This year's Lunar New Year's Eve was a bit quiet at the Zhou family home. Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao looked at the empty seat next to Zhou Mingli and pouted unhappily.
A few days ago, Jiang Ci called them in advance, saying that there would probably be too many people calling on New Year's Eve and her phone would be busy so she wouldn't be able to call back to China. So she simply moved her New Year's Eve call forward.
This also prevents them from staying at home waiting for their phones, only to end up with nothing.
Zhou Mingli prepared a table full of delicious food, but seeing that Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao both looked listless, he felt quite helpless.
"What are you still looking at? Hurry up and eat."
"After dinner, I'll take you to the square to watch the fireworks."
Fireworks were set off in the square this year.
Huang Zheyue gave them shrimp, saying, "These are your favorites. If you don't eat them, they'll all be mine in a little while."
Huang Zheyue then turned on the TV.
This was produced in Zhou Mingli's factory. Since the factory opened, Zhou Mingli's factory has sold no less than five hundred television sets. This one was the only one with a problem, so Zhou Mingli bought it with his own money, had the people in the research lab repair it, and took it home for his own use.
The antenna can only detect no more than eight channels, all of which are broadcasting news.
Zhou Mingli's cooking smelled delicious, and the two kids, who were always hungry, couldn't let themselves go hungry since their mother wasn't home, so they started eating in silence.
There wasn't even time to watch TV.
The news anchor smiled and wished the people of the whole country a happy Lunar New Year's Eve.
"Next up is an interview from New York City."
When Zhou Mingli heard "New York," he turned his head to look.
Cheng Shaotian's main job is as a reporter. He has always worked in New York City. Although Zhou Mingli has never actually met him in person, when he goes to the Cheng family, he can see Cheng Yehan take out photos and show him and Jiang Ci who Cheng Shaotian is.
"Hello viewers, this is Cheng Shaotian, a reporter stationed in New York City. I wish all of you a Happy New Year!"
The Cheng family, who were also having their New Year's Eve dinner and watching TV, heard a familiar voice and Cheng Ke immediately smiled and said, "It's Third Brother!"
Cheng Shaotian, holding the microphone and smiling, said, "Today is the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. Our viewers in China are enthusiastically preparing to welcome the new year. Our delegation in New York is also preparing for the festival. Let's see how our delegation celebrates the Spring Festival."
Upon hearing this, Li Ailian asked happily, "Did Shaotian go to interview Xiao Ci's workplace?"
Cheng Huasheng also perked up, looked carefully, and said, "It must be."
The scene shifts to a table with many wrapped dumplings, and some young people squeeze into the frame.
Zhou Mingli, who was staring intently at the television, spotted Jiang Ci sitting in the distance in the corner of the screen. She was wearing a red turtleneck sweater, her hair seemed to have grown longer, and she had a slight smile on her lips, looking very relaxed.
If you ignore the dark circles under her eyes.
Whether it was Cheng Shaotian's personal motives or the result of unanimous discussion within the delegation, Jiang Ci became the subject of the interview.
Seeing that Uncle Zhou hadn't made a move for a long time, Huang Zheyue couldn't help but look at the TV.
He paused for a moment, then quickly called out to Zhou Miao and Zhou Yang, "Look who's on TV!"
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao, who were engrossed in their meal, looked up and both exclaimed in surprise.
"It's Mom!"
The two children's eyes lit up, and they quickly gathered in front of the TV to watch Jiang Ci on screen.
Zhou Mingli said, "Go back to your seat."
The two children, who had been practically glued to the TV screen, reluctantly sat back down.
The kids don't like watching the news, but Dad said Mom might appear on the news, and the two kids missed Jiang Ci, so they had to endure watching the news.
Unfortunately, Jiang Ci is not a spokesperson and appears infrequently; she is only occasionally caught on camera.
This time, the mother on TV is actually speaking!
The two children stopped saying their father was lying, and they stopped eating, keeping their eyes glued to the TV.
She and Cheng Shaotian exchanged some official pleasantries first, and then Cheng Shaotian asked her, "Is there anything you'd like to say to the audience?"
Jiang Ci looked at the camera, her clear and bright eyes full of smiles, "On behalf of the delegation, I would like to extend my New Year greetings to our viewers and the general public in China."
The interview, which lasted only a minute and a half, ended quickly.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao hadn't seen enough.
Zhou Mingli looked away from the television.
Zhou Yang pouted and said, "Why can't Mom ask us on TV?"
“This is news, reporting on major national events. How can you let your mother ask you questions on the news? Even if you answer, she won’t hear you,” Huang Zheyue said.
Zhou Miao smiled and said, "But I also saw my mother today!"
The two kids' moods came and went quickly; they soon cheered up and started eating heartily.
Zhou Mingli glanced at them and smiled.
Less than six months later, Jiangci was already in the news.
He needs to step up his efforts.
The four of them went to the square to watch fireworks in the evening and didn't go home to rest until after 11 p.m.
People started coming to Zhou Mingli's house starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year.
He didn't have time to dwell on his loneliness before he started greeting the guests.
Zhou Mingli's holiday ended on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year after he had met with all his friends.
In the first half of 1983, Zhou Mingli, along with Shao Yishan and other talents who were deeply researching LCD TVs, failed to develop LCD LEDs. However, they did solve the problem of TV circuit integration, developing discrete components into integrated circuits and reducing power consumption by 30%.
This means that Zhou Mingli's factory has mastered one of the core technologies of television sets, and the manufacturing cost of television sets has decreased accordingly.
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