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The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

author:Walter Kan Zhengzhou

On the eve of the National Day in 1989, zhengzhou commercial building, the most core landmark building of Zhengzhou Bishagang commercial circle, was officially opened.

As another large-scale shopping mall advertising on CCTV after the Zhengzhou Asia Mall opened in May of that year, the advertising slogan of the commercial building "first-class in the country, the largest in Henan" has also become a popular word buzzword for a while.

Coupled with the prosperity of the Youai Road cloth market behind the commercial building, which was crowded with people and business, Bishagang at that time was a large commercial circle that could compete with the Popularity of the Erqi Commercial Circle represented by Asia Minor.

Twenty-nine years later, in 2018, the once glorious but then ill-fated commercial edifice came to the end of its life.

On July 29 of that year, the Zhengzhou Commercial Building was officially demolished. Since then, it has completely disappeared on the urban map of our Zhengzhou, and there is no trace of it. It was as if it had never appeared.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Records by Paul Molière

In Long Ge's computer, there are many photos of the Jianye football team game taken by him. As a photography enthusiast, his signature on each photo is called Dragon Walking the World.

The years flowed and the waves did not frighten. After the age of five cents, the dragon traveled the world, and in the mouths of his friends, he was gradually honored as The Dragon Brother. Brother Long's wife, Xiao Feng, is naturally called Sister Long.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Brother Long's recent photo

Bucking the tide of time, we pull the story back to 1989.

Longge's Greentown audio-visual store was opened at the end of the small aisle behind the commercial building that leads east to the west gate of Bishagang Park. The video store gate faces east towards Songshan Road, with an area of more than ten square meters and a monthly rent of seven hundred.

The 25-year-old Brother Long stood in front of his store, bathed in the clear autumn sun, lit a Hilton, took a sip, and slowly spit it out, feeling a little sad.

Through the slow rise of smoke, he carefully examined the promotional poster of the new arrival on the glass door that was just written by his classmate Song Guoqi with a marker pen:

Singer Gao Mingjun! The latest album "I am alone in the wind and rain"! Fresh arrival! Buy fast!

At first, his girlfriend Xiao Feng always thought that these beautiful art characters were all from Wang Qiuhui's hand.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Tapes of the year

At this time, Brother Long had just harvested a sweet love, and he was hesitating whether to continue to open the Greentown audio-visual store that had been open for more than a year. After writing the poster, Song Guoqi laughed at him when he left, foreign affairs! You open an audio shop just to find someone.

Of course, Brother Long knew that this was a joke made by his classmates. But in his heart, he had already regarded the young and beautiful Xiao Feng, who was three years younger than himself, as the person he loved all his life. He was going to close the video store and return to the decoration industry. After all, there are bigger opportunities and more business opportunities.

However, at this time, Brother Long has been hesitant in his heart about the significant difference between himself and Xiao Feng in terms of family conditions. After all, his father, who is a doctor in the staff hospital of the state-owned factory and mine, and Xiao Feng's father, who is the leader of the important bureau committee of the city, to compete in exhaust volume, is really incomparable.

In those days, family conditions were an unavoidable topic. This is especially true today.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Photography; dragons travel the world

In 1980, Long Ge, who had just graduated from high school, was recruited to work at the Zhengzhou Steel Furniture Factory near Erligang. Two years later, Long Ge, who was not willing to accept the identity of a large collective, chose to resign and went to Zhengzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to learn acupuncture for two years.

After that, he touched the door to the decoration company to get a job to run the business, at a young age, he had a wealth of work experience, from a small sale of steamed buns and everything he passed, in the spring of 1988, opened this Greentown audio-visual store on Songshan Road.

"At that time, I was just in a gap period, the decoration work was not much, and I also liked to listen to songs and music, so I opened this small shop." In fact, the exact name on the business license is called Greentown Audiovisual Service Agency. Brother Long poured me tea while recalling the unforgettable experience of that year.

When 21-year-old Xiao Feng first appeared in front of Brother Long, Brother Long's heart trembled slightly, and a stream of heat went straight to the brain. The head is dizzy and a little blindfolded.

