Chapter 363: Rush to buy
Chapter 363 of the text is rushed
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"Don't be in a hurry, don't squeeze! Today's withdrawal limit is 500 yuan, to ensure that everyone can get the money! Please consciously abide by the order and consciously line up! Comrades who do not queue up will not be allowed to withdraw! Please consciously abide by the order and consciously queue up ......"
In front of the Bank of Communications branch not far from the Shengjing Tiexi Department Store, a staff member wearing the uniform of the Bank of Communications, holding a big iron horn in his hand, was almost hoarse and shouting to maintain order in front of the door.
Shengjing in May of the 80s did not have the obvious heat island effect as it did 30 years later. In the huge city, there are only a handful of buildings with more than seven floors, and the vast majority of the streets are bicycles, and cars can pass unimpeded. The only electrical appliances in the room to cool off are electric fans, and very few places are equipped with "tall" things like air conditioners. Many people already have refrigerators at home, but this has little effect on the temperature changes in the city.
Under normal circumstances, it is not hot in Shengjing City at this time, and it is the most pleasant time of the year. However, it is clear that May 1986 is destined to be unforgettable in the memories of Shengjing and even the entire Bohai Province.
In seventeen or eight degrees of weather, it is normal to wear long-sleeved clothes. However, the crowd surging on Shengjing Street has generally changed into short-sleeved and even hurdle vests. Is it cold? The people who fill the streets can even affect the local climate of the city, and it is really not cold at all.
After the liberalization of textile prices, such a scene has been going on for a week. People queued up all night, either to withdraw money from the bank or to spend money at the mall.
The clothes of the Chinese in the eighties were polarized, and the fasion crowd, who were at the forefront, preferred flared pants and slim-fitting shirts without a neckline. And if it is a less developed rural area, people may still wear the same old military uniform style of army green. Oh, but in this era, the most enviable and have the right to freely pursue beauty is probably the Dai girls in Xishuangbanna. Even after 30 years of getting the flower clothes on their bodies, probably no one will feel old-fashioned.
But from south to north, except for a few areas, most Chinese wear their own clothes. In the house of a girl who is about to get married, her mother must have a sewing machine. That was the standard for getting married in the first 30 years -- three turns and one ring. Although the clothes can be sewn by themselves, the cloth cannot be grown by themselves, kneaded and weaved, so they can only be purchased from the store.
But the fabrics purchased with tickets undoubtedly suppressed people's pursuit of beauty. If you save for a few months and a half or borrow a cloth ticket to get it, it is impossible to risk pursuing a trend that may not be recognized by society.
But everyone has the so-called love for beauty, and once this demand erupts, no one knows how much influence it will have.
There have been several precedents of price liberalization in China before, but those have been done under the framework of the dual-track system. It is the first time in China that Shengjing has fully liberalized the price of a material.
Although the Bohai provincial government has made full preparations for this price reform, it is still a little caught off guard in this rush to buy.
Almost after the price reform announced by Bohai News, the price of textiles on the market began to rise.
A shirt with an original price of 15 yuan became 30 yuan on the second day, 60 yuan on the third day, and 80 yuan on the fourth day. As for whether it will continue to roll up after the technical adjustment, or maintain a small and rapid rise, there may be different opinions in the market. However, no one opposes the premise of rising textile prices.
The funds for the activities in the hands of the people ran out, and soon there was a long queue in front of the bank. Fortunately, the provincial government had anticipated this situation for a long time and announced a daily withdrawal limit long before the price reform.
Otherwise, according to this way of withdrawal in society, I am afraid that there will be a run on the effect in a few days. Fortunately, the banks are now owned by the state, and the credibility of the national bank is not bankrupt. Although the amount of withdrawals is limited, no one will think that this is because the bank will not be able to open.
Although the front of the Bank of Communications was crowded, Yin Guocai, who had come to line up as early as the first half of the night, still took out 500 yuan from his passbook as soon as he opened the door.
Five hundred yuan is not a small amount this year, and the unity of ten yuan is full of fifty pieces, and the thick stack of money is in his pocket, and he still holds the money in his pocket with one hand.
This is because Yin Guocai has never spent money indiscriminately since he worked, and his monthly salary has almost been saved except for eating. He is twenty-three or four-four years old, and he has been working for four or five years, and he has only saved up a thousand dollars. These five hundred yuan are all the funds he can use in a short time.
In the past two days, there have been many news stories of people being stolen after withdrawing money, and even the public security bureau has stationed patrolling police officers in banks and shopping malls. However, once the money in his hand is stolen, the police will not be able to recover it. Instead of waiting for the loss of money and regretting it, it is better to be careful from beginning to end.
