Chapter VIII: Crisis
Flowers are not red for a hundred days, and people are not good for a thousand days.
Niu Yuehong's satisfaction and happiness did not last long. With the development of the times and social progress, the sense of security in her heart was quickly wiped out.
In the 1980s, black-and-white television sets gradually began to spread in urban and rural areas.
Television programs with sound and pictures have entered thousands of households, and their novel and intuitive forms of expression have attracted ordinary people whose cultural life is very monotonous, and have changed people's habit of relying on radio and newspapers to obtain the latest information and enjoy literary and artistic programs. Television became the most direct, the most important and the most popular news media overnight. Broadcasting, which Niu Yuehong once regarded as a great cause and was proud of, quietly retreated to a secondary position and was neglected for a while.
Niu Yuehong will go to Secretary Zhao's house after a while, help Chen Xiufang clean up, choose vegetables and wash rice, improve her life, show diligence, and take the opportunity to watch TV shows for a while.
Niu Yuehong stared at the CCTV announcer on the TV with fascination, the female face was beautiful and radiant, and the male had thick eyebrows and big eyes, chic and handsome, especially the male announcer Zhang Hongmin, who was full of masculinity and magnetic voice, was handsome and chic, outstanding, and became Niu Yuehong's infinite idol.
Chen Xiufang looked at Niu Yuehong, who was addicted to TV programs, and said with a smile: "Lao Zhao, you see that the calf is about to get into the TV." ”
Niu Yuehong smiled shyly.
Secretary Zhao said reasonably: "What do you old woman know? ”
Chen Xiufang and Niu Yuehong looked at each other and smiled, and continued to watch TV.
Niu Yuehong returned to the dormitory and lay down, but she couldn't sleep. In the face of the majestic TV pressure, she once again felt the impermanence and helplessness of life, and felt her own insignificance and humility. She often falls into loneliness after broadcasting, and she is like a grain of sand in the vast desert that no one knows or cares about.
Niu Yuehong's heart was a little deflated.
After repeated calculations and trade-offs, Niu Yuehong plans to bid farewell to the sunset radio and devote herself to TV with huge influence.
At that time, Jinshan County had not yet established a television station. What one can see is the programs of CCTV and Hexi Provincial Television that are broadcast by regional television stations.
Niu Yuehong thought that according to the current situation, it is best to go to the regional TV station. However, if I don't have any acquaintances in the area, how can I be transferred to the regional television station? If I go to Hexi TV station, I don't even know which direction the door of Hexi TV station is opening, let alone transfer in?
Niu Yuehong pondered and meditated, and finally thought of the "three musketeers" she trusted the most.
Niu Xinguo's troops have been transferred to work in the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. Boyfriend Zhao Qingsong and Niu Xinguo changed jobs together in the same year and were assigned to work in the Provincial Public Security Department. Niu Xinjiang has also graduated from university and has been assigned to work in the Provincial Education Commission.
Niu Yuehong believes that these three people are the "three musketeers" in her life. If you ask them for help, maybe a miracle will happen.
Niu Yuehong just secretly made up her mind in her heart, and didn't tell anyone in the unit, nor did she tell her future parents-in-law.
She took a look at the opportunity of a weekend afternoon when there were few people, and with full of longing, she quietly slipped into the telephone switchboard room of the county party committee at the top of the corridor.
The operator Xiao Yuan was stealing the empty knitting sweater, and was taken aback when he saw Niu Yuehong's sudden arrival, and quickly stuffed the wool into the drawer. She usually and Niu Yuehong just nodded and said hello when they met, and there was no more interaction.
Niu Yuehong's unexpected arrival made Xiao Yuan sit and stand.
Niu Yuehong smiled and sat beside Xiao Yuan, and took out a brand-new green silk scarf from her pocket. This silk scarf was bought by Chen Xiufang when she went to Shanghai on a business trip and was given as a gift to her son, Niu Yuehong. Niu Yuehong has never been willing to wear it.
Niu Yuehong carefully opened and folded the silk scarf, and put it on her neck without waiting for Xiao Yuan's reaction.
