The world of film and television begins from childhood

Li Suhua didn't quite understand what the editor-in-chief was, but when she heard Zhou Chen call Shao Jingwen "teacher", her attitude suddenly became very respectful.

"Hello, Mr. Shao, hello."

"Hello, too."

Zhou Chen greeted, "Teacher Shao, please sit down. I'll pour you a cup of tea."

Shao Jingwen quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no."

Li Suhua quickly said, "Kun'er, you chat with the guests, and I'll pour you some tea."

As she said that, she went to get a teacup and poured two cups of tea: "Teacher Shao, have some tea."

"Thank you, that's very kind of you."

Shao Jingwen passed by the teacup and said to Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, I have already mentioned your situation to the president of our publishing house. After discussion, our publishing house decided to hire you. You can temporarily follow me and work as an editor at Golden Land magazine. Is that okay?"

When Zhou Chen heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "No problem, of course no problem, Teacher Shao, you really helped me a lot, I really don't know how to thank you."

Shao Jingwen smiled and said, "I didn't help much. It's because you are excellent that you were able to get this opportunity. Our publishing house may have to rely on you in the future."

"Teacher Shao, you really praise me. I'm not as good as you say. I'm just an ordinary person."

"Haha, you are not an ordinary person. The poems you wrote have been praised by everyone in our club."

Li Suhua was listening to their conversation from the side. Although she didn't ask any questions, she could still tell that they seemed to be discussing his old boss's work problems.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 553: Famous Light Piece

Shao Jingwen didn't stay in Zhou's house for long. He chatted with Zhou Chen for a while, explained the situation, and then prepared to leave.

"Bingkun, you go directly to the publishing house to report at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow. I will wait for you at the door then."

"Teacher Shao, thank you so much. I will be there on time the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Chen sincerely expressed his gratitude to Shao Jingwen. They had only met twice, but he was still very moved by Shao Jingwen's enthusiasm.

In this day and age, it is definitely not easy to find a satisfying job.

Although Zhou Chen believed that he had great ambitions and plans, it would be in vain if he did not have the opportunity to display them.

Working in a publishing house may not be considered a very good or noble job, but it is definitely freer than being a worker and the salary is higher.

"Then I'll leave first."

"Teacher Shao, take care."

Shao Jingwen said something to Zhou Chen and Li Suhua, and left happily.

Zhou Chen was happy that he found a job, and he was also happy that he recruited Zhou Chen. He believed that with Zhou Chen's abilities, he would shine in the future, so he had made up his mind that after Zhou Chen entered the publishing house, he would pay special attention to him and prevent Zhou Chen from going astray.

Li Suhua looked at the note in Zhou Chen's hand. This was Zhou Chen's receipt for going to work at the publishing house. With this, he could report to the publishing house.

"Kun'er, did Mom hear me correctly? Are you talking about your job?"

Zhou Chen took Li Suhua into the inner room and sat down on the kang. He smiled and said, "Mom, you heard me right. I found a job. I'm working as a magazine editor at Jiangliao Publishing House."

"It's a job at a publishing house. But you haven't been assigned yet, so why do you have to go to work at a publishing house?"

While Li Suhua was happy, she was also confused. Their family was a working-class family and a publishing house was an institution for intellectuals. But she couldn't imagine her eldest son, who hadn't even graduated from junior high school, working in a publishing house.

Zhou Chen explained: "Because we are a working-class family with urban hukou, the street office will assign us jobs. However, the jobs assigned by the street office are either in factories or some other positions. I don't like those positions very much, so I thought of a way myself some time ago."

"Mr. Shao is the editor-in-chief of the publishing house. He admires my talent very much, so he helped me and let me work in the publishing house. Mom, now you don't have to worry about my job anymore. Being an editor in a publishing house is definitely much easier than being a worker in a factory."

Li Suhua said happily: "That's for sure. Publishing houses are where intellectuals gather. Kun'er, you are such a fool. You actually have the ability to work in a publishing house."

"Of course not. I am your son, so of course I have to be capable. Mom, I will make money to buy you delicious food and new clothes, and find you a filial daughter-in-law. Just wait and enjoy your life."

"Haha, Mom is already so old, why should I enjoy the luxury? As long as you can work hard, Mom will be happy."

Although she said so, Li Suhua still smiled very happily. Suddenly, she remembered something and asked, "Kun'er, you go to work at the publishing house. You have a regular job, right?"

Zhou Chen replied: "Of course, if there is no establishment, who will go? Mom, you can rest assured. You have grown up and can distinguish right from wrong."

