National Day is here in the blink of an eye.
In 1978, there was actually no Labor Day or weekend holidays in China, and even the winter and summer vacations were not regular.
For example, students have winter vacation during the Spring Festival, but it is only a week shorter than the winter vacation of several decades later. Summer vacation is also shorter, about half a month shorter.
However, during the spring wheat harvest, there is a wheat harvest holiday of about half a month, around May Day.
There is also a holiday around National Day, called the Autumn Harvest Holiday, which also lasts about half a month.
This system of four holidays a year is mostly implemented in rural areas so that students can go home and help with farming.
Rural students and urban students also have different holiday times, which are determined according to the busy farming season. Holidays in the south and north also differ in time, some earlier, some later, and their lengths vary.
College students come from all over the country and do not need to go home to farm. They do not have a wheat harvest holiday, but they do have a National Day holiday.
Jiang Shiyue was very busy with the opening of Dongsheng during the National Day holiday.
Dongsheng and Yongan chose to open on National Day.
There is lion dance over at Yongan.
Originally, Dongsheng also performed lion dance, and the two companies once competed for the best local lion dance team at a high price.
But Jiang Shiyue intervened and replaced Dongsheng's lion dance with square dance.
She brought Phoenix Legend's songs to 1978.
Jiang Shiyue is a layman who can only sing but does not understand the music or the score.
Duan Kunze asked someone to fill in the music score based on what she sang.
Those who dance square dance are not middle-aged women, but all the employees of Dongsheng.
The reason why it is square dance and not hot dance or street dance is because the customs of the people are not so open yet.
When Teresa Teng's songs were first introduced to the mainland, they were called decadent music.
If Jiang Shiyue dared to do some street dance or something, he would probably get not applause but slop.
But square dancing is different.
You know, the uncles and aunts of the future are the young people of today, and they might like this tune.
Facts have proved that Jiang Shiyue made the right decision.
Lion dancing, a must-see during festivals and major holidays, is not as attractive as the trendy square dancing.
What’s even more attractive is that shoppers at Dongsheng on the same day can get a free movie ticket and watch a movie in the small square in front of Dongsheng Department Store in the evening.
This was also proposed by Jiang Shiyue.
When Jiang Shiyue was in Chen Shanhe's hometown, she heard that the people would only pay people to show a movie in the production team after the autumn harvest every year.
Many people wait from the beginning of the year to the end of the year for such a movie.
Although urban workers have more choices than farmers and can usually pay to go to the cinema to watch movies, a movie ticket still costs 50 cents.
There are so many things you can buy with fifty cents in 1978.
It was a huge savings for ordinary people, and for Dongsheng, they only had to spend a small amount of money to hire someone to show a movie. Moreover, Dongsheng did not have any movie theaters, which attracted a large number of customers.
Regarding the movie screenings in the evening, Dongsheng spoke in a rather arrogant tone, saying that in order to celebrate the motherland's birthday, the people of Huacheng were invited to watch movies for free, and did not mention anything about going into the store to make purchases.
He greatly gained the favor of the people of Huacheng.
While the movie was showing, Duan Kunze was in his office on the top floor overlooking the hustle and bustle downstairs.
Jiang Shiyue picked up the foreign wine that Duan Kunze had just opened and poured herself a glass. She walked over to Duan Kunze and clinked glasses with him. "Mr. Duan, are you satisfied?"
Duan Kunze frowned, "How can a student like you drink alcohol?"
Jiang Shiyue sighed, "Mr. Duan, I'm a married adult. What's wrong with drinking a little? Besides, your wine is so expensive, it would be a waste not to drink it."
Duan Kunze: “…”
He was in a good mood and too lazy to argue with Jiang Shiyue. He nodded and said, "As long as you are happy." He raised his cup and gestured to the other side, "If we are happy, the people on the other side will be unhappy!"
He could imagine He Tianning looking furious on the other side.
Just imagining it would make him happy for several days. It would be even better if he could see it with his own eyes, but unfortunately He Tianning would not give him this opportunity.
He was in the office, but the lights were not even on.
Jiang Shiyue still hasn't forgotten the inexplicable feud she and Yongan had. "They deserve it! Who told them to frame me?"
Duan Kunze: “…”
Silently light a stick of incense for He Tianning.
He Tianning would never have thought that he would fall for a little girl.
According to the advisory group's previous predictions, Dongsheng and Yongan should now be evenly matched.
For example, if there are one hundred customers near Huacheng, there should be about fifty in Dongsheng and about fifty in Yong'an.
The difference between the two families is no more than ten people.
Today, out of a hundred people, there are only 20 at most in Yongan. The rest are in Dongsheng.
Duan Kunze used to think that Jiang Shiyue was a girl after all, and was a little petty in her actions.
If each person gets one egg and only lays a thousand eggs a day, and the cost price is only 70 or 80 yuan, how many people can be attracted?
Unexpectedly, the queue stretched from inside Dongsheng Department Store to outside and finally circled the building for nearly a whole day.
The assistants and advisory team were stunned by what they saw.
Especially the assistant, who had worked with Duan Kunze to open branches in Las Vegas and Formosa Boulevard. Every time they offered discounts, the profit margins were always around a few hundred yuan. But the effect they received was not as great as this one hundred yuan egg.
Duan Kunze said to his assistant at the time, "I have a feeling that I made the right bet by using her this time!"
The assistant stopped objecting and nodded in agreement, "I think so too."
***
He Tianning's office is across the street from Duan Kunze's office.
He was indeed in the office at that time and was indeed drinking.
He sat at his desk. Opposite the desk stood two rows of people, each with their heads down, looking nervous.
They stood for as long as He Tianning sat at the table.
Finally, He Tianning threw the wine glass heavily to the ground.
The broken pieces of wine glass splashed on the face of one of the supervisors. He felt a pain on his face and then warm liquid flowed down, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it.
"Do you know why I didn't turn on the lights?" He Tianning said softly.
No one in the two rows of people spoke.
"I didn't turn on the lights because I didn't want Duan Kunze to see me." He Tianning pointed across the street. "Look across there, it's brightly lit and packed with people. Where are we?"
The leaders of various departments all hung their heads and eyes and no one dared to say a word. It was dark anyway, and He Tianning might not be able to recognize who was who.
"We, Yong'an, and Dongsheng have been fighting for so many years, but this is the first time like today!!" He Tianning slammed the table heavily, and every word was squeezed out from between his teeth.
For more than 20 years, ever since he could remember, the two department stores have been competing with each other, and they were always evenly matched. The occasional wins and losses were just because you sold for ten dollars last quarter and I sold for eight dollars, or you sold for eight dollars and I sold for ten dollars this quarter.
Never before has one side achieved an overwhelming victory like today.
The key is that Yongan is still the one being crushed.
As he spoke, He Tianning looked towards Duan Kunze's office again with hatred.
Suddenly there was a woman next to him, raising her glass and clinking it with his.
The distance was too far, so I couldn't see the woman's appearance clearly, but she had a nice figure.
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