Chapter 66: Childhood Memories of the Arctic Ocean
It took Jiang Yulou a week to read all the letters from readers and write replies one by one.
Wei Guoping: They didn't understand his behavior, but he was willing to do it.
These readers are his food and clothing parents, so he can't ignore them.
In addition, some readers really put forward some valuable opinions, which is also an improvement for him, why don't he do win-win things.
Not only to do it, but also to do it continuously and for a long time.
After all the replies were written, he packed them into a package and mailed them to the editorial office of Yanhe Literature along with the manuscript of the poem "To See or Not to See".
It's a chore to mail them one by one, so let's leave them to the editorial office.
After these two things are done, Jiang Yulou can also breathe a sigh of relief.
However, it's time for his next work to be on the agenda.
It's just that he hasn't figured out what to write yet.
Just when he was struggling, Wei Guoping dragged a dormitory person to meet his good friend.
Everyone had nothing to do, so they agreed.
Walking on the street, Jiang Yulou and a few people are nothing, but Yu Min feels strange when he sees everything.
Xu Xiangdong asked: "How many days have you been in Yanjing, and you are not tired of seeing these old buildings?" ”
Yu Min scratched his head and smiled innocently: "I can't see enough, we don't have these." ”
Xu Xiangdong thought that he was from the countryside, and he was relieved.
After walking for a while, everyone was already covered in sweat.
In August, Yanjing is the hottest time, in broad daylight, citizens are either at work or staying at home, and only young people are energetic and will go out shopping in the hot summer.
Wei Guoping wiped the beads of sweat and shouted, "No, it's hot to death." ”
"You're still too weak, just sweat a little when you look at us." Xu Xiangqian said proudly.
Wei Guoping was so hot that he was in no mood to fight with him.
"No, if I don't drink something, I'll have to dry up. Well, I'll invite everyone to drink soda. ”
"Drink...... Soda pop? Yu Min also licked his tongue.
It's not that he hasn't drunk soda, Wei Guoping invited him to drink it before, and the sweet taste of soda makes him reminisce to this day.
However, it is limited to other people's treats, and he will never want to spend his own money.
In this era, soda is a luxury drink, such as Yanjing's drink Arctic Ocean, a bottle costs a dime, and a foreign drink that has just entered the country, Coca-Cola, costs four cents!
Four cents, why don't you grab it!
You must know that this year, ordinary workers only earn a few dozen yuan a month.
I can't afford to drink, I can't afford to drink at all.
can drink soda, Jiang Yulou does not object.
So, Wei Guoping and a few people found a store and drank a bottle of Arctic Ocean each.
Jiang Yulou took a sip of soda while letting his thoughts fly.
Many children in big cities have their own memories of drinks, which are called "Arctic Ocean" in Yanjing, "Binjiang" in Jiangcheng, "Tianfu Cola" in Sichuan and Shu, and "Bingfeng" in Chang'an...... These soda constitute the common memory of many people of this era.
As for the children of later generations, this memory is less, because these brands are gone, and many local drinks have been bought by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and they will naturally no longer maintain these brands, and directly hide them.
It happened in '94, and people didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time.
I even feel that domestic drinks are not delicious and expensive, and there is no problem with being acquired.
It was not until the country became stronger in later generations and the people's recognition of the national brand was high that this incident was resurrected from memory and gradually fermented.
Thanks to the blessing of the country's strong strength, the country's economy has developed, the enterprises have money, and some beverage brands have been taken back from foreign-funded enterprises, so many domestic beverages such as "Arctic Ocean" and "Tianfu Cola" have reappeared on the shelves.
It's just that after many years, except for a few brands such as "Arctic Ocean" and "Bingfeng", which are accepted by the public with the blessing of memory, other brands are difficult to regain their former glory.
The taste of the Arctic Ocean is still good, otherwise it would not have sold so well this year.
He was a little depressed at the thought that after many years, he would not be able to drink this drink.
He pondered whether he would buy the Arctic Ocean brand when he became financially free by writing in the future, which could be regarded as him preserving this precious childhood memory for the Yanjing people.
It's just that the idea is good, but the feasibility is debatable.
One is the purchase price, even if he is rich, he can't compare to the listed companies of Lao Mei.
Again, he is a countryman. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are foreign-owned.
Sometimes, it's better to be with friends!
While thinking nonsense, he dried up the Arctic Ocean in his hand.
"Cool!" Wei Guoping grinned.
"Hiccup."
Yu Min accidentally hiccuped, causing a burst of laughter.
Jiang Yulou touched Wei Guoping with his elbow, "Old Wei, didn't you take us to meet friends, how do you feel that you are not in a hurry at all?" ”
"Hi, they're going to take pictures today. Women take pictures very slowly, and I'm too lazy to wait. "Wei Guoping said.
"Photo studio?" Jiang Yulou proposed: "Why don't the four of us take a group photo?" ”
Wei Guoping nodded again and again: "Huh? That's a good idea. ”
Xu Xiangdong smiled: "You finally made a reliable suggestion. ”
Yu Min didn't object either, everyone shared the flowers equally, and a group photo couldn't cost too much.
Jiang Yulou smiled: "Then let's go, just enough to meet your friends in advance." ”
"Let's go."
Wei Guoping led the way, and the three followed.
After a bottle of drink was eaten, a few people walked around and didn't feel irritable.
This year, there are not many shops on both sides of the street, and they are not even as good as the county town of later generations, not to mention the service attitude or something.
"Here we are." Wei Guoping pointed to the shop in front of him.
"Photo Studio for the People."
This is the store's signboard.
In this era, the people who opened photo studios were also rich people, and cameras and film were not cheap, and they couldn't afford to open a store without any skills.
"Sister Sola, Yuanyuan, Dudu, Shuozi, Liangzi, I brought my friends to play with you."
As soon as he entered the photo studio, Wei Guoping shouted.
After a few people came in, they saw several of Wei Guoping's friends at first sight.
Jiang Yulou had sharp eyes and recognized several celebrities in later generations.
Ma Dudu, who is engaged in the collection of cultural relics, Wang Shuo, a writer, and Liang Zuo, a writer and screenwriter.
As for the two girls, he has an impression of the older one, the first goddess of the Beijing circle, Liu Sola.
Just wanted to say hello, but they found that the atmosphere in the photo studio was not good.
It seems that Wei Guoping's friends had an argument with the owner of the photo studio.