November 1978 can be said to be the most politically charged month of the year.
During this month, the frequency of high-level meetings held by the country to discuss issues and make decisions reached its peak.
At the beginning of the month, the National Work Conference on the Sending of Intellectual Youth to the Mountains and the Countryside, which spanned two months, was held in Beijing.
According to news announced in newspapers, this meeting will decide to completely change the queue-jumping policy, include going to the countryside and going to the mountains and countryside into the track of labor and employment, and pass the "Trial Regulations of the State Council on Several Issues Regarding the Sending of Educated Youths to the Mountains and the Rural Areas".
On November 10, the Republic Work Conference was held in Beijing.
The meeting discussed the issue of shifting the focus of the next step of work to socialist modernization. It also discussed the issues left over from the "movement" and the merits and demerits of some important leaders. The two big bosses who competed with the great men for power were therefore officially
Falling from power and emancipating the mind have become current issues.
On November 14, with the approval of the highest level, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee announced that during the Qingming Festival in 1976, the masses went to Tiananmen Square to mourn the Prime Minister and denounced the activities of the "Gang of Four" as revolutionary actions. Those who were persecuted for this will be rehabilitated.
Restore reputation.
On November 18, China News Agency reported that among the 380 people arrested in connection with the "Tiananmen Incident" in 1976, there was not a single bad person. These people have now been completely rehabilitated and their reputations have been restored.
On November 25, the Beijing Municipal Committee held a meeting on expanding university enrollment and determined that 24 universities in the capital would establish 36 branch campuses, expanding enrollment to about 16,000 students.
The Beijing Daily reported on November 29: The Beijing Municipal Party Committee held a meeting a few days ago to study and implement the top-level approval of the five major ministries and commissions, and arrange for all removal of old right elements, as well as resettlement, correction and implementation of relevant policies.
Each of the above-mentioned major national events has a greater impact than the last, involving all levels of society and thousands of households.
Therefore, once any new news reaches society, everyone affected by these policies will inevitably begin to undergo completely new changes in their outlook on life.
Maybe they are refreshed and full of hope. Maybe they are more impatient, looking forward to the implementation of subsequent policies. Maybe they are still hiding a trace of worry, secretly considering how to deal with the evolution of policies.
But most of them are still smiling and rejoicing. People's attitude towards life is becoming more and more optimistic and positive.
Of course, as a person who has been reborn, Hong Yanwu pays much less attention to these news than contemporary people.
Since he had already predicted the outcome in his heart, these news had no suspense for him. He just read the newspaper and knew what was happening outside.
His energy was entirely focused elsewhere.
In fact, since the only trouble of "reaching out" was solved, Hong Yanwu had nothing to worry about in his childhood.
During that month, apart from spending time with "Tang Xin'er" from time to time, he was mainly busy with housework and chores.
For example, I would buy some nutritional supplements for my sister-in-law and Hong Yi, help my uncle process eggs, and distribute some of the seafood brought back from Bincheng to relatives and friends.
Hong Yanwu also took the time to ask about work matters.
Director Li from the street is an "enthusiastic person". In order to watch TV as soon as possible, he is more anxious than Hong Yanwu himself.
It's just that the existing job either has long working hours or is too far away from home, which does not meet Hong Yanwu's requirements. We can only wait and see.
However, although the matter was fruitless for the time being, Director Li took away two more cigarettes from Hong Yanwu and removed the word "deputy" from Aunt Bian's "deputy director", making Mao Yuanfang step aside.
Because of this, Director Li turned out to be a trustworthy cadre in the eyes of the residents of Furuli. Everyone praised him, which surprised him. This shows how unpopular Mao Yuanfang is.
As for making money, Hong Yanwu believed that everything was on track and just let nature take its course, and he really didn't pay much attention to it.
But things in the world are like this. When money really finds its way to you, you can't even stop it.
Let’s talk about the film market first. Due to the great man’s visit to Japan at the end of October, six Japanese films will be screened in China during the two full months from November to December.
As soon as these Japanese films were screened in the capital, the entrance to the cinema in the capital immediately became several times more lively than usual.
If nothing else, the key is that the ones shown in order are "The Hunt", "Looking Hometown", "Princess Yin", "Golden Ring Eclipse", "The Story of the Fox" and "Hometown".
This sequence of films is so awesome, the first two films are like the loudest two kicks, exciting the Chinese people to the point of screaming.
There is no doubt that "Pursuit" was the most lacking commercial entertainment film in China at that time.
There are many exciting elements such as cops and robbers, chase, love, escape, and conspiracy, which immediately captured the hearts of domestic audiences.
As a result, this movie not only made Takakura Ken's tough guy image surpass the traditional domestic image of a young boy. Mayumi, who has long shawl hair, wears leather boots, looks innocent, and has a burning heart, has also become the first generation of domestic young men.
Dream lover.
