Siheyuan: Silly Zhu is not my father

Chapter 92 The Video Hall Reopens

"Sudden, sudden, sudden..."

Riding a small Suzuki, He Xiao arrived at the shop at the entrance of the street in less than half an hour.

After parking the motorcycle, he carried a suitcase of videotapes into the house.

"He Xiao, when will our video studio open? Several people came to ask me just now."

The third master was cleaning the table in the room, and when he saw He Xiao came back, he hurriedly asked.

"It's twelve o'clock, it's officially open at twelve noon."

He Xiao thought for a while, and directly confirmed the time.

Looking up at the third master, He Xiao was very satisfied.

He has now officially hired the third master as a conductor in the video hall, with a tentative monthly salary of 60 yuan.

After all, the third master is old and can only work the day shift, and he can only temporarily sell tickets at night.

Opening the suitcase, He Xiao took out the two TV series posters, went outside, and pasted them on both sides of the door.

Taking two steps back and looking at it, he nodded with satisfaction, a bit like Xiangjiang.

Forget about the swimming photo in the suitcase, it’s a bit too leaky, let’s post it in his own room.

"He Xiao, is there something missing?"

The third master stood beside He Xiao, looking at the face of the door, something was wrong.

"What's missing?"

"Um……"

"Hey, the plaque, the name of the store, you can't even have a name for the store, right?"

The third master slapped his thigh, and he said why it didn't look right.

There is not even a signboard on the front of the door. Strangers don't know what the store is for when they look at it, which is not acceptable.

amount……

"Really, look at my brain."

He Xiao was a little dumbfounded, but he forgot about it.

"Third Master, it happens that your writing brush is good, you can just write one for me."

"No problem, He Xiao, what do you plan to call this store?"

He Xiao doesn't care much about the name of the store. The business of this video hall will last for seven or eight years at most, so just pick one.

"Let's call it the Jiujiu Video Hall. I hope it will last longer."

"Nine-nine?"

The third master thought for a while, then shook his head, "Ninety-Nine is the peak, and the prosperity must decline. This name is not good, how about calling it the Nine-Five Video Hall?"

"Nine-five?"

He Xiao was startled, and quickly waved his hands, "Third Master, I am just a small video hall, how dare I call it Jiuwu, it's too ostentatious"

"Then nine...one?"

"Shut up, I'm a decent place."

"what?"

He Xiao was taken aback, he looked at the third master carefully, and only looked away when he was taken aback by the third master.

"Forget it, don't call it a digital store name."

"Let's call it... Wan Da, Wan Da Video Hall, it sounds impressive."

He is such a waste of names, he really couldn't think of a nice shop name, so he simply found a catchy one from his memory.

One plays movies and the other plays videotapes, which can be regarded as an industry.

"Wanda."

The third master smacked his lips and felt that the name of the shop sounded better than Jiujiu, so he quickly went into the room to write the name of the shop.

Having nothing to do, He Xiao took the small suitcase and went to the east room to adjust the TV and VCR.

Seeing that the machine was normal, he took the belt of Miss Xiangjiang's beauty pageant and pushed it in.

"Well……"

After watching it for a while, he felt that he was a little bit wrong.

The film is actually quite normal. The woman in it is wearing fashionable clothes, very young and beautiful, and there is nothing bad about it.

At most, it's just showing a little arm and a little thigh. In this future life, it's not as much as people on the street.

He Xiao leaned in front of the TV and watched it for a while, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

Among these women, why didn't he recognize any of them?

It seems that those Hong Kong sisters in the film and television of the later generations have not yet participated in the beauty pageant. After watching a few more episodes, he put away the one with the swimsuit scene.

Ahem, this plate is a little too big, let him see it by himself.

"He Xiao, I've written the name of the shop, come out and have a look."

"I'm coming."

Hearing the voice of the third master, He Xiao hastily turned off the TV and walked out.

"He Xiao, take a quick look, what about my word?"

The third master held the brush with a smug expression on his face.

"That's right, you are really good at writing with a calligraphy brush."

He Xiao looked at it and was quite satisfied.

But just a piece of paper, the signboard is still too crude, he plans to deal with it first, and then find someone to make a bright neon signboard later.

I just don't know if there are neon signs in the capital now.

"By the way, third master, you can write another notice, and write that at twelve noon, the martial arts movie "Fearless" will strike."

"Martial arts movie? Shock attack?"

The third master was a little puzzled, suppressed his curiosity, and continued to write with a pen.

After finishing writing, the two took it to the door of the store.

He Xiao pasted the one with the store name on it on Huo Yuanjia's poster, and then pasted the notice to the side.

Taking two steps back and looking at it, it is complete now.

"Huo Yuanjia? Comrade, is this movie good?"

He Xiao turned his head and saw that the man who was asking the question was his regular customer, so he smiled and said, "It's pretty good, it's no worse than "Shanghai Bund". It's a martial arts movie."

The man became interested, wrote down the opening time, and then left.

