Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 94: Stay close to yourself

There was an ear-splitting roar from the Jingxi Hotel, about ten kilometers south of Yanyuan.

This is where the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in 1978.

The central topic of the meeting was revealed: The focus of all work in this country must be shifted to economic construction!

Reform and opening up begins!

However, some people are confused.

Yanyuan, Building 37, Dormitory 307.

The Three Musketeers haven't been to the library for two days. They all sat blankly on the bed, as if they had lost their souls.

All three realized that the reality unfolding in this country had launched a fatal impact on the Marxist economic theory they had studied hard for a whole year.

The current specific economic behavior has escaped from the traditional theory of "changes in productivity and production relations"!
The discussion is about how to create more wealth!
How to satisfy people’s material life!
dumbfounded.

To this, they can't find the slightest answer in the economic knowledge they have learned so far.

Then more questions arise:

Should the company's production model change? Should there be profits?
When developing a private economy, does hiring people count as exploitation?

Why can’t people’s communes work?

...

The three of them would sometimes break out suddenly, quarreling wildly, with their faces red and their sleeves rolled up.

This has never been done before.

What makes the three people even more confused is that they are beginning to doubt life. A certain guy who once threatened not to follow the same path as them and resolutely implements professional practical research has suddenly fallen in love with the library in recent days.

Soak in it.

I also brought back a book today, and I am reading it with gusto while lying on the bed.

They are extremely familiar with this book - "Das Kapital".

"Jiankun, you just want to do the opposite, right?"

Brother Qiang couldn't bear it anymore, and his thinking was so sharp that he forced the child into a quagmire.

"Uh... don't worry about me. I'll just look through it and find some information."

Li Jiankun understands that Brother Qiang, who is full of love for his family and country, feels the most uncomfortable right now. Xiao Wu and Lao Gao are better off.

It’s not that they are unpatriotic. Xiao Wu is younger and has a stronger ability to accept things. Lao Gao also has expectations for “improving people’s living standards.”

It's just because the span is too big and it cannot be verified with what we are currently learning, so we can't turn around for a while.

Should he say it or not, he had reminded him of this.

Hey.

No one listens.

"What information are we looking for? What other information can we find to prove the rationality of current economic behavior?!"

Yes, I can't afford to offend him, and I can't even afford to hide.

Li Jiankun closed the book, slipped out of bed, and stumbled.

This is not a problem. Time naturally heals everything. It is said that more economics courses will be offered next semester. The foundation has been laid. By then, they will be able to demonstrate each other's thinking and academic skills.
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library.

A quiet afternoon.

There seemed to be tiny snowflakes falling outside the window, but it was hard to see clearly. The capital was dry, so it would probably take some time before it snowed.

Li Jiankun, a native from the southern coast, rationally gave up his expectations and immersed himself in his thesis.

It's sad to say that after one year in school, I tried to keep a low profile, but I really didn't have all the firepower to write a serious paper.

But now, the shackles of the times are intertwined with his own predicament.

If you don't do it, you can't do it.

Actually, this matter is not that difficult to deal with. The big guys like them who are in charge have thought too much and are bent on finding something similar to the truth and completely subverting the concepts of the general public.

This... to put it bluntly, is unrealistic.

Nothing can be achieved overnight.

They considered so many things, but ignored one thing: the above idea.

You know, housing reform was proposed by the above.

In Li Jiankun's view, the real solution to this matter is to avoid writing an article randomly, to quote scriptures and provide evidence, and to read the article clearly and logically, coupled with the propaganda and guidance above.

In short, no one person can do this.

In view of the current social situation and the general lack of knowledge among the people, even if you are the best economist, it will not work.

You still have to rely on the authorities.

All he can provide is just an introduction.

It took Li Jiankun an afternoon, and of course the previous three days of flipping through books, to finish writing this short paper.

In the evening, after thinking about it, he decided to show it to Zhuangzi and let him check it out for himself.

