The establishment of the South Island Pearl Chamber of Commerce is also a major event that the local government should pay great attention to. In recent years, the pearl industry on the island has flourished, which has led to a lot of tourism and consumption, and promoted local development.

On the day the Chamber of Commerce was established, it was said that a grand ceremony should be held, and careful publicity should be carried out, and an auspicious day should be selected.

At this time, in the second half of 1983, two shops were built on both sides of the Pearl Craft Park. Qin Rou rented out some of the shops and asked someone to open a coffee shop and a fruit tea shop.

——She started to live the life of a landlady again.

Qin Rou and her sister Qin Mian sat in the coffee shop drinking coffee. The coffee shop was beautifully decorated, and moving music came from the record player.

Qin Mian picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, closed her eyes, and ate a piece of sweet cream cake.

How do you describe the taste?

Bitter and sweet, bitter and sweet...

"I still can't get used to it." Qin Mian shook her head.

Qin Rou doesn't like coffee very much, she only drinks one or two cups occasionally. She likes to drink coffee with a small spoon, hold her cat and read a book, eat some cakes, slowly drink a few sips of coffee to refresh herself, and spend an afternoon lazily.

Of course, compared to coffee, she prefers milk tea and fruit tea.

"Recently, coffee shops are popular. Many people like them. I heard that several have opened in Shenzhen."

There are coffee shops in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. There are many people who go to drink coffee. It is a petty bourgeoisie style and petty bourgeoisie life that many people yearn for.

This is probably for young men and women, who watch movies, go to dance halls, and drink coffee with their favorite objects in coffee shops.

At this time, the older people are probably going to the Chung Ying Street in Shenzhen to buy gold jewelry. Yes, gold jewelry is also a hot-selling item now.

Chung Ying Street is a street connecting Shenzhen to Hong Kong Island, with the two places occupying more than half each. Since the economic opening up, this place has been connected to Hong Kong Island, and many foreign imported products are sold on the street. The goods are duty-free, good quality and low price, and it is a "shopping paradise" of this era.

This shopping spot is very popular. In 1979, the sales of Chinese stores were only 5 to 6 million yuan, but in the past two years, the total sales of all stores are about to break the 100 million yuan mark. Such a shopping craze has been promoted in newspapers several times.

Qin Rou had visited the Chung Ying Street once. She saw a few gold jewelry stores there. Now there are more gold stores. In the mid-to-late 1980s, there was a gold fever here. At its peak, there were nearly a hundred gold stores on the street.

In 1984, Qin Rou planned to visit again and contact a few stores to cooperate in selling pearls and expand the pearl sales channels.

The South Island Pearl Chamber of Commerce is about to be established, and Qin Rou has been elected as the president of the Chamber of Commerce. She has been thinking about some ways to make the pearl industry on the entire island flourish in the future.

After becoming the president, Qin Rou will have greater power to regulate and lead this industry.

"Drinking coffee can refresh you."

"When the Chamber of Commerce is established, sister, the clothes you made should also be put on display..."

Qin Rou and Qin Mian came here to prepare for the Chamber of Commerce's establishment ceremony. The two of them sat in the cafe and chatted about related matters.

Not only were they sitting in the cafe, but at the other end of the cafe, Cui Mingzhan and Meng Lan sat opposite each other. He invited Meng Lan to come over for coffee today.

Since the cafe opened, many people from their experimental station have become regular customers of the cafe. Cui Mingzhan came to drink coffee several times and remembered this place.

After much hesitation, he finally chose this place.

Through the glass window of the coffee shop, you can see the Pearl Craft Park not far away.

"Menlan..."

Cui Mingzhan took a deep breath. He had prepared a whole draft in his mind, but unfortunately, he couldn't remember anything at this moment. His mind was empty.

He panicked and pushed an exquisite gift box in front of Menglan with shaking hands.

Menglan took a sip of coffee. The coffee was bitter, but she didn't taste anything. She just took a big gulp. She might have guessed what the other party wanted to say to her.

