1979 Golden Age

People only know when they get older that sometimes pooping well is also a way to show off.

It was spring in 1979.

Chen Qi pulled up his pants and walked out of the public toilet in Menkuang Hutong, drawing a circle with satisfaction.

Because he had just pooped well, his excretion was smooth and he was in a good mood. His 19-year-old heart was pumping blood and pulse strongly, and the unopened corpus cavernosum was under abdominal pressure and was ready to move - a long-lost feeling!

It was nine o'clock in the morning.

It was past working hours and the hutong was very quiet.

This is a small hutong 100 meters long and 3 meters wide, hidden in Dashilan. But 30 years ago, it was a famous snack street. Fu Shunzhai's braised beef, Ruibinlou's daluo huoshao, Kang's old tofu, as well as Nian Gao Qian, Baodu Feng, Baozi Yang, etc., together with Dashilan, made it the most prosperous place in Beijing.

Chen Qi walked a few steps and arrived at the gate of No. 12 Courtyard. There was a sign on the door: Xinhua Bookstore Dormitory.

Zhang Henshui used to live here. There were seven inner courtyards in front and back, which were extremely spacious. Zhang Henshui lived here for 3 years and wrote "The Golden Age". Later, he went to Nanjing. The courtyard changed hands several times and became a dormitory.

The dormitory was naturally irregular.

Dozens of families shared water. There were privately built coal sheds and utility rooms everywhere. Pots, pans, and chicken and dog debris were constantly used all day long. The so-called fireworks in the world are a kind of condescending comments based on your economic strength. If you are in the fireworks, you will definitely not think it is beautiful...

Chen Qi couldn't get used to this broken place. His parents went to work. He entered the house, washed his hands and rubbed his face. The mirror with the "Dongfanghong" pattern reflected the appearance of a young man.

His hair is not the popular split hair, but very short, like a thorn standing up. His eyes are bright and his lips are slightly thin, which adds a bit of rebellion to his handsome face. He is about 178cm tall, which is very tall in this era.

How tall?

Aaron Kwok is about 165cm tall, Andy Lau is 169cm tall, Jacky Cheung is 173cm tall, and Leon Lai is 179cm tall. If you think the other three are tall, it is because they always wear special height-increasing pads in their shoes...

"Chen Qi?"

"Chen Qi?"

There was a sudden shout outside the door, and a girl ran in. She had short hair, an apple-like face, rough skin, and was tall. She was wearing an old gray cotton suit and a pair of black-faced red-soled cloth shoes. Her feet were at least 41cm tall.

"Why are you still dawdling? Hurry up and go to the meeting!"

"I don't want to go."

He was lazy and wanted to lie down for a while.

"If you do this again, I will criticize you. How come you have become a negative, decadent and backward person after returning to the city? Comrade Chen Qi, cheer up and don't give up because of the temporary difficulties. The organization will arrange work for us!"

"Comrade Huang Zhanying, don't miss our revolutionary friendship. Let me degenerate..."

"Stop talking nonsense, go, go!"

Huang Zhanying has a loud voice and even more strength, and he pulled him up.

Chen Qi had no choice but to slowly put on his coat and a pair of black cloth shoes with red soles.

Each of them rode on a 28-inch bicycle and slipped out of the alley first. Looking up, they saw Dashilan, which was recovering its vitality. After turning around, they arrived at Zhushikou Street and headed east. The capital in 1979 seemed to be a series of old photos slowly passing by.

The sky was gray, and the street seemed particularly wide due to the lack of traffic. Bicycles were parked in the middle. The buildings on both sides were low and dilapidated, densely covered with electric poles and wires. The crowd was also dark, blue, gray, and military green. Only the white uniforms of the police added a hint of brightness.

On both sides of the road, people were planting trees every few steps.

Two years ago, the United Nations Environment Program announced that Beijing was a city on the edge of desertification in the world.

This is a fact, because the sandstorms in spring were too severe. This year, there was another yellow sandstorm. Xinhua News Agency specially published a draft "Sandstorms Pressing Beijing City", which happened to coincide with the opening of the Fifth National Senior Officials Meeting, so March 12 was designated as Arbor Day.

This year is the first year that the whole city is planting poplars, so there will not only be sandstorms in the spring, but also poplar and willow catkins...

The two rode about 5 kilometers and arrived at the east side of the Temple of Heaven, where a building stood:

Chongwen District Workers Club!

"So many people?"

"Are all these unemployed young people here?"

"That's called unemployed!"

"Yeah, unemployed... I guess a new word has been invented these days."

Chen Qi muttered to himself, and saw a sea of ​​people in front of him, unable to squeeze in. Both men and women were very young, with more depressed expressions than each other, and more rustic clothes than each other. They looked around from time to time, waiting for the club to open.

Huang Zhanying was a person with no idea what social phobia was. He grabbed a thin young man wearing glasses and asked, "Comrade, we just arrived. Have you heard any news?"

"I actually heard some..."

The other party was also very enthusiastic and lowered his voice and said, "I heard that our batch is a pilot. We will be the first to be operated on. We will set up a production service cooperative."

