Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

Small house, heating, gas stove, TV...
He Yuzhu was full of disdain for everything he talked about. To him, he really had the qualifications to be disdainful.

Just like the TV, He Yuzhu didn't want to buy one at first, but then the children made too much noise, so he bought a 14-inch black and white TV.

Not to mention compared with later generations, even now, the color TVs produced by their factory are not as good as those produced by their factory.

This is also a rather strange situation at present. The more popular a product is, the more difficult it is for the workers in the factory to reach it.

The key point is that the gap between the factory price and the retail price of color TV is too big.

The difference is nearly one thousand. Even if factory leaders like He Yuzhu want to produce some unplanned indicators and then sell them to factory workers at the factory price as welfare.

Few workers would be willing to spend three or four years' salary just to bring home a TV that can only display two or three channels.

The leaders of the factory were willing to do it, but after what happened last time, no one dared to do it again.

Of course, this also has a time effect.

When the TV factory's production stabilizes and meets sales demand and is no longer so conspicuous, then moving one back will no longer be so eye-catching.

There are only two and a half factories in China that can produce color televisions.

There is one in Shanghai, one in northern Hebei, and half in northern Hebei.

The complete production line in Shanghai was copied from Beijing, and its output is about 40% of that in Beijing.

Maybe by next year, it will increase to more than 60%.

The reason why Jibei is called half a family is because they do have the history of producing the first color TV in China.

It’s a little earlier than He Yuzhu’s factory.

However, the important parts and components of the color televisions produced by that factory were all purchased from outside with precious foreign exchange.

About two to three hundred units have been produced, and it is difficult to say whether there are any good ones now.

In the past, that factory solved problems that others had but we didn’t, and it brought honor to the country.

But after the entire set of spare parts in Sijiucheng was domestically produced, the factory's previous contributions turned into mistakes.

This thing is also hard to explain.

Anyway, there are only these three factories in the country that have been issued production licenses for color televisions, and the one in Jibei is just a name but has no production capacity.

Every year they buy some spare parts from two factories in Shanghai, assemble them, and that becomes their own output.

He Yuzhu did not despise the Jibei factory's outrageous operations.

In his opinion, the factory actually made a wrong move. As long as they can keep the production license until after the reform and opening up, they will definitely win at the starting line.

Now, the two factories in Shanghai's Sijiucheng share the same brand, which is the "Friendship" brand registered by Lou Xiaoe.

On this issue, Lou Xiao'e made a big concession.

But she didn't suffer too much from the higher-ups.

For example, for the export-oriented production in Shanghai, for every television, they have to pay brand usage fees to Lou Xiao'e according to the rules.

Anyway, it went into the charity fund under Lou Xiao'e's name and finally returned to our home.

That is to say, Lou Xiao'e will gain fame while we will gain benefits.

To be frank, it also saves some taxes.

But for the factory in Jibei, both sides of Shanghai opposed its use of the "Friendship" brand.

There is no other reason, because the two factories also have some domestic sales tasks and they also use the same brand.

I’m afraid that the hand-rubbed production by the factory in Jibei will damage the reputation of this brand.

"Brother Zhuzi, your life should have entered the modern era, right?" The waiter squatted in front of the TV, watching it with great interest.

He is a grown man, but he is fascinated by cartoons. The one he watched was "The Tadpole Looking for His Mother", an animation produced twelve years ago.

Everything is moving forward.

Just like the idea proposed by He Yuzhu, but which was criticized by Comrade Lao Ai.

That is to say, nowadays TV stations only broadcast for two or three hours at night and have no programs at all during the day.

He Yuzhu's proposal was rejected at the time.
But for some unknown reason, the broadcast time was moved forward to 5:30.

However, they are mainly cartoons, and only two TV stations in Shanghai and Beijing have this privilege.

The havoc in heaven, the tadpole looking for its mother, the cock crowing in the middle of the night, the heroic sisters of the grassland, etc.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been more than 50 animations in total, but only more than 10 can be broadcast.

But it’s true that since the broadcast time was extended, domestic sales of televisions have increased significantly.

Many dual-income families grit their teeth and spend a year's savings to buy a 9-inch or 11-inch monitor just to keep their children at home and prevent them from going out and fooling around.

The He family's younger children, like Xiao Er at the beginning, would run home to watch these cartoons as soon as school was over.

But after watching it a few times and seeing that there were no new films, I lost interest.

This is why those who are flooded will die from floods, and those who are drought will die from drought.

The vast majority of families don’t have it, yet they still despise it.

"That's just the beginning. As long as you live a good life, listen to Master's wife, and don't mess around, I promise you that within ten years at most, your family will not be short of any of these things.

There will even be more, like motorcycles, washing machines, refrigerators and so on. "At this time, He Yuzhu played the role of a big brother very well.

Xiao Er just told them about how Xiao Dang found their home and how his mother dealt with it.

He Yuzhu was a little anxious at the time, and immediately went into the study and called Xu Damao, asking him to check what happened to Qin Huairu.

Xu Damao said he would reply to him in the evening.

He Yuzhu was not too worried. He felt relieved that his master's wife was looking after the Wang family.

To be honest, He Yuzhu feels a little regretful now.

If I had known that Xiao Er's illness could be cured and the disease could be eradicated, I should not have introduced Qin Jingru to him so early.

Otherwise, He Yuzhu wouldn't have to worry so much now.

It was because he introduced Qin Jingru to her that He Yuzhu always felt that he was responsible for Xiao Er's happiness, so he cared a little too much about this.

We are all ordinary people, and no one can control the emotions in our hearts.

"Can it really be that fast?" The waiter looked at He Yuzhu stupidly and asked.

He Yuzhu patted the waiter on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's only been less than 20 years, and our satellites have been launched into space.

Do you think it’s fast?
What I am talking about now can already be produced in our country.

It’s just that the production is too small, so it cannot be seen on the market.

Just like this broken TV in our house, isn’t it because we produce it ourselves that we can’t even buy it ourselves?

Let’s go and cook.

Your nephews and nieces will be back soon.

Let them have a taste of your uncle's cooking skills."

The waiter stood up, still looking confused, but when he walked to the kitchen, he stopped and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will protect my home." (End of this chapter)