All kinds of complicated and contradictory thoughts filled her heart.

She opened the box, which contained a set of beautiful pearl jewelry. Each pearl was bright and beautiful. She picked up a pearl necklace, and the sparkling beads reflected a dazzling light in her palm.

A very beautiful pearl necklace.

“This…this…” Cui Mingzhan’s mind was blank. He still couldn’t remember the speech he had prepared earlier. He closed his eyes and cursed himself for being useless. “This…this is a pearl I grew myself. I…I…Menlan, I want to give it to you.”

He spoke incoherently. Cui Mingzhan was usually smiling and joking, but at this moment, not only was his head tied, but his tongue was also tied. “Menlan, actually…you, um…”

Menglan looked up at him with clear eyes.

"Just...just, I think your Pearl wedding photo is very beautiful, so I'm giving you this."

"Actually, it's not that." Cui Mingzhan wanted to chop off his tongue, "I'll just say it straight!"

Meng Lan said softly, "Just tell me."

"It's yours..." Cui Mingzhan's voice became smaller and smaller, and his face became redder and redder: "Your photo is very beautiful, you, you you, do you mind if there is one more person in the photo."

After saying that, Cui Mingzhan was like a child who had done something wrong, waiting for the teacher in front of him to punish him.

Meng Lan just looked at him quietly, and when she thought of how nervous and stuttered he was just now, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Cui Mingzhan was a little embarrassed and angry.

Meng Lan's smile became even brighter. "There is someone missing in my photo."

Cui Mingzhan finally found his tongue and nodded desperately, "I think so, you are missing someone. As a researcher, I suggest you fill it in as soon as possible."

"If you can't pick a suitable candidate, I will recommend myself."

"Register first."

Looking into the eyes of the man in front of her, Meng Lan nodded for some reason.

"Then let you register."

On the day when the Chamber of Commerce was officially established, a large stage had been built in the open space in front of the Pearl Craft Park, and countless balloons and red lanterns were tied to the shops on both sides.

Qin Rou was wearing a lot of pearl jewelry today, including beautiful pearl earrings, necklaces, and pearl rings on her hands. The pearls made her look soft and elegant.

Qin Rou and several farm managers were talking with local government representatives, and there were also people from the Tourism Bureau.

At this time, several more cars drove over. They were from Qiongzhou Island TV. Today was a major event, and as the only local TV station on Qiongzhou Island, they had to come over to film and report.

Qiongzhou Island TV was established just a year ago, and it is still a grass-roots team that is still groping.

After the TV station people arrived, many people at the event began to get excited. Although they didn’t watch this local TV station very often on weekdays, but…

they appeared at the event today, maybe the camera would film them later, which means… they are going to be on TV!!!

Although it is a local TV station, it is still going to be on TV!!!

“We are going to be on TV today.”

“Get ready to be on TV, we need to pick a good position!”

“Do you want to look in the mirror and dress up?”

…

Knowing that they would be on TV later, even the researchers who had been working at the experimental station started to dress up as idols. By the 1980s, TVs were no longer a rarity. If you couldn’t afford a color TV, you could always have a black-and-white TV.

Many public places in villages and communities have a black-and-white TV. Sometimes the whole village gathers together to watch TV.

Watching TV is like watching a movie. The more people watch together, the more fun it is.

"Cui Mingzhan, what are you still daydreaming about?"

"Why don't you clean up quickly?"

"Why have you been sleepwalking these past few days?"

——It's not sleepwalking?

Cui Mingzhan thought in a daze that he had been in this dreamlike, trance-like state of excitement since he signed up that day.

Meng Lan said that the event was about to start, and asked him to keep it a secret and not tell anyone, and to talk about it after the event. Cui Mingzhan was very obedient and didn't say a word.

He was forced to be in this trance-like state.

"Qin Rou."

Qin Rou saw the people from the TV station. Among them, she saw several familiar faces.

Qiongzhou Island TV Station was originally developed by the local Broadcasting Administration.