I will never give in to Miss Death

"Go to the second floor of the coffee shop first. You can take a look at the menu there. If you want to drink something, write it down first. I will go upstairs and make it for you later."

Under the sun, seeing that Li Denghua didn't say anything, I had to patiently explain, "Sister, I still have some work to do here. I'll go upstairs and talk to you about school matters after I finish talking to them, okay?"

I'm not very good at coaxing children, especially little girls.

But the biggest problem now is that this "kid" in my eyes is taller than me.

This resulted in me not treating her as a child nor as a peer, and I could only speak to her in the tone of a "big sister".

"Ok."

Fortunately, maybe it was because Li Denghua was rather introverted, or the sun outside was too hot and uncomfortable to stand, so after hearing what I said, the little guy went straight to the first floor of the coffee shop.

"Xiao Mo."

I pulled down the microphone and said, "Li Denghua came to visit us earlier. Please receive her and take her to the second floor to sit for a while."

Yin Xiamo's cheerful voice soon came from the headset: "Understood!"

"call……"

Feeling a little relieved, I returned to the entrance of the coffee shop and stood next to Jiang Wei: "What did you say just now? Help me install a computer?"

As far as I can remember, Jiang Wei is the only person around me who can be considered to have started from scratch over the years.

He dropped out of school at a young age and had no parents. He worked in many jobs, saved some money, and opened a computer store, mainly engaged in the sale of computers, computer accessories, and computer repairs. In his spare time, he wrote novels as a side job, saved some money, and bought a house.

Although there is still a certain gap between him and the legendary rich man, at least Jiang Wei is now financially independent and ahead of most of his peers.

The computer industry is particularly contradictory now, especially for people in computer malls. Most people on the Internet have had the experience of being cheated when buying computers in computer malls. Over time, computer malls have become the representative of "unscrupulous merchants". Jiang Wei mentioned before that he had worked in a computer mall for a period of time, but later he couldn't stand the hypocrisy and indifference of the people there. After learning enough technology, he resigned and started his own business, mainly focusing on online shopping. With his fame as a novelist, he was able to barely make his small computer store work.

Computer store owners like Jiang Wei are obviously different from those in computer malls. His is more like a "live streaming sales" type, which means that after a person becomes famous, he makes money by relying on his fame and it is no problem to turn a computer into any kind of commodity.

He manages his own accounts on various short video and video platforms, and promotes his online store address when writing books. The store's revenue mainly comes from employees, his own labor costs, and some video traffic income. For example, some people want to buy a computer, but are afraid of being cheated at the computer mall, so they come to Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei will ask them to send the configuration list themselves or simply send the accessories over, and he will help assemble them and then send them back. Or he will buy the accessories according to the customer's requirements, and after assembly, he will send two express deliveries, one is the computer, and the other is the packaging box, warranty card, etc. of the various accessories that make up the computer. They will charge an installation fee.

Similarly, if someone wants to repair their computer or clean the dust off their laptop, they can also contact him.

Moreover, Jiang Wei does not seem to make money entirely from the computer store. When any accessories or new computers come out, he will use his own skills to make corresponding "test" videos. For example, on June 618, a new laptop of a certain brand came out. Jiang Wei placed an order at the speed of light, and started testing the laptop after receiving it to see what it looks like, what its configuration is like, what its baking data is like, and what its actual usage experience is like. He posts one video on many platforms. Because he has a fan base, each video has an average of hundreds of thousands of views. These platforms have to pay Jiang Wei several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan in royalties that month.

Then Jiang Wei put the newly bought computer, which he had only used once to shoot a video, on his own online store and sold it to fans for about 1,000 yuan less than the original price, or simply gave it away by drawing lots from fans in the comment section, and continued to test the next laptop.

618 is for laptops, Double 11 is for new CPUs, Double 12 is for certain graphics cards... Anyway, there are so many computer accessories and so many laptop models, this kind of test video can be made almost every day.

It can be said that Jiang Wei’s business model cannot be replicated. Even if there are really colleagues who want to do things the same way as him, they will have to wait at least four or five years until they have hundreds of thousands of fans.

I will always remember that what Jiang Wei complained about the most when playing games were all kinds of troubles and computer manufacturers who wanted him to advertise - "Company XX said that the laptop I tested damaged their interests and they are going to send me a lawyer's letter. It's so annoying. I have to go to court in the next few days and can't play games with you." "Remember company XX I mentioned to you before? They came to me yesterday and asked me to help blow up that power supply. How can I blow it? My fans will use that little nuclear bomb later, BOOM, it will explode, and my hard-earned popularity will be ruined, and I won't make any money."

So although Jiang Wei is a little imperfect and a rather wretched old man, he is still a relatively upright person.

I just don't understand why he has to help me install the computer when it's him who's getting married.

But to be honest, I do need a computer with better performance now.

The computers Yin Xiamo and I have are of similar quality. They are usable but not very comfortable to use. Both the CPU and the graphics card are old. If we want to go into live streaming or video editing in the future, we will probably be tortured by the computers.

