Li Hong department store, No. 41, No. six, Zhongshan, 30 square meters of small areas, people flow like weaving, goods like rotation.

Among the silvery old customers, green Tshirt and jeans are especially young with a black hair.

Our interview was carried out from a corner of the shop for only one person to pass.

"Li Hong is a lot older than me."

Brother Biao opened his mouth and showed the bright white teeth.

He is 45 years old. He helped Li Hong from his childhood.

He said that Li Hong was a capitalist before the liberation of new China, and many old brands also had the name of the word "Xiang", which was named "Yong Shengxiang".

In 1956, when the store was nationalized, it was named "state run Li Hong department store". "Before renamed the popular red letter, Li Hong was named after that."

Biao elder brother said that in the 90s of last century, it was renovated, Li Hong became a joint-stock shop, and the two words of "state run" were removed.

In the memory of Biao elder brother, Li Hong of that year went to the dragon.

At that time, the most famous department stores in Guangzhou were SOUTHERN BUILDING and new Daxin, and Li Hong was one of the medium-sized department stores in Guangzhou.

"The whole shop is now three long and very rich."

He compares everything to cotton, enamel and skin care products.

In the age of planned economy, we need to buy "soap", buy cream and buy cloth.

The older generation is frugal, and the tickets are saved, but not in a month.

So at the end of the month, everyone will go to Lai Hong shopping.

At this time, a long stretch from the shop to the middle six of the street, very spectacular.

"Buy tickets, big guys buy things just like playing poker."

At the peak of the store, there were 32 employees. A row of glass cabinets had to stand at 4 salesmen, and there were 1 counters.

In the past, the state stores were all public, so every country store had a small van. When it was hot, Li Hong's goods often went on the same day.

In the 70s and 80s of last century, accompanied by Teresa Teng's old songs, many shop assistants opened their shop at dawn, and were busy at night until they closed home.

However, with the passage of time, Li Hong did not last long.

The market economy flourished in the late 90s of last century.

Lao Guang remembers that the supermarket headed by trust mart, Shimachi Ki and Jusco island has entered the consumer market in Guangzhou.

There are plenty of varieties in supermarkets, which can be bought and bought by themselves, and there are many concessions, which attract many citizens.

"Basically, we are old people's shops. When the elderly are free, they like to go shopping." but the old people's consumption ability is limited. The large quantity of supermarkets will sometimes be a little cheaper than ours, so they also take away a lot of familiar customers. "

Biao brother said.

The supermarket is stationed at the side of the street, and the Guangzhou urban construction is speeding up: the renovation of the subway and the pformation of the old city need more demolition. Under the booming crane, Jiefang Road,

The daily necessities gathered in the area have also become ashes.

"At that time, I looked at a department store down, and the earth, Hongmin, they were built in the central district near Beijing road. After demolished, some moved to Henan, but they did not see it coming back to life again."

Biao brother said.

The fall of department stores is the same as Li Hong's long history of victory department stores.

Biao brothers said that before "East victory, Xi Li Hong", Shengli and Li Hong are the only two heavyweight department stores.

However, in 2011, after 74 years of victory, the department store had to close the curtain because of the double pressure of rent and taxes.

"It is in the memory of victory that people remember Li Hong."

Biao brothers said that there was a media report: "victory has been shut down."

Is it far away? "So many young people reminiscent of the upsurge and support for domestic products. They took pictures with long guns and short guns. It seems that this is our last memory paradise.

And because of this, Li Hong seems to have been held in the palm of his hand. Although the scenery is hard to recover, he still tries to maintain it.