Chapter 240 Chinese Parents (Happy New Year)
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On weekends, elementary school students are on vacation.
Yu Yang, are you at home! There was a shout from outside.
Yu Yang, who was doing his homework at home, went to the window and looked at it. It was his classmate who came to find him to go out to play.
There is no way to go out to play with homework, so Yu Yang simply put down the pen and ran out in a hurry.
After meeting with his friends, Yu Yang asked, Where are we going to play?
Go to Zhang Le, they have a game console at home, let's find him to play games. The little friend said.
Really? Zhang Le's parents are so nice, they even let him play game consoles! My cousin's game consoles have been locked up by my uncle, so he won't let him play. Yu Yang couldn't help sighing.
The little friend explained: I heard Zhang Le say that his game console was bought to learn computers. As long as Zhang Le told his parents that he was learning computers, his parents would ignore him.
Can a game console learn to use a computer? Yu Yang paused, then continued; I saw on TV that the computer can do anything by pressing a button, but there are so many buttons, I don't know which one to press.
After the two said this, they came to the house of their little friend Zhang Le.
Zhang Le's parents were not at home, so the two walked directly into the living room, only to see a keyboard in front of the TV, with a game console card inserted into the keyboard.
It's just that the two children didn't know the keyboard, so they immediately went up and looked at it curiously.
I've seen this, it's on the computer, Zhang Le said.
Seven, wo, goose, day, special... The little friend read the letters of QWERT above, and then said: There is pinyin on it!
What do you know, this is the English alphabet, not pinyin! Zhang Le explained immediately.
Before 2001, primary school did not need to learn English, so for primary school students, the English letters on the keyboard were all Chinese Pinyin.
Zhang Le proudly showed off his learning machine, and the two friends pressed the buttons on the keyboard curiously.
Zhang Le, can this thing learn computers? Yu Yang asked.
Of course, this is called the 486 computer learning machine. Naturally, you can learn computers. Zhang Le said, took out the typing card that came with the learning machine, inserted it into the learning machine, and then said; I will show you a demonstration. How to type!
After inserting the typing card and entering the program of the typing card, Zhang Le started typing English letters with the learning machine.
In the 1990s, computers only existed in people's cognition, and typing was a very new thing. Even just typing a few English letters with a keyboard was a very remarkable thing.
Sure enough, Zhang Le casually typed a few English letters, which made the two friends envious.
Zhang Le, can your learning machine play games? Yu Yang then asked.
Of course you can, didn't you see the gamepad next to you! Zhang Le handed one of the gamepads to Yu Yang, then picked up a game card and inserted it into the learning machine.
This is the game card I just bought, Street Fighter, the same as the one in the game hall. Zhang Le continued to show off.
In the 1990s, some big cities already had arcade game halls, but there were not many types of games at that time, such as the King of Fighters series, Dinosaur Island, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At the time, only one action game, Kombat Whirlwind, was doing well, and fighting games were basically Street Fighter.
Street Fighter was a game launched in 1987. At that time, there were already cassettes for red and white machines. Of course, the cassettes for red and white machines in China were all pirated.
After entering the game, the friends immediately began to choose the game.
Choose savages, savages are awesome!
Don't choose savages, it's too ugly.
Then choose a Chinese chick!
Definitely choose White Crazy!
I have chosen the white madness. You can only choose the red madness!
Then I choose Japanese Sumo!
The three little friends were arguing,
Not so lively.
For the post-80s generation, when they first came into contact with Street Fighter, they didn't know the real name of the character, so they simply named it after the character's image and nationality.
For example, Long, the protagonist of Street Fighter, is called White Crazy because he is dressed in white. Another protagonist, Ken, is called Red Crazy when he is dressed in red. It is called Savage, Honda is called Japanese Sumo and so on.
The game time always passed quickly, and before you knew it, an afternoon passed.
When Yu Yang left Zhang Le's house, his mind was still playing Street Fighter in the afternoon.
In that game, if I could use 'Ado to give', I might have won!
Yu Yang walked to the door and saw the bicycle parked by the door, and instantly realized that his father had left work.
