January 20, 1957, Sunday, the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Great Cold
Sijiucheng received its first snowfall of the year last night.
Snowflakes fell in large numbers on the streets and alleys, on the fields and hills. After one night, looking at the world, it was covered with snow, and the earth seemed to be covered with a thick velvet quilt.
At the same time, the department store’s first staff New Year’s party was also successfully held in the auditorium.
It started at one o'clock at noon and lasted until about five o'clock now. The party has also come to an end.
The entire auditorium was packed to the brim, not only the inside, but also the outside was packed with people. In addition to the employees and family members of the unit, because today was Sunday, there were also many people who had come outside in the snow.
They looked at the people sitting inside with envy, wishing they could be one of them.
No matter how well you prepare in advance, in the final analysis this is just self-entertainment, and no professional is involved from beginning to end. No matter how good your performance is during the rehearsal, on the day of the official performance, all kinds of fools will still appear one after another.
There are those who forget the lyrics, those whose legs shake like chaff when they get on stage, those who sing out of tune, and those who stop mid-sing and say they want to start over. There are all kinds of things, which add a lot of laughter to everyone.
Although various situations occurred frequently, the effect was surprisingly good. When the audience saw this situation, no one made fun of it, and they gave the warmest applause to everyone who participated in the performance.
This is actually the effect of Li Hengyao. The staff party is not afraid of making mistakes. The main thing is to be authentic and everyone has a sense of participation.
This year is only the first one, and many people are still embarrassed to sign up. Next year will definitely be different.
In fact, there is no need to wait for next year. Even before it is over, some people are already asking if they will come again next year, while others are sitting there beating their legs in frustration.
"Director Li, aren't you afraid that when something goes wrong on stage, the audience will make noises?"
Director Meng, who was sitting in the front row of the auditorium, turned his head and asked softly.
"Don't be afraid. If he is a professional actor on stage, then if he has a problem, people in the audience may coax him. But we are all our own people. Everyone knows who is who. If you dare to go on stage, you are already very courageous. We have to
The employees are very tolerant and just entertain themselves for the sake of having fun."
He said this, but when the first situation happened just now, Li Heng was still sweating. Fortunately, the audience below was very impressive. There were no jokes, and some even shouted cheers to encourage him. This time he was allowed to
I put my heart in my stomach.
Bureau Meng was also very helpful today. He and several leaders from the bureau rushed over right after lunch and sat down to watch the whole process.
Even before the party started, Leader Fu came over with staff from the radio station and newspaper.
Of course, the leader was busy with work and only sat for more than ten minutes before leaving, but this allowed all the leaders in the bureau to see his support for Li Heng's work.
"Director Li, I heard you still have a show?"
Deputy Director Tian, who was sitting on the other side of Li Heng, also leaned his head over and asked.
"Forget about the Tian Bureau, I just shot myself in the foot this time." Li Heng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We were worried that no one would sign up to participate, so we said that all the directors and deputy directors must participate, and I also
I didn’t expect that a few people actually put together a show, but no one informed me.”
The four of them, Liu Changming, Zhao Mingxia, sang a song about crossing the river together, but he was excluded. What's even more annoying is that it wasn't like this during the rehearsal. Wasn't it obvious that they were going to play him together? I just saw that show.
He was so angry.
His words made the deputy directors sitting next to him laugh. Liu Changming and the others who were a little further away may have heard it too, and they all laughed like foxes who had stolen a chicken.
Fang Xiaoya, who was sitting at the back, was also laughing at this time.
She also saw that her man was being tricked, and she was one of the participants.
Zhao Mingxia and four deputy directors jointly put together a program. She knew about it relatively early, but never said anything about it. Just for revenge, who asked that guy to keep it a secret from her, and didn't even say what song he was going to sing.
Hearing what she said, Fang's mother, who also came over, poked her head with a smile: "You, how can you be like this?"
"Hehe..." Fang Xiaoya smiled naively.
Sitting next to her was her younger brother Fang Xiaoqing, and the next one was Lou Xiao'e. She was invited by Xiaoqing, and she took this opportunity to meet her parents. Similarly, he also went to Lou Xiao'e two days ago.
At home, I met Lou’s parents and Lou’s mother.
Both parents are quite satisfied with these two children and have given their acquiescence to their relationship.
But it is still early for the parents of both parties to meet, and both parties have a tacit understanding not to mention this issue.
As the host announced the curtain, Li Heng walked onto the podium with a smile on his face amid a burst of warm applause.
"First of all, I would like to say sorry to everyone. My show may have stretched my legs a bit. I have been watching everyone's performances for several hours. To be honest, I am under a lot of pressure right now.
Without further ado, the next part is my program, the song, Unforgettable Tonight, ahem... I'm sorry, this song doesn't have any accompaniment, I sing it a cappella, so please just listen to it."
"Tonight is unforgettable, tonight is unforgettable, no matter where the world ends, we embrace China thousands of miles apart, and wish the motherland well, the motherland well..."
"Xiao Yang, have you heard this song?"
In the third row below, a middle-aged man turned his head and looked at the young woman sitting next to him and asked.
"Never heard of it." The woman named Xiao Yang frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said.
"Editor Li, I think...even though it's a cappella song, it's really nice."
"Yes, it sounds pretty good. Do you think it was written by Director Li himself?"
"That's not clear, but you can ask him later. Didn't Chief Fu say hello to Director Li before he left?"
These two people were reporters from the Forty-Nine City Daily brought by Leader Fu at the beginning of the noon party.
Leader Fu was busy with things, so he came over to sit for a while and then left. The two of them stayed. Tomorrow's newspapers will definitely publish the party held by the department store today. Not only the print media, but there is also a radio station's recording equipment on the stage.
Woolen cloth.
The purpose of the employee New Year party is to enrich the spare time life of the employees. The higher-ups will definitely not let go of such a good promotional material.
As Li Heng's singing ended, the department store's first staff party also came to an end.
Success?
From a professional point of view, there were frequent accidents on stage, so it is definitely not considered a success, but from the perspective of the audience, this party definitely achieved the expected effect, and everyone was beaming with joy.