"Yes, actually, this is also the second thing I want to tell you."

As I watched, Jiang Wei took the girl's hand and said, "Ye Zi and I are planning to move here. We've already found a house we like. It's a second-hand house that one of my readers is transferring. We can move in after we renovate it. It's in Nannai District, by the sea, and it's very beautiful."

"Moving here?"

I was even more surprised: "What about your computer store? What about your employees?"

"The lease of the old store is about to expire. When the time comes, I will move all the things in the store here and open a new store here."

Jiang Wei seemed to be very open-minded: "As for those employees, if they are willing to come, they can come together and increase their wages by 30%. We are still good brothers. If they are not willing, they can be compensated according to the labor law."

Well……

"What did you just say about assembling a computer or something...what's that about?"

I thought for a moment: "Are you going to sell me a computer?"

Although I have never been married, based on my experience and observations, I know the current state of social relationships... If a good friend of yours gets married and you go to the wedding, you have to give a "red envelope" or "share of money".

Of course, there are indeed many people who have this kind of plan nowadays. For example, a junior high school or high school classmate who you haven't contacted for five or six years suddenly adds you as a friend one day, and after a few words says, "I'm getting married, come to the wedding and remember to bring a red envelope." This kind of person is thinking about "making back his money" by collecting the red envelopes.

Many such "classmates" and "friends" have added me before, but I rejected them all with a sentence, "Brother, do you have money? I'm short of money recently, can you lend me two thousand yuan?"

But Jiang Wei is obviously not one of those people.

Although I am poor now and I used all the advance salary from the coffee shop to buy Yin Xiamo a mobile phone, but if you ask me to give out 700, 800, 1,000 yuan as a red envelope to my good friends for attending their wedding, I can still afford it.

Now that I have paid the rent for this month, theoretically I have no money... I can just eat three meals a day in the coffee shop.

If there is more, such as asking me to install a new computer, I really can't afford it.

Even with my current computer needs, I don't play games much, but I will probably do live broadcasts in the future, and need to do video editing, photo beautification, and PS, etc. That kind of computer with the current mainstream configuration will probably cost at least 5,000 or 6,000 yuan, so my plan is to wait until next month or the month after next when my salary is paid, and then consider the computer.

"It's not a sales pitch, it's a gift... ahem, I can't say it's a gift. When it's installed, you can give me one or ten dollars as a token of your appreciation, just to celebrate."

Jiang Wei looked mysterious: "I don't know what configuration you want, so I will just give you the treasure of our store with all the parameters maxed out..."

"Pause."

I quickly interrupted this guy and said, "What are you talking about?"

At present, I am not very clear what Jiang Wei means by "all kinds of parameters are maxed out", but if I remember correctly, he mentioned the configuration of CPU and graphics card when talking about installing the computer: 12th generation i9 CPU, plus 3090ti graphics card.

I remember the price of these two items online is...

In front of Jiang Wei, I took out my mobile phone, opened the online shopping app, and entered these two keywords.

The CPU costs more than 3,000 to 6,000 yuan, and the graphics card costs more than 10,000 yuan.

These two things cost more than ten thousand yuan, and it is impossible for a complete computer to run with just the CPU and graphics card. For such a high-level CPU, you have to equip it with a motherboard of the same level, and then you need a very strong radiator to suppress it. After all, the power supply must also keep up. It must be a high-end power supply otherwise it will easily explode.

Add to that the memory, hard drive, chassis and so on, even if this computer does not include a monitor, keyboard and mouse, the chassis alone is estimated to cost at least 20,000 yuan.

Is Jiang Wei crazy or does he think he has too much money?

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong, it's like this."

Seeing my skeptical expression, Jiang Wei coughed dryly and took out something with a strange spell on it from his pocket: "We businessmen believe in Feng Shui and luck. My girlfriend and I are getting married, and we have to move and close the store to reopen. I went to ask some Feng Shui masters I know to do the calculations. After all, I gave up my previous house, and renting a store here to open it is equivalent to reopening the business, so I still have to calculate my luck."

"I consulted several Feng Shui masters and some Taoist priests in the village. They all said that if I reopened the business like this, there would be a disaster. The only way to resolve this disaster is to use the first transaction after the new store opens to 'fight the disaster'."

Jiang Wei explained: "Those Feng Shui masters told me a lot about what characteristics the most suitable person has, what kind of business is best, etc. After listening to them, the first person I thought of was you, so this... don't refuse it. I didn't give it to you, I sold it to you, just pay some money."

Is there such a thing?

I thought about it and said, "Well... okay, but you don't have to buy something so expensive. You know I use computers, and I basically don't play high-end games. I just play APEX Battle Royale with you guys. Normally, I might edit videos or photoshop photos. You can just match them as you like. I'll pay you according to the market price, but I may not pay you until next month. My salary... hasn't been paid yet."