Yu Yang's father is the editor of a major newspaper. He is usually very busy. Even on weekends, he often works overtime. Today, he should be coming home early from get off work.
Walking into the room, editor Yu really had returned and was sitting in front of the TV watching TV.
I went out to play again and I finished my homework? Editor Yu glared at Yu Yang with a serious look.
It's almost finished. Yu Yang said with a little guilty conscience. In fact, his homework is still a lot worse.
Let's do the homework at that point. Editor Yu said.
Yu Yang hesitated for two seconds, then said, Dad, I want to learn computers!
Learn computer? Editor Yu was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, a computer costs tens of thousands of dollars, right? More expensive than a piano! Why don't you learn something cheap, such as playing the harmonica.
In those days, computers were a new thing, a high-tech product in the eyes of people. Being able to operate a computer is an amazing skill, and it must be possessed by high-quality talents.
At that time, the most mainstream operating system was IBM's DOS system. At that time, Microsoft was still in the WINDOS2.0 era, and Apple still used the GUI interface. Therefore, when operating the computer, it is not like holding the mouse and clicking, but using the keyboard to input commands one by one.
Due to his occupation, editor Yu is also well-informed. Although he does not know how to operate a computer, he still has some basic knowledge about computers.
Editor Yu knows that learning computer is a very complicated and difficult thing, but it is not something that can be learned by just saying that you want to learn computer.
However, since his son Yu Yang offered to learn computer, editor Yu could not discourage Yu Yang. After all, learning computer is a good thing. As a father, editor Yu also hopes that his son can learn more.
I saw the editor coughed dryly and said, Yangyang, learning computers is not an easy task, at least you must be able to speak English, so if you want to learn computers, you must first go to junior high school and learn English well.
You don't need to go to junior high school, my classmate Zhang Le is learning computer now! Yu Yang said.
Editor Yu was taken aback, thinking that parents these days are so wild, it's just a matter of letting their children learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and sending their children to learn computers! A group of elementary school students can understand those complicated computer commands!
Yu Yang went on to say: Zhang Le's father bought him a learning machine. He is now learning computers at home, and he can already type!
Learning machine? What is that? Editor Yu asked.
It's sold in department stores, it's called 486 computer learning machine. Yu Yang asked.
Hearing the three numbers 486, editor Yu showed a stunned expression.
I remember that we did a report on the latest foreign computer in our newspaper, saying that the previous computer was 286, and then the computer was upgraded to 386. Now the latest model has reached 486. It seems that this 486 computer learning machine , is used to learn the latest 486 computer abroad!
Thinking of this, editor Yu remembered the name 486 computer learning machine in his mind.
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The next day, editor Yu came to the department store.
Coming to the area where the seller uses electrical appliances, editor Yu asked the salesperson, Comrade, do you have a 486 computer learning machine here?
That's what you're talking about, right? the salesman asked, pointing to the exhibit of a learning machine.
Editor Yu had never seen what the 486 computer learning machine looked like, but when he saw the keyboard, he immediately felt inseparable.
This is the keyboard of the computer. The two computers in our newspaper office use this kind of keyboard. It seems that this thing is the 486 computer learning machine.
Thinking of this, Editor Yu asked, Comrade, how much is this?
486 yuan! the salesman replied.
It's so expensive... Editor Yu secretly thought.
486 yuan is the retail price set by Li Weidong. The purpose is to deepen the customer's impression of the 486 computer learning machine, and by the way, it is also to rub the heat of the 486 computer.
Of course, this trick is not by Li Weidong alone. In the history of a certain brand of learning machine, there is a popular model called SB-486, which is actually taking advantage of the popularity of the 486 computer.
In 1990, although the income of ordinary people was rising steadily, 486 yuan was still a lot of money. For editors, they took out 486 yuan at once to buy such a thing that I don't know what it is useful for. It is indeed a little distressing.
Editor Yu was hesitating, but the salesperson had already taken out a new 486 computer learning machine from the counter.
Comrade, if you want to buy it as soon as possible, we have the last three new ones left in our store! the salesperson said.
