As the capital of China, Beijing is actually quite rich in goods.

For example, the Phoenix brand bicycle purchased by Yang Rui is in demand all over the country, and it may not be possible to buy it with money. But in the friendship store in the capital, Phoenix bicycles want as many as they want, but they just need foreign exchange coupons.

It's the same concept for designer clothing. Beijing's embassy district has shops dedicated to foreigners, who not only sell Chinese-made clothing, but also import from abroad, including well-known brands from Italy, France, and the United Kingdom, and there are a variety of luxury goods that cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars, but the media does not report them, and ordinary Chinese do not consume them.

Yang Rui found a custom-made clothing store near the British Embassy and asked the elderly tailor in the store to make a full set of fashion for himself, focusing on British style.

A dark-toned tweed coat is made of a blend of cashmere and silk for comfort on the skin and excellent warmth. The sweaters I used to wear were all replaced by gray and black cashmere sweaters, unlike wool and cotton wool products, cashmere is difficult to make bright colors, just in line with the expectations of the "organization".

Of course, the comfort of cashmere is beyond doubt, ordinary woolen sweaters can not be worn closely, cashmere clothes are worn closely, but they are warmer than wearing an extra cotton autumn coat, because cashmere is very soft, and at the same time has excellent water absorption and breathability, which makes its warmth have a two-minus one-greater than two-to-two effect.

It is also because of the high international price of cashmere materials, cashmere sweaters were almost extinct in the domestic market in the 80s, and ordinary people couldn't even afford woolen woolen tweed coats, let alone woolen sweaters and cashmere sweaters.

The composition of sweatpants and thick autumn pants was also replaced by Yang Rui with light cashmere pants and custom trousers.

Suit pants were more popular in the 80s, and there were many people who wore them, and although the prices varied greatly, it was quite difficult to distinguish them at a glance.

Standing and letting the old tailor measure his figure, he selected the style and materials on the plate, and the old tailor said slowly in English: "I can make a set for you first, and the rest will wait for the materials to arrive, about two weeks, each set includes a cashmere sweater and a pair of cashmere pants, a pair of pants, a small coat, if you want 5 sets, it is 1." For $20,000, I'll give you half a dozen shirts so you can wear them in the spring. But do you really want five outfits that are exactly the same? You know, the price is the same regardless of whether the style changes or not. ”

"I'm very happy with this style, and I want five sets of the same. By the way, give me another dozen socks. "What Yang Rui wants now is the effect of not changing clothes all year round.

"Cashmere socks $60 for a pair, $720 for a dozen. The old tailor took out the calculator, added $720, and said, "You want two coats, $2,000 each, for a total of sixteen,700 dollars." The twenty-dollar fraction has been wiped out, and you are given half a dozen shirts. ”

"I still want you to buy two bags for me, can you?" Yang Rui took out three rolls of dollars, untied them and handed them to the old tailor. These were all taken out by Huarui's manager Li from the Bank of China and then transferred to Yang Rui.

The old tailor smiled and counted out 16,700 US dollars and returned the rest to Yang Rui. In the 80s, this was also a lot of money for Europeans and Americans, and the average blue-collar worker had only so much salary a year, which was usually spent on two adults plus two or three children.

At an average of $2,400 per set, it's enough to buy Armani ready-to-wear in this day and age, but custom clothing has never been cheap, depending on the craftsmanship and materials.

In China, 16,700 US dollars can be said to be exaggerated to the sky, nearly 170,000 yuan, enough for Yang Rui to buy another ten acres of good land in Zhongguancun, and sell it for 20 million yuan around 10 years.

If used for daily consumption, $17,600 is enough for the average person to buy a few thousand pieces of clothing, or a few hundred pieces of Adi's basic clothing.

"What kind of bag do you want?" said the old tailor, putting the money away, and smiling as he took out his notepad. His shop was located in the embassy district, and he often had to bring things to the guests who came and went, and valet shopping was also a necessary strategy to keep the guests.

Yang Rui thought for a while and said: "The best fabric, cloth, hemp, chemical fiber can be, I want the color and fancy simple, practical, and most importantly, comfortable." Also, match my clothes. ”

"Okay, simple luxury, I understand. The old tailor translated a sentence and said, "What about the other bag, what do you want?"

"The same paragraph will do. ”

"Two identical bags?"

"Yes, exactly the same. ”

"I've been in China for two years, and I really don't understand you anymore. The old tailor shook his head and wrote down Yang Rui's request.

When he went out, Yang Rui went to buy two identical belts, two identical scarves, and three pairs of identical leather shoes.

Belts and scarves are easy to buy, but leather shoes are especially difficult, especially if they are comfortable and fitting.

