Chapter 22 1997
Taiwanese TV dramas have always had two popular time slots, one is the 8:00 file mentioned earlier, and the other is after 9:30.Most of the eight o'clock episodes are dramas that the whole family can watch, and they have a lot of material, such as society, police and gangsters, ethics, love, family affection, martial arts, science fiction and other themes.But the episodes after 9:30 are all more socially realistic family ethics dramas. Most of the plots are biased towards real life, and the plot direction is sometimes written according to social topics.
Usually the plots of these dramas are more sensational, which does not mean that they have any erotic elements, but the dramas broadcast at this time, the scripts are nothing more than conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, grievances between wealthy families, and third party affairs.In these dramas, the characters have distinct personalities, and the plots often contain slaps, pulls, pushes, abuse, misery, misunderstandings, etc., which spill blood. These are the adult worlds that some children's innocent hearts cannot understand.That's probably why it was scheduled to air at this time, but these episodes are usually popular with women viewers, who jokingly refer to them as "the nine-thirty."
In the early 1990s, China Television launched the unit drama of "China Television Theater" at ten o'clock every Sunday night. Each drama was named after a certain flower, such as sun flower, poppy flower, marriage flower, Clivia, etc., have been sown for about ten years.This series of dramas is based on the plot trends mentioned above, and the actors are usually those few people.Because this series is to stimulate the ratings, there must be vicious villains in the series, usually the third party or the evil mother-in-law, so the actors who have acted in this series are almost all stereotyped.For example, Chen Sally became the eternal bad mother-in-law, Zhang Chenguang usually played the embarrassing husband caught between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Wang Shujuan almost always played the bitter girl, and Zhang Ting often played the third party... These series were later commonly known as the "Flower Series" .
In 1997, "Marriage Flower" in the Shihua series was a huge topic in society. In the end, it was almost the participation of the whole people, and they were all integrated into this drama. "Marriage Flower" has also successfully shaped many characters, and it can be said to be the most successful one in the Flower series.The plot describes Gu Xiaochun, a little sister who lost her father's love, and was later influenced by social worker Yunsheng.But Yunsheng herself is infertile, and her mother-in-law wants to have a grandson. In order to thank Yunsheng, Gu Xiaochun volunteered to become Yunsheng's surrogate mother.Unexpectedly, after Gu Xiaochun gave birth to a child, his temperament changed drastically. He not only forcibly occupied the child, but also seduced Yunsheng's husband to have sex, and tried every means to harass Yunsheng and wanted to replace him. Give her strength in Sheng's life... Just listening to these plots makes me feel that she is perverted and bloody!At the beginning, the screenwriter simply portrayed Gu Xiaochun as a hopeless villain. Every time the audience saw Gu Xiaochun's hysterical and unscrupulous appearance, they wanted to tear her into pieces.
This drama is a slow-heating type, and it becomes more and more topical as it goes on. This issue not only caused the whole society to discuss the issue of surrogate mothers, but it was also discussed in the "Legislative Yuan".In addition, condemning Gu Xiaochun has also become a national movement.The evil girl Gu Xiaochun played by Pan Yijun stole the scenes of the whole show. For a while, the audience could not accept Pan Yijun playing other roles. It is said that the crew always received threatening faxes every day and received soft hands, asking Pan Yijun to be careful , so she had to apply for police protection.Later, seeing that the show was too successful, the producer actually let the audience decide the finale, but they didn't expect that Gu Xiaochun received almost all kinds of ways to die.
(The ecology of watching serials in my family is always like this: first of all, my sister must be fascinated by staring at it, which will definitely provoke a burst of scolding from my mother, but my sister ignores it. Every time my mother passes by the TV and scolds her, she I will happily explain the plot to my mother, and my mother will take a few glances, and as time goes by, I will stop scolding her, because my mother herself is also immersed in the plot; and I always hold a critical attitude towards serial dramas. , At this time, the two women will be rebutted. In order to refute them again, I have to see what absurd plot has been played. After a long time, I have fallen too; the last is Dad, he always leaves early and stays late Gui, occasionally catching up with the broadcast time, in order to show his love for the whole family, he sat obediently and watched with everyone, after a few intermittent episodes, he became very punctual to go home.)
When this drama was broadcast, I was in the second semester of my third year of high school, and I was about to take the college entrance examination, but everyone was discussing it, and it seemed that everyone was watching it. I was afraid that if I didn’t watch it, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the topic.Moreover, those who watched the plot the day before had the opportunity to discuss with the girls and find excuses to chat with the girls only the next day.But I found out later that everyone said they were watching, but when I actually asked about the plot, I found out that everyone didn't know.
This is the most influential drama of the year, the so-called three villains in 1997: Chen Jinxing, Gao Tianming, the murderers of Bai Xiaoyan's murder, and Gu Xiaochun in "Marriage Flower".Anyway, in Taiwan, this kind of drama must have two major elements: mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and illness.An evil mother-in-law abuses her daughter-in-law, and a sick person talks about tragic love. With these two elements, it is difficult to think about low ratings.
In the second semester of my third year of high school, in April when I was about to enter university, the third major murder occurred in Taiwan within half a year, that is, the murder of Bai Xiaoyan, the daughter of the well-known acting star Bai Bingbing.In addition to the fact that the murderers Chen Jinxing, Lin Chunsheng, and Gao Tianmin committed multiple criminal cases while fleeing, the "Bai Xiaoyan Murder Case" can be regarded as one of the most serious criminal cases in Taiwan's history.
Bai Xiaoyan was kidnapped on her way to school.That night, Bai Bingbing received a call from the gangster asking her to go to the designated place. As a result, Bai Bingbing not only found her daughter's belongings there, but also found a kidnapping and extortion note demanding a ransom of five million dollars, as well as a half-naked photo of her daughter and a piece of paper. By amputating the little finger, the ferocity of the three kidnappers can be seen.
