The world of film and television begins from childhood

"So wouldn't it be better for me to leave the light tablet?"

Li Suhua said anxiously, "Silly girl, how can this be the same? We are just a young man with only words on the wall. At most, he will just look at you. It's okay. It won't cost you anything. But if we go to other places, who knows what might happen to you."

"Mom." Zhou Rong was very unconvinced.

At this time, Zhou Bingyi, the eldest brother, came in and said, "Aunt, Mom, I suggest that Bingkun go and Zhou Rong stay."

Zhou Bingyi's words were recognized by Qiao Ma and Li Suhua, but Zhou Rong was very dissatisfied and shouted: "Brother."

Zhou Bingyi ignored her. He felt that his sister wanted to go so much because she felt sorry for her brother and wanted to go on his behalf. However, he also agreed with what his mother and Aunt Qiao said.

"Zhou Rong, do you want me to repeat what your aunt just said?"

Zhou Chen was really moved when he saw this scene. Zhou Rong definitely grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, and her whole family doted on her.

Maybe it's because everyone pampers her that she has become a selfish and self-centered person.

Zhou Rong couldn't convince anyone else, so she could only look at her mother angrily, "Mom."

Li Suhua didn't have any ideas. She didn't want her daughter to leave, so she said helplessly, "Rong, this is an important matter that I can't make the decision on. Why don't we wait for your father to come back and discuss it with him?"

Speak of the devil, here comes Zhou Zhigang's voice: "I'm back."

Seeing Zhou Zhigang come in, Qiao's mother stood up immediately and said, "Then you and your family should discuss it carefully. I will leave first. I still have to go to other people's homes to mobilize them."

Zhou Zhigang sat down on the kang. He carefully took out the photo bag from his pocket and took out the photos as if they were treasures.

"Dad, the family photo is back."

When they saw the photo, the whole family stretched their necks.

Zhou Zhigang took out the photos and said, "There are five photos in total, one for each person."

As he spoke, he handed the photos to everyone.

Zhou Chen took the photo. In his opinion, such a photo was naturally very bad. Not only was it not in color, the lighting was also very dim, and the faces were blurry.

However, he also knew that in this backward era, not everyone would be willing to take even such a photo.

After sending the photos, Zhou Zhigang handed the negative to Li Suhua: "This is the negative, keep it at home and preserve it well. This may be the last photo of our family."

Li Suhua pushed Zhou Zhigang and said, "What are you talking about?"

Zhou Zhigang sighed, "To be honest, Bingyi and I are about to leave. We both only have one home visit leave every two years. When we can come back depends on the arrangements of our leaders..."

After a long discussion, Zhou Zhigang finally made the decision that Zhou Rong would stay and Zhou Chen would go to the countryside.

Although this was the answer Li Suhua wanted, she still felt very uncomfortable after hearing Zhou Zhigang say it, and she hugged Zhou Chen and cried.

Zhou Chen could feel the mother's reluctance and love for her child, which made him slowly accept this mother.

A few days passed quickly, and Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Zhigang left on the same day. The family first saw Zhou Bingyi off, and then Zhou Zhigang off.

When seeing Zhou Zhigang off, Zhou Rong still wanted Zhou Chen to hug her, let her kiss her father, and say her final goodbye to her father, but Zhou Chen ignored her.

Even though they had only been together for a few days, he had already seen Zhou Rong's character.

She acts like a spoiled child in front of her parents and elder brother, but in front of him, she is always bossy and will make a fuss if Zhou Chen does not do what she wants.

The two had been arguing a lot these past few days. Although Zhou Chen would be scolded by Zhou Zhigang every time, he still wouldn't indulge Zhou Rong, not even once.

Apart from the confrontation with Zhou Rong, he behaved well in other aspects. In the eyes of the Zhou family, he was still the same Zhou Bingkun, with no difference.

After seeing Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi off, Li Suhua took Zhou Chen to ask for help from people everywhere over the next two days, hoping to find a place for him to go to the countryside that is close and safe.

Zhou Chen knew that it was all in vain, because Zhou Rong would soon leave without saying goodbye, but he still followed Li Suhua around the streets, just to get familiar with the environment of Guangzi Film and the characteristics of this era.

On this day, Li Suhua discussed with the street director where Zhou Chen would go to the countryside and prepared to handle it the next day.

But when he returned home, he found that Zhou Rong had left a letter and left without saying goodbye.

We learned from the letter that Zhou Rong went to Guizhou, and three days later, Zhou Rong's classmate and bootlicker Cai Xiaoguang came to Zhou's house and explained why Zhou Rong went to Guizhou.

