As the morning sun rises, the summer cicadas, which have been silent all night outside the window, also instantly regained their vitality, and "know, know" non-stop.

Li Xiangdong put the quilt on his head irritably, and he was annoyed. There are no cicadas in Mobei City, and there will be no such endless noise in the summer air.

When Li Xiangdong arrived in the capital, he felt that everything was fresh and good. I can't accept this endless sound of knowing and knowing, and I can't wait to climb the tree to destroy all these annoying cicadas.

Li Xiangdong scolded in a low voice, lifted the quilt impatiently, and sat up.

turned his head and saw that Li Yifan on the bed next to him was no longer there, knowing that he had gone out to practice boxing again.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and he hurriedly got up to open the door, and Li Yifan walked in from outside.

Li Yifan saw Li Xiangdong's impatient face, and knew that he was fighting with Zhizhi again, so he asked him with a smile, "Brother Dong, what's wrong with you?

"Yifan, you said that this capital is good anywhere, but the noisy people in the trees outside the window are going crazy. How do you say the local people can stand it. Li Xiangdong complained angrily.

Li Yifan looked up at the window and the lush trees, and said to Li Xiangdong with a smile, "In the eyes of the people of the capital, summer without the sound of cicadas is not summer." Even Mr. Lao She said in "Camel Xiangzi", "Beijing in July is shrouded in the sound of cicadas, the leaves are wilted, and the dust is too lazy to move." The hotter it is, the more cheerful it is. It is inseparable from the capital, and it belongs to the unique voice of the capital. ”

"What about people who don't like it? Is there no way to cure it?"

"Yes, every person in the capital will have a memory that he has captured as a child. With a net bag tied to a long pole, the children wandered in groups of three or five in the streets and alleys, listening to the sound of the position, and the eyes could see it, and they would catch a bottle in a while. After Li Yifan finished speaking, he went into the bathroom and began to wash.

After the two of them finished washing, Li Xiangdong asked, "Yifan, where are we going today?"

"After a while, we will go to have breakfast first, and then go back to the hotel room after eating and wait for the call. My cousin went to the office in the morning to ask about the project, and if we went out, we wouldn't be able to get a call, for fear of making a mistake. Li Yifan replied.

"It looks like we're going to have to stay in the room. Yifan, you said that it would be nice if there was a kind of telephone that could be found wherever we were. ”

"Yes, right now. For example, Big Brother and BP Machine can realize your wish. ”

"Big brother, I seem to have seen it in Hong Kong films, it's like a brick. What is that?"

"It's a black plastic box the size of a matchbox with a display on it. If a call is coming to you, the phone number will be sent to the display. BP machines are also called pagers. ”

"It's amazing, why isn't it here, we have seen this pager in Mobei City?"

"We haven't built a pager station in Mobei City, but the capital and Shenghai are already there, but the machines and service fees are too expensive, and there are not many people who use them. ”

"How much does it cost?"

"It seems that the pager alone costs 3 or 4,000 yuan, and in addition, you need to pay a service fee of 1 or 200 yuan per month. ”

"Oh my God, it's so expensive!

Speaking of pagers, as early as 1983, Shanghai opened China's first paging station, and pagers began to appear in China.

However, in 1983, users in Shanghai only used analog signal BP machines, and users could only accept call signals, and they needed to call the pager to find the call-back number.

The digital paging station opened in Guangzhou the following year solved this problem. The early BP machines were all imported products, and the brands included Motorola, Panasonic, etc. Later, the domestic enterprise Inspur cooperated with Motorola to develop a Chinese character BP machine, allowing users to know the content of the call without looking for a phone on the street.

In the years when BP machines were just popular, buying a pager was a big deal, not only to entrust people, but also to pay a "huge" network access fee. A set costs at least 3,000 yuan.

Back then, wearing a white T-shirt, a pair of jeans, and a MOTO black brick on your waist, you were the most beautiful boy on the street, and others couldn't help but glance at you a few more times.

Some people are shy in their pockets, so they buy a BP machine-style electronic watch and hang it on their waists.

The phrase "you call me if you have something" has become a low-key and luxurious self-propaganda slogan. The hipsters will say, "Something called me". Therefore, in some coastal cities in the south, pagers are also called call machines.

Later, singer Fan Xiaoxuan also wrote a song "Digital Love" to sing the love of young people at that time:

3155530 It's all about me

520 is I love you 000 is going to kissi

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I think digital love is trending right now

Busy life still has to confess to each other

It's so simple to want you to love you......

Of course, there will be occasional upsets for you

Who said it had to be so sweet......

7788250 are all scolding you

570 I'm angry with you

......

The two of them were chatting about each other, and suddenly "jingle bell," the phone rang, and Li Yifan quickly picked up the phone.

"Hey, is it Yifan?"

"Brother, it's me. How's the project going?"

"It should be good news, the director and I reported your intentions, and the director basically agreed, but we need to have a meeting with several other leaders to discuss. I think it should be about the same. ”

After Li Yifan heard this, he thought for a while and asked, "Brother, can you ask the director to have a meal?"

"Eat? I'll try it! When?"

"Tonight. Also, what kind of personality do you have, and do you have any hobbies?"

"Our surname is Yu, a typical intellectual. My main hobbies are writing and drawing. I especially like Qi Baishi's paintings. According to him, there were many calligraphy and paintings in the house, but they were lost in the chaotic era. ”

"Then I know, brother, then let's make an appointment as soon as possible! After Li Yifan finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and pulled Li Xiangdong out to order food.

First went to Quanjude to set up a private room, and the two people who came out called a big noodle one.

"Master, go to Panjiayuan. Li Yifan said as soon as he got in the car.

"Panjiayuan? I'm almost out of the city, far enough. As he spoke, the driver drove towards the East Second Ring Road.

When I arrived at Panjiayuan, I got off the car and saw a large area of half-human-high wild grass swaying in the wind in front of me, and there was a small dirt mountain in the distance.

"Master, this is Panjiayuan?"

"That's right, isn't this Pan Jiayuan!"

Li Yifan raised his eyes and looked around, the third ring is gone, Panjiayuan is a wasteland in the suburbs, it seems that it is early, Panjiayuan market is not yet!

"Master, didn't you say that there is a trade in antiques?"

"Then you're late, the one you're talking about is a ghost market, as the name suggests, a ghost market? That doesn't happen until dawn, and it will disperse when dawn. ”

"That's it, master, you bother to send us to the Liuli Factory!" Li Yifan finished speaking, and pulled Li Xiangdong into the car again.

Li Xiangdong looked confused, he didn't know what Li Yifan was going to do, he would go up and down for a while.