1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 598: A shabby yard that is not worth showing off!

In the evening, Shen Juncheng rode his three-wheeled motorcycle and quickly arrived at Tuanjie Lake.

From a distance, I saw a truck waiting here.

"I told you guys not to buy it. It's not like I don't have money!"

Shen Juncheng parked the three-wheeled vehicle behind the truck and shook his head at Men Saner and the others who were standing there.

"Isn't this just a little token of our appreciation? We didn't contribute to the purchase of the house, but we should give a wedding gift."

Men Saner said this to Shen Juncheng with a smile, and then waved to the people on the truck.

"Brothers, come down and move the goods!"

Then, several loaders jumped off the truck and started moving the appliances down.

Shen Juncheng was just about to go up and open the door when he suddenly noticed that there was a van parked in front of the truck.

"I was wondering how they got so many appliances."

"When did you come back?"

Seeing Li Changhe getting out of the van, Shen Juncheng walked up and asked in surprise.

"I've only been back for two days. June is your big day, so you have to prepare early."

"Come on, let's go up and see your new home!"

Afterwards, Li Changhe and Shen Juncheng went upstairs together.

In fact, not all the houses in the Tuanjiehu area are sold. Only two buildings in Beier Tiao, with a total of 160 units, are sold. This can be regarded as a simple pilot project of the national commercial housing.

Both buildings are six-story prefabricated houses. Shen Juncheng chose the third floor, which is neither too high nor too low and is the most popular floor for this type of multi-story building.

"Wow, this area is not bad!"

After Li Changhe came in, he felt it for a while and then praised it.

The apartment Shen Juncheng bought is a large one of 74 square meters, but there was no such thing as public areas in those days. If converted into commercial housing in the past, it would start at at least 90 square meters.

In fact, large living rooms are not popular in this era. Small living rooms are common. On the contrary, bedrooms are generally not small.

However, the living room in Shen Juncheng's house is still larger, about 10 square meters.

Including the separate kitchen and bathroom, this house is indeed a very good living environment in this era.

The house is not well decorated inside. The walls are painted with putty powder, and the bottom is painted with a layer of green paint that looks very old-fashioned. It is white on top and green on the bottom, which is full of the style of the times.

At this moment, there are already quite a few pieces of furniture in the house, most of which are hand-made from wood.

"Come on, put the TV here, put the refrigerator in the kitchen, and put the tape recorder in the compartment under the TV."

After the deliveryman brought the appliances up, he placed them according to the positions that had been reserved.

“Is this a domestically produced color TV?”

Looking at the color images debugged by the staff, Shen Juncheng was a little surprised.

If you talk about domestic black-and-white TVs, he doesn't think there's anything special about them. Although they are scarce, they are not surprising.

But domestic color TVs?
When was it available in China?
"Comrade, this is a color TV produced by the TV factory in Magic City. The production line was introduced three years ago and is now being debugged in batches. It is expected to be fully put into production after the Chinese New Year."

"This color TV of yours is one of the batches produced there. It is sold in several friendship stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc. It is not available on the market yet."

"But compared to those imported from Japan, it is much cheaper. Take a look first. I'll leave you a phone number later. If you have any problems with the TV, feel free to contact us. The manufacturer has arranged people here to repair it at any time."

The worker at the Friendship Store who was in charge of installation and debugging installed and adjusted the TV while answering Shen Juncheng's questions.

Soon, several people left after completing the installation, and Shen Juncheng invited Li Changhe and others to have dinner.

After all, so many things have been given away, so the meals must be taken care of.

After finishing his meal, Li Changhe drove back home.

When I got home, I was surprised to find that Zhu Lin was back.

"Why are you back?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

"We are already juniors, so there is nothing to do. The school is planning to arrange internships, so the teacher asked for my opinion."

"Some units go to the school to recruit people. My group is full of various units, including Beijing Film Studio, Bayi Film Studio, CCTV, the General Political Department, etc. They all invited me to intern."

"I'm also confused now, so I came back to ask you, where am I going?"

Zhu Lin asked Li Changhe helplessly at this moment.

She is now the best director of the Golden Rooster Awards and has also participated in the performance of "Parasite". Strictly speaking, the film studio is the most suitable.

