1979 Golden Age

The next day, the whole family went to the Overseas Chinese Store and spent a lot of money.

First, they bought an imported 12-inch black-and-white TV for 420 yuan. Chen Qi also bought a Swiss imported watch, which also cost several hundred yuan. He also bought a pair of sneakers. He didn't want to wear cloth shoes anymore - even if they had red soles.

The parents wanted everything, but they couldn't bear to buy anything. At the insistence of their son, they each bought a pair of leather shoes, a shirt, and a pair of trousers to wear on formal occasions.

They didn't need much food and drink, they just wanted something new. Chen Qi bought a box of tiger penis wine and two boxes of tiger bone wine to honor his father.

Yu Xiuli rolled her eyes, but she didn't object.

He wanted to buy more, but unfortunately there was only so much. Tiger bone wine was okay, but this tiger penis wine would be out of print in the future. He was still thinking, it must be impossible to produce one bottle of wine from one penis. Even if all the tigers died, it would not be enough. He didn't know how many bottles one penis could produce, like a turtle spirit.

Before leaving, Chen Qi just remembered that he had to buy a camera, and then he didn't have enough money, so he withdrew it now.

Yu Xiuli felt very distressed.

In fact, Chen Qi had about 15,000 yuan with his previous savings, so he spent this little bit.

And those remittance coupons have a time limit, usually one year, but also three months and half a year. Some families will transfer them to others if they can't use them all. Another major use of remittance coupons is to buy building materials.

Those who marry a wife and build a house often try to get some remittance coupons, such as wood and cement, which are in short supply.

"Oh, the three of you are not going to spend the holiday? Wow, you bought so many things?"

"Don't mention it, this kid earned some royalties from writing articles for Hong Kong, and he got some remittance coupons. He insisted on dragging us to buy things, and we couldn't stop him. Let's go together, don't let the kid down!"

"Oh, a TV! Your family bought one too?"

"It looks good, how big is it?"

"Not big, just 12 inches, come and watch TV in the evening, don't be polite!"

The three of them returned to the compound and instantly became the most handsome guy. Yu Xiuli was very impressive and reached the peak of her life - since Chen Qi came here, she has had many peak moments in her life.

The neighbors kept turning around the 12-inch TV, and Uncle Zhang was among them, with a hypocritical blessing on his face, his heart was about to throb: It's over, my family's TV is only 9 inches!

What does this 12 inches mean?

iPad Pro is 13 inches, Xiaomi phone is a little over 6 inches...

After a while of commotion, everyone went out, and they were not like this:

"She wrote articles about Hong Kong, she would have been arrested in the past few years!"

"Did you hear that? Her pair of leather shoes cost 20 yuan. My goodness, how lucky is she to wear 20 yuan shoes? It must be bad luck!"

I am afraid that my colleagues will suffer, and I am afraid that my colleagues will drive a Land Rover. Yu Xiuli naturally knows this truth, but I gave birth to my son, I wear the leather shoes, and I enjoy the happiness. You can only become red-eyed rabbits.

She became happier and said, "Son, what do you want to eat? I'll cook some hard dishes tonight."

"No, I have to go back soon. I have a lot of things to do."

"Don't worry, let's eat first!"

"No, no..."

Chen Qi was too lazy and shook his head, and said, "Keep the remittance vouchers at home first. If you need anything, buy it yourself. Don't be reluctant to spend it. It expires in one year... By the way, have you found a house?"

"This matter is more complicated!"

Chen Jianjun spoke up and said slowly, "The central government had an idea a while ago and approved a document saying that private construction and private purchase of houses are allowed. But I inquired carefully and the actual situation is very bad.

I went to see a house with two courtyards in front and back, with a total of 18 rooms. Oh, that courtyard is really nice, just over Gulou Street.

It used to be private, but it was confiscated, and the government arranged for many people to live in it.

According to the current refund policy, it should be returned to the owner, but the owner cannot drive those people away, they must live there unless they find a new place to live. Those people will become tenants and pay a few dollars in rent every month.

