1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 879 Technology Changes Life
Lin Weimin made clear arrangements for the retired and unretired veteran cadres. He notified the families of each family in advance for the party that night, and the veteran cadres could have a few drinks. This news immediately made the grumbling veteran cadres have a look on their faces. Put on a pleasant smile.

"You have to think of us for the sake of the people!"

We had dinner with the veteran cadres. The most pitiful ones were Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou.

He did a lot of work, and all the praises came from him, Lin Weimin.

For this reason, the two of them spoke ill of Lin Weimin secretly.

As the new year is approaching, the work of the Chinese Literature Society has become leisurely, and the atmosphere of joy is everywhere in the society.

The publishing business performance of the club has been developing well this year, sweeping away the decline of the previous two years. Although the increase is not huge, it is rising after all!
Look at those colleagues outside. Many units are almost unable to pay their salaries. Why is there anything dissatisfied about the Chinese Literature Society’s achievements like this?
With this concept in mind, employees naturally feel relaxed.

Welfare was distributed on this day two years ago. People have been staring out of the window since morning, eagerly waiting for the truck to enter the hospital. Unfortunately, there was no movement after waiting for a long time until lunch.

Everyone thought that today might have to wait until the afternoon, but just after lunch, the union informed everyone that they would receive benefits.

This year’s New Year’s benefit is not a physical item, but a delivery coupon. The Chinese New Year benefit from Guowenshe is a Galanz microwave oven.

As soon as the employees lined up, they found out that this year's welfare was actually a microwave oven. The queue immediately became a sensation, and then the entire compound at No. 166 Chaonei Street became a sensation.

Just last month, the Yanjing Daily published an article.

The title is "Cars, computers and mobile phones will become consumption hot spots".

The article says:
"According to a survey by domestic authoritative institutions, cars, computers and mobile phones are gradually becoming popular consumption hot spots for ordinary people. The survey shows that 1% of households across the country plan to buy a car in the near future, and 11% of households regard cars as their long-term goals; they hope to buy 16% of households have computers; 16% of households want to buy mobile phones. Through the survey results, we can see the positive impact that reform and opening up has had on the lives of ordinary people.

In addition to the three major items of the new era, cars, computers, and mobile phones, the industrial products that ordinary people most want to own are microwave ovens, compact disc players, and video disc players.In the survey, as many as 20% of people planned to purchase these three products in the near future. "

The data quoted in the Yanjing Daily article are obviously only for urban residents. At this time, rural people dare not think about cars, computers and mobile phones.

Among urban residents, the purchase intention of microwave ovens is as high as 20%, which fully illustrates the popularity of this household appliance among urban residents.

The reason why a large number of urban residents are willing to buy microwave ovens is also very simple, that is, the gradually accelerating pace of life and work has made the working class in the city no longer willing to spend an hour or two for a meal as before. , they prefer to get hot food quickly to satisfy their hunger.

"Ouch! Galanz, I saw their advertisement in the newspaper today."

After getting the delivery coupons, the employees happily discussed it.

No wonder they are happy. Microwave ovens entered the country in the 80s and gradually became familiar to the common people in the 90s. They are expensive. An imported Panasonic microwave oven costs 3000 yuan, which is almost as much as the annual salary of an ordinary working class person.

This situation changed in 1995. In this year, Galanz, a domestic electrical appliance manufacturer, published various popular science articles about microwave ovens in more than 150 newspapers.

"Microwave oven user guide" "Experts talk about microwave ovens"...

While other domestic electrical appliance manufacturers were still spending huge sums of money to advertise on TV, Galanz's unique promotional method had an unexpected effect, making the microwave oven famous in just a few months.

Just this year, Galanz lowered the price of microwave ovens to less than 2000 yuan.

Galanz's courage has caused a storm in the market and also brought benefits to consumers.

Microwave ovens, which originally cost around 4000 yuan, have suddenly become more affordable and have become the first choice for many urban families to purchase household appliances.