In front of him, the tall,white-skinned, white-skinned, long, slightly curly long hair, and the youthful and beautiful girl wearing a popular light blue bat sleeve washed silk top twisted her face and pointed to the promotional poster on the glass door and asked him: "Do you still have Paul Molière's vinyl records for sale here?" Why did it sell? ”

Struck by love lightning in an instant, Brother Long, who had completely fallen, sniffled in his mouth and stuttered to quote the price.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Photography: Dragons travel the world

Xiao Feng did not make a price, bought a record, carefully put it into his big suede back bag, and lightly pedaled his own black 26-beam Phoenix Kun car, just a moment of kung fu, the beautiful Qianying disappeared into Wang Qiuhui's vision.

Brother Long was a little sorry, alas! You should quote a price.

Paul Molière's vinyl was the goods he bought in the foreign bookstore on Zhengsan Street, although the genuine editions were all thin profits, but the profits of more than ten yuan were still there. In the years when the monthly salary was more than 200 yuan, a genuine PolyGram tape of Teresa Teng could sell for 30 yuan a box.

Everyone comes to buy tapes, and they are willing to spend money. When we were intoxicated in the music world, we would sigh from time to time: This song is good, this song is energetic.

Zhengxing Street and Fushou Street next to the Dongfanghong Cinema are also the places where Brother Long often goes to tapes. PolyGram's genuine tapes are the most expensive and the best to sell.

The tape that never fades from popularity is An album by Miss Teresa Teresa.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Xiao Feng, who was a young man, had just stayed as a teacher in a certain cadre school, and Lao Wa knew about the dry school where she taught.

At that time, the workers' road had not yet been fully opened to the south, and Lao Wa's father had worked for many years in a judicial unit on the north side of the cadre school. The north side of his father's work unit is the Eighth People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, which is well known to everyone in old Zhengzhou.

Xiao Feng, who loves to listen to music and loves to listen to songs, loves to buy vinyl, loves to buy tapes, and naturally loves to shop.

At that time, the bustling Bishagang business district (the commercial building had not yet been built and opened at that time) was a fashion place where she had to ride over every week to wander and buy things and buy things.

In the noisy and chaotic Bishagang, in the chaotic competition of more than three or five audio shops, in the ears full of external speakers high-pitched Gao Mingjun's "Young Cheers", Wei Wei's "Dedication of Love", Fan Linlin's "Fence Woman and Dog" and other popular songs repeatedly played in a wild loop of the noise pollution, Paul Molière's "Olive Necklace", "Blue Love" and "Figaro" that are either passionate and energetic or relaxed and soothing and charming light music, It has become a trickle of songs that are very different from the popular high-altitude northwest wind songs, refreshing and intoxicating.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

Richard Clayderman

And then there's the James Rust Band, and there's the Mandovanni Band.

Oh oh oh, it also reflects a certain musical taste of the listener. This is critical.

You are strong and you are strong, and the breeze blows on the hills. You rejoice, autumn pants tucked in socks. I love light music, slightly better than you.

These beautiful melodies have long been popular all over the world light music, once the door of the motherland's reform and opening up was opened and introduced and disseminated, it immediately spread rapidly on the vast land of the motherland's 9.6 million square kilometers, becoming the classic music of our generation in the knowledge of light music melody, which will never be forgotten.

French pianist Richard. Clayderman's works became popular in the country, later than Paul Molière's.

Xiao Feng chose the Greentown video store that loves light music to buy record tapes, thus getting to know the young shop owner Long Ge. And under the love offensive of Brother Long, a romantic relationship was quickly established.

The love story of Greentown Video Store and Brother Long

A recent photo of Brother Long and Sister Dragon

After the Spring Festival in 1990, Longge's Greentown audio-visual store was officially closed.

Immersed in the sweetness of love, Brother Long is determined to do a good job and live up to the trust and encouragement given to him by Xiao Feng breaking the worldly gaze and ignoring the concept of Mendi.

In July 1990, 26-year-old Long Ge and 23-year-old Xiao Feng Xi received a marriage license and held a simple and grand wedding in October.

On April 28, 1992, the love crystallization of the two sons of Yangyang fell to the ground.

This love story, which originated from the combination of light music, has a perfect ending and beginning.

In the long years that followed, Brother Long and Xiao Feng of that year and now Sister Long spent hand in hand, and also became one of the model couples in the eyes of friends around them. Because If Sister Long explains something, Brother Long generally does not dare to clench his teeth. It's also one of the secrets of their strong love.

Brother Long's name is Wang Qiuhui, and Sister Long's name is Feng Guanying.

Today is February 10, 2022, the tenth day of the first lunar month of the Lunar Year of the Yin Tiger. I am Walter, and I am recording the bits and pieces of Zhengzhou.

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