After waiting in a long line at the ticket office for more than ten minutes, Feng Kuang happily squeezed out with four consecutively numbered tickets, attracting envious glances from those around him.
"No, Brother Crazy, how big is this cinema? Are there so many people queuing up to buy tickets?"
For Ye Tian, who grew up at the foot of the mountain, everything in front of him was novel. He had only seen open-air movies in the village, and his knowledge of cinemas was only in the chats between adults after dinner.
"It's big inside. It can hold hundreds of people. You'll know when you get in later..." Feng Kuang raised the ticket in his hand and led Ye Tian around the entrance of the cinema.
The cinema in the 1980s was actually a multi-functional venue. In addition to showing movies at night, it could also be used as an auditorium during the day, which came in handy when holding a model worker commendation meeting or a public trial meeting.
Cinemas usually don't show movies during the day, so at night, the entrance to the cinema is crowded with people. Most of them are young people who are in pairs or chatting and drinking. They hold movie tickets in their hands and chatting animatedly about what's about to start.
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Although the price of a movie ticket now is only 15 cents, in this era, 15 cents can be enough for a family of four to eat soy sauce for half a month. Not every family can afford it.
I'm willing to spend this money.
Therefore, at the entrance of the cinema, there are many children as old as Ye Tian, who are staring at the staff checking tickets at the two rows of iron railings, ready to sneak in when they are not paying attention.
"Hey, that's so majestic, Brother Madman, is this the Superman you're talking about?" Ye Tian shouted excitedly as he looked up at the big promotional poster above the cinema.
There was no inkjet printing technology of later generations. The promotional poster, which was seven or eight meters long and wide, was painted by artists on the large wooden board above the theater. The muscular man on the poster wore his underwear backwards and wore a cape.
, it is indeed very eye-catching.
"Well, Ye Tian, follow me, let's buy some melon seeds..." Feng Kuang nodded and led Ye Tian to the stall selling melon seeds nearby.
Wherever there are people, there will naturally be businesses. Although many people look down on self-employed people these days, it does not prevent them from making a fortune. In front of the cinema, there are not only people selling melon seeds, but also popsicles and watermelons, and the shouts are endless.
Next to the stall selling melon seeds, there are paper tubes made of newspapers folded into cones. When someone buys melon seeds, the stall owner will use a shovel to shovel the seeds into the paper tubes. They cost two cents each, which is not expensive.
After handing the melon seeds he bought to Ye Tian, Feng Kuang became a little absent-minded. He kept looking around, and even led Ye Tian to the steps, as if he was looking for someone.
The previous movie was finally over, and people poured out of the exit, each with an excited smile on their face, gesticulating and commenting on the movie they just watched. In this era when television has not yet been fully popularized, movies are the most important thing for people.
It is the biggest form of entertainment in your spare time.
Moreover, this was also the most glorious period for Chinese movies. For example, "Shaolin Temple" was released a few years ago. The ticket price of a dime a ticket actually accumulated hundreds of millions in box office. Many people even watched it more than ten times in succession. As you can imagine
The movie was so popular at that time that as soon as it was made, a lot of people would go see it.
The show was over inside, and the people outside had been itching to wait for a long time. They swarmed toward the entrance. There was a burst of yelling at the door of the originally peaceful theater.
"Slow down, slow down, take out the tickets..."
"What about you? Why are you squeezing? Click on the back..."
"You little bastard, you want to evade the fare again? Go ahead and take you to the police station carefully!"
The fat lady who checked the fares had a terrifying voice. She shouted like a loudspeaker. Her carrot-thick fingers pointed out the children who were trying to evade fares. Her eyes were as bright as gold.
"Brother Crazy, let's go in too. What if we go late and there are no seats?"
Seeing everyone squeezing in, Ye Tian was a little anxious. He didn't even eat the fragrant sunflower seeds and looked straight at the entrance.
"What's the hurry? There are seats on the ticket, so don't be afraid..."
This was not the first time for Feng Kuang to watch a movie, but he was obviously a little anxious. He muttered: "Why aren't you here yet? It starts in ten minutes..."
"Brother Crazy, are you waiting for them?"
Although Ye Tian was small, his eyes were very sharp. When he saw two girls in plaid dresses more than ten meters away looking straight at him, he quickly pulled them away.
"Hey, yes, yes, Ye Tian, don't run around..."
After seeing the two girls, Feng Kuang showed a smile on his face and ignored Ye Tian. He stepped down four or five steps to meet them.
"Ye Tian, this is your sister Hong, and that is sister Yingying. Come on, call me sister..."
After saying a few words to the two girls, Feng Kuang led the way. The three of them walked up the steps. After greeting Ye Tian, Feng Kuang looked at the girl on the left and said, "This is our manager Ye's child.
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Feng Kuang heard the title of manager from his uncle, and felt that it was more prestigious than any title of director or factory director, so not only did he give Ye Dongping such a title, he also had the position of deputy manager himself.
Ye Tian found that the always careless lunatic brother turned red when he was talking to the girl on the left, and couldn't help but snickered, "Sister Hong, Sister Yingying, these are the melon seeds that Brother Feng bought for you..."
Although Ye Tian is young, he is not ordinary smart. In addition, with his good looks, the two girls fell in love with him with just one sentence. Even Feng Kuang secretly gave him a thumbs up. This was a sign of appreciation.
He has a lot of face.
"Comrade Feng Kuang, thank you..."
After the girl named Yingying took the melon seeds, she turned around and smiled at Feng Kuang. Although the comrade shout was a little distant and very reserved, it still made Feng Kuang's face burst into laughter.
"No thanks, no thanks, Wang Ying, Sister Hong, wait a minute, I'll buy some soda. I'm too thirsty just eating melon seeds..."
The girl named Wang Ying is about the same age as Feng Kuang. As for Sister Hong, she must be in her mid-twenties. Feng Kuang also shouted at each sister, not with ordinary enthusiasm.
Walking to the soda stand next to him, Feng Kuang took out 40 cents and bought four bottles of soda. A bottle of soda actually only costs 5 cents, but if you pay a 5 cent deposit, you can take the soda into the cinema and come out.
Just return the bottle when the time comes.
Compared with these young people in the city, Feng Kuang is undoubtedly better. At least his ability to please girls is beyond the reach of those young people just now.
Obviously, these bottles of soda mixed with boiled water made the two girls have a much better impression of Feng Kuang and put more smiles on their faces.
