The victory of the first anti-encirclement and suppression campaign came to an end. While Ma Niao held a victory parade and rewards, a commendation ceremony was held in Bairen City to honor the labor activists and outstanding contributors among the indigenous workers who had surrendered since D-Day.
, and commemorative medals, bonuses and prizes will be awarded to those who have outstanding performance in frontline support work during wartime.
Labor activists and voluntary overtime workers in many factories have received different levels of labor service medals. Some production teams have received honorary titles and collective honor championships.
Villages and factories that provided more militiamen collectively received the First Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Victory Medal.
An article published in the "Lingao Times" with the headline "No Production, No Victory!" clearly declares this point. This article lists the industrial and agricultural collectives and individuals who have been rewarded for their contribution to this victory.
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The praises given by the elders to factories and rural areas, and the rewards given to production activists. The endless descriptions in newspapers of the Fubo Army's extremely fierce firepower and great advantages in logistical supplies have made many people realize that the Australians have
Power is based on the abundant material power they possess.
Before the Australian army engaged the enemy, the fertile fields of Lingao and the busy production lines in the factories had already destined their victory. This new regime valued workers and production over martial arts and victory.
Although the people under the rule of the Time Travel Group may not have much awareness of the painstaking efforts, they still have the concept that they are under the rule of a powerful group.
The power of a ruler means peace, which means that he can get up to work safely every day and sleep peacefully when he returns home at night. Even if he eats coarse grains and wears rags, he can't afford to eat even a little bit for many years.
Meat, but at least I know that peaceful days like this will continue tomorrow. Although farmers are still afraid of natural disasters, they at least know that those who are working will not be suddenly taken away, and their wives and daughters will not be raped by bandits and soldiers.
, houses and villages will not be burned down casually.
However, the rule of a powerful force often brings unscrupulous oppression. Fortunately, this powerful force is more rational and knows the long-term benefits that can be brought by properly caring for the interests of the people. Compared with the original government, the rulers from Australia treat the people much better.
.The oppression is not so harsh. There are not many monsters and monsters relying on the power of the government to exploit the people. People who have no livelihood can still work and get a bite of food.
Even the wealthy gentry feel that life is more stable now than in the past. They have lost the power to do whatever they want to the people, but they do not need to pay a large amount of money or food to deal with officialdom and bandits; they do not need to support many servants and rural warriors.
To protect your home and fields, you don’t have to bargain with the murderous bandits fearfully. When you go out, you should always be vigilant for fear of being kidnapped. When you hear the urgent sound of the gong in the middle of the night, you will quickly pick up the knife and go to the village wall.
garrison.
The attack by officers and soldiers once made the atmosphere here tense. Many people were afraid that with the arrival of officers and soldiers, Laigao would fall back into the chaotic social situation three years ago. After the news of the defeat of officers and soldiers came, everyone seemed to be worried.
Breathed a sigh of relief.
Peaceful days have dimly arrived in Lingao. Everyone feels this way.
Soon, a familiar melody rang again in many people's ears.
"The sky in the liberated areas is bright."
Of course, the lyrics were slightly tampered with. The words "liberated area" were originally supposed to be changed to "Lingao", but some elders raised objections and believed that the ruling area would gradually expand and it was inappropriate to limit it to Lingao.
In the end, the reference to liberated areas was retained, but the others were replaced by "seniors."
"We have adapted and used a large number of songs on a surprise basis, but many of the singing versions used so far are still based on the old versions." Fang Fei said at a joint meeting between the Grand Library and the Propaganda Department.
Ding Ding said: "It's okay to continue to use the old singing version to fool them for a while, but in the long run, it may make the indigenous people feel strange, right?"
"Hmph, I'm afraid that if some people want to explore the dark history in the future, the memory of these songs will be the beginning." Yu Eshui agreed.
"So I suggest setting up a literary and artistic group." Fang Fei said, "Build a professional group such as a song and dance troupe to be responsible for artistic performances. Then record their singing songs as standard singing versions."
"Oh, this is an expected topic." Yu Eshui nodded, "However, for things like literary and artistic groups, when you have money and leisure, you can certainly establish a few for backup purposes. Now we are establishing them in a hurry.
I'm afraid frugal people such as Ma Gong would not agree..."
"We already have a puppet troupe, there is no problem in setting up a song and dance troupe," Tintin has already had this idea. "Literature and art are weapons of propaganda - are the achievements of the puppet troupe in front of you? Besides, such a thing
If Mr. Ma also opposes it, he will be in danger in the next election."
"Not necessarily, comrades." Yu Eshui coughed, "Position is very important. People who change their stance casually cannot become communists."
"Hmph, I know what you are thinking." Ding Ding smiled and said to Fang Fei, "Propaganda weapons are just for one purpose, right?"
Fang Fei nodded and answered him with an ambiguous smile: "Our elders' entertainment activities cannot always involve interacting with computers. We should also hold a few dance parties and performances."