After Li Suhua learned about this, she almost fainted from anger on the spot and fell ill that night.

Zhou Chen was not sad at all about Zhou Rong's departure. He even wanted to applaud. The sooner this troublesome thing left, the better. Let her go and cause trouble for Feng Huacheng.

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In a short period of time, the Zhou family has grown from five people to the current two people, and Zhou Chen has also lived in Guangzi Pian for more than half a month.

In more than half a month, Zhou Chen has gradually become familiar with this place, and is used to emptying swill, fetching water, and queuing up to use the public toilet every morning...

In his spare time, he took out the books left by Zhou Bingyi and read them carefully. If he wanted to understand this era, reading books and newspapers was the most convenient way.

Li Suhua was quite surprised that her old boy had not been running around these days but was reading books and newspapers at home. She often praised her old boy for growing up and becoming sensible.

Zhou Chen was lying on the kang with his legs crossed, reading a book seriously, when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside.

"Bingkun, Bingkun."

"Who?"

"It's me, National Day, and Catch Up."

As soon as Zhou Chen heard the name, he knew who the visitors were. They were his childhood friends, Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao.

After bringing the two men into the house, Zhou Chen looked at them carefully. They were both similar to him. Xiao Guoqing looked honest, while Sun Ganchao was more eccentric.

"National Day, catch up, why are you here?"

The three of them were childhood friends who grew up together. When they arrived, they didn't say anything polite and sat on the same kang with Zhou Chen.

"We came here specifically to find you. What's wrong with you these days? Why don't you come to play with us?"

Although there are many people of the same age in Guangzi, not everyone can play together. In this area, the three of them are the best friends.

Zhou Chen said, "It's a bit cold, so I'm just reading a book at home to kill time. You two came to see me, so you must not just want to play with me, right?"

Sun Ganchao said, "Bingkun, we came here today to tell you that Guoqing and I have been assigned to the timber factory. I heard that there are still vacancies in the timber factory. Why don't you go to the street office to discuss it and come to work with us in the timber factory?"

"The lumber mill."

Zhou Bingkun's first job in the TV series was in a sawmill, but the plot did not detail when he entered the factory.

In fact, these days, he was not only reading books, but also thinking about his future.

In this era of state-owned enterprises, his business skills are definitely of no use, at least not in the next ten years.

If he wanted to take the college entrance exam, he would have to wait until 77, so he had to find a job before that.

In the eyes of many people, the sawmill is a state-owned enterprise, but Zhou Chen knows that the sawmill has no future and he will only be a laborer there.

He has excellent physical fitness, but working as a laborer at such a young age is not what he expected, and there is no need for him to work in a lumber mill as per the original plot.

He came from a working-class family and had one chance to be assigned a job, but only once. If he disobeyed the assignment, he would never have another chance.

So for him, the first unit is very important. Compared with being a laborer, he would certainly prefer to be a mental worker.

Xiao Guoqing said happily: "Yes, if we go to work in a lumber mill, we can earn at least 10 to 20 yuan a month. Many people are trying their best to get in."

State-owned enterprises have a system of staffing, and it is indeed not something that ordinary people can get into. Those who come from working-class families are given priority, as are those with urban household registration. As for those without household registration or with family problems, forget it.

Sun Ganchao said, "Kun'er, your uncle is an eighth-level worker and an outstanding worker supporting the Third Front. Your aunt is also an activist in the street. If you want to go to the timber factory, it will be no problem. The three of us can go together. Guoqing and I can protect you then."

Among the three, Zhou Chen is the youngest, Xiao Guoqing is two years older, and Sun Ganchao is one year older. Even if they work in a factory, there are definitely benefits to sticking together.

"This, I need to think about it carefully."

Zhou Chen did not agree on the spot. He knew that the two childhood friends had good intentions, but he was no longer the Zhou Bingkun of the past. He had his own ideas and plans.

Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao talked with Zhou Chen for a long time before leaving. After they left, Zhou Chen began to think about his own way out.

In this era, being a worker undoubtedly has the safest and most stable job, but the vast majority of workers are just doing hard labor.

Although Zhou Chen has rich knowledge and background, he is only seventeen years old after all. In a factory where seniority is the key, it is impossible for him to get ahead without enduring for a few years.

In his opinion, working in a factory was not the best option, but the only choice.

But apart from being a worker, what other good jobs are there to choose from?

Because of his unfamiliarity with this era, Zhou Chen can only analyze it based on the plot of this TV series.

After thinking hard for a long time, Zhou Chen suddenly thought of a person, who was the editor-in-chief of "Golden Land" magazine, Shao Jingwen, who had helped Zhou Bingkun in the plot.

