Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

She remembered that when she first entered the Women's Federation office, she seemed to hear Director Lu discussing the New Year's Eve party program with several other staff members.

Gao You suddenly had an idea.

"Director Lu, I seem to have heard you guys preparing for the evening party? I have an idea for your reference."

Director Lu thought that the young comrade was finally leaving, and she was ready to send her off, but who would have thought that she had another idea.

This young comrade is really thoughtful.

Her nearly twenty years of experience working in the Women's Federation is not enough to answer the young comrade's questions!

"Tell me more." Director Lu kept smiling. If she continued, she would have to go soak in Sterculia lychnophora.

"What programs did the Women's Federation put on in previous years?"

"In previous years we always had chorus or poetry recitation," said Director Lu.

There really isn't much to it. Several of the comrades in their Women's Federation office are not good at literature and art.

He can't sing, can't dance, and is not good at skits, crosstalk, or opera.

Fortunately, a few years ago, a new young comrade came who liked poetry, so she was brought out to perform poetry recitation.

But this year the young comrade went to the provincial capital to study. This year, they have to start worrying about what program to produce.

Every year at the poetry recitation, they always come last in the awards. They have gotten used to it. As long as they don’t have to go on stage, last place is last place.

"Before I came to the Women's Federation, I went to the police station, where the police were busy dealing with human traffickers. They also said that with the New Year approaching, more and more people are returning home from work, and gambling, robbery, and trafficking are becoming more frequent."

"I suggest that the Women's Federation and the police station jointly produce a skit to tell the story of fighting gambling, domestic violence and abduction."

"Sketch?"

Director Lu and other colleagues, who had listened to Gao You's ten thousand whys for a long time, were not very confident.

In the past, other units' skits and crosstalk programs were all copied from the Spring Festival Gala, and they were all copied in an amateurish way, and were not funny at all.

"I'll write the story. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'll write out the outline and let everyone take a look at it first?"

Gao You suddenly had a burst of inspiration. It was just writing a sketch, not that difficult.

The materials are all ready-made.

"But we don't know how to act?" Another female comrade who was about the same age as Director Lu frowned.

"The actors can ask other people to come, and I can help with rehearsals." Gao You was full of confidence.

"How about this, Director Lu? I'll give you a skit outline and a complete planning proposal the day after tomorrow at the latest. If you think it's feasible, we can proceed to the next step. If not, I'll just treat it as a practice."

"But you are a senior high school student, so your studies should be your priority," Director Lu said worriedly.

"I have signed up for the unified arts examination and am preparing to take the Beijing Film Academy's director major. I have no problem with my academic performance, but I lack some experience in this area." Gao You did not hide the fact that he had other purposes.

This was beyond everyone's expectations. The young comrade was quite ambitious and courageous, and he dared to do it.

"Then give it a try. Just don't let it interfere with your studies." Director Lu thought it was fine.

The young comrade has very imaginative ideas and might be able to come up with a different program.

"Thank you, Director and all the sisters, for giving me the opportunity. I will do my best." Gao You smiled brightly, full of confidence.

That night, Gao You started writing again.

After writing for more than a day, I went to ask Teacher He for leave.

Teacher He originally wanted to ask one more question, but then she saw several pieces of letter paper that Gao You handed to her.

She took a quick look and was very surprised.

The little girl is really bold and daring. She has started to put on a skit right away and still has to cooperate with the Women's Federation and the police station.

Teacher He readily gave the approval.

Before Gao You went to the Women's Federation, she went to the post office and sent the transcribed manuscript to several newspapers and magazines, hoping that at least one of them would accept it.

Everyone is in the Women's Federation office.

Gao You gave the sketch manuscript and planning proposal to Director Lu and other staff for review.

Director Lu took it and looked at it. It was not an outline, but a finished draft.

Director Lu read very quickly and finished the first sketch "I Want a Home" in no time, and found that there was another one "The Brave Girl" below.