"Guocai, here!"
Yin Guo had just come out of the bank when someone on the other side of the road beckoned. Yin Guocai ran two steps in a hurry, and smiled happily after crossing the street.
"Juan'er, I took out the money, let's go to Tiebai quickly! I remember that you took a fancy to a dress last year, will I buy it for you this time?" Yin Guocai gestured to his trouser pocket with his eyes, and didn't dare to take out the money on the street.
However, from his face, Yu Juan could see his pride. Men, only when women spend money, can they find the value of their struggle. Of course, this woman can be the object of his affection, or it can be his mother.
The former satisfies physiological needs, while the latter satisfies self-actualization.
"I have money myself!" Yu Juan shook the wallet in her hand and smiled with satisfaction: "I just asked my mother for a hundred yuan, and she has been nagging me for a long time." I fancy that dress, it only sold for 25 yuan last year, it must be enough! Besides, your money is also useful, your brother is going to go to college, right? If you are admitted to college, you always have to make a good dress, and your sister is going to work, so she needs to add clothes. And uncles and aunts......"
Yu Juan is not the kind of woman who has to be happy if a man spends money on herself, but when she sees Yin Guocai getting the money, the first thing that comes to mind is herself, and she still can't help but feel sweet in her heart. She took the rare initiative to take his hand and smiled happily: "Let's go, Tie Bai is no less than the bank, we have to be ready for a protracted battle! Brother Guocai, you have been in line all night, is it okay?"
"Don't talk about one night, I just don't sleep for a week!" Yin Guocai's eyes widened, patting his chest and vowing.
The two walked quickly side by side towards the Tiexi Department Store, which was not far from the same street, but judging from the black crowd at the entrance of the mall, it was obvious that they had just completed ******** Liaoshen Campaign.
When I arrived at the door of Tiebai, there were already people in front of the door to maintain order. The system of one person out and one person in the mall is implemented, which effectively avoids the possibility of casualties of group leaders. A few ropes separated the serpentine line on the pavement in front of the door, and the crowd was moving slowly and hard at the speed of a turtle.
Yin Guocai and Yu Juan lined up at the end of the line, and several uniformed police officers patrolled the streets. Traffic police maintain order on the streets, and no bicycles are allowed to stop on the road except pedestrians. In fact, this kind of fierce formation is the same in the main commercial streets of the entire Bohai Province.
Although there has been no price reform, because of several strict inflation since the 80s, the rush to buy is not a new thing in China.
Yin Guocai and Yu Juan changed in the queue one by one, and they lined up from morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, and then they could be lined up in front of the gate of the mall. There were only a dozen people left in front of them, and it was their turn to go in.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the mall. A group of people in white shirts walked out of the mall with three dejected people, and when they saw these three people, a voice of surprise suddenly rang out in the crowd.
"It's Tiebai's secretary, manager, and supply and marketing section chief, what's going on?
"Comrade, what are you doing? Why did you take away Tie Bai's leader? You took people away, Tie Bai don't close the door!"
When the crowd heard the news from a well-informed person, someone who was not afraid of anything immediately came forward to stop the white shirt group.
One of the older students in the group of white shirts hurriedly stood up, opened his hand to separate the crowd at the door from the group of white shirts, and said loudly with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, comrades, we are the staff of the Shengjing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. Tiebai's secretary, manager and supply and marketing section chief are suspected of reselling state materials and selling Tiebai's commodities to internal personnel in the supply and marketing system at low prices. At the same time as liberalizing the price of textiles, Bohai Province has clearly required the employees of the supply and marketing system to only buy goods through normal channels, and must not use their status to get close to the water!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the three people behind him, and said with a righteous attitude: "As the leaders of the country, these three people have violated discipline by ignoring the state's repeated orders, and we are taking them back to be investigated." As for the normal operation of Tiebai, I promise that it will not be affected! Please rest assured!"
As soon as he finished saying this, there was a burst of warm applause in the crowd at the gate of Tiebai.
The unspoken rule of the supply and marketing system, which is close to the water, has long been dissatisfied with everyone, except for the supply and marketing system itself. What are the good things and good opportunities, the employees of the supply and marketing system can buy them on a first-come, first-served basis, without bills, digest "defective products" by themselves, and even openly divide state property privately.
Now we can see that the leaders of the supply and marketing system are unlucky, and no one is unfortunate and praised.
The crowd that was queuing at the gate of Tiebai automatically made way for the people of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, so that they could take people out with pride.
