Back to the golden age

Early in the morning, while Song Yuanchao was still sleeping, he was woken up by the voice of the aunt calling downstairs. He stretched out his head to answer the call, quickly put on his clothes, went downstairs and trotted all the way to the public phone, and called back according to the dialed number. , it was Jiang Dongliang who answered the phone.

On the phone, Jiang Dongliang asked Song Yuanchao very politely if it was convenient for him now, saying that he is now in Shanghai again and would like to invite Song Yuanchao to dinner.

Song Yuanchao smiled and said that it was fine to eat, and asked Jiang Dongliang what's the matter, Jiang Dongliang didn't say anything on the phone, but just said that he was invited to dinner at the state-run restaurant where he had dinner last time.

Song Yuanchao declined, but Jiang Dongliang insisted on it, and Song Yuanchao agreed. The two made an appointment and Song Yuanchao hung up the phone.When I got home, I washed my face and brushed my teeth, and then cleaned the room. I waited until it was almost time before going out.

When he arrived at the place, Jiang Dongliang was already waiting. As soon as Song Yuanchao entered, he saw Jiang Dongliang standing up at the table by the window, and waved to Song Yuanchao with a smile.

"Chief Jiang, you are too polite." Song Yuanchao walked over and smiled.

"I happened to be in Shanghai today for some business, so I'm thinking of you, brother. Anyway, I have to eat, so we can get together by the way. Brother Song, sit down first."

After giving up his seat, Song Yuanchao handed over Jiang Dongliang's cigarette as soon as he sat down, and then Jiang Dongliang struck a match to help Song Yuanchao light it. What medicine are you selling.

"The soft-shelled turtle and old hen are quite fresh, and the prawns are also good. I don't know if my brother likes it or not. Come and try it with your chopsticks?" Jiang Dongliang said, pointing to the dishes that were already on the table. I ordered a table of good dishes, and the two hardest dishes were the turtle roasted old hen and prawns. These two things are rare. The first dish has a domineering name in the south, "Farewell My Concubine". In addition to several other hard dishes and a bottle of Zhuyeqing that I drank last time, Song Yuanchao reckoned that this table of food would cost at least 15 yuan.

15 yuan may be the price of eating a bowl of ramen in later generations, but it is not a decimal in this era.

We must know that the average salary of Shanghai residents in this era is less than 40, and the price of these meals is equivalent to less than half a month's salary.

Today, Jiang Dongliang can be regarded as having paid for his money. There is a saying that goes well: When you are polite to others, you must ask for something.

"Chief Jiang, you have such a big table of delicious dishes... this..." Song Yuanchao didn't move his chopsticks, but looked at Jiang Dongliang suspiciously: "You don't get paid for nothing, it's because I made a mistake. "

"What kind of mistake is this? It's nothing else than eating and drinking for normal entertainment."

"No, no, Section Chief Jiang, you are too polite. This has made me very nervous. Why don't you say it will happen first?"

Seeing that Song Yuanchao refused to move his chopsticks, Jiang Dongliang laughed helplessly, raised his glass and said to Song Yuanchao, "Brother, let's have a drink first, let's talk about it in detail?"

Song Yuanchao hesitated, picked up the wine glass and touched Jiang Dongliang, took a sip of the wine and waited for Jiang Dongliang to speak.

Jiang Dongliang put down his wine glass, lit a cigarette and said, "Last time, my brother pointed out my brother, and my brother was very grateful. After I went back, I reported this matter to the factory. The factory manager took it very seriously. Later, I took Xiaowei and went again." I took a trip to Gusu..."

Song Yuanchao nodded, seeing that Jiang Dongliang did not continue, he asked appropriately: "How did the talk go? Did it go well?"

Jiang Dongliang smiled bitterly and said: "I went back and discussed what you said, and then I asked someone to ask, and the other party agreed to relax the purchase requirements after hearing it, and said that if it is used on a telephone line, the quality of the casing is the best. no problem."

"Isn't this great?" Song Yuanchao smiled immediately, and raised his glass to congratulate Jiang Dongliang: "Come, come, congratulate Section Chief Jiang for successfully completing the task. This is a good thing."

Song Yuanchao's congratulations froze the smile on Jiang Dongliang's face. Jiang Dongliang drank a sip of wine, smoked a cigarette and sighed: "This matter is considered to be smooth if it goes well, and it is not smooth if it is not smooth..."

"Chief Jiang, what about your tongue twister? Why can't I understand this?" Song Yuanchao looked blank and frowned slightly.

