On July 1, 1980, the national postal system officially began to implement the postal code system.
In major post offices in the capital, when customers took envelopes and curiously observed the new small red squares on them, no one noticed that there were only a few "monkey tickets" on the counter, and there was no single one.
Ticketed.
No one would know that this easy-to-obtain wealth was about to completely slip through their fingers.
On July 4, following the successful export commodities exhibition held in Hong Kong, products from Taiwan appeared for the first time in the "department store" in Beijing, mainly including electric fans, televisions, tape recorders, watches, folding umbrellas, etc.
And this day was also the day when Hong Yanwu calculated the value of the "red envelope".
According to his own statistics, the final cost for several cities was more than 30,000 yuan. What fell into his pocket were 4,863 full-page monkey tickets and 100 loose tickets for fun.
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This is almost the same as the goal he set himself. It is equivalent to eating one-tenth of this set of stamps. Based on the historical price estimates, these stamps will be worth 7.3 billion in the future. Can he still
Beautiful?
So he got drunk that day. In order to commemorate this great victory of great epochal significance, he also used the alcohol to write a letter expressing his feelings. Then he specially pasted a four-party "monkey ticket" into the
I got it in the mailbox, ready to send it to myself as a souvenir.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, when the postman delivered the letter to the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan, he happened to catch up with Hong Yanzheng coming home from get off work, and the letter fell directly into Hong Yanzheng's hands.
As a result, as soon as Hong Yanzheng got the letter, he not only recognized Hong Yanwu's handwriting immediately, but was also angered by the stamp on the letter.
Because that’s only thirty-two cents! At that time, the postage for sending a letter to the same city was four cents, but it was only eight cents for other places. You can’t spend it like this if you have money!
The boss felt awkward and opened the letter when he returned home. As a result, his forehead burned even more when he saw it, and he got angry instantly!
Well! I dare you to say that Hong Yanwu only wrote one crooked poem.
"There was a loud noise in the sky, and I made a brilliant appearance. I blamed my drunkenness and immorality for tearing up the national imperial list - a commemoration of the year of Hong Yan, Wu and Geng Shen."
Isn’t this what you need to eat to hold yourself up! It’s obviously a deliberate waste of money!
Come on, the one who "teared up the emperor's list" this night will be punished in this world when he returns. Hong Yanwu was indeed scolded by his elder brother for being "drunk and immoral".
Fortunately, the value of monkey tickets has not yet been recognized by society. Otherwise, Hong Yanwu would have to scold Hong Yanwu for a whole year if he knew that this four-party alliance could earn 60,000 yuan in the future.
There is an idiom called "Flowing Fire in July". Many people think it refers to the hot weather. But in fact, it is the opposite. The real meaning of this word is that the big Mars moves westward and the weather turns cooler.
In July of this year in Beijing, on the fourth day when the Beijing City Government officially released the "Trial Measures for Profit Retention of State-Owned Enterprises", the release of a movie did bring a sense of coolness to the sweltering summer. That is my country's first tourism scenery movie - "Love in Lushan Mountain".
The plot of this movie is not complicated. A Chinese-American girl, Zhou Yun, was visiting Lushan Mountain and met Geng Hua, a young man from Mainland China. The two fell in love at first sight. Later, due to frequent contact between the two, some people rumored that Geng Hua had foreign connections, which caused Zhou Yun to
Leaving reluctantly.
Five years later, as the reform became more and more intense, Zhou Jun came to the mainland again and found Geng Hua, who was already a graduate student, and planned to marry him. However, Zhou Jun's father was a retired officer of the Kuomintang, and his relationship with Geng Hua
My father was once a sworn enemy on the battlefield. This incident later became an obstacle for the two of them.
Finally, after repeated painful thinking, the two fathers finally agreed to their marriage. Zhou Yun's parents also returned to the mainland from the United States, which was a perfect ending that "they lived a beautiful and happy life from then on."
In fact, the reason why this movie became the most loved by the audience at that time, and suddenly caused a stir in the hearts of thousands of young men and women, is that in addition to the outstanding appearance and perfect performances of the young actors Zhang Yu and Guo Kaimin, there are two other reasons:
It was a very shocking reason at the time.
One is Zhang Yu's bold kiss on Guo Kaimin in the film, which broke the ban on domestic movies for many years and created the first kiss on the screen in the Republic.
Another is that Zhang Yu changed 43 sets of costumes in the film, making "Romance in Lushan" an almost unprecedented film with the most fashionable costumes displayed by the heroine.
As a result, both Zhang Yu and Guo Kaimin became recognized as a screen couple because of this movie. They became popular idols sought after by countless audiences and became the dream lovers of young men and women.
And of more practical significance, in addition to the first example of the effect of product placement, Lushan Scenic Area has experienced a surge in tourists and has become the most attractive scenic spot in the future. This movie also seems to have taught a generation
How to fall in love.
Young people all rushed to imitate the plots in the movie. From then on, their love letters no longer just talked about work and ideals, and exchanged "revolutionary salutes". Instead, they included more euphemistic expressions of affection.
