It is an exaggeration to say that the "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series" was equivalent to the "Nine Yin True Scripture" in 1977.

The key reason why the plot in the TV series can be so tortuous is because Hui Province is relatively poor and closed, and the notice of the exam is rushed. On average, only single-digit candidates in each prefecture-level city have this set of books, and the lethality is so obvious.

It is conceivable that if the scene is moved to Hujiang, a municipality directly under the central government, because it is originally a book from a local publishing house, maybe thousands of people can get it. If those educated youths go back to their hometowns to take the exam, they may not be able to be admitted to Jiaotong University.

Even Wuyue Province, where Gu Biao is located, is poor, but the information is not as closed as Hui Province after all. It is also impossible to fully replicate the success of the TV series.

Similarly, when it came to the college entrance examination in '78, because I heard that there was a set of books the year before, they all went to university, and they were all famous schools. Then all the candidates who have a little money all over the country have to buy this set of books by smashing pots and selling iron.

If you are too poor to afford it, then you will copy it by hand.

The plug-in effect brought by this set of books quickly became insignificant.

In the final analysis, it depends on information asymmetry.

Some people may think: After all, Gu Biao was killed in the college entrance examination in later generations, and he has never seen any off-topic questions? Even if a lot of knowledge has not been used for many years, it has been returned to the teacher. But the tutorial books of the 60s shouldn't be of much value to him, right?

You really can't look at it that way.

Because the examination papers of each era have their own routines for digging pits. It is always good to familiarize yourself with the basis of the questions nowadays, and it can prevent "thinking too much" during the exam.

In addition, there are many big questions in the science exam to calculate the process score, and the detailed requirements for the process are different in each era.

In the 80s, the questions were simple, and the certification process was required to be written in detail when judging the papers.

And the same steps to solve the problem, put it in the 21st century high school workbook, maybe a few words such as "from this" and "obvious" are overcome. If Gu Biao dares to be "obvious" during the exam, the process score may be deducted.

Therefore, the "Nine Yin True Scripture" must be bought, and this matter cannot be saved.

……

Because of helping to fight, Ma Feng has recently become his little follower.

Every day after school, I will come to climb a few words of friendship and take the initiative to ask if there is anything I can help or run errands.

Today is no exception.

Gu Biao picked up his schoolbag and was about to flash people, but Ma Feng obediently followed: "Brother Gu, what is the arrangement today?"

Gu Biao replied casually: "I went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a few tutorial books, but I don't know if I can buy them, so I have to buy them slowly." ”

Ma Feng hurriedly said: "Then I'll accompany you, I'm the best at Taobao, as long as there is something to sell on the market, I'm sure to help you find it." ”

Gu Biao thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case:

Taobao is more powerful than Ma Feng, that is definitely not a real earthling.

It was so happily decided.

The two took a 5-cent bus from No. 8 Middle School to Guanxiangkou and found the city's largest Xinhua bookstore on Jiefang Road.

Because it is a provincial capital, the bookstore in Qiantang is relatively complete, and it is divided according to the counter, so Gu Biao can also save trouble.

The only thing he is not used to is that bookstores in this era are not supermarket-style bookstores for readers to look through and then buy.

Instead, I put the book on the counter like a department store, and only the title of the book could be seen through the glass, and I paid for it before I let it open.

Ma Feng: "Brother Gu, what's the name of the book?"

Gu Biao: ""Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry", note that it is from Hujiang Publishing House. ”

Ma Feng: "Okay, I'll start on the right, let's look for it separately." ”

Ten minutes later, I read all the junior high and high schools, and even the other learning places were scanned, and I didn't get anything.

Ma Feng couldn't get over his face, so he arrested a salesman and asked: "Auntie, let me ask you if you have the "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series" here?"

The saleswoman had the momentum of a state-owned enterprise employee, and undoubtedly flipped out a book: "Yes, isn't this the "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-Study Series"!

The saleswoman took out this book, Ma Feng had seen it just now, but the publishing house was wrong.

Ma Feng stubbornly explained: "It's not this, what I want is from Hujiang Publishing House, and you are from Song Education Publishing House." ”

The saleswoman couldn't figure it out: "Hujiang Publishing House, why do you little ghost ask for so much?" The title of the book is the same, isn't it the same book, maybe it's been revised." Two dollars a piece, twenty yuan a set, love to buy it or not!"

Ma Feng didn't know why it had to be from Hujiang Publishing House, so he could only go to Gu Biao.

Gu Biao explained to her: "Auntie, this is really different, the questions and difficulties in it are far behind. The set of song life education publishing houses in your hands is to fool people with the sub-questions. ”

The saleswoman was suddenly unhappy: "Hey! How do children talk? Oh, if you co-authored a textbook, you must make things difficult for people? Your thinking is very dangerous! When you grow up, you will definitely be a white road!"

Gu Biao didn't want to be like her, and after thinking about it, seeing that there was no one, he took out a few cents and begged her for a favor: "Auntie, if you don't do this, you can help me check if there is a book number of Hujiang Publishing House, "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series", and the current distribution of this set of books? Your bookstore should have an account, right? It was published in 64. ”

For the sake of a few cents and Gu Biao's low voice, the saleswoman rolled her eyes a few times, but she still agreed.

