In 1986, several major events occurred.
First, consumer goods, with the exception of grain and oil, are basically open to supply and do not need to be purchased with tickets. This has greatly improved people's living standards.
Otherwise, just making a piece of clothing would require careful planning. See if the cloth tickets are enough to make clothes for several people and what kind of clothes you can make, so that you can save more fabric.
At that time, just having money might not be enough to buy cloth. Now, I can buy as much cloth as I want. It’s no problem to make a hundred pieces of clothing a year.
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Second, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, shocking the world.
The incident caused economic losses of up to 200 billion U.S. dollars, 93,000 direct deaths, and 240,000 cancer deaths. It can be said to be the most serious nuclear power accident in human history.
The most troublesome thing is that after the nuclear power plant exploded, Soviet Russia only received the news two days later and began to evacuate nearby villagers. But at the time, they thought it was just a minor accident.
Only after a week had passed and the radiation cloud had reached Sweden did the Soviet Union realize the seriousness of the incident. Immediately dispatch manpower to deal with it. It was not until several months later that the fire at the nuclear power plant was completely extinguished.
After such a long time, the radioactive fallout produced by the nuclear power plant explosion has covered most of Europe. Even the isolated UK has not been spared.
The wide scope of the impact, the number of people affected, and the serious consequences are unprecedented. Even the image of Soviet Russia was severely impacted.
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Third, the Shengjing Explosion-proof Equipment Factory finally declared bankruptcy after ten years of losses and more than two-thirds of its debt. After rectification and rescue efforts failed, it finally declared bankruptcy.
This incident shocked the country and abroad. Because before this, the concept of an iron rice bowl for the working class had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Nowadays, the iron rice bowl will be smashed, which makes many people feel unbelievable.
Even the American "Time" magazine was greatly surprised. The article commented that "a phenomenon not uncommon in the West, thousands of workers were warned that their companies were in trouble and their jobs would not be saved." Hui, this phenomenon is not in Detroit or Lyon or Manchester, but in Shengjing in northeastern China."
However, Xiang Nan was not surprised by this.
He had known that the iron rice bowl was not safe. In another ten years, there will be a massive wave of layoffs. Tens of millions of people are losing their jobs. Only then did we realize the cruelty of the market economy.
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Fourth, in response to the Year of World Peace, hundreds of singers from the mainland held performances at the Yanjing Workers' Stadium, highlighting the status of Chinese musicians.
Last year, the LIVEAID concert held by European and American musicians raised funds for African disaster victims and caused a great sensation around the world.
In the same year, Baodao singers also gathered together to follow the example of American singers such as Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in collectively writing and singing "We Are the World" and co-composed and sang the song "True Love Warms the World".
Influenced by these peers, mainland musicians also want to hold such an event to highlight the posture of Chinese musicians and send China's voice to the world.
So after some contact, this grand performance finally started at the Workers Stadium on May 9th.
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Xiang Nan received the invitation in April. After receiving the invitation, he obliged and immediately agreed.
If he remembered correctly, the performance at the Workers' Stadium was extremely successful.
It not only brings together some of the most popular singers in the mainland, such as Wei Wei, Mao Amin, Tian Zhen, Cheng Fangyuan, Zhu Hua, Li Lingyu, Cai Guoqing, Sun Guoqing, etc.
And Cui Jian also presented rock music to the world for the first time on this stage. That song "Nothing" officially opened the era of Chinese rock music.
Therefore, Xiang Nan will not miss such a grand music event.
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In May, Xiang Nan first recorded the album "Let the World Be Full of Love" with other singers.
Since this event was planned by the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, their people were used to write the lyrics and compose the music. Although Xiang Nan is famous, he did not receive this task.
However, he didn't care. The year before last, he had released "Tomorrow Will Be Better", and that song was already very good.
So he recorded this song with everyone in a decent manner, and made many friends during the recording process. People like Mao Amin, Tian Zhen, Li Lingyu, Cai Guoqing, Cui Jian, Ding Wu, etc. have once again expanded their connections.
To him, that's all that matters.
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May 9th, the day of the performance.
Xiang Nan went there on his motorcycle.
He can afford a car now, but it's hard to buy a car and get a license plate.
At the end of the year, Hujiang issued the first private car license plate in the mainland. If he wants to buy a car, he will have to wait at least half a year.
However, now, motorcycles are already very popular.
Most singers can only ride bicycles.
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At eight o'clock, the performance officially started.
First, a hundred people sang "Let the World Be Full of Love", and then singers from all walks of life took turns on the stage to sing popular songs.
Although music tapes from Europe, America, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been flowing into the mainland since the late 1970s. Disco is even more popular in the streets, and you can see trendy young people everywhere carrying tape recorders and swaggering through the streets.
However, at the level of mainstream culture, pop songs are still not on the stage, and are called "extreme music" and "****".
And this concert is actually a rectification conference for popular music.
Halfway through the performance, Xiang Nan came on stage holding his guitar.
"Hello everyone, I'm Liu Feng..." He smiled and waved to the audience.
The tens of thousands of spectators in the audience immediately became excited.
In the past few years, Xiang Nan has been writing songs, attending the Spring Festival Gala, and making movies. He has indeed accumulated a lot of fame and can be regarded as the top figure in the mainland entertainment industry.
Because of this, the audience was very excited to see him on stage.
"I bring you a new song, "Blooming Life", I hope you like it." Xiang Nan waited for the applause to stop, then said with a smile, "Music~"
Along with the music, Xiang Nan also played the guitar and started singing along with the rhythm, "How many times have I fallen on the road, how many times have I broken my wings... Now I no longer feel hesitant, I want to transcend this ordinary life." Extravagant hope..."
The singers backstage all went crazy when they heard the lyrics and the melody.
“Damn it, you’re awesome!”
"This guy is so talented!"
"Hell, he actually knows rock and roll?!"
The audience in the audience was even more moved. Many young people here have had a difficult time in the past few years.
This song "Blooming Life" is a true portrayal of their mood, so after hearing it, they were all deeply moved. Many people burst into tears and were filled with emotion.
