The TV series that was popular around the Spring Festival in 1985 is quite interesting.

It was the mythological drama "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" produced by Hong Kong Asia Television.

This drama was the first of its kind for a Hong Kong TV drama to be filmed in the mainland of the Republic. During the filming, it received great assistance from Shandong Province.

It's a pity that due to the limited tourism conditions and insufficient service facilities in mainland my country at that time, Hong Kong could not be satisfied at all costs.

Therefore, after the filming of the drama was completed, a series of articles were published in Wenhui Po, criticizing Tai'an for poor conditions and insufficient service.

This caused an uproar.

But no matter what, there is no doubt that this mythological drama is good-looking.

After the broadcast, not only the children sang "People say that heaven is good, gods are happy and happy, and there are so many tears behind success".

The bad boys were fascinated by the games of "Lu Dongbin played with He Xiangu" and "Prince Long occupied the white peony".

It also set off a nationwide "Eight Immortals Fever".

So much so that satirical cartoons have chosen the "Eight Immortals" as the protagonists, and the "Shanghai Film Studio" has also rushed to produce the movie "The Legend of the Eight Immortals".

What's interesting is that it is a TV series broadcast during the special time of the Lunar New Year in the year of Yichou.

These four words "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" are as accurate as fortune telling, and they appropriately summarize the characteristics of this year.

Because this year is indeed a year when many people are unwilling to be lonely and show their talents.

Not only did it cause a lot of new things, but it also caused a lot of serious chaos in society.

Like Hong Yanwu, the first thing that comes to mind is that this year should be the year when the "Clivia craze" that lasted for several years completely collapsed.

Therefore, as soon as the time entered February, he urgently contacted the "general" to inquire about the situation.

Not to mention, so far, it's generally pretty good.

Only because of the weakness of human nature, something went wrong.

Because I got involved relatively early, the "Haipongzi" entered the market in 1982 when the market first started.

"General" and their first bite were the fattest ones.

At first, the price of a pot was only 180 yuan, and a large number of "Clivia" was collected at a low price. The number was about 200 pots.

In addition, they also listened to Hong Yanwu's instructions. For the sake of safety, they did not leave the flowers locally, but hired cars to take them all back to Bincheng.

Then he specially built a large courtyard with four high walls, and let "Xia Zi" and "Ba Chu" who lived in the city raise several wolf dogs to watch over it.

We also hired two gardeners to take care of daily maintenance.

As a result, the average price of "Clivia" in Changchun exceeded 200 yuan that year.

And it is useless to look at the "two hundred yuan" maximum price set by the government.

After asking Hong Yanwu for instructions again, after the Spring Festival in 1983, the "General" and the others came back to make up for the loss with last year's beach revenue.

Of course, at this time, because they knew some common sense about flowers and received instructions from Hong Yanwu, they bought carefully selected varieties.

After buying it, I still took it back to Bincheng.

By the beginning of 1984, the actual total cost they had invested had already reached 80,000 yuan.

But they actually had three hundred pots of "emerald green gold bars" in their hands.

And according to the market, there have been three or four times the floating profit.

So at this time, Hong Yanwu "acted on the principle of "eating the fish but not the tail" and was not willing to wait any longer.

He asked the "general" to start selling one after another after the New Year.

And the "sea bumpers" were really happy to hear that they could take action.

After the beautiful Spring Festival, they impatiently hired two local vans and started carrying flowers in batches to Changchun.

You must know that speculation has common laws. Taking the stock market as an example, the craziest price surges often occur at the end of a bull market.

Although everyone calls it "1983 Clivia craze", this craze actually started in 1982.

In 1983, it was because it attracted many Changchun citizens to participate and had a wide spread, that this social phenomenon became a hot topic of concern, but that was still the beginning.

In fact, the craziest years were 1984 and 1985.

Because it has begun to break through geographical restrictions in the past two years, Clivia has attracted people from surrounding cities and has become a big bubble that has swept through the three northeastern provinces.

So, it’s right to take action at this time. Is there anything else that’s hard to sell?

The first batch of twenty-five pots to test the waters, the "sea bumpers" sold for fifty thousand in one week. Unexpectedly, the market price actually increased by another 30%.

