Reborn in 1977

Chapter 454: A Little Reward

Mini van?

Factory Director Yang put down his chopsticks, his brow furrowed slightly, as he thought and said, "Back in '72, the Beijing Second Repair Factory, which originally designed and manufactured the BJ130, was officially renamed the Erligou Automobile Manufacturing Factory.

The following year, under the instructions of higher authorities, all automobile manufacturing factories in the country could obtain a copy of the BJ130 light truck design from the Erligou factory, as long as they had a letter of introduction from the Ministry of Machinery Industry."

(That's it)

Hearing this, Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "Does our machinery factory have one?"

The BJ130 was a great thing. He had used this model to transport the old books and mechanical parts he had taken from the scrap company. Moreover, this model continued to sell well into the 90s, which shows its quality and vitality.

He wasn't interested in the design itself, but if he had the design of this model, his reasons for producing his own design would be more convincing!

Moreover, the origin of this model is very interesting.

In fact, the horse-drawn carriage army of the capital city gave birth to China's first light truck.

Back then, when cars were not yet popular, freight transport relied entirely on horse-drawn carriages. Just imagine a city like the capital, with several million people, the daily consumption of materials was simply astronomical.

Bringing in the goods, and then hauling out the garbage and manure, was also an astronomical figure.

Therefore, at that time, carriage inns, freight stations, and mule and horse shops for raising donkeys, horses, and mules were all indispensable "city standards", even the great capital was no exception.

Mules and horses are not machines. The car engine sputters and puffs out smoke, which only pollutes the air, and a gust of wind blows it away.

But mules and horses have to poop and pee!

Just imagine, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of mules and horses entering and leaving the city every day, what a scene that would be?!

Therefore, the higher authorities demanded that all livestock must have a cloth bag tied behind their butts as a "manure pouch". The purpose was twofold: one was to maintain the hygiene of the streets, and the other was to collect livestock manure.

For example, Chen Fan's little mare had no problem running around in the Nanhu Commune, and people would exclaim "What a pleasant surprise" when she pooped somewhere else.

But if she wanted to enter Yunhu City, she had to hang a manure pouch behind her butt to avoid polluting the environment.

As for how to deal with the contents of the manure pouch?

If the cart driver didn't mind, he could bring his own manure basket to take it back, after all, it was fertilizer.

If they looked down on it or found it troublesome, they would have to wait until they went to the carriage inn or mule and horse shop to dump it in a designated place for the shopkeeper to handle.

In some small cities, even in the early and mid-90s, you could still see cart drivers sitting on flatbed carts, whipping mules with cloth bags hanging behind their butts, strolling leisurely on the streets.

The horse-drawn carriage army provided material security for the city, but it also brought many serious problems.

The most serious of which was poop.

Even though they had manure pouches, sometimes it couldn't be guaranteed that they would be aligned properly or wouldn't overflow.

Therefore, "sprinkling along the way" was also an unavoidable reality.

It was under these circumstances that the then capital city government decided to develop and produce a light truck to replace the manure-spreading horse-drawn carriage army, and this task fell to the Beijing Second Repair Factory.

As expected of professionals dealing with automobiles, the Second Repair Factory delivered an unimaginable answer in just a few months, which was the BJ130 that had been selling well for many years.

However, although this model greatly reduced the horse-drawn carriage army, it did not completely eliminate it.

What completely wiped out the horse-drawn carriage army was another, more popular car.

Which was also the model Chen Fan was preparing to bring out.

Hearing Chen Fan's question, Factory Director Yang looked slightly embarrassed, "If we had one, your father wouldn't be so focused on designing cars."

Deputy Factory Director Li also said, "Those who are qualified to receive the drawings must be automobile manufacturing factories. More than twenty automobile factories across the country are producing this model. In this way, automobile factories become competitors producing the same product, so the automobile factories in our province are unwilling for other units to obtain the drawings."

Although production relied on planning, the pie was only so big. Giving more to others meant less for themselves. And the production plan directly affected the factory's efficiency, and efficiency directly affected the factory leaders' positions and the employees' benefits.

Therefore, even in this era, there was market competition.

Moreover, even if the higher authorities wanted to expand automobile production, it was impossible.

Although there was a great need for cars everywhere now, where would the steel for producing cars come from?

