Chapter 879 Technology Changes Life
Lin Weimin made clear arrangements for the retired and non-retired old cadres. For the gathering that evening, he informed the families of each family in advance that the old cadres could have a few drinks. This news immediately put happy smiles on the faces of the old cadres who were originally full of complaints.
"We still have to think about us for the sake of the people!"
I had a meal with the old cadres, and the most pitiful ones were Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou.
He did a lot of work, and all the praise went to Lin Weimin.
The two of them often spoke ill of Lin Weimin behind his back.
As the end of the year approaches, the work in the Chinese Literature Society has become less busy, and the society is filled with a joyful atmosphere.
The publishing business of our company has performed well this year, sweeping away the decline of the previous two years. Although the increase is not huge, it is increasing after all!
Look at those colleagues outside, many of whom can barely pay their employees’ salaries. What is there for Guowenshe to be dissatisfied with for having achieved such results?
With this idea in mind, employees will naturally feel relaxed.
Welfare was distributed on the day before the New Year. People had been staring out the window since morning, eagerly waiting for the truck to arrive in the yard. Unfortunately, they waited for a long time and there was no movement until lunch time.
Everyone thought they might have to wait until the afternoon, but just after lunch, the union notified everyone to collect their benefits.
This year's New Year's benefit is not a physical item, but a voucher. The New Year's benefit of Guowenshe is a Galanz microwave oven.
As soon as the employees lined up, they found out that this year's welfare was a microwave oven. The queue immediately caused a sensation, and then the entire compound at No. 166 Chaonei Street became a sensation.
Just last month, an article was published in the Yenching Daily.
The title is "Cars, computers and mobile phones will become consumer hotspots."
The article says:
"According to a survey conducted by a domestic authority, cars, computers and mobile phones are gradually becoming popular consumer items for ordinary people. The survey shows that 1% of households in the country plan to buy cars in the near future, and 11% of households regard cars as a long-term goal; 16% of households hope to buy computers; and 16% of households hope to buy mobile phones. The survey results show the positive impact of reform and opening up on the lives of ordinary people.
In addition to cars, computers and mobile phones, the industrial products that people most want to own are microwave ovens, CD players and DVD players. In the survey, 20% of people plan to buy these three products in the near future.
The data cited in the article in the Yenching Daily were obviously only aimed at urban residents. At that time, the rural people did not dare to think about cars, computers and mobile phones.
Among urban residents, the willingness to purchase microwave ovens is as high as 20%, which fully demonstrates the popularity of this household appliance among urban residents.
The reason that prompts a large number of urban residents to buy microwave ovens is very simple. The gradually accelerated pace of life and work has made the working class in the city unwilling to spend one or two hours on a meal as before. They hope to get hot food quickly to fill their stomachs.
"Oh! It's from Galanz. I saw their advertisement in the newspaper today."
After receiving the delivery vouchers, the employees happily started discussing the matter.
It is no wonder that they are happy. Microwave ovens have been introduced into China since the 1980s and gradually became familiar to ordinary people in the 1990s. They are very expensive. An imported Panasonic microwave oven costs 3,000 yuan, which is almost the annual salary of an ordinary working class.
This situation changed in 1995, when Galanz, a domestic electrical appliance manufacturer, took the unique approach and published various popular science articles about microwave ovens in more than 150 newspapers.
"Microwave Oven User Guide" "Experts Talk About Microwave Ovens"...
While other domestic electrical appliance manufacturers were still spending huge amounts of money on television advertising, Galanz's unique advertising method had an unexpected effect, and in just a few months, the microwave oven, a novel product, became famous.
In the same year, Galanz lowered the price of microwave ovens to less than 2,000 yuan.
Galanz's courage has created a storm in the market and also brought benefits to consumers.
Microwave ovens, which originally cost three or four thousand yuan, have suddenly become affordable and have become the first choice of household appliances for many urban families.
Of course, the current price of a microwave oven of more than 1,000 yuan is still not cheap, after all, the income level of ordinary people is there.
