When the time entered March of 1984, the breeze in Beijing had brought temperatures that made the ice and snow melt.
For farmers, owning a tractor is no longer news.
But bicycles still play a very important role in farmers' lives.
Because in an era when cars were far from common and everything was muddy when it rained, bicycles were the legs of farmers.
And Longkou Village is definitely one of the first villages to "run".
Not only does the village already have cars, but each of the three hundred households in the village owns at least two bicycles.
This makes it no longer difficult for their children to go to school in a neighboring village three miles away.
In cities, as public transportation becomes increasingly difficult to squeeze in, the number of bicycles continues to grow.
This year, my country's bicycle output reached 28.57 million units, an increase of 3.6% over the previous year.
Against this background, the National News Documentary Film Studio specially filmed a documentary "The Kingdom of Bicycles" to tell the important role of bicycles in Chinese people's lives.
In the market, more and more bicycle brands have begun to promote their products through advertising.
In addition to the permanent card and the Phoenix card, the Butterfly card, the Wuzhou card, the Golden Deer card, the Flying Fish card and the Golden Lion card also appeared in newspapers.
But this situation undoubtedly reflects the pressure that municipal management needs to bear.
According to statistics, of the more than 800 traffic accidents that occurred in Beijing in February, half were related to bicycles.
Therefore, in order to reduce accidents caused by bicycles, the Beijing Municipal Government has strengthened management measures.
That is when building streets, we began to adopt a three-block structure to allow bicycles and motor vehicles to travel separately.
When building overpasses, bicycles are also fully considered.
The Traffic Management Bureau is in urgent need of additional manpower.
For example, Hong Yanwu's buddy Zhao Zhenmin was urgently transferred to the "Xuanwu District Traffic Detachment" as deputy captain.
Although he himself was reluctant and even felt embarrassed, his girlfriend was sincerely happy.
After all, the nature of the job has changed from pickpocketing to traffic management, and the risk has been reduced.
At the same time, consumption upgrades in home appliances have also undergone significant changes, and no longer are any home appliances favored by customers.
This month, "People's Daily" published an article "New Changes in the TV Market."
The article highlights that in Beijing department stores and Xidan shopping malls, the sales of black and white TVs are gradually declining, while the sales of color TVs are soaring, and they are often out of stock.
In addition, "People's Daily" also published a letter from a villager in Houjia Village, Gengzhuang Township, Haicheng County, Liaoning Province.
The letter also stated, "180 households in our village have TVs, accounting for 40% of the total number of households in the village. But only one household has a color TV. Therefore, every household with a color TV is packed with people.
In order to adapt to this new situation, we sent people to Anshan, Shenyang and other places to buy color TV sets, but they couldn't buy them. We didn't know where to buy them, so we wrote this letter to the party newspaper."
What's going on?
Actually the answer is very simple.
In the first quarter, although my country's total color TV production more than tripled compared with the same period last year, there were only 195,800 units.
In contrast, after several years of sustained economic recovery, families across the country have initially escaped from the dilemma of food and clothing, and their strong needs and desires have increased tenfold and hundreds of times.
To put it bluntly, this is like a person who is thirsty after walking in the desert, but can only rely on a cactus root to quench his thirst.
If we look at the TV factory in Beijing, we can see a more realistic scene.
At the same time that the advertisement "Although peonies are good, they still need to be liked by lovers" became a household name.
The daily task of the sales staff in the factory is to wait for others to send money with smiling faces.
Even the "scalpers" who "thief" workers outside the factory gate have become rampant.
Moreover, these people are completely different from those in the past when Hong Yanwu was engaged in voting.
Without exception, they all came holding back their color TV sets.
No one wants black and white TV tickets anymore, but color TV tickets can fetch thousands of dollars on the black market.
As for the distribution of color TV tickets by state-owned enterprises, it is also not optimistic.
Although many units use drawing lots, which seems to be the fairest method.
But if an employee wants to win a color TV ticket by luck, the probability is about the same as winning the second prize in a welfare lottery today.
Under such circumstances, the value of foreign exchange bonds will naturally rise with the tide.
Not only did Hong Yanwu's wealth increase in value, even the employees of the "Tanghulu Group" became popular.
Don’t forget, in order to protect the interests of employees, service companies always insist on giving them bonuses in the form of foreign exchange coupons first.
The young workers in the "Tanghulu" team, from the opening to now, almost everyone has half a large color TV in their hands.
As time went by, people at home or in the factory who were in urgent need of foreign exchange coupons gradually learned to come to them to exchange them.
In addition, the "brick-moving team" of the service company is now with the "Infrastructure Section" all day long.