However, because the kidnappers used the so-called "bad machines" (mobile phones that steal SIM cards), the police were unable to track down their whereabouts even though they kept in touch.During this period, the gangsters repeatedly agreed on the place of payment and broke the agreement. So far, Bai Bingbing, who had been tortured so much, finally held a press conference and asked the whole people to save Bai Xiaoyan together.All the major media expanded their coverage on the front page, with media reporters and TV station SNG trucks crowding Bai Bingbing's doorstep.And this incident also made the people of Taiwan see for the first time the proliferation of media SNGs and the vicious state of grabbing news.
For the safety of the hostages, before reporting, although many media received the news, they still had a tacit understanding and did not report it for the time being.But after a certain print media couldn't help but report it first, other media, although they criticized it verbally, were afraid that the news would be a step behind others, and finally began to follow bloodthirsty to grab the news. Even when Bai Bingbing was going to pay the ransom by car, There was a media helicopter in the sky following the live broadcast on SNG, which caused a panic and made the gangsters escape.
Later, Bai Xiaoyan was still torn up, and the three gangsters began to flee to the whole Taiwan.At Bai Xiaoyan's farewell ceremony, many people saw Japanese gangsters coming to pay their respects, and only then did they know that Bai Xiaoyan was the daughter of Bai Bingbing, a manga playwright with a background in the underworld, who was born to Kajiwara Ichiki when Bai Bingbing went to Japan to develop.
During Bai Xiaoyan's kidnapping, the development of the case made the headlines of the newspaper almost every day.Although the entrance exam is approaching, when everyone arrives at school, the first thing they read is not textbooks, but newspapers, and then they start to express their conjectures.
Many newspaper reports have also been criticized.For example, in order to grab exclusives, some newspapers published nude photos of Bai Xiaoyan or photos of a brutally tortured corpse, together with imaginary plots made up by some reporters, which seriously violated news ethics and made people see the ugly side of the media.But the public also scolded, looking at which media had the most news and broke the news the most.
By May, the reward for this case had reached 10 million yuan.The authorities are also under pressure to solve the case within a limited time limit. Coupled with the previous two major unsolved cases, it is simply a bag full of money.
In short, the atmosphere at that time gave people the impression that the law and order in Taiwan as a whole was very poor, and the people were of course very upset.Those grievances finally erupted in the May marches.
The main appeal of the parade was originally to pursue the personal safety of women and children, hoping to find a safe living space and growth environment for them.Lee Teng-hui was too ignorant at the time to say that the parade was a "United Front Conspiracy" on the mainland, which aroused even greater public outrage. Instead, the appeal became "Lee Teng-hui admits his mistakes and replaces the cabinet" and asked Lien Chan, the then "Executive Premier" to step down.During the parade, a very shocking scene was that 100,000 people stomped their feet at the same time. I still can't forget the low and loud noise.
This is the first time in Taiwan's history that no partisan group will join together in a parade.Under the hazy sky, the parade stopped at the square in front of the "Presidential Palace", shouted slogans such as "Admit your mistake! Admit your mistake! Acknowledge your mistake!" and used laser beams to directly project the pattern of "admit your mistake" on the "Presidential Palace". "The tower wall.This picture was extremely shocking in the last few years of the KMT's rule.
After Bai Xiaoyan's murder, the three gangsters started their life on the run and committed many criminal cases on the way.These processes are very dramatic, with twists and turns. It is worthy of being the most sensational criminal case in Taiwan's history.When Chen Jinxing was captured, it was already half a year later.
The three years of high school passed quickly, and I had to face another entrance exam.Because I retake the exam twice, and I am a little older than my classmates. I didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter until I went to the military service medical examination and was drawn for the military branch: If I didn’t pass the college entrance examination, I would enlist in the army soon. up!
At that time, Taiwan’s compulsory military service system was like this: normal men who reach the age of 18 must enlist in the army for one year and 10 months, but if they are admitted to a university, they can wait until they graduate, or they can go to graduate school or graduate school. Doctoral students can also wait until the end of their studies to enlist in the military, up to the age of 32 at the latest.That's why I also see that many young artists are unwilling to join the army so early, and stay there, changing schools to continue their studies.
However, the body position (physical health level) of military service is divided into four types: A, B, C, and D: Type A means that there is no physical problem and no myopia, Type B has a little problem (including myopia), and Type C has a slightly bigger problem Well, Ding Zhong may be physically disabled.Those with two physical conditions, A and B, are required to serve in the military. Type C only needs to serve in the national army and train for a week or two. Type D is completely exempt from military service.These physical condition standards are determined during the conscription medical examination for men of service age before graduation.
There are hundreds of people at a time for the military service medical examination, and they line up at each station to test various body functions.So, at the scene, you can see the flesh of hundreds of young men who are "fat and thin", walking around in only their underwear.Probably just check some cardiopulmonary function, blood pressure, vision, teeth, hearing, blood, etc. By the way, you will be asked to do some movements such as interactive squat jumps and push-ups (push-ups).The last stop in the physical exam is a blood draw.After the blood is drawn, fingerprints are stamped. Therefore, almost all adult men in Taiwan have a fingerprint file.As mentioned before, the most famous example of using fingerprint identification to solve a case is the Wang Xingnan postal parcel bombing case. In the era when there was no computer identification, almost all of Taiwan's best college students were called in to do manual identification. Caught people.Therefore, it has always been a very important job to file fingerprints during the military physical examination.
Not long after the military service physical examination, the draftee who judged A and B standards will receive a notice asking you to draw troops in a certain place on a certain day of the month, and give you a sequence number. When it is your turn, you will Go up and smoke.
