in February 2012, Xu Qingdong bought a full set of movie projection equipment at his own expense of 30 thousand yuan. The money is almost a year of his income. In March of that year, he first went to the construction site to film the peasant workers. The scene of
that day is all the time. "The projecting equipment is a digital device. I won't do it when I just got the hand. On the day of the release, I was debugging the machine and calling the Beijing merchants to ask for the operation." Xu Qingdong was a little embarrassed to mention this.
film each time films attract a lot of migrant workers to watch
the first show, and the 10 year old son is behind him. At the time of spring, the wind was very big that day, the support was blown in the wind, and the little man tried his best to hold the support, and he went to pick up the stone stents.
without prior notice, when the scaffold braced up, the screen lit up, the sound box released the preheated sound effect, the migrant workers on the site quickly gathered around, or sat on the Ma Chai, or sat on a brick, or squatted on the ground, in the three storeys of three floors. Migrant workers watched with relish, but Xu Qingdong was holding a sweat in his hand, afraid to show problems.
shows more than 400 stores but closes a
Xu Qingdong says he has never entered the cinema but has become a screener. Since March 2012, Xu Qingdong has drawn the film projecting equipment, constantly turning to the construction site near the Olympic body, the high and new zone, and between the Grass Mountain and the new residential district of Yanshan.
over the past five years, Xu Qingdong has been showing an average of three days every day, no matter how intense the heat and cold weather persists, and has shown more than 400 games.
"I try to put more educational films into the brothers of migrant workers, and also pay attention to changing videos to meet their needs of entertainment and leisure." There are more than 2000 films in Xu Qingdong's library, including feature films, war films, documentaries and science and educational films. He also played 15 minutes of science and education films before the movie, which involves practical matters such as safety precautions and how to find a good job. Intimate and meticulous can be seen.
three days of a show frequency also let Xu Qingdong take a lot of personal time and energy. From 7 to 9:30 in the evening, he had to pick up films and debug equipment in the afternoon. There was no time to take care of the business in the store. One shop had to close the door.
in the construction of the public rental housing project in Sheng Fu District of the key project of the city, Xu Qingdong set every Thursday as the movie screening day of the construction site. Every Thursday evening, migrant workers rushed to the screening place even before they could change clothes and eat. Not only to see a good place for a movie, but to help Xu Qingdong take his hand, even to carry the machine, pull the screen, set the stool, or deliver a bottle of mineral water and a box of boxes for Xu Qingdong, who is busy sweating.
the establishment of Veterans' projection team volunteers has more than a dozen people
now more than a dozen volunteers have joined the public service film team "veteran projection team". His old comrade in Ji'nan, who was informed of this charity by WeChat friends circle, did not hesitate to find Xu Qingdong. He proposed to join the movie. Subsequently, some veterans and community residents joined in, and the original projection team became a small scale team.
now, more and more people know Xu Qingdong, knowing that the "veterans screening team" that walks in the construction site and the community can provide the migrant workers with spiritual food, information and scientific knowledge for the community residents. In an interview with reporters, Xu Qingdong also received a call from a community in Central District, asking them to show the open-air film in the past.
Xu Qingdong said he hoped more volunteers could join the public film screening team to send more joy to more people.