Vegetables and meat:
Beef: twenty years ago, 5 yuan had a kilo (but many people couldn't afford it), ten years ago, 20 yuan had a kilo, and now, 30 yuan has a kilo (the cheapest).
Pork: Twenty years ago, a kilo in 5 yuan (ribs are 3 yuan a kilo), ten years ago: 10 yuan a kilo (ribs 12 yuan a kilo), now: a kilo in 20 yuan (ribs are 25 yuan a kilo).
Green vegetables (seasonal green leafy vegetables, excluding cabbage): twenty years ago, 0.5 yuan was a kilo; ten years ago, 2 yuan was a kilo; now, 5 yuan is a kilo; sometimes 5 yuan may not be able to buy a kilo.
Carrots: Twenty years ago, 0.8 yuan was a kilo, ten years ago, 3 yuan was a kilo, and now, 5 yuan is a kilo.
White radish: twenty years ago, 0.2 yuan was a catty, ten years ago, 0.5 yuan was a catty, and now, 2 yuan is a catty.
Seasonal Fruits (Winter Oranges): Twenty years ago: one catty in 0.5 yuan, ten years ago: one catty in 2 yuan, and now: one catty in 5 yuan.
Eggs (about 2 taels each): 20 years ago: one in 0.2 yuan, 10 years ago: 0.5, now: 0.8.
The above data comes from a vegetable market. Of course, due to the influence of the region, some places will be high and some places will be low.
Entertainment category:
KTV (non-prime time): one hour in 50 yuan 20 years ago, one hour in 20 yuan 10 years ago, and now: 12 yuan one hour (even some group purchases only need 9.9 yuan).
Video game city: 20 years ago 1 yuan a game coin played 15 minutes, 10 years ago 1 yuan a game coin played 10 minutes, now: 1 yuan a game coin played for 5 minutes.
Concert: Twenty years ago, many gratis people didn't want it. Ten years ago, 200 yuan tickets. Now, 800 yuan may be a far, far place.
Watching movies at the cinema: Twenty years ago: 2 yuan for a popular movie, ten years ago: 20 yuan for a movie, and now: 50 yuan is not a blockbuster.
The above data comes from the comparison between the internet and my city.
Life service category:
Manicure: 20 years ago 1 a bottle of nail polish, 10 years ago: 15 yuan had a manicure, and now: you need 50 yuan to apply nail polish.
Beauty: 200 yuan for a facial 20 years ago, 10 years ago: 100 yuan for a facial, and now: 50 yuan for a project.
Wash, cut and blow: Twenty years ago, it cost 2 yuan to get a haircut. Ten years ago, it cost 20 yuan to wash and cut your hair. Now, it costs 40 yuan to wash, cut and blow, which may be more than that.
Internet member: member of 10 yuan QQ twenty years ago, member of 10 yuan Potato ten years ago, and now member of 20 yuan Iqiyi.
Others:
House price: 20 years ago, it was 4,000 yuan per square meter of land, and the floor was decided by yourself. Ten years ago, it was 7,000 yuan per square meter of commercial housing. Now, the five digits at the beginning of 1 in a good location are 5-6 digits at the beginning of 2 or more.
Clothing (non-famous brand): Twenty years ago: a skirt in 20 yuan, ten years ago: a skirt in 20 yuan, and now: Taobao, a skirt in 20 yuan and many others.
Pencils: Twenty years ago: 5 yuan each, ten years ago: 1 yuan each, now: 2 yuan each.
There are jewelry, bags, shoes, etc. I won't list them one by one. The above data come from my city, my purchase records in the past 20 years, the Internet and others' dictation.
Well, with the rough price data, let's look at our salary again:
Twenty years ago: one month's salary 1000+ was not bad; Ten years ago: a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan was no problem; Now: the salary of 3000 a month is tight.
I won't remember how much money I can earn online and comment on the salary level, because it turns out that selling pancake fruit can really earn 20 thousand a month, haha.
Well, let's not talk about jokes. Let's get to the point. From the data, we can easily see that the so-called prices are soaring and wages are not rising. What is the problem? That is, the increase in prices is much higher than the increase in wages. My monthly income is 3 100, and the days are tight. My current salary has increased by more than 300% compared with that of 20 years ago. Then, compared with the increase of pork, white radish and pencil, basically, in the past 20 years, no one has not increased by more than 4 times, that is, if I want to achieve basic food and clothing, I must create a salary four times higher than that of 20 years ago. Add these up and look at them together, and finally come to the conclusion that my salary is so low that if I want to live a better life, I'm afraid I can't raise it by 1000%, let alone buy a house, which I can't even afford.
So, what is cheap and what is expensive? Let's watch it again: singing ktv is cheaper than before. Even the beauty salons that were ridiculously expensive 20 years ago began to cut prices, and even clothes can still be bought at the price of 20 years ago, but the quality will be slightly different.
