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Chapter 1177 The Dramatic Change of the Times (Third update, please subscribe)
"This is a TCL TV, the best in the world!"

In the department store, the salesperson emphasized the word "best" intentionally. This is not an exaggeration. The electrical appliances produced by TCL have always been well received in the market, especially televisions, which are its flagship products.

As early as 51, TCL launched its color TV. Although it was not the world's first color TV, it was the world's first mass-produced color TV. With a price of US$145, it entered thousands of households.

In 70 and , the sales of color TVs in the US market exceeded those of black-and-white TVs for the first time, and % of them were TCL color TVs, which shows how popular they are in the US market.

Although televisions are common products, they are also high-tech products. They were the first to use transistors and PCB printed circuit boards, and were even the earliest products to use integrated circuits. Thanks to this, TCL's home appliances have always been at the world's leading level.

For this reason, TCL sales staff always like to use "the best in the world" to describe their products.

Of course, there are other brands in the mall, but mostly, they are TCL and other brands.

"A 14-inch color TV like this one cost 200 yuan last year, but this year it only costs 188 yuan. This TV is in great demand now. The Olympics will be here in two months, and everyone wants to watch the Olympics at home!"

While the salesperson was introducing the color TV, Cheng Qingsong's eyes were fixed on the TV. Occasionally, he would compare its screen with those of 17-inch, 21-inch, and even 25-inch TVs.

One inch is 25.4 millimeters, and the diagonal length of a TV screen is used, so 14 inches is 35 centimeters. As for 17 inches, he never even thought about it because it was a luxury item - according to bankruptcy law, he could not buy luxury items before paying off his debts.

Finally, after thinking for a long time, he turned his eyes to the "AEG" color TV next to him. After all, its price was only 176 yuan.

AEG, or General Electric Company, is a "German company" whose history can be traced back to the German Edison Applied Electrical Society founded in 1883. During World War II, AEG cooperated deeply with the Nazis in Poland and Eastern Europe and used concentration camp slave labor on a large scale, so the company was closed.

In 1946, AEG was reorganized in Taiping. Although AEG's color TVs are not as good as TCL's, it is still a famous brand with a long history.

Even so, Cheng Qingsong still brought home an AEG color TV. That day, as soon as the children got out of school, they jumped and shouted excitedly when they saw the TV. They all sat in front of the TV and watched the cartoons on it.

"Hey, isn't this a color TV? Why is it playing in black and white?"

Watching the "Havoc in Heaven" being played on TV, Liu Biyun asked with some confusion:

“Is there something wrong with this TV?”

"Haha, you're overthinking it. Look, the newspaper says that the entire country will switch to color signals at 8 o'clock tonight, so we should all switch to black and white signals and wait until 8 o'clock in the evening..."

Compared to whether it is colorful or not, the six children gathered in front of the TV didn’t think too much about it. Whatever the color is, "Havoc in Heaven" is the children's favorite. This animated film, which was released last year and won an award at the film festival a few months ago, was shot by the Wan Brothers Company. In the past ten years, the Wan Brothers Company has launched about ten animated films every year, which have always been popular in the market, especially among children.

Cheng Qingsong also sat down to watch the wonderful movie. In this way, a family of eight gathered in front of a small TV, laughing from time to time along with the plot of the movie.

This is actually the normal life of millions of Nanyang families. While countless families were crowded in front of the TV, inside Asia Television, Zhao Mingren, the director of the technical department of Asia Television, was making final preparations for broadcasting color signals.

“Is the show ready?”

Once again, Zhao Mingren asked with concern.

"It's ready. 'Snow Mountain on the Equator' is about Mount Jaya."

"Well, ice and snow are white, and the rain forest is green, well... not bad, not bad..."

Zhao Mingren nodded repeatedly.

Although "Widow Mountain" is very famous in Southeast Asia, Puncak Jaya, located in Dongning at an altitude of 5030 meters, is also the highest peak in Southeast Asia, the highest peak in Oceania, and the highest island mountain in the world. The most amazing thing is that although it is located in the tropics, its peak is covered with ice and snow all year round.

It is for this reason that the TV station sent a photographer to shoot a documentary. Although the documentary has been broadcast before, it is quite appropriate to broadcast it now.

Of course, this is just one of the channels. That night, almost all TV stations celebrated the arrival of this day in various forms.

"…The world is wonderful because it is colorful. Right now, it is time for us to say goodbye to black and white…"

As the news anchor spoke and moved to the right, the picture gradually switched from black and white to color. At this moment, even applause was heard from the TV.

"Mei Qi, look, the program on TV has turned into color!"

Enjoying the gentle sea breeze, Qian Mu, who was sitting in the living room, said to his wife happily.

"The newspapers have been talking about this these past few days. Today, the entire country has switched to color signals."

Hu Meiqi had a smile on her face and her eyes were full of love when she looked at Qian Mu.

Ten years ago, Qian Mu founded New Asia College in Nanyang and met Hu Meiqi, who taught at Mingde Women's College. The two had a good conversation. Qian Mu was impressed by her profound knowledge and admired her very much. However, Qian Mu did not think deeply about it, considering that he already had a family in mainland China. But later, she expressed her feelings to Qian Mu.

