Chapter 122: A Good Place to Dance
The teacher in charge was very satisfied with Jiang Yulou's performance, and students like Jiang Yulou were the ones who brought surprises to the school.
Jiang Yulou, a student, he has inquired a long time ago, not to mention his talent, he is very serious in class and study every day, and he has never been late or left early.
He believes that Jiang Yulou is different from most students in the school, Jiang Yulou has a clear goal, knows what he wants, what he can get from studying in school, and everything he does in school now is moving towards the goal.
He's only a freshman, and he's at the age of his prime, with infinite possibilities.
The teacher in charge looked at Jiang Yulou, who was breezy and calm, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, this kid is really the material for writers, if the school fully supports his creation, maybe in a few years, Yan University will have another literary alumnus.
The exchange meeting was over, and the students had gained a lot, and Jiang Yulou was the same, relying on barrier-free communication and his amazing science fiction short stories, he became good friends with Jessica and several of her fellow countrymen.
Before parting, Jessica gave Jiang Yulou a hug, and then kindly persuaded:
"Jiang, I think the science fiction you talked about at the exchange meeting today should be published."
"Maybe, maybe not, Jessica, you don't know, it's really hard. You don't know much about the situation in our domestic literary scene, and there are almost no channels for publishing genre novels like science fiction. ”
Jessica was disappointed, "Oh, that's a shame. ”
"Haha, it's nothing, there's always a chance." Jiang Yulou didn't regret it too much.
Originally, it was just a whim, and even if it couldn't be published, there was nothing to lose.
"Still, I think you should try." Jessica was talking when something suddenly occurred to her, and she danced and said, "Oh, by the way, I know a friend who might be able to help you." Haha, great, maybe you can really become a star writer in our United States. ”
Jiang Yulou laughed, the more he talked, the more outrageous it became, but he wouldn't hurt the girl's kind help, so he said: "Thank you so much, Jessica, I will wait for your good news." ”
“ok! Leave it to me. Jessica said confidently.
After a while, Jessica and a few international students would ask Jiang Yulou to hang out every week, and he would also take a little time to get together with a few people.
He didn't fall in love with Jessica, nor did he want to learn English, but purely upheld the spirit of internationalism to help them better integrate into Yanda and the land.
In this way, a month passed intermittently, and Jiang Yulou had forgotten about science fiction, but Jessica suddenly brought it up.
"Let's go, ginger, I'll take you to a good place."
didn't say anything, the god was mysterious, Jiang Yulou was just taken away by Jessicala.
And the destination of the two is the Longfu Temple in Yanjing.
Longfu Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai three years, was the Ming and Qing dynasties of the royal incense courtyard. From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the Longfu Temple Fair was one of the most famous temple fairs in the capital, and had the reputation of "the crown of all cities".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Longfu Temple will evolve into the Dongsi People's Market, which is known as the four major markets in Beijing along with the department store, Xidan shopping mall and Dongfeng market.
For Yanjing people, Longfu Temple and prosperity are inseparable, in this era, the old Yanjing people who live in Dongcheng District will come here if they want to buy anything.
After the reform and opening up, the three major pieces of "bicycles, sewing machines, and watches" gradually declined, and the new three major pieces of "TV, refrigerator, and washing machine" have not yet swept the country.
That is, on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, ballroom dancing that had disappeared for many years appeared for the first time at the party in the Great Hall of the People.
When the ban on dancing in the Great Hall first opened, some fashionable young people among the people had already smelled the smell of limb liberation, and disco was quietly popular.
The name was a later import, and people called it swing dance at the time. Bold young people began to try to swing in the park, and in this summer at the Summer Palace, from time to time there will be fashionable young people from Yanjing, suits, toad glasses, and slip-on shoes.
Their dance attracted the attention of tourists, and the music played on the tape recorder was "Ali Baba is a happy youth". The onlookers were in a complicated mood, very enjoyable to watch, and quite timid.
At this time, ballroom dancing was only popular in a small area, and men and women kept a private distance from each other, and swing dancing was an experience that only young people dared to do to the extreme.
Ordinary people may not dare, but the children of the literary and artistic youth courtyard don't care. They were looking around for some fun, so there was the later open-air dance party in the Old Summer Palace.
At first, a group of literary and artistic youths began to meet in the Old Summer Palace, including young artists from the April Film Festival and the Star Art Exhibition, poets Bei Dao, Meng Ke, and later the fifth-generation director He Qun.
These people go over there to play, chat, dance. Later, more and more people were attracted, and the more open-minded young people went there to get together, and the open-air dance party became a formality, and the young people just needed a fixed place for the exchange of ideas.
At the open-air dance, there were significantly more onlookers than there were people who tried it. The middle of the dance hall was noticeably much more fashionable, with men already wearing floral shirts and white T-shirts, which were basically the most eye-catching outfits of the time.
The musical accompaniment of the whole dance party came from a single-card tape recorder, which was vividly called a brick by young people, and the brand was Sanyo, and the price was between 200 and 300 yuan, which was equivalent to half a year's salary of an ordinary cadre at that time.
The fashionable girls of Yanjing like to go to Cherry Ditch to dance, and they are all dressed in the same color, such as flower parasols, green army pants, and knitted sweaters, preferably red and yellow. In Yanjing in this era, materials are still quite poor, and young people yearn for beauty.
Jessica and her group of international students from developed countries are keen to participate in such and such dances. There are also dance parties at our school, but not many of them have the guts to dance. Therefore, they will also go to commercial dance halls, because of their foreigner status, plus the dress is very trendy and eye-catching, they can always attract the attention of people around them, those who have envy, some jealous, and so on.
However, there are very few commercial dance halls, and the scale is not large, and there is one in the Longfuji business district.
Jessica they know this good place, thanks to the foreigners in Yenching.
With the reform and opening up and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, a large number of foreigners poured into the mainland with ideas similar to Columbus's discovery of the New World, especially reporters from media companies such as the Asahi Shimbun and the New York Times.
This is the only place where you can enjoy sake from overseas.
"Two glasses of Margaret."
Jessica and Jiang Yulou arrived at the bar and expertly ordered two of her favorite cocktails.