I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

The place where Shen Kang was standing was a counter at a store called "Zhicheng Digital". Judging from the store's decoration, it sold various computer parts such as motherboards, P, memory sticks, and computer cases.

There were two employees in the store, one of whom was a young man in his early twenties who was busy working in the store.

Another man in his thirties, with a shaved head, was standing behind the counter facing the aisle, talking to Shen Kang.

"...A Pentium 4 is relatively easy to get. I can also get a 631; it only takes a day or two. But the Pentium P you mentioned is much harder to get, especially since you want a 200 Mbps one. That's even more difficult; it's from the last century..."

Shen Kang stood in front of the counter, carrying a snakeskin bag in one hand, listening to the other person speak.

He's here today to get a computer set up.

Learning microarchitecture is generally something you can do by reading books, but just like learning chemistry, reading books alone is too abstract. If you have chemical experiments to assist in teaching, it will be much more intuitive and students will be able to understand it faster and better.

Shen Kang's need to equip himself with a computer was like a "chemistry experiment" in his learning process of microarchitecture. He used different product platforms and software to test them, and used the intuitive experience of the real world to understand the branch prediction, caching, and so on mentioned in the books.

After listening to the boss talk for a while, Shen Kang asked, "What about the K5?"

The young man sighed, "The K5 is even more difficult to deal with. Not only is it old, but it's also too niche. You're lucky you asked me, otherwise other companies might not even know what you're talking about."

The green-skinned man is the owner of this shop.

Normally, if a customer asks him about the Bestune P or AM K5 and expresses a desire for a similar platform, he would decisively refuse and recommend mainstream products instead. If the customer doesn't want the recommended products and only wants those few platforms, he will simply not do business with them.

It's not that I'm being willful, it's just that it's not worth it.

Models like the Besturn P and AM K5 are old relics. Even if you could get your hands on one, it would only sell for a few dozen or a hundred yuan. What's the profit? It wouldn't even cover the cost of all that trouble.

But today, the young man was particularly patient.

It wasn't because I was in a good mood today, but because I was facing a big customer—this guy carrying a snakeskin bag wasn't just going to buy those old antiques; he had already bought some other things from the store, including a 7-pin CPU, 3 motherboards, 6 memory sticks, and so on, totaling 20,000 yuan!

You should know that in the current computer market, three or four thousand is the mainstream price, six thousand and above is considered mid-to-high-end, and ten thousand and above is definitely high-end. But this guy in front of me bought twenty thousand in one go.

Even more outrageous, this man treated it like buying vegetables at a farmers' wholesale market; after getting the goods and packaging them, he simply stuffed them into that snakeskin bag.

The young man witnessed firsthand how the boy had them carefully wrap the 6999 yuan 7965 Supreme, provide cushioning, and then casually toss it into a snakeskin bag.

It's like throwing a big cabbage in.

For a guest like this, what reason do you have not to spend quality time talking to them?

Who knows, if you have a good chat, or if something you said really resonated with him and he thinks you make sense, he might spend another 20,000?

It's hard to say.

This is why the young man is so patient now.

After listening to the green-skinned man for a while, Shen Kang understood the situation.

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He had planned everything perfectly beforehand, researching and consulting with Xiao Bonian, even cobbling together a test platform configuration. He'd even made a special trip to the Kangte Electronics World, thinking he could buy everything in one go. But it turned out that while the mainstream, current models were indeed easy to assemble—if you had the money—the really old ones were proving to be a bit of a hassle…

"Shen Kang?"

As he was thinking, a sound came from the side.

He instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people walking over from the side. They were his high school classmates, Zhang Yu and Wan Zihao.

"What a coincidence, Shen Kang."

After the group walked over, Zhang Yu asked, "Are you here to buy a computer too?"

"Hmm. What a coincidence, you two too?"

"Yes, You Junjie wanted to buy a laptop, so we arranged to come and take a look together."...

When everyone met Shen Kang, they were quite enthusiastic, chatting and exchanging pleasantries.

Before long, someone mentioned the snakeskin bag in Shen Kang's hand.

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"…Shen Kang, what are you doing carrying that snakeskin bag?"

Just as Shen Kang was about to speak, the young man who had been busy in the shop walked over.

"Boss, it's done."

The young man handed over two items, which were clearly two boxes of motherboards. The boxes were wrapped with foam and tightly secured with tape for further cushioning and protection.

"Give it to the guests, why are you giving it to me?" The slovenly man glared at the young man.

The young man simply said "Oh," placed the two boxes of packaged motherboards on the counter, and pushed them in front of Shen Kang.

"For storing things."

Shen Kang finally spoke up and explained the function of the snakeskin bag to his classmates.

Then, I opened the burlap sack and put the two boxes of motherboards inside.

Zhang Yu and the others also looked into the snakeskin bag and saw that there were already quite a few things piled up inside. They were all various loose parts, like the two motherboard boxes, wrapped in their outer packaging. They looked like computer parts.

A pile of computer parts, crammed into a burlap sack, looks just like vegetables being wholesaled at a farmers' market—the scene is quite striking.

Although You Junjie wasn't very knowledgeable about computers, he still had some basic understanding and could count. He couldn't help but say, "Shen Kang, you could probably build more than one computer with this, right?"

The slovenly man stopped talking when they came over and watched from behind the counter.

Before Shen Kang could speak, the slovenly man blurted out, "That's not all, there are 7 Ps in total, 3 motherboards, 6 memory modules..."