With the country's steel production remaining unchanged, or the increase not being high, all sides were looking to the steel mills for supplies. If you want to expand automobile production on this side, the raw material supply on the other side will be reduced. The national economy is a game of chess, and it's not so easy to break.

Factory Director Yang continued, "Old Li is right. If our machinery factory also wants to produce this light truck, I'm afraid the Jiangnan Automobile Factory won't agree first."

Deputy Factory Director Li echoed him, "Jiangnan Automobile Factory is a provincial unit, a whole level higher than Yunhu Machinery Factory. Moreover, they are located in the provincial capital, and their relationship with the Industry Department is not something Yunhu Machinery Factory can compare with. Taking food from their bowl is probably not just a little uncomfortable, but very uncomfortable!"

Factory Director Yang then smiled and finally concluded, "Your idea is indeed very good, but there are some difficulties in reality."

He shook his head with a wry smile, "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be thinking about making whatever we can. If it's just small-scale production, they will still turn a blind eye."

Chen Fan took a sip of tea and glanced at him.

Was that what you meant just now? You were clearly just lost, weren't you!

Putting down the teacup, Chen Fan shook his head and said, "I'm talking about a mini van, a smaller truck than the BJ130, not that kind of light truck."

That's right, what he wanted the machinery factory to produce was the van that truly "wiped out" the horse-drawn carriage army and became a helpful tool for the common people to get rich!

Leaving aside foreign ones, when it comes to the first van in China, many people may immediately think of the Wuling God Car, while others may say it was the Tianjin Daihatsu that rolled off the assembly line in '84, and some say the Changhe produced in '82 was even earlier.

But there is a car that is one year earlier than Changhe.

That is the Huaihai Machinery Factory, which will soon be officially renamed the Huaihai Machinery Factory from Factory 9356!

Doesn't that sound a bit strange?

That's not the point. The point is that their first product after converting to civilian use was the "Flying Tiger" car, which almost no young people have heard of in later generations.

(1990s Flying Tiger car newspaper advertisement. The picture is too long to fit.)

(Flying Tiger Car)

Mini van?

Factory Director Yang's mind flashed these words again, and looking at Chen Fan's confidence, he realized that he had misunderstood just now.

He quickly asked, "What mini van?"

Chen Fan directly dipped some tea with his finger and drew a simple diagram on the table, "Look, this is a flatbed cart. Install an engine on the head of the flatbed cart, just under the control panel, and then make two seats. This is the cab.

The entire back is used as a cargo hold. Such a small, square car, slightly larger than a jeep, is simple in structure and uses less material. The cargo hold can be covered to be used as a small passenger car, or opened to haul goods. Add a box, and it's a closed van.

Small in size, saves materials, and saves fuel. If such a car can be made, many places will definitely need it."

He said, raising his head and chuckling, "After all, not every unit needs a big Liberation to load so many things, right."

Don't mention it, the world's first van was inspired by a designer from Volkswagen from a flatbed cart, but the one made by Volkswagen was a bit too big. The one that truly defined and popularized the van was the Japanese.

Tianjin Daihatsu was jointly manufactured by Tianjin Automobile Manufacturing Factory and the Japanese Daihatsu Motor Company.

Looking at the simple diagram on the table, Deputy Factory Director Li was already dumbfounded, "Isn't this the common assembled car in grassroots rural areas?!"

Before the Flying Tiger car was produced, almost all parts of the country had similar assembled cars (the picture was in the previous article, so I won't upload it).

Weld your own iron frame, or directly use a wooden frame cart as the chassis, put a diesel engine on the front, and nail a chair to the chassis, and a "truck" is out!

It's as crazy as it gets.

Chen Fan grinned and nodded very frankly, "Yes, the inspiration for my car comes from the 'assembled frame cart'."

As soon as this was said, almost everyone was speechless.

Really?

Chen Fan slowly took a sip of tea and smiled, "If the peasants in the production team want to haul goods, they can't even afford a tractor, or rather, they can't buy one. What can they do? They can only put together such a frame cart to use.

If we can use as few materials as possible to produce such a car, whether for passenger or freight use, there will definitely be a large market."

He turned his head to look at Director Yang and said solemnly, "The machinery factory doesn't lack materials, it lacks batch raw materials for large-scale production, and you can't get fat in one bite. My suggestion is, why not produce this type of micro-truck first, or even a micro-bus, and see the market reaction.