Maybe it’s because Jiang Wei is older than me, and he grew up in a very backward area, so he tends to believe in these things. I know this.

When moving, you need to consider Feng Shui; when opening a new store, you need to test the fortune; when getting married, you need to choose the date and so on.

"Haha, as long as you understand, money is a small matter. Just give it as you see fit. Even one dollar is fine."

After hearing what I said, Jiang Wei seemed to be thinking: "Speaking of which, Nuo'er, you work here... Is the salary high enough?"

"Quite high."

I nodded. "It's just a little troublesome. I have to deal with a lot of strange customers every day... What do you want to order? I'll go in and get you the menu."

"What do you have here?"

Perhaps seeing that I agreed to "buy" him a computer, Jiang Wei felt a lot more relaxed. He pulled the girl next to him and said, "Ye Zi, do you want to eat something?"

The girl asked, "What drinks do you have here?"

"Basically everything, juice, cola, coffee, milk tea, grass jelly."

I thought about it and pointed to the QR code under the name “Noer” on my work badge on my chest: “Or you can scan this, download the mini app and order online directly.”

"Okay, let's try."

Jiang Wei took out his cell phone and pointed it at my chest. "Then Nuo'er, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go discuss the reservation of the restaurant next Saturday with your store manager later."

"The manager isn't here."

I smiled bitterly: "She exhausted herself and was hospitalized. The person in charge is not here, but you can go directly to the kitchen to talk to Master Wang and say he is my friend."

"it is good."

"Then you guys order first, I'll go upstairs to see how the kid is doing."

"Ah."

After saying goodbye to Jiang Wei, I returned to the coffee shop and found Li Denghua playing with a few ragdoll cats on the second floor.

"Would you like something to drink? Milk tea or grass jelly will do."

I walked over and said, "It's my treat, no charge."

"No, there's too much sugar in milk tea, it's easy to make you fat."

The girl in front of him, whose body was covered with visible cat hair, still looked like a smart kid: "How have you considered our matter?"

Our business...consider...

Why do you sound so weird when you say this? I was clearly just pretending to be you and went to school, but you acted like... like you were going to conduct a mafia deal?

“This school card has your picture on it.”

I took out Li Denghua's campus card and asked, "How can I get in on your behalf?"

"Our school has a mixed class system. Students who live in the school must attend the evening self-study classes on Friday and Saturday nights, but students who live outside the school can come or not. Students who live outside the school must swipe their school card to enter the school, and the security guard will not look at their photos."

Li Denghua explained: "At that time, each grade will have its own classroom, and people can enter by swiping their cards. The teacher in charge of discipline is the grade director, and she won't remember what the students in each class look like. Besides, I've been absent from school for a year."

There are evening self-study classes on Fridays and Saturdays? Aren’t today’s primary schools too competitive?

"Even if I can go in..."

I still don't quite understand what this little girl is up to: "Why don't you go by yourself?"

"I'm going to my dad's place to watch an academic lecture about quantum computers. I've been waiting for a year and I have to go."

Li Denghua avoided my gaze and said, "So...so, I can only leave the school to you."

"Please?"

I suddenly remembered something: "Don't you have other friends at school?"

"..."

This time Li Denghua remained silent.

"Who should I go to?"

I quickly changed the subject: "If you're just looking for someone, please be more specific. I can probably get out in less than half an hour."

"Her name is Butterfly."

"Butterfly?"

I was a little confused: "Is she also a girl like you? Her last name is Hu Die?"

"Anyway, her name is Butterfly. You can go to school and ask the teacher there and you will know."

Li Denghua became impatient. She stood up from among the ragdoll cats and said, "This is our deal. The evening self-study session at school starts at 7:30 and ends at 10:00. If you find the 'Butterfly', I will agree to let you be my tutor. If you don't want to, then even if you come over in the future, I won't listen to your lessons properly."

This guy, how come he happened to arrive at this time...

I remembered what Jiang Wei mentioned just now about installing a computer for me.

Although he said I didn't need to spend any money, but given my personality, if Jiang Wei really helped me install a high-configuration computer, then it would be reasonable for me to pay him a few thousand dollars in return, not to mention that I have to give him a red envelope at his wedding next week.

My savings can't hold up.

But if you tutor Li Denghua, this problem can be solved perfectly.

I am not a graduate of a prestigious university, but I can still teach primary school Chinese and English to others.

The most important thing is that the hourly wage of this kind of "tutor" is very high. Li Denghua's mother directly offered 500 yuan an hour. I can go for tutoring for about 2 hours a week. If everything goes well, I can make up the money in two weeks.

And this Miss Li Denghua seemed to see through my recent need for money, and directly threatened me with "If you don't agree, I won't learn my lesson."

"I have to go back now. I'll come to see you at six with my schoolbag."

As I watched, Li Denghua walked towards the stairs to the second floor: "It's up to you whether you want to go or not."

"..."

Damn it, why are kids these days so cunning...

"It seems like you are in a lot of trouble?"