"Great, great."

Li Suhua was not well educated and could not utter any fancy words to express her excitement, so she just kept saying "yes".

After being happy for a long time, she said, "Kun'er, write a letter to your father and tell him the good news. If your father knew that you went to work at a publishing house, he would be very happy."

Zhou Chen said nonchalantly: "If my brother and sister went to work at the publishing house, he would be very happy. As for me, he would definitely think that I can't do well, and he would be more worried than happy."

"Nonsense."

Li Suhua gave Zhou Chen a slap. "Your father is not like what you said. It's mainly because you were too ignorant before and just fooled around all day long."

Zhou Chen did not refute, but he felt a little disapproving in his heart.

To be honest, among the three children in the Zhou family, he is the least favored one, not only because he was not a good student in the past, but more because of his personality.

As the eldest son, Zhou Bingyi is sensible and obedient. As the only daughter, Zhou Rong is good at acting coquettishly and cutely, and is very good at pleasing Zhou Zhigang.

Zhou Bingkun's personality is very similar to Zhou Zhigang's, stubborn, especially stubborn;

He is the typical person who responds to soft words but not hard ones. He knows that he may have problems, but he is unwilling to give in.

It is difficult for people with the same personality to get along with each other, let alone father and son. This is also the main reason why Zhou Zhigang treated Zhou Bingkun badly.

Zhou Bingkun didn’t understand it before, but Zhou Chen has lived for so many years, so he can see the problem between father and son very clearly.

"Mom, can we get a bicycle ticket? The publishing house is a bit far from our home, and it's too slow to walk to and from get off work. I want to get a bicycle."

Bicycles are big items in this era. Not only are they expensive, but you also need a bicycle ticket to buy them.

Before this, Zhou Zhigang was the only one working in the Zhou family, and Li Suhua just helped out in the street to earn points, so the family didn't actually have much savings.

"Kun'er, you're right. How can you go to work at a publishing house without a bicycle? There's no bicycle at home, but Mom knows a lot of people at the street office. I'll go see if I can apply for one tomorrow, or ask someone to help me get a bicycle ticket."

Unlike Zhou Chen who thought about the convenience of commuting to get off work, Li Suhua was concerned about the issue of face. People of their generation are used to walking, so it doesn't matter whether they have a bicycle or not.

But her son is different. Her youngest son is going to work in a publishing house soon. It is a very respectable job. Looking at the entire Guangzi film industry, is there any child who has a better job than her youngest son?

No, not a single one. Being the descendant of a worker and working as a cultural worker is definitely a prestigious thing.

Such a good job must be equipped with a bicycle, which would be more decent.

"Can you get it?"

Li Suhua said, "Leave this to mom. Don't think too much about it. You will report the day after tomorrow. You should prepare well. There are still cloth coupons at home. I'll see if I can get you a new set of clothes in time. The publishing house is different from the factory. I don't know if they will give you work clothes."

Zhou Chen said indifferently: "I'm not sure about this. In fact, it doesn't matter what you wear. The most important thing for work is ability."

"Okay, Mom knows what's going on. Just do your job and work hard. I can handle the housework by myself."

Li Suhua's favoritism towards her eldest son and daughter before was actually somewhat influenced by Zhou Zhigang. Zhou Zhigang felt that his eldest son and daughter were promising, while his youngest son was not, so in comparison, he naturally didn't pay much attention to his youngest son.

Zhou Zhigang’s favoritism is actually very obvious, just take the marriage of the three children in the TV series as an example.

The eldest son's father-in-law and his family looked down on him so much that after twenty years of marriage, the two sides of the in-laws had never met each other. However, he was just dissatisfied in his heart and did not show more.

Not to mention Zhou Rong. Just look at what she did and what she said. For a man who was more than ten years older than her, she even gave up her family and said such cruel and heartless words as breaking off the relationship.

This is absolutely a heinous act for a daughter.

But what did Zhou Zhigang do in the end?

Instead, he ran thousands of miles over and took the initiative to reconcile with his daughter. When he heard the words of severing ties, he just laughed it off.

Let’s look at how he treated Zhou Bingkun. Zhou Bingkun just mentioned Zheng Juan briefly, and he was kicked to the ground and cursed at.

Why could he control himself when facing his eldest son and daughter, but couldn't when facing his youngest son?

It’s just two words: biased.

Look at what Zhou Bingkun did for his family in the TV series, but in the end he was still not as good as Zhou Rong who did nothing. He is so biased.

