Chapter 101 Practice is the only criterion for testing truth (asking for the first monthly ticket)

On the way back, Zhu Lin was a little surprised to see Li Changhe was in deep thought all the way.

"Changhe, what's wrong with you?"

"Let's go home and talk about it."

Li Changhe said softly.

After the two returned home and finished their dinner, they went to Zhu Lin's house and sat for a while, and then returned to their own room.

"What's wrong with you today?"

Seeing that Li Changhe seemed worried the whole night, Zhu Lin asked curiously.

Li Changhe glanced at his wife and said softly, "I have found out some information for you these few days."

"Next month, literary and art institutions such as the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles will resume normal work. Editor-in-Chief Liu told me that art schools such as the Beijing Film Academy and the Beijing Drama Academy will also resume enrollment."

"I talked to him about this this afternoon."

"If you are not happy working in the clinic and find it meaningless, then we might as well change direction, jump out of this circle, and try another direction."

At this time, Li Changhe took Zhu Lin into his arms and spoke gently.

Zhu Lin quietly leaned on Li Changhe's shoulder and asked softly, "Are you asking me to be an actor?"

"I don't want you to be an actor. You have to travel all over the country to shoot a movie. We won't be able to see each other for several months. I can't stand it."

Li Changhe rejected it without hesitation.

"Then I remember someone told me that I was suitable to be an actor."

Zhu Lin recalled what Li Changhe had said to her in Lao Mo, saying that she was suitable to be an actor.

"I was just looking for a topic to praise your beauty!"

"Also, Editor-in-Chief Liu told me this afternoon that the age requirement for actors recruited by Beijing Film Academy this time is 22 years old or younger."

"As for the director, the age limit has been relaxed to 26 years old."

"You mean I want to take the exam to be a director? I don't understand that either."

Zhu Lin said softly.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "This thing can be trained quickly. It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not."

"Actually, this is what I think. We should first get out of our status as workers, peasants and soldiers, and then enter Beijing Film Academy."

"From Beijing Film Academy, I entered the literary and artistic circles. You see, I am in the Writers Association. Maybe I can get to know a lot of people by then. The Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles are almost inseparable, including the cultural association above."

"A director doesn't necessarily have to work in a film studio. You must have seen this in the military art troupe, right? Military art performances, local art performances, and even the current Beijing TV station all need directors."

"As long as we get out of the circle of workers, peasants and soldiers, and then stay in the literary and artistic circles, I will support you, and there will naturally be other room for improvement."

"At worst, even if you are assigned to a film studio, I can adapt my novel into a script for you to shoot. I don't believe that you can't make a good movie."

Li Changhe said confidently that if all else failed, he would just cheat and give Zhu Lin a masterpiece from his previous life.

Is it difficult to adapt his "The Educated Youth" into "The Shepherd"?
No difficulty!

After all, the core of "The Educated Youth" is very similar to "The Shepherd". Li Changhe now doubts whether the novel "Spirit and Flesh" will appear in the future.

Because once the original version of "Spirit and Flesh" is published, the core of the story will be similar to "The Educated Youth", and the original author will inevitably be caught up in a plagiarism storm.

"Actually, if you don't want to change, that's fine. After two years at the clinic, I think the situation will change."

Li Changhe then spoke softly.

"The situation will change? You mean?"

"I read some materials at Peking University, some of which are the works and interviews of the current economist. I see that many of his ideas are similar to those of Western economics. I guess he may reform."

"reform?"

Zhu Lin looked at Li Changhe in surprise.

"Yes, I guess. Maybe because he has been abroad, his ideas are different from those of the old man."

"From last year to now, I have seen his courage in every incident."

"If the country really reforms, according to my current study direction, some things will be relaxed and will not be completely controlled by the state."

"For example, in the West, film production is entirely the business of private film companies, and cinemas are also private. Of course, the box office revenue in the end is also earned by those companies."

"Of course, this is just one possibility. Another possibility is to allow individuals to open shops, sell goods, or even start companies as before."

"If that time really comes, your school's identity won't be that important."

"In short, I think there will be a lot of variables in the next few years, and no one can predict what will happen."

"Whether you want to work steadily in the clinic or change direction and start over, I support you."

Li Changhe said softly.

He just analyzed the pros and cons for Zhu Lin, but would not influence her decision.

Even if Zhu Lin really chooses to be an actor, Li Changhe will support her as long as she likes it.

After all, to put it bluntly, in the future Li Changhe himself will not be able to stay in the country peacefully and live a routine life.