If the market response is good, you can justifiably apply to the Special Zone Government and the Industry Department to establish an automobile manufacturing factory.

At that time, the Industry Department can't possibly give the machinery factory's flagship product to the Jiangnan Automobile Factory, right?"

This isn't a national task, but a spontaneous competition from subordinate units. Even if the Industry Department is biased, there has to be a limit. Even if they don't strongly support it, they won't be a stumbling block.

Director Yang pondered for two seconds and nodded slightly, "Alright."

He then looked at Chen Fan with a smile, "Then what about the design drawings for this car?"

Chen Fan smiled slightly, "This car is very simple. I've almost finished the design these days."

After a pause, he added, "Actually, the most difficult part of building a car is the engine. As long as you have an engine, almost any machinery factory can produce a car."

Director Yang and the others were about to nod when they heard Chen Fan continue, "So, in order to avoid being strangled by the engine in the future, I suggest you manufacture the engine yourselves as well."

"Ah?"

Director Yang looked at him blankly, "We can also make engines?"

Although the workshop cooperated with Chen Fan to repair two Volga car engines, that was just repair. As for production...to be honest, he really lacked confidence.

Chen Fan waved his hand dismissively, "Don't mention small-displacement engines, even high-power engines can be hammered out bit by bit with the machinery factory's conditions. The only difference is that they can't be mass-produced."

Ignoring legal and patent issues, the biggest difficulties in replicating an engine are two: the first is materials, and the second is craftsmanship. The most core aspects are the precision and quality of the parts.

These two are the so-called "technical barriers." Without suitable materials and equipment, even if you can disassemble and measure the entire engine, you can't replicate it.

But that's for advanced car engines.

Chen Fan wasn't planning to have the machinery factory build a supercar, so it just needed to be close enough.

Besides, how advanced can the engines of this era be?

With the machinery factory's conditions, and the dozen or so eighth-grade workers in the unit, even if they got the most advanced BMW engine, Chen Fan was confident that he could replicate it.

Perhaps the only flaw would be the alloy materials.

Perhaps it was Chen Fan's confidence that infected them, or perhaps they were inherently unwilling to be mediocre.

So, in a few strokes, the machinery factory's first product for car manufacturing was decided.

Everyone immediately raised their glasses and clinked them together in a boisterous circle.

Deputy Director Li put down his glass, exhaled a long breath, and looked rather regretful, "If we're building micro-trucks, then the design drawings of those two cars that Xiaofan drew before will be wasted!"

Director Yang also nodded slightly, preparing to agree.

At this moment, they heard Chen Fan say, "Those two drawings are nothing special. They're just replicas of the Volga and GAZ. After this disassembly and car building, I've had some ideas in my mind."

Director Yang immediately asked impatiently, "What ideas?"

Chen Fan smiled, "I know you all want to build cars, especially sedans like the Hongqi and Shanghai brands. I think it's entirely feasible."

Director Yang looked at him in surprise, "Then you still suggested that we build micro-trucks?"

Chen Fan shook his head gently, "They don't conflict. Micro-trucks don't have high technical content, and the requirements for engines and other configurations are low. Even the users have low expectations for the product. If you can transform a production line, it's easy to achieve mass production.

But sedans are different. The requirements for technology and equipment are higher. With the current conditions of the machinery factory, mass production is basically impossible."

Sedans in this era aren't divided into luxury or economy models. As long as it's a sedan, it's a high-end item. Since it's a high-end product, the psychological expectations are naturally different.

Everyone at the table stared at Chen Fan intently.

Director Yang was thoughtful, "You said it's impossible to achieve mass production, does that mean that it's possible if we don't mass produce?"

Chen Fan gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Yang is wise."

He pointed to the outside of the room and smiled, "Everyone knows how those two cars outside came about. Uncle Yang, what do you think, with our machinery factory's production conditions, how long would it take to manufacture all the parts and meet my required standards to build one car?"

Director Yang is the director in charge of production, so he's no stranger to manufacturing. Moreover, he had been asking about the progress of the modification of these two cars almost every day in the later stages.

Hearing Chen Fan's words at this time, he silently calculated for a while, and then said, "Without affecting production, with the cooperation of various workshops, it would probably take about 10 days to create a complete set of car parts."