"Well, I don't object, literature and art are also the needs of public life." Yu Eshui did not answer his words, "But this is a start-up period, and it is better to keep everything simple. Besides, we have just divided the life secretaries. Professional groups do not want
It is better to start with mass amateur literary and art groups: such as student choirs, workers' choirs, etc. First, the threshold is low enough and the participation is strong. In addition, they will avoid being picked on one day."
"By whom?"
"It's history." Yu Eshui said.
Under Ding Ding's personal care, Hu Qingbai happily agreed to form the first choir from the students of the national school. At present, male and female students with good singing conditions were selected from the school students to form a choir to perform amateur activities.
train.
Among the five hundred people, there are certainly a few who like to sing and dance, but they don't know how to sing a chorus. As for the professionals who can read staffs and know the vocal production and parts of vocal music, there are even fewer professionals.
"Modern chorus basically originated from church choirs. So we asked Lu Ruohua to teach singing." Fang Fei said to Ding Ding, who was troubled by the lack of professional teachers, "Last time I heard the male choir of the small choir in Lingao Church
The children's a cappella singing was very beautiful - it really felt like the sound of nature."
Lu Ruohua is full of enthusiasm about asking him to help with the choir - now he will do anything to please the Australians without hesitation. Although two missionaries have already died in Lebanon during their missions
Despite the epidemic, their missionary achievements in two years exceeded the efforts of missionaries on the mainland in twenty years.
Lingao's missionary business was booming, and when he heard that they had defeated the Ming Dynasty on the mainland and were about to occupy the entire Qiongzhou Island, and that the missionary area would be further expanded, Lu Ruohua held a victory mass in Bairen Church with great fanfare.
When there were rumors that the Ming army was coming to attack, the Lingao Church held several massive masses. It also carried out large-scale iconography to pray for victory. Among them, the Jesuit mission played a major role.
Gentlemen.
The missionaries are sincere in their hope of winning the war through the Crossing Group - only if these "Australians" continue to be in power in Lingao can the missionary cause make rapid progress.
His only regret is that the power of this emerging diocese is in the hands of the Australian Church, but for some unknown reason, the Australian Church has never sent a bishop to Lingao. A diocese without a bishop is too unseemly.
When Lu Ruohua heard that the Australians wanted to start a choir, he immediately agreed to do his best to help.
"It's a pity that Brother Michael is not in Macau." He said with a little regret.
"Who is he?"
"He is one of our brothers with a wonderful singing voice." Lu Ruohua said with infinite fascination, "When I listen to him singing hymns, my soul seems to soar to the side of God and bathe in the holy light..."
When Fang Fei heard that there was such a talent, he couldn't miss it, and quickly asked: "Where is he?"
"In Goa." Lu Ruohua said with a little regret, "But that was five years ago, if he had not been called by the Lord."
The environment in Goa was not suitable for Europeans, and many Europeans died there.
Fang Fei wrote down this person in his notepad. He reminded himself that the next time he met He Ying, he asked him to negotiate with the Jesuits and name this person.
"These crazy guys are still very useful."
But when Lu Ruohua found out that there were girls in the choir, he objected - although the nunnery also had its own choir, the church's all-male choir was the mainstream of hymn singing at that time. Furthermore, he believed that it was inappropriate for men and women to sing together.
Does not conform to the style.
"It's okay, you can teach them separately. There is no precedent for male and female choruses. You have to find ways to achieve this effect." He Ying showed him several video materials of choruses in performances.
Lu Ruohua has watched Australians' mysterious movies many times, and he knows that these real audiovisual events that seem to be right in front of him replicate the living conditions of Australians.
"Can it be done?"
"Yes." Lu Ruohua nodded, "But... why are you doing a chorus if you are not performing an opera..." Lu Ruohua didn't know what this roaring chorus meant to Australians.
He Ying said: "Because we need it."
Lu Ruohua silently made a sign of the cross.
The professional level in the 17th century was also quite impressive. A few days later, the choir of the National School gave a special performance in the small theater of the Lingao Puppet Theater for the veterans of the Cultural Propaganda Department and the Great Library. Wen Desi was also invited.
join.
The repertoire of the performance is: "The Sky in the Liberated Areas is a Bright Sky", "We Workers Have Strength", "Without Elders, There is No New Life", "Singing the Motherland", "Bopu Song", "On the Field", "Fubo"
"Military March", "Warship March", "Facing the Flag", "Brave Young Man Go and Create Miracles".
Although the chorus rehearsed and directed by Lu Ruohua was not majestic enough to the ears of the veterans, it was a little too melodious and had the flavor of a choir.
"It sounds nice, but it's not majestic enough!" Wen Desi instructed at the end, "It doesn't highlight the momentum!" He continued, "It's too polished! The cantata is a mass performance, and it must highlight the mass nature.
Characteristics, don’t be afraid of roughness, the key is momentum!”
He then instructed Ding Ding to grasp the literary and artistic form of cantata, and all groups should engage in cantata, not only internally, but also to hold regional and industry performances to build momentum.
“In line with our recent great performance, we are inspiring and launching an event to sing Australian songs.”
