wild 1995

Chapter 21 Sales
"Uncle Shi, the neighborhood in front is my home."

"Okay. Xiao Wang, stop by the side of the road."

Carrying a brand-new laptop computer backpack, Di Ye got down from the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz S320, talked to Shi Weidong in the passenger seat through the car window, and then said to Shi Yucheng who was sitting in the back seat: "Come and play with me when you are free. I am going to write a program related to music. Let's study it together."

"player?"

"more or less."

"Okay, I'll come see you in a few days."

Shi Weidong looked at Di Ye's back, and waited for him to enter the community and disappeared before ordering the driver to drive. He turned to Shi Yucheng and said, "Your classmate not only has good academic performance, but also is proficient in human relationships. You have an extraordinary talent and a bright future. You should keep in touch with him more often to build a good relationship."

"Relying on his height, he often bullies me, so we can't make a good relationship at all."

"That's not necessarily the case. This person looks humble, but he is actually very arrogant. If he didn't regard you as a friend, he would not bully you at all, but would only treat you as air."

Shi Weidong is a fine individual, and he could see through Di Ye's character in just one meal, and told him: "Yucheng, society is made up of people, not machines. You are about to graduate from college, don't always stare at the computer and play, get in touch with people and make more friends, so that you can achieve success in your work."

"It's boring to deal with people. I like playing with computers. As long as the code is well written, I don't have to worry about finding a good job!"

"You, you... Forget it, since you like it, let's concentrate on technology. Although technology can't make you rich and expensive, it is also a way out to stay away from right and wrong."

Zhang Xiuzhi was going to work the night shift at the city hospital at night. Di Ye thought that Di Yongchang was the only one at home, but when he opened the door, he found him sitting on the sofa with some stewed vegetables in front of him, watching TV while drinking with a fat man with big ears.

"Xiao Ye is back, come and have a drink or two."

"Uncle Fan, why are you free to come and drink with my dad today?"

This fat man was named Fan Dazhi, and he had been Di Yongchang's apprentice in Radio 3 Factory before, and he had a close relationship with him. He said with a smile, "I came to see you, but you went out to eat, so I had to stay here and have a few drinks with your father."

"looking for me?"

Di Yongchang raised his glass and took a sip of white wine, and said, "Uncle Fan thinks that changing the CD player into a VCD player will be profitable, and you want to invest in it together."

Fan Dazhi is only about 10 years older than Di Ye. He resigned and went to sea in the late 80s. He has good vision, courage, and dare to fight.

VCD player is a new thing, and different capitals have different ways of playing. Di Ye sent the laptop bag to the bedroom and put it away, then moved a low stool, sat down in front of the coffee table, poured himself a small glass of white wine, and asked, "How much does Uncle Fan plan to invest?"

"I plan to invest 10 yuan to buy a batch of decompression cards in Guangdong Province. Your father and Lao Zhou will be responsible for the installation and debugging, and the money earned will be divided equally."

"10 yuan can buy about 300 decompression cards, and each card can earn about 500 yuan..."

Fan Dazhi picked up two peanuts, and said while eating, "It's more than 500. Now a brand new VCD player costs at least 4500. The CD player we modified is calculated at half the price. One is sold for 2200, and the cost is at most 1200. In this way, each card can earn about 1000 yuan."

Di Ye looked at Di Yongchang, who nodded and said, "I recalculated with Lao Zhou in the afternoon, and it's about this profit."

Electronics in the 90s were huge profits...

Di Ye secretly sighed, and recalculated: "300 cards, one earns 1000, the total is 30. If it is divided equally, Uncle Fan earns 15, and my father and Uncle Zhou earn 7 each, right?"

"Yes."

Di Yongchang was born in 1940 and is now 55 years old. He has developed a cautious character after going through ups and downs. Before doing things, he does not think about success, but about failure. He said: "Nowadays, a genuine VCD disc costs 60 yuan, and pirated CD discs and CD discs cost only 20 or 300 yuan. Not many people are willing to convert CD players into DVD players. There are too many decompression cards, and they may not be able to sell them in half a year."

Di Ye smiled, raised his glass and said, "Dad, let alone 300 decompression cards, even 500 cards, I can sell them in one winter vacation, do you believe it or not?"

Hearing this, Fan Dazhi raised his glass and touched Di Yongchang before he could speak, and asked, "How do you sell it?"

Di Ye didn't like to drink white wine, so he put his lips on the rim of the glass before putting it down, and asked, "Dad, do you still remember who I said I was going to sell the pirated VCDs to at the Chenghuang Temple that day?"

"Sell to the video hall?"

"That's right. During the Spring Festival, many people have nothing to do. They will go to the video hall to watch movies to pass the time. The cost of VCD discs is lower than that of video tapes. We can cooperate with Bi Wanxi and let him go to Guangdong Province to buy pirated discs and come back..."