In the lottery bucket of arms, the army has the most, followed by the navy and naval ships. Anyway, the air force is the least, and the marine corps is also very small.Therefore, in everyone's mind, the air force is a cool soldier, so everyone wants to draw the air force.The Marine Corps is the hardest, and of course everyone avoids it.As the so-called army beggar, navy gentleman, air force master, sea and land hooligans, there are such stereotypes in the minds of ordinary people.However, fate is cruel, and someone will always go to hell. Therefore, whenever someone draws a lottery and gives it to the applicant, a tense moment comes, and the lottery applicant feels uneasy.When the lottery reads "Number So-and-so, Marine Corps" aloud, you will see the lottery's face turn green, and slowly leave like a ghost in a mournful state.But the audience is excited now!When the five words "Marine Corps" were announced, there would be a burst of cheers and applause from the audience, because the chances of being drawn to the Marine Corps were even smaller.
And everyone wants to get the Air Force, not the Army anyway.But at that time, I didn't know why, but I really wanted to draw the Marine Corps.When it was my turn to draw, I saw that there was a lot in the draw box that seemed to be far away from other draws, so I pulled it out without thinking, but I said, "Air Force." The eyes shot at me, a chill!Who knew that I was actually feeling a pang of regret in my heart.
There is a situation where someone is asked to draw on behalf of them. Maybe they have no time to come, or they don’t know that they will come, or they simply dare not face it by themselves, so they ask relatives or village chiefs to draw on their behalf.It is said that it would be better to ask the head of the village to draw the luck, but I have seen the head of the village and my mother do it for me, and the Marine Corps was drawn out.The mother's face also turned green, and she must have blamed herself all the time when she went back, sending her child to suffer.Another way of saying is, before smoking, spray some perfume on your hands, or draw an eye in the palm of your hand, so that it is said that you will have longer eyes when you smoke, but this is all far-fetched!
Anyway, normally I would go to the army shortly after the lottery was drawn, but I got admitted to university by luck, so I escaped for the time being.
I didn't take it too seriously for three years in high school.Originally, they were two school years older than my sister in high school, but now they enter high school together, and they will graduate in the same year.When asked by relatives and friends, although they still answered them confidently, they were not very embarrassed.
I have been in high school for three years. What is worth mentioning is that I often participated in essay competitions or composition competitions. The reason was that I had no financial resources at the time, so I had to look around for essay competitions with high prize money to participate. How many people sign up, and what are the chances of getting a ranking.To be honest, the number of times I won the first place is quite a lot. Not only did I make a fortune from it, like a bonus hunter, but I also took the award notice to ask the school for official leave. I can ask for a few more days.In this way, I went to many places in Taiwan to play, and I never got tired of it when I was in high school.
It is said that the older you get, the more skinny you get, and I am no exception.Let's take a small matter as an example. The school stipulates that students must arrive at school before 7:40, and if they are late, they will have to stand until the flag is raised before entering the classroom.But I was still late almost every day, and when I was late again, I simply had breakfast at the breakfast shop next to the school, read the newspaper, and entered the school after the flag was hoisted.After entering the school gate, go directly to the guard room to register and write down your name, so as not to be upset by the faces of the picket team.Later, I was a little bolder. Although the guard was sitting right in front of me, he bullied him when I filled out the registration form. I couldn’t see what I was filling in from that angle, so I pretended to write, but I didn’t write anything.Later, I became thicker and more shameless. After entering the school gate, I didn’t even go to register, but went directly to the opposite side of the guard room, that is, the direction of the classroom, even though the guard yelled "stop, stop", Still with a firm pace, I walked to the classroom without looking back.For me, if I don’t do this, I will be marked as late every day. In that case, I will drop out of school because I have failed in my conduct before I graduate.
Not only is his skin thicker and thicker, but his life is also getting lazy.In the first semester of the third grade, I heard my mother yelling every morning: "Get up quickly, it will be too late!" As a result, in the second semester, I had already slept until 7:30 in the morning, and I heard my mother lazily asking: "What are you doing?" Do you want to go to school today?"
In the third year of high school, my reading was different from others, and I became less fond of listening to what the teacher said in class.Anyway, at school, I go to bed in the morning until I leave school in the afternoon, and I rarely get up to have a meal or read the newspaper, or talk nonsense with my classmates.But when I got home at night, I felt refreshed and started to read. I didn’t really want to read that much, but my mother simply didn’t fix it because the cable TV at home was broken.In addition, there was no computer and Internet at that time, and there was nothing else to do except reading. To pass the time, I started reading at my desk!
In the last month before the exam, my sister and I signed up for the "pre-examination sprint class" outside, which was also near Taipei Main Station. We arrived at 7:30, and we had to leave early every morning.Strange to say, I just don't like to go with my sister, so I have to go separately.But speaking of it, compared to me, my sister's three years of high school paid less attention to subjects, because it was music class, so art subjects were more important.Especially when she was in a school with a lot of activities, she had a great time playing. As long as she was strong enough in the arts and had some academic ability, she would usually be able to "KO win".My younger sister's major is flute, but she didn't learn flute since she was a child. She became a monk halfway through junior high school and switched from piano to flute.As I said before, both of us learned piano when we were young, but I gave up when I was in junior high school because the teacher was too strict and I hated piano.Mom had no choice but to pin her hopes on her younger sister, learn some musical instruments, and join the choir!Spend a lot of money to buy a whole set of music encyclopedias or classical CDs, and the money is willing to spend.In fact, as long as parents of that generation had some money, they would always send their children to learn music.It may be because of this complex, until now, my mother is still thinking hard, trying to help me find a wife who can play the piano.
Anyway, the two of us finally became "classmates".However, in a classroom with 400 people, I sat in a corner and she sat in a corner, and we didn't communicate with each other. We only went home with her after class at 10 pm.The course schedule of the pre-examination sprint class is very tight, all of which are taught by famous teachers from various subjects, who systematically explain the essence of the three-year high school course, and test these contents the next day.Anyway, at the end of the day, basically I didn't read the textbook content very much, I just kept doing mock test questions.Alas, I didn't expect to play for another three years in high school, and I didn't know the seriousness until the pressure of military service.
Then one day, I suddenly shaved off all my thick and somewhat long hair, leaving six clean strands.A big bald head appeared in the classroom, causing a stir in the class.From the podium, one can see the darkness in the past, and suddenly there is a bald head, how obvious is that!So I also became the object of the teacher's frequent name-calling and asking questions.