Xiao Yuan was overwhelmed by Niu Yuehong's sudden enthusiasm. She liked this beautiful silk scarf in her heart, but she didn't know that she had been rewarded by Niu Yuehong for doing some good deeds.
Niu Yuehong said to Xiao Yuan sincerely: "Xiao Yuan, I specially asked Xiao Zhao to buy it for you in Shanghai." Look, your skin is white and tender, and with a green silk scarf, it seems that you are more attractive. ”
Before Xiao Yuan, who was stunned, could speak, Niu Yuehong suddenly became twisted, and said resentfully: "I haven't received a letter from Xiao Zhao for a long time. I don't know if he's sick? I want to ask them about ......."
Xiao Yuan is an empathetic person, and when he heard Niu Yuehong say this, he immediately understood what was going on, so he cleverly picked up Niu Yuehong's words: "Do you have the phone number of his unit? Oh, that's good, you can call him here with me." I'm going to the bathroom. You lock the door from the inside. I'll knock five times, and you open the door again. If it's not five times, don't open the door. ”
"Great!" Niu Yuehong jumped up with joy.
Niu Yuehong sent Xiao Yuan away, carefully locked the door, and dialed the unit phone number of the "three musketeers" with trembling fingers.
The answers of the three people were almost identical: I had just been working for a short time, and I didn't know anyone who could speak with weight. Be patient and wait for your chance. We will never leave you alone in Jinshan County.
After Xiao Yuan's five knocks on the door, Niu Yuehong opened the door lock dejectedly, and squeezed out a reluctant smile on her face to say goodbye to Xiao Yuan.
Disappointed, she returned to the radio station, sat listlessly in a chair by the window, and silently looked out the window at the tall poplar trees, and remained motionless for the whole afternoon.
Stationmaster Feng secretly observed Niu Yuehong and didn't bother her. Lao Feng knew in his heart that this girl had a lot more eyes than when she first came, and she had her own ideas in her heart, and ordinary people couldn't understand her.
This summer flies by, and in the blink of an eye, it is the summer harvest season.
Jinshan County has a large area of wheat harvest. Farmers sweat in the scorching sun and rush to harvest wheat before the wind comes. Cadres of government agencies and students of schools have also gone to the countryside to support the summer harvest work. For a time, the fields were in full swing, the red flags were waving, and the traffic was busy.
Niu Yuehong sat quietly in the radio station every day, broadcasting the news reports sent back from the front line of production as usual, but she still lacked the passion and enthusiasm of the past. She just read the manuscript mechanically, boring to pass the mundane days one after another.
Stationmaster Feng reminded her several times to pay attention to the emotions during the broadcast, and to use the passionate voice to encourage and infect the audience, and stimulate people's infinite enthusiasm.
Niu Yuehong always nodded worriedly, but the actual improvement was not much. From the bottom of her heart, she has given up her declining broadcasting career.
Niu Yuehong racked her brains all day long to think about how to jump into the TV industry, and even quietly wrote a cover letter to regional TV stations and Hexi TV stations in private, but they were all lost in the sea, there was no news, and she almost exposed her secrets.
It was one night in July, Niu Yuehong listened to the beating sound of her heart, hid in the office alone, and wrote a letter of self-recommendation to Hexi TV.
The next morning, she was worried that others would see the letter of recommendation, so she tucked it in a magazine called Popular Cinema and prepared to take time to send it to the post office.
Niu Yuehong picked up the magazine and was about to go out, when she saw Section Chief Ma walking towards her, she quickly turned back to the office, quickly stuffed the magazine into the newspaper pile, and then slipped into the bathroom.
Stationmaster Feng wanted to find an editorial published in the "Hexi Daily" two days ago to study. He stood in front of the stack of newspapers, flipping through them day by day, muttering, "Where did this go when I saw it here yesterday?"
Niu Yuehong returned to the radio station from the bathroom and saw that Stationmaster Feng was flipping through the newspapers, she was scared into a cold sweat, and hurriedly ran up to hug the pile of newspapers and asked, "Stationmaster, what are you going to do?"
