Among these goods, some are smuggled in from Hong Kong, commonly known as parallel imports.
The bold ones will die of overeating while the timid ones will die of starvation. Doing these things is considered illegal immigration, and taking them abroad without paying taxes is considered smuggling. In any case, it is illegal.
To get to Hong Kong now, one must first take a train to Guangzhou, then smuggle from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. Many small vendors often smuggle goods back and forth, bringing them back from Hong Kong and then trying to sell them at a high price.
The tape was the most distinctive representative at that time.
In the late 1970s, pop songs were extremely popular, with songs by singers like Teresa Teng, Teresa Teng, Liu Wen-cheng, and Feng Fei-fei filling the streets of Hong Kong.
There are some people who specialize in bringing tapes from Hong Kong to Guangzhou for wholesale, including master tapes and blank tapes.
At the time, recorders featured two tape decks in a row, also known as dual-cassette decks. The sound quality of dual-cassette decks produced by those with a good living was indeed superior to our own. So, despite their price, their sound quality was exceptional, and you could tell the difference the moment you listened. If you didn't have one, you couldn't even buy one. The sound quality of Xiaoben's recorders was indeed superior to ours, and we acknowledged that. They were also very popular, and were incredibly hard to come by.
Dual-cassette recorders can use two decks simultaneously, one for playing songs and the other for recording. This feature was exploited by clever dealers who would buy a master tape and then record onto blank tapes.
A master tape costs one yuan to buy, and retails for around five, six, seven, or eight yuan. Blank tapes cost fifty cents to buy, and you can get two, and the recorded tapes can sell for a little over two yuan. In an age where the average monthly salary is only a dozen yuan, few people are willing to spend five or six yuan on original tapes; they prefer to buy recorded ones. While there's a slight difference in sound quality, it's cheaper! Furthermore, inland music is still considered obscene and banned, so it can only be listened to secretly.
Overseas, the oriental craze is also enduring, and the mysterious power of the East has always been a hot topic overseas. The whole world is listening to tape recorders, so this business is very promising.
Jiang Huashu built three new soundproof booths in the factory area of the space. Each booth is divided into many small booths for processing tapes.
Because of the space advantage, the content of the tapes has also been enriched, such as Errenzhuan, local operas, and some children's enlightenment programs.
The master tapes were all recorded by students from music colleges, opera fans, and children from children's vocal training classes who were found in Modern.
The songs are in line with the times, with catchy lyrics, and even the children's songs are ballads about mental arithmetic or safety knowledge.
The principle of tape recording is also very simple. The sound is converted into electrical signals, and then these electrical signals are converted into magnetic signals through the magnetic head and recorded on the tape.
Specifically, sound is captured by a microphone and converted into electrical signals. These signals are then fed into the coils of the recording head, generating a magnetic field in the gaps of the head that varies with the audio current. The tape moves closely against the head, magnetizing the magnetic powder layer on the tape, thus recording the sound's magnetic signal on the tape. (Baidu)
Do you think Jiang Huashu only sold the finished tapes to inland areas?
Isn't that a bit too small? They're selling overseas. Jiang Huashu's five- and ten-year business plans have always been about earning money from foreigners and spending it back home.
How much sales could there possibly be domestically? These tapes were shipped overseas in containers of ten or twenty. No tariffs, no time difference in shipping across the ocean, no risk at all. As long as Jiang Huashu was there, it was pure profit.
In this era, if Jiang Huashu wants to do something big, the whole world will have to learn Chinese in advance.
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