Editor Yu looked at the box, and the slogan on it immediately caught his attention.
Learn to type in three days!
Seeing this slogan, editor Yu suddenly became excited.
If it was someone else, they might have no concept of using a computer to type. After all, the materials in that era were still typed by hand. When a secretary wrote more beautifully, the promotion could be faster.
But unlike the editor, he is the editor of a big newspaper. He deals with all kinds of characters all day long, and he is also exposed to various information at home and abroad. He can clearly feel that computer typing is the future direction of the development of writing work.
The newspaper where the editor works has also purchased a few computers, but most people don’t use them. The college student in the newspaper who can type on a computer has instantly become the treasure of the entire newspaper, and it is said that the priority will be given to him.
For editors, the slogan Learn to Type in Three Days is indeed too tempting!
486 yuan, although it's a bit expensive, but it's definitely worth it if Yangyang can learn to type on a computer!
The next second, Editor Yu put his hand into his pocket and took out five hundred dollars.
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The first batch of learning machines appeared on the market and quickly became a hot-selling product.
This is not because the learning machine is an excellent product, but because children ask their parents for it.
Ask for it in the name of learning computers!
At that time, families who could spend 486 yuan to buy a learning machine were basically middle-class families at that time, and many of them were intellectuals.
And this kind of middle-class family also pays the most attention to the cultivation of children. Because this generation of middle-class families is basically the group of people who change their destiny through knowledge, they understand the importance of knowledge very well, and hope that their children can learn more knowledge.
Spending a few hundred dollars to learn a computer was a super cost-effective investment for middle-class families at that time.
Even if you can't learn a computer, you can learn to type, which is very good.
The gimmick of learning to type in three days is indeed very tempting!
This was the case with middle-class families at that time. They were willing to invest in the education of their children, and education expenditures would account for a large part of household expenditures, or even a large part of household expenditures.
And the return brought by this kind of investment is completely disproportionate, and it can even be said that the money is wasted.
But this is Chinese parenting!
The same is true of China in the future. Those who buy houses in the school district must be the middle class, and children from middle-class families have to attend the most cram schools and special classes.
Perhaps middle-class parents are more eager for their children to remain in the middle class and even move towards a higher class.
Children from poor families and children from rich families don't have so many troubles.
Children from poor families cannot afford to attend cram schools, and they are not qualified to develop their specialties. If they study well, they can go to a good university, change their fate, become the middle class, and then enroll their children in classes;
If you don't study well, go to the factory early to work, save enough money for the bride price, marry a daughter-in-law, have a baby, and then watch the baby repeat his life.
Children from rich families do not need to sign up for various classes. They have the capital and are self-willed. They can go according to their personal hobbies. Good or bad, it doesn't matter at all, happiness is the most important thing.
Many families live in luxury houses and drive luxury cars, and their mouths are worth millions. It seems that the economic conditions are good, but as long as they are still sending their children to cram schools, it means that they are not rich enough, and they cannot give their children a carefree life. The future, so it is necessary for children to use knowledge to change their destiny!
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Yu Yang finally has his own learning machine.
Looking at the excited Yu Yang, editor Yu felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Yu Yang inserted the study card and started to practice typing.
Editor Yu nodded with satisfaction and said, Learn hard and try to learn to type sooner!
Editor Yu walked out of the house after watching it for a while. He still has work to do.
After editor Yu left, Yu Yang quickly took out a game cassette and inserted it into the learning machine.
Soon after, the music played, and on the TV screen, a small man with a gun jumped out of the helicopter.
Contra let's go!
Soon, Yu Yang was enjoying it.
Since then, Yu Yang has spent more than an hour every day practicing typing.
On weekends or holidays, Yu Yang would also ask his classmates and friends to practice typing together.
The busy editor Yu didn't notice these, he thought his children were really learning computers.
Yu Yang's situation is not a special case. In 1990, any parents who were willing to spend 486 yuan to buy a learning machine were not busy with work?
Idle parents can't come up with so much money to buy a learning machine.
