Bloody Journey: Those Years in Northeast China

Bloody Journey: Those Years in the Northeast - Chapter 401 A Colorful and Diverse World

Shang Wenquan's words are not only his own voice, but also the voice of all Chinese workers in an era of drastic change.

I remember that at a certain Spring Festival Gala more than ten years ago, there was such a sentence in a sketch, "The eighth-level fitter is equivalent to a high-level intellectual!" This sentence became a joke.

But in the 70s and [-]s, this sentence was most correct.

In that era of planned economy, worker was a respectable occupation, because entering a factory to become a worker meant stable income, high wage income and high social status.

Girls choose a partner, and the first choice is a national worker.Have you heard, it is not a simple worker, but a prefix is ​​added in front of the worker, called a national worker!This is absolutely unimaginable now.

This shows the status of workers in the minds of ordinary people at that time.

"Our country is a socialist country led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants." Whether educated or not, workers know this sentence expressly stipulated in the Constitution.

They are all the leading class of the country, how can the status of workers not be high?But in the 90s, especially after entering the [-]s, this sentence gradually disappeared from people's mouths.

Because at this time, the soldiers have become "stinky soldiers", and the workers have become "stinky workers". These glorious occupations are no longer attractive, and they are replaced by rich men, bad guys, all kinds of rich masters, With the development of society, they have gradually grown and become the best in society.

Listening to Shang Wenquan angrily complaining about the decline in the social status of workers, even down to the point where they can't even look down on illness, Shen Tianlong is also quite helpless.Although he sympathized with Shang Wenquan, he knew that what Shang Wenquan said was reality.

Now the workers are no longer good, nor are the veterans, nor are the teachers. People no longer judge a person by the nature of the industry, but by the amount of money.

No matter how meaningful, noble, and educational the industry you are in, if you don't have money, all the aura will be in vain.

Since the 90s, Chinese society has officially entered an era when those who hold scalpels are inferior to those who hold razors, and those who make atomic bombs are inferior to selling tea eggs. Of course, the golden period of prosperity for these small self-employed people is only ten years, and ten years later, society It has entered the era of father-fighting again, which is unexpected by people.

In short, in the Chinese society of the 90s, whoever has money will be awesome, and whoever can be respected!

For this point, Shen Tianlong felt deeply, because Yang Qilang was a living example.

Compared with Shang Wenquan, Yang Qilang is living a very prosperous life now, and compared to other upstarts, Yang Qilang is young and handsome, as if he is a young man with rich money.

Who is respected if such a person is not respected?

According to the previous statement, Yang Qilang is a juvenile delinquent, a person who has been in prison. If it was still in the 70s and [-]s, there would be no work unit for a person like Yang Qilang after he came out. I am afraid that the people who live here can't even talk about their daughter-in-law.

But the times must have changed. Although this era has various shortcomings, it has become more and more tolerant after all, and people have more and more opportunities.It is also thanks to the tolerant policy that Yang Qilang is doing better and better outside, even so good that Shen Tianlong and Er Huizi are surprised.

Compared with Shang Wenquan, the financial director who needs to steal iron to make a living, Yang Qilang is really too good at messing around, and he understands too well.

Next, Lao Qi will tell you another story about Yang Qilang

When the time came to 92, Yang Qilang was no longer the stupefied young man who slashed people with large knives because of a few pairs of skates.

At this time, he had a green hair hairstyle, a big gold chain with the thickness of a thumb, tight jeans, and a white cotton shirt. The top three buttons of the shirt were unbuttoned, revealing a long and narrow scar. The chest, the shape should be as fashionable and fashionable as it is, and as unruly as it is.

Delicate in wildness and ruthless in delicate, Yang Qilang is definitely the idol of thousands of girls in Hongqi City.

Shen Tianlong and Erhuizi were imprisoned at the same time, and after being imprisoned, Yang Qilang took over the store under Shen Tianlong's name and the chain bookstores of Erhuizi at the same time.

Although Yang Qilang has a low salary in Shen Tianlong's store, the financial situation of the store is very good.That day, Yang Qilang rode a motorcycle to the prison to look for Shen Tianlong.

"Brother Tianlong, we have a lot of money in the account of our store. Now I go to buy goods. Those people watch me take a long-distance bus and look down on me. Let's just buy a car." Yang Qilang asked Shen Tianlong for instructions.

"You can buy it if you have money in the account. Also, you don't need to ask me for these things in the future. The store is yours and Qiqi's, and you can make decisions yourself." Shen Tianlong said.