What is the key point? "

Chen Jianjun is interested in policies and talks about it endlessly: "Those are all old houses, all of which have been in disrepair for a long time, and the owner has to bear the cost of maintenance. You said that this matter is a big deal. You can't collect a few dollars, you can't drive people away, and you have to repair their houses.

I think, even if the house is returned, the owner has to sell it to the government again, and it can't afford it..."

"Hey, don't do it, don't do it!"

Chen Qi was shocked.

However, this is indeed a legacy issue. From the 1980s to after 2000, the government still holds many bungalows. These people have lived in them for decades, and their children continue to live in them, but they don't have property rights.

"Then can we still buy it?" Yu Xiuli asked.

"Let's look for houses with smaller courtyards, fewer rooms, and shabby houses that people don't like to live in. We can buy them, fix them up, and make some furniture. Or we can build a house ourselves, but we need land. Where can we get a piece of land?"

"Don't worry, take your time to look. I'm just a kid!"

Chen Qi talked to his parents about the house, and then took his newly bought camera back to the Beijing Film Studio. Now he can take pictures.

The source of all reforms is based on some kind of contradiction.

Just like the liberalization of collective enterprises and self-employed households, it is fundamentally to accommodate the huge number of unemployed young people.

The same is true for houses. In the past, houses did not have commodity attributes. They were all public and allocated to individuals for living. This is actually a welfare policy, but as the population grows, houses are becoming less and less available, and the country is poor, so it is impossible to invest a lot of money in houses.

Therefore, the commercialization of houses is an inevitable choice. Leaders have long proposed this idea, but the reform is extremely difficult and it took almost 20 years to complete, so I won’t say much about it.

Chen Qi can buy a house or build a house. He mainly looks at the location. If the location is suitable, it’s OK.

…………

China Film Corporation.

The second quarter film viewing meeting is being held.

Representatives of film companies from various provinces gathered in Beijing. This year’s national target is 80 films, an average of 20 films per quarter. They have to watch them within a few days and decide the number of copies to buy based on their own judgment.

They buy the copies and go back to arrange for city-level and county-level film companies to schedule the release. There is also a schedule in these days. Good films will be released during holidays, but they are not as mature as later generations.

There are three types of copies, 35mm, 1. The first type is shown in large theaters, that is, cities. The latter two are shown in small theaters or on mobile platforms, suitable for projection teams in towns and villages.

When people mention the glory of the past, such as "Shaolin Temple" sold more than 400 copies, and how it set records, they are talking about the first type.

If the latter two are included, the number of copies would be several thousand.

"..."

At this moment, in the screening room, "Love in Lushan", which had been played countless times before the official release, was played again and again.

Hong Kong and Macao have not yet returned, Chongqing is still in Sichuan, and Hainan is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong, so it was the first time for representatives of 29 provincial companies to watch the previously sensational "Love in Lushan".

It is indeed extraordinary.

If you want to say that there is any deep thought, there is none, but it is just good-looking, handsome men and beautiful women fall in love, coupled with beautiful scenery, who doesn't like it?

According to convention, each representative has to fill out a form. The population in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is dense, there are many theaters, and they have always been big buyers of copies.

The representatives of Jiangsu thought about their bulk brothers and had a headache. The film is good, so buy more! He thought about it, filled in a number that he thought was very big, and then looked around, looking down on the crowd.

Buying a lot of copies means you have strength.

The representative handed in the list, and the people from China Film Group counted it on the spot. They saw their brows getting more and more furrowed, and their eyes getting bigger and bigger. Someone couldn't help asking: "How many are there?"

"Have you figured it out? Give me an answer!"

"Stop arguing!"

The people from China Film Group held a piece of paper and announced the results:

"Love in Lushan Mountain, 35mm copies, 360!

16mm copies, 2200!

8.75mm copies, 1600!"

Hiss!

The whole audience gasped Chen Qi.