Of course, the current price of a microwave oven of more than 1000 yuan is still not cheap, after all, where is the income level of ordinary people.

Especially when it is distributed to employees as a unit benefit, this kind of handwriting exudes a sense of humiliation, which makes many employees feel happy and proud.

This year's Chinese New Year benefits of the Chinese Literature Society have reached the hearts of the employees. Lao Zhou looked at the cheerful employees and felt quite proud in his heart.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was criticized implicitly by Lin Weimin for giving out Seth's shopping card. This time he regained his face.

The employees of the Chinese Publishing House queued up to receive the delivery coupons with smiles on their faces. The employees of the People's Publishing House next door almost had their teeth broken.

Just after the delivery coupons were distributed, the employees of the Chinese Literature Society began to find various reasons to leave early.

Now that they have all the coupons, of course they have to go early to pick up the things and deliver them to their homes.

Adding a microwave oven to your home is a big deal and needs to be taken seriously.

The place to pick up the microwave oven was at Gome Electric Appliances on Zhushikou Street. When Lin Weimin arrived here, he saw several employees in the company. He greeted everyone, took the microwave oven, put it in the car, and then drove to Jintai Road.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

It was Cheng Ximi who opened the door for Lin Weimin. She looked at Lin Weimin holding a big box and asked curiously: "What is this?"

"Welfare provided by the work unit."

Cheng Ximi let Lin Weimin into the house.

Over the years, Lin Weimin always sent welfare to their home as soon as possible whenever the work unit distributed it, and Cheng Ximi was used to it.

Seeing Lin Weimin coming in with a big box in his arms, Shi Tiesheng, who was rocking a wheelchair, also asked curiously.

Lin Weimin placed the box on the ground and opened it.

"Microwave oven!"

"This is not cheap. Does your unit provide this as a welfare benefit?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

"The benefits are great! Besides, this thing can be used by every family." Lin Weimin said.

He said, carrying the microwave oven to the kitchen of Shi Tiesheng's house, "We already have this microwave oven at home, but we don't need it. It's just right for your house. It can be used to heat food occasionally. It's much faster than steaming."

Shi Tiesheng sighed: "Looking at this microwave oven, I think of the time we went to Xiangjiang in 85. We have never seen many of the electrical appliances used by other people."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "They developed it before us. Look, don't we use it now?"

"Yes, the days are always getting better and better, so that we can make progress."

The two chatted for a while, and Shi Tiesheng stayed in Lin Weimin to have dinner at home. "Ximi is cooking, let's eat some together."

"Row."

When it was time to eat, Cheng Ximi put the leftover steamed bun in the microwave oven, set the temperature and time, and after a while, the microwave oven made a "ding" sound.

Cheng Simi took out the steamed buns and touched them with her hands. She said happily: "It's hot, it's really useful."

Shi Tiesheng said with a smile: "Technology has changed our way of life!"

On New Year's Eve, the family gathered together in the small courtyard of Shizhu. The courtyard was filled with a lively and joyful atmosphere as in previous years.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Spring Festival Gala starts.

This Spring Festival Gala, there is a young man named He Jiong in the host lineup, Xiao Fan became the county magistrate, Faye Wong and Na Ying wore bun hair to meet everyone in [-], Chen Xiaoer won a championship at the World Games...

Early on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I get up as usual to pay New Year greetings.

After breakfast, Lin Weimin took his wife and daughter out to pay New Year greetings.

First, I went to Mr. Wan’s family. His family has a large population this year, and all his children and grandchildren came to spend the New Year with Mr. Wan.

Lin Weimin and his family sat for a while and then left.

When I went out to Shi Tiesheng's house, I could still see buses still running during the Chinese New Year on the street.

Xiaodoubao lay on the car window, looking at the back of the bus in the distance, reluctant to leave.

Of course, this girl is not reluctant to leave the bus, but the advertisement on the bus.

Car body advertising was a new thing in the mid-90s. It only appeared two years ago. This form of advertising was only introduced on buses in Yanjing this year.

