The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Xu Damao wanted to run a self-employed business, but He Yuzhu was a little unsure.

What does he know about videotapes? According to Xu Damao, it is a thing that can play movies. You don’t need to go to the cinema, you can play it on the TV.

Dazhuzi, the TV owner, knew that the workers who worked in the Red Star Factory in the yard could be said to be the first group of workers to come into contact with televisions.

Compared with other units, where televisions were placed in the leaders' own homes, the televisions at the Red Star Factory were placed in the auditorium. In addition to watching movies outdoors, the other option was to watch TV in the auditorium.

He Yuzhu, who had heard Yan Jiecheng showing off, was unable to enter the Red Star Factory to see the scene, but he was able to enter the department store and see what a television looked like.

He is just a cook. When it comes to television and showing movies, he is an amateur. Although Xu Damao has been in prison for more than ten years, he is an expert in showing movies.

To be honest, He Yuzhu kind of believes it, but also kind of doesn't believe it, it's half and half.

After all, I have never really seen it. No matter how eloquent Xu Damao is, I still have to find out. His money is not something that comes easily.

As for the self-employed, it is really not something that can be brought to the surface. Although some people on the street have been doing it covertly this year, they are still easy to be caught, and once caught, they will be considered to be stealing and profiting from it.

This is the state of the world today. It is generally recognized that state-owned units have iron rice bowls, while collective units are hated by everyone, but at least they are legitimate businesses.

But for self-employed individuals, I’m sorry, they can only be like Xu Damao, people who have been released from prison, and they have to do it secretly. State-owned units and collective units don’t want such people, so they can only do these things.

These days, I feel very uncomfortable being morally blackmailed by Xu Damao. Who knows whether he broke his balls himself? He refuses to admit it and no one can hold him accountable for this matter.

But Xu Damao is barefoot now and he has nothing, but He Yuzhu is wearing shoes and has a bad heart. If you don't agree to him, who knows what methods he will use to take revenge on you later.

"Li Feng, Li Feng~!"

He Yuzhu was frowning and puzzled, as he really couldn't think of a solution. Xu Damao explained clearly that this thing could be done, and it was not stealing to let people watch movies, and it was not easy to refuse to lend the money. When he saw Li Feng, it was as if he saw hope.

He was the factory director and now the chief executive. He was the one who got the television for the factory. He is more educated than me. There is no problem in asking him what he can and cannot do, as long as you don't reveal Xu Damao's name.

Li Feng is usually busy. Now in his thirties, at the peak of his career, he has to take care of all the projects implemented at Factory 787, and he rarely comes to the yard.

If Li Nan hadn't come back, he wouldn't want to get involved in the mess in the courtyard.

Hearing He Yuzhu calling him, he looked at him with some confusion. Since the humanitarian flood period, when he was frequently on business trips, he and He Yuzhu didn't have much contact.

"Well, I have a friend~!"

He Yuzhu pursed his lips and came closer, offering Li Feng a cigarette. No matter whether the cigarette was good or bad, one should have the right attitude when asking for advice.

But this first sentence made Li Feng pause in his action of striking a match. This sentence was so familiar, as if it touched a corner of his soul, making him feel that this cigarette would probably burn his mouth.

"Yes, yes, yes. You have a friend. Could it be that your friend is yourself?"

Li Feng didn't know about Dashazhu's current situation. Ever since he broke up with Liu Lan, Li Feng knew what kind of person this guy was. Whenever he talked about friends, he was referring to himself.

"If you are sick, go see an old Chinese doctor. It's normal for a man to be tired after 40. Go fishing or grow flowers to cultivate his sentiments. There is no need to be so stubborn about marriage. If she runs away, she runs away. It's no big deal~!"

My goodness, Li Feng's slander made Dazhuzi's heart feel as if it was squeezed hard. Dai Honghua was Zhuzi's legitimate wife, and she was not dead, but ran away with someone.

It was announced to the public that the girl ran away because she couldn't stand Sha Zhu's bad temper. He acted like a big boss all day long and his words were very hurtful. The girl couldn't stand it, so she ran away with him.

But in fact, it is still related to what happened in the past period of time. Zhuzi almost beat someone to death, so he was in jail and had a stain. The girl is not as tolerant as him.

When the street was the busiest, the restaurant where Zhuzi worked suffered. He lost his job for a while until Fengzeyuan changed its name. But he was frightened by the long-legged girl, so Dai Honghua simply ran away with the man.

Until now, it has been a knot in Shazhu's heart.

He didn't go looking for her, but at least he looked pretty tough in the yard. He told her to come back or not, and he would just pretend he had never married her.

As for whether he went to his father-in-law's house to look for someone in private, no one knows.

But when Li Feng brought it up like this, it was really an insult. If you didn't know, you would think that his pillar was not good in some way and that the talent had run away.

"No, that's not what I meant. You misunderstood me. I wanted to say that you are really a friend of mine~!"

"Okay, okay, your friend, your friend, okay, go ahead, I have something else to do, you better hurry up~!"

Li Feng flicked the ash off his cigarette and decided to see what kind of ivory could grow out of Sha Zhu's donkey's mouth.