Shao Jingwen does not appear many times in the TV series, but he is a very good elder and a caring person.

In order to help Zhou Bingkun get a position in a publishing house, he took great pains and effort. When Zhou Bingkun was in trouble, he traveled thousands of miles to find Zhou Bingyi and asked him for help.

This kind of quality is really rare.

In addition to his qualities, the fact that Shao Jingwen was able to remain the editor-in-chief of a magazine published by a publishing house in this era without being affected also shows that he is a very smart person who knows how to avoid danger and seek good fortune.

If I could hook up with Shao Jingwen and work in a publishing house, it would definitely be better than working in a factory.

Of course, if you go to a publishing house and work with writing, it is also quite risky in this era. Feng Huacheng is an example.

After thinking it over, Zhou Chen still felt that he could give it a try, but he didn't like fighting a battle he was not sure of, so before going to find Shao Jingwen, he had to make some preparations.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 551 Zheng Juan, Shao Jingwen

In this era, the average life span is very short, and it is common for people to start working at the age of 17 or 18. However, in most cases, people will not start working until they are 18 years old.

Once you enter a factory, most of the work you do is manual labor. In this era of positive workers, everyone takes pride in working hard.

However, if they are too young, they will definitely not work as well as adults, so most factories, unless there are special circumstances, generally recruit adult workers.

Zhou Chen is just over seventeen years old now, so Li Suhua didn't say anything about him staying at home.

The husband is gone, the eldest son and daughter are also gone, and now there are only two of them left at home. In addition, Zhou Chen has been reading seriously during this period, so Li Suhua naturally would not say anything. Instead, she felt that her old friend had really grown up.

Guangzi Pian is really too backward. When it rains, Zhou Chen doesn't want to go out at all. The road and the mud make it really impossible to step.

Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao came to play with Zhou Chen a few more times, but they both went to work at the sawmill some time ago and have not come again for a while.

In this era, there is a lack of entertainment activities. In addition, Guangzi Pian is a poor place, so there is even less place for entertainment.

Zhou Chen observed for more than a month and found that people of this era were really hardworking. Except for children, adults seemed to have endless things to do and were busy every day. Unlike a few decades later, there were countless otakus and housegirls.

Although I have been here for more than a month and have gradually adapted to the new environment, there are still some things I cannot adapt to.

The most important thing is eating.

Supplies were really scarce during this period. In any case, Zhou Chen had only eaten meat once in more than a month, and it was the leftovers from the Chinese New Year.

Usually it's cornmeal, steamed buns, with some fried sauerkraut and pickles. Sometimes I only eat two meals a day, and they're always the same.

After more than a month, Zhou Chen felt like a bird had faded out of his mouth. Sometimes when he saw a mouse, he had the urge to eat it.

This was the first time in all his years that he felt eating was such a difficult thing.

Even when he was in the Ode to Joy world and in an orphanage, the food he had was countless times better than here.

"Mom, I'm going out for a walk."

Zhou Chen walked out of the house and said to Li Suhua who was knitting a sweater on the kang.

"Go, go, come back early, don't fool around outside."

Li Suhua didn't even raise her head. In recent times, she was very pleased with her youngest son's sensible behavior. He stopped playing around and stayed at home reading books all day.

"Got it, Mom. I'm leaving now."

Guangzi Pian is not big, but it is definitely not small either. It is estimated that there are hundreds of families living here now, and illegal construction has begun to show signs.

There is no way. Nowadays, every family has several children. With more children, they naturally need a place to live. But the place is so small and there is not enough room for them, so they can only build more around the house. Even if it is a mud house, it is better than having no place to live.

As we walked, we arrived at Taiping Hutong.

If Guangzipian is considered relatively messy, then Taiping Hutong is even more messy. The houses are scattered on the left and right, and there is a turn every few meters.

Even though Zhou Chen had a good memory, he was still a little dizzy when he came here for the first time and couldn't find Zheng Juan's home at all.

After walking around in a circle, Zhou Chen left helplessly. He came here today just to find out more and didn't think of asking anyone.

Zhou Chen didn't find Zheng Juan in Taiping Hutong, so he decided to try going to the cinema.

Now that winter has not passed, Zheng Juan and her family should be selling candied haws. The movie theater has a good flow of people, but I am afraid they will not make much money.

The cinema is a landmark place, so Zhou Chen found it without any effort.

There was more than one person setting up stalls in front of the cinema, but Zhou Chen quickly locked on his target.

It was a cart, on which were placed many bright red candied haws. Of course, the candied haws nowadays were not as diverse as they would be decades later. They were just the simplest hawthorn balls strung together, and their appearance was very ordinary.