The people from the Commission for Discipline Inspection didn't leave for long, and soon the line was lined up with Yin Guocai and Yu Juan. However, it seemed destined that this day would not pass so peacefully, and as soon as the two of them stepped into the gate of Tiebai, a group of women ran out from inside.
"Yu Juan?" The women who came out of Tie Baili, the first one in the crowd saw Yu Juan at the door, and shouted anxiously.
"Sister Yao?"
Yu Juan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Sister Yao, are you also here to buy clothes?"
The middle-aged woman in her forties, who was called Sister Yao by Yu Juan, was frowning at this time. She shook her head, went up and grabbed Yu Juan's hand, and said heavily: "Something happened in the factory!
"It's stopped!" Yu Juan's eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief: "How is it possible, now that textiles in society are selling like crazy, and the gauze produced by the street textile factory can be sold out of stock, why is our factory suspended?"
Sister Yao's face sank like water, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Wang Wensheng sold 20 million of the goods in our factory's warehouse for 50,000 US dollars to a bad man. This is the old man who is now holding the goods and reluctant to sell, our factory has no funds and is now about to be unable to pay wages, can we not stop working!"
"Ahh
Yu Juan is usually an honest child, how did she know that such a thing happened in the factory. However, if you think about the rush to buy textiles in the society now, it may not be when it will subside, how can the second textile stop work at this time?
Many townships and collective enterprises are now working overtime to produce products, and workers can even get a month's salary a day. Yu Juan wants to buy a dress and a hundred yuan borrowed from her family, and she is counting on paying it back next month. If the factory stops work and can't pay wages again, what can I do?
It is rare that when the price of textiles has just been liberalized, the rush to buy in the society can sell any product. No, even the gauze produced in the street factories and the white burlap for funeral goods are selling fast.
This is a feast for textile companies! Isn't this stopping work when it looks like making a lot of money the same as letting a woman wear beautiful clothes and not giving it a mirror!
"Sister Yao, I'll go with you!" Yu Juan's eyes widened, no matter how honest a child is, at this time he is also a cat whose tail has been stepped on.
"Let's go, let's go back and settle accounts with Wang Wensheng!" Sister Yao nodded and waved her hand with a revolutionary momentum.
"Let's go!"
A group of female second-spinning workers behind Sister Yao all let out a crisp cry of hatred and hatred.
"Hey, Yu Juan, I'll go with you too!"
Yin Guocai hesitated a little on the issue of entering or leaving the mall, and hurriedly chased after him.
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Shengjing Erfang, the textile machine that never stopped during the day in the past, has all become quiet and cold dead things at this time.
On the other hand, in the sparsely populated and quiet factory area during working hours, it is full of people and crowds at this time.
Shengjing No.2 Textile is the largest textile enterprise in Bohai Province, and there are tens of thousands of front-line female workers alone.
In front of the warehouse of Shengjing Second Spinning, more and more female workers are gathering. Some of them wear blue and white overalls, while others wear everyday attire. At this time, although not everyone in the factory came, it was also a sea of long hair fluttering as far as the eye could see. Of course, some female foremen still wear work caps when they went to work, dotted like white flowers.
Standing in the way of these female workers was a group of men in court uniforms.
"I warn you, don't act rashly! Now the products in these warehouses are all owned by Yunhe Company! Not the property of Erfang!"
A middle-aged man with the appearance of a leader stood in front of the team and shouted loudly: "Yunhe Company has submitted an application for seizure to the court, and until the truth of the matter is clear, the products here are not under the control of your Shengjing Erfang!"
"Why don't you be controlled by us?" a female worker shouted angrily: "These products are produced by our hands, and who are not ours?"
"That's right, the cloth in the warehouse behind you was moved in by my own hands!"
"In our Shengjing No. 2 Textile warehouse, can it still be filled with our things?"
The middle-aged leader took a step back a little timidly in the excitement of the crowd, and then gritted his teeth and took out a piece of paper from his bag and shook it: "See, no, this is a contract! Your Shengjing Erfang has sold this batch of products to Yunhe Company, and there is a contract to testify, of course this batch of products is Yunhe Company! This is the law, you don't count what you say, the law says it doesn't count!"
"It's up to you to say it!"
"That's right, how can you buy 20 million of our Shengjing Erfang goods for 50,000 yuan?
"That's $50,000!" The middle-aged leader was angry and snorted: "Besides, $50,000 is just a deposit, and the balance will naturally be paid after the contract is executed." If you want to obstruct the execution of the contract now, you will not be able to complete the task of earning foreign exchange through the export of $1 million! From a legal or economic point of view, you will not be able to touch this batch of goods!"