If it is sent to the newspaper as an anonymous letter, who knows when it will be torn open. You must know that people these days like to write letters very much.But the signature must be "Li Jiankun, a graduate student in economics at Peking University".

He is also reluctant.
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the next day.

People report to the mailroom.

Old Gaotou, the person in charge of the mailroom, and several young people are busy processing letters sent from all over the country.

Hoohoo!

Pull with dump truck.

The young man is responsible for pulling, and the young girl is responsible for sorting. Important letters are sorted out separately. The old man has to read them in person to determine their importance and whether they should be sent to the relevant departments or relevant leaders immediately.

What is an important letter?
Check the postmark or the sending unit.

"Master Gao, here is a letter from Peking University."

Old Gaotou was busy. Letters from Peking University were common and not very special. He didn't look back and asked: "Which department sent it to the students? Is it signed?"

"Yes. Department of Economics, Peking University. His name is Chen Daisun."

The girl who was sorting the letters did not know this person.

"What's it called?!"

But Lao Gaotou took a sudden inspiration and took this job. He knew the big guys from all walks of life very well.

He immediately put down what he was doing, ran over and grabbed the letter.

Take a closer look to confirm it is correct.

Then he waved over a young man and said solemnly: "Urgent! Send it to the editorial department immediately and hand it over to the editor-in-chief!"

"Yes!"

Five minutes later, the letter arrived on the desk of Hu Jiwei, editor-in-chief of the People's Daily.

Known for his "boldness", in the first half of the year, he endured huge pressure and resolutely reprinted "Practice is the Only Criterion for Validating Truth" regardless of the objections of others.

"A letter from Old Chen?"

Hu Jiwei said with a smile: "It's unprecedented. It's the first time."

They were of the same generation, Chen Daisun was more than ten years older, so it was obviously more convenient to call him if anything happened.

Hu Jiwei put aside the work at hand and took a pair of scissors to neatly cut the envelope.

Taking out the letter, the first thing that floated to the table was a small note.

Chen Daisun wrote it himself, which roughly means that the content of this letter did not originate from him. He just sent it on his behalf, but he did not specify who it was.

"What the hell, it's so mysterious."

Hu Jiwei spread out the three pages of letter paper with great interest and took a look at the title——

"On Housing Issues and the Rationality of Self-Built Houses".

Excuse!
The whole body was shocked.

Suddenly I understood why Chen Daisun personally helped send this letter.

This is a big problem facing the whole society at present.

Hu Jiwei gathered his energy and looked down without missing a word. The more he looked, the more excited he became, and his grin grew wider.

This envelope only talks about one thing - Marxist economics.

Demonstrate a point of view:
"Residence is an important part of personal consumption goods. It is still a commodity. Private construction and purchase of houses are not inconsistent with socialist public ownership."

Quoting scriptures and making conclusive arguments.

Although it may not be impossible to refute, which economist at the moment would be stupid enough to refute it?
Economic bosses, how can they still not understand the importance of housing reform?
Then don’t do it!

Hu Jiwei’s eyes are frighteningly bright. The greatest advantage of this article is that it is easy to understand.

Deliberately not using any economic terminology, any ordinary person with some literacy can understand it. After reading it, you will even feel enlightened——

It turns out that the great mentor had made a final conclusion on the housing issue in a subtle way a long time ago.

"Wonderful!"

"wonderful!"

"Snapped!"

Hu Jiwei was so excited that he started to slap the case.

I don’t know who wrote this article. He understands the public psychology very well and has a thorough understanding of the above ideas.

Gee!

It would be no exaggeration to say that he was a close person - the handwriting was undoubtedly male.

The housing reform that is currently stuck in the quagmire is in urgent need of such an ideological mobilization.

send!
It must be sent immediately!
Hu Jiwei gathered the letters tightly and rushed out of the door like the wind.

(End of this chapter)