Chapter 2 Looking North to China
"I think about what is most popular in the mainland in this era, and what is more in demand, well, tape recorders, watches, televisions, bicycles, toad mirrors, leather shoes, bell bottoms, jeans, dresses, really good...... Dacron? Hong Kong doesn't seem to have such a thing! What is it? ”
Zhang Shaoping scratched his head, he couldn't think of a reason, he was just a third-rate writer in his previous life, and many popular elements of this era were just Baidu when needed, and now it was difficult for him to list the names, let alone come up with a sample.
Zhang Shaoping made a list of the things that were in demand in the mainland in his memory, and then eliminated the things that could not be done at present, such as cars, motorcycles, refrigerators, televisions, etc., and then the rest could be considered.
However, these things are all reported by later generations of researchers, and the real situation is only known after trying the water temperature.
Just as Zhang Shaoping was thinking about how to do a good job in the first foreign trade, he heard a knock on the door. Zhang Shaoping looked at the cheap watch in his hand, and found that it was past five o'clock, and it was time to make dinner, so he got up in a hurry, and thought to himself: No wonder this girl is crazy, and she is willing to come back, it turns out that she is hungry.
"Wait, baby, brother, I'm going to make dinner...... Belch? Zhang Shaoping opened the door and subconsciously opened his mouth to speak, but immediately found that there was an oolong, it was Aunt Zhou who knocked on the door, and the little girl was still playing crazy in the corridor.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Zhou! I thought it was my little sister. Zhang Shaoping said embarrassedly.
"You're too irresponsible as an elder brother, you left your sister outside for a long time, and you don't know what you're doing in the room! Let me tell you, you still have to pay attention to Xiao Yingying, she is playing around, you are not afraid of losing her? Even upstairs and downstairs, playing with video and water is a dangerous thing! Aunt Zhou didn't give Zhang Shaoping a good face at all, and she was counted.
Zhang Shaoping was shocked, he was really careless, so he honestly admitted his mistake: "What Aunt Zhou said is that what my brother is really doing is really incompetent!" Thank you so much, Aunt Zhou, for reminding me! ”
"I also care about Xiao Yingying, I'm worried that something will happen, and my tone will be a little heavier, don't blame me for being troublesome! You usually pay attention to it, take care of it, and it won't be troublesome. ”
Aunt Zhou changed her words as she spoke: "Okay, don't talk about it." Go and get a stool, and you two will come to my place for dinner tonight. ”
Zhang Shaoping was surprised: "How can this work?" ”
Aunt Zhou was dissatisfied: "Why not? Look at when this is, by the time you make something to eat, Xiao Yingying will be hungry. ”
Zhang Shaoping is not a hypocritical person, he never knows what politeness is, as soon as Aunt Zhou glared, he went down the steps and hurriedly beckoned Zhang Mengying's little girl back.
On the small table, there are three dishes and one soup, a fish, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, a plate of green vegetables, and the soup is old turkey soup.
Zhang Shaoping looked at this vegetable soup with both color and fragrance, and suddenly felt very hungry, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He sat down happily and asked with a smile, "Aunt Zhou, this dish is too rich, right?" Isn't there a happy event? ”
This meal is so extravagant that ordinary working families are reluctant to waste this money, that is, once in a while when there is a happy event and a good deed.
"No! If you think it's good, you can eat more, don't be polite to Aunt Zhou! "Aunt Zhou sandwiched a piece of pork ribs for the little girl.
The little girl said happily: "Thank you, Mother Zhou!" ”
Zhang Shaoping really admires the little girl's ability, well-behaved, sensible, cute, almost men, women and children, it's only been a few days, Aunt Zhou has become Zhou's mother.
Zhou's mother's cooking skills have nothing to say, especially sweet and sour pork ribs and old turkey soup, which are full of color, flavor and flavor, such as home-cooked dishes in later generations, which have a unique taste.
Zhang Shaoping devoured it, almost swallowed his tongue, and did not hesitate to praise at the moment, and made Aunt Zhou smile with a smile. Zhang Mengying's little girl was even more unbearable, eating in the bowl and looking at the plate, her little mouth was stuffed with delicious food, and she was eating extremely happily.
A gust of wind swept the clouds, Zhang Shaoping just picked up the last piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and the waist was stabbed by the little girl with her fingers, Zhang Shaoping immediately understood, and put the ribs into the bowl she stretched out.
It's no wonder that Zhang Mengying eats sweetly, Zhang Shaoping's cooking skills are mediocre, and he doesn't care if he is full or delicious. Zhang Mengying can be said to have suffered a lot, and now she must eat enough to eat delicious food.
After the meal, the two sat and chatted, and the little girl looked like a little adult, pretending to listen carefully. Aunt Zhou praised her, saying that she was very well-behaved and a good child, but Zhang Shaoping knew that the little guy would never be idle, and sure enough, within a few minutes, she was uncomfortable and slipped away to find her newly met friend to play with rubber bands.
Aunt Zhou is a typical Chinese mother. She has a widowed daughter who is quite talented in music, and after Aunt Zhou found out, she wore many jobs and saved money to buy a piano for her to study. Everyone calls Aunt Zhou's daughter Xiaomin, a fourth-grade middle school student, the family can't afford to hire a teacher, she is stunned to be self-taught, and now, after school, she began to do part-time piano tutoring, usually come back at about eight o'clock, dinner is solved outside, and the family is used for supper.