The college entrance examination is held in the first three days of July every year. The first day is the liberal arts exam, the second day is the common subject exam, and the third day is the science exam. It depends on which group you sign up for.Some strong people can straddle arts and sciences, but weak people like me can only struggle on the edge of arts and sciences.
Sure enough, my composition got close to full marks again, but it couldn't save my score. Fortunately, I was able to get a school to study.The only regret is that I originally wanted to study history, but I didn't get enough points, so I had to study philosophy.In this way, studies are the meager part of high school memories, and most of the textbook knowledge is gone with the wind along with the entrance exam.
At that time, Taiwan’s high school curriculum included Chinese, English, mathematics, historical geography of omics, and physical chemistry of omics. There was also a very special course that both groups had to learn, that is, the “Three Principles of the People”. ", that is, the theory of nation, civil rights, and people's livelihood created by Mr. Sun Yat-sen.To be honest, this kind of political thought courses have been taught for decades. At the beginning, it was inevitable that they had the intention of serving politics. Variety.
At that time, many teachers who taught the Three Principles of the People were all graduates of the "Three Principles of the People Research Institute"—referred to as the "Three Research Institutes" for short.But if you think about it, Sun Wen's monographs on the Three Principles of the People have been lost, and what you see now are only his speeches on the Three Principles of the People, so that they can be developed into a set of theories for research. I really have to admire those who "explain and develop" "Scholar.
The "Three People's Principles" in high school is indeed a subject that requires a lot of memory, because in the joint entrance examination, this subject is required to apply for a topic.However, the so-called application topic is not an application for "expressing one's own opinions", but a false application for an application, and the fact that it is filled in a silent book with standard answers is simply a master of cramming education.So, at that time, everyone was used to "decomposing" the Three People's Principles textbook, dismantling it into chapters and rebinding it, turning it into a thin "easy-to-read book" that could be taken out and memorized anytime, anywhere.The cram school also offers courses on the Three Principles of the People, and specifically teaches you how to memorize them and how to write them to get high marks. They also invented a bunch of weird formulas.What is unbelievable is that even though it is a standard answer written according to the contents of the textbook, one or two points will still be deducted from you, because it is impossible to get full marks for applying for a topic.Fortunately, all the exams were changed to multiple-choice questions later, which is simply gratifying.
Strange to say, it is clearly the "Three People's Principles", but Chiang Kai-shek always said more than "Father of the Nation" in the text. To use a more modern vocabulary is to "consume" Sun Yat-sen.Moreover, whenever a theory is mentioned in the text, there will be this format: "first" is said by "Father of the Nation", "second" is said by Chiang Kai-shek, "then" is said by Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo, and "then" is said by Lee Teng-hui.And interspersed with conjunctions used by the editor kindly, the content is complicated, and various punctuation marks, such as colons, upper quotation marks, lower quotation marks and , make people dazzled.
It can be said that as long as you learn and memorize the Three Principles of the People well in high school, it will be easy for you to write government orders for the government in the future.However, in the society that has been open for a while, it is not in line with the times if the curriculum continues to be arranged in this way. Therefore, some simple topics such as Western political philosophy, historical philosophy development, government operation, freedom and democracy have appeared in the curriculum. .Anyway, no matter how you write it, there must be a conclusion in the end: the Three People's Principles are good.
After the Three Principles of the People was changed to only multiple-choice exams in the joint examination, the burden on students has been greatly reduced. However, students in Taiwan have been so deeply influenced by the "Three Principles of the People" course that they can speak of the "Three Principles of the People" easily.A few years ago, there was a sensational spoof novel "Iron Fist Invincible Sun Yat-sen" on the Internet, which used the model of "Legend of the Son of Heaven" in Hong Kong comics to transform Sun Yat-sen from a frail scholar into a real man with amazing knowledge. .And the moves inside, of course, all refer to some nouns from Sun Wen’s theory, such as the five fists “Constitution”: Xingzhengquan (administrative), Lifaquan (legislative), Sifaquan (judicial), Roastingquan ( Examination), traitor boxing (monitoring).Sanming Doctrine: Mingquan (attack), Mingzu (lightness work), Mingshen (internal strength) and other moves.
Later, the Three People's Principles Research Institute began to transform, and gradually changed its name to "National Development Research Institute", "Zhongshan Institute" and the like, and the research content was more and more biased towards diversified political and social research, as if the Three People's Principles were carrying Like original sin, I'm afraid no one will want to read it if I keep this name.
There are quite a few celebrities who died in 1997, and everything seems to have had some impact on Taiwan.First of all, Deng Xiaoping passed away at the beginning of the year.The day after his death, major media outlets in Taiwan made extensive reports on the front pages, triggering a news war.Because the news of Deng Xiaoping's death would appear every once in a while, and in the end everyone could not figure out whether it was true or not, so when the news was released this time, the press circle was in chaos again.The most controversial one this time is the "China Times". Except for the four words "China Times" on the front page that are originally red, the entire page is black and white.As a result, the DPP members took the opportunity to criticize the "China Times", thinking that the "China Times" "flattered the Communist Party", which triggered a series of wars of words.
But the death of Deng Xiaoping did make Taiwan tense for a while, and its combat readiness has improved a lot.In those few days, various newspapers continued to report on Deng Xiaoping's past experience and political achievements.
In August, after finishing the entrance exam and waiting for admission, on that hot and lazy afternoon, I was half asleep when I heard the news that Princess Diana had died in a car accident on the radio news, and I woke up immediately. I thought I was dreaming just now, but I didn't confirm it was real until I turned on the TV.
As a result, for a while, men like my dad's generation were simply infinitely embarrassing!The demeanor of Diana's wedding of the century can be said to fascinate the men of their generation, and my father even encouraged my mother to have Diana's hairstyle for a long time.So, at that time, whenever he turned on the TV and saw the follow-up news of Diana's death, he would sigh a few times.But for me, what impressed me more was Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" at her funeral.
