Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

  Chapter 60 Television

  For a Toyota automotive engineer, 100 foreign exchange coupons are just a small amount of money, that is, the cost of a colleague dinner.

  However, for the Chinese at the time, 100 yuan of foreign exchange coupons was a lot of money. If you go to the Friendship Store to find a peddler of foreign exchange coupons, you can get 330 yuan, which is equivalent to ten months' wages for ordinary workers.

  In China in the 1980s, there was a big gap between the official exchange rate of foreign exchange and the private exchange rate. For example, one U.S. dollar was exchanged at a rate of 1:3 in the official exchange rate, while exchange rate in the private black market was exchanged at a rate of 1:10.

  According to this exchange rate, the black market will be exchanged more. People who have U.S. dollars in their hands must go to the black market for exchange. Who will go to the official?

  However, the actual situation is that most people still exchange foreign exchange through official exchanges. The reason is that there are such magical things as foreign exchange certificates.

  The common people took the U.S. dollars to exchange them on the black market in exchange for Renminbi, and if they exchanged it at official institutions, they exchanged for foreign exchange coupons.

Foreign exchange coupons can go to foreign-related stores to buy imported goods, but RMB cannot be used in foreign-related stores. People at that time had foreign exchange, and they definitely wanted to buy some imported goods that were not available in RMB, rather than domestic products that could be bought at random. .

  So as long as they are not particularly short of money, ordinary people will go to official institutions to exchange foreign exchange certificates after they have foreign exchange, and then buy imported goods.

With 100 RMB foreign exchange coupons, you can’t buy any large items in the Friendship Store. At best, you can only buy non-staple foods such as Hershey's chocolates and Marlboro cigarettes, or buy imported clothes. It is not enough to buy household appliances. , So Li Weidong temporarily took away the 100 yuan foreign exchange coupons.

  After sending away Masayuki Kato, Li Weidong’s translation work has officially ended.

   Zhou Fulai is still very interesting, and applied for a translation subsidy for Li Weidong.

  Zhou Fulai personally handed an envelope to Li Weidong, and said, "Mr. Li, you are really hard for these naives. There is 50 yuan in it, which is a translation allowance for you."

   "Thank you Zhou Ju, then." Li Weidong was not polite and accepted it directly.

  The foreign trade department must have special foreign affairs reception funds. Squeezing 50 yuan from it to interpreters is also a normal expenditure.

Zhou Fulai then asked: "Ms. Li, would you like to spend a few more days in Jinmen? Go around, or buy something to take back? After the foreign guests are gone, although I can't arrange for you to continue to live in Lishunde, we do foreign trade. Bureau Guest House, you can stay as long as you want."

   Zhou Fulai is also a sensible person. He knows that people from small cities come to Jinmen for business trips, which is equivalent to traveling at public expense, visiting scenic spots, buying some goods that are not available in small cities, and even carrying a refrigerator back.

Li Weidong thought for a while and said, "I have already visited the fun places in Jinmen. I plan to go to Wuhe Mall tomorrow to see the TV. The TV in Jinmen should be cheaper than ours. We There is no department store yet in such a small place."

   "You want to buy a TV?" Zhou Fulai then asked, "Is there enough money? A color TV costs 1,000 yuan!"

   "If you don't buy a color TV, it's too expensive, just buy a black and white TV." Li Weidong replied.

  "Black and white TV sets cost 500 yuan, right?" Zhou Fulai said.

   "Maybe the 12-inch one is cheaper?" Li Weidong continued: "I still have 100 foreign exchange coupons in my hand. It should be enough if I count what I bring."

  "Foreign exchange coupons?" Zhou Fulai's eyes lit up. However, he did not ask Li Weidong where he got the foreign exchange coupons. These days, it is common for foreign guests to send one hundred and eighty yuan in foreign exchange coupons to foreign guests as interpreters.

"Teacher Xiao Li, if you want to buy a TV, I have some options. Our state-owned 712 factory in Tianjin is related to our Foreign Trade Bureau. If I get a TV from their factory, it will be at the factory price, 14 inches. A black-and-white TV set is enough for about 100 foreign exchange coupons," Zhou Fulai said.

  Li Weidong understood in an instant that Zhou Fulai had taken a fancy to the 100 yuan foreign exchange certificate.