"One million dollars is not much, in the current market, this batch of products on the market to sell for 100 million may be a little more, 70 or 80 million is still no problem!
"That's now!" The middle-aged leader held the contract high, as if he had a miraculous body: "This contract was signed three months ago, and who knew what the current market was like at that time? Doing business is to be willing to gamble and lose, and how can there be a reason to regret it when you see others making money! I can tell you, if anyone dares to touch these products, it is infringing on other people's property, and the police can arrest people!"
The female workers looked at each other at the intimidation of the middle-aged leaders, and in the 80s, when the construction of China's legal system had just begun, the court people wore uniforms and stood guard at the door of the warehouse, and the deterrent effect was still very strong.
Besides, the contract is in hand, in the final analysis, it is indeed Erfang who is reasonable, who let Wang Wensheng sign this contract?
"What about Wang Wensheng?"
Speaking of which, the female workers finally remembered to find out the culprit of this qiē. Since the contract was signed by Wang Wensheng, he should always find a way to come out, right?
"Something happened, Wang Wensheng ran away!" A female worker shouted angrily: "I said that I went to the Light Industry Bureau, who knows where I am hiding now?"
"Who said I ran away!"
With this shout, the crowd of women workers made a way. I saw Wang Wensheng following behind a pot-bellied leader, and Shi Shiran walked to the door of the warehouse.
"Director Xu, please say a few words. Wang Wensheng nodded when he saw the pot-bellied leader, and shouted excitedly to the female workers: "Comrades, now please say two words from Director Xu of the Light Industry Bureau! Everyone is welcome!"
Bang Bang Bang -
There was only Wang Wensheng who was present applauding, he clapped twice, and had to stop with an embarrassed face.
"Ahem, comrades, what are you doing? Gathering a crowd to besiege the personnel of the state law enforcement agencies is a crime!"
Director Xu first set a tone when he opened his mouth, his eyes scanned the crowd, and seeing that no one dared to come forward with this statement he raised, he continued to say proudly: "Since Erfang and Yunhe Company have a contract, then it must be implemented in accordance with the contract! What is the problem, it is all the pain of reform, everyone still has to overcome it! Abide by the contract, what is so troublesome about this? Even I don't know that the textile market will be so good now! But we can't get pink eye, and we can't see others well!"
"Director Xu, what should we do if we stop working?" questioned the crowd.
"There's no way around it, and it's not that Yunhe Company doesn't give money. When the contract is executed, there will be money to start work and pay wages at that time, so don't worry!"
"How can you not be in a hurry, who knows how long the current market can last?"
"How long does it take to ......"
Before Director Xu finished speaking, a majestic voice sounded in the crowd again: "The second factory has no money to start, why don't you find a bank loan?"
"Who is talking, what if the bank loan is not repaid? You are the leader, I am the leader?" Wang Wensheng saw that Director Xu's words were interrupted, and his eyes narrowed in anger and scanned the crowd.
"I'm talking!"
The crowd was lined up, and a group of people walked out of the crowd. Wang Wensheng and Director Xu were stunned, and even many of the female workers present looked at the person who stood up in a daze.
"Governor Wang, why are you here?"
"If I don't come, Erfang will let you give you a scourge!" Wang Hongwei said this politely at all, and Wang Wensheng, who was frightened, shrank his neck and didn't dare to speak anymore.
"Comrades, the workers of Erfang, now listen to my orders!" Wang Hongwei did not talk nonsense with Wang Wensheng, turned around and shouted: "Some comrades should know who I am, I am Wang Hongwei, our executive vice governor of Bohai Province! I ask you to move all the goods out of the warehouse, load them on the car and transport them to the railway station!"
Before Wang Hongwei finished speaking, Zhang Lu, who had been hiding behind the court personnel, finally stood up angrily: "You can't do this, I have a contract, and this is all the property of our Yunhe Company! The liberalization of textile prices is the decision of the province, Governor Wang, you can no longer engage in the set of plan allocation, you must speak according to the contract!"
Wang Hongwei glanced at Zhang Lu, and was not interested in asking who he was, but said lightly: "Oh, there is a contract? Okay, of course our government has to act in accordance with the law, so Erfang has decided to breach the contract! According to the law, Erfang will pay double the contract deposit, twice as much as 50,000 US dollars, and 300,000 yuan according to the exchange rate, right?"
Hey?
"Move!" Wang waved his arms neatly, and suddenly the female workers burst into earth-shattering cheers.