The Red Era: The Crowd in the Siheyuan

Chapter 533 1980, the impact of the times
"Our Daxia seems to be really different now.

Last October, I was shocked when I saw Mr. Tang Daxi’s sculpture “Warrior” at the “Guangdong Provincial Art Exhibition”.
But Guangdong Province is, after all, an economic open zone designated by the higher authorities, so I can understand that it is a little out of line.

But I am still shocked to see a mural of a fruit girl appear in our Beijing Capital Airport, a place that represents the gate of Daxia. "

Seeing Lou Zhenhua's shocked expression, He Daqing and the others also expressed their opinions.
"Don't mention it's you, relative.
When the Capital Airport opened, people heard that there was such a mural inside, and they rushed to see it in droves, exhausting the bus drivers and ticket sellers.
Many people were staring at him intently while cursing him for being shameless. It wasn't because of anything else, it was just too rare.

We haven’t seen anything like this in almost 51 years, since ’30.”

After He Daqing finished speaking, Yan Bugui also opened his mouth wide and talked about his own experience.

"To be honest with you, Director Lou,
I was looking for something outside at the time, and when I heard about it, I went there too. Wow, there were so many people, and people were talking everywhere. I couldn't even squeeze in.

There are also foreigners who say that [the appearance of women's bodies on the walls of public places in Daxia foreshadows the real reform and opening up]

By the way, Mr. Lou, tell us about that warrior from Guangdong Province you mentioned. "

"It is a sculpture of a horseman shooting a bow and arrow, but the person riding the horse is also a nude woman. Mr. He said that it reflects the sincerity, honesty and candor to GM, and symbolizes the changing times.
During the exhibition, many people criticized it, saying it was vulgar, out of line, and not in line with national conditions.
But in the end, this sculpture still won the Excellence Award.

When we won the award, we, the Hong Kong businessmen, were very excited. This is a huge change on the surface.”

Not only murals and sculptures, but also the summer of 1980 was impacted by many new things, and the people were experiencing a revolutionary change in their thinking.
In particular, after the mainstream red journal Daxia Youth published an article titled "Why is the road of life getting narrower and narrower..." in the fifth issue of 1980, it triggered widespread discussion throughout the building.

Countless letters flew to the editorial office of Daxia Youth like snowflakes, expressing support for Comrade Pan Xiao and strong gratitude and admiration.
"How many young people across the country are like Pan Xiao, hoping for the nectar of the soul and longing to ignite the torch of youth."

"Although the truth is sometimes ugly, it is a hundred times more powerful than those whitewashed and hypocritical things!"

"The voice of an honest person can resonate with a large group of honest people!"

"Thank you to those who dared to write this and those who allowed it to be published!"

Even the "News Broadcast" spoke out in the end, interviewing one of them [Pan Xiao], and letting hundreds of millions of people in Daxia hear the words that countless people recited: "We can't live like flies just because there is garbage in society!"

In other aspects,
With the release of the first TV series in the summer, "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" in February, the influential "Lush Mountain Love", "Garrison's Gorillas" and "The Man from Atlantis" came one after another.
The scene of empty streets would even make petty thefts that are rampant despite repeated prohibitions disappear.

It also made the people of Daxia, who had long had a stereotyped impression of good being good and bad being bad, feel for the first time that good and bad people were not necessarily clearly distinguished.

In March and April, as the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Foreign Exchange Certificates" came into effect, the mysterious Friendship Store began to operate.
Remy Martin, Marlboro, and Swiss watches have shown countless ordinary people another way of life.
Everyone's minds gradually began to become active.

On June 6, the Beijing Industry and Commerce Bureau officially issued a notice: unemployed young people and retired workers who were previously not allowed to run individual businesses or industrial and commercial businesses are now allowed to do so.
Business scope of individual business:
In addition to the previously permitted industries such as shoe repair, bicycle repair, hairdressing, and sewing,
You can also run house repair, shoe shining, tricycle transport, letter writing, newspaper vendor, tea stand, etc.
For industries that are highly technical and in demand by society, such as garment processing and cotton-fluffing, retired workers are allowed to bring one or two unemployed young people with them to form a cooperative group for production and processing. On August 8, the "Regulations on Special Economic Zones of Guangdong Province" was passed, and Daxia began to set up four special economic zones in Bao'an, Zhuhai, Shantou, and Xiamen.
On September 9, the first private restaurant in Beijing, Yuebin Restaurant, opened.
On December 12, Zhejiang Province issued the first business license for an individual industrial and commercial household, officially ushering in the era of "I am the unit myself".

Of course, in this huge impact, some shadows hidden in the darkness also emerged.

At the beginning of 1981, He Yuzhu just walked out of the house and saw Yan Bugui walking out of the house wearing a brand new cotton jacket and shiny leather shoes.
I asked with a smile,
"Oh, Uncle Yan, I noticed that you have changed a lot in this period of time.
You are dressed so fashionably, are you trying to learn ballroom dancing from those youngsters? Aunt Yan doesn't care about you, right?"

As a result, Yan Bugui just said a few perfunctorily to him, and then hurried out of the courtyard as if he had something urgent to do, leaving He Yuzhu confused.

At this time, Xu Damao came over from the backyard wearing a pair of fashionable sunglasses.
"Zhu Zi, you are out of date now.

Uncle Yan doesn't do any ballroom dancing. He's too old to do it even if he wants to. He's busy making money lately. Big money."

Looking at the trademark hanging on Xu Damao's sunglasses, He Yuzhu said curiously,

"Da Mao, Uncle Yan must have gone to the Friendship Store and the Foreign Affairs Hotel. How dare he do such a thing?"

Seeing that He Yuzhu knew about this, Xu Damao nodded with a smile.

"As long as I can make money, there is nothing Uncle Yan would not dare to do.

A few days ago, I accidentally saw him talking to some Hong Kong businessmen in front of the Friendship Store.

At first I didn't know what he was doing, but the Friendship Store has been open for a long time, and the tricks inside it could not be hidden from anyone who was interested. Then I realized what he was doing.

By the way, Zhuzi, are you okay?

Let's go dancing, and then go to the Yuebin Restaurant to try it out. I heard that the food is delicious."

After getting confirmation from Xu Damao, He Yuzhu thought that Yan Bugui was really sensitive about money. He was probably the first foreign exchange dealer in the whole of Peking, or even in the whole of Daxia.

Seeing that Xu Damao was not thinking about making money but was going out to dance, He Yuzhu pointed at his sunglasses and asked,
"I say you are really amazing. You specially bought a pair of frog-eye glasses and didn't even take off the trademark. Are you planning to cheat some widow? Aren't you afraid that your teacher Ran will find out?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao lowered his sunglasses from his nose and waved them towards He Yuzhu.

"What do you know? If I take off the trademark, how will others know that this is an authentic American product? What if others think that this is a fake?
How about it, whether you are going or not, give me a definite answer. "

(End of this chapter)