……

Taking advantage of the time, He Xiao carefully checked the video room inside and out.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, he took a wet rag and wiped the benches and benches again.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost twelve o'clock, and the third master was sitting behind the table and had already started selling tickets.

"Hey, third master, did you write this ticket yourself?"

He Xiao picked up a piece of paper from the table and looked at it. There were three large characters written on it, admission ticket.

There is still a seal on the table, and the third master is printing it on the note.

"Isn't this looking more formal, so I wrote some."

The third master was a little embarrassed.

He Xiao gave a thumbs up, "With your professional attitude, I will give you a bonus at the end of the month."

……

On the first day of business, not many people came.

He Xiao counted, and probably sold more than a dozen tickets, but the first day of business was normal.

With films like "Shanghai Bund" and "Fearless", he didn't worry that no one would watch them at all.

In [-], Xiangjiang's commercial film was a smash hit for domestic entertainment. When the film spread by word of mouth, the Zhunbao hall was full of people.

Raising his wrist to check the time, he felt that it was almost time, so he turned and walked in.

"Comrade, it's already twelve o'clock, let's go."

"Yes, let it go, we are all waiting."

"Here, here, let it go."

Hearing everyone's urging, He Xiao stepped forward, turned on the TV quickly, and then pushed the tape of "Huo Yuanjia" in.

"Kakaka."

The video recorder slowly turned up, and passionate singing came from the TV.

"Sleeping for a hundred years, the people of the country are gradually waking up, open your eyes, be careful..."

Together with the singing, the people in the hall trembled and fell silent.

Even He Xiao who was on the side was immersed in the singing.

"The Great Wall will never fall down, and the Yellow River flows for thousands of miles...

To devote ourselves to the rejuvenation of the country, do not let the land be trampled on again, the sleeping lion has gradually woken up. "

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

"Play it again, comrade, play it again."

"Yes, play it again."

As soon as the theme song was played, everyone in the hall applauded.

They couldn't care less about watching the TV series, and yelled for He Xiao to play it again.

The words were written so well that several people in the hall all had red eyes when they heard it.

"Then I'll play it again?" He Xiao turned around and asked everyone.

"Play it again."

"Yes, comrade, hurry up and play it again, it's so nice."

Seeing that no one objected, He Xiao turned around and walked to the TV, and played it again.

With the singing, everyone in the hall immediately fell silent.

They pricked up their ears and listened excitedly.

The song was spread out, and the third master who sold the tickets heard it. He didn't care about selling tickets anymore, and hurried in.

As soon as the song was played, there was another burst of applause, but the crowd couldn't hear enough, so they shouted for He Xiao to play it again.

He Xiao had no choice but to put it back up again.

"Comrade, do you have a tape of this song here?"

"I don't have that."

He Xiao shook his head, he felt a little regretful, if he could sell a batch of tapes of the theme song, he would definitely make a fortune.

"Well, I would have brought my tape recorder if I knew it earlier."

"Hey, you can watch another show tomorrow, or you'll have to." He Xiao said with a smile.

"Too."

……

After listening to it four or five times, everyone in the hall had enough of their addiction, and then they watched the TV series seriously.

This Huo Yuanjia is a martial arts movie. Everyone was immediately attracted after seeing the beginning. There was no other sound in the hall except for the sound of the TV.

Seeing this, He Xiao felt relieved.

This Huo Yuanjia has twenty episodes, even if it is played consecutively, it will take several days to finish, which can bring him a lot of ticket money.

From now on, he plans to show "Shanghai Bund" in the morning, movies in the afternoon, "Huo Yuanjia" in the evening, cough cough in the middle of the night, and show movies and regular beauty pageants.

After going out to say hello to the third master, He Xiao rode the little Suzuki back to the courtyard.

At noon, the courtyard was quite quiet.

In the past few days, Jia's family has lost their restaurant business, and they are no longer acting as monsters. He Xiao is a little uncomfortable.

Shaking his head, he ate something and went to sleep in the house.

After sleeping until five o'clock in the afternoon, he washed his face, rode a small Suzuki to eat something, then went to the market, bought a big watermelon and a catty of melon seeds, and went video hall.

"Third Lord, is there anything going on in the hall?"

As soon as he entered the store with his things in his arms, He Xiao asked.

"It's all right, it's all normal, there are still tablets in it, and it's just half-filled."

He Xiao felt relieved as soon as he heard it, as it was getting late, he asked the third master to go back, and sat behind the table to collect the tickets.

This job is boring, he eats watermelon, knocks melon seeds, and makes time.

There are more people in the video hall at night than in the daytime, and there are more than 20 spectators after one session.

There were more than 20 audience members, and it only cost more than a dozen yuan. He Xiao thought about it, and felt that it was really not worth staying up all night.

It seems that he has to recruit another person quickly, he doesn't want to be trapped in this video hall, he still has work to do.

But in this day and age, it's not easy to recruit people.

Collecting ticket money is a job, and only those who know the basics can do it.

"What a headache, where can I find someone who knows everything?"

(End of this chapter)