172. Chapter 169 An advertisement that will make you save money after just one glance
Chapter 169 An advertisement that will make you save money after just one glance
Lu Xiao, who just turned 25 this year, is the same age as Jiang He.
Because her parents left early, when she was still in junior high school, she and her brother Lu Yi were already dependent on each other.
Lu Xiao has a cold personality and has little interest in anything.
Only in her job as a dubbing actor in a translation studio can she see a little enthusiasm.
As he grew older, many enthusiastic people around him began to work as matchmakers for the Lu family.
But no matter whether the other party is utilitarian, positive, or enthusiastic... Lu Xiao always has an expression of indifference.
Gradually, Comrade Lu Xiao, who was not inferior in terms of figure and appearance, naturally became a key figure among women.
Fortunately, the eldest brother and sister-in-law in the family don't mind this at all.
He even often comforted Lu Xiao in turn, saying that as long as she wanted, Ai could stay at home as long as she wanted.
In response to this, Lu Xiao always smiled faintly and was too lazy to even be moved.
Until she later met Jiang He, a man who could spend an entire afternoon with her without even saying a word to her.
When the ice touches each other, it will stick!
Every time he thinks of this, a faint smile will appear on the corner of Lu Xiao's mouth.
"Xiao Lu, I'm back from get off work,"
The two neighbor aunts who were holding their grandsons, immediately ended their previous conversation when they saw Lu Xiao: "Hey, her sister-in-law is also with us?"
The sister-in-law responded with a smile: "I just happened to meet her at the intersection."
Lu Xiao nodded slightly and pushed the bicycle directly over.
"Look," one of the aunts tutted and frowned, "These people are almost getting married, why are they still so ignorant?"
Another aunt patted the other woman and said, "Xiao Lu is like that. We have been neighbors for so many years. It's not like you don't know that this child, even though she usually doesn't talk, has a good heart!"
Seeing someone helping her sister-in-law to speak, the sister-in-law quickly said gratefully: "You are absolutely right, our Xiaoxiao is soft-hearted."
"Her sister-in-law, don't blame her for talking too much," the person who had just helped her face darkened for a moment:
"How come I heard that Xiao Lu even broke up with his partner? A girl can't get married too easily."
The sister-in-law, who had been smiling all the time, was stunned: "Who said it was easy for her to get married?"
Since she and her lover Lu Yike set a wedding date, they have been preparing carefully.
"I've heard that too," another aunt also said with a sad look on her face: "No matter how old our daughter is, the man still has to prepare what he should prepare."
The sister-in-law looked blankly at the two singing and harmonizing in front of her, feeling that they cared for Xiao Xiao more than she did.
"That's right. Although Xiao Lu is a little older and has a bad temper, the man still has to pay some betrothal gifts."
"Although it's impossible to turn three times and one ring, one turn... Hey, her sister-in-law, would you like to hear what I have to say?"
The sister-in-law of the Lu family, who said nothing, squeezed past the two aunts.
Calmly all the way, he walked into the corridor of his home.
"Hey," as soon as he stepped in, he saw Lu Xiao standing in the corridor: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go home?"
"Heh," Lu Xiao laughed and said, "Why don't we chat more?"
"If there's anything to talk about, don't talk to them in the future."
"I never paid attention to them,"
Faced with her sister-in-law, who has doted on her since she was a child, Lu Xiao rarely expresses emotion: "Don't worry, I will live happily in the future."
In the hot summer, Jiangshan feels sore after spending a whole day painting furniture!
"How old are you now," Jiang Shan murmured to himself after sitting down at the desk, "It seems that I still can't be too busy."
"That's right," Jiang He said with deep understanding: "When will we go to Taicang to collect the money?"
"It will take two days until I finish the work at hand."
At this time, three drawings with similar layouts were already clamped on the string on the desk.
A group of animated characters are sitting, standing, or lying down, each holding a bottle of Happy Coke.
What made Jiang Shan work hard at this time was the fourth revision of the drawing.
The fan brought by Pan Hong whirred in the room and shook its head.
Jiang He sat in front of the fan and didn't say a word for a long time.
The night was getting deeper and deeper. When the old cat jumped on the window sill, Jiang Shan looked back at his second brother and said, "I thought you were asleep."
"without."
“Isn’t this book good to read?”
"Ah,"
Not only is it good-looking, Jiang He has never been able to read a book for more than half an hour.
But at this moment, his attention was entirely on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and he didn't even bother to talk to the third child.
[During this period, the government became anxious and issued several bans in succession, all with the same content. In order to alleviate the employment pressure in the city, it strictly restricted migrant workers from entering the city to work.]
[The first civilian motorcycle was manufactured by Jialing Machinery Factory.]
