What has become of the once "golden rice bowl" profession-film projectionist?

"Golden rice bowl" is the dream job of many older generations, because it symbolizes stability, and it also has a grounded name, that is, the iron rice bowl.

In 1970s and 1980s, the development of China was still relatively slow. Although it has entered the era of light industry, many people still have the problem of not having enough to eat and not being warm because they are relatively backward in all aspects, which is widespread in towns and rural areas.

In the 1980s, it was a great honor to find a stable job. There is a stable source of income every month, which means that the whole family can eat and wear warm clothes. In this era, some iron rice bowl jobs at that time were also extended, and the film projectionist was one of them.

The film projectionist doesn't exist in our eyes now. With the rise of social internet, we can watch the movies and TV we want through smart products. Unless you go to the cinema to see a movie, there may be a film projectionist. At present, film projectionist is a relatively low-level job in society, not to mention the iron rice bowl.

But why was the film projectionist called the "iron rice bowl" at that time and regarded as a dream career by many people? This may be due to the following social atmosphere at that time.

First of all, in order to enrich the cultural life of the commune, the government established the profession of film projectionist.

Before the 1980s, most of them were based on the collective economy, also called communes. People's communes eat rice in the same pot, share the grain they grow and work together during the day. Life is boring.

Especially in remote villages, where people can't see any lively scenes all year round. People can't go out. If nothing comes in, it will only make people less aware of the outside world.

After simple training, the projectionist goes to various communes and villages to show movies every day. They have added a new entertainment life to rural people who farm at home only at two or one o'clock every day. The film projectionist brought the adults and children in the village to a whole new world through the film.

According to many related interviews, at that time, the film projectionist showed more than 40 films a month, and the films of the films were also exchanged with each other.

In exchange for good-looking films from other places, the film projectionist will rush to the next village to show just after the performance in this village. Moreover, the villagers in the local commune will prepare meals for the projectionist in advance, so they can eat them directly and show the film when they arrive.

Second, the film projectionist has a fixed salary every month, so it can't rain or shine.

Since the period of turmoil, the entertainment activities in the village have been interrupted, such as operas handed down by the older generation in the village, because singing was not allowed at this time. Usually there are big and small things in the village, drummers will come to entertain them, and now it is the same. Without so many entertainment projects at once, the village must be very boring.

Now we can watch TV to relieve fatigue, but in the period when we don't have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, there is no black and white TV in the village at all. No household in Shili Baxiang can own such a big item. At most, there are some families with better lives and a radio at home. But I can't see the picture, I can only listen to the sound and understand some national events.

The cultural life in the village has been greatly improved since there was a film projectionist. If the film projectionist goes to any village to perform, adults and children will be extremely happy. The children scrambled to tell each other and pass on the news. As soon as the sun goes down, the children urge the adults at home to cook early. Some children can't take care of eating, so they put a steamed bun or cake in their pockets, take a fire bench and hold a adobe, and start to occupy the fields.

It's time to show the movie. Every household should close the pigsty and sheepfold at home and lock the doors and windows. People rushed to the performance site in twos and threes, and the children ran around in the crowd, laughing and laughing, happier than the New Year. Before the film started, people from neighboring villages also arrived early to greet each other. As soon as we meet, there are naturally endless household words.

Although it will be very tiring and hard for a film projectionist to go back and forth from one village to another every day, it is much better than a farmer who needs sunshine every day. Because the projectionist has a fixed salary every month, it can't be sunny or rainy. They spend more than 30 yuan a month, and the meals are prepared by the village at no cost. Generally, the cooking in the village is better.

Third, the projectionist's job is obviously more "decent" than getting work points at work.

Please invite a projectionist. You can see more movies in your village than in other villages. Therefore, film projectionists are provided everywhere, and the work of projectionists is obviously more "decent" than getting work points at work. Therefore, it is an honor to have someone at home as a film projectionist.

Every day, the film projectionist drives the donkey cart and pulls the film screening equipment to walk between villages. Besides, there is nothing to worry about. Commune distributes clothes in winter and summer, which is the envy of many people.

Whenever there are weddings, funerals or other important activities in Shiliba Township, the projectionist will seriously invite them. The projectionist doesn't have to spend a penny on the table, and the host has to bring cigarettes and wine when he leaves.

So the projectionist at that time was the most enviable job in the rural service industry. Many people don't know who the local leaders and secretaries are. But the film projectionist, adults and children don't know each other, no less than the current online celebrities, and it was also an iron rice bowl career with relatively beautiful scenery at that time. Whoever gets the job as a projectionist, no matter how poor his family is, has no worries about finding someone.

After the liberalization of market economy, with the popularization of all kinds of intelligent products and the development of network technology, people can sit at home and watch TV dramas and movies, whatever they want and whenever they want.

These industries, which were then called iron rice bowls, began to decline. Many people are laid off and looking for other jobs. The film projectionist was also dismissed, and this industry, once called the iron rice bowl, ended its glorious period.

The reason why the iron rice bowl was eliminated by history is that social development is becoming more and more diversified. We can choose more and more industries. But this is the choice of every era, and we have no right to criticize who is right or wrong.

What we can do is to do a good job in the present, with a sense of professional crisis, to contact something different, so that we can never be eliminated by the times. Opportunities in every era are different, as long as we don't give up and don't give up our efforts.