Chapter 2: The Feather Duster's Style
The approximate background of the times, Han Chudong only knows this.
It's so far removed from life that it feels like a century ago...... No, it's the last century.
That's why I wanted to go to the library, read more newspapers and magazines, and get a more comprehensive understanding of the United States in 1973.
Stuffing six dollars into his pocket, he struggled down the stairs on crutches, and when he left the small building, he was out of breath and looked back, it was a red building, with a fire staircase, a relatively new appearance, and wall tiles.
I thought that "my home" was in the Chinatown of Los Angeles, but when I really went out, I found that it was not, and there was still a section of the way from the Chinatown with the "World for the Public" archway, about two kilometers apart.
In the 70s, the living environment in the old Chinatown area was too harsh, and most of the people lived at the bottom of Los Angeles, so families with a little money couldn't wait to choose to move out, and the first thing they did after they had money was to change houses.
The same is true for the Han family, a neighborhood that is more white and more Asian, not far from the police station where his strange father works and the public elementary school where his strange mother works.
As far as the eye can see.
Bell bottoms, vintage cars, young people with exaggerated hairstyles, and some people carry huge radios.
Seeing this, Han Chudong couldn't help laughing, mainly because it was too different from his memory, and he couldn't accept it for a while, as if he was acting in some old movie.
The California Institute of Technology, where I stayed for several years, is located in Pasadena, a northeastern suburb of Los Angeles.
Every once in a while, he will come to Los Angeles to visit, and Han Chudong is no stranger to the city.
In other words, Los Angeles is no stranger to in the 21st century, but now it always seems awkward and wrong everywhere.
Lives on crutches and limps.
It was still very hot in Los Angeles in early September, and at noon, the sun was high overhead, and when I bought water, I asked passers-by where to find a library, and there was no language barrier.
According to the direction pointed by the black brother, he drank Coke and continued to move forward, speaking of Coke, last year the company actually opened a factory in the Soviet Union, and successfully exchanged a large amount of vodka, and no one wanted to ask for rubles, so they had to exchange Coke for goods.
If he hadn't seen it on TV, he really didn't know that this had happened, just like he didn't know that the death of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee could cause such a big sensation in the United States.
Recently, the news has been on the air, and the family has often talked about it, and the incident has made the front page of the Los Angeles Times.
It can be said that the status of Chinese Americans has improved, and this Hollywood superstar has also contributed to the successful change of people's impression of Chinese Americans.
Han Chudong wore a floral shirt and denim shorts with iron chains, and many people on the street were dressed similarly.
Hip-hop culture is in vogue, with girls wearing wavy hairstyles, skinny jeans, and oversized sunglasses with a strong period imprint.
Han Chudong may have liked it before, but he doesn't like it in the new one, there is always a feeling that a young man in the suburbs has entered the city, but unfortunately there are these clothes in the wardrobe, and he can hardly find a normal one.
Judging from the attitude of the strange father, I can probably guess what kind of stupid young man "I" used to be.
It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're healthy and don't have a crime, you're already thankful.
Took a moment to get to the library.
found a lot of information and put it on the table and looked at it, Han Chudong was like a sponge, crazy to understand something related to this era.
From the global situation, to the trends in the United States, to one state and one city, when he noticed that the famous "Watergate Scandal" had just happened last year, his face couldn't help but become strange, and he always felt that it was the old yellow calendar a long, long time ago.
It will take some time to adapt to the huge changes, and more than half a month is not enough.
No one in the library played with mobile phones, because there were no mobile phones at all, and many other things were not available, and there were even clerks in the distance who were using typewriters to take notes.
This made Han Chudong suddenly realize that he could show his strength in the seventies, and a lot of knowledge in his head could be used!
Who doesn't want to get rich, he once had a dream of starting a business, but unfortunately he graduated too late, and the good business was taken up by the pioneers.
And now, the "two horses" are all little children, Zucker Burke has not yet been born, Jobs is working to make money, Gates has just entered Harvard, and Warren Buffett is a little famous......
The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, if he couldn't make a fortune, he would rather die on a telephone pole!
My heart was pounding, and I finally realized that it wasn't all bad to go back to this era, and I didn't leave until the library closed, and on the way home, I felt for the five dollar bills in my pocket, plus a few steel hammers, and finally gradually calmed down.
Opportunities are reserved for the rich, and you have to save some money first.
Thinking of their "parents", judging from their previous bad impressions, even if they are their own sons, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get start-up funds from them, and they will be as strict as thieves.
It is even more impossible to borrow money from banks, there is nothing to use as collateral, and those banks are not charities, and no one will agree to lend.
There were too many thoughts in my head, but I didn't clear my mind for a while, and walked forward with my head down, telling myself not to worry.
The footsteps were slow, passing by several girls who were also Chinese, one of the round-faced girls thought that he would greet him, but he didn't expect Han Chudong to walk by like this, without even looking at himself.
