I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

At this point, not only will you not make much money from book publishing, but you will also not make much money as a lyricist and composer from releasing songs.

The basic data is as follows:

Songs for the general public: Lyricist 8–12 yuan, composer 12–18 yuan/song

Film and television theme songs and key promotional songs: lyrics increased to 15-25 yuan, music to 20-35 yuan.

Even if a hit cassette tape sells millions of copies, the revenue can only be a meager few dozen yuan.

No matter how good a song is, the revenue basically goes to the publishing company. The relationship with the songwriter and singer is not nonexistent, but it is negligible.

The events of this period are truly different from what people in later generations generally understand.

Seeing this situation, He Daming would rather forgo the money than casually publish the songs he had written and feed those incompetent distributors.

The business environment at this time is still very bad, and it may take at least five or six years to improve, but that is only a possibility.

It might take until 90 years or more.

Even if you're doing legitimate business, you'd better register under a government agency; otherwise, the relevant departments simply won't process many things for you.

As someone who lives here, Yan Jiefang naturally feels this more deeply and understands even more acutely how slim the chances are of making a legitimate fortune at this time. (Unless you get rich through unconventional means.)

The best approach is to wait and see.

Another problem is that there are too many second- and third-generation entrepreneurs in 49 cities. Once your business grows, troubles will definitely follow.

Yan Jiefang can indeed cause cerebral hemorrhage, but if it happens too often, others aren't stupid and will definitely confront you and use official means directly.

I admit, your weapons are powerful, but you can't fight against the entire group, can you?

Wouldn't that make us a laughingstock to foreigners?

After thinking about it for a while, Yan Jiefang decided to learn from Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li in the TV series and find time to open a restaurant.

We still need to work on computers, but not now.

Since his computer skills are there, and he can't start with the whole system right away, he can wait until he has enough capital and then start with peripherals such as flash memory, browsers, and antivirus software.

If you don't have enough capital and confidence, then take it slow. After all, his ultimate goal has never been to get rich, but to live a long life.

Back in the 80s, as long as you had good skills, opening a restaurant could be quite profitable.

He could first improve his cooking skills, and then find a way to standardize them when the time is right.

Here comes the ready-made meal fast food!

It just so happens that Sha Zhu is a good cook and he is also related to Sha Zhu by marriage. With this relationship, it was only natural for them to open a restaurant together.

Moreover, He Daqing has long since retired and is enjoying his retirement at home. This guy is not one to be content with the status quo.

Even if Sha Zhu is unwilling to leave the steel mill, using He Daqing's connections to hire one or two high-level chefs should be a solution.

In the following days, Yan Jiefang inquired about information from his colleagues at Factory 774 and his alumni from Beijing University of Electric Power, while also wandering around Nanluoguxiang, looking for a good location for his restaurant.

As he wandered around, he suddenly noticed that, without him noticing, a number of people with strange expressions and behaviors had suddenly appeared on the street.

Some people even walked around on the street with an aluminum pot on their head.

Some people even stuck an antenna that had been detached from a radio into their hats!

Is this what is going on?

Am I out of touch with the world?

Although he didn't understand it, Yan Jiefang was deeply shocked.

He bought a newspaper at a roadside newsstand, secretly pointed to a guy wearing an aluminum pot on his head, and asked the newsstand owner:

"Hey bro, what are those people doing?"

The newsstand vendor glanced over there, completely unconcerned, and instead looked at Yan Jiefang with curiosity:

"Young comrade, you look so young with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, did you travel from decades ago? How come you're so out of touch with the world?" (The concept of time travel has actually existed for a long time.)

Your clothes look quite fashionable, you don't seem like someone from decades ago...

This guy is such a chatterbox, he rambled on and on about all sorts of things, but he never got to the point.

I talked for ages without answering Yan Jiefang's question.

"Old Chen, you just talk nonsense all the time. You can ramble on about a simple question for ages, but not a single thing you say is useful."

Even the old man reading the newspaper next to Yan Jiefang couldn't stand it anymore and told him directly:

"They're practicing qigong. I heard that carrying an aluminum pot helps them absorb more cosmic rays and gain superpowers earlier than others!"

Yan Jiefang had a sudden thought: Could I use these people's qigong techniques to create a genuine cultivation manual?

I haven't used up my super critical hit chances for this year yet, so I can give it a try!

As Yan Jiefang's performance skills were displayed as expected, a look of curiosity naturally appeared on his face:

"Grandpa, how did they learn these qigong techniques? Did someone open a qigong martial arts school?"

The old man shook his head.

"I haven't heard of any martial arts schools, but it's true that these people often hold qigong exchange conferences."

Moreover, many bookstores sell qigong manuals, which are readily available.

Yan Jiefang cupped his hands in greeting:

"Thank you for letting me know, sir. You're busy, I'll head back now."

The old man watched Yan Jiefang's retreating figure, shook his head, and sighed.

"Another perfectly good young man is about to be scammed."

The newsstand guy didn't care:

"So what if you get scammed? It won't cost you much money anyway. Besides, young people grow up being scammed, and they get old being scammed. It's not a big deal if they just drift through life in a daze."

The old man nodded at the newsstand vendor:

"You think you're so clever!"

"hey-hey."

The newsstand owner scratched the back of his head.

"What I've done is nothing compared to you."

Yan Jiefang didn't hear what was being said behind his back, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

Not long after, he rode his bicycle to the entrance of a Xinhua Bookstore.

I went inside and found that there were indeed qigong manuals for sale.

He saw several types; to list three:

The book "Diamond Qigong," published by Hunan Science and Technology Press, is priced at 0.27 yuan (see the next chapter for the image). (Hunan)

The book "Interesting Talks on Qigong Therapy," published by Tianjin Science and Technology Press in 1980, was also priced at 0.27 yuan.

"The Method of True Qi Circulation" by Mu Zishao (Li), published by GS People's Publishing House in November 1979, priced at 0.23 yuan. (Gansu)

These are all published by reputable publishing houses with "science" in their names, and they are sold by Xinhua News Agency. Whether they are useful or not, they are absolutely authoritative.

Yan Jiefang casually flipped through a few books. These books were affordable and had illustrations and text descriptions. They looked quite authentic and professional.

Anyone who sees it will feel confident that they can learn it and soar to great heights.

Don't bully young poor!

Don't underestimate the poor middle-aged!

Don't underestimate the poor!

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