He is just limited by the fact that the country's reform and opening up has not yet come out, so he has to lie dormant.

Just wait a few months, and he will soar into the sky and turn into a dragon. By then, the domestic entertainment industry will be nothing.

"You've made me so confused. I haven't really thought about it so much before. Changhe, you have to let me think about it carefully."

"Actually, I have no interest in being an actor. In 75, a film crew approached me to act in a movie, but after thinking about it, I felt that being an actor was too difficult, so I did not go." Zhu Lin playfully told Li Changhe his secret, and Li Changhe smiled without saying a word.

How could he not know this bit of her resume? He even knew that the crew was called "Haixia".

"Actually, I don't want to be a director or an actor. I just want to be with you every day, cook for you, wash your clothes, and wait for you to graduate so that we can have our own little home."

At this time, Zhu Lin leaned on Li Changhe's shoulder again and spoke softly.

After listening to this, Li Changhe felt inexplicably moved.

Yes, a lot of things have changed since he came into this world, so why should he dwell on the choices he made in his previous life?

After all, Zhu Lin's choices in her previous life were all based on her environment at the time, but now her life has long changed.

So what if he is a worker-peasant-soldier student? Is he afraid of that?
Who would still cling to the cadre status in the 1980s?

Forget it, let my wife do whatever she wants in the future. As long as he is around, she can live whatever life she wants.

Thinking of this, Li Changhe put down the burden in his heart, then looked down at Zhu Lin.

This nonsense chat is completely distracting from serious business.

If I had this much time, I might as well practice dancing with my wife. After all, she is a dancer from the art troupe.

Being a dancer means being able to perform any moves.

Li Changhe immediately whispered into Zhu Lin's ear.

Zhu Lin's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and then she gently patted Li Changhe's shoulder.

This guy, why does he have so many weird ideas?

After another happy weekend, Li Changhe returned to school refreshed.

Because he had unlocked a new world, he studied harder.

And time continues to bring him new good news.

On May 1st, Labor Day, Li Changhe and his colleagues did not have a holiday, and neither did people across the country.

But it was on this day that the famous CCTV was born.

To be precise, it cannot be called a birth, but rather the Beijing TV station that Li Changhe was familiar with was renamed CCTV.

This operation also solved a doubt in Li Changhe's mind.

That's why Zhao Zhongxiang is the host of Beijing TV.

Before this, he always thought that Beijing TV Station was the future Beijing TV Station, but now he found out that Beijing TV Station has always been CCTV, but the other party has never been called this name.

The reason is very simple. Television stations in this era had no status, there were few programs and there was no such thing as TV dramas.

In the media industry, there is basically no sense of presence.

For journalism students of this era, their first choice after graduation is to join national newspapers, and print media reporters are their favorite.

Going to a TV station is not an assignment, it's called exile.

So, this is what is meant by "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west."

Thirty years later, college students will be scrambling to get into TV stations, but the TV stations won’t even bother to look at you, let alone a behemoth like CCTV.

For Li Changhe, the appearance of CCTV was just an appetizer in May, which only solved a small doubt in his mind.

What really made Li Changhe happy was an article written by a special commentator of Guangming Daily and published on May 1978, 5.

"Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth"

As soon as this article came out, it exploded in the minds of people all over the country like a nuclear bomb.

Obviously, this concept is a challenge and impact to the new concepts that emerged in the past two years.

Printed media across the country soon began to discuss the article, with headlines in newspapers across the country expressing different opinions and competing with each other.

The pages of various newspapers were in a mess at this moment.

Even Peking University was not spared. Nine out of ten dormitories were discussing this, and one had already confirmed the result after the discussion.

Li Changhe did not participate in the discussion, but he still gained some knowledge. He always thought that this sentence was said by the second-generation great man, but who would have thought that this sentence was said by the teacher.

This sentence was specially added by the old man when he was reviewing an open letter.

Wow, in this era, this sentence is really invincible.

Li Changhe did not participate in the discussion, but he was very excited because the appearance of this sentence not only meant that the reform and opening up had entered the final countdown.

It also means that it creates the most appropriate theoretical basis for Li Changhe's subsequent actions.

Yes, practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

So, Li Changhe prepared to start practicing next.

Sunday, May 1978, 5.

This day is Mother's Day internationally, but these capitalist countries' holidays are not popular in our country.

For Li Changhe, this was just an ordinary Sunday.

On this day, after sending Zhu Lin to work in the morning, Li Changhe came to the Capital Hotel.

But this time, Li Changhe didn't come to eat, he came to practice.

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