bestfiction Chapter 177 Going to the Video Arcade
Chapter 177 Going to the Video Arcade
Factory Director An nodded quickly. "There's no rush."
The two drank some wine together, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed. They began to talk about the future direction of their factory.
"Engineer Lin, you've been working for me as an engineer for almost a year now, haven't you?"
"It's been over a year."
Factory Director An picked up a piece of snack and chewed as he said, "Mr. Lin, are you really not going to consider it? There's a severe shortage of skilled workers, especially in township enterprises. You see, your skills are so good. If you could come full-time, we'd definitely be able to make the factory bigger and stronger, and the compensation you'd receive would be excellent."
“Director An, it’s not so bad for me to go there every Sunday now. I’ve been working in the state-owned factory for so many years, and I’ve developed an attachment to it. Plus, I feel more at ease balancing both of these things.”
"Okay, Mr. Lin, I'll say it again: the doors of our refrigerator factory are always open for you."
As he spoke, Director An raised his glass again, and the two lightly clinked glasses.
Lin Wufeng had some doubts in his mind. Two years ago, Han Qingsheng and three other engineers from Wucheng were hired by a township enterprise on Sunday to design two sewage treatment drawings for the township's agricultural machinery factory. Although they saved the nearly bankrupt agricultural machinery factory, they also earned 600 yuan.
However, they were accused of using technology for speculation and profiteering, and ended up getting a free meal.
Although there are quite a few "Sunday engineers" now, and many people are doing it secretly, he always felt that it was inappropriate to do so. If he were discovered one day, his work and family would be affected.
However, the compensation offered by these township enterprises is indeed very attractive.
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Zhuang Chaoying sat at her desk, leaning back in her chair, while the sound of Tu Nan lecturing to the children came from next door.
Since Tu Nan returned, I have clearly felt a significant lightening of my burden, and I can finally free up some time to do what I've always wanted to do.
Yesterday, Ah Ling called Changcheng, and Mr. and Mrs. Huang said they would come over after receiving their pensions at the end of the month.
Chinese New Year is indeed early this year, and the factory didn't pay wages in advance; we have to wait until the end of the month.
Zhuang Chaoying was currently immersed in his own rural literature creation. He was sketching out a story in his mind that vividly depicted the emotional entanglements and human love in the village. He had even thought of a title for the book: "Rural Love Story".
He felt that the name was simple yet aptly reflected the core of the work. At that moment, he put down his pen, capped it, turned his body, casually draped his arm over the back of the chair, and smiled.
Huang Ling sat on a chair next to her, her eyes fixed on the TV screen, knitting a sweater skillfully with her hands, the yarn weaving between her fingers.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she turned her head and said, "Chaoying, Engineer Lin has been away for five days. Tomorrow, these factories will resume production and we'll have to go back to work. Song Ying secretly told me that Engineer Lin went to Wencheng to help out with some parts. She told me that, but I have a bad memory and forgot his name."
Zhuang Chaoying nodded slightly after hearing this, her eyes darting around: "He should be back soon. Engineer Lin is a highly skilled technical person, he won't have to worry about anything anywhere."
"Ah Ling, have you ever been to a video arcade? While Tu Nan is watching them, let's go out and have some alone time. It's only a little past nine now, let's watch some videos, and then go to a restaurant for a nice meal! How about it?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Ling stopped what she was doing, put the yarn aside, stood up, hesitated for a moment, walked to the door, looked towards the next room, listened to the sounds of tutoring coming from inside, and then went back into the room, feeling somewhat worried.
"Chao Ying, watching videos is a place for young people. Won't people laugh at us if the two of us go there?"
Zhuang Chaoying walked over with a smile, took her hand, and said, "What are you joking about? We need to keep up with the times. Let's go."
Huang Ling hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay, let's go watch the video. I've always been curious about what video arcades show, since Dong Zhe loves watching them so much."
The two quickly dressed and left the house hand in hand.
They walked at a leisurely pace and soon arrived at the video arcade, which was less than a kilometer away from the alley.
Outside the video arcade, groups of young people were gathered, excitedly discussing something.
A blackboard stood by the entrance, with the videotapes to be played today prominently written in colored chalk: Newly arrived videotapes, the latest martial arts comedy movies from Hong Kong, "The Young Master", "Shaolin Temple", "Fist of Fury", "Modern Bodyguard", and "Aces Go Places".
Seeing this scene, Huang Ling felt a little flustered. She tugged at Zhuang Chaoying's clothes and whispered, "Chaoying, why don't we go home? Look, everyone here is a teenager or a young adult in their twenties."
Zhuang Chaoying remained calm and patted Huang Ling's hand: "Since you're already here, let's go in and take a look."
After saying that, he strode to the ticket counter and asked the ticket seller inside, "How much is a ticket?"
The ticket seller was a young man in his early twenties with a trendy perm. He glanced at the two people standing in front of him and figured they were probably under thirty. He thought they were probably meeting up with friends.
"Five cents a show, two dollars for the whole day!"
As he spoke, he added with a wink, "Brother, two yuan for the whole day is a good deal. We'll change the movie in the middle of the night, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying immediately understood what he meant. After all, he was a worldly man, and he didn't think much of this kind of implication. In his opinion, these were just trivial matters.
What's being placed now?
The young ticket seller replied with a smile, "They're showing 'Modern Bodyguard' right now. They've just started playing the beginning, and it's going to be amazing!"
Zhuang Chaoying took out a dollar from her pocket and handed it over: "Just for one movie!"
Then he led Ah Ling into the video arcade.
As soon as I entered, it was pitch black inside, and my eyes couldn't adjust for a while. I could hardly see anything, except for a television set up in the middle of the front. The flickering light from the screen was particularly noticeable in the darkness.
When the video arcade staff saw customers coming in, they quickly grabbed flashlights and came over to help them walk.
The two followed the waiter a short distance forward, and the beam of the flashlight shone on a row of empty benches, so they sat down.
The TV was showing "Modern Bodyguards," a comedy. Although it was spoken in Hong Kong dialect, Zhuang Chaoying watched it with great interest and was often amused.
They sat in the third row. Zhuang Chaoying's eyes were fixed on the screen, while Huang Ling looked around somewhat uncomfortably.
Without noticing, Huang Ling noticed a man and a woman sitting on the far right in front of her, standing close together and behaving very intimately.
Near the end of the movie, the two of them suddenly hugged and kissed.
Seeing this, Huang Ling blushed and quickly patted Zhuang Chaoying's leg, whispering, "Chaoying, look at the right side. Why does this profile look so much like Yiming?"
Zhuang Chaoying looked in the direction she was pointing, smiled, and breathed warm air into A-Ling's ear. "Don't worry about whether it's Yiming or not, they're just friends, they came here to get intimate."
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