Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 658 Art Weapon
The victory of the first anti-encirclement and suppression campaign is over. At the same time as the victory parade and rewards were held in Ma Niu, a commendation ceremony was held in Bairen City at the same time, against D-Day.Commemorative medals, bonuses and prizes will be awarded to the labor activists among the indigenous laborers who have surrendered since then, those who have made outstanding contributions, and those who have performed outstandingly in the pre-war support work.

Labor activists and volunteer overtime workers in many factories have received various levels of labor service medals.Some production teams won honorary titles and collective honor titles.

The factories in the villages that provided more militias received the first anti-encirclement and suppression victory medal as a collective.

"Lingao Times" published an article with the headline "No Production, No Victory!" " clearly and unmistakably declares this.This article lists the industrial and agricultural groups and individuals who were rewarded for their contributions to this victory,

The tribute of the elders to the factory and the countryside, the reward of the production activists.The endless descriptions in the newspapers of the Fubo Army's incomparably fierce firepower and great logistical advantages have made many people realize it.The strength of the Australians is based on their abundant material strength.

Before the Australian army came into contact with the enemy, the fertile fields in Lingao and the busy production lines in the factory had already doomed their victory.The new regime's emphasis on labor and production is above martial arts and victory.

Although the people under the rule of the time travel group may not have much awareness of this painstaking effort, they still have the concept that they are under the rule of a powerful group.

The power of the ruler means peace, which means that you can get up safely every day to go to work, and you can sleep peacefully when you return home at night.Although he ate coarse grains, wore ragged clothes, and couldn't afford a little meat after many years, at least he knew that the peaceful days like tomorrow could continue.Although the farmers are still afraid of natural disasters, at least they know that those who are working will not be suddenly taken away, their wives and daughters will not be raped by bandits, and their houses and villages will not be burned down casually.

However, the rule of power often brings unscrupulous oppression. Fortunately, this power is more rational.Know the long-term benefits that can come from properly looking after the interests of the people.Compared with the original government, the rulers from Australia treat the people much better.Squeeze is not so harsh, there are not many ghosts and snakes relying on the power of the government to squeeze and exploit the people.People who have no livelihood can still work to get a bite to eat.

Even the big gentry feel that life is more secure now than in the past.They have lost the power to do whatever they want with the people, but they don’t need to pay large sums of money and food for all kinds of official moths and deal with bandits; The unblinking bandit bargains, and is always vigilant when going out for fear of being kidnapped.In the middle of the night, as soon as they heard the emergency gong, they quickly raised their swords and went up to the wall of the village to guard.

The advance and suppression of officers and soldiers once made the atmosphere here tense. Many people were afraid that with the arrival of officers and soldiers, Lingao would fall back into the chaotic social situation three years ago. I breathed a sigh of relief.

The days of peace have loomed in Lingao.Everyone feels this way.

Soon, a familiar melody sounded again in the ears of many people.

"The Sky in the Liberated Areas is a Bright Sky".

Of course, the lyrics have been slightly tampered with. The three words "liberated area" were originally intended to be changed to "Lingao", but some elders raised objections, thinking that the ruled area will gradually expand, and it is inappropriate to refer to only Lingao.In the end, the reference to liberated areas was retained, but the others were replaced with "senators".

"We have used a large number of songs in a sudden change, but many singing versions used so far are still based on the old version." Fang Fei said at a joint meeting of the Great Library and the Propaganda Department.

Ding Ding said: "Continuing to use the old singing version can be fooled for a while, but in the long run, I am afraid that it will make the indigenous people feel strange?"

"Huh, I'm afraid that if some people want to explore the black history in the future, the memory of these songs will become a beginning." Yu Eshui agreed.

"That's why I propose to set up a cultural group." Fang Fei said, "A professional group like a song and dance troupe is dedicated to cultural performances. Then record their songs as a standard singing version."

"Oh, this is an expected topic." Yu Eshui nodded, "However, when you have money and leisure, you might as well set up a few backups for such things as literary and art groups, and now they are hurriedly established. I'm afraid the frugalists: people like Ma Gong will not agree..."

"We already have a puppet troupe, so it's no problem to build a song and dance troupe," Ding Ding had already had such an idea, "Literature and art are weapons of propaganda—is the achievement of the puppet troupe in front of us! Besides, such a thing If Ma Gong wants to oppose it, he will be in jeopardy in the next election."

"Not necessarily, comrades." Yu Eshui coughed, "The position is very important. People who change their positions casually cannot be politicians."

"Hmph, I know what you're thinking." Ding Ding smiled and said to Fang Fei, "Propaganda weapons are just for one purpose, right?"

Fang Fei nodded, and answered him with an ambiguous smile: "The entertainment activities of our elders can't always interact with computers. We should also hold a few dance parties, hold a few performances and so on."

