Roaming in the world of film and television

It was a black, flat and square machine with a rectangular notch on the front, and a row of buttons with unknown symbols printed on it. It looked very technological and super stylish.

"Lin Yue, what... what is this?"

Hai Guofu moved forward with a bit of flattery, he had never seen this thing before, but his intuition told him that it was a good thing, something better than a TV.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way."

A rather impolite voice came from behind. Hai Guofu turned his head and saw that it was Han Chaojun in the diagonally opposite room. Every holiday, he would carry his beloved equipment to the cafeteria. As soon as the tape is inserted and the button is pressed, as the head rotates, soothing musical notes will flow gently.

"When I was young."

"I'd listen to the radio."

"Waiting for my favorite songs."

"When they played I'd sing along."

"It made me smile."

"Those were such happy times."

"..."

The long-awaited male student will hold the hand of the female student and walk forward, taking smooth or jerky dance steps in time with the beat.

Han Chaojun also entered the Department of Literature and Art because of this, and he likes to pull a few English lyrics when he has nothing to do, and shows off his collection of tapes or magazines of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars in front of others. Some students are not happy with his publicity and call him a fake foreign devil behind his back.

"Is this a tape recorder? What brand is it?"

He had never seen this thing before, and while curious about what it was, he was upset that the country bumpkin on the opposite side could get these eye-catching objects.

Lin Yue glanced at him: "This is not a tape recorder, this is a video recorder."

VCR?

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, basically hearing this term for the first time.

Lin Yue did not waste his time explaining to them. He unplugged the desk lamp, connected the TV and VCR, connected the audio and video cables, and pressed the AV/TV switch button on the TV control panel. From the satchel, he took out a black box that was a circle larger than the tape, pushed it to the position of the video recorder, and tapped the play button next to it.

There was a flash of light on the TV screen, a big tree came into everyone's eyes, and then the English letters that jumped out suddenly.

Gone with the Wind

Cheng Tubie pushed his old-fashioned glasses: "Blown away by the wind."

Lin Yue said: "It's 'Gone with the Wind', and it also has a translated name of 'Gone with the Wind'."

"Gone with the Wind? A novel by Margaret Mitchell?" Following a familiar voice, Wang Yang separated the people surrounding the dormitory door and walked in.

When he said this, many people came to their senses. Instead of speaking the original English version, the Chinese translation "Gone with the Wind" published by Zhejiang People's Publishing House in the past two years has been very popular.

Wang Yang is a man who claims to have seen 100 Hollywood movies. As soon as the story got to the point, he immediately reacted. He walked over and touched the black box next to the TV: "Where did you get this thing?"

He didn't know this thing, but he knew what Lin Yue was doing—playing a movie.

Others also came to their senses. After all, many of Yenching University’s students are locals, and they are well-informed. Since television gradually entered working families in big cities in 1976, there were too few TV programs to satisfy the needs of the broad audience. In order to meet the demand, CCTV introduced many foreign films for dubbing and broadcasting, so many people have watched foreign films on TV.

But watching movies in this way is still a big girl sitting in a sedan chair, which is the first time in her life.

Lin Yue said, "It's the US embassy."

Wang Yang: "..."

Cheng Dongqing: "?????"

Hai Guofu blinked and repeated in a low voice: "The US embassy?"

There was no sound in the room, except Scarlett Scarlett, the daughter of Tara Manor on TV, complaining with disgust that the word "war" disturbed what should have been a beautiful life.

There is no such awkward Chinese dubbing, the original soundtrack is full of emotions.

Lin Yue said: "Don't you know? The US embassy disposes of a batch of used office supplies every year, which are cheap and easy to use. Like this 12-inch TV, you can buy it for less than 100 yuan. It’s a bit more expensive, more than a hundred.”

It is now 1981, and the first batch of civil video recorders imported into China will be a year or two later. It is normal for these people not to have seen them. Not to mention a rural person like Dongqing, Wang Yang's understanding of film projection is still in the mode of movie theaters and TV broadcast signals, and home theaters have always been linked to the word "looking forward to the future".

"Go to the US embassy to buy second-hand goods, are you kidding?" Han Chaojun said that he was very jealous, because the machine for playing movies and the machine for playing music are "a generation behind". What is even more unacceptable is that TV and video It is not a problem that the machine is cheap, and it is not a problem that many people have not seen it. The key to the problem is that even if it is a second-hand product, Americans are willing to sell it to him?

Wang Yang can answer this question, but he has absolutely no interest in doing so.

Lin Yue's words reminded him of what happened when he went to the ballroom of Longfu Temple to drink half a year ago. This guy had a good chat with Ms. Jenny, the China correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, and seemed to have made a deal. At that time, he was flirting with LUCY. After listening to the content clearly, there was no further text for a long time, and he almost forgot it. Now it seems that it should be related to these two things in front of him.

As a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in China, Jenny was originally a frequent visitor to the US embassy. It is certainly not difficult to spend money to buy some obsolete products when the equipment is updated.

"Where did you get the money to buy this?"

Cheng Dongqing is a local turtle, but a sober one, he knows that the biggest difference between himself and the city people is "money". Yes, his soil turtle stems from his poverty. Lin Yue's academic performance is good, but He is as frugal as he is in daily life. Wang Yang once asked such a question, "Your grades are so good, why don't you apply for a scholarship with the department?" Lin Yue's answer was "Some people need it more than me." The subsidies issued by the education system and the daily expenses are at the same level as him. It is absolutely illogical from his point of view that such a frugal person suddenly spends 200 yuan to buy a TV and a VCR. thing.

Lin Yue said: "The manuscript fee."

"Payment fee?"

People in the dormitory looked at me and I looked at you, and couldn't accept his argument that he had royalties for a while.

Lin Yue said, "That's right, the royalties the Los Angeles Times gave me."

As a college student, it is very difficult to get the manuscript fee, but I did not expect to get the manuscript fee from foreign media.

Wang Yang was a little psychologically unbalanced. If he had known this, he should have asked LUCY to apply for some funding, although he was the one who asked American Girl to interview him.

Lin Yue patted Cheng Dongqing on the shoulder: "You should try to memorize the lines in the movie, it should improve your accent."

Hai Guofu pointed to the TV and VCR and said, "You bought this to learn English?"

"right."

Lin Yue nodded, picked up the book on the bedside and walked outside, waving his hand and saying, "I'm going to the library, call me when you finish reading."

Cheng Dongqing didn't say a word, because he thought of a question, with Lin Yue's English level, does he need to watch movies to improve himself? Of course not.

If not for yourself, who is it for?

He looked up at Wang Yang, and the guy who loves to write love poems was also looking at him, how to say with his eyes... very intriguing.

Here, Hai Guofu and the others gathered around the dormitory to watch a movie. Han Chaojun got out of the crowd and snorted as he watched the figure going further and further away in the corridor, his face full of unhappiness.

Seeing this scene in his eyes, Lin Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing, thinking that after all, he was a young man, even if it was one of the top universities in China like Yenching University, he would always be competitive and jealous of talents.

Of course, he was not interested in talking to people like Han Chaojun, and he didn't want to waste energy on such crap.

Yes, the video recorder was bought back, but the video tape used to play it is a rare item. Given the state of the domestic market, if you want to update the movie, you must follow the path of Jenny and Lucy to buy video tapes from the United States.

As he was walking here, he was thinking about buying a video tape. Unexpectedly, a figure flashed in front of him, and an unexpected person stopped him.

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