Jiang Dongliang opened his mouth, looking at Song Yuanchao's appearance, he couldn't be sure whether the other party understood or pretended to be confused, but now that he was so devastated by the casing, he could only come to Song Yuanchao, after all, it was Song Yuanchao who gave it to him last time. Pointed to a feasible way.

"Brother, I'm not going to hide it from you, I specially asked you to help me today."

"Help? Section Chief Jiang, did I hear correctly? Isn't this matter over? Is there anything else I can do to help?" Song Yuanchao still looked puzzled.

Jiang Dongliang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "My brother, my brother really came to ask you for advice. I thought about it. I'm afraid you can help me with this matter."

Song Yuanchao didn't speak, but looked at Jiang Dongliang, waiting for him to continue.

Jiang Dongliang immediately explained the current situation in detail, and when Jiang Dongliang finished his detailed explanation, Song Yuanchao felt amused. The progress of this matter was similar to what he had expected before.

Before, Song Yuanchao showed Jiang Dong two ideas, and Jiang Dongliang adopted the latter, which was to change the use of these bushings and use them as telephone wire bushings.

In this regard, Jiang Dongliang did the same, and put it into practice.But the result made Jiang Dongliang a little disappointed. There are two main reasons for this.

First, because telephone wires are different from ordinary wires, although the technical requirements are much lower than ordinary wires, but because the requirements for telephone wires are not high, the requirements for the use of casings are also reduced accordingly.

Although the batch of bushings from Jiang Dongliang's factory did not meet the use level of electric wires, they exceeded the use level of telephone lines, which caused a waste of cost and quality of the bushings.

Due to the special circumstances of the use of telephone lines, the requirements for the sleeves used in telephone lines are lower, and the price is also lower. According to the replies from the third and fourth factories, if Jiang Dongliang and his factory plan to put these sleeves on the telephone lines It is not impossible to use it, but the price is different.

According to the previous purchase agreement, the purchase price of this batch of bushings is ten yuan per roll, but once the bushings for telephone lines are purchased, the price can only give them about six yuan at most.

In this way, the purchase price is almost equivalent to cutting the middle. You must know that according to what Jiang Dongliang said before, their cost is eight yuan, even if Jiang Dongliang is in an ambush, the cost is at least seven yuan.

Now, the purchase price has become six yuan, which means that Liangxi Plastic Factory will lose one yuan if it sells a roll. The price of the sale will cost at least 5000 yuan.

Liangxi Plastic Factory couldn't afford such a big loss. In addition, because telephone wires are different from ordinary wires, Gusu also told Jiang Dongliang that the amount purchased by telephone wire casings would not be too large. It seems that at best, it can only solve one-third of the inventory. This result made Jiang Dongliang suddenly dumbfounded.

"Brother, we really can't accept this price. If we sell it like this, the factory will suffer a lot." Jiang Dongliang desperately licked his "poached egg", his face was full of sadness.

Song Yuanchao was amused in his heart, he had actually expected this situation a long time ago, and it was precisely because of this that Song Yuanchao told him the solution to the problem openly and honestly last time.

In his previous life, he had worked in the telephone office all his life, and Song Yuanchao knew the usage data of telephone lines better than anyone. Telephone penetration is also extremely low.

At present, the telephone bureau is laying lines and opening new telephones, and the monthly amount is only a handful.

The construction unit under the telephone office usually does maintenance work on weekdays. Song Yuanchao worked as a temporary worker in his previous life, and it was unprecedented how many new telephones could be installed in a day.

This situation did not change until several years later. In December 1979, that is, at the end of this year, the Rongcheng Post and Telecommunications Administration submitted a report to its superiors. After half a year of discussion, the report was approved.

In December 1980, Rongcheng signed a contract with Fujitsu to introduce the f-12 program-controlled exchange system. In November 150, China's first Wanmen program-controlled exchange was opened in Rongcheng, which opened the prelude to the popularization of telephones in the country.

In other words, the real popularization of telephones did not begin until 1983 in major cities across the country. Before 1983, the telephone penetration rate in all cities was very low. 1979 million doors, 359 million users, and a penetration rate of only 214%.

Such a low number will inevitably affect the use of telephone lines. Compared with the demand for ordinary wires, the proportion of demand for telephone lines is almost negligible.

In this case, it is already very good that Jiang Dongliang's factory can be purchased by the two electric wire factories in Gusu with one-third of the inventory.