But what is even more unbelievable is that plots similar to those in movies can actually occur in life.
And the most amazing thing is that not only did this example happen to Hong Yanwu in real life, but the male protagonist in the love story was Hong Yanwu's second brother, Hong Yanwen.
So how did this true portrayal of "Lushan Love" happen?
In fact, when looking for the root cause, we still have to find Hong Yanwu.
As we said before, when Hong Yanwu and "Tang Xin'er" were in Wangfujing's "department store" to eat the "tax-free quota for overseas travel", they often tried every means to sneak into the "Xinhua Bookstore Internal Publishing Group" in Dongdan Ertiao, Wangfujing, pretending to be high-ranking officials.
My disciples went to buy all kinds of "leather books".
Hong Yanwu was not a stingy person. The "banned books" he bought would not only be read by himself, but spread to a wide range of areas. In addition to his own family, he would also give them to Chang Xianzhang and lend them to his neighbors, Shui Qing.
Lan looks.
Of these people, Hong Yanwen is certainly the most convenient and the least idle. When he goes home once a week, he takes some books and takes them back to school to read.
But didn't something happen to "Tang Xin'er" later? Hong Yanwu didn't have the heart to get any more books. So since October last year, there has been no source of new books, and Hong Yanwen's spiritual food has gradually stopped.
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But you must know that for Hong Yanwen's generation who grew up during the "movement", the meaning of books is extraordinary. Their feelings for books are unparalleled by other generations.
This is caused by the times. Because they have just learned a little bit about things, and it is when they are learning and cultivating hobbies, "exercise" comes, and as a result, they can no longer do anything.
Learn to paint, the cost is too high. Whether it is Western painting or Chinese painting, you have to spend money to buy paper and pen. Learning music is better, it is a one-time investment, so I gritted my teeth and bought it. But the most important thing is that it is difficult to find teachers.
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Because apart from the fact that teachers privately recruit students, it is suspected of running a black club. In addition, almost all the gadgets have become "fengzixiu" things, making it impossible for others to teach them.
Even if you only teach revolutionary topics, if something goes wrong accidentally, there is a risk of being charged. So who would be willing to do such a thankless job?
Therefore, in this social context of universal cultural hunger, reading has become a "hobby" for most people, especially literary books.
Later, when they went to the mountains and countryside, under such harsh conditions far away from their hometown, and under the circumstances of suffering all kinds of life hardships, many people's spiritual world often relied on one or two novels that had been read countless times, and the Count of Monte Cristo, Jean Val
Supported by characters like Jean and Gadfly who live in the novel.
That’s why people of this generation will study eagerly once they enter college, which will lead to the “reading craze” in the whole society in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and why people like Shu Ting, Bei Dao, Gu Cheng, Liang Xiaobin, and Jiang He will emerge from among them.
, poets like Shi Zhi, Mang Ke, and Wang Guozhen. And writers like Liu Xinwu, Liang Xiaosheng, Er Yuehe, Tie Ning, Lu Yao, Mo Yan, and Du Liang.
Because they not only believe that knowledge can change their destiny, but books also cover almost their entire spiritual world. They can completely equate to the soul.
Once you know this, you can understand what happens next.
Hong Yanwen, whose appetite has been developed by Hong Yanwu, is addicted to books. He will try his best to continue to get all kinds of "leather books" that he has no way to get, to satisfy his "needs" for survival.
Hong Yanwen's method was very simple. He would wait outside the "Internal Book Publishing Group" in Dongdan Ertiao every Sunday and choose the opportunity to discuss with the young customers who came out.
He volunteered to reward him with money, either asking someone to buy a few books for him, or asking someone to transfer the book he had just bought.
His method really works, because he can make extra money without any effort. There must be someone willing to help him. But don't forget that the young people who come in and out of here are all children of different families.
Not to mention that those guys have high standards, they also grew up in an environment lacking parental care and training. Very few of them know what modesty and courtesy are. Most of them are like wild wolf cubs, they only know that they will take advantage of any advantage.
Isn't it cheap enough?
In addition, Hong Yanwen is a conscientious nerd, so the price he pays to achieve his goals is often outrageously high.
For books that cost only a few cents, he would spend a few yuan to buy a book. Ten yuan would be just as good. Even for a few books, he would have to spend twenty or thirty yuan to treat a bunch of people to a meal of mutton-boiled meat.
Agree. It’s really a bad idea to be tricked.
But fortunately, Hong Yanwen really loves books. As long as he doesn't run away in vain, he is happy when he can buy a book he likes and never cares about the financial gains and losses. He himself doesn't care.
In addition, he is not short of money. Ever since his family received the reimbursement, it has always been forced by his parents, brothers and brothers. He also has subsidies from the state for going to college. In total, he has at least a hundred yuan a month."
"Income". So in terms of economic conditions, it is completely enough for him to do such a bad job.
Of course, if he stays for a long time, he will inevitably attract the attention of the staff. Within a few weeks, he aroused the curiosity of the heroine.