In April 1981, relocation suddenly became the most eye-catching life phenomenon in Beijing.
Almost everywhere in the capital, you can see people leaving their cramped old residences and moving into newly built unit buildings.
For this reason, the furniture stores in the downtown area became increasingly prosperous and overcrowded.
There are also those individual "banners" riding tricycles who are almost too busy to keep up.
They also began to become as popular as the carpenters who made furniture and the cooks who cooked spoons, and they enjoyed making money.
There are two main reasons why this is so.
On the one hand, the number of new houses built in Beijing is increasing and continues to increase.
On the other hand, under the supervision of the state, the ownership of these houses has to be determined as soon as possible in the short term.
Dare to respond to the "Great Man"'s "Conversation on Construction Industry and Housing Issues" proposal last year.
A considerable number of the first batch of residential communities funded and constructed by government agencies, enterprises and institutions have reached the stage of completion and use.
In the five years from 1976 to 1980, the total area of residential buildings built in Beijing reached 10,000 square meters.
However, the occupancy rate of these houses has always been unsatisfactory.
Due to the housing allocation standards within each unit, it is seriously interfered by various personnel relationships.
Houses are being snatched and fought over, and most of the houses are never put into normal use.
In order to solve this problem, the country issued a strict order in February this year.
All government agencies are required to move in all the houses they have built within three months, otherwise the vacant houses will be confiscated by the capital city government.
So just calculate the time and you will know that now that two months have passed, the time window is almost here.
So can the units that own these houses not be in a hurry?
Of course, the house must be allocated as soon as possible, and it can't really be confiscated, right?
As a result, a centralized relocation frenzy inevitably started in the entire capital city.
All units rushed people into the house like cattle and horses.
But no matter what, even if you are a "cow horse", those who can be "driven" into a unit at this time are definitely the lucky ones in this era.
Because compared with the past, these newly built residences have relatively complete public facilities and living facilities.
Residential building standards have also improved significantly.
People no longer have to worry about gas heating and the inconveniences of going to the toilet and taking a shower like they do in bungalows.
Like this month, the playwright Su Shuyang said goodbye to the alley where he had lived for more than 20 years and moved to a new home.
It was with a very happy mood that I started writing the movie script "Sunset Street".
Perhaps it is precisely because of the influence of real life that I am extremely satisfied with the conditions of my new home.
At the end of this film, the residents of Xizhao Street he wrote are just like himself.
They also said goodbye to the past life they had maintained for decades, and happily moved into a unit with bright and clean windows.
However, the good wishes expressed in the movie are just wishes after all.
In reality, urban construction has been at a standstill for ten years, and there are really too many people who lack housing these days.
Poor living conditions are a problem faced by almost every household.
No matter how many houses are built, it will be a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands of people who return to the city every year during this peak period.
So this is just like the food chain, it is destined that not everyone will have this kind of blessing.
Needless to say, in this situation, there must be some people who are really short of housing and can no longer wait.
There is no other way but to find alternative ways to solve the problem.
For example, allowing young couples to live in Tongzilou is a good way to temporarily alleviate the housing difficulties of the unit.
Also this month, actor Yang Lixin also moved into a small room with an area of less than 15 square meters on the third floor.
He and his wife moved into the backstage of the Capital Theater.
Although the room is too small to hold anything.
There is no room to put in a double bed, a large wardrobe, and a glass tea set cabinet with a sliding door.
But compared with those who still haven't been allocated a house, Yang Lixin is already deeply satisfied.
The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable and a little embarrassed was that his new life was full of anxiety and haste.
You know, when living in a Tongzi building, most of the privacy and habits in life can only be exposed to the view of neighbors.
Others will soon know about someone else’s affairs.
No one has any special privacy. You can sleep with the door closed, but you can walk around in every house with the door open.
It is purely a coincidence that the movie "Neighbors" released this year exactly reflects the contradictions and realities of social housing tension.
At the same time, there are long corridors, toilets, water rooms, and kitchens in this kind of shared tube building.
The lifestyle of one light for every household, one faucet for every household, and one electric meter is reflected in a relatively detailed way.
