Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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By 1982, the crazy and charming Junzi orchid had become the only theme of Changchun people's lives. Its price keeps rising, and there are many people who make money by flipping their hands. At the beginning of the year, a pot of gentleman's orchid priced at 50000 yuan appeared on the market. Soon, a pot priced at 100000 yuan also appeared. By September, at the busiest flower market on Hongqi Street in the city, the most expensive pot was priced at 150000 yuan! This is a money figure that all Changchun people have never seen in their entire lives. In this way, a kind of plant with no other use than ornamental has caused an economic foam in northeast China at the beginning of opening up.

This foam will last for another two years. In 1983, Changchun Municipal Government made Several Provisions on Clivia Trading. This is the first time in the country that regulations have been specifically made in the name of the government for the sale of a particular type of flower and plant. The regulation requires: "Selling flowers must have a price limit, with an adult gentleman's orchid not exceeding 500 yuan and a seedling not exceeding 5 yuan. At the same time, it also stipulates that in addition to a business tax of 8% based on the transaction volume, the tax rate for a transaction volume exceeding 5000 yuan must be increased, and for a transaction volume exceeding 10000 yuan, it must be doubled." This regulation not only does not have a restraining effect, but is more like pouring a pot of oil into a raging fire, and the price of gentleman's orchid is further urged to rise.