Why do his colleagues call him "pack food"?, A dock worker performs this scene of "Shanghai Legend", setting sail | international standards | Shanghai Legend
With the sound of the whistle, the stage curtain slowly opened. "He picked up his pen, let his wisdom take wings, and with each blueprint, changed the fate of the dock workers." The sound of singing led the audience into the lush years 30 years ago, and the story of "Shanghai Legend: Setting Sails" also began. The Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter learned that by now, the Shanghai University Master Drama Series has reached more than 20.
On the afternoon and evening of the 20th, this original large-scale modern music play premiered at the Theater of the Student Activity Center of Shanghai Second University of Technology, and was performed twice in a row. Among them, the first scene was joined by 7 professional cast members, who played main roles such as young and middle-aged Bao Qifan; The second scene was entirely performed by student actors on stage, from the singing team to the dance team, all of which were students in the group who "learned to act" and "learned to act".
The core character of "Shanghai Legend: Setting Sails" is a nationally renowned model worker, "pioneer of reform", "most beautiful fighter", outstanding alumnus of Shanghai Second University of Technology, and "champion of struggle". From a dock worker to a technical backbone, inventor, enterprise leader, logistics expert, and international standard setter, the entire drama tells the story of his continuous progress on the path of innovation.
Unlike previous master dramas that mainly focused on drama, Bao Qifan's drama not only includes dialogue and narration, but also singing and dancing. The drama combines drama, music, and dance, vividly portraying the worker's song of this great craftsman, integrating the spirit of "innovation lies in one's position, starting with one's feet" and the patriotism of integrating personal ideals into the needs of the times and the country.
In the drama, the true story of creating the "first" runs through Bao Qifan's entire career. At the age of 17, Bao Qifan was assigned to the Bailianjing loading and unloading service station at Shanghai Port after graduating from high school, becoming a timber loading and unloading worker on the dock.
At that time, the loading and unloading of wood relied on shoulders and hands, manual tying, and then lifting with a crane, resulting in frequent accidents and injuries. As a result, workers referred to the logs as "wooden tigers". For the safety of his colleagues, Bao Qifan studied day and night, repeatedly carving and refining, and developed a wooden grab, which subdued the "wooden tiger" and took the first step towards becoming the "king of invention".
Every success is not easy, every move forward is difficult, unexpected difficulties, and problems of all sizes persist. After Bao Qifan became the manager of Shanghai Longwu Port Company, in order to maintain the reputation of receiving and shipping goods at the dock, he called on dock workers to bring their cotton quilts to the unit to keep the bananas warm. More than a thousand cotton quilts also kept the hearts of customers.
On the path of innovation, Bao Qifan also promoted the opening of the first domestic standard container shipping route in China's water transportation history, not only revitalizing the Longwu Port, but also driving the great development of the industry. Interestingly, his colleagues affectionately called him "free to eat", and even early colleagues came to watch the drama that day.
Nowadays, as the dean of Shanghai Model Worker College, Bao Qifan is still dedicated to model worker education in his seventies, and is striving to find a new path for improving both the qualifications and abilities of model workers, dedicating himself wholeheartedly to cultivating a new era of industrial workers.
The entire play consists of 7 act paragraphs, vividly depicting how simple workers represented by Bao Qifan seized historical opportunities, never stopped learning, and bravely climbed the peak of high-quality development. In the concluding part, amidst the bright melody of the music, seven or eight young people dressed in teenage sails slowly approach the audience, and historical scenes showcasing their life experiences are overwhelming, making it difficult to calm down for a long time. Applause resounds throughout the audience.
This script was co written by Professor Xiao Liu and Professor Army from Shanghai Academy of Drama, among which Army is also the host and creator of most master dramas from Shanghai universities. The entire drama is produced by Shanghai Modern Drama Society, with professional actors and college students from the second industry performing together, integrating ideological, educational, artistic, and ornamental elements.
This special support project for "Campus Master Drama" by the Shanghai Education and Health Work Party Committee has become another campus cultural masterpiece that promotes the spirit of labor, model workers, and craftsmen. It has also become the latest case of promoting the construction of "Great Ideological and Political Courses" and teaching them.