National Tide 1980.

In 1988, the new year arrived.

However, for ordinary people in mainland China, their feelings in the first month of this year were not very good.

Because this year, ordinary people in the country first felt the news shockwaves of the new situation from television news.

Train and plane accidents occurred frequently in various places, and some sad major news began to be spread through television, causing audiences in mainland China who were accustomed to only hearing good news to feel extremely shocked mentally.

According to what ordinary people said privately, perhaps it is because this year is the Year of the Dragon that these disasters such as "planes kissing, trains rolling, and ships sinking" occur frequently in various places.

So although television allows these catastrophic events to be known to the Chinese people first, it is actually an improvement in the way of communication.

In response to these accidents, units at all levels across the country took timely measures and handled them properly.

However, the various metaphysical opinions that are prevalent among the people still cast a shadow on the upcoming Spring Festival, making people feel uneasy.

And this is not the end of the disaster. At the beginning of the year, there was an epidemic.

Especially since it happened in the most populous city in the Republic, it almost brought the entire city to a standstill, which dealt a heavy blow to the Republic.

Unexpectedly, in January this year, hepatitis A broke out in Shanghai, and it was very severe.

In just two months, 4 people in the city were infected and the loss was at least million yuan.

Even in Zhejiang, 7 people have fallen ill, which can be said to have caused social panic in East China and the whole country.

Subsequent investigation confirmed that the cause of the hepatitis A outbreak was that Shanghai residents ate razor clams contaminated by sewage from the coastal area of ​​Qidong.

Another major cause of the disease is that Shanghai's urban population density is too high, urban construction is aging, and the underground sewage system is backward, which makes it possible for infectious diseases to spread rapidly after outbreaks.

In addition, since the overall policy direction of the Republic in 1987 was austerity, funds from the outside world rushed to places where huge asset bubbles were generated.

So for the entire year, the domestic economic development momentum was not good.

In 1987, the amount of external investment attracted was far less than our expectations, but state-owned enterprises went bankrupt frequently in various places.

In fact, too many factories are on the verge of bankruptcy due to outdated products, lack of innovation, and increasing backlogs of products.

Although the workers in these factories are heartless and spend the whole day playing cards, they are not worried at all. They are sure that they have a stable job and the country will definitely not let them go hungry.

But it is an indisputable fact that income is low.

Since we have to tighten our belts and can only live on porridge, we will naturally be in a bad mood.

Even if you don't have to do much work, the money is basically free and you won't be happy.

Especially since the New Year is coming soon, my pocket is cleaner than my face, how can I celebrate the New Year?
No matter how optimistic a person is, it would be hard for him to smile when faced with such a day.

It is perfectly normal to curse the director and the factory manager behind their backs.

Anyway, no matter what, it is precisely because all these bad natural and man-made disasters occurred in January and economic contradictions became more prominent in this month that people all over the country believe that this month is a "disaster month."

Everyone secretly prays that this year will not be a "disaster year".

This kind of gloomy mood is probably the same as that of Mi Xiaoran, who just cruelly left her own flesh and blood in the capital.

This time when she returned home with her children, she actually did not stay in Beijing for too long. After just a week, she boarded a plane back to the United States, feeling guilty towards her parents, feeling extremely confused about the future and under tremendous financial pressure.

She didn't want to leave. She couldn't bear to leave her breastfeeding baby and she felt guilty towards her parents and relatives, but she had no choice but to leave.

She wanted to go to the United States to earn money, to give her children the best life, and to let the Zhao family see that she, a girl from the mainland, was not a beggar.

She wants to prove that she can raise her children to be successful without selling out her dignity.

However, all this can only be achieved if she returns to the United States. If she stays, she will have to give her children a poor life.

So she had no choice but to separate from her child temporarily. What else could she do?

As for everything she took away, it was only the longing for her own flesh and blood.

In addition to the three thousand dollars of travel expenses that her parents and relatives gave her from the money she had sent back.

That is, Zhao Hanyu's uncle Wang Dadong promised to mediate the conflict between her and the Zhao family.

And a recommendation letter written by Wang Dadong himself, which helped her get a job at KFC in the United States.

With this letter, at least she wouldn't go hungry.

It should be said that this matter made her somewhat relieved.

After all, Zhao Hanyu has an uncle who cares about family ties and is willing to do his best to help instead of colluding with the Zhao family to cheat her.

It seems that not all Americans are as inhuman as the Zhao family.

She will definitely keep this kindness and help in her heart and repay it when she has the chance in the future.

But that’s for the future.

Now she didn't think about anything else but one thing: what to do after getting off the plane?
She was helpless and no longer had a loving husband to rely on.

Faced with the cruel world, she was isolated and helpless and could only rely on herself to fight in the United States.

And she must live a good life and earn a certain amount of money before her child is four years old.

This is what her life will be all about for the next few years, and it is the goal she will work hard to achieve.

