In 1994, when the monthly salary was 300 yuan, a 29-inch Changhong color TV "big butt" TV cost about 4,000 yuan, and it took about 13 months of work to buy it. Now, in 2024, with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, a TV of more than 60 inches only costs about 2,300 yuan, and you can buy it after working for one month, and there is still 700 yuan left. Let me put it in here. In the United States, robbing a TV may not be a new thing, but in China in recent years, have you ever heard of someone being robbed because of a TV?

​Talking about transportation again, in 1994, when the monthly salary was 300 yuan, a Santana sedan with limited functions cost as much as 174,000 yuan, and it took nearly 50 years of continuous work (that is, 580 months), which is almost out of reach for ordinary people. On the other hand, in 2024, with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, even without mentioning those ultra-low-priced domestic cars, a fully equipped domestic family car can be purchased for about 100,000 yuan, and it only takes about 3 years (33 months) of work to own it.

It is worth mentioning that in 1994, it was still questionable whether most people's monthly salary could really reach 300 yuan; and by 2024, will most people's monthly salary be limited to 3,000 yuan? Behind this is the real improvement in living standards and welfare brought about by industrialized countries!