"Well, I have no objection. Literature and art are also the needs of the public's life." Yu Eshui didn't answer his words, "But at this stage is the initial stage, everything is better to keep it simple. Besides, I just assigned a life secretary. Professional groups don't want To do it, it’s better to start with mass amateur cultural groups: such as student choirs, workers’ choirs, etc., the first is that the threshold is low enough, the participation is strong, and it also avoids being caught in the braids one day.”

"By whom?"

"By history." Yu Eshui said.

Under Ding Ding's personal care, Hu Qingbai readily agreed to form the first choir with students from the national school.At present, male and female students with good singing conditions are selected from the school students to form a choir for amateur training.

Among the 500 people, although there are a few who like to sing and dance, they don't understand chorus. As for the staff who can understand staff, there are even fewer professionals who know vocal music production and parts.

"Modern chorus basically originated from the church choir. So we asked Lu Ruohua to teach singing." Fang Fei said to Ding Ding, who was distressed by the lack of professional teachers, "I heard the male choir from the small choir in Lingao Church last time. The children's a cappella singing, it's beautiful - it really has the feeling of the sound of nature."

Lu Ruohua is full of enthusiasm for asking him to help set up the choir—now that he is asked to do anything to please the Australians, he will do it without hesitation.Although two missionaries died of the disease in Li District during their missions, their missionary achievements in the past two years exceeded the efforts of the missionaries on the mainland in 20 years.

Lingao's missionary career was booming, and when they heard that they had defeated the Ming Dynasty on the mainland and were about to occupy the entire Qiongzhou Island, and the missionary area would be further expanded, Lu Ruohua held a victory thanksgiving mass in Bairen Church with great fanfare.

When it was rumored that the Ming army was coming to attack, the Lingao Church held several large-scale dispersals.Massive icon processions were also performed to pray for victory.Among them, the Jesuit missionaries played a major role.

The missionaries' expectation for the time-traveling group to win the battle is sincere - only if these "Australians" continue to hold power in Lingao, the missionary career can advance with each passing day.

The only thing he regrets is that the power of this emerging diocese is in the hands of the Australian Church, but the Australian Church has never sent a bishop to Lingao for some reason.A diocese without a bishop, that's too unseemly.

When Lu Ruohua heard that the Australians were going to form a choir, he immediately agreed to help with all his strength.

"Unfortunately, Brother Michael is not in Macau." He said regretfully.

"Who is he?"

"It's a brother of ours who has a wonderful singing voice." Lu Ruohua said with infinite fascination, "When listening to him lead the hymn, the soul seems to soar to God's side, bathed in the holy light..."

When Fang Fei heard that there was such a talent that he couldn't miss, he hurriedly asked, "Where is he?"

"In Goa." Lu Ruohua said regretfully, "However, that would have been five years ago, if he hadn't been summoned by the Lord."

The environment in Goa was not suitable for Europeans, and many Europeans died of illness there.

Fang Fei wrote down this person in his notepad.Remind yourself that the next time you meet He Ying, ask him to negotiate with the Jesuits and call him here by name.

"This group of nagging guys are still very useful."

But when Lu Ruohua discovered that there were still young girls in the choir, he expressed his objection—although the nunnery also had its own choir, the purely male choir in the church was the mainstream of hymn singing at that time.Furthermore, he thinks it is not appropriate for male and female voices to sing together.

"It's okay, you can teach them separately. There is no precedent for male and female chorus singing. You have to find ways to achieve this effect." He Ying showed him several videos of chorus singing in performances.

Lu Ruohua has watched the mysterious Australian movies many times, and he knows that these real live audio-visuals replicate the living conditions of Australians.

"Can it be done?"

"Yes." Lu Ruohua nodded, "But... why are you singing in chorus if you are not performing an opera..." Lu Ruohua didn't know what this roaring chorus meant to Australians.

He Ying said, "Because we need it."

Lu Ruohua silently drew a cross.

The professional level in the 17th century was also quite impressive. A few days later, the choir of the National School performed a special performance for the veterans of the Cultural Propaganda Department and the Great Library in the small theater of the Lingao Puppet Troupe.Wen Desi was also invited to participate.

The repertoire of the performances are: "The Sky in the Liberated Area is a Bright Sky", "We Workers Have Power", "No Veterans, No New Life", "Singing the Motherland", "Bopu Song", "On the Field", "Fubo Military March", "March of Warships", "Facing the Flag", "Brave Boys, Go and Create Miracles".

Although the chorus that Lu Ruohua rehearsed and guided was not majestic enough to the elders, it was a little too melodious, giving it the flavor of a choir.

"It sounds good, but it's not majestic enough!" Wen Desi instructed at the end, "There is no outstanding momentum!" He continued, "It's too polished! The chorus is a mass performance, and it must highlight the mass performance. Features, don't be afraid of roughness, the key is momentum!"

He then instructed Ding Ding to focus on the literary and artistic form of chorus, and all groups should hold chorus, not only internally, but also regional and industry performances to build momentum.

"Cooperate with our recent great form, which is exciting. We will carry out the activity of singing the Australian song."