She actually didn't know whether she could do it, and she didn't have much confidence.

But, she had to try.

For the sake of her child, and for the reunion of mother and child, she had no choice...

Of course, when some people leave, others come; when some people have a bleak future, others are full of energy and vigor.

I have to say, in 1988, not everything was bad.

At least this year's homophonic name is a good omen. If read according to the way people in Huacheng pronounce it, it is "Fa Fa".

This is an excellent year for some people who are on a roll and becoming increasingly prosperous.

For example, Ning Weimin, who returned to Beijing with his wife to celebrate the Spring Festival, heard good news from Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao who came to pick him up as soon as he got off the plane.

Just as he expected, the stamp market in the capital is about to become popular again.

And the zodiac tickets have quietly risen in price.

In the current market, a single golden monkey coin returns to 300 yuan, a single chicken coin is 120 yuan, a single dog coin is 75 yuan, and a whole set of pigs is 30 yuan.

Then there are the rat and the ox, which have become 8.5 yuan and 8 yuan respectively.

The Tiger and the Rabbit have also recovered their face value.

Even the "Panda" that everyone dislikes has begun to be in demand, and the price is rising. It is estimated that it will not take long to recover 40% to 50% of the face value.

That means they also make a profit of 40% to 50%.

The most amazing thing is that the Japanese zodiac tickets that Ning Weimin brought back to China via international mail also sold very well.

I don’t know if it’s because of the curiosity that he felt relieved, or if someone was eyeing him and wanted to collect chips to become the banker.

Anyway, almost all of the 1,000 versions of Japanese tigers and Japanese rabbits that Ning Weimin bought from Japan at a low price have been sold, and they have made at least double the profit from them.

This undoubtedly proves an obvious truth.

Sometimes if you want to make money from stamps, you don't really need to care too much about how much these stamps go up from their face value. Because as long as the cost of the chips is low enough and you buy them at a cheap enough price, you can still make a lot of money.

Ning Weimin was as happy about this as Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao.

Even though his current net worth is already calculated in the billions, logically speaking, he can earn hundreds of thousands every minute, so he shouldn't take this little money seriously.

But the problem is that most of his wealth is overseas, and he uses that money to make money all over the world.

If he really wants to bring it into the country, it is neither cost-effective nor convenient, and it may even cause him extra trouble.

After all, considering the domestic ideology, it is still difficult to accept the emergence of a homegrown billionaire.

So he has to hide it a little bit.

He ensures his own safety in the country mainly by relying on three means.

On the one hand, they try to hide their domestic wealth in works of art to make it less conspicuous.

On the one hand, he relied on Pierre Catton's comprador status to cover up the extra income he earned in the clothing and arts and crafts industries, which allowed people to mistake his private property for that of Pierre Catton.

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The last point is also thanks to his Japanese wife Keiko Matsumoto, which allows him to avoid a lot of trouble by using the excuse of being a gigolo and making movies.

But then again, even if he did that, no one could blame him.

Because in addition to making money quietly, he also did a lot of public welfare work in the capital, and it was continuous.

Such as donating returned cultural relics, investing in Chen Peisi's movies, paying for a chain of reading clubs for young people, hiring experts to compile cultural information on palace cuisine, making documentaries for old craftsmen to support the development of the arts and crafts industry, trying to save some folk industries and traditional skills that are about to be lost, and cooperating with agricultural universities to develop local crops and livestock varieties with economic value.

All of this requires a lot of money to support it. How can he not think of a way to make money?
Even if he participated in speculation in the stamp market, he was taking from the people and using it for the people.

Those who speculate in stamps would be wasted if you don't reap the profits, and it would be wasted if you don't make money from them.

It won't be a shame to invest the money you earn in these public welfare undertakings.

You should know that the kind-hearted Ma in Ma Sanli's crosstalk who could give out more than 30 kilograms of mooncakes with ten different fillings was a fictitious character.

But he is a real philanthropist who spends millions of real money every year on "empty things" that don't make money.

If he didn't rely on this, how could he have supported so many industries with no immediate tangible benefits just out of sentimentality?

Therefore, the price of stamps will increase, and some people will speculate on them, which means that the source of funds for supporting these public welfare undertakings this year has been determined and there are more channels for fundraising.

He was naturally very happy and it was impossible for him to remain indifferent.

As for Teresa Teng, what made her happy was very different from Ning Weimin.

The source of her happiness was the unexpected discovery that her long-cherished dream of singing in Tiananmen Square had come true as soon as she arrived in Beijing.

It turned out that when she was in Japan, Ning Weimin told her that Tiananmen Square was special and not open to the public, so ordinary people had no chance to go there.

It's not impossible for her to go up, but she would probably have to apply for a special application, which would be a bit troublesome.

She was half-believing and half-doubting this. As soon as she got in the car today, she took the initiative to ask Luo Guangliang about the Tiananmen Square incident, wanting to know whether it was as Ning Weimin told her.

