May 1983 was actually a very chaotic and lively month for people in Beijing.

Because there are many new and unprecedented things that have emerged this month.

It is exciting and stimulating, but also a bit difficult and at a loss.

As for the taste, no one can really tell whether it is sweet, bitter, sour or spicy.

But one thing is certain, that is, these things all prove that the lives of ordinary people have changed more and more dramatically compared with the past.

For example, the effects of the amendments to the Marriage Law are beginning to show.

Thirty-six women formed a "Qin Xianglian petition group" and jointly petitioned the All-China Women's Federation this month, accusing their husbands of being "Chen Shimei."

These women are all intellectuals who have consciously supported their husbands' careers in the past years.

However, after these husbands got married, they took advantage of the "broken relationship" clause in the new Marriage Law to file for divorce, so as not to ruin their wives.

In this sensational incident, not only did the lawsuit reach the central government, but people in the capital also heard a new term for the first time - "third party intervention", and they discussed it heatedly for a long time.

And the ending is also quite intriguing.

Despite being questioned by the highest authority, none of the thirty-six "Chen Shimei" were divorced at the time, and all said they would carefully reconsider.

But within ten years, they were all divorced.

I have to say that it is the particularity of this era that has played a huge joke on these families...

Coincidentally, there are similar things.

After the country reformed the labor system and introduced the contract system, there has also been a latest change in the business system.

In order to improve the operating conditions of smaller commercial units with serious losses, the state should also introduce the contract system, a business method that plays a huge role in rural areas of our country, into the urban commercial system.

Starting this month, the service bureaus in each district of Beijing have distributed certain pilot quotas and begun to require general stores to try to implement the contract system.

This means that the government began to allow the managers of some convenience stores and small restaurants with limited scale and few employees to do so.

On the premise of retaining public office, I went to sea to make money for myself.

From now on, whatever you pay to the country, the rest belongs to you.

But even this kind of good thing, which now makes Ning Weimin covetous, is now being resisted by most store and restaurant managers.

Not many people are willing to stand up and take responsibility for their own profits and losses.

People who are accustomed to the iron rice bowl are used to sitting back and enjoying their success. They no longer have the courage to be independent and want to live on the back of the public.

As a result, the relationship between the service bureau and many grassroots leaders was tense because of this incident.

The resulting contradictions and conflicts are more serious than the rigid allocation of treasury bills to various units.

No matter how honest and capable the grassroots cadres were in the past, once they were named and asked to take the lead, they all became angry-looking kings who dared to lift the table.

In the past, the service bureau cadres at the grassroots level who had been treated like guests at the grassroots level were all treated coldly and looked down upon, and were regarded as ruthless officials who wanted to destroy people's jobs.

Look, the country wants individuals to make a fortune and provides considerable benefits and support conditions, but no one wants to go.

Strange or not?

So there is no other way. Due to the difficulty of implementation, these people below are likely to hold back and retreat.

The service bureau had no choice but to further relax the contracting conditions and allow grassroots workers to self-recommend themselves to contract for small shops.

If the original person in charge is really unwilling to try, he can be placed in another position.

This is good news, as many grassroots workers are willing to give it a try.

Some people are born to be restless speculators, and they are convinced that the country cannot really let the shop go bankrupt.

When I think about it, although I am responsible for my own profits and losses, I am spending the country's money and I have a public official position on my head, so there is no real risk.

Why not become a manager if you can?

Then let the Lord of Hell play with you and feel comfortable for a while.

There are also some genuine people who just want to do good things, and they don't know how to flatter people and don't bother to flatter them.

This kind of people have some ability. They have long been dissatisfied with the lack of people in the store and have longed to be self-reliant and become serfs.

There are even some honest people who are recommended by lower-level employees.

Everyone was just too angry with the original manager and hoped that someone could replace the original leader.

Whoever is in charge is better than before.

Needless to say, this becomes the key to breaking the situation.

When the original managers of each small store saw that they were about to be replaced, they were inevitably in chaos.

So there are some who do it reluctantly, some who are discouraged and decide to let the more talented people go, some who change their banner to adapt to the general trend, some who negotiate terms with the service bureau for credit, and some who even use anonymous letters to retaliate against their leaders.

In the end, the contract system was launched and implemented with difficulty in such a messy environment and with the different reactions of all kinds of people.

