National Tide 1980.

Chapter 759
The New Year's Eve in 1985 was also an unusual year for many future rising stars in the field of culture and sports, with all kinds of feelings at ease.

For example, Gao Min, the future diving queen.

Ever since turning Tangtang into a dragon, this little girl has remained firmly in the team, training hard with one heart and one mind, and never had the thought of backing down.

In early 1985, her hard work and dedication finally paid off.

The national team issued a notice to allow her to become a member of the "National Diving Junior Training Team" and go to the capital to participate in the training camp as she wished.

Gao Min, who came to the national team, was surprised by everything in front of him.

The living environment of the national team is completely different from that of the provincial sports school.

Since divers must not only ensure the high-protein nutrition they need every day, but also not eat too much fat, seafood is included in the two main meals every day.

There are strict regulations on the catering of the national team. The daily food standard for each athlete is 30 yuan.

At this time, the average monthly salary of workers in Beijing was only 80 yuan.

However, with the improvement of food standards, the training intensity is also increasing.

In the national team, each player must abide by strict schedules.

Get up at six in the morning and turn off the lights at ten in the evening.

The daily training time is more than eight hours, and there is only half a day of rest on Sunday afternoon.

Basically it is training, eating, sleeping, competitions, and culture classes.

Occasionally, a movie is shown in the training bureau, and you have to watch it. Young players like Gao Min are not eligible.

Even the Spring Festival is the same, at most half a day off.

Everyone can't go home and must keep training.

On the afternoon of Lunar New Year's Eve in 1985, the sky in Beijing began to snow.

It was the first time for Gao Min to see snow.

On this New Year's Eve, she was not with her parents for the first time, but spent it in the training hall with other team members.

But what makes her particularly disappointed is that she just found out that she is a substitute trainer, so she doesn't have a team uniform.

Originally entering the national team, she still felt that it was an explanation to herself, that is to say, Gao Min had also been in the national team, so she had been here anyway, and it would be nice to be able to wear the national team uniform and return to the provincial team.

But the truth of the acting training completely broke her psychological balance and peace.

This is the helpless status quo. For a long time in our country, the method of selecting athletes is to select them step by step.

After the children with sports talents are discovered, they are recommended by the grassroots sports department and sent to the upper level sports school.

Every year, the provincial sports commissions will send a large number of substitute training players to the national sports commission.

After a period of training, there are only a few who can finally stay in the national team.

Therefore, acting as a substitute training does not mean that Gao Min is a member of the national team, it just means that Gao Min still needs to pass more rigorous tests and competitions to prove himself.

This New Year's Eve, there is another girl like Gao Min who will shine brightly in the mainland music scene in the future.

Looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, I fell into a deep depression.

That is Zhang Qiang, a student from No. 205 Middle School in Haidian District.

(The previous alias is Zhang Wei, the chapter is locked and cannot be changed. Correct it here)
Frankly speaking, her luck is not as good as Gao Min.

Because her dream of being a singer not only suffered a heavy blow from the very beginning, but also all her efforts were without any return.

During the summer vacation of 1984, she saw Ning Weimin's performance at the Tiantan Book Market, and was inspired by Cui Jian's singing, which gave her the courage to participate in the Haidian District Singer Competition.

At the competition site, holding the guitar her mother bought for her, she jumped up and down and sang "Assorted Vegetables", a masterpiece by the American Carpenter brothers and sisters.

Unexpectedly, after singing a song, the judges were frightened.

You know, in this era, Li Guyi's "Hometown Love" can be criticized as a melody.

Most of the participating singers sang some red revolutionary songs or folk songs.

Even if they are daring, at best they can sing the songs of Liu Wenzheng and Teresa Teng, which is already great.

Her English song "Assorted Vegetables" was added in the middle. Although she played well, she was really ahead of her time.

It seemed so abrupt, so out of place.

Even in the category of mavericks, it seems too much.

So this race, as many expected, she did not achieve anything.

All she got from the judges was five words, "Go home and wait for the announcement."

The other contestants, on the other hand, whispered after she stepped off the stage.

