.

After hearing this, everyone counted on their fingers and found that Dongfang Shuo was more than 18,000 years old.

Therefore, Dongfang Shuo rightfully became the "Birthday Star" and became a synonym for longevity.

Therefore, he was favored by the world, and everyone wanted to live to Dongfang Shuo's age.

The old man in Mr. Baishi's work is Dongfang Shuo who stole peaches. This is a subject that is loved by everyone from common people to emperors.

Everyone likes to hang pictures of this theme at home to represent good luck and longevity.

In this work, Dongfang Shuo is stealing an enormous peach. He covers the peach with both hands for fear of being seen by others. He bends down and looks back to see if anyone has discovered him.

Mr. Shiraishi portrayed his expression very vividly and accurately, and one can tell at first glance that he is an expert at stealing longevity.

The story of Dongfang Shuo stealing peaches can also be considered a "traditional theme"!

Qi Baishi alone painted it more than once.

"You're lucky, kid!" Zhu Youguang took a sip of tea.

Indeed, although it is only this time, Qi Baishi's paintings are already very difficult to buy.

People who have vision and are not short of money have begun to collect paintings by famous artists.

Especially dead painters - you know, only dead painters have valuable paintings~
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On the 16th of this month, Xia and a few others were listening to the message on the radio.

At this time, the third World Cup Women's Volleyball was being held in Tokyo, Japan, and voice broadcasts were being made on the radio.

I don’t know how long it has been, but I felt that the game described by the announcer was so tense and exciting. Every now and then, there was a piece of information, which made people unable to sit still!

Finally, I heard, “We won! We are the champions!”

"Yeah! We won~" Dachun, Ma Xiaojun and others jumped up immediately.

Everyone was very excited and raised their glasses to toast!

The women's volleyball team won the world championship for the first time with seven wins in seven games!

This is the first time that we have won the title of world champion in one of the world's three major ball competitions!

At this time, we really need this kind of news to inspire us and boost our confidence.

Everyone took this opportunity to get drunk and had a lot of fun.

The next day, Milan picked up another cross-border package from the post office.

Xia Tian always receives parcels and letters from abroad, almost two or three times a month. Xia Tian also often writes long letters in reply.

Everyone in the post office knew him!
Well, this is where I bought monkey stamps last time.

Now the lady at the post office has tacitly acknowledged the relationship between Milan and Xia Tian...

But this time, it wasn't a letter or package from Lao Pai Luo or He Chen. The package was huge, and it looked like it contained a lot of stuff.

Milan smelled it carefully and concluded that it was mailed by a woman!

I don't know how I got this idea, it's probably just intuition!
And this English name should be a female one.

“Teresa?”

Back at "home", Milan put the package on the table, turned on the tape recorder and put a tape in it.

There was a bust of a woman with short hair on the tape…

The song came out: If I hadn't met you, where would I be? How was my life? Should I cherish my life...

This is a sweet and gentle female voice, like a spring breeze, nourishing the heart.

On the wall behind Milan, there is a poster of Teresa Teng!
Milan got the tapes and posters from the Diplomatic Academy. We can’t listen to them publicly here yet, and there is no legitimate channel to get them.

At that time, there was a saying: "Listen to Old Deng during the day and listen to Little Deng at night."

Xia Tian seemed to like Teresa Teng's songs very much and even put the posters on her wall.

In the evening, Milan did not ask too much about the package. He only said that he had a package from overseas, and did not ask who Teresa was.

She doesn't care, she doesn't care, she has her own ideas - speed up! Must speed up!
Milan was holding a copy of "Murder on the Orient Express" which she had just bought from Xinhua Bookstore and was flipping through it as if nothing had happened.

This year, many foreign works, such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Murder on the Orient Express, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, were translated into Chinese and published. Even works from Hong Kong and Formosa have entered Xinhua Bookstore...

Xia Tian was too familiar with this woman and he could tell that something was wrong with her just by a glance!

So he asked, "What do you want to do?"

Milan said: "I saw a sentence in a book, saying that everyone is a book, some are thin and some are thick."

"Oh~" What kind of chicken soup for the soul?
"Do you know what book you are?" Milan continued.

Xia Tian asked back: "What kind of book do you think I am?"

Milan bit her lip and said, "I don't know. Anyway, no matter what book it is, I will write my name on the title page!"

Xia Tian's heart shuddered. Oh no! This woman is going to destroy my precious body again!

He glanced back, "...then can you put on your book cover first?"

Xia Tian's Diary: November 11, fortunately, I have a high level of tranquility, and was almost captured by the witch! The evil fire was restless, very dangerous!

……

By the end of November, summer had a good thing!
After Pierre Cardin, another French guy came to our place!
This time it’s a musician!

It's Jean-Michel Jarre!
This French artist Jarre came to us from afar with a large amount of equipment and held his live concerts in Yanjing and Shanghai.

On the day of the concert, both China Central Radio and TVB broadcast the concert to audiences across the country. For the first time in their lives, the Chinese people felt the charm of Western electronic music!

I went to a concert in Yanjing in the summer. That guy looked much older!
Everyone is looking at it curiously at this time!

It is said that the performance at the Shanghai Gymnasium was broadcast live around the world, and it also triggered a grand event in Shanghai where thousands of people flocked to the streets (listening to the radio and watching the live broadcast on TV).

Anyway, important figures in culture and propaganda attended the concert.

Electronic music!

Counting from the summer on the isolated island, I haven’t heard of it for more than 20 years!

When I was in the stairwell, I was about to get sick from listening to electronic music. But now, I feel very familiar with it!
However, Jarre's concert was not the first time electronic music was heard on our land.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, we began to research and manufacture various sound devices, such as the "Dongfanghong" played on the Dongfanghong-1 satellite!
That is electronic music, although it is a little simple.

A few years later, the theme song of Journey to the West, "Yun Xun Tian Yin", also incorporated electronic music. I wonder if it was influenced by this incident.

In addition to her feelings about electronic music, Xia Tian also received a message of revelation and learned that this Yael later became Gong Li’s husband!

I really don’t know!

I only knew that Gong Li married a foreigner after she broke up with Lao Mouzi. I didn't expect to run into her again!

In early December, Xia Tian also received a letter from Ye Jing, saying that he was about to be demobilized and asked them to pick him up.

So fast?!
I wanted to post a poster of Teresa Teng, but I don’t dare to do it because of your criticism~
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(End of this chapter)