"Cooperative? That's a collective unit!"

Huang Zhanying's eyes widened, and his already big eyeballs seemed to be about to pop out. He also lowered his voice and said, "No, collective units have low wages, poor treatment, no benefits, and are laughed at."

"Hey, hey, you are still so great and glorious in my house, why are you suddenly realistic?" Chen Qi said.

"If it were a formal unit, I would be willing to clean the toilet even if it was arranged for me. A collective unit is not formal. Don't laugh at me. The same goes for you. Can your parents afford that shame?"

"I don't care..."

Just as he was talking, the crowd started to commotion, pushing forward in waves, and some shouted to maintain order, but the club opened its doors.

Huang Zhanying pulled him and rushed in, like Zhang Fei. He didn't fall behind and finally entered. Inside was a hall that could accommodate a thousand people. It had two floors. There was a stage in front, where activities could be held and performances could be held. Movie.

Holding a banner: "On-site briefing by the government on solving the employment problem of unemployed youth!"

The two found a place to sit down.

Not long after, several leaders came to the stage to formally hold a meeting.

At the beginning of 1979, 20 million people across the country were waiting for employment, including more than 10 million educated youths, 2.3 million idle urban laborers, and 1.05 million college and technical secondary school graduates and demobilized servicemen... It was particularly difficult in Beijing, where 400,000 unemployed youths averaged 2.7 per cent. One person per household is unemployed.

This ratio is terrible!

Even scarier than the post-epidemic era.

Many people have a stereotype about this era, that is, if you study well, you can kill people after graduating from a technical secondary school, and you will be assigned... Yes, you will be assigned, but the prerequisite is that there must be so many positions.

Sending people to the mountains and countryside began in the 1950s, essentially to relieve the employment pressure caused by the first birth peak.

After the humanitarian torrent, these educated youth returned to the city, which coincided with the second population peak, creating a large number of unemployed young people. This group of people is young and energetic, has no jobs, hangs around the city all day, and fights, which is a very unstable factor.

Therefore, job placement is the country’s top priority this year.

The leader on the stage talked a lot. Chen Qi listened and realized that there were actually three points:

Allow parents to retire early and let their children take over their jobs.

Each agency and unit contracts a certain number of unemployed young people, and can recruit long-term temporary workers. It is advocated that two people can do the work of one person, and the food of three people can be eaten by five people.

Develop the collective ownership economy, open up more opportunities, and relax the employment environment.

"Children take over, temporary workers, fish at work, flexible employment... Hey, it turns out the source is here!"

"The service industry across the country has basically been scrapped. Of course there is a shortage of jobs. The service industry needs to be restored!"

"The third population peak came in the late 1990s, and then universities expanded their enrollment... It was still simple in later generations, with live streaming, takeout, and online ride-hailing all in one step."

Chen Qi was happy, but he couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about future generations, and sighed quietly.

"Oh, I'll pay for the skit!"

"I, a successful man with a net worth of tens of millions, am going to empty the urinal in this shabby alley. Where can I go to reason with him?"

Yes, he was certainly an outsider in this era.

To be honest, he didn’t want to come at all. How wonderful the future is. There is WIFI, Bilibili, Douyin, takeout, and high-speed rail. Prostitutes don’t have to go out to place orders on their mobile phones. They are available nationwide. Even Xiaomi is building cars. Lei Jun will open the car door for you with his own hands...

Chen Qi lived to be in his forties in his last life. He was a hard-core netizen who had been making bricks online since the BBS era. He worked part-time when he was young and later started his own business. He was also the number one person on Weibo. His short video matrix has a total fan base of over 10 million, and he invested in I have worked in movies and TV series, brought goods to live broadcasts, slept with Internet celebrities and cosplayers, and am better than the best. The key is not to be a bully for others.

The journey has been full of ups and downs, and she finally got through the epidemic. The overall situation is not good. People all over the country know that Jia Ling has lost weight.

He is just bad at making money, and others are even worse at making bad money. Not only is there a capital backer behind his bad luck.

In short, big companies have a monopoly, and small companies are getting harder and harder to make money. He fell into the A-share market, failed his stud skit, and ended up here after being depressed and having a drink.

Both parents were employees of Xinhua Bookstore, and they had a little sister who died in infancy. The original owner went to join the team after graduating from middle school. Huang Zhanying was a revolutionary comrade, and his parents also worked at Xinhua Bookstore. They lived in a compound with a younger brother.

After returning to the city, the original owner took many exams but failed, and became an unemployed young man.

“Priority should be given to those who are older and have been unemployed for a long time!”

"After today's meeting, street cadres will visit door to door to establish production service cooperatives to ensure that every unemployed youth can find a job..."

"Please believe in the organization, and at the same time, you must change your thinking. Times are changing. We have established diplomatic relations with the United States! Besides, there is no high or low position, and no job is high or low. You can contribute to the motherland and contribute to the four modernizations wherever you go. !”

The leaders on the stage spoke loudly, but the people below were at a loss.

"ha……"

Chen Qi yawned.