Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 199 Bangge also wants to open a video parlor

"Grandma, did Yi Zhonghai just mean that he was fired?" Bangge pushed his wheelchair to Jia Zhang's side and said excitedly: "He doesn't have a job anymore?

Then whose food will we eat from now on? "

"Banggen, don't worry, Yi Zhonghai still gets his retirement salary." Mrs. Jia Zhang quickly comforted her grandson.

However, Qin Huairu shook his head and said: "Yi Zhonghai's salary is only more than [-] yuan a month. His old wife was also taken away by the aunt, and now the prices are rising again. More than one hundred and fifty yuan is really too little for our family."

You must know that the [-]s and [-]s are also divided into two stages. The first stage is the beginning and front of opening up.

To be honest at this stage, for example, in 80 or 81, at that time, if you had one hundred and fifty yuan a month, you would live a very prosperous life. It can be seen from some books that have been handed down to this day. The books on the back are retail The price tag is only a few cents or even lower. The price of the same genuine bestseller today may dissuade a large number of readers.

In addition, in the plot of "The World", Zhou Bingkun bought a large single-story house for only [-] yuan, which is completely unimaginable today. It can be seen from many things that the gold content of domestic currency at that time was quite high.

In the early [-]s, under the background of my country's underdeveloped economy, one month's income was extremely precious.

How could it be possible to only save food stamps and vegetable stamps to buy necessary ingredients, while neglecting other items in life? Under such circumstances, how can people use these few funds in the most economical and practical way?
  First, people have to work hard. Everyone in the family has to go out to work and earn maximum income to meet the food and clothing problem.

Although this income is not much, it is this small income that can support people's survival and development.

At the same time, in such a living situation, people must be more frugal and use the minimum expenditure to maintain the normal operation of family life.

In the [-]s, many families lived in dormitories. Although the form is very simple, it can save a lot of rent expenses. In addition, people should not spend too much on entertainment and leisure, and should return their lives to the simplest state as much as possible.

People only go to see stage plays or concerts, and they can only enjoy these occasions when performances are performed for free in large public places.

Entertainment items that are watched for a long time at other times, such as movies, KTV, games, etc., are not the regular consumption choices of ordinary residents in the family. This is the best way to ensure the quality of life, but the cost of living this way is very low.

For the people at that time, physical exercise was a very simple and cheap way to exercise.

People can go for morning jogs and walks on streets and parks at will. Other projects, such as table tennis, badminton, etc., do not require much investment, but they can greatly help people stay healthy.

In addition, when it comes to healthy eating, people are choosing to eat mainly cereals, such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc. I believe that such measures can ensure that most people can live with enough food and clothing.

At that time, a watch cost more than 100 yuan, a bicycle cost more than 160 yuan, and a sewing machine cost more than 170 yuan.

The radio is of course the cheapest item here, costing only 30 yuan. Then it means that only one month's salary is needed. If there is a radio in any home, the children or adults nearby will listen to it.

Television already existed at that time, but not every household had one. At that time, TV sets were still black and white. Even under such conditions, many people would still gather together to watch TV, which was very lively. This is something that people of our generation have never experienced.

Radios, bicycles, sewing machines, and watches are the most standard equipment for a wedding, but it is also very difficult to get these four things together.

Because the economic conditions of some families are really very bad. It would be okay if the parents had a fixed salary, but if they were workers doing daily business, it would be difficult to get these things together.

One hundred and fifty yuan is really a lot of money to spend, but now is not the first stage of the [-]s, but the second stage of the [-]s. During this period, wages basically exceed [-] or even [-]. Yuan, the price at this time has also increased several times.

To give an example, let’s talk about cigarettes. Starting from the second phase in the 13s, according to the unified deployment from above, the prices of [-] famous cigarettes were liberalized in [-] cities.

The retail price of 13 types of famous cigarettes increased by an average of 395%. Among them, the price of Zhonghua cigarettes increased the most, rising from 1.82 yuan to 11 yuan per box, an increase of 504%.

The original radio, bicycle, sewing machine, and watch were the most standard equipment for a wedding. They have become washing machines, refrigerators, color TVs, and other more advanced items.

其中洗衣机：1985年3月，四九市物价局定制价格：四九白兰XPB2-3单缸199元；“白兰”Ⅵ型洗衣机零售价每台385元。其他品牌洗衣机零售价：岛国东芝2KG半自动双缸470元；无锡小天鹅XIB2-C自动塑料套桶390元；威力XPQ-2双缸连体铝壳428元。

电冰箱：1984年8月，上面规定的基准价格：100升冰箱每台中准零售价605元，110升为635元， 150升为765元。

电视机：进口彩色电视机一般型号的，零售价14英寸每台为1070元，18英寸每台为1430元，20英寸每台1650元；国产彩色电视机一般型号的，零售价14英寸的本市产品为998元，外埠产品为1008元～1033元；18英寸的本市产品为1330元，外埠产品为1345元～1380元；20英寸的本市产品为1500元，外埠产品为1520元～1550元。

One hundred and fifty yuan is not enough, not enough at all. You must know that in the past few years, during Yi Zhonghai's days in the Jia family, because Yi Zhonghai earned a lot of salary and wanted to please the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai was very hard to spend money on the Jia family.

There is fish and meat almost every day, and every three or five days, he has to go out to a restaurant. Every day is full of food. Now that Yi Zhonghai has been suddenly fired and has no money, then the good days are really gone.

This time, the three bad guys from the Jia family were also dumbfounded.

"Mom, what should we do now? Yi Zhonghai has no job. He will get a retirement salary of [-] yuan a month. Who will we eat?" Bangge was the first to complain.

