前些天在电视上看到一个小品,讲的是不同时代到饭馆吃饭的故事。导演在舞台的两边分别布置了一个场景,左边的叫食堂,右边是酒楼。在左边,卖饭的牛气冲天,爱吃不吃;在右边,吃饭的神气活现,一副上帝的姿态。活脱脱的两个世界,都发生在中国,其间的跨度不过二十几年。改革开放以前,中国整体上属于卖方市场,物品一概短缺,光有钱还不成,还得要“票”,什么粮票布票油票凡此等等。那个时候,短缺的不只是物,还有人才。我的一位老师是20世纪80年代初的北大毕业生,他曾经跟我们说,那个时候的大学生真是牛啊,根本不用为找工作发愁,毕业之前的那一段,用人单位的代 A few days ago saw a sketch on television, tells the story of eating at different times to the restaurant. Director on both sides of the stage were arranged a scene, the left is called the canteen, the right is the restaurant. On the left, the arrogance of selling rice, love to eat do not eat; on the right, eat the gas show, a gesture of God. The two worlds of living and taking off are all occurring in China with no more than two decades of span. Before the reform and opening up, China, as a whole, belonged to the seller’s market. There was a shortage of goods, and there was no light or money to pay for it. At that time, there was not only shortage but also talent. One of my teachers, a graduate of Peking University in the early 1980s, told us that at that time college students were really cow-free and did not have to worry about finding a job. During the period before graduation, the employer’s generation