This makes this movie an alternative record of the living conditions of Chinese people during this period.
This allows people in the future to still have well-documented knowledge of what kind of lifestyle it is like for multiple families to live together in a large building.
But to be honest, even such a tube building is not the worst solution.
More ordinary people who have no hope of housing allocation can only find solutions based on the 1976 earthquake shelter.
Just like a bird's "cotton nest", small houses of various materials, styles and sizes continue to be built.
There are no restrictions on the direction of the east, west, east, west, triangle, trapezoid, anything.
As long as you can push a bicycle through the corridor between the houses, your neighbors won't say anything.
"Miscellaneous" is inevitable, and even such situations are divided into three or six categories.
Some people are lucky. The land in the courtyard is quite large, and there is room to take over a house and change the house.
Relying on the bricks I picked up from everywhere and starting first, I was able to build a 20-square-meter building that was tall and regular enough.
But following the people behind, the conditions faced will inevitably become more and more difficult.
Some people tried their best, but in the end they could only build an eight-square-meter "burrow" with an asbestos tile roof.
It can only guarantee a double bed without leaking.
But this is still not the most distressing situation.
For example, there is a girl who cannot stand the constant quarrels and spends a long time laying on the floor because of the tension in her family's house and the conflicts between her brothers and sisters.
And he married himself hastily, even if the other person was not the person he was most satisfied with.
Some people even changed their household registration and left the capital for the sake of a house.
It can be seen from this that in the era of housing shortage, it was only for a small shelter.
What a heavy price many ordinary people will pay for it.
This is really an extremely cruel and helpless choice.
All in all, houses affect the hearts of thousands of households in Beijing this month.
Countless human tragedies and comedies have also been performed around this theme, and the quality of life of many people has begun to differ dramatically.
People who can improve their living conditions and move into units.
Naturally, they all have beaming faces, the ones with no regrets and the brightest smiles.
People who move into Tongzilou are happy, but they are equally happy and bitter.
There was some regret in his expression, as well as the embarrassment and panic of needing to adapt to the new environment.
People who have built small houses tend to have a bitter smile.
There is only relief and joy in my heart, just like the rest of my life after a disaster.
As for those who are still trapped in their dwellings and continue to work hard for change, their mental state can be directly classified as negative.
Or upset, or jealous, or angry, or depressed, or feeling sorry for yourself, or cursing behind your back, just to name a few.
And for those who have to settle for less, get married hastily, and move away from home, it is even more inevitable to fall into pessimism.
In many people's hearts, even things related to the house have become a knot in their hearts, and when they think about it, they will feel heartbroken.
And in this context of the times, we must not forget that there is another most special and unusual case.
That was Ning Weimin, who shouldered Kang Shude's great trust.
Although he is also running for a house, his psychological activities are the most interesting.
On the one hand, he was deeply spurred by the old man.
Whether it was because of the generous material encouragement or the longing and desire for the mansion, he wanted to help the old man get things done.
I also started to live an addiction as deep as the sea.
But on the other hand, the difficulty of this matter is indeed higher than imagined.
After many days of visits, he discovered that the actual conditions did not leave much room for him to operate and maneuver.
If you want to get your house back, it's basically like a dog biting a bastard - there's no way to take it.
The most important thing is that the more he looks at this big mansion, the more he falls in love with it, and the more he understands the details, the more surprised he becomes.
So I know that this matter is difficult to handle, and there is even a big thunder hidden in it. If it doesn't work, it will be bombed.
But I'm afraid of returning, and I'm tired of being annoyed. I really can't bear to give up, I don't want to let go, and I can't stop thinking about that house.
To put it bluntly, he was like a donkey whose appetite was whetted by a carrot and turned to death.
If you look at it greedily, but you can't reach it, and you can't stop, just say you feel uncomfortable or not.
But there is no way, who makes that house so extraordinary and outstanding?
It can be said to be the life ideal shared by rich people in ancient and modern times, and it is also the most awesome private garden he has ever seen in his life.
He really didn't fear that the strong wind would flash his tongue, so he dared to say this.
If the old man's house could be restored and repaired properly, it would be the No. 1 courtyard house in the capital.
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