Fortunately, the guests in the embassy area are very different, and the limbs of various lengths and thicknesses are complete, and Yang Rui finally found a suitable one, in order to avoid changing it in the future, he swept away all three pairs of store stock.

Three days later, Yang Rui replaced the Adidas all over his body and put on a full set of custom clothes without brands and letters, spending a total of $20,000, which is a lot of money even after 30 years.

However, compared to Yang Rui's annual dividend, this money is nothing, and compared to the funds of the real room, 20,000 US dollars is just a drizzle......

After four days, Yang Rui walked on the campus of Peking University again, and he had already turned into a simple British outfit with black gray and tweed coats.

The British style outfit is the most figure-showing, with a good cut and excellent materials, Yang Rui has been exercising the image of a man for more than a year, and he jumped out.

Although the color is dark and there is no brightness of sportswear, Yang Rui no matter whether he appears in the classroom or on the road, the eye-catching index is only high.

As soon as he finished talking to Yang Rui, Geng Jian, a probationary party member, stood up and spoke, saying: "Yang Rui did change his clothes, but in my opinion, the price may be higher, the coat must be tweed, that one will cost two or three hundred, and the leather shoes and pants are also different from what we wear......"

Liu Anping, the class leader, was extremely bored and said: "I have conveyed the conclusion of our last democratic life meeting to Yang Rui, and Yang Rui has also done a good job, he has changed his brightly colored clothes, and English letters no longer appear on his clothes, which proves that he is actively moving closer to the organization." Regarding the price of tweed coats mentioned by Geng Jian, I think we should look at it from two perspectives: first, we should maintain the tradition of hard and simple and not extravagant and wasteful. Second, whether the dress is decent or not cannot be judged according to the price, wearing cheap is hard and simple, and wearing expensive is luxury and waste, which is not the correct value. ”

"That's right. Geng Jian, you can't let the people of the whole country wear coarse cloth clothes and not wash their faces just because they wear coarse cloth clothes and don't wash their faces, we are working hard to build socialism, not to continue to wear coarse cloth clothes. Besides, Yang Rui is not the only one who wears a tweed coat among the freshmen, teachers and school leaders wear it, do you want to write a big-character poster and post it at the school gate?" Bai Ling, a member of the entertainment committee majoring in biological sciences, pouted obviously.

Geng Jian, a probationary party member, made a big red face, he didn't hear anything else, he heard the part of his face, and got up to argue: "Who doesn't wash their faces? Who doesn't wash their faces!"

"You rubbed your nose, how long have you not soaked in water?Isn't it hard and simple not to wash your face?" Bai Ling was still sitting, but her words were extremely sharp.

"I'm too dry-skinned. ”

"I think it's too thick-skinned. ”

"Bai Ling, Geng Jian, don't be noisy, have something to say. Liu Anping, the squad leader, sat Geng Jian down.

Zuo Liyan chuckled lightly and said, "Actually, I'm also a little puzzled, Yang Rui's clothes are of good quality, maybe the price will be very high, is this not conducive to uniting classmates?"

"Why do you say that the price of his clothes is high?" Bai Ling continued to look at Yang Rui.

As a member of the entertainment committee, Bai Ling's appearance is naturally one in a hundred, and her bright eyes looked at Zuo Liyan, who was suddenly clumsy.

After a while, Zuo Liyan said unconvinced: "Don't say anything else, just say that his pants hung down in a daze, crisp like something, less than 50 yuan, I told you, it is impossible to buy it." ”

"I don't think so. Bai Ling sneered twice.

"Not necessarily? Then you explain, what kind of material is it made of? I'll buy one too. Zuo Liyan's voice raised slightly.

Bai Ling sneered: "Dong Shi Xiaofeng." Do you think you can become Ken Takakura by wearing a Ken Takakura coat?"

Zuo Liyan admitted defeat and sat back in his chair.

Liu Anping lowered his head and smiled secretly. He didn't want to talk to his classmates about dressing anymore, boring and offending people, it didn't make the slightest sense, Bai Ling defeated the two main forces, and he was happy to see it.

At the same time, Yang Rui was parading outside the campus in search of food.

Insisting on eating in the canteen is not because the food in the canteen is delicious, but because Yang Rui wants to keep a low profile. But what he didn't expect was that people were actually more concerned about what was happening around them.

Compared with Yang Rui, there are many students in the school who often go home to eat or eat out, but it turned out that Yang Rui, who reported to the cafeteria on time every day, was arrested.

In view of this, Yang Rui simply went out to find food.

At present, there is no invasion of poisons such as gutter oil, which is of course not because the owners of small restaurants are morally noble, but because they lack the corresponding technology, and there is no production of a wide variety of chemicals in the country.

In these days, it is not easier to buy a can of industrial alcohol than to make a barrel of wine yourself.

……