Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

The biggest advantage of Xu Damao is that when he is in a low position, he never thinks of falling out with people who are in a higher position than him.

Even if that person spits on his face, he will spread it evenly and use it as a moisturizer.

If it were someone else with this kind of tolerant character, He Yuzhu would definitely not like it.

But the other party was Xu Damao, which made He Yuzhu unable to hate this shameless guy.

Furthermore, He Yuzhu has reached a certain level in this life, so he can look at everyone around him from a more objective perspective.

It's no wonder that He Yuzhu actually found some good qualities in Xu Damao.

This guy has a bit of an indomitable character.

After suffering so much frustration in the steel mill, I still wanted to move up in the workplace.

Although some people do this out of respect for He Yuzhu, it still depends on whether Xu Damao can help him succeed.

Last year, Xu Damao screened more than 340 movies. This is not an exaggeration. He traveled from village to village on a broken bicycle.

He is able to endure hardships and has reasons that make the leaders notice him. If he doesn't get promoted, who will?
"...Next, I plan to take in a few apprentices and plan the screening room carefully.

Now that I have reached this level, I will be able to live up to Shengli and the others in the future." Xu Damao looked very satisfied with his success.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Have you ever thought about achieving more?"

Xu Damao shook his head vigorously and said, "I don't understand things in the workplace. Only a brain like yours can handle it.

I'm just like my dad said, a little smart and can't see the big picture.

If you climb too high, you might fall harder.

I had this idea when I was working at the steel mill.

Now, I don’t want to think about it anymore.

Live a peaceful and stable life, wait for Shengli and the others to grow up, start a family and start a career, and then I will have completed my life."

This is not discouraging words, but Xu Damao's growth.

After all, he is a father of children. He suffered a great loss once, so it is not difficult to understand that he is now seeking stability.

"Actually, there is one more thing you can do. It just depends on whether you want to do it or not." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Xu Damao asked curiously.

"Strive to obtain the right to sell tickets to the outside world for the screening room." He Yuzhu narrowed his eyes and said to Xu Damao.

"What's the use of that thing? If I spend a dozen dollars more every day on it, compared with the extra troubles, wouldn't I be asking for trouble?" Xu Damao was quite surprised.

After all, places like movie theaters have always been high-incidence areas of conflicts.

The screening room in the toy factory is now only open to internal screenings.

With two or three shows a week, Xu Damao's work was comfortable.

If he taught two more apprentices, he would let them go to the countryside.

Then Xu Damao could really spend his day with a cup of tea, a cigarette and a newspaper.

If it's really as He Yuzhu said, we should strive to get the right to sell tickets to external parties.

How much can you earn if you sell a ticket for 1 to 2 cents?
The key is that the money he earned never went into his pocket.

He Yuzhu was also helpless, but considering that they were good friends for two lifetimes, he still explained in detail and said, "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, do you understand?
What do you think you are doing now?

Compared with those people in the workshop, you don't generate any economic benefits.

According to my understanding, service sectors like yours belong to the tertiary industry, while fisheries, agriculture... belong to the primary industry.

Industry is a secondary industry.

And the service industry like yours is the tertiary industry that is parasitic on the secondary industry.

Now the factory is doing well, so you will be fine too. But what if the factory is not doing well someday?
Or has something more fashionable emerged to replace your screening room?

Just like with the advent of heating, many people are no longer willing to go to the bathhouse to take a bath in winter.

If televisions become more popular, oh, now there is a kind of home projector in Hong Kong, which is a cassette type, called videotape, which is slightly smaller than the book in my hand.

Connect it to the TV, plug it in, and then click to play the movie.

Even children can operate it.

Think about it, if that thing becomes popular here, what will you do in the future?
It doesn't matter to you. The factory can support you for a lifetime and you will get a pension after retirement.

But don't you think about Shengli and the kid in the yard?"

He Yuzhu was holding a book in his hand and introducing to Xu Damao the videotape projector that was introduced after the reform and opening up.

It’s really available on the market now.

Among the research and development goals that He Yuzhu set for Lou Xiao'e two years ago, the idea of ​​VCD and DVD was included.

Lou Xiao'e has also been paying attention to this in recent years.

Last year, a company launched a home video tape system, but it was too expensive, only several thousand dollars, and it was not popular in the market.

After the product failed, Lou Xiao'e bought some of the company's patents through a third party, Xiao Ri Zi, and continued research and development.

According to He Yuzhu, when the tape can be recorded repeatedly and can record TV programs, it will be considered a success.

In terms of cost, He Yuzhu also set an upper limit for Lou Xiao'e, which was more than one thousand or two thousand Hong Kong dollars, so that the project could be put into production.

It's so rough, He Yuzhu doesn't care about other technical details.

The good thing about Lou Xiao'e is that she never doubted where He Yuzhu got the new things he threw out.

He Yuzhu used his past successful cases to establish an image similar to that of a demigod in Lou Xiao'e's mind.

As He Yuzhu spoke, Xu Damao's expression gradually became ugly.

The last time He Yuzhu's family moved back a color TV, Xu Damao felt a sense of crisis for the first time.

I hear that nowadays, it is not technically difficult to play movies outside.

Now, the only remaining pride in Xu Damao's heart was gone.

You know, whether it was Xu Shengli or the child he had with Xiu'er, he wanted them to work as projectionists.

These days, projectionists are one of the eight major positions and are quite popular.

But as He Yuzhu said, the jobs of his two precious sons will not be so stable in the future.

"Zhu, Brother Zhuzi, is what you said true? Will there really be such a day?" Xu Damao was so scared that he stuttered.

He Yuzhu shrugged and said, “Technology is definitely changing with each passing day.

When we were kids, even bicycles seemed advanced.

If you look at the newspapers these days, you will see that they have decided to introduce a motorcycle production line from Shanghai.

Did we know what television was before?
Now we can produce color televisions.

How heavy was the projection equipment your father carried in the past?
How heavy is the projection equipment you carry now?

This is all progress.

Think about how many years have passed?

Less than 20 years,
If you think about it, in another twenty years, to what level will technology develop?
You want to be comfortable? Dream on."

He Yuzhu's last sentence expressed his true thoughts. He was still working hard, so how could he let Xu Damao be so comfortable?

Good friends should endure hardships together. (End of this chapter)