Today's Xinhua Bookstore, of course, does not have a database, but there is still a paper index to check, and there are dozens of books in different categories. In these years, there are few books, and the distribution status of legal publications of regular publishing houses has been updated.

After a long while, the saleswoman came back from behind and angrily announced: "I knew that you were not good people! That set of books had long since been printed! The old books of more than ten years ago did not even have the supreme instructions in front of each chapter! Who would dare to print such a reactionary white school textbook? I advise you to honestly buy the Song Destiny Education Publishing House!"

Gu Biao was stunned when he heard this, and then he felt that he was really stupid, and he didn't even think of this.

You know, the science and engineering textbooks they use in their classes today have all been published in the last decade.

For example, even in a mathematics book, at the beginning of the chapter "Functions", it is necessary to write "The great leader taught us: Marx's attention believes that the production activities of human society and people's understanding develop step by step from the lower level to the higher level...... Therefore, people's cognition of 'constants and variables' in nature is also developing step by step from low to high......"

Specifically, before each question, for example, compound interest, it is necessary to add the sentence "The great leader taught us: never forget the class struggle." So now let's settle the account of the dog landlord XXX's cruel exploitation of the poor peasants YYY."

And the set of tutorial books full of dry goods mentioned by Gu Biao was published 66 years ago, so naturally there would not be so many private goods at that time. Therefore, it later became a "white monograph publication", and it was not allowed to be printed or printed.

Gu Biao was afraid that the saleswoman would shout, so he had to stuff a few cents over and beg for a letter: "Is there really no stock?

Perhaps it is the effect of money, and after all, the social atmosphere is looser than half a year ago, and the saleswoman finally confided: "I don't dare to say that there is no at all, but there is definitely no other place." If you want to buy it, go to Hujiang and find a local bookstore that cooperates directly with the publishing house. Maybe there is inventory that didn't sell out more than a decade ago. ”

The two left the bookstore depressed, and Ma Feng also felt that he didn't help, and his face was a little unbearable.

He asked Gu Biao: "Brother Gu, is this set of books really so important?

Gu Biao didn't know how big the gap was, but he didn't want to take any risks.

After all, the TV series blows that set of old books so awesomely.

And what kind of cheating and perfunctory teaching materials are at the moment, he has also seen with his own eyes.

So he could only insist: "It's very important, if you want to go to university in the future, you have to study according to this set of books." ”

Ma Feng thought for a while and gritted his teeth: "Then why don't we take a long-distance bus and go to Hujiang to buy it the day after tomorrow and Sunday?"

Gu Biao nodded: "There is only this way." ”

Ma Feng said very cleverly: "Then I will take a leave tomorrow morning and go to the queue to buy a long-distance ticket first, but the ticket price is ......."

He didn't have much pocket money, so he couldn't make a cushion.

"Of course I'm out of the money, you're running errands for me. Gu Biao was not ambiguous on this point.

Being a big brother naturally has the expenses of being a big brother, and you can't let Ma Tsai advance money.

As he spoke, he handed Ma Feng a five-dollar bill.

The long-distance bus ticket from Qiantang to Hujiang is two yuan a piece, which is equivalent to the price of three catties of pork. The extra horse wind will naturally look for him.

……

After the arrangement, Gu Biao didn't take it seriously, went home that day to write homework and review as usual, and went to class as usual the next day.

Ma Feng didn't come to school in the morning, and Gu Biao knew that he was queuing up to buy a long-distance ticket, and he didn't think there was a problem.

But at lunchtime, Ma Feng came back with a squirming look: "Brother Gu, I'm really useless, the things you gave me have been messed up." ”

Gu Qiqi said: "What's the matter? Didn't line up? Tickets were bought out?"

He knows that there are few long-distance buses nowadays, even between big cities like Hujiang and Qiantang, there are only two buses in the morning and afternoon every day. So tickets are very tight, and it's normal to not be able to buy them.

Train tickets are cheaper, so there are more people in line, and it's not convenient yet.

"It's not that I didn't get in line, it's that I need a letter of introduction to buy a long-distance ticket - and blame me for not going far, I didn't expect this. ”

After listening to Ma Feng's explanation, Gu Biao suddenly had the urge to pat his head.

Nowadays, to buy long-distance bus and train tickets, you need a letter of introduction from the unit!

It seems that he is still not familiar enough with this era.

Gu Biao knew that it was not Ma Feng's fault, so he comforted: "So you're back? It's okay, I'll think of another way." ”

Ma Feng said a little timidly: "It's not that I came back directly - I was not willing to run in vain, I asked a lot of people, and finally went to Gongchenqiao Wharf and bought two tickets to Gusu tonight."

There is no need for a letter of introduction for the ferry ticket, but the conditions are a little harder, and you have to sleep on the floor on the boat for the night, but the price is actually cheaper than the car. I don't know if you can stand it...... We can put our bikes on the boat and get off the boat tomorrow morning and ride our bikes from Gusu to Hujiang. ”

When Gu Biao heard this, his brows gradually expanded: "You can do it, at first glance, you are a person with speculative potential!"

For Ma Feng's strong sense of purpose in doing things, Gu Biao had a deep understanding for the first time.

This is a master who will do whatever it takes to achieve an end.

“…… Brother Gu, you praise me and hurt me. ”