"Yes, I listen to VOA every night, and now I can understand some conversations occasionally. Duan Fang picked up the radio from his brother's hand, and then said: "It's a pity that the signal of the shortwave foreign station is not very good, and the noise is too loud......

"Uh. Duan Yun nodded when he heard this, and then a bright color flashed in his eyes.

According to his memory of this era, the country only listed English as one of the college entrance examination items in the college entrance examination in 1981, when the foreign language score was included in the total score according to 40%, and in 82, that is, this year, the college entrance examination was included in the total score according to 70% of the undergraduate, and from next year, the English score was calculated according to the score of 100% to the total score of the college entrance examination.

And throughout the 80s in China, there was a boom in learning foreign languages, at that time people admired foreign languages that were unimaginable in later generations, some people wanted to go to school, and some young people felt trendy, in short, this craze did not slowly fade until the 90s......

In addition, Duan Yun learned from his university tutors and professors that the conditions for them to learn foreign languages in the 80s were very simple, although after 83 years, some foreign language textbooks can be bought on the market, but there are very few materials, and listening to some foreign radio stations is a good way to learn foreign languages.

It's just that in this era, the country interfered with foreign radio stations very much, and the time difference was the problem, so usually only a period of time at night could receive a relatively clear signal.

There is also some radio stations in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan that often play some pop music, including some of the most famous singers of that era, such as Teresa Teng's stars who have become popular all over the generation, which is also an important reason why many young people at that time liked to listen to foreign stations with short waves.

After Duan Yun turned on the radio at home just now, he found that the design of the electronic components inside was quite simple, as long as there were some ordinary tools and electronic components, Duan Yun could easily amplify the short-wave signal of this radio and remove the interference noise.

So at this moment, Duan Yun thought of a way to make money.

"By the way, how well do your classmates use the radio to learn foreign languages?" Duan Yun suddenly asked after a moment.

"They basically use the radio to learn foreign languages at night, and our school has a cram school, and the teacher also recommends that we listen to the foreign language station. Duan Fang sat aside, picking beans, and said without raising his head.

"Uh......" Duan Yun was overjoyed and said, "Can they receive foreign stations on radio?"

"Most of my classmates' small radios at home are sent by factories, and there is no shortwave, so they can only receive domestic radio ...... Brother, why are you asking this?" Duan Fang felt that his brother seemed a little strange today, usually he was born a stuffy gourd in addition to eating and sleeping after work, but now he suddenly asked her this and that.

In the seventies and eighties, because the structure of medium wave (MW) radios was simple and easy to popularize, there were more appears, the structure with short wave (SW) was slightly more complicated, and there were more high-end radios, and in addition, the external situation in that era was severe, so many factories only had medium wave functions, but no short wave.

With the development of integrated circuit technology, it was not until the early 80s that multi-band radios were gradually popularized in China, and FM was quickly loved by listeners and became the mainstream due to its wide frequency band, good sound quality and strong anti-interference ability.

In the early years, the Red Star Gear Factory had issued a lot of such cheap medium-wave radios to the advanced molecules and model workers of the factory, of course, some wealthy families have replaced them with multi-band radios with better performance, but the number is not much, and Duan Yun's mother is not a formal employee of the factory, so for the sake of her daughter's study and entertainment, she has to save money to buy the cheapest multi-band radio sold in the market.

"Great. Duan Yun thought about it for a while, and after a while, he said to his sister Duan Fang: "Xiaofang, can you go back and talk to your classmates in the English cram school, if you need to repair the radio or want to listen to clear foreign radio signals, you can find me to modify it, the price is preferential!"

"You!?" Duan Fang glanced at his brother with strange eyes, and said, "Don't be kidding, when will you learn to repair the radio, why don't I know, if someone else's radio is broken, our family can't afford to pay for it!"

"It seems that you don't believe in your brother's strength. Duan Yun smiled, and then said: "Either that's good, I'll give your radio a stronger signal in the next two days, so that you can hear foreign stations during the day, if you think it's not bad, help Brother Duo sit in your school to promote, if the business is good, I will reward you with pocket money." ”

"If you can really let me hear foreign stations during the day, I'll give you publicity! But you have to remember to buy me something delicious. Duan Fang said very simply when he heard this.

"Deal!"

Duan Yun smiled when he heard this, and then gave his sister a thumbs up.

For Duan Yun, although repairing ordinary electrical appliances is obviously a bit overkill for him, a doctor of electronic mechanics, it is obviously a very good way to make money.

Unlike later generations of electrical repairmen, the electrical repairmen of the 80s were definitely a treat.

At that time, the electrical appliances were sold in state-run shopping malls, although problems can be repaired in the shopping mall, but at that time, the after-sales attitude of the electrical appliance factory was quite poor, if you want to let the maintenance workers repair it, but also quietly stuff money and wait for the other party to send it to the other party's home after work, this phenomenon is very common.

In addition, it is difficult to clearly mark the price of electrical repair charges, and it is good to say that there is no need to replace components, but once the parts are replaced, the repair price will rise sharply.

In some places, people who repaired electronic lighters also made hundreds of thousands of yuan by setting up a maintenance stall. People who engage in single-chip microcomputers have also had a period of making a fortune, and in the mid-to-late eighties, when the supply of color TVs was tight, there were that kind of black-hearted repairmen, repairing three color TVs could earn money for a color TV, and they dared to get 200-300 yuan without changing each piece, until the nineties, as electronic equipment became cheaper and cheaper, and the after-sales service of manufacturers became better and better, this situation was completely reversed.

Duan Yun naturally couldn't be an electrical repairman for the rest of his life, but there was no doubt that it was a good opportunity for him to earn the first pot of gold in rebirth.

When Duan Yun was thinking about his next plan, the door opened, and his mother had already come home from work.

"Mom!" Duan Yun just hesitated for a moment before calling out the title.

The mother of the predecessor in my memory was a woman with a very tough personality, after the death of her husband, although she became a little taciturn, she still gritted her teeth and supported the family independently, it has been quite difficult for more than ten years, Duan Yun really admires her, so she can also call out this mother.

The mother smiled when she saw Duan Yun, and then put down the things in her hand and prepared the meal with her daughter.

The atmosphere of dinner was a little dull, and the mother only occasionally gave Duan Yun vegetables, casually asked about her daughter Duan Fang's situation at school, and then stopped talking.

After the meal, Duan Yun and his sister cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks together, while her mother sat in front of the sewing machine and continued to do the private work she had just received.

In the 80s, there was no nightlife in the factory area, and there were young people walking and playing basketball after dinner in the factory square, while Duan Yun chose to lie on the bed at this time, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

He remembered his parents in his previous life, as well as his girlfriend Luo Yanjun, who was about to get married.

There was a gloomy sadness in my heart, but there was nothing I could do.

But soon, feeling a strong feeling of fatigue all around him, Duan Yun finally fell asleep......