Somehow, he lost his temper, glared at him and shouted, "The surname is Han! I just graduated and pretended not to know him!?"
A girl next to her also followed and said: "Yes, I used to pursue Xiaojing so enthusiastically, why did I suddenly lose movement, if you work hard, maybe you will have a chance!"
"Fart chance!" the round-faced girl interrupted instantly.
Han Chudong raised his head and looked at them blankly, especially the one who had been pursued by "himself", and instantly not only doubted his aesthetics in terms of dressing, but even his eyes for picking girls were repeatedly denied, which was really not his thing.
rekindled hope for life, half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I became a cripple, I couldn't climb high before, and now I don't deserve it, forget it, forget it!"
Dropping this sentence, he immediately continued to walk forward, and even his pace sped up a little.
I am afraid that the girl will change her mind and suddenly take a fancy to herself, and she will inevitably be in trouble at that time.
Leaving them standing in place, staring at each other with big eyes, curious about this guy who has been stalking for two or three months, how to say that he will let it go.
One of them was still full of envy, and said: "It's better to forget about each other, it seems that he really likes you." β
The round-faced girl was so ashamed that her face was flushed, and she replied: "It's stupid to read a book." β
Pretending to be inadvertent, he looked at Han Chudong, who had disappeared from the shadow, and thought about whether he should have a better attitude in the future.
Is there a following?
Of course not, he believes in love at first sight, if he doesn't feel it, he doesn't feel it, otherwise he wouldn't have endured the leg pain at this time, and he hurriedly escaped on crutches......
I have already had the idea of starting a business, and after thinking about it, I have not yet come up with a low-cost, high-yield project.
In his previous life, he majored in electrical engineering, and he also had a lot of theoretical experience in computer engineering.
Rather than developing something yourself, considering the reality that your pockets are cleaner than your face, improving some existing technologies is the way to go, and knowledge can be exchanged for money.
The first thing he dismantled was the radio, a large radio, and after figuring out some doorways, he wrote and painted, and he didn't rush to assemble it, and dismantled his own TV.
It is said that this Sony company's ordinary transistor small color TV,After watching a 100-inch laser TV, I look at it again,I feel that my eyes will be blind,Disassemble it little by little,Divide all kinds of parts and arrange them well,Lest you can't install it laterγ
He was able to write a paper on the design of the CPU structure, and also assisted NASA in designing a new toilet for the International Space Station, but for these old antiques in front of him, there was really a sense of humiliation that there was no place to use it, and he suddenly felt that it might be easier to redesign one.
The TV set that left the factory in 1968, many parts and components Han Chudong was not familiar with at all, and even what kind of function it undertook, he had to think about it for a long time.
But it's not completely ungained, he knows some parts, and knows how to improve better, and is thinking that if he helps those TV manufacturers upgrade their products, maybe he can get a sum of money.
was so attentive that he didn't hear the door opening, and Han Chudong forgot what kind of family he lived in, his grandparents seemed to be the kind of elders who would dot on, and his father and father liked "joint doubles", and most of them were heartbroken by that uncompetitive son.
Although he has become Han Chudong, he still thinks it is better to distinguish clearly, except for this relatively good name, appearance and figure, it seems that he has not inherited any benefits, and there is only a poor family status.
His father, Han Yuesong, was very happy after learning the news of the salary increase, but at the moment he was stuck at the door, looking at the radio that had been dismantled into a pile on the dining table, and the TV on the floor in the living room, and he was so angry that he trembled on the spot.
may be able to tolerate a son who eats and waits for death and does not do his job, but he can't tolerate such a son who is also a loser.
Take a few deep breaths and pull out a feather duster with a slow movement.
Don't ask why every stern father always likes to keep a feather duster at home, just like the porcelain basin for lard in the future, the style and pattern are strikingly consistent, more like an instinct learned from the elders.
Sitting on the ground, he just realized that he was shrouded in shadows, and before he could raise his head, Han Chudong was jerked first.
He scolded while smoking: "It's only been a few days since I was normal, and I'm nervous here! I'll let you tear it down! I'll let you tear it down! The radio that Lao Tzu bought for 99 U.S. Manjen!!"
A sentence of "!" blurted out, the former in the fourth tone, and the latter in a soft tone.
It was originally a mantra to express fright, but it didn't sound like this to Daddy Han, so he didn't care if his son was injured or not, so he started harder.
Completely angry, this time Daddy Han changed his words, and every time he smoked, he said: "You dare to scold Lao Tzu!"
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Bad luck.
It's all because the guy used to force him too hard, so that this father was always on the verge of rage.
Since childhood, he has been naughty and has not learned, and he is too undersucked, so that after his thinking is changed to the current one, he also tasted the taste of a feather duster.
But what can be done?
It can't be said that the current self is no longer the previous Han Chudong......