Stationmaster Feng was very surprised when he found Niu Yuehong unusual: "I looked for the "Hexi Daily" a few days ago, and there was the editorial we wanted to study, what's wrong?"
Niu Yuehong's eyes flashed with a bright light and asked, "Is it "Fighting the Hard Battle of the Summer Harvest"?"
Stationmaster Feng nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes." ”
Niu Yuehong said with relief: "Oh, don't turn it over." The editorial is with me. ”
She took out the newspaper from the drawer and hurriedly handed it to Stationmaster Feng, then put the messy newspaper in order, took out the "Popular Movie" and hid it behind him when he was not paying attention, and asked Stationmaster Feng for leave with a smile and said: "Stationmaster, I will return this magazine to the library, and I will come back immediately, and I will never delay my work." ”
After speaking, Niu Yuehong flew away like an arrow.
In this way, Niu Yuehong escaped the sharp eyes of Stationmaster Feng.
One day, when it was almost time to get off work, Xiao Yuan suddenly ran into the radio station out of breath and shouted to Niu Yuehong eagerly: "Quick! Your eldest brother's phone call said that there was something important." ”
Niu Yuehong's heart flashed with a spirit in an instant, could it be ......
She and Xiao Yuan supported each other and trotted all the way to the switchboard room at the innermost part of the corridor.
Niu Yuehong picked up the microphone with trembling hands and heard Niu Xinguo's confident voice: "Xiaohong, you have a doorway to work, it is Anxi TV in the provincial capital." I happened to go to the city to investigate a case, and by the way, I told the city leaders about your situation. He said that the TV station just needs a news anchor, and you are welcome to join Anxi TV. ”
Niu Yuehong listened to Niu Xinguo's words and was excited, as if she had seen the dawn of the east in the long dark night, and had found the last life-saving straw in the turbulent sea.
Niu Yuehong said with concern: "Thank you, big brother, will it affect your work?"
Niu Xinguo replied briskly: "No." You can rest assured. It was said on the phone that it was inconvenient. When I'm done, I'll write to you about the details and the process. Just get ready for the move. ”
Niu Yuehong reluctantly put down the phone, couldn't control her excitement anymore, and hugged Xiao Yuan's shoulders affectionately.
Xiao Yuan looked puzzled and stared blankly at the telephone on the table.
Niu Yuehong didn't feel Xiao Yuan's expression at all, she just hugged Xiao Yuan for a long time, but her eyes looked into the distance through the glass window.
Xiao Yuan asked tentatively, "Little Niu, what's the good thing?"
Niu Yuehong retracted her gaze as if she had just woken up from a dream, as if she was saying to herself: "I-I've had something good recently." ”
Niu Yuehong said goodbye to Xiao Yuan happily, and did not return to the radio station, but hurriedly walked out of the organ building.
She felt as if she was in a long dream: everything around her was so beautiful and lovely, but also a little unreal. The blue sky is high and far-reaching, the snow-white clouds are soft and flocculent, and the leaves of the poplar trees are turning in the breeze like a joyful song.
What she needs is reality, definitely not a wonderful dream.
Niu Yuehong turned her head and looked up at the agency building for a long time.
In fact, this building is only four floors, so it is not a building at all. However, in such a remote small county, in the rows of ordinary red brick bungalows, it looks so majestic and magnificent.
Niu Yuehong, who has always been simple and decisive, suddenly became amorous and softly sang the popular song "White Blue Pigeon":
When that light grows brighter, it is a new hope.
The time of the year is in the spring, and the day is in the morning
Oh, I'm a white pigeon, love to fly in that sky,
Oh I am a white orchid pigeon, soaring through the hills and hills, flying freely under the white clouds......
Niu Yuehong affectionately confided in the blue sky and white clouds:
Goodbye, my radio station.
Goodbye, my youth.
Goodbye, my dear parents.
Goodbye, little Jinshan County.
I want to fly on the big stage of the new era.