Literary Master 1978

On the second Sunday after New Year's Day, in order to celebrate Tao Yushu's successful graduation and employment, Tao's father invited the family into the city to have dinner in Donglaishun.

Yesterday, Tao's father said that he would invite Lin Erchun and his wife to go together, so Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to Mianmian Hutong early in the morning.

Hearing that Tao's father wanted to treat a guest to dinner, Lin Erchun and his wife repeatedly refused, but Tao Yushu persuaded them to go out.

For Yanjing people, late autumn is the best season to eat hotpot mutton. When it comes to mutton-shabu-shabu, the most famous one is of course Donglaishun Restaurant.

In the winter of the 1980s, whenever there was a holiday, there would always be a long queue in front of Donglaishun.

The Tao family ate half full in the morning and then went out. Going to Dong'an Market on Wangfujing Street was almost equivalent to traveling through more than half of Yanjing City, and the little inventory in their stomachs had already been digested in the cold wind.

It was past nine o'clock and there was no queue at the door of the restaurant yet. Everyone arrived and entered the restaurant.

Dong Laishun's restaurant uses round tables, and each table can seat six or seven people. Tao and Lin's family came with eleven people, so they divided it into two tables for dining.

Lin Chaoyang originally wanted his parents to sit at the same table with him, but Tao's father pulled Lin Erchun and his wife to the same table. The elders of the two families took Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu to sit at the same table, and they and their juniors sat at the same table.

Dong Laishun uses castrated male mutton. The meat is soft and tender with little odor. The master who cuts the meat has superb knife skills. The cut mutton is thin and light. It is placed on a plate with blue flowers on a white background and is served one after another. the table.

After the soup base in the copper pot boiled, Tao Yumo couldn't wait to stuff the two plates of meat into the pot, and within a few seconds he stretched out his chopsticks to fish it out.

The mutton that was still bright red when it was taken out of the pot has already turned white and curled after being scalded in boiling water for a few seconds. It is extremely cooked and has an attractive aroma.

Seeing that the meat was cooked, Lin Chaoyang also hurriedly used his chopsticks. If you are eating with brother and sister Tao Yucheng and Tao Yumo, you can't be polite, otherwise you will only be the one who is hungry.

While he was enjoying the delicious food, suddenly Tao Yushu saw the delicious food in front of him, but he was indifferent and focused on the parents at the next table.

"What are you looking at? If you don't eat jade and ink, you'll have eaten it all."

Tao Yushu came back to his senses and whispered to him: "Look at my dad, my mom, your dad and your mom, what are they muttering about there?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't care much, "We're just meeting the in-laws to chat. Come on, come on, let's eat some meat."

As he spoke, he put a few pieces of meat into a bowl for Tao Yushu. Tao Yushu moved her chopsticks, but her eyes were still looking at her parents' table. She just saw clearly that the eyes of those people were always on her, as if The purpose is not pure.

"They must be talking about me." Tao Yushu said.

"Today's treat is to celebrate your graduation and work. Our family has an additional employee. Can't we talk about you?"

Seeing that she was still struggling, Lin Chaoyang picked up the meat and put it into her mouth.

Tao Yumo on the side suddenly started cheering excitedly. Tao Yushu was so embarrassed by Lin Chaoyang's abrupt move that he had to open his mouth to eat the meat, and scolded: "Don't fool around."

"I'm not afraid that you'll be hungry. With so much meat, Yu Mo will be so fat after eating it! You, the elder sister, have to share the burden with her."

Tao Yushu's eyebrows rolled and she rolled her eyes at him. Tao Yumo shouted angrily: "Brother-in-law~"

"You eat too, you eat too, eat more." Lin Chaoyang comforted his sister-in-law.

"snort!"

Tao Yumo turned grief and anger into appetite and ate meat.

No matter how fat I am, I will never let you eat enough!

