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 to make a piece of clothing, you have to be careful with your budget. Check whether the cloth stamps are enough, how many people can be made, and what kind of clothes you are making, so that you can save more fabric.

At that time, even if you had money, you might not be able to buy cloth. Now, you can buy as much cloth as you want. You can make a hundred pieces of clothing a year.

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Second, the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant shocked the world.

The incident caused economic losses of up to 200 billion US dollars, direct deaths of up to 93,000 people, and cancer deaths of up to 240,000 people. 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, it took two days for Soviet Russia to receive the news and begin to evacuate nearby villagers. But at that time, they thought it was just a minor accident.

Only when the radiation clouds reached Sweden a week after the incident did the Soviet Union realize the seriousness of the incident. They immediately dispatched manpower to deal with it. It was not until several months later that the fires at the nuclear power plant were all extinguished.

After such a long time, the radiation 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 severity of the consequences are unprecedented. Even the image of Soviet Russia has been 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. Before this, the concept of the iron rice bowl for the working class had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now that the iron rice bowl will be smashed, many people find it 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 guaranteed. In ten years, there would be a massive wave of layoffs. Tens of millions of people would lose their jobs one after another. Only then would he 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 Live Aid 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 and followed 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 colleagues, 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, this 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.

Moreover, Cui Jian also presented rock music to the world for the first time on this stage. The song "Nothing" officially opened the era of Chinese rock music.

Therefore, Xiang Nan will naturally not miss such a major 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, the lyrics and music were written and composed by their own people. Although Xiang Nan was well-known, 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.

Therefore, he recorded this song with everyone in a good manner, and during the recording process, he made many friends, such as Mao Amin, Tian Zhen, Li Lingyu, Cai Guoqing, Cui Jian, Ding Wu, etc., which once again expanded his network of contacts.

To him, this is the most important thing.

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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 wanted to buy a car, he would have to wait at least another six months.

However, now, motorcycles have become very popular.

Most singers can only ride bicycles.

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At eight o'clock, the performance officially begins.

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, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been flowing into the mainland since the late 1970s. Disco has become 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" or "****".

And this concert is actually a conference to rectify the name of pop 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 written novels, songs, performed in the Spring Festival Gala, and made 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.

"Fuck, that's 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 had not been happy in the past few years.
Chapter completed!