Especially when it is distributed to employees as a company welfare, this gesture exudes a sense of generosity, which makes many employees happy and feel a little proud.
This year's New Year's benefits of the Guowen Publishing House touched the hearts of the employees. Looking at the cheerful employees, Old Zhou felt quite proud.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was criticized by Lin Weimin in a subtle way because of the shopping cards he gave to Set. This time he managed to save his face.
The employees of Guowen Publishing House lined up happily to receive the delivery coupons, while the employees of Renmin Publishing House next door were almost gritting their teeth.
As soon as the pick-up coupons were distributed, the employees of Guowen Publishing House began to find various excuses to leave early.
Now that they have the coupons, of course they have to go early to pick up the items and have them delivered to their homes.
Buying a microwave oven for your home is a big deal and should be taken seriously.
The place to pick up the microwave oven was Gome Electrical Appliances on Zhushikou Street. When Lin Weimin arrived here, he also saw several employees of the commune. He greeted everyone, took the microwave oven, put it in the car, and then drove it to Jintai Road.
"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"
It was Cheng Ximi who opened the door for Lin Weimin. She looked at Lin Weimin holding a large box and asked curiously, "What is this?"
“It’s a benefit provided by the company.”
Cheng Ximi let Lin Weimin into the house.
Over the years, whenever Lin Weimin's company distributed benefits, he would send them to their home first. Cheng Ximi had gotten used to it.
Seeing Lin Weimin coming in with a big box, Shi Tiesheng, who was pushing a wheelchair, asked curiously.
Lin Weimin put the box on the ground and opened it.
“A microwave!”
"This is not cheap. Is this given as a welfare benefit by your company?" Shi Tiesheng asked.
"It's very cost-effective! Besides, every household can use it." Lin Weimin said.
As he spoke, he carried the microwave oven to Shi Tiesheng's kitchen and said, "We already have this microwave oven at home, but we don't use it. It's just right for your house. You can use it occasionally to heat food. It's much faster than steaming."
Shi Tiesheng sighed, "Looking at this microwave reminds me of our trip to Hong Kong in 1985. We had never seen many of the electrical appliances they used."
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "They developed it before us. Look, now we are using it, aren't we?"
"Yes, life will always get better and better, and this is the only way to go."
The two chatted for a while, and Shi Tiesheng invited Lin Weimin to have dinner at home.
"Ximi is cooking, let's eat together."
"OK."
When it was almost time for dinner, Cheng Ximi put a steamed bun left over from lunch in the microwave, set the temperature and time, and after a moment, the microwave made a "ding" sound.
Cheng Ximi took out the steamed bun and touched it. She said happily, "It's hot. It's really easy to use."
Shi Tiesheng laughed and said: "Technology has changed the way we live!"
On New Year's Eve, the family gathered in the small courtyard, and the courtyard was filled with a lively and festive atmosphere as in previous years.
The Spring Festival Gala begins at eight o'clock in the evening.
This year's Spring Festival Gala featured a young man named He Jiong in the host lineup, Xiao Fan became the county magistrate, Faye Wong and Na Ying tied their hair into buns and met everyone in 1998, and Chen Xiaoer won a championship in the International Games...
Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, we get up as usual to pay New Year’s greetings.
After breakfast, Lin Weimin took his wife and daughter out to pay New Year’s greetings.
First, we visited Mr. Wan's family. This year, his family is large, and all his children and grandchildren came to spend the New Year with Mr. Wan.
Lin Weimin and his family of three sat for a while and then said goodbye and left.
When I went out to Shi Tiesheng's home, I could still see buses running on the street during the New Year.
Xiao Doubao leaned on the car window, looking at the back of the bus going away, reluctant to leave.
Of course, this girl was not reluctant to leave the bus, but the advertisement on the bus.
Car body advertising was a new thing in the mid-1990s, and it has only been two years since its appearance. This form of advertising was only introduced on Yanjing buses this year.