Director Lu, who was wearing reading glasses, looked up and asked Gao You: "Why is there another one?"

She thought they were being asked to choose between the two.

Gao You said: "I tried to combine these contents into one story, but found it difficult and my ability was limited. Plus, there were too many characters, and the audience might not remember them, and the effect would not be achieved. So I wrote two."

"Isn't this about cooperating with the police station? Since we have two units, we naturally have to produce two programs."

Upon hearing this, Director Lu continued to watch the next skit.

The others had already finished reading the plan and took "I Want a Home" from Director Lu and started reading.

Soon, everyone finished watching.

Director Lu thought to herself, the young generation is really formidable. Their ideas and execution abilities are truly beyond the reach of these old-fashioned people.

Although the two sketches are written in a somewhat crude and immature manner, they are quite spiritual.

And very daring to write!

"What does this sponsorship unit mean?" Director Lu could already guess the general meaning.

But in their small county, this is indeed a very new word.

"I roughly calculated that if I schedule two shows, it will require a lot of funds. In order to reduce the burden, I thought of inviting one or two manufacturers to sponsor our shows. For example, they can provide funds, props, rewards, etc."

"What does this joint tour mean?" asked a female comrade who was also wearing reading glasses.

"At present, anti-gambling and anti-trafficking are both anti-crime actions that urgently need to attract the attention of the people. If we only perform once at a county party, the effect will be very limited. If we organize a joint tour to the countryside and perform in every town and village, it will definitely attract a lot of attention."

"Your play 'I Want a Home' is about cross-dressing, meaning that men play women and women play men?" Director Lu thought this idea was interesting, bold and novel.

"Yes! Many victims of domestic violence are women. Although they are physically weaker than men, one of the reasons why they suffer from domestic violence for a long time is that they do not have the courage to resist, or even the idea. I think that letting them put themselves in the shoes of the abuser from a male perspective may help them overcome their fear."

"As male abusers, they are less likely to see things from a woman's perspective. If they can experience domestic violence themselves, it will surely have a significant effect."

"The protagonist is pregnant, and by the way, it allows male compatriots to experience the hardships of female pregnancy. Of course, I have no experience in this area, and the details need to be supplemented by the sisters."

"I think it's great. It lets those men who keep calling themselves grown men understand how difficult it is for us women. I'm still a grown woman. I have to go to work, take care of kids, cook and do laundry. Even working isn't this tiring!" One of my female colleagues in her thirties had some insights.

"Who said it wasn't? I'm even more miserable. In addition to the child and his father, I also have to take care of his parents and his grandparents. He is filial and listens to his parents in everything, but I'm the one doing all the work..."

"The girl's parents were busy cleaning the storage room, waiting for their daughter to return to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. I wanted to cry. There are plenty of empty rooms in my house, but they didn't leave any for me. They would rather put the sundries in it." A female colleague had tears in her eyes, and it was obvious that this touched her heart.

"Who said it wasn't true? As soon as I got married, my parents rebuilt the dilapidated house I lived in with bricks and tiles, saying it was for my younger brother to use as his wedding room. At that time, my brother's wife wasn't even in sight!"

Everyone suddenly felt emotional.

They are women working in the county. Their situation is much better than that of ordinary rural women, but they still cannot change some old habits and bad habits that have been passed down for thousands of years.

"Both sketches are very good, Xiao Gao, thank you for your hard work. But we still need the approval of our leaders before we can use them. So, you go back first. Please leave your class teacher's phone number, and we will call you as soon as we have the results." Director Lu spoke finally.

"Okay, thank you sisters for giving me this opportunity, I will go back first."

After Gao You left the Women's Federation office, Director Lu looked at the old sisters and asked, "What do you think?"

"I think it's very good, but some parts are a bit sensitive and the views are a bit sharp. I'm afraid the leaders may not agree."

"I think it's worth a try."

"I agree."