Toshiba printers are indeed more advanced in this era, but they cannot compete with Stone Company's Feige typewriters.
Even if the Feige typewriter needs to first place the type plate, then tap the reverse Chinese characters one by one on the dense type plate, print the text on the wax paper, and finally put the wax paper on the mimeograph machine for mimeographing, in order to get the printed matter.
There are more than two thousand reverse Chinese characters on the type plate, as well as rare and difficult characters... It takes several months to remember the correct position and type accurately, and you will definitely not be able to get used to it.
Therefore, typists of this era really cannot do their job without two brushes.
Skilled typists could type almost forty Chinese characters per minute. Later, Zhang Jiying invented the lead tray using the eighteen-pan character picking method, which increased the typing speed to about one hundred words per minute...
Why is such a cumbersome and backward typing method so favored by government agencies?
Because it’s cheap!
You know, Mr. Lin Yutang also invented the typewriter - the Mingkuai typewriter.
Mr. Lin went bankrupt because of this thing.
This was the concrete manifestation of productivity at that time!
People in 1984 could not imagine to what extent technology would develop 20 or 30 years later. The changes were really huge.
Only Wang Debao, a reborn person, can truly feel the charm of the saying "technology is the primary productive force".
In a few years, when the Gulf War breaks out in 1990 and the Americans use subversive fighting methods to achieve disparate results that stun the world, the whole world will truly feel the charm of that sentence.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten.
After delivering the Sifang Monkey Ticket and the Toshiba typewriter, Wang Debao collected the 1,000 yuan... The total cash now amounted to nearly 1,800 yuan, and his wallet suddenly bulged again.
"Uncle Qiu, I'm here to ask you if you know who has orchids to sell?" Wang Debao asked straight to the point.
"You also want to speculate on Clivia? Nowadays, this thing is just a drumbeat, which is very risky." Qiu Xingzhi looked at Wang Debao in surprise.
Wang Debao had a lot of cash in his hand, but Qiu Xingzhi didn't say a word. Firstly, he didn't care about his business, and secondly, he wanted to see how the young man planned to spend it.
If Wang Debao spends his money on enjoying life, then don't meet him again, he is not a stranger.
If Wang Debao spends his money on repaying the money, it means that this guy is a very responsible person, but has a narrow vision. He can be a good friend and make friends, but that's all.
But Wang Debao is eyeing Clivia?
Suddenly, Qiu Xingzhi looked at Wang Debao in a different way... Isn't this guy's risk profile too high?
Wang Debao also gave Qiu Xingzhi a thumbs up when he said "beat the drum and spread the flowers". The boss is worthy of being a boss. His vision is really not limited. He can see the core of Clivia Clivia at a glance.
So Wang Debao explained his idea to Qiu Xingzhi.
The reason for the hype about Clivia is that Xidu proposed to develop the window sill economy and called on every household to raise three or five pots of Clivia...and then this thing became popular.
What is good above is bound to be bad below.
How popular was Clivia at that time? High-quality Clivia can be found everywhere, with pots costing several thousand or tens of thousands. The local government even issued a price limit specifically for Clivia, but it couldn't stop people's imagination at all.
All kinds of curves to save the country have stimulated the price of Clivia to soar.
At the most outrageous time, there were even millions of pots of rare Clivia, which is crazy.
In 1985, the authorities finally had enough patience and resorted to tough administrative measures. Clivia prices plummeted by more than 99% overnight, instantly returning to their proper market price system.
Nowadays, the price of Clivia in Xidu has generally exceeded 1,000 yuan, and people are gradually going crazy. But in the capital city, there are too many good things, so the price of Clivia is relatively much lower - ordinary varieties of Clivia are two to three hundred yuan, and precious varieties of Clivia are two to three hundred yuan.
It’s seven to eight hundred yuan, but it’s definitely heating up quickly.
There are still one year and three months left before the price fell off the cliff in the previous life. There is still a lot of price space to buy a few pots and sell them by the end of the year. You can safely sell leeks.