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He rattled off the list of things Shen Kang had bought as if reciting a menu, "...enough to build several computers. Are you guys also looking to build computers? I'm friends with this student of yours now, so come to me for yours. We're friends, so I'll definitely give you a discount!..."

You Junjie and his companions ignored the shop owner's enthusiastic invitation to come in and buy computers, and instead stared in astonishment at Shen Kang's snakeskin bag.

Goodness, when other people build computers, they build one computer, but Shen Kang builds computers like this?

You Kexin couldn't help but ask, "How much will this cost?"

The slovenly man interrupted again: "A little less than twenty thousand. But your classmate bought too much stuff. If you were only buying a computer, it definitely wouldn't cost that much. You could get it for around four or five thousand, plus a genuine P system..."

Upon hearing the green-skinned man mention "twenty thousand," the group gasped in astonishment once again.

After his initial astonishment, You Junjie declined the young man's persistent and enthusiastic invitations, saying, "It's my decision to buy it; I want to buy a laptop."

The slovenly man who had been interrupting them earlier clicked his tongue and stopped talking to them—he had wasted so much breath; he should have said so earlier.

After chatting with the group of classmates he had bumped into for a few minutes, Shen Kang ran out of things to talk about.

Seeing that the man with the green skin had stopped trying to sell to his classmates and was now free, he started talking to him, continuing their previous conversation: "Is what I want difficult to obtain?"

The green-skinned man nodded, looking quite troubled. "Yes. Those things aren't expensive, only a hundred or two hundred per P, but the problem is they're too old, and there's very little of them now..."

"Add one thousand for each set of boards."

The green-skinned man changed the subject: "...The quantity is small, indeed small, but it's not like there's no way to deal with it."

"I know quite a few people in this area, including some who like to collect these old things. I'll contact them in the next couple of days, and it should be fine. If all else fails, I can definitely get some from eastern Guangdong; I know people there too."

After saying that, still a little uneasy, he confirmed again: "Add one thousand per set of boards?"

Shen Kang nodded, "Add one thousand for each set of boards, but I have one condition: deliver them to me within three days."

Although he wasn't very familiar with the market situation, he could estimate that if he were willing to spend the time and effort to find and manage it himself, he wouldn't need to spend so much money. However, he simply didn't have the time right now. If he could spend a little money to save time, that would be much more worthwhile.

The slovenly man slapped his thigh. "Alright, just you wait and see!"

This stuff makes more money than selling new products.

Even if the products are difficult to produce, what is difficult to produce when faced with such profits?

The green-skinned man was very happy.

Meanwhile, You Junjie and the others listened in complete silence. They heard clearly that some of the things Shen Kang wanted to buy were very old and not available here. These old items were only worth a couple hundred yuan each, but Shen Kang wanted to pay an extra thousand yuan for each one...

"Is this the world of rich young masters?" You Kexin said in a low voice, only she could hear it clearly.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Yu glanced at Shen Kang's burlap sack, which looked like it was filled with computer parts from a wholesale market, and suddenly spoke up: "Shen Kang, are you very knowledgeable about computers? You Junjie is looking to buy a laptop, why don't you give him some advice?"

You Junjie realized what was going on and quickly said, "Yes, can you give me some advice? My budget is five thousand, mainly for studying, and I might play games occasionally."

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Shen Kang looked at them, then at the snakeskin bag in his hand.

He had come to buy things today, and he had already bought most of them. The rest of the items would either need to be packed up by the shop staff or restocked by the owner. Since he didn't have anything else to do and was just standing there anyway, he said, "Okay, let's go."

He then told the slovenly man, "Pack it up here for now, I'll come back and get it later."

Then, carrying the snakeskin bag, he went with them to the elevator on the third floor.

Along the way, Shen Kang walked in the middle, and several classmates unconsciously scattered around him.

As they walked, You Junjie said, "I've got my eye on two, one Lenovo and one Dell, both in that store up ahead." Shen Kang asked, "What games do you mainly play?" You Junjie replied, "Mainly for studying, occasionally for gaming." Shen Kang said, "Playing occasionally is still playing, so you should still stick to that limit."

He understands male college students too well; after all, he was a male college student himself in his past life. They all say things like "it's for studying" or "it's good enough for daily use," but in reality, they use it all for gaming. Those who fooled themselves and actually bought a thin and light laptop are complete noobs.

Upon hearing Shen Kang's words, You Junjie thought they made sense and said, "TA, I occasionally play World of Warcraft. I also want it to be able to run Pro Evolution Soccer smoothly." Shen Kang said, "Five thousand is enough. Don't buy an ultra-thin one." You Junjie asked, "Why?" Shen Kang said, "A five-thousand-yuan ultra-thin keyboard will have heat dissipation problems. You don't want your keyboard to be hot enough to fry an egg while playing games." You Junjie laughed, "Frying an egg isn't that bad, is it?" Shen Kang said, "Then the keyboard will be so hot you won't dare put your hands down."...

The process of buying the laptop went smoothly. Shen Kang recommended a laptop to You Junjie as requested, and You Junjie seemed quite satisfied with it.

After making the purchase, Shen Kang originally intended to break up with them and go back to the computer store to continue looking at things. However, You Junjie thanked him for his help and offered to treat him to milk tea.

The other classmates also wanted to spend more time with Shen Kang, and they all chimed in to support him.

Seeing this, Shen Kang did not refuse and went with them to the rest area on the third floor.

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