Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 967 Arcade
After several days and nights of traveling by train, Duan Yun and his wife finally arrived in Shanghai.

After getting out of the train station, the two took a taxi and came to the Shanghai office on Huaihai Road.

"Brother, why don't you and your sister-in-law make a phone call first, so that I can pick you up at the train station." Seeing Duan Yun and Cheng Qingyan suddenly appear at the door of the office, Cao Dong was stunned for a moment, Then he said in surprise.

Compared with the last time we met, Cao Dong seems to be a little fatter, his face is already a little oily, he has a big back, his suit doesn't seem to fit well, he's a bit fat, but his leather shoes are very shiny.

Obviously, since Cao Dong married his wife, his married wife Yang Li'e took good care of him, and the two lived happily.

"I just stopped by to take a look." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and walked into the office with his wife.

The next moment, Cao Dong asked someone to take the luggage from Duan Yun's hand, served tea and poured water, with a courteous expression on his face.

"Where's your wife?" Cheng Qingyan, who was just following Duan Yun, asked Cao Dong with a smile.

"She went to the cinema early in the morning. Things are busy there recently, and he needs to watch the scene." Cao Dong specially made a glass of juice for Cheng Qingyan, and brought it to her with a smile on his face.

"Go to the cinema?" Cheng Qingyan was stunned when she heard this.

"Our Shanghai office has already rented the basement of Daguangming Cinema, which is now our audio audition room." Duan Yun explained to his wife.

"That's it." Cheng Qingyan nodded lightly.

"Brother and sister-in-law came here today, and I didn't prepare in advance. I'll call her back later and ask her to cook some dishes for my brother and sister-in-law to wash away the dust." Cao Dong said.

"Can't you cook by yourself?" Cheng Qingyan asked.

"My cooking skills are not up to the table at all. I can eat by myself, and entertain my elder brother and sister-in-law. But my wife's cooking skills are really good. Look at how fat I have become in the past six months." Cao Dong said with some embarrassment.

"Hehe, I can see it." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Actually, we're not hungry, just eat something." Cheng Qingyan glanced at her watch, and then said, "It's only after 9 o'clock in the morning, and I want to go shopping in the street."

Cheng Qingyan has always had a special longing for Shanghai. As the largest commercial city in China, Shanghai has always been a sacred place in the eyes of many people in China, and Shanghai's light industrial electronic products are also the strongest in China, so as early as coming Before going south, Cheng Qingyan wanted to come here to have a look.

"Okay, let's go there together." Duan Yun said to Cao Dong after glancing at his wife.

"Okay." Cao Dong replied, and then led the two of them to the backyard.

The three of them rode a bicycle and went to the Da Guangming Cinema on Nanjing Road.

The office is about 10 minutes away by bicycle from Daguangming Cinema.

The weather in Shanghai near the end of March is a bit cold, but it is much better than Daxing. The streets are crowded with people and very lively.

And when Duan Yun and Cheng Qingyan came to the entrance of Daguangming Cinema, many people gathered at the entrance of the cinema. Many young couples lined up to buy tickets, and the flow of people was very large.

After Duan Yun and the others entered the basement next to the entrance on the first floor, he and Cheng Qingyan were stunned by the scene in front of them.

It turned out that in less than half a year, the basement that Duan Yun rented has undergone great changes from before. The entire basement hall is brightly lit, rows of high-power fluorescent tubes are installed on the top, and the internal passages have also been extensively repaired. A large number of posters and posters of Tianyin subwoofer sound are hung on the walls on both sides, and many entertainment facilities have been added.

"Brother, after you left, I invested more than 10 yuan to renovate the place. This is a billiard hall with more than 20 cases. Next to it is a beverage store that sells cold drinks and various ice creams. Business is very good when the weather is hot, and people like to come here to escape the heat..." Cao Dong said while leading Duan Yun and his wife to the various rooms inside, only to hear him continue: "There is also a game hall here. , which are all imported arcade machines..."

"You also bought an arcade machine?" Duan Yun became interested when he heard this.

Then several people entered the game room.

Arcade machines first appeared in China in the 80s. At that time, they first became popular from Hong Kong, and then expanded from coastal cities to major cities in the mainland.By the mid-80s, some large cities began to have sporadic small arcade halls.The early arcade games mainly included "Pac-Man", "Penguin Pushing Bricks", "Little Bee" for shooting and "Karate" for fighting, etc., but the domestic version was not very mature at that time, and the games in the game hall The number is still very small, so the arcade has not attracted much attention.

However, the popularity of this arcade hall is still very hot at this time. Not only teenagers and children, but also some middle-aged and elderly people who are older are also watching with great interest.

In his previous life, Duan Yun liked to play arcade machines very much. His favorites were "Street Fighter", "Famous Generals" and "Three Kingdoms". Sometimes he would secretly skip class and skip class with his classmates to play games in the arcade hall. Later, his mother was caught on the spot. He was captured, and when he returned home, he was beaten up.

So when he returned to this era and saw the arcade again, he had an indescribable feeling.

However, arcade machines in this era are far from being popular across the country. The screens are very simple, and instead of game coins, 5-cent coins are used. One or two coins are needed to play a game. Many children enjoy playing.

"You turned the warehouse into an underground playground." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Brother, let me tell you, in the beginning, no one in our underground audition room was willing to come in. Only when we gave popsicles and movie tickets, did people want to come to our audition room to listen to two songs. It’s not the same thing, my wife is smart. He discussed with the owner of the movie theater and changed it into a game hall. Our location is good, and we can earn at least a thousand dollars a day. Earning thousands of dollars, the money earned is distributed to the owner of the movie theater a few hundred yuan every month, and he just turned a blind eye to it, and the rest is purely earned by us..." Cao Dong said with a chuckle.

"No wonder you bought a house in Shanghai recently." Duan Yun suddenly said.

"Brother, the basement rent will be mine from now on, and I will pay 20 a year! No matter what, we can't take advantage of our company..." Cao Dong said hastily.

Cao Dong is still very understanding of the world, and he also knows that he privately transformed the basement rented by Duan Yun into a game hall to profit from it. Even if the two have a good relationship, they still need to coordinate in terms of interests. .

At the beginning, Duan Yun rented this basement with a rent of 20 yuan a year, which seemed unbelievably high to Cao Dong, but now he knows that the commercial value of this basement is indeed very high, and Duan Yun is indeed very discerning.

(End of this chapter)