[For the first time, the country proposed that banks should be turned into real banks. My second brother asked me what this meant, and I didn’t understand it. I only knew that the appearance of this sentence meant that it was the first step in domestic financial reform. The gun was fired.]
Jiang Shan, who had become accustomed to writing a few sentences before going to bed, finally lay down on the small bed.
In 1979, the spring breeze of reform was blowing everywhere.
There is only one bank in China that can handle personal savings business, and it is the People's Bank of China.
Of the five major industries that will lead to wealth and wealth in later generations, only three have emerged this time.
However, the China Construction Bank and the Agricultural Bank of China have not yet opened personal services, and the Bank of Communications and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are not even there.
As for China Merchants Bank, it is only the settlement center of Shekou Industrial Zone.
Since the leadership issued the slogan "to turn the bank into a real bank", it has resounded throughout the land.
The heart of the national financial system is beating loudly.
In today's society, there are many idle people and even more idle funds.
In order to absorb these idle funds, the People's Bank of China decided to increase the types and grades of savings.
As a result, "small deposits and lump sums" and "regular savings" appeared.
Not only did they add three-year and five-year interest brackets, they also increased their accumulated regular savings.
More storage-absorbing plans are still on the way.
However, the savings pattern that was born "suddenly like a spring breeze overnight" did not cause much excitement among the people.
These official and complex digital texts are like high-level numbers to them.
So at this moment, two leaders from the Pujiang People's Bank came to the reception room of the Municipal Propaganda Department.
Several leaders, with their hands behind their backs, walked back and forth around a long table.
From time to time, he would hold his glasses in his hands and bend down to take a closer look at the two posters on the table.
"This is a carefully designed work by the propaganda backbone of our unit."
Director Zhang, who was following them, also had his hands behind his back: "How is it? It looks very impressive!"
On the rectangular poster, the background is a factory with towering chimneys and green crop fields.
In the foreground is a short-haired woman carrying a liberation bag, holding a bankbook in one hand and pointing to the new policy with the other.
The bottom row of eye-catching characters reads: Actively participate in savings and support national construction.
Facing Director Zhang's smile, the two leaders of the bank could only squeeze out a smile.
Look at the other one.
Hey, there seems to be something more to this picture.
The same short-haired female comrade from before, this time was holding not a bankbook, but a one-yuan note.
With a wave of his left hand: If each person saves one yuan, the country can accumulate one billion yuan.
Under the big red word "One Billion Yuan", there is a more specific text description:
1,204 kilometers of railways may be built,
32 textile factories with an annual output of 100,000 spindles may be built.
12 50,000-ton fertilizer plants may be built.
Or build 12 steel plants with an annual output of one million tons.
Elegant and magnificent!
Facing the works of his own propaganda backbones, Director Zhang showed a proud smile: "How about it? It looks very powerful, right?"
The two leaders of the People's Bank of China looked at each other.
Before the new savings policy was promulgated, they had already gone abroad for inspection twice.
Although the tricks of capitalist banks cannot be copied for the time being, they know very well that once such a propaganda poster is posted, how will the people feel in the eyes of the people?
It turns out that this new savings policy is to pool all our people’s money to build the country!
Although the root is this root, it can’t be... right?
The purpose of posting posters in banks is ultimately to arouse people's enthusiasm for saving.
rather than exposing the truth.
The truth that has been packaged and beautified is often more attractive than the truth itself.
"Zhang Chu, I have known you for many years," Section Chief Wu of the Pujiang People's Bank decided to get straight to the point: "I have something to say directly."
"Huh?" Zhang Chu's smile stopped in time and said: "If you don't just say it, what are you going to say? Say it."
"You and I are both cadres of the country."
"Of course."
"Everything must be considered from the standpoint of the country."
Director Zhang raised his thick eyebrows, pointed at the steel plant on the picture and said, "Isn't this called considering the country?"
Since receiving this cooperation work, Zhang Chu has repeatedly told his subordinates that the interests of the country must be put first no matter what.
We must let every member of the people realize that every dollar they spend is a step toward national construction.
"If you think about it more carefully, why does the country want to promote financial reform?"
"It's not a country yet..." Director Zhang touched his nose: "I have no money!"
"I'll tell you the truth, Lao Zhang," Section Chief Wu decided to dig into his heart first:
"How to build these four modernizations is not a question that you and I should consider. Our first task now is to get the people to save money quickly!"
At this last sentence, Section Chief Wu's face became extremely painful.
Nowadays, the amount of money in the bank is too much to bear to look at.
In fact, even if the promotional poster in front of you does not appear in the bank, you can see similar slogans everywhere in banks now. The most common ones are undoubtedly:
One dollar is money. A small amount can make a lot. I will contribute to the country.
In 1978, the national per capita savings balance was only 21 yuan. By this year, the per capita balance had risen to 27 yuan.