He slowly raised his head, "Including the engine."

Chen Fan nodded gently, "Plus the interior decoration, to be generous, it would take about half a month to build a car, right?"

Director Yang nodded, "About right."

Chen Fan smiled, "In that case, in addition to micro-trucks, let's open a high-end handmade sedan workshop."

"High-end handmade sedan?"

Director Yang was a little confused, "Does that mean all the parts have to be made by hand? That wouldn't be enough in half a month."

Chen Fan shook his head and smiled, "Of course we'll use machines if we have them. The so-called handmade is actually relative to the assembly line. In addition, the biggest difference between this kind of handmade custom sedan and a mass-produced car is that the matching degree of the parts' sizes must be highly consistent.

If a mass-produced car has its first breakdown after 3,000 kilometers, then a handmade car must reach 6,000 kilometers, or even 8,000 kilometers. In short, four words can represent this car, and that is meticulous craftsmanship!"

Hearing this, the leaders vaguely understood something.

Micro-trucks are about volume, and they are the machinery factory's weapon for development and growth, while handmade cars are the machinery factory's facade, showcasing the machinery factory's technical strength and the machinery factory's booster for upward mobility.

Director Yang's face became more and more excited, "According to what you said, will this kind of car one day be able to surpass Hongqi and Shanghai cars?"

Chen Fan smiled, "If we're talking about brand awareness and market share, that's impossible. They are the darlings of the state, and the machinery factory, which came later, can't compare.

But when it comes to quality and grade, unless they also launch handmade cars, they will definitely not be able to compare to products that don't spare costs and are meticulously crafted."

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, everyone understood.

This kind of car isn't made to be sold to ordinary units, but is specially supplied to senior leaders!

The machinery factory doesn't lack money, it lacks channels and policies. If we use this kind of car to pave the way...

But this kind of thing can only be done, not said, otherwise it would become a special privilege, which needs to be severely criticized!

Director Yang was beaming and clinked glasses with Chen Fan, and stopped talking about cars, not even asking about the drawings.

With an expert who can draw a complete set of car drawings, are you still afraid of not having design drawings?

If it really doesn't work, just use the two sets of GAZ and Volga, and change the shell and it's done.

Next, Chen Fan chatted with the leaders about the machinery factory's product line.

The machinery factory's product line is really too miscellaneous, and many of them are temporary tasks.

If there is a shortage of bicycles, the Commercial Bureau will ask the machinery factory to produce a batch. If there is a shortage of sewing machines, they will ask them to produce a batch. If there is a shortage of electric fans, if there is a shortage of this and that, they can all find the machinery factory.

Who told them that they have the most complete equipment and the most talent?

Faced with this situation, Chen Fan, fueled by alcohol, also gave a passionate speech, "You are sitting on a gold mountain and gnawing on cornbread. With such good conditions, you are just being beasts of burden for the Commercial Bureau.

Are electric fans, bicycles, and sewing machines rare things? Have you ever heard of a rice cooker?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

Chen Fan made a gesture of plugging in the plug with his left hand, and pressed down with his right hand, "A rice cooker is a small pot for cooking rice. As long as you plug it in, press it, and wait for the rice to cook, you don't have to worry about anything."

He made a gesture of holding a rice bowl, "How many cities are there in the country, and how many urban families are there? If every household can buy a rice cooker, you can calculate how much money that is."

Director Yang was still thinking about how to cook rice with electricity, when Chairman Zhao next to him asked Chen Fan, "Then where are rice cookers sold?"

If you really just plug it in and wait for the rice to cook, without having to worry about anything else, that would be quite convenient.

It's just that this thing doesn't seem to have been heard of?

Although China imported rice cookers in the 1960s, the quantity was extremely small, mainly for foreign experts and specific groups of people, and ordinary stores rarely sold them.

If there is only one place that might have them, it would be Wangfujing Department Store, which claims to have the most complete goods in the country.

But they had never been there, so they naturally had no way of knowing.

As for him asking where to buy them, it wasn't that he wanted to use them himself, but that he wanted to buy them back to imitate.

Chen Fan looked at Chairman Zhao and smiled, "This is a good question. Currently, only Wangfujing Department Store and Friendship Store in the capital have them for sale, and the Shanghai department stores may also have them. Apart from these two places, only Guangdong has them."