People in later generations said that when they go out to dinner, what matters is not what they eat, but the joyful atmosphere in which relatives and friends gather together.

Nowadays, treating guests to a meal is really just a meal. It is a rare opportunity to improve the food. Except for those sour writers, who is willing to waste time chatting and spanking!

After eating for more than half an hour, Tao Yumo felt that everything she ate was stuck in her throat, and she would stop eating when her juices came out. After putting down her chopsticks, she still stared at the steaming copper pot with some reluctance.

Compared with her impatience, the others were much more calm. Everyone ate slowly and leisurely for more than half an hour, and they didn't finish until eleven o'clock at noon.

After eating at this time, there is no need to eat lunch.

After checking out, a group of people came out of Donglaishun. Tao's mother wanted to take Zhang Guiqin to the department store, so Tao's father and Lin's father naturally had to follow.

"You young people, go and do your business." Tao's father said.

Tao Yumo was a little excited, "Sister, let's go see "The Wrangler"!"

Previously, "The Wrangler" went to Yanjing for filming. After mid-October, it moved to Shanghai. The filming ended in November and the post-production was completed in December. It was very efficient.

Before New Year's Day, Xie Jin specifically called Lin Chaoyang and said that the movie would be released after New Year's Day.

The current domestic film production and screening process is that the government allocates funds to local film studios, and local film studios invest and produce films, which are then handed over to film distribution companies at all levels for distribution and screening.

Movie studios only make buyout money, and distribution companies make money from the box office of movie releases.

These days, it is not possible to release movies to the public at once like in later generations. It basically depends on the purchase of copies by provincial and municipal distribution companies.

"Wrangler" was invested by Shanghai Film Studio, so it was already screened on a large scale in the Shanghai area on New Year's Day. It was a few days later in Yanjing, and it was only released in the Yanjing area these two days.

Because Tao Yushu has been busy with final exams and graduation during this period, the couple has never watched this movie written by him.

"Let's go watch it together. I heard from my classmate that this movie is really good!" Tao Yumo continued with an expectant look on his face.

After listening to her words, Zhang Guiqin no longer bothered to visit the department store.

"Is it a movie based on Chaoyang's novel? Has it been released?" Zhang Guiqin asked.

"That's right! It just came out these two days. Didn't my brother-in-law tell you?"

"Then we have to go and take a look." Zhang Guiqin said and complained about Lin Chaoyang again, "Why don't you tell me and your dad about such a big thing?"

She knew that her son's novel had been adapted into a movie, and she had been looking forward to this day.

"I've already filmed it. The movie is right there, how can it still fly?"

Lin Erchun criticized Zhang Guiqin's surprise, then waved his hand calmly, "Let's go! Let's go watch a movie, I'll treat you!"

After saying that, he took the lead and walked in front, taking bold steps and vigorously.

"De Xing! Why didn't I see you treating me when I was eating boiled mutton?" Zhang Guiqin muttered in a low voice and then followed.

Father Tao had a warm smile on his face. He knew that his son-in-law had always had a stable temperament, but Tao Yushu did not report the good news to his family this time, which really surprised him.

After all, I have graduated, I have matured, and my work is not as rough as before.

Tao's father was pleased with his daughter's growth, but he didn't know that Tao Yushu was just busy with final exams and graduation and had forgotten about it.

Tao Yushu held Lin Chaoyang's arm, feeling a little aggrieved that her sister had announced the good news about the release of the "Wrangler" movie in front of her family first.

"This girl is so quick with her mouth!"

Listening to his wife's complaints, Lin Chaoyang could probably guess her psychological activities. With her consistent personality, it would be so painful to miss such a rare opportunity to pretend to be a chess player!

The family took a bus to the Capital Cinema. Nowadays, there are cinemas in every district, and there are more than one. But to say that the one with the best hardware conditions has to be the Capital Cinema.