The advertisement on the bus that Xiaodoubao was looking at was none other than the advertisement for "Shuke and Beta: Tigers and Tigers", which was released on the first day of the new year.

The colorful and childlike advertising content easily attracted the attention of children. This is not the first time Xiaodoubao has seen an advertisement for this movie outside. In the past few days, she has been asking for it from time to time at home. Say a few words.

Watching the bus disappear around the corner, Xiaodoubao turned his head and said to Tao Huimin: "Mom, let's go watch a movie, okay?"

"We are going to uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings."

"Then let's go see a movie after New Year's greetings?" Xiaodou Bao was afraid of her mother's rejection, so she added, "I'll invite you and dad to watch a movie. I have New Year's money."

Tao Huimin couldn't help but smile and touched her head, "Okay, then let's go watch a movie after we leave uncle's house."

The family arrived at Shi Tiesheng's house and paid New Year's greetings first. Several adults were talking, and Xiaodou Bao surrounded Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair with an impatient expression, which was probably similar to when he was about to poop.

Shi Tiesheng was talking, and when he noticed something strange about her, he took her little hand and asked, "Doubao, do you have something to say to uncle?"

Xiaodoubao nodded and was about to speak, but when he saw his mother's stern eyes, he immediately swallowed the words that were on his lips and showed an innocent and cute smile.

"Uncle, did you sleep last night?"

"Go to sleep, uncle slept well."

"Then did you dream?"

"No, uncle hasn't had a dream for a long time. What did you dream about?"

Xiaodoubao laughed, "I dreamed about ice cream last night. There were so many ice creams, colorful and bigger than the clouds. I jumped on them and took one bite. The ice cream was so soft and delicious."

Shi Tiesheng asked with a smile: "Don't you feel cold?"

Xiaodoubao said thoughtfully, "Is it cold? It seems to be a little bit."

Shi Tiesheng and his wife looked at her confused look and laughed.

This girl dreamed of ice cream, so she probably wet the bed, otherwise how could she be cold?
But they didn't expose Xiaodou Bao. After the New Year, the little girl would be six years old and had a sense of shame.

Xiaodoubao pulled Shi Tiesheng and talked for a long time, looking for topics in circles. Finally, Tao Huimin couldn't stand it anymore and pulled her, "Don't bother uncle."

Xiaodou Bao then calmed down, then looked at Tao Huimin and asked, "Mom, can we go to the movies now?"

Tao Huimin explained to Shi Tiesheng and his wife: "I saw the advertisement outside when I came here, and I insisted on watching a movie."

Shi Tiesheng smiled and said: "I asked you why you took the initiative to talk to me today. It turns out you are anxious!"

Xiaodou Bao was a little embarrassed when her mother exposed her little thoughts, "Mom~"

Tao Huimin gave her a shock, and Cheng Simi said: "Okay, it's getting late. Let's have a quick lunch at home, and then you can go watch a movie."

Hearing this, Xiaodoubao clapped his hands and cheered.

After lunch, Lin Weimin and his wife brought small bean buns to the Capital Cinema.

It was noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there were not many viewers in the cinema.

The tradition of domestic cinemas opening on New Year's Day was introduced in 1995 by Cheng Long's New Year's film "Red Zone". Later, there were "Police Story 4: Simple Mission" and "A Good Man". Cheng Long's movies continued After three years of meeting mainland audiences on New Year's Day, the audience has gradually become accustomed to watching movies on New Year's Day.

On the first day of this year's Lunar New Year, Cheng Long's Lunar New Year movie "Who Am I" was released as scheduled.

At the same time, "Shuke and Beta: Tigers and Tigers", jointly invested and produced by Wenhua Film and Television and Humei Factory, was also officially released.

　It was so uncomfortable that my son was put on a sling for six days and it didn’t feel better.My wife and I have also been affected. We have headaches, runny noses, coughs, and body aches, but we don’t have much fever. We must pay more attention to this disease.

　　
　
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