
I Became Xiangzi in 1984
我在1984当祥子
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In 1984, the first generation of taxi drivers in the capital, their wives were all stewardesses and the like, and they didn't want anyone who didn't look good.
It's quite speechless. I traveled through time and became a licking dog, and I owe a lot of debt. If you don't hurry up to make money and pay off your debts, you'll just talk a lot about this and that, and you deserve to be thrown into the street.
In the 1980s, the income of taxi drivers was 2,000 to 3,000. The salary of an eighth-level worker is around 100 yuan. The salary of many eighth-level workers is higher than that of the factory director. Then the taxi driver Zibi Xiangzi in the 1980s 🤔
I don't know why, but every time I write about my sister-in-law, I feel very greasy, and I completely change my style. Are you reading some ancient romance novel?
The plot of the sister-in-law is so bad that I have completely skipped it at the moment. I don't understand why I have to play this character. Is it because I have some obsession with my sister-in-law in reality?
Multiple heroines? It was impossible to have more female leads in 1984
In 1984, having multiple female protagonists was practically impossible. Why, because the first yanda started in 1983, which was very serious and was already considered a liumang crime. If you check it, you will know how serious it was at that time. So, let's stick to a single female protagonist.
I thought it would be poisonous, but I didn't expect it to be so poisonous in the first three chapters. Apart from the writing style, it's okay. I wonder if the author has too many fans.
Anyone who can survive the first three chapters can be said to be a die-hard fan. In 1984, the starting debt was 20,000 yuan, and the national per capita income was only 500 yuan per year. In 2025, the per capita income is 50,000 yuan. Divide 20,000 by 500 and then multiply by 50,000, etc. More than 2 million yuan, plus the subsequent increase in national strength many times, it should be far more than 2 million yuan. From this point of view, it is a bit poisonous. Also, in 1984, your family had no connections, how did you send your wife to study abroad? Government-sponsored study abroad is extremely demanding, visiting scholar? The school certificate plus foreign exchange guarantee, plus dual permission from the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are very few places, and you don't have a strong political background. How can you get your turn? Besides, this woman is not the pride of heaven at first glance, and she is also unreasonable. This place even owes 20,000 yuan to you in 1984, and it is much more poisonous. The first three chapters do not go through the brain.
Not bad, as long as you get through the little bit of trouble ahead
The book is undoubtedly good, and the plot of the ex-wife at the beginning is really a bit toxic. The older generation's writing style has come, but it has little impact on the rest of the book, and it has not been entangled all the time. It can be regarded as paving the way for the difficulties in the beginning. The relationship between the protagonist's brothers is also very well written. It is not the same as the background, the characters are distinct, and the writing is now on the right track. Overall, if you don't mind a bit of a twang at the beginning, this book is definitely a period novel worth reading.
The so-called poisonous point
The author must be very clear about what he has written, so it is obvious that he is screening readers. If you feel it is poisonous at the beginning, you don't have to force yourself because it looks awkward, because you are the one being screened. There are many more "poisonous points" in the latter part.
This book has no shortcomings except that it starts with debt and the ex-wife's journey abroad. The author is also an old author. Why did he choose such a start? How many people had to be persuaded to quit?