Even though the two groups of young workers didn't want to make any publicity, people were so talkative that they couldn't hide some of the situation in the service company.
As the saying goes, fire cannot be contained in paper.
No, the bonus thing has finally been leaked.
Moreover, the "fire" spread rapidly, and soon spread throughout the entire factory through channels such as bathhouses and toilets, and through the diligent propaganda of "volunteer broadcasters".
Well, just like a ladle of cold water dropped into a boiling pan of oil, people in the factory were so excited when they heard about it.
The initial reaction of most people was that they did not want to believe that this was true.
Just kidding! A bonus of two to three hundred a month? Or a foreign exchange coupon?
Service companies sell candied haws on a stick, not open a bank.
But when they found out that it was true, their eyes turned red with jealousy.
Damn it! I have worked so hard and made so many contributions to the factory, how can I still not catch up with this month’s bonus after working for three months?
A few young people, why!
No need to ask, they instinctively began to question the bonus system of the service company as an illegal operation and inconsistent with the policy.
This even includes many cadres.
So without any encouragement from the employees, these brains who were suffering from "pink eye disease" went to the factory leaders to give their opinions.
But the other half of the people are extremely envious.
They inquired about the articles of incorporation of the service company, and then began to make plans in their minds.
I wonder if the service company can pass this test, what method should be found to transfer over, or how to bring in relatives and friends.
In short, at the end of March, the entire factory quickly became impetuous and people were in chaos.
Where did the service company's bonuses come from? How much was paid out in total? It became the hottest topic of discussion in the entire factory.
As a result, it has become difficult for people in service companies to even commute to and from get off work.
Because no matter who enters the factory gate, they will be called and questioned for a few words.
Shui Qing and Chen Liquan were okay, but Hong Yanwu was the most upset.
Because he loves teasing and being poor, he knows many people in the factory.
Even Master Pang and Master Gou from the cafeteria used him to play cymbals.
When we met, I asked him deliberately, when will they be transferred to a service company?
He also said that he was willing to serve as a soldier under the two of them.
From this we can see how many people we have to deal with in a day.
Of course, Hong Yanwu understood better that this public opinion storm was fierce and had a huge impact, and the factory leaders would inevitably be alarmed.
Some people will definitely make a fuss about this and question Director Yang and Sister Wei of the support service company.
So once he noticed something was wrong, he urged Shui Qing to release the quarterly report that was originally released in early April.
Before Director Yang and Sister Wei could find them, they took the initiative to report.
Facts have proved that this move is indeed necessary and foresighted.
Because the service company's performance is too scary.
Factory Director Yang and Sister Wei were completely unprepared for this incident.
They also had preconceptions, thinking that they were just selling candied haws. How much money could they make?
I never imagined that the service company would have a net profit of fifty-nine thousand and five thousand without any noise.
I was really shocked.
You may not believe it, but all the income and expenditure items are clearly written on the report form.
In December last year, as a beginner, I earned 4,800 yuan with just six people.
In January of this year, the manpower was expanded and the profits increased. Twenty people earned 14,200.
In February, because of Yang Weifan's "Candied Haw Lu" and the employees' mature skills, I earned 21,190 at once.
Even though the weather started to get warmer in March and the candied haws business came to an end, the net profit remained at 18,600.
Well, the capital lent by the co-factory to the service company has not been touched at all.
It has only been four months, and the service company has already achieved its profit target for this year by relying on 20 people selling candied haws.
Moreover, the infrastructure expenses for opening shops and restaurants were earned.
If all the shops and restaurants open in the future, that would be great!
What can people say about a report card like this?
It's like a math teacher discovering a gifted child in his class who has already taught himself advanced mathematics.
It's no wonder that Director Yang and Sister Wei took the report and looked over it over and over. For a long time, they didn't know how to comment.
Finally, after taking a long breath, Director Yang took the lead to express his position.
"Good guys, are you selling candied haws? This... this has caught up with the performance of the hawthorn canning workshop. Xiao Wu, it seems that you are not the master of empty talk. You were not bragging at the beginning. You really let me
You did it. By the way, you said it first... Then, do you have to rely on me to support you? Okay, don't be polite. If you have any ideas, just tell me..."
Sister Wei also agreed.
"Ouch, I didn't expect that the union really picked up a treasure. Fortunately, fortunately, you guys talked to us about this first. Otherwise, we would have to wait until Secretary Guo comes to visit us. We don't understand the situation yet.
If you don't rush around, you have to let him take advantage of the loophole. Then let's quickly add up the total. The most important thing is not to let Secretary Guo connect this matter with other issues..."