"Have you ever heard of videotapes? They are the kind that can play movies on a TV. You can watch whatever you want. I have a friend who wants to be a self-employed person in this field. He wants to borrow money from me. We have a special relationship, so I can't refuse. You know a lot, so I want to ask you for advice. I really want to ask you for advice~!"

Li Feng held his arm, smoking, and listened to Da Zhuzi's story. His brows gradually knitted into a "川" shape, and his eyes vaguely looked at the serious Sha Zhu. Could he have come up with this idea?

How could he, with his brain that only knows how to cook, come up with a business like videotapes?

This business can only be done now. Please, 77, it’s not even until next year’s reform and opening up, and you’re already thinking about running south.

Li Feng now believed that He Yuzhu really had such a friend, because with his brain, he certainly couldn't think of such a way. At most, he could only think of opening a restaurant as an individual business.

"Is it Xu Damao?"

Considering who has returned to the yard recently, Li Feng's first reaction was Sha Mao. He has the brains, connections in this area, and ways to do it.

It must be said that after returning from the northwest, Xu Damao has become bolder and now even dares to venture into the south. He really intends to be one of the first people to go into business.

He Yuzhu looked a little embarrassed when Li Feng guessed his friend's name. He had said it so vaguely, how could Li Feng guess it?

"As far as I know, there should be such a thing as a videotape, and it is indeed related to movies, but our country does not produce them. Therefore, the movies in the videotapes have nothing to do with our country. They are foreign movies~!"

"Foreign movies? Isn't 'The Wanderer' from India? And there's 'The Flower Girl' from North Korea. Aren't these foreign movies worth watching?"

Speaking of foreign movies, a lot of them were indeed introduced into China in the 1960s and 1970s. Li Feng had seen some of them and some he had not. Mainly, Li Hui liked to watch them, and Huang Beibei also liked to watch them. The two of them could chat for a long time when they met.

So for Dazhuzi, he is not unfamiliar with foreign movies. In his impression, there are only a few foreign movies.

"It's a movie about the ZB world, about men and women, about love, and it contains kissing scenes. Movie theaters will definitely not show that kind of movie~!"

Looking at Sha Zhu's confused look, it is really pitiful. Although Teacher Li watched a lot of movies in the past, he didn't watch the kind of entertainment he sees now. Whether Xu Damao wants to deal in videotapes or simply open a video hall privately, the risk is still relatively high.

If you are one step ahead, you are a prophet; if you are two steps ahead, you are a pioneer; if you are three steps ahead, you are a madman.

"Hiss, you mean the kind where you can hold hands and date, hi, have you seen it?"

When He Yuzhu was reminded by Li Feng, he took a breath of cold air, and it seemed as if a new door had opened. Finally, he looked at Li Feng with a strange, very obscene look.

"My sister-in-law is in the film school. They have internal films that you can watch. Do you think I know about this?"

Li Feng sneered. Just holding hands and kissing were nothing. In the future, even the Sixth Princess would dare to bring the unedited version of Titanic to the screen~!

Many people born in the 1980s and 1990s, when they were young, saw Jack drawing for Rose. The shock they felt was so great that they will probably never forget it.

“Oh~oh~!”

"How can I put it? Dealing with videotapes will definitely lead to trouble sooner or later. If caught, he can't get away with it. But if I get a TV and a projector, and bring friends to watch TV and play decent movies, Xu Damao should know how to choose if he doesn't want to go to jail again~!"

That is, the most primitive version of the video hall, a family workshop, doing business only with acquaintances and hiring someone to keep a close eye on any developments outside. This business may be successful.

After midnight, changing the tape? This thing was not uncommon in the 1980s. It can be said that it was everywhere on the streets. I have to say that Xu Damao chose a good track. He entered early, and although there were risks, he could get a taste of the new things.

The key point is that televisions and projectors are difficult to obtain and are large items. At present, the investment cost is relatively high and the risk is also relatively high. Li Feng doesn't know whether the first soup will taste good or not.

But if Xu Damao really puts his effort into this and does his job well, it could barely be considered a half-livelihood.

"I knew I had to ask you for advice. Director Li is still the most professional. Now that you said that, I have an idea. He can't afford a TV anyway, so I'll just reply to him."

He Yuzhu heard it, and after Li Feng's analysis, he guessed that Xu Damao wanted to trade in videotapes. Since this thing was so risky, he decided not to help him do it.

"Well, if he really wants to go, I can write him a note and ask him to bring me a videotape projector~!"

Li Feng plans to send it to the Semiconductor Research Institute and let them study it to see if they can imitate it.

The Semiconductor Research Institute has had a really hard time in recent years. Seeing if I can help them find a suitable way to make money would be a way of helping each other.

Anyway, research takes time. By the time video halls no longer need to hide their products, this thing will be sold in large quantities.

But when He Yuzhu heard that Li Feng wanted to buy a projector, his eyes changed when he glanced at Li Feng.

When I thought about watching movies on TV with kissing and holding hands, my body suddenly shuddered.

Is this thing really that good looking? (End of this chapter)