Volume 1 Chapter 0026 You Need Connections Wherever You Go
Men Saner left with his head full of mess.
Nan Yi put the Coke in the refrigerator to freeze it. In this season, the coke at room temperature is not drinkable as it has all turned into ice.
He closed the lid of the snack box , poured a cup of warm water for Nan Ruoyin and asked her to rinse her mouth.
He thought about taking the little girl to Shishahai to skate, but when he thought about the increasing number of educated youth returning to the city and the gradual chaos in the city, he gave up.
Going skating, the chances of getting into a fight or getting involved are too high.
Although a large number of educated youth returned to the city, the factory's production plan did not increase, and there was no need to add new jobs.
Due to requirements from superiors and to take care of the children of factory workers, many factories added some unnecessary positions, but there were too many educated youth, and most of them had no connections or skills and still did not have jobs.
Without a job and no income, you can only eat and do nothing at home. A few days or half a month is ok, but if you do this for a month or even more months, not to mention your brothers and sisters, even your parents will despise you.
Most people are thin-skinned and know that they are not popular at home. Except when they have no place to stay overnight and have to go back to sleep, they would definitely prefer to stay outside the rest of the time.
At the beginning, everyone could get together, have some peanuts and some snacks, sit down somewhere, smoke and drink, and reminisce about the glorious past.
But after a long time, I looked at the money and tickets and said, "Oh my god, what a bunch of bastards, they're gone."
I couldn't afford to smoke or drink, and my most loyal lover - money - also left me. I felt a sense of world-weariness. Since my lover ran away, I stole other people's money.
When the lover saw how heroic they were, she leaned into their arms and said, "I am willing to serve the king with my humble appearance."
In this way, a group of educated youth, after wreaking havoc in the countryside, came back to continue wreaking havoc in the city; another group of people created a literary school with the core idea that educated youths were suffering, educated youths were tired, and I suffered a lot as an educated youth.
After having lunch with Nan Ruoyin, Nan Yi went to the place where he had an appointment with Xu Qian.
When he arrived, Xu Qian was already waiting there.
"How long have you been here?"
"Not long after, I just arrived too."
Xu Qian was wearing a woolen hat with two cat ears hanging down, which protected her fleshy ears well, but her face was not so well protected, and was cut red by the wind.
"Let's go to Victory Cinema."
"Why do we have to go there? Isn't the Star Cinema not far from here?"
"Golden knife, red knife, horse ticket, there is a way. Haven't you heard this jingle?"
"What's the meaning?"
"The golden knife is a surgical knife, the red knife is a butcher in a grocery store, and the horse ticket refers to a movie theater. Basically, if you want to find a good doctor, buy a good piece of meat, or buy movie tickets, you need to have connections and acquaintances.
There are a lot of people watching "The Hunt", especially today is the weekend, there are even more people. If you don't know someone in the cinema, you can't buy a ticket, unless you go early in the morning to queue up to buy a ticket for the evening show."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Do you have any acquaintances in Shengli?"
"have."
The two chatted all the way and took two buses to arrive at the Victory Cinema.
I saw that the two ticket windows of the cinema were crowded with people.
There were a few sneaky ticket scalpers on the side of the crowd, targeting men who were queuing up with men and women. "Brother, do you want to buy tickets? They are not expensive, one dollar each. Bring your girlfriend with you. Buy the tickets early and go in early. There are more people inside and it is warm."
Nowadays, the price of movie tickets generally ranges from 5 cents to 25 cents each, depending on the grade of the cinema and the release time of the movie. If you go to see a movie right after it is released, the ticket price will be more expensive.
"The Manhunt" was released not too long ago and it's a popular movie that everyone wants to see. So naturally the ticket prices are the most expensive. The Victory Cinema is neither too high nor too low and the ticket price is 2 cents.
This couple probably haven't confirmed their relationship yet and are still in the early stages of contact. The young man who looked like a young worker gritted his teeth, took out money, and bought two tickets.
"Tsk, this is easy money to make, you can get two or three times the profit."
“Shouldn’t it be four times the profit?”
"Not that much. Whether it's having people in the cinema or having people line up to buy, it costs money."
The two were chatting when suddenly there was a loud bang in the queue. It turned out that a dwarf was thrown up by several of his companions and thrown to the ticket office with his hands hanging on the steel frame.
I saw him standing on the ticket counter, bending over to put the money into the ticket window. After buying the ticket, he walked out by stepping on other people's shoulders. When he landed, he even somersaulted in the air.
It’s a pity that his skills were not good enough and he landed sideways. If his companions hadn’t pulled him, he would have almost been disfigured.
"Wait here for a moment. I'll go get the ticket."
"Okay, go ahead."
Nan Yi walked towards the office area of the cinema and soon arrived at the door of an office.
"hammer."
As Nan Yi shouted, a young man came out.
"Master Nan, I thought you were about to arrive, and I was thinking of going to greet you later."
"Okay, forget the polite words. Where's the ticket?"
"This is the middle seat in the sixth row. This is the best seat for watching movies."
Nan Yi took the ticket and glanced at it, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Hammer, "Thanks."
"Hey, Uncle Nan, isn't it my duty to help you get the tickets? How dare I smoke your cigarette?" Chui Zi pushed him away in vain and said politely.
"Here, I know your votes are also limited, how can I let you work in vain."
"Then I'll take it." Hammer took the cigarette, put it in his pocket, and asked again: "Master Nan, when will the business start again? I heard that the black market has been very active recently, and semi-public activities have begun."
"Why, have you run out of money?"
"No, but I have nothing to do, and I feel a little lost."
"I'm retired and want to do something. You can go find Men San'er and ask him if he has any connections. I heard that he recently hooked up with a guy in the south who makes electronic watches. You can go and have a look."
"Okay, I haven't seen Men San'er for a long time, let's ask him out for hotpot."
"Well, I'll go first. The show starts in fifteen minutes."
"Wait a minute, I still have two packets of sunflower seeds here, you can keep them and eat them while watching the movie." Hammer went back to the office and brought back two packets of sunflower seeds wrapped in newspaper into a triangle shape, "I bought them in Datie Hutong, they taste great."
"Okay, I'll take it."
Holding a bag of melon seeds, Nan Yi returned to the ticket office, called Xu Qian and walked towards the movie hall.
Victory Cinema was converted from a former theater. It has second floors on both sides with protruding seats, which can accommodate more than 2,000 people when fully occupied.
A show can seat more than 2,000 people, but tickets are not available outside. You can imagine how many people come to watch the movie.
"Please make way, please make way."
The two of them walked to the sixth row. Nan Yi kept asking people to move their feet back and walk in little by little. It took them thirty seconds to reach the seats in the middle where they were sitting.
"It's not easy to watch a movie, it's like going to war."
"We're still in good shape. You saw it outside just now. Buying tickets is the hardest part. Here, here are some melon seeds. Eat them while you watch."
"Will it disturb others?" Xu Qian asked hesitantly.
"Just go ahead and do it. If you don't do it, someone else will. Don't you see that there are people smoking?"
"This is similar to Nanyang. There are also people eating sugarcane and smoking in the theaters in Nanyang, but there are private rooms where you can sit and watch movies. The theaters are not as big as this one, and there are not so many people."
"Well, the movie has started..."