Director Qian of the Women's Federation was a little curious, "Teacher Chen, how did you know about this?"

Everyone else also turned their attention to Chen Fan.

According to the information they knew, Chen Fan shouldn't have left Yunhu.

Chen Fan smiled slightly, his eyes a little melancholy, "Everyone knows that besides being a doctor and a mechanic, I am also a literature enthusiast."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes showed a look of realization.

Chen Fan didn't seem to notice, and continued, "I have written a few small articles and was fortunate enough to be loved by a few readers, one of whom is from Lianjiang, Guangdong. He is an employee of Lianjiang Household Appliance Industry Company. A few days ago, in the letter he wrote to me, he described the rice cooker in detail, and also said that the products produced by their company are in short supply, so I knew about it."

Speaking of Lianjiang Household Appliance Industry Company, not many people may know it. But when it comes to the brand of this company's products, not many people may not know it.

Half-Sphere is their brand.

And besides Half-Sphere, Lianjiang also has the famous Triangle.

Although these brands seem less high-end now, and can generally only be found in small appliance stores in urban-rural areas except on e-commerce platforms, they were once super giants that occupied the national market and even sold overseas in the field of rice cookers.

Chen Fan was in a daze and vaguely heard Director Qian asking him, "Why would he write to you about rice cookers for no reason?"

Chen Fan pondered for two seconds, "Because he sent me a rice cooker, fearing that I wouldn't know how to use it."

He raised his head and, as expected, saw pairs of twinkling eyes. He smiled calmly, "I can contribute the rice cooker and also draw a design drawing…"

The words stopped abruptly.

Factory Director Yang looked around, exchanged glances with everyone, and immediately coughed dryly, smiling kindly at Chen Fan, "You have offered management advice to the factory, helped the factory hospital's medical staff improve their professional skills, and taken the lead in building cars, making great contributions to the factory. After discussion at the factory office meeting, it was decided to give you a reward."

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "What is it?"

Factory Director Yang pointed outside and smiled, "It's already in the trunk of your car. You'll see it when you get back."

Chen Fan pondered for two seconds, "I'll bring the rice cooker next time."

…

After a hearty meal, Chen Fan drove his new car home triumphantly.

It's just a pity that the road was a bit short. He entered his home as soon as he left the factory gate.

Jiang Tian Tian closed the courtyard door and turned to walk towards Chen Fan. She saw him open the trunk of the car, revealing several large cardboard boxes, filling it to the brim, even the rear seats were folded down.

If Chen Fan hadn't made modifications to greatly increase the storage space without reducing comfort, these things wouldn't have fit.

Jiang Lili was still circling the car, her eyes shining, "Wow, what a beautiful car."

She even touched it with her hand, "It's completely different from the cars at the cotton mill. It feels not only more beautiful but also of better quality."

Chen Fan took out a cardboard box and smiled, "This was built by 7 eighth-grade workers, 10 seventh-grade workers, and a dozen intermediate workers. How could the quality be ordinary?"

He saw Jiang Tian Tian wanting to move the cardboard box and quickly said, "Don't move, you can't lift it."

Jiang Lili quickly rushed over to help her sister, and at the same time asked, "What are these?"

Chen Fan laughed and walked inside, "You'll know when you move them in."

The two sisters carried a box in together and gently placed it on the floor of the main room.

At this time, Chen Fan returned and carried two more trips, and the three of them moved all three large and four small cardboard boxes in.

Jiang Lili curiously circled the boxes, "What are all these?"

Jiang Tian Tian poked her forehead with her finger unhappily, "Can't you be a little more steady?"

But her tone was full of doting and had no deterrent effect at all.

Now that their parents have returned to their jobs and even moved back to the cotton mill cadre dormitory area, living in the original two-story villa, and their own college entrance examination scores far exceed the undergraduate line, their mood is naturally pleasant.

If they were still a bit reserved and habitually cautious in front of outsiders, then with Chen Fan, both of them showed their true nature without any concealment.

Chen Fan only learned these few days that Jiang Lili could also be lively and active. She was already an 18-year-old girl, but she was still like a little girl who hadn't grown up, completely different from her before.

Chen Fan put down the last cardboard box and looked at the two sisters with a smile, "If you want to know what it is, just open it and see."

Jiang Lili was not polite and ran to the study to get tools and came back to work.

