The Days of Opening a Restaurant on an Abnormal Earth

Niu Ben, who was twelve years old and was studying in the first grade of junior high school, was haggard in his heart. Because he never thought of his own students. That is to say, the out-of-touch middle-aged and elderly Zhang Tong who just came back from another world doesn't even know what WIFI is.

"Internet, network, network, network cable. Do you know what to do?" Niu Ben felt as if he was communicating with a foreigner, so he almost yelled [Bage Yalu] and dropped the keyboard.

Zhang Tong naturally understands the Internet. Huaihai is one of the earliest developed cities in Mainland China. In the ninety-nine years before time travel, the Internet has gradually become popular.

But at that time, the Internet relied on a telephone line, and if the telephone line was used to access the Internet, the home phone could not make calls temporarily. The important thing is that Internet access was expensive in those days.

Zhang Tong vaguely remembers that the cost of opening the Internet was several thousand dollars, and then the Internet fee was three dollars or four dollars an hour, and then he could enjoy the Internet speed of 128KB or 256KB.

So at that time, surfing the Internet at home was a luxury, and it was much cheaper to go to Internet cafes. Internet cafes charge only 2 to 3 yuan an hour. There is no need to buy an expensive home computer to go online in an Internet cafe. After all, it cost almost 10,000 yuan to buy a computer in 1999. That was not a small fortune at the time.

So Zhang Tong understands what the Internet is, but he has never actually touched it. In 1999, surfing the Internet was not a necessary skill. Using computers and various 3C products is not something that is popular and cool among all young people.

At that time, playing King of Fighters 97 in the arcade hall, using Mary to perform a set of thirty-seven consecutive moves was something that young people thought was particularly cool.

Or playing King of Fighters 99 with K to hit a set of five-cut damage is also a cool thing.

computer? Some people play it, but it is a toy belonging to a few rich people, far away from ordinary people. Anyway, it was very far away for Zhang Tong at that time. At that time, his parents only used this store to run the snack department. How could they have the money to buy a computer that was useless to them?

Although there were a small number of microcomputer classes in the school at that time, at most I taught switching on and off and Wubi typing, and nothing else.

So Niu Ben originally thought that the easiest and fastest way for Zhang Tong to grasp the world situation was frustrated at the beginning. Because the Internet problem was solved, Zhang Tong was asked to discuss with the couple selling flowers next door, and the other party expressed their willingness to let him spend a few days online. However, it is best to handle broadband services by yourself as soon as possible.

But after the network problem was solved, another problem appeared. Because Zhang Tong can't use the current computer at all!

"Didn't you learn to use a computer when you were in school?" Niu Ben was about to collapse.

Zhang Tong shrugged helplessly: "I was still in high school in 1999. At that time, the conditions of middle schools in Huaihai City were not comparable to what they are now. Unless it is a key middle school, it is impossible for every school to have a computer room. Even if there is a machine room, The computer configuration is not necessarily up-to-date. Not all computers used by students can be installed with WINDOWS system. Anyway, for a long time in my computer class, all the computers with DOS instructions are handed in. Well, it’s really nostalgic. I still I remember a series of DOS commands that allowed me to open the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" installed in the computer."

Well, Niu Ben surrendered. He couldn't help but asked, "Did you really live in Huaihai, China? Why does it feel like the third world in Asia, Africa and Latin America?"

Zhang Tong shrugged: "Compared to the past, I now doubt whether this place is Huaihai, China. In 1999, the Bund skyline could only see the Oriental Pearl Tower. Now there are so many tall buildings, just like when I saw the United States. It feels the same as New York in the blockbuster.”

"There are so many cars walking on the road. In 1999, the streets of Huaihai City felt very spacious. And now there are too many people with cars. At that time, there was an owner of a clothing store on this street. Buying a Xiali will make us envious." There was a trace of reminiscence in Zhang Tong's eyes.

"There are still many Changhe vans running on the street. I don't recognize the big jeeps running on the road now." Zhang Tong pointed to an SUV parked across the street and said.

Niu Ben glanced at it and couldn't help but patted his forehead: "Zhang...Brother Zhang, that's a Land Rover, not a Jeep."

Zhang Tong waved his hand: "At that time we called all cars of this shape Jeeps, you don't need to worry about me. I didn't know much about cars. At that time, if there was a small noodle at home, it was considered a good condition. Mercedes-Benz and BMW are the legendary Existence, I feel that only the rich and powerful in Hong Kong TV dramas can open it."

"At that time, the biggest dream of many business people was to make a lot of money and buy a Mercedes-Benz or BMW."

Zhang Tong's words attracted Niu Ben's approval: "No wonder there are Mercedes-Benz and BMW everywhere on the street now. It was all caused by you guys back then!"

In this way, it is true that the 1990s happened to be when Zhang Tong and his group were young. Around the age of 20, I was attracted by a large number of Hong Kong-produced films and foreign films, and I was curious and even sought after everything that appeared in them.

From Mercedes-Benz BMW to Rolex Chanel, and even simple foreign fast food. This kind of comprehensive cultural invasion and commodity invasion started twenty or thirty years ago. Even though many such products did not enter China at that time, the seeds have been sown in the hearts of many people under the influence of film and television cultural works.

Obviously, I have never seen a real car of Mercedes-Benz or BMW, but I have already decided in my heart that this is a good car, a very good car. Because the hero in the movie is omnipotent with them.

When the people of the same ten-year generation as Zhang Tong have gradually grown up, they have reached the present. Many people in their thirties and forties happen to be the mainstay of this society, and they are also the group of people with the strongest economic strength.

They began to chase their dreams when they were young, the dream car, the dream house, and the dream brand.

The roots planted twenty years ago are beginning to sprout. Until now, China has grown into the country with the fastest growing consumption of luxury goods and luxury cars in the world.

Zhang Tong sighed: "Yeah, sometimes I wonder. Is this still China? Is this still Huaihai? The world is changing so fast, how come I don't know anything in a blink of an eye? What? The world has become so developed all of a sudden? It’s like being in New York in a movie.”

"I went to the vegetable market the day before yesterday and saw someone buying a chicken skeleton (the chicken skeleton was shaved relatively clean, leaving only a small amount of meat and a lot of bones). Buy it back to feed the dog." Zhang Tong felt incredible.

"When I was young, spicy fried chicken racks were considered a big meat dish. Is it reduced to feeding dogs now? The 24-hour convenience store seems to sell everything. There are all kinds of snacks, many of which I can't name. Foreign snacks. Seaweed can also be eaten as a snack? Ferrero chocolate seems to be easily available. In the past, we only went to big supermarkets or big food companies to buy such expensive ones only during Chinese New Year or important guests at home. Here comes the chocolate."

"KFC and McDonald's are everywhere, and it seems that only people who really don't know what to eat will go in to eat. When I was young, I went to eat KFC. It must be a reward for being the first in the class."

"The buildings are getting higher and higher, the roads are getting wider and wider, and everyone's clothes are getting better and better." Zhang Tong sighed: "Is this really China? What happened in the past seventeen years? Why did it change so much? quick?"

Listening to what Zhang Tong said, Niu Ben spread his hands and said, "Welcome to the future. But I think we need to change the subject. Let me teach you how to use the computer first, and then teach you how to surf the Internet. Then from the Internet You can understand what you haven’t experienced in the past seventeen years, maybe it’s a period of great changes.”

It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.