As soon as the movie is released, people can be heard humming the theme song of the movie "La Ya La" in the streets and alleys. "Hengji Keiji" has become a new synonym for stupidity.
Not even long after, as long as someone climbed over the railing or jumped down the steps, or students jumped high or long, you could hear new words about people playing cymbals almost everywhere.
As for "Looking Home", this film is also translated as "Sandakan Brothel 8". It is actually not very entertaining, but a film that reveals that 50 years ago, Japanese girls were trafficked to Nanyang for prostitution.
A bitter history.
But for the closed-minded Chinese at that time, the common understanding was that it was a colorful movie.
Because of this, the social impact it caused in the Republic not only far exceeded that of "Manhunt", but even exceeded the effect of its local screening. It can be said that it was full of controversy and caused an uproar.
Many people believed that he had a poisonous effect on the minds of young people and suggested that the film be banned. In the end, the relevant departments had to edit many scenes of the film before it could be re-released.
This should be the origin of our country’s habit of editing foreign films.
But in fact, more people are scolding, but at the same time they have great "critical enthusiasm" and the "revolutionary purpose" of testing themselves, and they happily buy tickets to enter.
This kind of mentality, to use a line in a cross talk, is, "I have to see how corrupt and depraved it is!"
Therefore, one dollar is never too much, two dollars is enough to watch, and three dollars is all willing, as long as you have a ticket, you have a ticket!
To be honest, with this "double cannon", the movie box office in Beijing has never been so popular, and it is normal to be hard to get a ticket.
It is completely foreseeable that movie tickets will create a new level of income this month. At least for one month or two, Hong Yanwu's profits will be calculated as doubling.
Therefore, even though he knew that the play "In Silence" was to be performed in Beijing on November 16, it was also an opportunity to make money. Hong Yanwu only gave up the idea out of instinct.
He really doesn't have the need. If he has more money, he still worries about how to spend it. Why bother in vain?
Secondly, let’s talk about the trading of inversion indicators. There is also a big surprise.
The person who brought this surprise to Hong Yanwu surprised him, and he turned out to be "Er Head".
I have to say that this guy is really talented in ticketing. He has a very creative imagination and is good at using his brain.
Since selling goods with "Tang Xin'er", "Two Head" has seen that among all the home appliances, TV sets are the most popular ones. And he realized that there is no money and no goods at all, so he thought about it on his own.
According to his idea, if there are no TV tickets anywhere, then how can there be no factories that produce TV sets?
So he tried it out in private according to his own ideas.
At that time, there were two brands of TV sets produced locally in Beijing, one was "Peony" and the other was "Kunlun".
"Kunlun" is produced by an old factory located at No. 77 Beiheyan Street, Dongcheng District, called "Dongfeng TV Factory." It is very close to Wangfujing.
After "Er Head" found out about the factory address, he made a special trip during off-duty hours for several days to chat with the workers at the door.
After I made friends with a few friends for food and drinks, I didn’t expect the situation to be touched, so I was very optimistic.
Because at that time, for all the products that were in short supply on the market, there was no clear regulation on the issuance of TV purchase vouchers. It was all determined by the relationship between the manufacturer and some units or individuals.
A common phenomenon at that time was that different units used their power for personal gain at the public level, exchanging what they had with each other, and exchanging their own products with each other, euphemistically called "internal welfare."
Since the TV factory has such convenient conditions, it is natural that it cannot be exempted from this.
There are countless TV tickets that have been approved casually by the factory leaders. It is all an aboveboard matter.
In addition, as the saying goes, "If you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains; if you rely on the water, you will drink the water." You must first water your own fields before they can be distributed to outsiders.
Then within the TV factory, their own workers will of course be assigned TV tickets in turn.
Because old TV sets or samples returned to the factory through various channels will also be distributed internally in this way. For this reason, the factory office has also produced many kinds of tickets in different categories, which is dazzling.
It's just that the distribution method at that time was relatively rigid and rigid. It was basically a one-size-fits-all approach, and it didn't take into account people's different situations.
The more embarrassing practical problem is that these votes often do not meet the workers' inner requirements.
For example, some people already have a TV at home, but they are assigned one, which is useless.
For example, some people want to buy a TV even though they don’t have one at home, but they haven’t saved enough money yet.
There are still more people who are not satisfied with the type of tickets they received. They want to buy a new one, and here comes an old one. They want to buy a cheap one, and here they come. An expensive one. They want to buy a 12-inch one, and here comes a nine-inch one.
When encountering these situations, the workers can only continue to wait, apart from adjusting themselves privately.
As a result, many people had to give these tickets to others almost free of charge, and most of them were lost in the circle of relatives and friends. A lot of the tickets were even wasted.
What a shrewd master Hong Yanwu was? He didn't need to beat the drum too hard, but he was moved by it. He immediately realized that this was a blue ocean that no one had touched yet.
The key question now is how many votes can be obtained. As long as there are enough votes, the profits will be greater than those in the "Abroad Personnel Service Department".