It's been a few days since I moved here, and Zhang Shaoping hasn't seen Aunt Zhou's daughter. The reason is simple, entertainment in this era is really scarce, and at night everyone gathers around to watch TV, and Zhang Shaoping is used to seeing film and television entertainment in later generations, how to watch and think these programs are shoddy. Others watched it with relish, he looked drowsy, and after watching it for less than ten minutes the first day, he slipped away and simply nested in his room to write his development plan.
Zhou's mother is a talkative person, chatting and chatting, she pulled Zhang Shaoping's body, she asked: "Pingzai, what are your plans in the future?" ”
Zhang Shaoping smiled and said in high spirits: "I want to run foreign trade." ”
"Doing business? You haven't done this, can you? Zhou's mother worried, "You don't read the book, your English is not good, I'm afraid you can't even read the report, don't be deceived!" ”
Zhou's mother didn't say that Zhang Shaoping was not doing his job, in this era, the poor children were in charge of the family early, and a large number of fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys and women made money to help the family. It is rare for Zhang Shaoping to have to live at the age of fourteen, but it is not impossible, so Zhou's mother is more concerned about Zhang Shaoping's work.
"I don't need English to do this, I want to look north to Shenzhou!" When Zhang Shaoping said this, his spirit was flying and the wind was extremely scratching.
Mother Zhou is not an uneducated person, she understood in an instant, but her face changed, and she said in surprise: "You want to go to the mainland?" Pingzai, you're crazy, is this the place you can go? ”
After all, the Hong Kong people who have gone to the mainland in recent years are a small minority, and the vast majority of them are local representatives and employees of companies and enterprises, and the rest also include leather bag companies, human snake groups, swindlers, hooligans, bankrupt households, and so on, and finally only a few of them run foreign trade.
In the hearts of Hong Kong people, the mainland at this time was a taboo, a hell full of devils. Unless it is really forced to do so, no one wants to go to the mainland, so Zhou's mother's reaction will be so big.
"Aunt Zhou, it's not as serious as you think! With the reform and opening up of the mainland, the tone of economic leadership will soon be set, and the mainland will become the largest hot spot in the world. The spending power of the 1.2 billion people is suffocating when you think about it. It's the best time to be in the storm, and there's no reason why I can't watch this big cake and not get a foot in it! ”
In his previous life, as a pure mainlander, Zhang Shaoping had a more intuitive feeling of the huge consumption in the mainland market, and the 21st century will really be the century of the Chinese! Moreover, no one in Hong Kong at that time could have a better understanding of the future and prospects of the mainland than he did, and everything that Hong Kong people were worried about was completely unfounded.
"Pingzai, I don't understand what you said, but one thing I know very well is that the living habits of the mainland and ours are different, and I heard that there is [***], and all the net worth is communist. Besides, even if they are not communist, their so-called reform and opening up, once there is a change, not only will all the family wealth be lost, but they are afraid that when the time comes, human lives will be put into it! ”
Zhang Shaoping couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect that at this time, Hong Kong people's perception of the mainland was still at the stage of "being a communist", no wonder so many people would emigrate after hearing the news of Hong Kong's return to the motherland in the future.
But the more this is the case, the more Zhang Shaoping affirms his strategy of making a fortune, seizing the opportunity, and he will definitely be able to make a fortune. Because he believes that most of the Hong Kong people at this time did not plan to seriously operate and develop the mainland market, they were just being monks for a day and hitting the clock for a day, and making as much money as they could.
"Aunt Zhou, I must go to the mainland to see, I am unwilling not to go! However, I will be careful, and as soon as I see that the situation is not right, I will immediately flee back to Hong Kong. ”
"At a young age, how can you understand that the hearts of the people in society are sinister, is this so easy to make money from the mainland? Listen to Aunt Zhou's advice, and find a job in Hong Kong in a down-to-earth manner, so you won't go hungry! ”
Zhang Shaoping was silent, limited by age, in Chengren's eyes, he was a hairy boy with no social knowledge and experience, and it was useless to say anything. Aunt Zhou saw that Zhang Shaoping was silent, and knew that he would not turn back if he didn't hit his head and break the bloodstream, so she stopped persuading.
"Since you have made up your mind to go to the mainland for development, if you can trust me, all I can help is to help you take care of Xiao Yingying. Find her a kindergarten, I'll be in charge of picking up and dropping off, if I'm not free, I'll ask Xiaomin to take care of it. When you're not at home, let her eat and live with me, and many people will be more lively. Aunt Zhou said seriously.
"Thank you, Aunt Zhou! The most reassuring thing for me is my little sister, with your words, I am relieved. ”
Zhang Shaoping is really grateful to Aunt Zhou, the two are not related, and they have only known each other for a few days, so it is very good to be able to do this.
At this time, Zhang Mengying's little girl's little head popped up and shouted: "Brother, move the TV out quickly, I want to watch Sister Fairy!" ”
"It's coming!" Zhang Shaoping responded.
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "You kid, thank you, I also like Xiao Yingying's girl." Let's go, you probably can't wait! ”
At this time, television had not yet entered every household, especially in slums such as housing estates and shacks. Zhang Shaoping's house has a black and white TV, which is a great thing, the most important thing is that Zhang Shaoping is "generous", when the TV series is played, he moves the TV out of the corridor and lets everyone watch it together.
The neighbors held stools and crowded in front of the TV, and soon Zhang Shaoping adjusted the TV station, and in the singing, the majestic plot of "Dragon Babu" continued to unfold.
Zhang Shaoping retired, closed the door, and continued to work hard in the room.