It has been like this for more than ten years. Zhou Chen doesn't think that if he finds a good job, Zhou Zhigang will change his mind.

Zhou Zhigang is an extremely stubborn person. He is the kind of person who knows he is wrong but is unwilling to admit his mistakes in order to maintain his father's image.

But his stubbornness was only directed at his youngest son. He was extremely tolerant towards his eldest son and daughter.

Decades later, this is clearly double standard behavior.

In other families, the youngest child is more favored, but in the Zhou family, this phenomenon is reversed.

The next day, Li Suhua cooked breakfast early in the morning, called Zhou Chen and went out. She did not come back until noon.

"Kun."

"Hey."

Li Suhua happily took out a ticket and said, "Look what mom brought you."

Zhou Chen opened his eyes and saw it was a bill.

Without waiting for Zhou Chen to say anything, Li Suhua excitedly gave the answer: "Bicycle ticket, look, mom got you a bicycle ticket. With this ticket, you can go buy a bicycle. Are you happy?"

Zhou Chen has owned luxury cars worth tens of millions, so a bicycle is not enough to make Zhou Chen happy. However, in order to cooperate with Li Suhua, he still pretended to be particularly happy.

"Wow, mom, you are amazing. How did you get this bicycle ticket? I heard it is very difficult to get."

The old lady said proudly: "Your mother is an activist in the street. It is not easy to get a bicycle ticket."

In fact, the origin of this bicycle ticket is not as simple as she said.

In order to get this bicycle ticket, she took out some of her family's food coupons and cloth coupons and exchanged them for this bicycle ticket from others. To be honest, she felt she was at a loss.

"Keep the bicycle ticket and this money. I'll buy you a bicycle later so you can ride to work tomorrow."

Zhou Chen saw Li Suhua took out a handful of small bills and couldn't help asking, "Mom, isn't this the living expenses that Dad left for you? Why did you give it all to me?"

Li Suhua: "I left some. I heard that a bicycle costs more than 100 yuan. We work in a publishing house, so we can't afford bad ones. We have to buy famous brands. You don't have to worry about living expenses. Your father will send them back regularly. Besides, you will be working soon and will get a salary soon. There are only two people in our family, so we can't afford to eat much."

"Mom, you are quite vain." Zhou Chen teased.

Li Suhua rolled her eyes at him and said confidently, "You're working at a publishing house, you should be proud of it. Among us children of Guangzi Film, who has a better job than you? My son has made great progress, and as a mother, of course I have to be happy."

"As long as you are happy."

The bicycle tickets and banknotes were ready, and after dinner Zhou Chen took Li Suhua to the Friendship Store to buy a bicycle.

Zhou Chen meant to just buy any one, but when it came, Li Suhua insisted on buying a better one, so in the end they bought a Forever brand bicycle, spending more than one hundred and forty yuan.

In this era when the average salary is only in the teens or twenties, a bicycle that costs nearly one hundred and fifty yuan is really a big item.

Li Suhua seemed even happier than Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen rode his bike and took her all the way back to Guangzi Pian.

"Stop, stop."

Li Suhua called Zhou Chen to stop. Zhou Chen braked and stopped, looking at Li Suhua with some confusion.

"what happened?"

Li Suhua said: "Let's go back on foot."

"Walking back?"

Zhou Chen was a little confused. He had a bicycle, so why should he walk back?

But he soon found out the reason.

"Sister, is this the new bicycle your family bought? It's a Forever brand."

"Yes, our Kun'er has found a job, so I was thinking of buying him a bicycle. He can't walk to and from get off work every day."

"Oh, I remember Bingkun is only seventeen years old this year. Has he been assigned a job?"

"No, our Kun'er didn't bother the neighborhood leaders. It wasn't the assigned job. It was the publishing house, Jiangliao Publishing House, that found out that our Kun'er had the materials to be an editor, so they recruited him to work at the publishing house."

"Publishing house, that's a good state-owned unit, but what does an editor do? Is there a staffing structure?"

"Of course there is a staffing system. The job of an editor is to write articles and poems."

"Oh, it's incredible. That's what it means to be a cultured person. Sister, you are so lucky. Your eldest son and daughter are so sensible. Now Bingkun has also found a good job. You can just wait to enjoy the good life."

"It's all the child's own hard work. As an uneducated mother, I can't teach him anything."

"Bingkun's mom, this is the bicycle I just bought. Oh my god, it's so pretty."

"It's OK. I give it to Kun'er to ride to and from get off work."

"Hey, Bingkun is at work too."