Fan Dazhi was impatient, interrupted Di Ye again, and said, "You don't need to look for Bi Wanxi, I'm going to Guangdong Province the day after tomorrow, and I can buy it myself."

Upon hearing this, Di Ye quickly said, "Uncle Fan, take me with you the day after tomorrow. I want to go to Guangdong Province to see the world."

"No problem, your dad told me just now."

Di Yongchang was very interested in the business of refitting CD players, and urged him, "I'm going to Guangdong Province the day after tomorrow. Don't be in a hurry now. Ono, you continue to talk about VCDs."

The rise and fall of VCD is a classic case in the history of China's electronics industry in the 90s. Di Ye had read a lot of related news reports before traveling, but most of them were forgotten. In the past two days, Xiao Honghua found them and reviewed them again.

"Now a genuine VCD disc costs 1 yuan, and a pirated one costs about 60 yuan. It is still relatively expensive. Moreover, movies are not music. Many people will not watch them again after watching them once or twice. Therefore, we should change selling discs to renting discs. Renting a disc costs 40 yuan, and you can get back the cost of renting 5 times. VCD discs are digital recording. As long as the surface is not damaged, no matter how many times you rent it, the picture quality will not be affected..."

"During the Spring Festival, we will first cooperate with large and small video halls in Yuncheng, set up a disc rental package for them, sell CD modified DVD players, and use the video hall to advertise, and encourage people who have CD players at home to come to our store for modification..."

When Fan Dazhi heard this, he slapped his thigh and laughed loudly: "Good way, good way! Xiao Ye, you are really smart, no wonder you were admitted to a key university. If you operate this way, you can sell 300 or 500 cards, even 1000 decompression cards."

Although Yuncheng is the capital of Sanjiang Province, its economy is not very prosperous, and there are relatively few rich people. Di Ye felt that the pace should not be too big, and persuaded him: "It is better to do less. Now many home appliance manufacturers at home and abroad are developing VCD players. It is estimated that the price will be greatly reduced in a short time. After all, ours is a wild way, and we can't last long."

"makes sense."

Fan Dazhi picked up his chopsticks, picked up a few pieces of stewed beef, and thought about it while eating. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this business was promising, so he said to Di Yongchang: "Brother Chang, I only have 10 yuan in spare money. Why don't you pay 10 yuan? Let's buy 600 decompression cards and return 1% of the money earned to Lao Zhou, and we will share the rest."

Di Yongchang now regarded Di Ye as the backbone, and asked, "Xiao Ye, what do you think?"

"I think it's fine."

"Okay, tomorrow I will take you to the bank to apply for a card and deposit the money in it. The day after tomorrow you will go to Guangdong Province with your Uncle Fan to buy a decompression card."

After Fan Dazhi left, Di Ye returned to his bedroom, took out the laptop that Shi Weidong had given him, plugged it in, checked the configuration, and found that the CPU was Intel's 486 DX4, with a main frequency of only 75MHz, plus 8M of memory and a 340M hard drive.

The screen of the notebook is also relatively small, only 9.5 inches, but the small size has its advantages, the weight is relatively light, and it is easy to carry. Di Ye played with it for a while and felt very satisfied. He muttered: "Tomorrow, I will go to Mr. Liu's house and install the software that should be installed, and then I can show my strength."

At this time, Di Yongchang knocked on the door and walked in. After seeing the laptop, he asked, "Is Manager Shi really giving you such an expensive computer?"

"Yes, he said that his son's reputation is much more precious than this computer, so I must accept it."

Di Yongchang felt the same when he heard the words, nodded and said: "That's right, if his son becomes an accomplice and goes to prison, it will be over for the rest of his life."

Di Ye smiled, and said: "Actually, his son also has merit. If he hadn't insisted on going to Feng Shijie to argue, Feng Shijie wouldn't have been exposed so quickly."

Feng Shijie is a typical patient with antisocial personality disorder. He usually pretends to be very gentle. Once he is stimulated, he will easily lose his mind and show a high degree of aggression. Shi Yucheng happens to be a guy with a bad personality and speaks without thinking. He quarreled with him in a public place like an office. As a result, both sides suffered. One was hacked by a utility knife, and the other was arrested by the police.

Di Yongchang stood by the desk, watched Di Ye play with the computer for a while, and said, "Lao Zhou and I will definitely not be able to handle the business of 600 decompression cards. We need to hire a few more people. You can ask Huang Ya later to see if she is willing to help."

Huang Ya's father was also an employee of Radio 3 Factory before his death. He had a very good relationship with Di Yongchang. The two families were family friends. Di Ye hummed and said, "I'll go tomorrow morning."

　Thanks to the book friend "I am not the God of Songs" for the reward and support.

　　In chapter No.17, there is an error in the cost and selling price data of vcd discs, which has been corrected and does not affect the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)