"I think it can be called 'Hymn' instead. 'Australian Song' is not the right name." Fang Fei suggested.
"Is it appropriate to canonize oneself..." Someone raised objections
"I think it's very appropriate. Comrade Fang Fei's suggestion is very good! He has a keen insight!" Wen Desi finalized, "Groups and individuals like us who will fundamentally change the world cannot be called 'holy', what else can we call them?"
It can be called a saint!”
Following his instructions, Fang Fei then organized two more choirs in the mechanical department and the "Tiandihui" system. Using these three choirs as the basic team, after simple training, they went down to the grassroots to mobilize the masses.
.So the cantata resounded throughout Lingao, setting off a craze for cantata.
There was a high-spirited singing in the air - this was the Lingao Cable Broadcasting Station's broadcast of the "Industrial System Cantata Performance" being held at the Bairen Theater. Fourteen amateur chorus groups from the Manufacturing Director Department were competing at this time.
After listening to the song countless times, Fang Fei shivered and returned to his desk.
The table was piled with documents. Fang Fei was so tired that he didn't even want to read them. Ever since Wen Desi's instruction to carry out a national chorus, he, the director of the Mass Activities Department, was extremely busy. He was engaged in "mass literature and art" every day.
He was busy practicing singing, inspecting work, and organizing performances. Ding Ding also handed over the Lingao Puppet Theater Troupe to him for him to make full use of. Judging from the stinginess of the elders, professional literary and art groups are not a way to raise people.
The place is basically full of continuous performances and rehearsals to squeeze out the maximum value of use.
He had just arranged a tour performance of Bopu-Ma Niao-Chengmai for the Lingao Puppet Troupe. The troupe had expanded to more than fifty people and had installed more than a dozen trucks of props. Under his coordination and arrangement, the journey finally started.
A month-long tour.
Because of these things, he has not returned to his dormitory for a week. When he is tired, he takes a nap in the office.
The office door was suddenly opened - such a sudden and rude opening did not mean that it was Zhen Qian who had come - someone else had to at least knock on the door. In the past few days, his wife had made many surprise inspections on him - to a daily
For someone who often comes into contact with women at work and often has to "train women", it is normal for his wife to have such doubts.
"You've worked really hard." Zhen Qian felt a little distressed when she saw her husband looking so tired.
"It's okay, it's okay." Fang Fei said with a wry smile, "I used to be reluctant to be a basic labor force, but now I feel uncomfortable being reused."
"It's okay. I think the little secretary outside is a black spot, but she's quite handsome."
"I don't have the energy to care whether she is pretty or ugly." Fang Fei carefully avoided the topic, "Are you off work?"
"No, I'll wait for a car to be dispatched and go to Nanbao later to check out the environment - fifty standard houses will be built there, as well as dormitories. President Mei asked me to design them."
"Really, that's not bad." Fang Fei said casually.
"Are you coming back tonight?"
"I probably won't be able to come back, I'm very busy. Tomorrow is the chorus performance of the agricultural system, and then the winner will have a countywide performance..."
"I'm bored to death." Zhen Qian complained when she heard that he didn't go home. "Life here is so empty. There is nothing good to do except work."
The spare time life of the veterans: mainly watching various videos. In order to make full use of the information, a veteran film source exchange system has been set up on the bbs. In addition, they just go to the internal bbs to feed people or go to the entertainment room to play games and watch
Reading magazines and books, or other sports activities such as playing ball. Generally speaking, most of them are very "homey" leisure activities. Shopping and the male orientation is very obvious. For women who like to go shopping, the leisure life in Lingao is simply boring.
To them, the so-called "prosperity" of Dongmen City is not even comparable to that of a small town. Besides, there is nothing to buy, and their money is of no use.
"You are still engaged in propaganda, why don't you think of something to do?"
"I don't have much else to do now. Why don't we have a dance party?"
"We have more men than women, so how can we dance?" Zhen Qian said, "Even if it is a disco dance, the weather is too hot and it is meaningless."
"Let me think about it again." After finally coaxing his wife away, Fang Fei received a call from Xiao Zishan.
"Are you free later? I'll come over."
"No, no, I'd better come over." Fang Fei said quickly.
Xiao Zishan talked about the current situation - the elders have put forward further requirements for their recent leisure life. They already have life secretaries, and the physical needs of the elders have been fully met, and the spiritual needs have become highlighted. On the contrary
After the victory of the siege, the pressure was relieved, and the elders were immersed in an atmosphere of joy and carnival, all hoping for some entertainment projects.
For this reason, he asked Fang Fei if he had any suitable solution.
Fang Fei thought about it: the proposal to establish a seniors club has been submitted to the Senate, and if nothing else happens, it will be approved soon. However, water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near.
"I wonder if we can hold an annual meeting?"
Annual meetings are Fang Fei's specialty. The so-called annual meetings are nothing more than gathering together to eat, drink, have fun, and bond with colleagues and business partners. Cross-travel groups can also do the same thing.