The capital is so big, and there are so many dignitaries, there is no shortage of fools to take over.
The most important thing is safety. The price of this thing is extremely high, and it will definitely be even more outrageous when it is sold. It is best to trade anonymously, otherwise it will easily be liquidated afterwards, and the elements will be killed as speculation.
After all, the time when we were harvesting leeks happened to be during a severe crackdown, so we had to be extra careful, safety first.
After Qiu Xingzhi listened to Wang Debao's nonsense, he didn't care much about the rest. However, he approved Wang Debao's anonymous trading idea with both hands and almost wanted to shout: This move deeply affects my heart.
As for the time points emphasized by Wang Debao, Qiu Xingzhi has different views, but he also admits that the price space is still sufficient.
What he is worried about is that Wang Debao will lose his balance and be unwilling to take action, which will eventually lead to a thunderstorm.
After pondering for a while, Qiu Xingzhi still felt that the risk was too high and decided not to get involved in the matter.
Wang Debao is a nobody. As long as he doesn't commit suicide and hides his tracks, no one will care about him. But Qiu Xingzhi is different. His father was a famous figure in the previous dynasty, and he himself can be considered a celebrity, and he has experienced rehabilitation and rehabilitation.
There are too many people who are keeping an eye on him when he returns his ancestral property. It is ten thousand times more difficult for him to hide his whereabouts than Wang Debao.
So after careful consideration, Qiu Xingzhi decided not to participate, but he introduced a place to Wang Debao - the ghost market.
This place appeared more than ten years ago. At the beginning, during the difficult period, everyone privately bartered for their own materials, mainly food. In the era of planned economy, every official employee would be assigned to you according to your administrative level and job position.
Based on working experience and other standards, we will issue you sufficient food stamps, sugar stamps, meat stamps, egg stamps, rice, flour, grain and oil...etc.
There is definitely not enough food to eat, so we have to replace the white flour with corn noodles and the rice with whole grains. This way, we can have more food and barely feed our family.
In the past few years, everyone's material resources have not been as difficult as before, so they have begun to think about other things, including Qiu Xingzhi occasionally picking up leaks.
Because when the ghost market appeared, it was illegal to trade in private, so everyone consciously changed their appearance when they went there. To this day, most people tacitly abide by this rule, allowing transactions in the ghost market to stay in the ghost market.
inside.
After all, no one wants to be reported or robbed, safety comes first.
Wang Debao was very excited after hearing this. After asking about the location, he started to prepare.
It just so happens that Wang Debao has moved now and has his own independent small yard. He has the conditions to raise Clivia, and it is relatively safe from theft. Otherwise, if he is still living in an air-raid shelter without seeing the sun all day long, how can he still raise a bunch of flowers?
After coming out of Qiu Xing's house, Wang Debao borrowed a broken schoolbag. He hesitated for a while before deciding not to deposit the 1,800 yuan in cash into the bank.
First of all, you need to use a large amount of cash at night, which will be very troublesome to deposit and withdraw. Moreover, banks do not have general deposit and withdrawal services, so you can only temporarily sacrifice security.
Secondly, Wang Debao has no clear source of income now. In 1984, when the average monthly salary of an ordinary worker was 40 yuan, he suddenly deposited a huge sum of 1,800 yuan... This is even more unsafe than keeping cash in his hand.
You must know that bank tellers today will ask you about the source of your funds. If you are unlucky and someone thinks you are acting suspiciously, it is not impossible to call the police directly. How will Wang Debao explain the origin of the money?
Forget it! Find wealth and wealth in the midst of danger!
My sister followed Aunt Xue, so there was no need for Wang Debao to worry. Wang Debao casually ate a bowl of noodles on the street at noon, and then went straight to Xinhua Bookstore.
Unable to buy second-hand books, he had no choice but to go to the bookstore and scan them on-site - with his eyes. This chapter has been completed!