But it doesn’t mean that other units are unable to do so. For example, the General Political Department also has filming tasks, and even some government units also have filming work, and they also lack directors.

Normally they might not go to Beijing Film Academy to select students, but now they can’t resist because this batch is too outstanding and has received various honors.

"So does this internship mean that the direction of assignment is determined?"

Li Changhe asked curiously at this time.

Although he theoretically started his internship earlier, his situation was special and he had never worked in those units.

So I don’t really understand it.

Zhu Lin nodded: "About the same. Of course, there are special cases. If you don't perform well, the internship unit will not look down on you, so they will not keep you and wait for the country to assign you again."

"I was wondering if Lao Chen was going to the Beijing Film Studio all of a sudden. It turns out you're going to do an internship soon."

"I think you can forget about the Beijing Film Studio. You won't want to make movies even if you go there."

“I think we should go to CCTV!”

"Go to CCTV, and instead of being a director, take the administrative route. What do you think?"

Li Changhe thought about it and analyzed it to his wife.

"Go to CCTV and take the administrative route?"

After listening to her husband's words, Zhu Lin began to think.

"Yes, I'll transfer to administration there. You know, I'm overseas now and can't take care of some things in China, but I still have a lot of connections."

"The Writers Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and even the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, all of that stuff, it would be a waste if we didn't use it."

"You go to CCTV and transfer to an administrative position. You won't be tired in the future. It's also good to slowly get familiar with this kind of work."

"In fact, you don't have to go to work, and you can register under our Hong Kong Island company name, but I think that's not cost-effective."

"You are different from Xiaoxue. She is just an ordinary worker. There is no future for her to move up."

"But you are different. You are a cadre, and you have won an award. There are many units eyeing you. If you leave right after graduation, it will be too conspicuous."

"Besides, I think CCTV has a good future. As the only national media, its status will become higher and higher."

"I think you can start as an administrator, and then gradually move to culture and publicity. Maybe you can become the president of a film association or vice president of a literary association in the future."

"what do you think?"

Li Changhe analyzed the situation to his wife in a low voice. Zhu Lin listened and nodded gently: "I'll listen to you and go to CCTV."

The main reason why Li Changhe asked Zhu Lin to go to CCTV was to retain his cadre status.

Li Changhe, who knows the future of the country, is very clear that the country has always been a system of "officialism". Although he can give his wife enough protection in the future, the title of Mrs. So-and-so is still inferior to that of Chairman So-and-so or President So-and-so.

Since his wife has this innate condition, Li Changhe feels there is no need to waste it.

Of course, everything depends on Zhu Lin's own wishes.

"By the way, why are you back so late? Where did you go today?"

At this time, Zhu Lin asked Li Changhe curiously again.

"I went to Juncheng's new house to take a look."

"San'er and his friends came over this afternoon and wanted to exchange some foreign exchange certificates with me to buy home appliances for Juncheng's new house as a wedding gift."

“I just followed and took a look.”

Li Changhe explained with a smile.

Zhu Lin nodded, and then continued to ask curiously: "Where is his new house in Tuanjie Lake? I haven't been there yet."

"It's in Beierjie, next to Gongti Road, next to the embassy area. The location is pretty good."

"That area is mainly used for housing allocation for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some propaganda departments, and the security conditions are not bad."

"By the way, you said he's getting married, what should we give him as a gift?"

At this time, Li Changhe whispered to Zhu Lin that he had been thinking about it for a long time in the afternoon, but still hadn't made up his mind.

Mainly because these days, expensive things cannot be given away, and cheap things are not in short supply, so it’s a bit difficult.

When Zhu Lin heard what Li Changhe said, she also said, "I was just about to tell you about this. I've been thinking about it for a while."

"Didn't you bring back some fine jade jewelry before?"

"I was thinking, how about picking one out of them and giving it to Hong Shao?"

These days, there is no commodity market in the country and jade is not circulated on a large scale. However, the jewelry market in Hong Kong is good, and a lot of high-quality jade from Myanmar has flowed into the Hong Kong market.

Li Changhe also arranged people there to collect some high-quality jade materials and some "imperial green" grade glass-type jades, and made them into gold-inlaid jade jewelry, which he often brought back for Zhu Lin.