A few days later, the world-renowned Mother Teresa also passed away.I still remember the brief speech that Princess Diana gave when she passed away. I didn't expect that she passed away a few days later. It's really unpredictable.Immediately afterwards, the church also started a series of commemorative activities.
At the end of the year, Zhang Yusheng passed away in a car accident, and this talented musician who grew up with our generation fell away.At that time, Zhang Yusheng had already moved behind the scenes and successfully made Zhang Huimei popular.Earlier, he could be said to be so popular.Although he is like many singers, he was not as popular as before he was a soldier, but everyone still remembers that when he was a soldier, at the opening ceremony of Taiwan's regional sports, a military helicopter descended from the sky, and the next person wearing Brother Bing in military uniform started to sing "My Future Is Not a Dream" loudly along with the music.After he retired from the army, he successfully transformed from an idol singer to a singer-songwriter.However, he was gradually forgotten by the mainstream public, until after his death in a car accident, everyone recalled him again.A large number of fans flocked into the "National Father Memorial Hall". When the music of "I Miss You Every Day" sounded, everyone cried.
In those years, Taiwan’s cable TV stations had channels dedicated to broadcasting Japanese movies, so I also watched a lot of old Japanese movies, especially Japanese samurai movies.So at the end of the year, the passing of the Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune who played and often played Miyamoto Musashi and many tough guy roles also made me sigh.He is also the idol of many older generations in Taiwan.At that time, Toshiro Mifune's commemorative collection was launched. Although it was very expensive, it sold very well. It is said that it was bought by elderly people.
In the summer vacation before I went to university, I worked part-time in a cram school. I called them one by one according to the contacts in the graduation albums of each school that I specially collected, and persuaded them to sign up for the repeat class.It's really thick-skinned to make this kind of phone call, and people often hang up the phone and scold you bloody.But I often meet many friendly girls answering the phone, probably because they just finished college and are too bored, so we chatted like this.But at home at that time, I often received such calls from others, so I was quite considerate!Having said that, in addition to the basic salary in this job, there is a bonus of 3,000 yuan for each person recruited, so everyone is desperately recruiting people.My sister was not very satisfied in the exam that year, so she became the first victim of my part-time job.
In September, I started my university life. It was at the Cultural University on Yangmingshan, where I stayed for a year.This school can be seen from the balcony of my house looking up at the mountain. I have seen it since I was a child, but I didn’t expect to go to it like this.This school is not very good, and the students are too much. Every day after school, I see a car of students being driven down the mountain.However, I often ride a motorcycle with my classmates after school to run deeper into the mountains.In fact, the surrounding environment is not bad, after all, it is on Yangmingshan, next to the National Park.But we often forget that we are in the mountains when we walk on the commercial street next to the school that serves students.
Although the level of this school is not very good, almost every teacher has returned from overseas, and their academic skills are first-rate. If you listen well, you can still learn a lot.As mentioned earlier, philosophy is not my first choice, but I will listen to it, but I have always learned logic well, which has laid a good foundation for writing research reports in the future.
On the other hand, I didn't really start getting online until I was in college.I used to learn all kinds of operation methods under the DOS interface, so I hid in the computer center and surfed the Internet when I had nothing to do. I probably typed faster, and it was from that time that I came into contact with the Internet chat room.
Because the school is built on a mountain, it is often windy and rainy.The students all know to prepare a broken umbrella for use, because good umbrellas are almost killed in seconds when they encounter strong winds here.In addition, the area around the school is also very foggy. When the humidity in the air is a little thicker, there will be a haze of fog, and you will not be able to see more than ten meters ahead.Moreover, this is also a very famous school with many ghost stories. All kinds of strange legends are filled in every corner of every building in the school like allusions. Sometimes I really want to try to see if it is true or not, but Don't dare to be too iron-toothed (Hokkien: hard-spoken), so these legends have been passed down from generation to generation in this school.
After going to college, I naturally ran to join the club.The first thing I joined was a service club, which specialized in serving minority children in remote mountainous areas during vacations.In fact, I didn't have such lofty intentions at the beginning!I just followed my favorite female classmate to join, but I didn't expect her to quit after a while, so I had to stay obediently!The other club, in fact, can't be called a club, it's just a church group, and sometimes it is active in the school.I didn't want to go at first, and I was followed by my classmates once, but they were really enthusiastic enough.After thinking about it, sometimes it’s good to eat and drink, so I started to participate in their activities.
The three murderers of Bai Xiaoyan's murder—Chen Jinxing, Lin Chunsheng, and Gao Tianmin launched a great escape across Taiwan.Although the three of them were hunted and killed by both black and white, they were still able to commit several cases within a few months of fleeing for their lives, and many women were victimized, which made the whole of Taiwan panic. It was a nightmare.Before this, there has never been a gangster who can influence the hearts of the people of Taiwan to such an extent.
The first confrontation between the three gangsters and the police was on Wuchang Street in Taipei.At that time, the police received a tip that they had appeared here, and the area was cordoned off.Naturally, TV began to do SNG live connection again.So, everyone knew that the three of them appeared here, and the police were ready to attack.As a result, a bunch of people with good deeds appeared outside the blockade to watch.In this way, in addition to the police, reporters, and the public, there were also a bunch of vendors selling cold water and snacks at the scene, which was simply a mess.It was the same after the attack began. The police rushed in, and the reporters rushed in, so the audience saw in front of the TV a bunch of reporters running around and going up and down the stairs during the fierce battle, which was simply obstructing the police. !Later, although Lin Chunsheng was killed in this operation, the other two escaped, and a policeman also died in the line of duty.This action was like a farce, and there was a lot of demand for a review afterwards.