Capital Cinema was founded in 1937. It was originally the Xin Sing Grand Theater built with funds raised by the famous Peking Opera performing artist Mr. Ma Lianliang and his friends. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was renamed Capital Cinema.

In 1957, Capital Cinema ordered a wide screen from France and became the first wide screen cinema in China.

After finally going to the city to watch a movie, of course I had to choose a good place.

It was past twelve o'clock at noon when everyone arrived at the cinema. Today was the weekend. At this time, many viewers were already queuing up to buy tickets at the ticket booth at the entrance of the cinema.

The door of the cinema is facing the Telegraph Building. Once you enter, there is an audience lounge of more than 500 square meters. The audience enters through the two doors of the lounge.

There is also a list of screenings at the door. The Capital Cinema has only one screening room. Most of the time, there are two movies shown every day. Depending on the popularity of the movie, the screening times and times of the two movies are different.

Sometimes when a popular movie is released, the movie theater will give all the screenings and time to the popular movie. This is the same whether it is in later generations or now. Who makes people popular?

"Eh? Brother-in-law, look at this schedule!" Tao Yumo exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the schedule.

Lin Chaoyang went over and took a look. It only had the filming schedule of "Wrangler" on it, which was nothing unusual.

There are not many movies released now, and "The Wrangler" was backed by a famous director. It was well received by the audience after its release, so it is normal for cinemas to increase the number of screenings.

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang didn't take it seriously, Tao Yumo pointed to the upper and lower directions of the schedule, "Look at this!"

Lin Chaoyang followed the direction of her finger and noticed the difference in the show schedule. It turned out that on this show list, the earliest show time was 5:50 in the morning, and the latest show time was 10:30.

In Lin Chaoyang's impression, the screening hours of Capital Cinema are generally from nine in the morning to nine in the evening. According to the current show schedule, doesn't it mean that there will be three more shows every day?

The Capital Cinema has only one auditorium with two floors, with a total of more than 1,000 seats. It can show three more shows a day, and the income can be at least a thousand yuan more.

When Lin Chaoyang was thinking wildly, Tao Yucheng reacted and said to him cheerfully: "Chaoyang, your movie is going to be a hit!"

Lin Chaoyang looked at his uncle, and Tao Yucheng continued: "I remember that when "Love in Lushan" was screened the year before last, the Capital Cinema also added an extra scene, but one in the morning and one in the evening. It's a good idea for you to just add three. The show started at 5:50, and how many people were still in bed!”

Tao Yucheng's face was filled with wonder as he spoke. He looked at the schedule and murmured, "How popular is this?"

As he spoke, he looked towards the door and then at the audience queuing up to buy tickets, "It seems there aren't many people there!"

While several people were talking, Lin Erchun had been waiting in the queue for a while.

He just said that he wanted to invite everyone to watch a movie, so as soon as he arrived at the cinema, he rushed to the ticket office to buy tickets.

After waiting in line for more than ten minutes, he was finally in line. He pointed to the film schedule at the door and said: "Comrade, I will buy eleven tickets for "The Wrangler"."

The conductor looked behind him and said, "Just one person?"

Lin Erchun pointed to Lin Chaoyang and others waiting aside, "Everyone is there."

Seeing this, the conductor said nothing more and asked: "Do you want a green ticket or a black ticket? Are there any students? Do you want a student ticket?"

Lin Erchun came to the Capital Cinema to watch a movie for the first time and was immediately confused by the conductor's question.

"What do you mean?"

The ticket seller let out a breath and explained impatiently: "Green tickets are 30 cents, black tickets are 20 cents, and student tickets are 10 cents. They are different in different places."

Lin Erchun finally understood. He thought that Yanjing is the capital after all, and it is so expensive to watch a movie.

With his personality, he must buy the cheapest movie ticket.

But when he thought about the dozens of dollars his in-laws had spent on eating mutton hotpot, it would be too unkind to buy cheap tickets.

"Give me all green tickets!" Lin Erchun said with gritted teeth.