Chapter 270 Bought a TV
On April 15, the trade fair closed successfully.
Although the scale of this trade fair was larger than before, many foreign businessmen did not dare to place large orders due to various problems in the past, so the transaction volume did not have a big breakthrough compared to last year's autumn trade fair.
After the trade fair ended, the manufacturers began to withdraw from the exhibition one after another.
It was also troublesome to transport the products back and forth. This year, the leaders of the center applied to the higher authorities to leave a sales area open to the people of Guangzhou after the exhibition, so that manufacturers who did not want to transport the samples back could sell the samples here and sell them at a discount without tickets.
For the people of Guangzhou, the exhibition hall is definitely a high-end existence. They can only look at the appearance from the outside and have never been in.
As soon as they heard that they could not only go inside, but also buy export products at a low price and without tickets, word spread quickly. On the day of the sale, more people came than when the trade fair opened.
Originally, the manufacturers were supposed to sell their products for two days, but they were sold out in less than a day.
The purchasing power of the domestic people should not be underestimated. Normally, they cannot buy products without tickets, but once something appears that does not require tickets and is cheap, it will sell very quickly.
As internal staff, they naturally have some benefits, and they are given priority to buy the things that are for sale.
Su Mo heard that the Haishi Radio Factory did not seem to be planning to ship back a few televisions, so she hurried to ask the price.
After the two children followed Commander Xu to learn, Commander Xu would take them to his house for dinner when he got off work early. Commander Xu's house was equipped with a TV. Ever since Lele saw it, he was particularly curious and often wanted to watch it.
In 1973, the TV station began to resume broadcasting, and there were still some programs to watch.
Su Mo thought about buying one, so that the two children would not have to run to Commander Xu's house from time to time and disturb the leadership work.
Yangcheng Department Store also sells TVs, 479 yuan per TV plus a TV ticket. Su Mo can afford the money, but the TV tickets are hard to get, and only high-level officials will occasionally get one.
Now that she has this opportunity, she hurried to ask.
The director of the radio factory saw that it was Su Mo who asked, so he made the decision and sold it to her for 450 yuan. After all, it had been displayed in the exhibition area for a month, so it could be considered used, so he gave her a discount of 29 yuan.
Su Mo quickly paid for it.
Those that could be sent to the exhibition were all the latest models, and the quality must have been selected. If you buy it in China, you probably have to get a reservation ticket and queue up. After all, most TVs now have 12-inch monitors, and the one Su Mo bought has a 14-inch monitor.
In addition to buying a TV, Su Mo also bought a lot of wine, especially a certain one, which she kept and used as a gift in the future, which would be very decent.
After Su Mo brought the TV home, Lele was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. He kept saying nice things like "
Mom is the best, Mom is the best, I love Mom the most". Su Mo couldn't stop laughing and didn't know who this guy looked like.
After praising Su Mo, Lele squatted at the gate of the yard and waited for Lu Changzheng to come back. After Dad installed the antenna, we can watch TV.
At that time, the technology was limited and the signal was not good. The TV was equipped with a special receiver, which had to be installed in a wide and high place outdoors to receive the TV signal.
After Lu Changzheng came back, Lele patted his shoulder for a minute and then urged him to install the antenna.
Lu Changzheng took a bamboo pole, installed the antenna, and climbed up to the roof to find a location.
Su Mo and Lu Xiaolan watched in the living room. When there was a picture, they shouted to the yard about the clarity, and Lele immediately conveyed it to Lu Changzheng loudly. Although
Lele was small, his voice was loud. Soon all the children in the neighborhood were attracted to come over and gather in the yard, waiting eagerly for the adjustment to be completed so that they could watch TV.
Televisions were rare these days, even in the military families' homes. Only the homes of a few important leaders had televisions. Ordinary children dared not go to those places to watch them.
In less than half an hour, Lu Changzheng found a good location and fixed the antenna pole. There were only two or three channels, one from Guangdong Province, one from Beijing, and one from Shanghai.
At that time, there was no CCTV yet, and the Beijing City TV Station played the role of the central television station. Basically, every big city could receive the Beijing City TV Station. As the industrial center of this period, Hai City’s TV station was also doing very well. It was second only to Beijing City, and most big cities could receive it.
After confirming that they could watch it, the children rushed into the living room, sitting or standing, watching TV with relish. The Beijing City TV Station was currently broadcasting "A Bite of Vegetable Pancake", the first TV series broadcast in 1958.
During the Cultural Revolution, the television and film industries were almost at a standstill, and all that was broadcast were the previous inventory and the eight model operas.
Su Mo took a look and really couldn't get into it. For her, who had been exposed to the prosperous television culture, these were too childish.
Su Mo didn't care and let them watch. She went to eat with Lu Xiaolan and Lu Changzheng first.
Lu Xiaolan also wanted to watch TV. The couple quickly finished their meal, filled two small bowls with rice and said they were going to feed the two little ones, then hurried to the living room.
After dinner, Lu Changzheng went outside to wash the dishes. They built a table in the yard, and those who washed dishes and clothes were all outside.
Wang Cuimei was peeking out in her yard. When she saw Lu Changzheng coming out, she asked, "Captain Lu, where did you buy your TV? You really want to spend it!"
It cost nearly five hundred yuan, and she couldn't bear to part with it. And I heard that this thing burns a lot of electricity.
"My wife bought it from their unit." Lu Changzheng said, washing the dishes.
"What? Isn't your wife working at the Foreign Trade Center? Why is she selling things?"
"The exhibition is over, and the manufacturers didn't move the samples back, so my wife bought them."
"Is there such a good thing? What's there? I'll go and see tomorrow."
"I heard that everything is sold out today, sister-in-law, you can only go and see it in autumn."
"Oh, what a pity!" Wang Cuimei slapped her thigh.
Seeing Lu Changzheng wash the dishes and go back in, she secretly sighed, this Lu is really a good man, he even washes the dishes, her family, they don't even help when the oil bottle falls over.
After taking a shower, when Su Mo came out to wash clothes, she saw Wang Cuimei leaning her head over to look over here, so she said, "Sister Wang, can you see it if you lean your head over like this? Come and sit in the living room and watch."
Wang Cuimei was a little embarrassed, "Will this disturb you?"
Su Mo smiled, "It's okay, there are many children around."
"Then, then I'll go over there." Wang Cuimei said, and hurried home to move a chair over.
Her husband asked her to disturb others less, and she didn't dare to visit them all the time. But now, they asked her to go, not her to disturb them.
After Wang Cuimei came over, she smiled at Su Mo and went into the living room to watch TV.
Su Mo actually had a good impression of Wang Cuimei. Although she was not well educated, she was quite enthusiastic. She liked her more than her husband Zheng Guosheng.
Zheng Guosheng looked gentle and polite on the outside, but Su Mo often heard him scolding Wang Cuimei and their three children.
Su Mo especially disliked people who were nice to others but bad-tempered at home.