"Grass, Sister Tianfeng was closer to me than my own mother back then. If I took over this store, would I still be human? This company belongs to you, and I will hand it over to you when you come out. Don't think you are my brother, this matter There is no room for discussion!" After leaving a word, Yang Qilang turned around and left.

Less than a week after returning from prison, Yang Qilang spent more than 20 yuan to buy an imported off-road vehicle!

While helping Shen Tianlong take care of the business, Erhuizi's bookstore Yang Qilang was also left behind.

Yang Qilang has been very close to his second brother since he was a child. Now that the second brother has entered, those bookstores are all the hard work of the second brother. Can Yang Qilang not take good care of them?

But Er Huizi was very dissatisfied with Yang Qilang's way of managing those bookstores, and the two brothers even had a big fight because of this.

"Second brother, I sold a few of your bookstores." Yang Qilang said

"Grass, how many are there?" Er Huizi is a man who loves books like his life, and when he heard that Yang Qilang dared to sell his bookstore, he blew his beard and stared angrily.

"Er..., not many." Yang Qilang faltered and refused to tell the truth.

Less than a year after taking over Erhuizi's bookstore, Yang Qilang sold out almost three-quarters of the bookstore. These bookstores are all Erhuizi's painstaking efforts, how dare he tell the truth.

In case the second elder brother gets angry again, Yang Qilang will not be able to explain it.

After Yang Qilang sold the bookstore, he used the money to expand the size of the remaining bookstore by more than ten square meters and redecorated it.With the rest of the money, he bought all the TV sets.

Not only did he buy a TV, Yang Qilang even bought a video recorder.

So far, Erhuizi’s bookstore is still a bookstore on the surface, but when you enter the bookstore, you pass through a secret door, and inside is the video hall.

A 21-inch TV, a few dilapidated long wooden stools with backrests, dim lighting, and various video tapes constitute the paradise for more than 70% of adolescent boys in Hongqi City.

In the years to come, VCRs were replaced by VCDs, and videotapes were replaced by CDs.The boys who have experienced in the video hall have changed from batch to batch, and the video hall is also developing with the times.

More than ten years later, at a gathering with friends, the grown-up Chen Weidong suddenly yelled "Boss, change the disc!", a simple sentence that made everyone burst into tears, because this sentence Brings back those old boys' memories of their teenage years.

The post-80s generation in Hongqi City, represented by Chen Weidong, met Hong Kong and Taiwan stars such as Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, and Chow Yun-fat in the video hall of Yang Qilang and Er Huizi, and most of them had a good time in their lives in this video hall. first time tube.

Because the video hall not only has the videos of the police, robbers and gangsters, but also better movies.For these boys with extremely strong adolescent hormone secretion, the so-called better movies are pornographic movies.

Of course, Yang Qilang scoured all these pornographic films from other places.

"Xiao Qi, it's already too much for us to play that kind of film in the video room, why do you keep on selling the store, don't you want to expand the scale?" Qi Qige asked.

"Yes, in my ideal, a truly high-end video hall should be made into a small private room, with a bed in a private room, and only two people can lie on the bed, and then some medicines such as Ant Dali Pills will be added. Business guaranteed fire!"

"Think about it, those young people have a place to do business, and our place is cheaper than a hotel, and a pair can be rotated in two hours, which has to make money. Besides, if we do this, these gangsters will not Thank you Dade, I am doing a good deed."

When Yang Qilang mentioned his long-term plan for the video hall, he was very excited.Complacently bragging to Qiqige, suddenly disregarding that Qiqige's face has become more and more ugly.

"Shameless!" Qiqige spat and said angrily

"Why are you shameless? We could only run to the mountains when we were dating. It was still winter, and the temperature in our area meant that I had strong firepower. Try another person? Don't freeze his stuff It’s only strange.” Yang Qilang was still eloquent, disregarding that Qiqige’s eyes were already on fire.

In short, while Yang Qilang was running Tianlong Trading Company, he was managing Erhuizi's bookstore and video hall at the same time, and he became a trendy player in the market.

The fate of Shang Wenquan and Yang Qilang is completely different, it has something to do with their thoughts, and also has something to do with their attitude towards life. Lao Qi is here to explain these things, and he doesn't mean to distinguish who is right and who is wrong, who is superior and who is inferior.

In short, no matter who you are, you have to eat, you have to sleep, and you have to live. This is a fundamental principle!Different people have different ways of living. Don't envy anyone, and don't belittle anyone, because this world is colorful and diverse.