Although this relationship between an old man and a young wife has attracted many criticisms, only those who truly understand Qian Mu know that Hu Meiqi has long been an indispensable part of his life. In order to accompany Qian Mu, Hu Meiqi resolutely gave up her teaching career and devoted herself to family life. Sitting next to her husband, Hu Meiqi said:
"The newspaper said that it was to better watch the Olympics, and now color TVs account for one-third of the population in Nanyang."

"Yeah, one third of it."

Qian Mu smiled, looked at the color picture on the TV and said.

"I know. Three years ago, when I went to the United States to give lectures, I happened to see a news report that the entire United States had switched to color signals. At that time, only a small number of people in Southeast Asia had televisions at home. But what about now?"

He took the teacup from his wife's hand, took a sip, and said with emotion:

"Five million sets, nearly half of all households have a TV, and one-third of them are color TVs. Meiqi, can you imagine that? It's only been three years..."

Listening to his sigh, Hu Meiqi smiled and said:

"Three years is not a short time. Nanyang has only been established for fourteen years, and there are still two months left. Three years is really not a short time."

His wife's answer made Qian Mu ponder for a moment, and then he spoke.

"Yes, it's only been fourteen years. You can't see that in just fourteen years, Nanyang has changed from a jungle to what it is now. It's really a miracle!"

Like many people, Qian Mu also likes to use the word "miracle" to describe Nanyang. He witnessed this miracle with his own eyes when he came to Nanyang eleven years ago.

"Eleven years ago, the area around New Asia College was just a rainforest. Now, it has become a bustling city. At that time, radios, televisions and other things were exported in exchange for foreign exchange, which was then used to import machines. Now..."

Looking around the living room at home, with his eyes cast at the air conditioner by the window, Qian Mu sighed:

"Who could have thought that in just ten years, life would change so drastically. At that time, I never dared to think that one day we in Nanyang would live a life similar to that of Americans, but look at us now..."

Pointing to the beautiful island scenery of the Yongding Islands shown on TV, he continued:

"Now, Nanyang's television signals have also become color, only three years later than the United States. Nanyang is the second in the world, the second in the world..."

When mentioning this "second in the world", Qian Mu deliberately emphasized his tone, and his eyes flashed with pride from the bottom of his heart.

In the past ten years, what he has seen is not only miracles, but more of hope. He has seen the earth-shaking changes in the lives of those ragged compatriots after they came here.

All of this is what he and many others dreamed of. In the past, all of this only appeared in their dreams, but here it has become a reality.

Personal, national.

Everything is so beautiful, so beautiful that people can only describe this place as a miracle.

"Yes, the newspaper said that because of the 'Olympic boom', Southeast Asia's GDP will exceed 1000 billion US dollars this year, second only to the United States and the Soviet Union. In terms of growth rate, we are number one in the world..."

"Olympic boom" is a popular term in the past two years. It refers to the rapid economic development brought about by the Summer Olympics. In addition to the further development of infrastructure, there is also the further expansion of overseas markets. Of course, many people also bought TV sets to watch the Olympic Games.

As soon as his wife finished speaking, Qian Mu smiled and said:
"Haha, the Olympics has given a big boost to Nanyang's economy. Last year, Nanyang's economic growth rate exceeded 16%, and this year it will exceed that a little bit. However, there is no problem in exceeding 1000 billion.

As for the United States and the Soviet Union, they have been lagging behind for several years. However, if things continue like this, perhaps in a few years, Nanyang will be able to surpass the Soviet Union. Well, maybe in six or seven years, by then, we will be able to surpass the Soviet Union, and we will truly be the second in the world..."

When the words came to his lips, Qian Mu suddenly stopped talking, and even the hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air. Just like that, the whole person fell into silence, and Hu Meiqi did not speak either. At this time, only the sound from the TV could be heard in the living room.
After a long while, Qian Mu said in an extremely complicated tone:

"In another five or six years, we will be the world's second largest country. If we count from four or six years, that's twenty years, twenty years..."

Qian Mu pursed his lips and sighed again, then silently put down the teacup. Hu Meiqi, knowing what he was thinking, patted his shoulder gently, as if to comfort him.

After a while, Qian Mu, who had been somewhat absent-minded, came back to his senses and said:
"Ah, look at me, always thinking about these useless things. Let's not talk about this anymore. By the way..."

He forced a smile, turned his gaze towards the TV, and said as he watched the magical underwater world being broadcast on it.

"Meiqi, how about we go to Yongding and stay there for a while during the spring break? You see, the scenery in Yongding is really nice. The coral reefs are really beautiful! Look at this fish, it's actually blue..."

Seeing Qian Mu pretending to be surprised, Hu Meiqi did not expose his thoughts, but cooperated and said:

"I was thinking of going to Yongding, too. I heard it's a lot more fun there than Zhongxing. My kids haven't been there either. We used to go to Zhongxing, so this time we can go to Yongding together..."

(End of this chapter)