The advertisement on the bus that Xiao Doubao was looking at was none other than the advertisement for "Shuke and Beta: Full of Power" which was released on the first day of the Chinese New Year.
The colorful and childlike advertisement content easily attracted the children's attention. This was not the first time that Xiao Doubao had seen the advertisement of this movie outside. In recent days, she would talk about it from time to time at home.
After watching the bus disappear around the corner, Xiao Doubao turned around and said to Tao Huimin, "Mom, shall we go to the movies?"
"We still have to go to my uncle's house to wish him a happy new year."
"Then let's go to the movies after New Year's greetings, okay?" Little Doubao was afraid that his mother would refuse, so he added, "I'll treat you and dad to the movie. I have New Year's money."
Tao Huimin couldn't help but smiled and touched her head, "Okay, then let's go to the movies as soon as we get out of uncle's house."
The family arrived at Shi Tiesheng's home and greeted each other first. While the adults were talking, the little kids surrounded Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair with an impatient look on their faces, probably the same as when they usually had to poop.
Shi Tiesheng was talking at first, but when he noticed her strange behavior, he held her hand and asked, "Doubao, do you have something to say to your uncle?"
Xiao Doubao nodded and was about to speak, but when he saw his mother's stern eyes, he immediately swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and instead showed an innocent and lovely smile.
"Uncle, did you sleep last night?"
"He slept well, uncle."
"Did you dream, then?"
"No, uncle hasn't had a dream for a long time. What did you dream about?"
Xiao Doubao laughed, "I dreamed about ice cream last night. There were so many ice creams, colorful and bigger than clouds. I jumped on them and took a bite. The ice cream was so soft and delicious."
Shi Tiesheng smiled and asked, "Don't you feel cold?"
Xiaodoubao seemed to be thinking, "Is it cold? It seems to be a little bit."
Shi Tiesheng and his wife looked at her confused look and burst into laughter.
This girl dreamed of ice cream. She probably wet the bed, otherwise how could it be cool?
But they did not expose Xiao Doubao, because after the New Year the little girl would be six years old and had a sense of shame.
Xiao Doubao talked to Shi Tiesheng for a long time, trying to find a topic to talk about. Finally, Tao Huimin couldn't stand it anymore and pulled her back, "Don't bother uncle."
Xiao Doubao finally calmed down, looked at Tao Huimin, and asked, "Mom, can we go to the movies now?"
Tao Huimin explained to Shi Tiesheng and his wife, "When I came here, I saw the advertisement outside and insisted on watching a movie."
Shi Tiesheng laughed and said, "I was wondering why you took the initiative to talk to me today. It turns out you are anxious!"
The little bean bun was a little embarrassed when his mother saw through his little trick, "Mom~"
Tao Huimin gave her a slap on the head, and Cheng Ximi said, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's have a simple lunch at home, and then you can go to the movies."
Hearing this, Xiao Doubao clapped his hands and cheered.
After lunch, Lin Weimin and his wife brought Xiaodoubao to the Capital Cinema.
It was noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year and there were not many people in the cinema.
The tradition of domestic cinemas opening on the first day of the Lunar New Year was brought about by Jackie Chan's Lunar New Year film "Rumble in the Bronx" in 1995. Later, there were "Police Stories 4: Simple Tasks" and "A Good Man". Jackie Chan's films have been shown to mainland audiences on the first day of the Lunar New Year for three consecutive years, and the audiences have gradually become accustomed to watching movies on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, Jackie Chan's Lunar New Year film "Who Am I" was released as scheduled.
At the same time, "Shuke and Beta: The Might of the Tigers", jointly invested and produced by Wenhua Film and Television and Shanghai Mei Film Studio, was officially released.
It's so uncomfortable. My son has been on IV drip for six days but still hasn't recovered. My wife and I were also infected. We had headaches, runny noses, coughs, body aches, but not much fever. Everyone should pay more attention to this disease.
(End of this chapter)
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