First, she opened the largest cardboard box, and inside was another layer of cardboard box.

Then she opened it again.

When the contents inside appeared, all three of them were dumbfounded.

Jiang Tian Tian stared blankly at the green cabinet, "Is this a refrigerator?"

Snowflake brand refrigerator, before the reform and opening up, it was specially produced for storing medicines!

Even the production unit was the Capital Medical Equipment Factory.

But well, those who know, know.

In short, this thing is really not easy to get, ordinary families can't buy it at all, because this thing is not bought with tickets, but with equipment approvals.

Even Chen Fan himself didn't expect that the machinery factory would give out this thing.

Suppressing his excitement, he continued to open the box.

With the refrigerator as a base, the things behind were not so shocking.

The second large box was a washing machine.

(Jinan Washing Machine in the 1970s)

In fact, washing machines have only entered ordinary families in recent years. In the past, they were specially used in reception places such as hotels. It was not until the early 1970s that they were allowed to be sold to ordinary families. Now they are still hot commodities.

Now that there are refrigerators and washing machines, Chen Fan didn't believe there wouldn't be a TV.

So he opened the third slightly smaller box.

When he took out the things, even Jiang Lili and Jiang Tian Tian were dumbfounded, curiously circling around, "What is this?"

Chen Fan picked up the product manual in the box, his eyes almost popping out, "Air conditioner?!"

That's right, it is China's first civilian air conditioner, the Xuesong brand CKF-3A window air conditioner.

(Xuesong Air Conditioner)

As early as 1965, the Shanghai Refrigerator Factory successfully developed China's first air conditioner: a three-phase power window air conditioner.

It's just that it was not put into the civilian market at that time, but was only provided to some special departments for maintaining the room temperature environment.

It was not until 1974 that the predecessor of Chunlan Group, TZ City Radio Component Factory, developed the first civilian window air conditioner at the request of customers, with the product code CKF-3A and the brand "Xuesong".

When Jiang Lili and Jiang Tian Tian heard that it was an air conditioner, they became interested and studied the air conditioner, how to use this thing?

Chen Fan ran to the other side to unpack the box, and at the same time smiled, "Don't worry about the air conditioner, that thing won't be used for the time being."

Jiang Lili turned her head to look at him and asked curiously, "Why?"

Chen Fan unpacked the box and looked at her with a smile, "This air conditioner can only cool, not heat, and it won't be useful until at least five months later."

Despite this, it still failed to dispel the curiosity of the two sisters. They studied the air conditioner for a long time until they heard a sound from the side, and then they looked up and turned around together.

A Jin Xing brand color TV was placed steadily on the Eight Immortals table, and Chen Fan was tuning the channels.

Lengthening the antenna behind the TV, a blurry image quickly appeared on the color screen.

Seeing the TV, the two sisters instantly forgot about the air conditioner and ran to the TV together.

Jiang Lili's eyes were full of surprise, "It's still a color TV."

Jiang Tian Tian tilted her head and gestured, "This is a 19-inch one, right? It's so big."

Chen Fan held the antenna and adjusted the signal, smiling, "Yes, a Jin Xing brand 19-inch color TV."

It's also a bit interesting to say that in the 1970s, the Shanghai Jin Xing Jinbi Factory successfully trial-produced the first 47 cm all-transistor single-gun two-beam color TV. China's first color TV was born. Almost at the same time, the Tianjin factory also developed a color TV.

But the pen-making factory in Shanghai went a step further and in 1974, it developed the C47-312 color TV again.

It's the one on the table now.

Whether it is the refrigerator, air conditioner, or the TV in front of them, they are all commodities that are extremely tight. I don't know what methods Factory Director Yang and the others used to put together this set of "modern household appliances".

Compared to the "upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones" that most people across the country are still hoping for, Chen Fan can be said to have "arrived in one step."

The luck is good today. The TV program is broadcast twice a day. The first broadcast has two time slots, either 9 am to noon, or 2 pm to evening.

If it is broadcast in the morning, then the second time slot is 6 pm, and the program ends around 10 pm. If it is broadcast in the afternoon, then it will be broadcast again at 7 pm.

Today is the first time slot for the afternoon broadcast, otherwise there would be no program to watch now.

However, once the TV was turned on, no one cared about the boxes behind.