But instead, I was even more short of money.
The reason is that there are too many ways to spend money this year...
Another bank leader said directly: "The posters our bank wants are the kind that people will come to deposit money as soon as they see them."
Section Chief Wu quickly nodded: "Yes, it's best to queue up to save money."
"Oh my God," Director Zhang smiled bitterly: "You really dare to think that this is saving money, not going to a department store to buy a fan."
The propaganda backbones behind him also looked like experts looking at amateurs.
In their understanding, there is no such thing as a poster that makes people rush to the bank to save money.
Not to mention waiting in line to save money.
I really want money... let's stop it now.
Unexpectedly, Director Zhang also thought the same way: "Chief Wu, your idea is kind of beautiful, but..."
"This is not our idea," Section Chief Wu interrupted Zhang Chu in time and pointed to the sky:
"That's what I thought from above... Anyway, the task is here, it's just that, we don't have to do... that!"
"Yes," Director Zhang nodded and swallowed:
"Then I'll think of a solution, but I still say the same thing. It's probably impossible to find the kind of promotional poster you say that makes people run to save money as soon as they see it."
"Don't be too anxious to back down, and then help us think of more solutions."
"Okay, I'll help anyone who can."
“Thanks to the comrades from the propaganda unit for their support,” the chief of the military department said with a full draft:
"I believe that the joint efforts of you and me will definitely add the most magnificent touch to the construction of the country's four modernizations."
"Let's have some in our workplace canteen later!"
"Okay, just eat whatever you want, it doesn't have to be too fancy."
In the Jiangning Toy Factory in Taicang County, Jiang Shan and Jiang He sit side by side in the finance room.
The black leather bag that I carry with me is placed open on the cashier's desk.
500,000 plastic dolls were sold out. After deducting all sales and production costs, the net profit was 10 cents per doll.
In the office with the door closed, there were 50 large piles of black stuff that had already passed through, and Jiang He quickly put them into a black bag.
This time, the expressions on the faces of Director Jiang and Accountant Chen were obviously much more relaxed than last time.
Earlier, when stacks of money were piled on the desk in the accounting office, the tangle and struggle on the faces of these two people were clearly visible on their faces.
At that time, I was almost losing sight of the country, and I felt as if I was taking their hard-earned money.
Inexplicably, I experienced the pleasure of the exploiting class.
Now looking at the other person's normal expression, Jiang Shan thought it was normal after thinking about it carefully.
After all, once you are alive, you will become familiar the second time.
After seeing too much of this money, I no longer feel anything.
Of course, your own is another matter.
For example, Jiangshan at this moment is still very excited.
"Manager Jiang has the brains," Factory Director Jiang suddenly said, "I've made so much money easily."
"This money belongs to the public," Jiang Shan said politely, "We just earn some hard-earned money."
"That must be a lot," Accountant Chen firmly believed: "I heard that these foreign businessmen are very generous."
"What?" Jiang Shan raised his voice directly: "Accountant Chen is interested in accounting for foreign businessmen?"
"Ah?" A light flashed across Accountant Chen's eyes, but then it faded away.
Is there any company today that can match the next benefits of their toy factory?
"Haha, I don't mean that," Accountant Chen smiled and looked at Factory Director Jiang: "I am an old man in this toy factory."
At this time, Director Jiang was leaning steadily on his office chair.
The corners of his mouth that raised up from time to time were no longer as honest and honest as before.
At this moment, in Jiangshan's eyes, he looked like a successful township entrepreneur.
"Hey, why didn't you see Technician Li this time?" Looking at the funny Jiangshan, he asked quickly.
"Manager Jiang must be talking about Li Jinzhi," Accountant Chen said with a smile: "His father is in poor health and has not returned from Nanjing for medical treatment."
It seems that there is still no fate. I originally wanted to meet and have a chat.
"Why," Director Jiang asked suspiciously, "You have something to do with Xiao Li?"
"It's nothing important. Let's talk about it later when we have a chance!"
After saying that, Jiang Shan stood up with his black leather bag and was about to leave. Jiang He, who had always been sullen, followed closely behind.
The whole body was covered with frost, which seemed to be there but not there, so cold that others automatically walked out of the one-meter distance.
When passing by the workshop, the creaking noise made Jiang Shan stare at it casually and deliberately.
Um?
On the production line in the workshop, the toys waiting in line for acceptance by workers were not the animated dolls he had designed before.
"Hehe... Director Jiang, I don't seem to have placed any orders with your factory recently, right?"
Jiang Shan took a few steps forward in the broad direction and looked at the bustle in the workshop: "What do you mean?"
Director Jiang, who was also standing by the window, smiled slightly:
"It's true that you haven't placed any orders, but even if you want to cooperate with our factory in the future, you have to see if we can be busy first."
