Gu Biao and his entourage got out of the train station, took a taxi directly, and left in the envious eyes of the dense outbound crowd. The starting price is 4 yuan, which is definitely a luxury consumption compared to the prices of this era.

That's right, it's a taxi. The 79-year-old Hujiang is one of only three cities in China with regular taxis.

"I'm really willing to spend money, five catties of pork, just take it for a journey. ”

"In exchange, I'd rather squeeze the bus for a dime and a half, and save money to eat two catties of meat to be satisfied. ”

Countless foreign tourists with a generational difference in consumption outlook have commented like this.

The model of the taxi is the Hujiang brand produced by the local car factory. The price of 30,000 or 40,000 yuan is not several times cheaper than the low-end car in 30 years. No matter how low the starting price was, even the depreciation of the car could not be recovered - this was also the price characteristic of the agricultural countries at that time.

Fortunately, there is no electronic meter, and theoretically a starting price can drive 5 kilometers. Even if it is a little exceeded, the master will not ask you to add money, because all the bills are hand-torn by the fixed amount, otherwise you will not be able to make accounts.

On the road, absolutely no one dares to care about overloading, and it seems that everyone who takes the taxi should have privileges - Gu Biao and his party have a total of five people, one seat short. Then Wen Ying consciously sat on Ma Feng's lap, so that Gu Min and Yang Xin, who were also sitting in the back row, were more spacious.

The driver, Master Chen, is an old man with a thief's eyes, and Gu Biao's clothes are so outstanding, he can naturally see at a glance that he is the head of the group.

Gu Biao's trips up and down this time were all given by President Hussein when he was in Iraq, and the cool summer suit made by the French designer alone cost 2,000 US dollars, and even the shirt he wore at the moment cost hundreds of US dollars.

Fortunately, the country did not understand the luxury market, so at that time, according to the value of domestic ready-to-wear, Gu Biao was allowed to receive gifts.

At the beginning of the 80s, the price level in developed countries in Europe and the United States was roughly three times lower than that in a few decades, and five or six times lower if it was a luxury product. The reason for this is also the value of "gold jewelry in troubled times".

Now that the Soviet Union is not dead, this alone is enough to make people around the world overestimate the risk of a "nuclear war/end of the world" many times overestimated, and therefore prefer a prudent style of asset allocation that is useful regardless of chaos.

The prices of cultural relics and jewelry, as well as custom-made luxury goods, will skyrocket after the fall of the Soviet Union.

(Nowadays, even the housing prices in the United States cannot be speculated, because real estate is the most afraid of war and cannot be taken away.) From '75 to '95, U.S. house prices rose by an average of only 20 per cent, doubled from '96 to '06, and then the subprime mortgage crisis. ）

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"Little comrade, have you been admitted to Fudan? There are not many college students like you, and they can't be the children of returned overseas Chinese. Master Chen cautiously accosted him, eager to dig up some capital to brag about what he had seen and heard to his colleagues.

Lao Wang from the convoy next door picked up a Hong Kong businessman who came to inspect last week, but it took several days to blow it, and the famous brands worn by those Hong Kong businessmen relayed in his mouth made Master Chen feel that "Lao Wang is really knowledgeable."

"It's not. Gu Biao didn't bother to deal with it at all, and ended the chat with two words.

"What's not it? Not a Fudan student, or not an overseas Chinese?" Master Chen still didn't give up on the bragging points, and it was boring to drive anyway.

"It's not - I'm a junior at the Foreign Affairs University, and I'm going to Fudan to see an old classmate. Gu Biao wanted to be quiet, so he said it all at once.

"You look so classy in your clothes, is it Jinli, or is it a crocodile?" Master Chen was very curious.

Jinlilai and Crocodile are both brands mentioned by Master Chen when he heard Lao Wang brag last week, and then he wrote them down in a small book when he went home, thinking that this is the top card in the outside world.

As for the details of crocodiles and French crocodiles, of course they don't know.

"Neither, no brand. ”

Master Chen didn't believe it, and dug like a chatterbox: "It looks very classy, how can there be no brand? ”

"Made by a French tailor. In order to make it easier to understand, Gu Biao directly followed the other party's earthy taste, using the word "tailor" instead of "designer".

Hearing that it was a French tailor, Master Chen was not so curious.

Gu Biao was afraid that the other party would beep again, so he took the initiative to ask: "By the way, do you know that Fudan is far away from the film studio?"

Master Chen: "It's quite far, nearly two kilometers. ”

Nowadays, people think that even if two kilometers is far away, the diameter of Hujiang urban area is only a dozen kilometers.

Gu Biao: "Then before going to school, take me to a hotel between the two places, and let's check in and put down the salute." ”

Master Chen was a little embarrassed: "Then you can't calculate the mileage, how can I calculate the money for you in vain?"

"Five?"

"Five dollars is not good to tear up the ticket - four for the start, two for the extra ticket. If I tear up your six-dollar ticket, I will pay back and lose money!"

"No tickets. ”

"Don't want a ticket?!" Master Chen was shocked, he had never seen a passenger who didn't want an invoice.

Because there is no electronic billing system, taxi drivers now pay the city bus company according to the number of tickets torn.