What a coincidence! Luo Guangliang actually told her with a smile that Ning Weimin's words were outdated.

He said that starting from New Year's Day this year, the country announced that Tiananmen Square would be open to the public, allowing people to go up and visit.

The price is about 10 yuan for mainland tourists and 30 yuan for foreigners and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Anyone can go up once as long as they pay for the ticket.

When you get up there, forget about singing. You can even imitate great men on the city wall, wave your hands, and shout slogans like "Long live the people."

So how could Teresa Teng not be excited?

She suddenly got the urge to go to Tiananmen Square like an excited child. She and Mai Lingzhi wanted to buy tickets to experience it first.

However, Ning Weimin was very hesitant about this. He was afraid that taking Teresa Teng to act on his own and to such a sensitive place would make the relevant departments unhappy. To be on the safe side, he still hoped that Teresa Teng would go to Yunyuan to rest as originally planned, and he would make arrangements for her in this regard after consulting the relevant departments.

But Teresa Teng was not someone who could be easily manipulated.

As the queen of Taurus, she would never back down once she got serious, even if Ning Weimin was her boss.

After much persuasion, she even succeeded in getting Matsumoto Keiko to act as a lobbyist. In the end, Ning Weimin was so helpless that he had to let her do as she pleased.

However, when he arrived at the local place, Ning Weimin had a new excuse.

Because Teresa Teng and Mak Ling-Chi were not wearing much, just coats on the outside and sweaters on the inside. Moreover, the wind was stronger on the city wall than below, so even at noon, the temperature was freezing.

Sitting in a car and outside of a car are two different things. He didn't want these two girls who had never experienced the northern winter to freeze on the city wall.

But will his words work for Deng Mihu who has made up his mind?

He didn't take the winter in the capital seriously at all and was still chatting and laughing with Mai Lingzhi.

In response to Ning Weimin's opposition and friendly suggestions, Teresa Teng worded her response exactly as the Japanese saying goes: "full of confidence."

"Don't worry, we've brought enough clothes, we'll just put them on later. Well, I did some research before coming here. I have all the temperature changes in the capital city over the past ten years memorized. The average minimum temperature at this time should be minus three to four degrees Celsius. The coldest time in Osaka is even colder than here, so we should be fine."

After hearing the first half, Ning Weimin was slightly relieved, but the next part made him feel that there was some potential problem, although he didn't know where the problem was.

Later I realized that Deng was really confused and had made a complete mistake of empiricism.

She was not fortunate enough to be born under the red flag, and still does not understand what "practice is the sole criterion for testing truth" means.

As a result, she and Mai Lingzhi each put on an extra piece of clothing and got off the bus. Then they bought tickets and stood on the Tiananmen Gate Tower in the howling northwest wind for less than ten minutes. The pair of lively little guys who were so lively just now became like shivering leaves.

The two of them stomped the floor tiles with their feet, making them thudding loudly, as if they were searching for some passage or fortifications underneath. At the same time, they looked helplessly at Ning Weimin, who had come up with them and was originally going to take a photo for them, and asked for help.

"Oh my, why is the temperature in the capital city below zero different from that in Osaka?"

There was no other way. Ning Weimin, wearing Luo Guangliang's military coat, suddenly discovered the loophole in Teresa Teng's theory. The concepts of winter in Osaka and Beijing were completely different.

In Osaka, in winter, you throw a ball on the ground and it bounces back when it hits the ground.

Beijing? That's a junk stock diving, okay? Once it's hit, it won't move...

Also, is there northwest wind from Siberia in Osaka?

No matter how hardy a person is, she cannot be invulnerable to swords and guns.

Don’t you see that our majestic sentinels are all wrapped up tightly in cotton coats and cotton hats?

How dare you two run to this place without any ordinary coats to keep warm? Aren't you asking for trouble?
My wife is smart. Matsumoto Keiko didn't get out of the car at all. She stayed in the car with Luo Guangliang to enjoy the warm air.

So Ning Weimin had no other tricks and quickly sent the two funny guys away.

What song is she singing? She can’t sing here. Even though she is the queen of Asian singing, all that’s left is the sound of her teeth chattering.

Fortunately, there were no reporters around, and fortunately they were wearing hats and sunglasses, otherwise, with Teresa Teng's pained expression and thin clothes, she would have attracted so much attention that she might have been recognized by the people on the city wall.

Nothing else, Ning Weimin’s military coat was also contributed.

The two of them ran down the city wall with snot and tears all over their faces. They got into the car and stopped talking like ostriches.

I was very excited when climbing up the city wall, but I was so excited when going down the wall that I peed my pants.

Fortunately, the two of them came to their senses in time and did not continue their performance art. They warmed up after a while and did not have a fever when they returned home.

Otherwise, Ning Weimin would have a hard time explaining to his superiors. (End of this chapter)