More than a month later, a murder case occurred in the clinic of famous plastic surgeon Fang Baofang in Taipei City. Physician Fang Baofang, his wife Zhang Changbi, and nurse Zheng Wenyu were killed.In the beginning, everyone discussed it half-jokingly: Chen Jinxing must have done this too!Not long after, it was confirmed that they did it, and everyone had another cold war.It turned out that they wanted plastic surgery to change their appearance during their escape, and after the plastic surgery was successful, they killed the three of them together in order to silence them.
Television shows at the time, no matter what the genre, were discussing the case.Because Chen Jinxing committed a lot of rape cases during his escape, there was even a Del talk show that invited psychologists, sexologists, etc. to discuss whether Chen Jinxing was too sexually capable, which caused the female victims to have a Stockholm effect and hide him. It's just messy.
Here's another little episode.During the escape, Chen Jinxing was very upset because he suspected that the police had imprisoned his wife, so he wrote a lot of letters to various media, but everyone was surprised that such a cold-blooded murderer with no humanity was so neat and beautiful, which made everyone Unacceptable for a while.
In mid-November, one day Gao Tianmin was doing shiatsu massage in the Shipai area of Taipei City. The police had already received a tip and ambushed there. In the end, a gun battle broke out.
After several times of geographical analysis of their location, the public learned that they had come to the vicinity of Shilin Beitou in Taipei City, so the atmosphere in our area suddenly became very tense, and there were policemen with rifles everywhere. The post was set up for a temporary inspection, and there was a lot of panic for a while.
就在高天民自杀的隔天，11月18号，陈进兴被捕了，这也是一连串事件的最高潮。这天，我跟往常一样上山去上学。下课之后，留在计算机中心上网，看看BBS，聊天瞎扯着。到了6点左右，计中的管理员出现在门口大喊：“怎么都还不回家啊？陈进兴已经逃上山来啦！”结果现场女生一片尖叫，很快，计中里的人众纷纷作鸟兽散，学校也很快宣布封闭，不准进出。
这天晚上坐公交车下山，看到通过阳明山的主要干道仰德大道上布满了警车、持着步枪的警察及宪兵。这附近的山区都正在展开大规模的搜山行动。整条马路上不断闪烁的警灯使气氛显得非常紧张。我回到家后，每一台新闻都在现场直播搜索的过程，如同身临其境。
后来紧急快报来了，大家心头一惊——陈进兴潜入位于半山腰行义路附近的南非武官官邸，就在我们家附近。果然就在这一带！原来陈进兴他知道自己插翅难飞了，索性带着剩下的弹药挟持武官一家，企图把这件事搞成国际事件。
于是，整个气氛就这么紧张着，大家也一直守在电视机前看最新的发展。到了9点多，突然枪声大作，整个状况更加紧张起来。照后来武官的说法是，当时陈进兴以为警察试图攻坚，一时紧张，先用右手的枪扫射楼梯，没想到另一把枪走火，射到武官的膝盖又穿过武官女儿的腹部。这枪声加上尖叫，使大家都认为事件不妙了，准备要冲进去。结果当时的刑警大队长侯友宜决定先亲自上前问陈进兴到底发生了什么事，陈进兴才说是枪支走火，射到人了，要医护人员赶快把人送出去。侯友宜自己一个人进到屋内把两人给背了出来。
受伤的两人被送到医院后，局面继续僵持着。虽然已接近午夜，大家仍守在电视机前，妈妈也趁空当跑去煮夜宵。我往窗外一看，哇！灯火通明呢！大家都在看实况转播。
