It took Jiang Yulou a week to read all the letters from readers and write replies one by one.
Wei Guoping and the others did not understand his behavior, but he was happy with it.
These readers are his bread and butter, so he cannot help but ignore them.
Furthermore, some readers really gave some valuable suggestions, which was also an improvement for him. Why didn’t he do something that was a win-win situation?
Not only must we do it, but we must do it continuously and for a long time.
After all the replies were written, he put them into a package and mailed them to the editorial department of Yanhe Literature together with the poem manuscript of "See or Not See".
Mailing them one by one is a chore, so leave it to the editorial department.
After completing these two things, Jiang Yulou could breathe a sigh of relief.
However, his next work should also be put on the agenda.
However, he hasn't figured out what to write yet.
Just when he was struggling, Wei Guoping took a group of people from the dormitory to meet his good friend.
Everyone had nothing to do, so they agreed.
Walking on the street, Jiang Yulou and the others seemed fine, but Yu Min found everything strange.
Xu Xiangdong asked: "How many days have you been in Yanjing? Are you still tired of seeing these old buildings?"
Yu Min scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "I can't see enough. We don't have these."
Xu Xiangdong felt relieved when he thought that he came from the countryside.
After walking for a while, everyone was already covered in sweat.
August is the hottest time in Yanjing. In broad daylight, citizens are either at work or staying at home. Only young people with high energy will go shopping in the hot summer.
Wei Guoping wiped the beads of sweat and shouted: "I can't do it anymore, it's too hot to kill me."
"You're still too weak. Look at us, you're just sweating a little." Xu Xiangqian said proudly.
Wei Guoping was so heated that he was not in the mood to argue with him.
"No, if you don't drink something, I'll have to dry myself in the sun. That's good, I'll treat everyone to a soda."
"Drink... soda?" Yu Min also licked his tongue.
It's not that he has never drank soda. Wei Guoping had treated him to a drink before, and the sweet taste of the soda still reminded him of it.
However, it is limited to other people's entertainment. If he is asked to spend his own money, he will never agree.
Soda drinks are luxurious drinks in this era. For example, Yanjing's drink Beibingyang costs 10 cents a bottle, and the new foreign drink that has just entered the country, Coca-Cola, costs 40 cents!
Forty cents, why don’t you grab it!
You know, in this day and age, ordinary workers only earn a few dozen yuan a month.
I can't afford it, I can't afford it at all.
Jiang Yulou has no objection to drinking soda.
So, Wei Guoping and others found a shop, and each drank a bottle of Arctic Ocean.
Jiang Yulou took a sip of soda while letting his thoughts wander.
Many children in big cities have their own unique drink memories. This memory is called "Arctic Ocean" in Yanjing, "Binjiang" in Jiangcheng, "Tianfu Cola" in Sichuan and "Bingfeng" in Chang'an... These sodas form the common memory of many people of this era.
As for the children of later generations, this kind of memory is less, because these brands are gone, and many local beverages have been acquired by Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Naturally, they will no longer maintain these brands and directly hide them. There is a theory for this incident It's called "Two Cokes flooded seven armies".
This incident happened in 1994, when people didn't think there was any problem.
I even think that domestically produced drinks are not tasty and expensive, so there is no problem in being acquired.
It was not until the country became stronger in later generations and the people recognized the national brand more highly that this incident was resurrected from memory and gradually fermented.
Thanks to the strong national power, the country's economy has developed, companies have become rich, and some beverage brands have been taken back from foreign-funded companies. As a result, "Arctic Ocean", "Tianfu Cola" and many other domestic beverages are deeply rooted in people's memories. Just reappeared on the shelves.
However, after many years, except for a few brands such as "Arctic Ocean" and "Bingfeng", which have been accepted by the public with the blessing of memory, other brands have struggled to regain their former glory.
The taste of Arctic Ocean is still good, otherwise it would not be selling so well these days.
He was a little frustrated when he thought that after many years, he would no longer be able to drink this drink.
He was thinking whether he should buy the Arctic Ocean brand when he became financially independent through writing in the future. This would be a way for him to preserve this precious childhood memory for the people of Yanjing.
However, the idea is good, but the feasibility is questionable.
One is the purchase price. No matter how rich he is, he can't compare to the listed companies in the United States.
Another thing is that he is Chinese. Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola are foreign-owned.
Sometimes, it’s better to be friends!
While thinking wildly, I dried the Arctic Ocean in my hands.
"It's cool!" Wei Guoping grinned.
"belch."
Yu Min accidentally burped, which caused a burst of laughter.
Jiang Yulou nudged Wei Guoping with his elbow, "Old Wei, didn't you introduce us to our friends? Why do I feel like you are not in a hurry at all?"
"Hey, they are going to take pictures today. Women take pictures very slowly. I am too lazy to wait." Wei Guoping said.
"Photo studio?" Jiang Yulou suggested, "How about the four of us take a group photo too?"
Wei Guoping nodded repeatedly: "Huh? That's a good idea."
Xu Xiangdong smiled and said: "You finally made a reliable suggestion."
Yu Min didn't object. The flowers were shared equally among everyone, and a group photo didn't cost much.
Jiang Yulou smiled and said: "Then let's go, just in time to meet your friends in advance."
"Then let's go."
Wei Guoping led the way, and the three of them followed.
After finishing a bottle of drinks, the group of people walked around without feeling irritated.
In this era, there were not many shops on both sides of the street, not even as good as the county towns of later generations, not to mention the service attitude. Now all the salespersons are uncles, they are awesome. Along the way, there are no shortages. I heard a quarrel inside.
"We're here." Wei Guoping pointed to the shop in front.
"Photo studio for the people."
This is the shop's sign.
In this era, only wealthy people opened photo studios. Cameras and film were not cheap, so if you didn't have any skills, you couldn't afford to open a shop.
"Sister Sola, Yuanyuan, Dudu, Shuozi, Liangzi, I brought my friends to come and play with you."
As soon as he entered the photo studio, Wei Guoping started shouting.
After several people came in, they saw some of Wei Guoping's friends at first sight.
Jiang Yulou had a sharp eye and recognized several celebrities from later generations.
Ma Dudu is engaged in collecting cultural relics, writer Wang Shuo, writer and screenwriter Liang Zuo.
As for the two girls, he had an impression of the older one, the first goddess in the Beijing circle, Liu Sola.
Just as they were about to say hello, they found that the atmosphere in the photo studio was not good.
It seems that Wei Guoping's friends had a dispute with the owner of the photo studio.
