1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 93 New Year's Dream
On the first day of 81, I woke up at five in the morning in summer and got up to boil water...

I washed my underwear quietly before dawn.

On the first night of the new year, he had a spring dream - the heroine was Milan.

Fortunately, I woke up in time, otherwise she almost succeeded!

Having too good a body is not always a good thing. When the time comes, it is out of your control!

Hearing the sound of bicycle bells in the alley, Xia Tian put down the two cast iron stone locks in his hands - they were heavy.

I simply wiped my face with a wet towel and ended my morning exercise.

When I opened the door, I saw the postman putting newspapers and magazines into the mailbox.

"Brother Wang, good morning!"

"Morning, God!"

The postman, Brother Wang, handed Xia Tian several newspapers and magazines. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "There's a new newspaper today. Do you want to take a look?"

Xia Tian spent a few cents to buy a copy of "Television Weekly" which was launched today.

4-page, 4-page format, sponsored by CCTV, the only national television newspaper distributed domestically and internationally.

It mainly previews and reviews CCTV and Chinese urban TV programs, and also publishes the satellite program schedules of 31 provincial TV stations across the country.

However, at that time, the TV stations were not yet available on satellite, and the TV antennas at home could only receive signals from TV stations that were relatively close.

On the first day of the new year, there is a lot of information in the newspapers.

For example, the "Degree Regulations" have officially come into effect.

The regulations stipulate that academic degrees in our country are divided into three levels: bachelor's, master's and doctoral.

Since then, my country's degree system has been on the right track.

Another example is the resumption of publication of the magazine "Mengya".

"Mengya" is also a famous literary magazine in China. Compared with "Harvest" and "People's Literature", its entry threshold is lower, making it an ideal place for many new authors to submit their works.

Those who were born in the new century probably have no impression of these magazines. By that time, pure literature had already declined.

However, "Mengya" magazine successfully held the National New Concept Writing Competition in 99, and cultivated best-selling authors and literary newcomers such as Han Han, Guo Xiaosi, and Zhang Yueran.

These people should be familiar with them.
Each generation has its own god!
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Taking advantage of the fact that there were not many people around early in the morning, Xia Tian rushed to the bookstore and bought a copy of "Sprout".

It’s New Year’s Day, so we have a day off.

After breakfast, Xia Tian was chased out by Xia's mother: "What are you doing staying at home all the time? Go play with your friends!"

Mother Xia winked at her son... I don't know what kind of love potion Milan gave her.

In the summer, I went to the secret base with magazines and other things. It was warm here because of the central heating.

Sure enough, early in the morning, Milan was already staying in Xia's house.

Milan took the thing from Xia Tian's hand and said, "Huh? Qianmao? Why does this magazine have such a strange name?"

"Well... it does look a bit like that."

The title of the magazine "Mengya" was written in Xun Ge's handwriting. Although it was not very sloppy, it did look like the word "Qianmao" at first glance.

Looking through the articles, one can appreciate the vibrant and flourishing scenes of many authors.
The next ten years will be an era belonging to literature!

Even now, the Publishing Bureau has increased the basic manuscript fee - 3 to 10 yuan per thousand words for manuscripts.

But it still can't compare with the United States, where the highest level is now 2 US dollars per word - of course, that is only available to the top celebrities.

But just this summer, a novel called "Corpse Reincarnation" with just over 30,000 words earned more than 8,000 dollars!
If it is published in China, let alone whether this feudal and superstitious thing can be published, the maximum reward for publishing it is only more than 600 yuan.

Two hundred times different!
No wonder so many writers yearn for the United States.
Now that several royalties have come together for the summer, I have nowhere to spend them.

I have the impression that the RMB will depreciate significantly in the next few years, so we need to make some preparations.

In the following days, Xia began to step up the preparations for the labor clothing exhibition.

The preliminary work has been basically completed, and even the costume design has begun to become complete after two months of collecting opinions and improvements.

This time it's not just about clothing, in fact one third is improvements to working tools!

The inconveniences felt by many workers in their work, as well as some small designs that they flexibly improved, are all very practical!

Through the exchanges at this labor clothing exhibition, the idea was widely spread.

We plan to take this opportunity to improve our work clothes and tools!

This is quite good.

During this summer, I went to school as usual and was busy with the follow-up work of the labor clothing exhibition, organizing procedures and so on.

As it is almost the end of the year, nothing major is happening.

That is:
On January 1, the Yangtze River diversion project of the Gezhouba Hydropower Project was successfully completed. This is the first time in history that the Yangtze River has been diverted!
On January 1, the Yanjing-New York air route was opened. This was the first route to North America under the national civil aviation. On January 7, the government issued the "Interim Regulations on Self-funded Study Abroad", which completely opened up the way for studying abroad.