When I came back after taking out 30 pots on the second trip, it was already early April.

This time, "Haipengzi" found the largest spontaneous market, "Hongqi Street", and the result was better sales.

Successfully sold it for 73,000 within three days.

The third trip brought 32 more pots, and it was almost May Day.

"Hongqi Street" was crowded with people. As a result, the price of their flowers went up three times before they even walked around the street.

In fact, in just two hours, all the clivias were divided up, and this time they sold for nearly 100,000 yuan.

Needless to say, the "sea bumpers" were absolutely delighted.

Because at this point, they had already made twice as much profit, and they suddenly tasted the sweetness of pouring sea cucumbers back then.

Thinking about the more than 200 pots of flowers that followed, they believed that this time was definitely the one with the least investment and the greatest gain.

Of course, I kept up my efforts, and even the "sea bumpers" didn't bother to do the business during the peak season at the beach.

In June, they ran around in a hurry. They made three consecutive trips and cleared out nearly a hundred pots, and got another half a million.

But by this time, this business was a bit difficult to do.

Because in order to control prices, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, the Price Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, etc., in addition to increasing the penalties for OTC transactions.

They also began to pursue and block the flow of clivia from Changchun to other places, and the flow of clivia from other places to Changchun.

"General" and his colleagues had a bad start in July. On the way to Changchun, their car was stopped twice.

If it weren't for the fact that they were outnumbered, looked like they were not good people, and had a lot of money, they would have spent two thousand yuan to buy the road.

This batch of flowers will be confiscated directly.

At the same time, as the price of Clivia continues to rise, it has also triggered quite frequent crimes in Changchun City.

For example, in July, the police uncovered an armed robbery case in which four gangsters from Anshan were trying to steal a pot of clivia.

Moreover, there are a lot of news circulating in society, saying that some people kidnap or kill people for flowers.

As for the "Generals" and others, they have already become well-known big players in the "Red Flag Market", so how can they not be targeted?

That is to say, the "general" is outstanding in kung fu, but the "haibangzi" are all not good at all.

They also carry two fishing rods with them and have their own car.

Only this time can I escape unscathed.

But despite this, "Sanjizi" was also stabbed in the arm, seven or eight pots of Clivia were robbed, and everyone returned to Bincheng with 90,000 yuan.

It can be said that there are dangers everywhere, and the losses are not small.

At this point, to be honest, the "Haipongzi" really don't want to risk their lives to sell flowers in Changchun.

But what should we do if there are still a hundred potted flowers left? We can’t just throw them away.

So they changed their route again. They took photos of the remaining paintings, and then went to "Hongqi Street" to find buyers who were willing to make a deal and come to Bincheng to buy flowers.

But don’t forget, buyers are also afraid. The transaction amount is too large, and there are risks on the road.

Of course the sales were slow.

In July and August together, the "sea bumpers" only sold seven or eight pots.

Not only does it include food, accommodation and travel expenses, the price is nearly 30% lower than the market price.

But things in the world are so interesting.

It is better to not take action or not to take action. Who would have expected that it would be a blessing in disguise.

In the second half of the year, Changchun's policy suddenly changed from strict control to guidance because the cost of governance was too high.

"Clivia" has not only been designated as the city flower, but the government has publicly expressed its support for the masses to make a fortune from Clivia.

As a result, no one stopped collecting fines on the road, and all original "price limit orders" were cancelled.

And this time, it is equivalent to adding a fire to the firewood pile, which will definitely lead to even more crazy consequences.

In just a few dozen days in September, ten major companies, forty flower and tree shops, and three regular Clivia trading markets appeared in Changchun.

Almost more than 5,000 people went to various places to hold Clivia exhibitions, and they all flew back and forth.

Changchun Machinery Factory called on its employees to take the road of getting rich with Clivia. More than 1,700 employees in the factory started growing Clivia at home, and each household had to plant at least 3 to 5 plants.

Changchun Washing Machine Factory invested hundreds of thousands of yuan and built a 600-square-meter sky greenhouse on the roof of the office building, which became a landscape.

Celebrities from all walks of life came to help. Wang Jieshi and Xie Lisi, a male and female teacher-student duo, showed off their singing voices for Clivia.
To be continued...