到了零点，事件又有了最新发展，大家本来已经开始涣散的注意力又重回到了电视机前。原来是台视的记者不知道从哪里得到官邸里的电话，打电话进去对陈进兴进行访问。结果，主播就在新闻里，与陈进兴一问一答，聊起案件，聊家庭，聊儿女，聊陈的犯案心路历程，全台民众都听到了陈进兴这个凶残又冷血的变态杀人犯的声音。等台视主播电话访问完，又有媒体开始连续不断地打电话进官邸要找陈进兴，陈进兴索性开始接听这些Callin电话。后来这些访问就变得奇奇怪怪，有些记者要陈进兴跟着他一起唱儿歌《两只老虎》，还有弱智记者问他：“什么时候要自杀？”顿时惹得陈进兴大怒，破口大骂。那真是紧张又奇妙的一夜。
事后想想，虽然这些媒体自以为抢到新闻了，但其实好像都被陈进兴左右——陈进兴他们把台湾搞得人心惶惶，又利用媒体把自己塑造成悲剧英雄，媒体也只能跟着他的步调亦步亦趋，配合他的计谋而已。
反正，这件事让全家整夜没睡而守在电视机前看现场转播。到三四点我小睡了一下，早上又上山去上课了。到了学校，大家都还是在讨论这件事，看来大家都看了转播。开始上课后，老师一开口的话题也是这个，问了全班，几乎有九成昨天都在看转播，最后索性开了电视，继续看现场实况。
原来，陈进兴要求重新调查他老婆是否有被刑囚。经过谈判后，他老婆亲自到现场喊话劝降。到了下午，陈进兴要求谢长廷进去跟他谈判，并要求谢担任他的辩护律师，在谢的保证之下，终于，气氛开始缓和。等陈进兴释放最后两名人质之后，他与自己的老婆及侯友宜一同步出屋外。在刺眼的闪光灯不停闪烁之下，台湾半年多来的恐惧也到此结束。
事后经过调查得知，原来陈进兴等三人在逃亡过程中，犯下比想象中更多的强暴及勒索案件，让大家心有余悸。陈进兴则被判了五个死刑，在两年后被枪决。
侯友宜在此次事件中可以说是一战成名，后来官运亨通，一路当到陈水扁“政府”时的“警政署长”（台湾最高的警察头子）。而谢长廷，本来在大选失败及被卷入神棍事件后，政治生命已跌到最谷底，这次事件又让他重新翻身，但也使白冰冰对他极度不谅解。
陈进兴的老婆最后生活很潦倒，前阵子有八卦杂志爆出她沦落到以跳脱衣舞为生。而他的两个儿子，因为在台湾一直受到排挤，最后被一对美国夫妇收养，并带到了美国。
这一连串事件都成为1997年台湾的最大新闻，尤其是那一夜，大家都守在电视机前观看现场转播的情形，让人记忆犹新。
不知道为什么，1997年有太多的事好提。也许是上了大学，脱离了纯粹的读书生活，有闲暇来注意其他的事，所以，一些小细节也被放大了。
这年年底，《泰坦尼克号》上映，简直就让全球观众为之疯狂。这部片在上映之前其实已经够引起话题了，光是看那个拍摄现场的花絮就足够让人感到震撼。那时候一般评论并不看好这部影片，纷纷认为这部影片会赔得很惨。但大家都已经跃跃欲试，想要去看看这部号称影史上花了最多钱的电影到底拍得如何。
《泰坦尼克号》在台湾上映是跟北美同步的。这一天，我准备看10点早场。因为预期心理，我在清晨6点就到西门町的电影院前准备排队买票。没想到，9点开始卖票，在6点时，电影院前的广场已经挤满了人，万头攒动，绕了一圈又一圈，完全不知道从何排起。那一天，几乎西门町的主要戏院都在上映这部影片，因此，越接近戏院区，人就越多，大家一看人都往那个方向走，心里就更急了。
西门町是台北传统的电影街，在台北要看首轮的好莱坞大片，这里几乎都找得到。记得我小的时候正是西门町的全盛期，西门町主要的武昌街上，两侧一家家的电影院林立，一到假日电影散场，整条街道简直就水泄不通。大家一说要看电影，都会想到这里。后来，台北的主要商业区开始向东发展，即所谓忠孝东路的东区一带，西门町也跟着没落。一直到20世纪90年代后，整个西门町重新规划为步行街，然后被定位在青少年次文化的主要聚集地，这里才又好像复活一样，重新热闹起来。现在，只要假日到西门町的步行街，一定可以看到歌手在这边举办小型演唱会、签唱会、唱片首卖会等。当然啦，这样的活动是极少在东区办的。因为现在一般就已经有刻板印象认为，西门町这一带是属于青少年的地方，东区那一带是属于较成熟的白领小资的地方。
西门町的主要电影院，好几家都是那种大型电影院，几千人的座位，银幕好几层楼高，声光效果皆是一流，如台北市传统上最有名的国宾戏院、乐声、日新等。到后来电影业开始不景气，才慢慢流行起大厅，再配合几个小厅放其他电影的形式。
回到主题，《泰坦尼克号》上映的那一天，虽然各大小戏院大厅小厅都在放映，但大家的认知里，觉得这样声光效果一流的电影就应该去那种超大厅看，因此每个人也都提早来买票，想尽办法抢头香。
所以，等到9点整戏院的电卷门一拉，票房一开，整个这一片盲目、不知从何排起的黑压压的人群还不等门全部拉上，就开始海啸般冲进售票区，尖叫吵闹及哭声不断。我也奋勇往前冲，好不容易抢到一张座位票和一张无座票。
话说，我在高三时认识了一个小女朋友，当时她才初三呢！后来等到我上大学、她上了高一时，我才开始追她。不过大家也知道，小女生总是娇气十足，对“大哥哥”总是爱理不理的。有时候我会想，如果没有结果，干脆设个“停损”放弃了，免得我花太多时间和金钱。没想到这妞古灵精怪的，我一“停损”，她就来个技术性反弹，又撒娇得让我狠不下心了。反正，那一天我约了她去看《泰坦尼克号》。她当然不可能陪我那么一大早去排队，因此我只好先去冲锋陷阵，抢到两张票后又赶紧去把她接来看电影。
进场后，我当然把那个座位让给她坐，我自己则坐在旁边的走道楼梯上。因为一般大厅的戏院，座位编排都是如楼梯般一层层往下的，所以也不会有挡到视线的问题。这戏院也真够黑心的，位置都坐满了还继续卖票，所以还有一堆人也是这样坐在走道间看的。
电影的内容就不提了，反正我是对里面的特效看得目瞪口呆。尤其是海水冲进船舱后大家四散逃命的片段，不知道为什么看了特别有快感，大概是从小就爱看有关海洋灾难片的影响。
等到电影结束，灯光打开后，可以发现现场观众都是眼眶红红的，激烈者也不在少数，大多数的男朋友都在安慰他们的女朋友。我的小女朋友呢，也是眼眶稍红。看她哭了，我没有哭岂不是显得我很冷血，于是我也假装擦擦眼眶，挤出几滴鳄鱼的眼泪，表示我感同身受。
等出了电影院，没走几步路，她突然拉起了我的手。我又惊又喜，不过后来又想到，其实她并不是在牵我的手，只不过是在想她心中的杰克。
这是我第一次交女朋友，第一次跟女生看电影，第一次牵女生的手，都赶上了那一年末《泰坦尼克号》上映时的疯狂热潮。