Not only did a trend of studying abroad emerge in China, but the TOEFL test also became more popular.

It can be said that many celebrities, such as some famous actors, went abroad to study after becoming famous, and this started with this.

Those who have the conditions at home have already begun to "open their eyes and see the world"!

On January 1, the top authorities passed the Treasury Bonds Regulations.

It has been decided that treasury bonds will be issued to the public starting this year.

In the summer, I regard treasury bonds as treasury bonds.

While there is a difference between the two, it doesn't matter in the summer.

People are full of doubts about treasury bonds and do not understand this new type of financial bond, so it is extremely difficult to promote it.

It’s like you go to work at Penguin, and Boss Ma says he will give you half of your salary in the form of Q coins. Can you believe it?

Moreover, treasury bonds cannot be traded publicly at this time, so they can only be kept in hand.

No one buys it, so there is no choice but to use the bank Z amortization system.

D-level cadres take the lead, impose rigid levies, and deduct them directly from wages!
For example, when Xia's mother and father received wages, in addition to some cash, they also received a few treasury bonds.

Although I feel a little helpless, I have to accept it.

Xia's father and mother did not complain. Their family was well off and their quality of life would not be reduced due to this cash flow tightening.

Besides, both of them have a very high level of awareness.

What Xia Tian was concerned about was a word that impressed him: "scalping treasury bonds"!
But it’s not possible now. This thing is now like a certificate of a time deposit. It cannot be bought or sold, and no one buys it.

But someone is selling it!
Because this thing can't be spent as money, it's really annoying to keep it in hand. If someone at home needs money urgently, they want to sell it at a low price!
After a while, someone might do this.

Xia Tian thought about it and decided that it would take several more years before he could really start trading treasury bonds - only when they were officially open for trading.

But it doesn’t prevent you from starting “doing some small business” now.

Of course, I won't touch this thing. After all, it's illegal.

It will be of great use if you keep your innocent body!
However, I have many friends on the street who live a hard life and have little income.

It would be a good idea to point out a clear path for them and provide them with some start-up capital.

It's worth a closer look!

On the 17th, Xia Tian received a letter from Zhang Qilin, the editor of Children's Literature, sending his daily greetings to Teacher Jinghongke.

After all, we want to keep in touch with each other, and they will contact you if they have good articles in the future.

In the letter, he mentioned one thing - the selection of the "1980 National Excellent Short Story Award" commissioned by the Writers Association to the editorial department of the People's Daily has begun.

Recommended by various literary magazines, voted by the public, and selected by judges...

It has to be serious pure literature to have status! Look at this~
Unfortunately, his own "Gudong is Coming" or "The Four Major Injustice Cases in the Late Qing Dynasty" will definitely not be possible.

Xia Tian also thought about writing something "serious", which is nothing more than style, selection of materials, narrative techniques, and writing style.

If you want to write, you can write.

The problem is, in the end I chose not to write it.

Because serious literature is something that is easy to get on but hard to get off!

If you really achieve some success and become famous, then you won’t be able to write something popular anymore!

It's like you've already reached Platinum, but you end up writing about butter on the moderator? !
By then, readers, editors, and colleagues will be furious! They will all try their best to persuade you not to commit suicide.

I don’t have any other ideas for summer, I just want to do something casual, satisfying and vulgar!
If I really want to write, I have to wait a few years. The atmosphere will be more open and I will just focus on the money.

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Although in January, the authorities issued two emergency documents to "crack down on speculation and profiteering."

But the main purpose is to curb the large-scale purchases of things by state-owned enterprises, while transactions between individuals in the private sector are still thriving.

There are already a lot of pigeon markets in Yanjing now!
In summer, we have already started preparing for the New Year.

Now that I have more money on hand, I have to prepare more New Year's goods for my friends.

This naturally became a "big player" in the pigeon market~
As a result, that summer, I saw fellow villagers from the nearby suburbs driving a dozen ducks to the market!

He had an idea, went home and wrote a children's song, and sent it to the Yenching Music News...

After all, Teacher Jinghongke had published children's songs in the "Yenching Music News" and received awards at the Great Hall of the People, so he still received the treatment he deserved.

On the third day, an editor came to my door.

It was obvious that this young man was deceived by the senior colleagues at the newspaper - no one told him Teacher Jinghongke's age, but instead hinted to him that "Teacher Jinghongke is highly respected" and he should be respectful to him!
As a result, the young editor was taught a severe lesson!
"Jinghongke... Teacher, the nursery rhyme "Counting Ducks" you submitted has been accepted..."

Looking at his appearance, it seems that his idol has collapsed.
The body enters puberty~
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(End of this chapter)