Are these cheap? No, in fact, they are just flat. So what's cheap? Don't worry, let's take another look:
What is expensive, we can't help but say: price. Indeed, I'm afraid I can't even afford to eat white radish for a small clerk who earns 3000 yuan a month, but I will still buy white radish, whose price has increased tenfold in the past 20 years. Why? Let's look at other prices:
A bowl of noodles: a bowl in 4 yuan twenty years ago, a bowl in 8 yuan ten years ago, and now a bowl in 12 yuan.
A dish of fried vegetables: one in 8 yuan 20 years ago, one in 15 yuan 10 years ago and one in 20 yuan 20 years ago.
Stewed beef brisket with radish: one pot in 20 yuan twenty years ago, one pot in 30 yuan ten years ago, and now one pot in 40 yuan.
Milk tea: 20 years ago 1 yuan, 10 years ago in 5 yuan, now 10 yuan.
After reading the above, do you want to drink milk tea? Hehe, indeed, it's better to drink less and lose weight without milk tea. It's ok.
Well, let's get to the point, so it's not hard to see what's cheap, that is, people are cheap. Many times, when people say that hard work is directly proportional to salary, I can't help sighing. I worked 10 hour 20 years ago and 10 hour 10 years ago, and now I still work 10 hour every day, but my income hasn't increased much compared with that of ten years ago. I don't believe in evil, so I increase my working hours every day and go to work in the morning. I just changed from 3 100 to 3400 every month. Do you want to ask me if I have a sideline? Part-time waiters in other restaurants earn more than 2,000 yuan a month. Hehe, look at the time clearly. I only have 6 hours or less to do my sideline work. It's good to be able to take care of it.
Here, don't you admit that people are the cheapest? I'm afraid some people say: how to hire a worker is so expensive now, it costs 8000 a month. Well, that's what you're missing: I'm talking about people, not labor, but human value.
I think many people have noticed that many places can't recruit people, and many places are overcrowded, right? Why? I can only say: it is a mental problem of people. Originally, we were a problem society, but we were allowed to enjoy the society. This can only aggravate the problem.
Then maybe someone said: Then I'll take more classes and learn more to enrich myself.
Class? What classes do you have? Many of our "classes" are actually "make up lessons". To put it bluntly, it's mostly just a pastime, so it's more entertaining, and there are more and more stars. With a monthly income of 3,000 yuan, I went to see 800 yuan's concert, and I felt that at least I was mentally satisfied and I was one step closer to my goal.
Here, I can only hehe, there are all kinds of Woods when the bird is big, and I am not a good bird, of course, I can't control any Woods. But if you ask: What can improve your value, there are ways.
The most direct way: put a pillow on it, and you may dream higher.
Haha, just kidding, be careful: if you want to improve your value, you must first understand your value. I know my own weight best, but I don't know my own value. If I spend something different from my own value, the value is high, but you call it expensive, the value is low, and you say the quality is bad.
Of course, I'm talking about promotion. Knowing your own value is only a prerequisite, and promotion is the key. Ok, then, if the value is determined, should we get the high value by consuming the high value? That's for sure, but that value is not your own value. You may just raise the value of others, and you are just like 20 yuan clothes, which means nothing.
To improve yourself, you must first find out what you should improve. It is not just that your hair is longer that you have grown up. We must be clear: direction and adaptability. For example, I think making milk tea makes money, and then I spend 20,000 yuan to join a milk tea shop, and then I spend/kloc-0.0 million yuan to decorate the shop and pay the store rent for one year. I get rid of the staff, the purchase cost and the depreciation expense of equipment every month, and I earn 8,000 yuan a month to sell milk tea. A year, I properly earn 96,000 yuan. It looks very tempting, doesn't it? Ok, 20,000 yuan for joining the company plus100,000 for decoration and120,000 for one year. I am only 96,000 yuan a year. Hehe, what about the loss of 24,000 yuan? It's a big loss. Close the door.
But! I still spent 20,000 yuan to join the tea shop, and spent100,000 yuan to decorate the shop and pay the store rent for one year to start business. No, I first post the intention of cooperation, and then rent out half of the store to others for their business at the price of 60,000 yuan a year. My monthly income is still 8,000 yuan, and 96,000 plus 60,000 is equal to156,000 a year, and then subtract120,000. Instead, I earned 36,000, and what about the person I rented 60,000 to? I feel that the price of 60 thousand a year is reasonable and I am willing to continue to cooperate, so my tea shop can be opened up.
Here, we know what it means that three heads are better than one Zhuge Liang. The value of one person is low, but the value of a team is not low. When the value of the team goes up, the value of people goes up. Is it still expensive to consume things of the same value?
Ok, back to the question: What is getting cheaper and what is getting more and more expensive? People are getting cheaper and cheaper; Team, more and more expensive.