"Liu Feng, we haven't seen each other for so many years. I thought you had forgotten me. I didn't expect that you still recognized me." Lin Dingding smiled wildly, just like the aunt in the alley. .
Xiang Nan was slightly startled. After looking at Lin Dingding carefully, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart.
After so many years of ups and downs, there is no trace of the past on Lin Dingding at this moment.
Back then, Lin Dingding was frail and sickly, soft-spoken, pure and innocent, just like a little white flower. Although it was a bit artificial, it was still cute, and it fascinated the male soldiers in the regiment.
But now Lin Dingding is big and round, vulgar and aggressive. As Hao Shuwen said, she is not like Sister Lin, but more like Sun Erniang.
However, what song should be sung on which mountain? In her current situation, she really should be more aggressive. Otherwise, if I continue to be like the weak and weak person in the art troupe, I'm afraid I won't be as good as I am now.
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"Come on, everyone, take your seats. I'm very happy to be able to meet you all again today." Xiang Nan greeted with a smile, "To be honest, I failed to be a regiment leader. After so many years, this is the first time that I have done this I'm so sorry for the party. Come on, I'll punish myself with three drinks first!"
As he said this, he drank three glasses of wine, all of which were small cups worth two cents each, so there was no need to worry about getting drunk after one drink.
“Good drinker!”
"The leader is so brave!"
"Captain, we don't blame you!"
Everyone agreed and behaved enthusiastically, even more enthusiastic about flattering than when they were in the military camp.
No wonder. When they were in the military camp, most of them were only in their twenties. They were young and frivolous and had no idea of the heights of the world. After entering society and being severely beaten for so many years, they realize that the world is in trouble. It is natural to admire a successful person like Xiang Nan.
"Come, come, I suggest that we raise a toast together to celebrate our reunion today." Xiang Nan smiled again, "It's not easy. We can still get together after so many years. We really deserve a good drink."
"The leader is right!"
"A toast, a toast, it's all done!"
"Captain, we all miss you so much."
Everyone continued to agree.
"Come, eat food, eat food." Xiang Nan greeted with a smile again.
…
After three rounds of wine, the five flavors of food are gone.
Everyone who was a little restrained before started to let themselves go under the influence of alcohol.
"Captain, you are so powerful now. You can earn millions just by writing books. It's not like us. Life is becoming more and more difficult as time goes by."
"Yes, the prices of everything are rising now. Vegetable prices are rising, meat prices are rising, tuition fees are rising, housing prices are rising, but Tamar's wages are not rising!"
"Hey, you still have a job after all. As for me, I changed my job and returned to the city, and was placed in a street factory. Our factory closed down last year. Now I set up a stall on the street every day, and I am often chased here and there. ."
"You're not bad, self-employed people are very profitable now. Selling tea eggs is better than making missiles! As for me, I just keep doing it if the factory says it's not yellow. My salary has been delayed for several months, which made me lose my clothes during the Chinese New Year. I can’t even afford new clothes. I borrowed the suit I’m wearing today from my brother-in-law.”
Everyone complained one after another, all with sad faces. When he was with the art troupe, he was high-spirited and a successful young man, which was completely different.
"Hey, I can't let you call me "Captain" for nothing. So, let me teach you some scriptures." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "It's up to you whether you listen or not."
"Listen, of course." Everyone nodded after hearing this.
They had all seen Xiang Nan's success with their own eyes. What he said must be a wise saying and a guide to getting rich. They would be foolish not to listen.
"Okay, then I'll say it. The next few decades will be the spring of the private economy, and life for state-owned enterprises will become increasingly difficult.
Because state-owned enterprises have heavy burdens, rigid systems, and backward technologies. Private enterprises have no burden, the system is flexible, and the technology is leading. This will cause most state-owned enterprises to be eliminated one after another in the future, or go bankrupt, or be restructured, or be acquired by private companies.
So I advise everyone not to hang yourself from a tree. While you are still young and still have some strength, seize the time to do something else.
It's pretty good to be an individual now. You can sell vegetables, clothes, pancakes, kebabs... As long as you work hard, you will definitely make money.
But if you still put your hope in the enterprise and hope that it can come back to life, you will die with them when the time comes. And by that time, you will be in your forties, and you can’t do anything you want to do, even if you want to work hard. By then, it was too late to cry. "Xiang Nan said earnestly.
It is now 1993, and the private economy is booming. To be honest, you can make money by setting up a stall and selling vegetables. But in a few years, when the wave of layoffs arrives, tens of millions of people will be unemployed, and it will not be easy to set up a stall.
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"Captain, is it really impossible for our factory to recover any longer?"
"No way, captain, we are an iron rice bowl, how could it be destroyed?"
"Do I really want to set up a stall on the street? Oh my god, I'm not ashamed to death if someone sees me."
When everyone heard this, they all lamented.
"There will be no iron rice bowl in the future. The army can be disbanded, state-owned enterprises can go bankrupt, and even a big country like the Soviet Union can be disintegrated. What illusions do you still have?
Let me tell you, the sooner you recognize the reality, the better. Come out now while you still have the strength and the will to fight. From now on, we won’t support idle people, we won’t support lazy people, and we won’t eat from the big pot. We will rely entirely on our strength and brains to eat. Xiang Nan advised.
Hearing what he said, everyone could only sigh.
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Xiao Suizi's eyes sparkled when she heard what he said.
What Xiang Nan said is so good and insightful. It can be said that he has a high level of authority and can penetrate deeply.
It's a pity that these comrades may not be able to accept his kind words, and there will definitely be some who have illusions. When the time comes, the day when the iron rice bowl is smashed, it will be too late to cry.
"Suizi, what are you looking at?" Hao Shuwen poked her and said with a playful smile.
"I didn't see anything." Xiao Suizi blushed and turned around quickly.
"Don't lie to me, I've seen it all." Hao Shuwen said with a smile, "After so many years, you still haven't forgotten him?"
"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand?" Xiao Suizi pretended to be stupid.
"Stop pretending, you like Liu Feng, even a fool can see it." Hao Shuwen curled her lips and said, "You haven't married for so many years, is it because of him?"
"Don't talk nonsense, how is it possible?" Xiao Suizi waved her hands after being poked into the center of things.
"Let me advise you, let it go as soon as possible." Hao Shuwen advised, "Liu Feng and Xiaoping have been married for more than ten years, and their children have grown up. They have always been in love with each other, and they are still so happy now. What chance do you think you have?
Before you are too old, hurry up and find someone to marry. Otherwise, when you reach the age of forty or fifty, you will be old and yellow, and no one will want to marry you. "
Hearing what she said, Xiao Suizi couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and her tears fell down.