  The state-owned 712 factory originally produced radios, but later switched to TVs. Although their TVs are not as well-known as panda TVs, their sales are still very good in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Li Weidong thought carefully, if 100 foreign exchange coupons are exchanged for RMB, that is 330 yuan, and you can't buy a domestic black-and-white TV, it is better to give these 100 foreign exchange coupons to blessings, and you can exchange them directly. a TV. This can also be regarded as each taking what they need.

   Thinking of this, Li Weidong took out the 100 foreign exchange coupons and handed them to Zhou Fulai's hands: "Director Zhou, I have to trouble you about the TV set!"

   "Well, I'll go and contact the 712 factory right away!" Zhou Fulai's expression was as brilliant as a flower.

  ...

  Li Weidong sewed a bank note worth 25 million yen to the innermost layer of his clothes, then carried the TV and boarded the train back to Qinghe.

  On the green leather train, there are not a few people carrying large and small bags, and all kinds of snakeskin sacks are the most mainstream luggage.

  The cardboard box of Li Weidong's TV set is obviously different. However, when everyone looked at the TV pattern on the cardboard box, they all showed envious expressions.

  Being able to afford TV sets in 1985 is definitely a symbol of the rich. In the eyes of the people around, Li Weidong has realized the four modernizations ahead of schedule.

   "The wealth is not exposed, this TV seems to be a bit dazzling!" Li Weidong secretly said in his heart.

  14-inch black-and-white TV, although the screen is not big, but it is very heavy, others move away and can not run fast, Li Weidong is not afraid of others worrying, he is worried about the 25 million yen cashier's check hidden in his clothes.

  The public security in the 1980s was not as good as that of later generations. In places like trains with many people and police officers, although no one robbed them openly, pickpockets were always indispensable.

  Li Weidong trembling all the way, finally arrived at Qinghe smoothly.

  ...

  Transportation company family yard, next to the stone pier at the gate, Wang Lei is showing a square box in his hand, surrounded by a group of friends.

   "Have you seen it? This is Sanyo's tape recorder. Put the tape in and press the switch to make a sound!" Wang Lei said to the people around him.

  In 1985, although tape recorders had already appeared, they were not popular. At that time, tape recorders were all imported. Better two-channel tape recorders cost more than 300 yuan, and cheaper ones cost more than 100 yuan.

  Most people can’t bear to spend one or two hundred dollars on a tape recorder to listen to songs.

Wang Lei didn’t know where he got a second-hand Sanyo tape recorder. This tape recorder is like a **** rotor. It can only play a tape in a single channel. It has no radio function and cannot be charged. It uses two AA batteries. . However, this did not affect Wang Haibin to show off to everyone.

   "Brother Wang, let us put it on, let us listen to it!" someone next to him said.

   "Okay, I'll listen to you a song! This stuff consumes batteries!" Wang Lei said, pressing the switch of the recorder.

  "The Yangtze River, the Great Wall, the Huangshan Mountain, and the Yellow River are so heavy in my heart. No matter when, wherever, I am as close as my heart..."

   "My Chinese Heart" sounded in the tape recorder. As the singing sounded, the surrounding friends suddenly calmed down, as if immersed in Zhang Mingmin's singing.

  Wang Lei looked triumphant, he really enjoyed the feeling of swaggering through the market.

  At this moment, Li Weidong passed by with the appearance of a TV.

  Wang Lei saw Li Weidong from afar, he deliberately turned on the volume of the recorder, as if he was demonstrating against Li Weidong.

  However, the TV box in Li Weidong's hand is very conspicuous, and the TV pattern drawn on the box can be seen from far away.

   "Isn't that Li Weidong? What is he holding in his hands?"

   "It looks like a TV!"

   "Li Weidong bought a TV!"

  The people who had surrounded Wang Lei immediately ran to Li Weidong's side.

   "Li Weidong, is this a TV?" someone asked.

   "Yes, I went to Jinmen on a business trip and came back with a TV set by the way." Li Weidong replied with a smile.

  I saw that the friends followed Li Weidong one after another and walked into the family courtyard. They wanted to witness the unboxing of the TV with their own eyes.

  TV is more fragrant than tape recorder. With television, who would listen to tape recorder.

  In a blink of an eye, everyone was gone.

  Only Wang Lei stood on the spot, holding a **** brick in his hand, and he looked like wind and desolation.

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