Chapter 3 Memory Bias

Back on the first day of 1996, Zhuo Qun was very uncomfortable.

He was even more anxious and helpless than when he came to the university as a freshman.

On this day, he walked around the school from day to night, both inside and outside the school.

Spend almost all of your time getting acquainted with the environment.

And in order to reduce the trouble, he also had to deliberately avoid people.

I didn't rush back to the dormitory until the lights went out to sleep.

There is no way around it, because human memory is biased.

Even if you have experienced it yourself, it is impossible for Zhuoqun to remember everyone, everything, and every detail accurately.

For example, he couldn't find his bike in the first place.

When he came to Beijing to study, his biggest expense was a second-hand bicycle that he bought for 68 yuan through the bulletin board when he first arrived at school.

In order to learn English and listen to songs, I spent more than 350 yuan to buy a 70% new Aihua Walkman in the trust store.

The Walkman was a good thing to say, and Zhuo Qun was almost certain that it was not in his bed, but in a drawer in the dormitory.

But the bike is in trouble.

You know, his memory of that car is completely blurred.

In addition to the lack of fenders and baskets, the chain is always easy to fall off, and I can't remember any relevant details.

Even where he used to park his car was not sure.

Then even if he has the car keys in his hand, it's useless, there is no way to find them.

Similar memory biases also appear in shopping and eating.

Zhuo Qun originally thought that he should roughly remember the situation around the school and go to a familiar place, so nothing will go wrong.

But in fact, he did overestimate himself.

He couldn't find a small supermarket and a knife-cut noodle restaurant he was looking for.

In the end, it was in vain.

But he wasn't sure what the problem was.

Are these two small shops still open?

Or did he misremember?

But more importantly, there are also interpersonal problems that are difficult to solve.

Since most of the people I knew in school, there wasn't much intersection in the future.

His memory had almost erased all of them.

That's why that's what happens.

Many people came to greet him, but he could only smile stupidly.

A little better, but he still has a little impression of people.

But it was almost useless, because he couldn't call people's names.

He will also be embarrassed by the inability to respond.

But that's not all the embarrassment.

Because what's more, he is extremely unsuitable for the lifestyle at this time.

Telecommunications technology and urban development have suddenly returned to the starting state of 20 years ago.

For Zhuo Qun, a person from 2019, it is completely earth-shaking changes.

How could he immediately get rid of the problem of the subway line when he went out?

It is even more inevitable that when shopping, subconsciously look for the mobile phone and scan the QR code.

Even when he deals with others, if he is not careful, he will bring out some information that is out of time.

For example, someone on campus asked him about the library's opening hours.

He didn't think about it at all, so he suggested that people go to the next "Minda" APP.

Isn't this nonsense?

Naturally, people were confused, thinking that he had a mental problem.

Therefore, in such a situation, Zhuo Qun must be extremely careful, relying on his ears and eyes to identify the reproduced history.

Think back to the past as much as possible and adapt to life as soon as possible.

This will not arouse the suspicion of others and create more trouble.

But then again, at the end of a stressful day, can he not be tired?

In fact, it was time to turn off the lights.

He dragged his exhausted body and quietly returned to the dormitory with a disorganized mind.

He didn't even take off his clothes, but turned over and climbed into his bunk and fell asleep.

Even Gu Weijia's stinky Nike shoes and Qiao Jian's deafening snoring did not affect him.

But what is really pitiful is that even if he is exhausted, Zhuo Qun can't sleep very well this sleep.

If nothing else, the main thing is that the time machine ride is too exciting!

Zhuo Qun is an ordinary person after all.

Such an unbelievable thing happened to him, and the mental stimulation should not be underestimated.

The ups and downs of fate are so straight up and down that he can bear it all of a sudden, where can he stand it?

So he had nightmares.

He dreamed of his own death.

Good fellow, he woke up before six o'clock in the morning.

Not only was there a fluttering sound in my ears, but I was even a little dizzy and feverish.

The hands were the same, and the clothes that had not been taken off were wet with cold sweat

The only good thing is that he's still in his college dorm room, and nothing has changed.

However, since October 12th, Zhuoqun has gradually adapted to the environment and rhythm of life in the university.

Not only did he find his tape recorder and most of his household items.

Through careful observation and imitation, I began to be able to deal with interpersonal relationships more appropriately.

Even on the issue of the whereabouts of the bicycle, he took the initiative to lend the bicycle to Li Kaibai for two days.

Let this kid take his car keys and pick up the car by himself.

It's just that in the eyes of the others in the 402 dormitory, I'm afraid his behavior and behavior are still very strange.

Because no one understands why Zhuo Qun believes in "the book mountain has a diligent path, and the sea of learning is endless".

In the past, he only loved to compete with books, but he was crazy obsessed with various newspapers.

Not only soaked in the study room to read over and over, but also came back with a flashlight and a lamp to read at night.

It's like being under a spell.

That's right, it's really not normal for such a performance to appear outstanding.

But in fact, he is just instinctively doing a better understanding and exploration of this time and space in the way he is best at.

Because he only learned about social news and advertising information through various newspapers, and then combined it with his own memory.

Only then can we make accurate, advanced, and comprehensive comprehensive judgments on the current society.

After a day of hard work, Zhuo Qun has a preliminary understanding of the world that is about to unfold in front of him.

The Beijing-Kowloon Line Railway will soon be fully opened, and the port city will return in 1997 and the Macao city will return in 1999.

In terms of the financial market, banks are the well-deserved bosses, and ordinary people are still managing their finances in the most traditional way.

At this time, the deposit rate was high, but it was gradually declining at a rapid pace.

The promulgation of the Insurance Law has released dividends to insurance companies.

Since then, their combined business volume and business types have been able to develop by leaps and bounds.

Under the huge business opportunity, the future famous Xinhua Insurance Company was established at this time.

As for the overheating of the domestic stock market that began at the beginning of the year, it has fully aroused the vigilance of the upper echelons of the country.

The state media began to pour cold water on the stock market.

But even so, the stock market is still galloping wild due to the force of inertia, and it will take some time and process to show its effect.

In terms of the personal consumption market, cars, houses, and computers have become the "new three major items" of this era.

But at this time, there were only about 140,000 private cars in the capital, and the average price of commercial housing was only 3,000 yuan.

The market boom for private cars and commercial housing is far from coming.

However, because computers are relatively cheap, they are now in the era of profiteering when building computers.

Lenovo is the most popular computer brand at the moment because it has just launched the first "Pentium series" computer with less than 10,000 yuan.

And the 3.5-inch floppy disk is the only portable way to store data.

The game "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is extremely popular, and the genuine price is as high as 280 yuan.

However, the Internet is just a concept.

Not only are there no Internet cafes in society, the total number of Internet users in the country does not exceed 150,000, and there are no Chinese websites.

The telecommunications industry is similar.

Owning a mobile phone is a luxury.

GSM network, the network access fee needs 3,000 yuan, the monthly rent is 15 yuan, and the call is 6 cents per minute.

The average monthly phone bill is usually 1,000 yuan, which is not a big money and absolutely cannot afford to spend.

Ordinary people can only contact each other by pager and public phone.

Otherwise, the capital has just completed the upgrade of the eight-digit fixed-line phone number.

In short, the huge gap of 20 years surprised Zhuoqun himself.

At present, there are no robots, no drones, no 5G, no Internet celebrities, no mobile payments, no Internet companies, 618, Singles' Day......

In fact, everything that has a high-tech content and will fundamentally change the future of life has not been developed.

It's all just a state of poised and ascendant.

No one can imagine how amazing the lifestyle of the future will become.

Except for him.