You must know that Bangge has the character of a white-eyed wolf. Silly Zhu treats him so well that he can't warm Bangge's heart. Of course, Yi Zhonghai can't either. In Bangge's heart, neither Silhu nor Yi Zhonghai are the same. My own pocketbook, nothing more.

"Yes, Yi Zhonghai won't give me thirty yuan. Now I have no sense of security at all. Huairu, why don't you give me thirty yuan a month in pension money." Mrs. Jia Zhang looked at Qin Huairu.

But Qin Huairu said speechlessly: "Mom, I don't have a job. You tell me where I can get money. I don't know what to do now."

"How about Mom, can you find another old man who has a job?"

Banggeng looked at Qin Huairu.

To be honest, only a beast like Bangge could say such a thing. Qin Huairu's heart ached, but she still replied: "Your mother and I are already like this, what old man can treat us like this to Yi Zhonghai.

He is good to us because he wants a son. Alas. That's why he is so easy to deceive and wants to deceive other old men. Those old men are very shrewd. "

Jia Zhang said at this time: "One hundred and fifty yuan is too little. There is no way to live here. I don't care. I am so old. I will never go to work, and I can't take care of him." stem.

Qin Huairu, you have to think of a way. The New Year is coming soon and our family hasn’t bought the New Year’s goods yet. This is not okay. We must let Yi Zhonghai pay for the New Year’s goods. Otherwise, he will never want to celebrate the New Year with us. . "

"That's right. I feel that Yi Zhonghai must still have capital. It's impossible for Yi Zhonghai to have no capital at all. Mom. I feel that Yi Zhonghai is also very scared now. Why don't we introduce him to a business, and then this business can at least make people Our family supports our family!” Banggeng’s eyes lit up.

"Business, what business?" Qin Huairu asked in surprise as she looked at her son.

At this time, Banggeng looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Open the video hall."

"Video hall?" Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang didn't understand.

But Bangge showed an excited smile and said: "Didn't this bitch Silly Zhu open four video studios?"

"Hey, you're talking about the movie store that Shazhu opened. Did you know that Shazhu spent tens of thousands on that store? And those video recorders, color TVs, and those movie tapes, we No." Jia Zhang said quickly.

"Grandma, let's forget it. In fact, we don't need that much money. We don't need such a good store. Let's just rent a small storefront and get some benches. We can use ordinary color TV sets and buy a cheap video recorder. , and then we will get another video tape. This video tape is difficult to get, but we will get a few less first, and then a video hall will be opened.

Silly Zhu’s one costs five yuan, and ours costs one yuan. I don’t believe it. No one has come to watch our video hall. "

Don't tell me, this stickie is really a talent. He saw the potential of the video hall one step ahead of many people. No matter what method he used to see it, this stickie is definitely a Talent.

You must know that He Yuzhu is the first person to eat crabs in Sijiucheng. He eats crabs because he has experienced this. But Bangge relies on his own intuition and thinks that this video hall is very profitable, so he really has a good one. intuition.

Some people may ask whether you can make money by opening a video parlor. I will tell you clearly that you can make money, and you can make a lot of money.

Why I made money was because home video recorders were not popular at that time.

Video recorders only appeared in coastal cities around 1985, and it was several years later in the mainland.

In second- and third-tier cities and counties, some video recorders were still rare items in the early [-]s.

At that time, there were not many TV programs, that is, those programs on CCTV and local TV stations were boring and boring. Even "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" could be watched by crowds.

The same goes for movie theaters, where film censorship is strict.

Objectively speaking, some of the scale reviews at that time were not as exaggerated as they are today.

At this time, the video hall appeared. You must know that the video hall at that time was not as luxurious as He Yuzhu's video hall. They were all low-cost, with a large TV, a few rows of benches, and nothing else.

The video parlor also sells cigarettes, snacks, etc., but few people buy them because they all know they are cheaper outside.

The people who come to watch the video don’t have much money and usually plan carefully.

The audience is basically all men, mostly young men around 20 years old or even half-grown children.

Bosses who are more particular will generally not let children under half-year-old come in to see.

Tickets for the video hall are cheap, but the environment is harsh, filled with the smell of cigarettes, smelly feet, body odor and many unknown odors.

The ground was full of garbage, including cigarette butts, confetti, and even phlegm and snot.

Even so, the business of the video hall is good, mainly due to the following points: first, the ticket price is cheap and can last all night.

Tickets are very cheap, many times cheaper than going to the movies.

The video hall charges are usually one or two yuan.

Some video halls are closed to people, that is, if you buy a ticket and have the ability, you can keep watching.

What's more, many video halls are empty at night.

Some migrant workers or outsiders who have no money to stay in a hotel can spend the night watching videos and leaning on a bench.

Second, there are many types of films, and there are many that cannot be seen outside.

In addition to various Hong Kong and Taiwan business cards, such as martial arts, gunfight films, detective films, and adventure films, there are also some violent and horror films that cannot be seen on TV or in cinemas, as well as S-level films that are most interesting to viewers.

However, S-class movies are generally not shown publicly during the day, but at night.

Later, some marginal videos would also be shown in broad daylight, such as soft things like Xiangjiang.

In addition, the video studio makes money quickly and the work is easy.

You can make money quickly by opening a video parlor because the cost is low, it only requires a room, a video recorder, and pirated video tapes.

It doesn't cost much.

Usually the owner of the video studio is also relaxed. He just changes the tapes and basically has nothing to do.

Bangge, if you can persuade Yi Zhonghai to enter the video hall market at this time, you know without guessing that you will definitely make money. But will Yi Zhonghai agree to open a video hall market?

You must know that the video recorders at this time have just come in, and each one costs at least [-] yuan. In addition to renting a venue, a TV and a series of other things, [-] yuan is needed. Yi Zhonghai, who has no job at this time, is really willing to Do you want to spend this money to open a video studio?

(End of this chapter)