"I think it can be called 'Holy Song'. The name 'Australian Song' is not correct." Fang Fei suggested.

"Is it appropriate to consecrate yourself..." Someone raised an objection

"I think it's very suitable. Comrade Fang Fei's suggestion is very good! You have a keen insight!" Wen Desi made a final decision, "Groups and individuals like us that will fundamentally change the world can't be called 'holy', what else? Can be called holy!"

According to his instructions, Fang Fei then set up two choirs in the mechanical department and the "Tiandihui" system.With these three choirs as the basic team, after simple training, they will go down to the grassroots level to mobilize the masses.So the chorus resounded throughout Lingao, setting off an upsurge of chorus.

There was a high-spirited singing voice in the air—this was the "Industrial System Chorus Performance" being relayed by the Lingao Cable Broadcasting Station being held at the Bairen Theater.Fourteen amateur choir teams from the Manufacturing Director's Department are currently competing.I have listened to the song so many times that it resounded through the sky.Fang Fei shivered and returned to his desk.

The desk is full of papers.Fang Fei was so tired that he didn't even want to watch it.Since Wen Desi's instruction to carry out the national chorus, he, the director of the mass activities department, has been very busy.Every day I am engaged in "mass literature and art", singing songs, inspecting work, and organizing performances, so I am very busy.Ding Ding also handed over the Lingao Puppet Troupe to him for him to make full use of.In terms of the miserliness of the elders, professional art groups are not a place to support people, they are basically performing and rehearsing continuously, extracting the maximum use value.

He just arranged a Bopu-Mayao-Chengmai tour performance for the Lingao Puppet Troupe, which has expanded to a troupe of more than 50 people with more than a dozen truckloads of props, and finally set off under his coordination and arrangement A month-long tour.

For these things, he has not returned to his dormitory for a week.Sleep in the office for a while when you are tired.

The door of the office was opened suddenly - such a sudden and rude opening needless to say that Zhen Qian came - the others at least had to knock on the door.In the past few days, his wife has conducted surprise inspections on him many times--for a person who often contacts women in his daily work and often "trains women", it is normal for his wife to have such suspicions.

"You really worked hard." Seeing her husband's tired expression, Zhen Qian felt a little distressed.

"It's okay, it's okay." Fang Fei said with a wry smile, "I didn't feel reconciled to being a basic labor force in the past, but now I don't feel comfortable being reused."

"It's okay, I think the little secretary outside is just a black spot, and she's still quite handsome."

"I don't have the energy to care whether she is pretty or ugly." Fang Fei carefully avoided the topic, "Are you off work?"

"No, I'll wait for the car to be dispatched, and I'll go to Nanbao to have a look at the environment—fifty standard residences and dormitories will be built there. Mr. Mei asked me to design it."

"Really, that's not bad." Fang Fei said casually.

"Are you coming back tonight?"

"Probably won't come back, I'm very busy. Tomorrow is the chorus performance of the agricultural system, and then the winner will have a county-wide performance..."

"I'm bored to death." Zhen Qian complained when she heard that he wouldn't go home, "Life here is so empty, there's really nothing to do besides work."

The spare time of the veterans: mainly watching various videos.In order to make full use of the materials, a veteran film source exchange system has been set up on the BBS.In addition, it is to go to the internal BBS to pour water or go to the entertainment room to play games and read magazines and books.Otherwise, it is sports activities such as playing football.Generally speaking, most of them are very "home" amateur activities.Shopping and masculinity is very obvious.For women who like to go shopping, the leisure life in Lingao is simply boring - the so-called "prosperity" of Dongmen City is not even comparable to a small town for them.Besides, there was nothing to buy, and money was useless.

"You are still engaged in propaganda, why don't you think of a way?"

"I have nothing to do now, why don't we have a dance?"

"We have more men than women, so how do we dance?" Zhen Qian said, "Even if it's a disco ball, it's not interesting if the weather is too hot."

"Let me think about it again." After finally coaxing his wife away, Fang Fei received a call from Xiao Zishan.

"Are you free later? I'll come over."

"No, no, I'll come over." Fang Fei said quickly.

Xiao Zishan talked about the current situation - the elders put forward further requirements for the recent leisure life.There is already a life secretary, and the physical needs of the elders have been fully met, and the spiritual needs are highlighted.After the victory of the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the pressure was relieved, and the elders were immersed in the atmosphere of joy and carnival, and they all hoped that there would be some entertainment items to entertain them.

For this reason, he asked Fang Fei if he had any suitable solution.

Fang Fei thought about it: the proposal to set up a seniors' club has been submitted to the Senate, and it will be approved soon if there is no accident.However, distant water is hard to quench near thirst.

"I see, is it possible to hold an annual meeting?"

Holding annual meetings is Fang Fei's forte. The so-called annual meeting is nothing more than getting together to eat, drink, have fun, and get in touch with colleagues and business partners.Traveling through groups can also be done in the same way.

(End of this chapter)