There is no doubt that this is a historical opportunity that can only be provided by a special era.

Many people got on this special train to get rich by accident, chance, or even confusion, and reluctantly.

There are also many people who miss such opportunities for development for the same reason.

Because of this, there will never be peace in the business world from now on.

Because once everyone figured it out, the stick handed to them that looked like it was about to hit someone turned out to be sweet sugar cane.

It is still inevitable that there will be another dispute between you and me.

This is human nature...

What's interesting is that when people have problems with their marriages and jobs, things start to go wrong when it comes to health and exercise.

This month, Beijing People's Broadcasting Station officially announced that it would stop broadcasting gymnastics music.

This signifies that officials no longer need to promote and call on the public to participate in physical fitness.

People are now able to consciously and proactively take control of their own health.

And the ways of exercising have also begun to show diversified development.

In fact, since the beginning of the year, mass sports organizations such as the Senior Citizens Sports Association, Fishing Association, Kite Association, and Dragon Boat Association have been established one after another.

Just because the government gave up completely and the people acted completely willfully, such a good thing could go wrong, and huge hidden dangers emerged.

Qigong superstition in the name of science began to become popular in society from this time.

Various exercises and masters appeared out of nowhere, claiming to cure all diseases and have miraculous curative effects, attracting believers among the people, and they grew rapidly.

This year, there were 176 health Qigong articles published in sports journals alone.

Needless to say, it is precisely because this kind of propaganda is getting stronger and stronger that it misleads people's pursuit of health into a wrong path.

In the end, it resulted in far more absurd and serious consequences than the chicken blood injection and hand-dumping therapy.

This can only be said that blind obedience is absolutely unacceptable.

Even if the wishes and motives are good, they are for the pursuit of health and happiness.

But if you don't have the ability to judge, you will believe what others say, which will often backfire and cause negative consequences.

The same is true in reverse.

Just as it is not necessarily a good thing to blindly believe in authority, it is not necessarily a bad thing to stick to your own individuality and be unwilling to follow the crowd.

If you don’t believe it, just take a look at the barber industry in Beijing at this time.

Also this month, some new types of private barber shops—individual hair salons—suddenly appeared in the alleys of Beijing.

The operators of these small shops are all young people. The biggest difference between them and traditional barber shops is that they are trendy and avant-garde.

For example, the names are all youthful, romantic and western style.

What about "Fifei Hair House", "Elegance Hair Salon", or "Weina", "Mengsha"...

For example, when decorating the interior, posters and photos of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and foreign stars must be plastered all over the walls and throughout the room, so that they are eye-catching.

The most fashionable pop songs must also be played on four speakers in the house, which is called background music.

Even the hairdresser's own hair style is as special as it is, and what it wants is to express his personality.

And it’s guaranteed to be something people have never seen before, so it’s “Hong Kong style”.

Therefore, although these small shops are usually poorly equipped, the hygiene and safety conditions are completely incomparable with regular barber shops.

Even if some shopkeepers are really not good at their craftsmanship, they just brag that their craftsmanship comes from Huacheng, but in fact they are just beginners.

But with the three-in-one package service of "washing, cutting and blow-drying" and the all-round fashion concept, they still attract many young men and women to their store.

So from then on, the new hairstyles on TV and in magazines could be "transplanted" on young people's heads in a timely manner.

People who come to the hair salon for a haircut can choose a hairstyle according to their face shape, head shape and personal preferences, or even create their own hairstyle.

Haircuts are no longer the same, ordinary basic needs of life.

Instead, it has become a real embodiment of fashion interpretation.

However, in the eyes of most middle-aged and elderly people, this is also something that makes no sense.

Older people don't understand how young people can be so stupid and do this.

I would rather pay several times more than the price of a barber shop, or wait in a long line and have to wait twice as long as a barber shop to sit down.

We should also let these owners, who are not even good at using clippers, style their hair in a nondescript way.

These days are really chaotic...

Of course, even fashion and popularity have to be divided into different levels.

Unlike several small hair salons that have just popped up and are still rare, it is difficult to achieve scale effects.

The clothing model industry has developed in China for two or three years and is now entering a period of rapid development in the industry.

Especially this month, an epoch-making milestone event even occurred.

More and more, this industry, which has always been controversial and has been of great concern to the public, has completely become the focus of the country.
To be continued...