"It's a really good song, but it's probably useless."

"Why is there no play?"

"People definitely don't want to do this. Unless it's folk songs and bel canto..."

If it is said that this matter is let go, even though Zhang Qiang is depressed, he will be able to adjust it in a few days.

But the thing that drives people crazy the most is that God seems to have sent an opportunity to you again.

But when you were unprepared, he took your chance back, and threw it on the ground in front of you, trampling on it with one left foot and the other right foot.

In this competition, Zhang Qiang did not gain nothing at all.

An erhu player noticed her.

And found her through private contact and invited her to participate in the performance of his troupe.

So Zhang Qiang finally had the opportunity to participate in an official performance at SMX for the first time.

When she first appeared on the theater stage, she was overwhelmed by the music and lights. She sang and danced, singing and dancing.

Even using the microphone for the first time made her extremely excited.

But it is a pity that although the first performance received warm applause, there were still different voices.

Some viewers approached the organizer and called out Zhang Qiang's performance by name, and hoped that she would not appear on stage again in the next performance.

In this way, Zhang Qiang never had the opportunity to perform in the following stations, which made her suffer a lot.

After returning to the capital, the little girl didn't even want to go out to meet people, and she was really depressed for a while.

Later, thanks to the guidance of her mother’s colleagues in the orchestra, Zhang Qiang understood the reason for her repeated setbacks.

Those uncles and aunts who specialize in music all said, "Oh, girl, these songs you sing are so popular, how can most people accept them? Especially those in small places, they must be frightened by you. Singing like yours can only be sung in some music cafes in the south. Because that is the frontier of reform and opening up and accepts more foreign cultures, only the young people there can accept your singing..."

Are you going south?
Zhang Qiang really thought about it, but she also knew that this matter was really unrealistic.

Not to mention that she is only a sophomore in high school, and she has not been able to leave school completely.

No matter how enlightened her mother is, no matter how much she supports her in outlandish costumes or alternative singing styles.

He also wouldn't rest assured that she would leave home for a long time and go to such a far place alone.

so what should I do now?
Isn't there a small stage in the capital that can carry your dreams and let you sing happily?
No, there are.

Isn't Maxim's restaurant also a place like a foreign bar?
Otherwise, how could there be an avant-garde performance like the "Seven Plywood" band?

At the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve, Zhang Qiang finally made a decision.

She asked her mother for help at the dinner table, hoping that her mother could help her contact the person in charge of the Maxim restaurant to see if she could perform there.

It's not just young people who are full of confusion about the future, but also middle-aged people.

On this New Year's Eve, Dai Tielang, an animation director from Meiying Studio, was not able to return to Shanghai for the Spring Festival.

Instead, he was anxiously waiting for an important news about his cartoon "Black Cat Sheriff" in the hotel in the capital.

Near noon, the production director finally came back, and the news brought back made people feel relieved-the "green light" passed.

It's just that the production director's gloomy expression, without the slightest joy, still made Dai Tielang feel that there was something more to this matter.

After closing the door and asking, I found out that, as expected, the five episodes of "Black Cat Sheriff" that had already been produced were conditionally released.

For the time being, it is impossible for the American Film Studio to continue producing cartoons like "Black Cat Sheriff".

"Why?" Dai Tielang asked in disbelief. "Everyone has seen this film, and the response has been good? Especially children, there is no one who doesn't like it..."

"No, the controversy is quite large. Some experts have different views on such a style and form, and they think it is too commercial."

"Commercialization? What we are pursuing is commercialization. Aren't Japan's "Astro Boy" and "Jungle King" not commercialized? Isn't our purpose to fill the gap in domestic multi-episode cartoons?"

"Japan is Japan, and we are us. I also explained it. But the experts mean that we should maintain our own national style and make more short films with strong artistic styles such as ink cartoons in order to win awards abroad."

"What is this? Can't they see the gap between us and others? If we don't make some multi-episode cartoons that can interest and resonate with children, from now on TV will be full of foreign cartoons. No, I have to talk to them."