我第一次上网，或者说，第一次使用Windows界面的电脑是在1997年升大学的那个暑假。台北车站前有一排空间，摆满了IBM赞助的电脑，免费提供给来往的民众上网。每天我经过那里，总是要花几十分钟东看西看。那时候个人网站也还不流行，大部分都是商业网站，因此我只记下几个网址，如台湾早期知名入口网站番薯藤、SONY、华纳等，逛来逛去也就那几个。
但严格说起来，我第一次接触电脑，是在1983和1984年刚上小学左右。那时我常去一个哥哥的家里玩，他家里有一台当初宏碁仿AppleII的“小教授”电脑。这台“电脑”并不像我们现在所说的电脑，反而像一个盒子，内置处理器等零件，盒子正面下方则是小小的键盘，所以，这是需要接在电视上作为屏幕的。
当然，这台电脑只被我们拿来当游戏机用。当时的游戏卡是类似录音带一样的东西，放进录音机里读取。立体声的录音机还不行，要单音的。经过漫长的读取时间，终于可以玩了，但如果不慎动到什么，还会造成读取失败，又要再读一次，简直会让人疯掉。虽然那时候的游戏超级简陋，只有八色而已，但我们还是玩得很开心。
“小教授”系列总共出了三代，可以说是宏碁电脑的成名作，虽然口口声声说跟AppleII并不完全兼容，但大家都知道其实就是仿AppleII的。当年，买得起“小教授”的家庭可以说都有一定经济水准。而宏碁推出“小教授”，也算是一战成名。“小教授一号”，前几年在国外也曾看过，还有推出当做教学机用的，真是吓死我了。
后来另一家的一个老师，家里买了一台PC，我看那里面的游戏更好玩了，遂撇下“小教授”，转投PC的怀抱里去。真是现实的小孩！
大一点儿后，Apple推出了Mac系列，许多人会炫耀买了一台Mac128K。当然那几年仿Mac的厂商抓也抓不完，台湾就一堆厂商在效仿，而且仿得又比原厂的功能更强，那种情况就像现在山寨机，功能超强，把什么功能都做进去，掺在一起，像做撒尿牛丸一样。如果说现在台湾一些国际性的知名计算机信息大厂，当初都是搞仿冒起家的，也不为过。也许是这个原因，所以Mac干脆关起来搞自闭，这也给了PC做大的机会。在小学时，学校仅有的几台电脑都还是那一体成型的Mac128k，但到了初中上电脑课时，教室里面放置的，全部都是PC了。
大学的时候我曾经跟一群朋友在外面吃饭，聊到这个问题，大家都认为Mac的开放性不如PC佳，没想到邻座一位不认识的中年大叔突然转过头来大骂：“你们PC的开放性才差嘞！”
高中的电脑课算是陪衬的，大家也都还是当作休闲去一下。那几年，Windows95及Windows98的上市，出现了世界各国排队疯狂抢购的现象，还成了国际新闻。
妈妈虽然一直说家里要买电脑，说了好几年，但也一直要到我上大学时，才真正买了一台电脑。上了大学后，我经常要用电脑，没事也都跑到计算机中心上网，网络的世界对我来说简直就是太新奇了，什么资讯都看得到。有鉴于计中的人太多，又常抢不到位置，所以我也常偷溜去研究生教职员专用的计算机房，图个清静。
当时上网还是以去聊天室居多，尽管在1997年，当时聊天室每25秒才会刷屏一次，但我们还是聊得不亦乐乎。第一次交网友嘛，总是小鹿乱撞的。有一次跟新认识的网友约好，下个礼拜某某天网上再见面，不料忘记这天居然是假日，所以，当时心急地催妈妈在这天之前一定要买台电脑（当然不可能跟她说是为什么了）。结果，电脑是买来了，也安装就绪，而那个不知名的女生在约好的那一天反倒没出现。就这样，我的第一台电脑出现了：P2—233，3.2GB硬盘，32mRom，外加一台56kbps的数据机。这台电脑后来也被我不断升级，用了八年才寿终正寝。
那阵子，正是微软跟网景的浏览器大战得最火的时候。我个人偏好是Netscape的浏览器，当初4.0中文版推出时，我还花了四百块买了一张附送有那个“N”标志的网景棒球帽，当时戴在头上简直是炫死了。但从这边也可以看到，比起IE的免费，Netscape居然还要花钱购买。这样一来，虽然他们打赢了反托拉斯官司，但还是逃不了被IE干掉的命运。
我买的第一本电脑杂志里，刚好有教人怎样做网页及简单的图像文字处理，也提供一些免费空间。我就废寝忘食地研究了好几个晚上，做出第一个网页来。而我买的第一本电脑专业书就是教人写HTML的，于是我开始学用HTML一行一行写出网页来。有一阵子，我甚至很鄙视用网页产生器写网页的人，但最后还是向Dreamwaver屈服了。
我那几天做出的一个网站是文艺性的，专门让网友投稿注销，或是一些专题，其实这个网站有点儿实验性存在，专门让我试验新学到的网站建设技术。一开始很简陋，没想到越做越大，分类也越来越详细，我整理的时间也越来越多，终于导致我不务正业。在这期间我也跟一些媒体配合过一些活动，也有人与我接洽是否要商业化，但当时我可是热血得很，总觉得网络是个乌托邦，资讯在网络上应该是自由又免费地流通，怎么能让商业来污染呢？遂回绝掉了。而这个网站也在2001年时，随着服务器公司的倒闭而消失。说实在的，现在已经变市侩的我，回想这件事，真是后悔不已。
但制作网站在当时真的是很赚钱。尤其是在2000年网络泡沫之前，做网站都是随便喊价的，可能花十天做出来的网站，只要别太差，不用加程序都至少可以开到四五万以上，太好赚了。当时我也借此赚到不少钱。而我制作的最成功的一个网页，是当初有个非营利的基督教网站“信望爱资讯网”，为了迎接情人节的到来，计划制作一个情人节的专题网站。当初就是出于友情帮他们做一个，没收什么钱。没想到，这个网站一推出，马上被台湾当时最大的入口网站在首页推荐，当天就塞爆信望爱的专线，从此我也对网络媒体的印象改观了。
在还没有DSL专线之前，上网都是用数据机（大陆好像是称为“猫”）。那时电信局可黑心了，上网不但要算电话费，还要算上网费。因此，我每次上网都很着急，想要看很多东西又怕花太多钱，尽管这样绑手绑脚地在上网，每个月都还是花三四千块的电话费，妈妈几乎要气死。
而数据机要拨接上网时，会先发出拨号的声音，接下来总会有很尖锐的“哔……”的声音，所以，每当妈妈一听到这个声音总要念个两句。因为这个声音太尖锐，每次半夜，父母都睡着后想要上网，我只好总是把门关好，然后又拿棉被把数据机盖住，降低它的响声，真是偷偷摸摸喔！
至于什么ICQ、OICQ、MSN什么的，那都是后来的事，以后再提吧！近十年的事，很多都跟网络有关。
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