"Just take a look at this thing yourself. It's all yours anyway, so just give it to her yourself."

Li Changhe didn't care. He had a lot of this kind of jewelry anyway. In his investment team in Hong Kong, jewelry and antiques were one of the directions, and jade was also an important branch.

Especially after Lao Zhang brought people there, the TV program had not started yet, but he helped collect a large number of jewelry and antiques on the market. Now he can even set up a museum in Hong Kong Island.

"Help me think about what I should give you."

"I just can't think of it."

Li Changhe said helplessly to Zhu Lin.

As for the jewelry, Zhu Lin can give it to Qu Hongshao, but he has to give something to Shen Juncheng.

"A watch? Don't you say that every man should have a nice watch? Why don't you bring him a watch from Hong Kong Island?"

Zhu Lin suggested at this time.

Li Changhe thought about it and shook his head again: "This thing is too conspicuous and not suitable for him."

"What do you think about me giving him a yard?"

"He usually lives in a small courtyard house over there, why not transfer the house to him and give it to him!"

Li Changhe suddenly had an idea and said softly.

Zhu Lin couldn't help but curl her lips when she heard this.

"That shabby yard seems to cost less than 10,000 yuan. You might as well give him a watch or an imported TV."

"Besides, they have their own house, so they don't need your yard."

"Why do you want to buy so many old yards when you don't have anything to do? You don't live in them!"

Zhu Lin said nonchalantly at this time.

For people of this generation, it is hard to imagine that in the future, one of these old courtyard houses could be sold for hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan.

Nowadays, living in a courtyard house is definitely not as comfortable as living in an apartment building.

Therefore, Zhu Lin did not think that the yard given by Li Changhe was a very good gift. The sense of recognition was not as good as giving someone a watch or even a TV.

"How can I tell you this? This kind of cultural housing will become a symbol of a country's culture in the future. The price will be beyond imagination."

"Just like the ancient castles in England and France, a new building only costs a few hundred thousand dollars, but an old castle can easily cost hundreds of millions of dollars."

"The same is true for the courtyard houses in Beijing and the old houses in Shanghai. I bought them not for the present but for the future."

"In another 30 years, these houses will be worth a lot of money."

"Well, just give him the yard. He and Men San'er have lived there before anyway, and I'm too lazy to live there either. I'll transfer it to him later."

"Wait 30 years, and you'll see, he'll kowtow to me and thank me!"

Li Changhe said proudly at this time.

He was looking forward to seeing Shen Juncheng's expression when he found out that a courtyard house could be sold for over 100 million yuan.

"He will be retired in 30 years. Even if he sells it for that much money, I don't think he will be able to use it."

At this time, Zhu Lin couldn't help but laugh and attacked Li Changhe.

Li Changhe calculated and it was true. In thirty years, he would be fifty-six years old, and Shen Juncheng would be the same age as him.

"I tell you, I gave him this apartment not only to let it appreciate in value, but also to give him the confidence to face money."

"With this house, he will be much more resistant to the temptation of money in the future."

At this time, Li Changhe smiled and said to Zhu Lin.

Apart from anything else, with this courtyard house as a backup, plus the assets his family will get from the demolition in Zhongguancun, this kid will never be short of money in the future.

If he continues to be greedy for money, Li Changhe will definitely smash his head.

"Come on, he's your own buddy anyway, you can give him whatever you want. I'll just give Hong Shao a set of jewelry when the time comes."

"And the same goes for the children of my uncle's family. Anyway, you brought back Guanyin and Jade Buddha. You can give the corresponding gifts to the children you give birth to."

Zhu Lin said with a smile at this time.

"Well, these things are pretty good. If they are sold in Hong Kong Island, each one will sell for more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is much more cost-effective than watches."

"Besides, these things will become more and more expensive in the future, so it's appropriate to give them as gifts!"

"I'll get some more later and use them as gifts. I think this stuff is really worthwhile. When Qingyu and her husband were looking for a husband, they also prepared a set of this jewelry as a dowry. It's much better than just giving money directly."

Li Changhe felt that he could collect more in the future. No, he could completely set up a jewelry brand that mainly uses jade and gold as a supplement, and put it in his own shopping mall, which would actually be quite good.

(End of this chapter)