"Don't, Lao Dai, don't be impulsive. This is already the best result we can achieve. If you care too much about it, all our achievements will be in vain. To be honest, in fact, many I don’t even want to tell you any opinions, just because I’m afraid you will get angry. Someone suggested that how could the bullet turn around and hit an ear? Some people also criticized our cartoon for being too bloody, and the plot is mysterious. It’s for children. It is an absurd education. Some people even suggested that we are not nationalized. We should put a dragon on the motorcycle that the black cat sheriff sits on..."

Looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, Dai Tielang couldn't help but feel sad, "Hey, I'm so self-sufficient! This doesn't pay much attention to changes in the external environment. Our Meiying Studio only produces [-] minutes a year, and we have to shoot artistic things. How can you fight with others!"

"That's not something you and I can consider. If you're not in your position, you don't want to plan your own affairs."

The production director patted Dai Tielang on the shoulder, and looked at his watch again, "Old Dai, let's talk about something practical. Now that the task is completed, our top priority now is to go to the train station together and see if we can get it back tomorrow." The ticket for home..."

Some people feel the shackles and can't do anything about it, while others try their best to break free from the shackles.

In 1983, Zheng Yuanjie, who was transferred from an instrument factory to the Children's Literature Publishing House, never gave up the possibility of pursuing distribution according to his work and the goal of commercializing writing even though he bumped into it everywhere.

For this reason, he actually wanted to run a magazine that only published his own works and did not publish other people's works.

He believes that this must be the case in order to show his true value and get the remuneration that should belong to him.

Only in this way can his son, who has just toddled, move out of the tube building where there are "zizi" steaming pressure cookers everywhere in the corridor.

It should be said that in this era, Zheng Yuanjie is definitely a capable and courageous pioneer of cultural entrepreneurship.

It's a pity that most people can't see others being unconventional, even if it doesn't interfere with their own affairs.

So the more Zheng Yuanjie ran about this matter like a demon, the more people ridiculed her.

No matter which publication's editorial team he went to, the reply he heard the most was "Zheng Yuanjie, have you written too many fairy tales? What you said is simply impossible. Unless the sun comes out from the west."

In this way, Zheng Yuanjie's "overthinking one's abilities" and "whimsical ideas" made her a laughing stock of many literati.

Coupled with the fact that he did not graduate from elementary school, it became a big joke.

For this reason, more than one person has publicly criticized Zheng Yuanjie, saying that Zheng Yuanjie is purely a person who sneaked into the cultural team.

It wasn't until this New Year's Eve in 1985 that Zheng Yuanjie returned to his hometown of Taiyuan and met Zhao Yanping, a friend who worked in the Shanxi regiment system, that things began to turn around.

Zheng Yuanjie thought about it, the group system can run children's newspapers, so she blurted out to this friend when they met.

"Want to get rich? If you want to get rich, let's start a publication together."

To be honest, Zhao Yanping was extremely surprised when he heard Zheng Yuanjie's thoughts.

Because of this method, this form, he has never heard of it, and it is even more unimaginable.

Can Zheng Yuanjie be able to bear the burden of relying on one person to support a publication?
Just rely on one person to support a publication, how much vitality will it have?
In case the subscription fee is collected, what should I do if the manuscript cannot be published?
At that time, even if you want to refund the money to readers across the country, you won't be able to handle it.

Who can hold it?
The risk is too great!
"Old Zhao, the sales of magazines that published and serialized my works have increased. Although they don't say anything, I know that my works have brought them profits..."

"Dude, don't worry, I will never give up. Even if I can't write it, I can find someone else to organize the manuscript for you, and I can guarantee it will be published on time..."

But even though the idea sounds so unrealistic.

But because Zheng Yuanjie patted his chest to make such a promise, Zhao Yanping was finally infected by his good friend's persistence, self-confidence and enthusiasm.He still promised that after the Spring Festival, he would try to apply with the supervisor.

In this way, the careers of Zheng Yuanjie and Zhao Yanping reached a critical crossroads.

It's just that at this moment, they are far from realizing it.

(End of this chapter)