High pay abroad lures anti-fraud theater
(Molly) Jinyan Liu, playing Xiaohong, recieved a scam call.
Directed and written by Molly Liu.
Characters:
Molly Liu: Xiao Hong
Wang Shihui: Worker + fellow passenger
Yang Yingying: Worker + Driver
Long Haiyin: Worker + traveler on the same bus
Tian Pingyu: Worker + Passenger on the same bus
Yang Lijiao: Worker + Traveler on the same bus
Yang Wucheng :Worker + Traveler on the same bus
Zhang Jinrong : Worker + Traveler on the same bus
*Special thanks to our cast: Huayuan 3rd middle school students
Verbatim theatre draws on real-life examples
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/9UYJpgDNMZQbuBPUtnGd1g
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/h45xAW5wPWb_QE3le6gDjQ
I followed some authors who were in Cambodia/North Burma/Golden Triangle filming the tragedy to warn people not to believe in high-paying jobs abroad.
e.g. Mr. Ten Positive Energy; Three Pick Six Degrees Seven; North Burma is not a paradise please don't be fooled; Feng Yun a hand A brother
Scene 1:
(Refer to Frantic Assembly form)
Xiaohong and her fellow workers are repeating their work on the assembly line. Suddenly, a phone call breaks the mechanical movement and she receives information about overseas laborers who lie to earn a high salary, which opens up her dream of striking gold overseas.
Spotlaw members rehearsing the repeated set of movement on the production line.
Scene 2:
Xiao Hong follows the instructions provided by the telephone intermediary and takes a bus overnight to Guangdong, which then travels to Yunnan and then turns around to Myanmar. (Tourists up and down) After arriving in Myanmar on the road, several fellow travelers reveal that they are from a strange offshore group and confiscate Xiao Hong's cell phone, telling her that the future of the mission has been unable to complete the consequences, Xiao Hong realizes that she is caught in a trap, but there is no way to escape.
Spotlaw performing scene 2 on stage
Scene 3:
The Messenger of Justice appears to emphasize the prevalence of such scams as extremely harmful.
Costumes:
Everyone wears Spotlaw culture shirts
Props:
A number of tables
Chairs
Speakers.
Outline:
Xiao Hong grew up in a small mountain village, but she usually did not study seriously. after 9th grade, she followed her uncle to work in a factory, where she could only do repetitive and boring work on the assembly line, which made her feel boring and uninterested. She was attracted to money, which was one of the reasons she chose this job.
She received some attractive recruitment information: "no skills, no education, easy work, monthly income of 40,000 ......", "more than 10,000 per month, food, housing and air tickets, and rental subsidies and food subsidies ". This information made her heartbeat. Like many inexperienced young people, she embarked on a journey to work abroad. However, along the way she became increasingly uneasy. The strange demeanor of the people around her began to make her suspicious. They cast strange looks at her, gave her strange instructions, and the whole atmosphere was oppressive. What worried her even more was that they demanded her to hand over her cell phone, which Red was unwilling to do. No longer hiding their intentions, they forcibly take Red's phone, expounding on a series of horrific job descriptions and threatening her that her next job in Burma will be brutal and horrific, emphasizing that she will lose her freedom from that moment on.
Script (English version)
Scene 1:
Factory assembly line, on which Red and the other workers repeat their work like machines (each person thinks of a set of movement and repeats it, e.g., flip-book-scan-tear-out *doesn't matter if it makes sense or not-just a rhythmic repetition of everyone's simple tasks).
The phone rings, the assembly line work is disturbed, Red picks up the cell phone, the others FREEZE!
Background phone tone: Miss, work abroad, earn high salary, understand!
Xiaohong: High salary? What high salary!
Background phone tone: No need for technology, no need for education, easy work, monthly income of forty thousand! There are also food and housing subsidies and airfare.
Xiaohong: So good thing?
Background phone tone: Yes, Miss, now our company is in urgent need of people, need more Chinese people who can speak Chinese, but the opening of the quota is also limited, this side should be decided as soon as possible, carry the bag on the go, I'm here to give you the arrangement of transportation and itinerary instructions.
Xiaohong: well well well well! This pie in the sky who does not love it (giggle) this can make good money who does not love it (laugh)
Background phone tone: Uh-huh Miss, then I'll continue to contact you later via cell phone text message, happy life!
Scene 2:
Stage change, Red in the middle of the stage still indulging in joy and shock follow immediately in the upstage begin to handily pack their bags, workers in the background of the downstage expressionless change the direction of the tables and chairs, from the factory assembly line to the van buses
Bumpy road
From Xiangxi to Guangdong, Guangdong to Yunnan, Yunnan to Myanmar (road sign switching) (dialect switching, Cantonese and Xiangxi) (local symbols, e.g., the shape of Canton Tower cut out of cardboard), during which the van passengers are getting on and off à reflecting the change of geography.
The atmosphere from the Myanmar station became strange, the passengers were less alive and looked serious and stagnant. Xiao Hong looks around and is frightened as the passengers around her cast strange looks at her.
Strange traveler 1: Do you know what you are going to do?
Xiao Hong: (hesitant) I just heard that the work is good and pays well.
Strange traveler 2: (sneering) Hmph
The travelers on the bus look at each other and begin to collectively laugh badly.
Xiao Hong: (horrified) What are you guys talking about? I don't understand!
Strange traveler 1: Enjoy your last freedom.
Xiao Hong: What? Speak clearly!
Strange traveler 2: You're the 4th order of the day, a few of us are going to reach our kpi today.
Strange traveler 3: We don't want to be like this, but life is forced, you'll understand when the time comes.
Strange traveler 1: you've seen the mice locked up by human beings, right? This is how we are: brainwashing, punishing, working day after day; loaded gun guards, electric baton supervisors; the park that can never be left, the wages that can never be obtained, the press that can never be escaped.
Strange Traveler 2: Don't give her so much credit, it's almost time, do it!
Everyone in the car stood up and surrounded Xiao Hong.
The unfamiliar travelers suddenly take away Xiao Hong's cell phone.
Xiao Hong: (panicked) Don't! That's my cell phone! Red: (panicked) Help! Red: (panicked) Help! Help! Help!
Scene 3:
Messenger of Justice 1: When the words "Burma," "Cambodia," "high salary recruitment," "package round-trip airfare" and so on are connected in series, they are likely to be behind luring you out of the country to engage in telecommunication network fraud, Internet gambling and other illegal activities. When the words "Myanmar", "Cambodia", "high-paying recruitment", "return air tickets", etc. are linked together, it is very likely that behind them you will be lured out of the country to engage in illegal and criminal activities such as telecommunication network fraud and online gambling.
Messenger of Justice 2: The risk of going abroad to work, the contract verification need to be careful. High-paying jobs are not to be trusted, illegal charging of handling fees, lack of visas for black jobs, and rights and interests are not guaranteed.
Messenger of Justice 3: If you are in trouble abroad, make good use of the power of "consular protection"! If you are restricted in your personal freedom outside the country, you should remain calm and provide your exact location to your family and friends so that the police can rescue you.