Cars and gasoline are bought at the public's expense, and after an individual tears a four-yuan ticket, he receives four dollars in cash, and pays the unit three dollars and five dollars at night, and the remaining five M is the individual's salary - making 10 orders a day, there is a salary of 5 yuan, 150 yuan a month, which is higher than that of an eighth-level worker, so taxi driver is an absolute high-paying profession.

The city bus company is not afraid of everyone embezzling, because now those who can afford to take a taxi absolutely have to issue invoices, and it is impossible for a big man to take a car with a starting price of four yuan privately. Even if he is the director of a large enterprise, he has to get an invoice for reimbursement when he goes back.

And Gu Biao said that he didn't want a ticket, which means that the public didn't know about the order that Master Chen took today, and he could earn ten orders of private money with one order. Even if the fuel is a little overrun, you can move it back through another list for a while.

It's a big deal to say that business is bad today.

"Boss, I didn't say it! I'm going to spend half an afternoon waiting for you today! You can go wherever you want, and you can wait as long as you say!"

This time it was Gu Fu's turn to be stunned.

For the first time, he discovered that in this wild era, "no invoicing" can bring so much convenience.

"In this way, you should go to relieve your fatigue at night, and if the waiter in the state-run massage parlor doesn't tear up the ticket, it is estimated that it can be several times cheaper. With his IQ, he instantly drew inferences in his head.

Any service industry that does not consume material entities and only consumes manpower should be several times cheaper without invoicing, because it is all private work.

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An hour later, Gu Biao and his party rushed to Fudan and met Xiao Sui waiting in a café at the school gate.

"Sister Sui, long time no see. Congratulations on your admission to Fudan. Gu Biao greeted each other first and helped everyone introduce each other.

After all, only Gu Min and Ma Feng knew Xiao Sui, and Wen Ying and Yang Xin were both seeing each other for the first time.

Everyone shook hands for a while, congratulated each other, and then sat down at their respective tables.

Xiao Sui was very proud to pay for everyone to order coffee and ice cream.

After carefully observing Xiao Sui's appearance, Wen Ying was ashamed of herself, and at the same time secretly glad for herself, her relationship with Ma Feng became more harmonious.

"You're rich, big spenders. Gu Biao took a sip of coffee and joked with Xiao Sui.

"The manuscript fee has arrived again, two thousand yuan, just spend it, and write it again if it is not enough. Xiao Sui has obviously entered the state of a beautiful writer, and there is no string of saving money in her head.

After hearing this, Wen Ying, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly remembered something: "Ah! It turns out that sister, you are the Xiao Sui on "Army Literature and Art"? I have seen your Vietnam War, it is very exciting, can you sign for me." I didn't expect your article to be so beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful. ”

Xiao Sui smiled and signed the little literary fan girl, and said: "Maybe I will write a little, but it won't be a war scene, I want to write about the ordinary life of ordinary soldiers after they come back, the struggle with peacetime, and their contributions." Well, it's called "Wreath Under Lang Mountain". ”

Of course, this topic was chosen for her out of bad taste, but with Xiao Sui's writing and talent, coupled with her life trajectory that has changed her track now, it is also easy to write more in-depth military themes. The story can also be moved to unsung heroes such as Luo Yongxin and Liu Zhuang.

And even in the future, as long as it does not violate the discipline of secrecy, it will be possible to write about how these veterans defend national interests in the Middle East......

In the 80s, this kind of slightly bloody thing, if it was mixed with some national sentiment and spy war elements, it would not be too easy to sell.

Although in terms of literary and artistic achievements, it may be worse than those works in Xiao Sui's previous life, but the best-selling is definitely a bestseller.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it as soon as I can. Wen Ying said from the bottom of her heart.

Gu Biao saw that the situation in the café was moving closer to the symposium of young women in literature and art, and hurriedly tilted the building back: "By the way, why did you choose to meet here, you have just been admitted, and the school has not allocated you a dormitory yet." ”

Xiao Sui: "But I used to live nearby - my mother's house is a dormitory for the studio, and it's just a corner to the west." ”

Gu Biao went straight to the point: "Then let's talk about the introduction of films, what is the current outsourcing policy in Auntie's factory? Or, who exactly do you have to find to have the final say?"

Xiao Sui glanced at him slightly, as if he was slightly disgusted with his incomprehensible feelings, but he still replied positively: "It's actually very simple, if your film source is cheap enough, a senior producer will send it for review, and then get to know a preliminary review to help you take a few looks, it's fine."

Nowadays, the introduction of this film is very loose, and the key is the copyright fee. If people have a relationship and a backstage, they can get foreign sponsorship and can cut it very low. The domestic foreign exchange budget is very tight, and movies that sell expensive will not be considered. ”

This answer was quite unexpected by Gu Biao.

After all, Gu Biao came from the era of harmony, when foreign cultural products were introduced in China, money was irrelevant, the key was that the content should be positive.

And Xiao Sui only used a few words to give him a general picture: it doesn't matter if it's not positive, but the key is to be cheap.

Nowadays, foreign films will not be given a share of the box office, and when they enter the country, they are all bought out at a fixed price.

Taking a step back, even if you want to divide it, take the cheapest movie ticket in China for five cents a piece, combined with the actual exchange rate of the RMB......

Which foreign copyright company will be able to take a share?

Movies, and all translated products, are all this market idea.