novelraw Chapter 22 Out of Stock
Chapter 22 Out of Stock
Nothing happened overnight, and the next morning Lin Yu took the 3000 yuan and went to the electronics supply and marketing market in Xidan.
There are still many pickpockets and thieves these days.
Unlike the era of later generations when cash was no longer used and everything was paid for by mobile phones, Lin Yu now had to put the money in a small handbag first, then put the handbag into his schoolbag, and finally tie a knot in the zipper of his schoolbag with a rope to seal it before he could carry the money with peace of mind.
He originally wanted to hold the backpack in front of his chest, but that would be too conspicuous and would only attract more thieves.
The electronics distribution center in Xidan is very large.
But the main items they sell are a bunch of dual-unit radios, color TVs, VCD players, VCRs, and the like.
Lin Yu glanced at it; the price was quite expensive.
A Wan Yan brand VCD player costs 4,000 yuan.
There were many discs stacked together on the table next to it.
After arriving here, I inquired around and found out that there are only a few computer and electronics stores in Xidan. If you want to buy a computer, you still have to go to the technology street in Zhongguancun.
But since he was already there, Lin Yu decided to visit these shops in Xidan first.
However, since I had never been here before and didn't know where those shops were, I had to ask them one by one without a map.
Incidentally, he also checked out the best-selling items at the largest music and video store.
The best-selling film on the market is "Hail the Judge," which was released in Hong Kong last year. The second best-selling film is "Farewell My Concubine," which was placed in a hidden corner but still sold quite quickly.
Lin Yu also saw that DVDs of all three parts of "Fight Back to School" were available for sale.
On a whim, even though there were no VCD players in the dorm, I still bought a few as souvenirs.
His vague romantic awakening in his past life came from the "Fight Back to School" trilogy. He would cover his eyes with his hands every time he saw the ambiguous scenes between Stephen Chow and his teacher when he was a child.
I didn't expect this movie to be out so early... I definitely have to rewatch Zhang Min's captivating charm later!
I also bought a few more music CDs, including Beyond's "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" and Jacky Cheung's album "Goodbye Kiss," which were just released last year.
In those days, the market for pirated CDs was not large, and a genuine CD sold on the market cost more than 10 yuan.
Lin Yu thinks making music is quite profitable.
When raising funds later, it's not impossible to plagiarize a few songs to make money, hoping that people in the future will still like the style.
After inquiring at several stores, Lin Yu finally found the first electronics store. He went in and asked the owner, but the owner said:
"Oh dear, you've come at a really bad time."
"There are only a handful of stores in Beijing that carry the Pentium 75, and ours is one of them! If you want one again, you'd better come to our store earlier next time."
"My entire stock was snapped up yesterday, you're too late!"
The portly boss, speaking with a strong Beijing accent, bowed politely, rubbed his hands together, and pulled a business card from his sleeve.
"Seeing you makes me feel wealthy. This is our family's contact information. If you still want it, just call me in a while. Don't make a wasted trip."
Lin Yu glanced at his ordinary cotton-padded coat. It wasn't exactly shabby, but it wasn't luxurious either.
How could the boss tell he was wealthy?
He started to doubt himself, while the boss calmly and patiently introduced other products to him with a smile.
Lin Yu shook his head, not wanting either of them.
Seeing that Lin Yu didn't want any of the latest models, the shopkeeper's amiable face showed a hint of conflict, and hesitantly began to speak:
"Are you absolutely insisting on having this Besturn 75?"
The boss recalled that he was woken up by a phone call in the early hours of yesterday morning to pre-order a CPU. After he sold out of Pentium 75 CPUs, his competitors called him to ask if he had any left, offering to pay extra to buy them.
The most dangerous thing in doing business is the instability of rapid price increases and decreases, followed by information asymmetry.
That evening, he took the lead in inviting several other electronics retailers in Xidan to dinner, but none of them were willing to tell him why someone was buying up Besturn 75s.
"I'm not afraid to tell you, all the Besturn 75s on the market have been sold out."
"If you could tell me... why you and the others only want this Besturn 75?"
The boss's smiling face showed no hesitation whatsoever, as if he were asking someone if they had eaten:
"The next time the Pentium 75 chip arrives, I'll contact you and send you one."
"If you're only here for this, you don't need to go anywhere else. Xidan doesn't have it, and the electronics street in Zhongguancun is also out of stock. If you're not in a hurry, you might as well wait a bit longer."
Lin Yu was stunned by the boss's question.
What happened in 94? He didn't know why people were suddenly buying up Besturn 75s.
These days, hardly anyone uses computers anymore.
Lin Yu shook his head at the boss. Seeing that Lin Yu didn't know or was unwilling to say, the boss was somewhat disappointed.
Lin Yu was also a bit confused. The comments he saw in the library's guestbook a couple of days ago only said that CPUs were scarce and expensive, but not many people would buy them.
Lin Yu inquired about the price of hard drives. A 500MB hard drive cost 2000 yuan, but since he didn't have a CPU, buying a hard drive was useless to him.
When I asked the shop owner again, he told me that yesterday, the highest premium for a Pentium 75 had reached 1 yuan.
As Lin Yu stepped out of the store, he rubbed his head in pain.
There's no sign of a supercomputer yet, and if one were to emerge, it would only start at tens of millions of dollars, which he simply can't afford, let alone have a purchasing channel for. That's why he settled for parallel CPUs as a second choice.
There are at least a lot of CPUs.
And then the CPU was out of stock?
He finally understood why, in his previous life, when reading rebirth novels, everyone focused on making money first, then developing technology.
You can't get anything if you don't have money.
No, even if he had the money, he couldn't buy it.
After leaving the electronics store at the far end of the second floor, Lin Yu returned to the audio-visual street on the main road connecting the first and second floors.
Lin Yu walked downstairs, lost in thought.
What exactly caused the CPU shortage?
After turning past the largest audio-visual store on the second floor, at the corner of the stairs, Lin Yu, without paying attention, bumped into a tall woman.
The woman had her signature long, wavy hair and a broad chest.
Lin Yu was about to apologize after the collision, but when he looked up, he recognized the woman as Yang Jia!
"Hold!"
Lin Yu was immediately jolted awake and started cursing.
He did briefly mention to Yang Jia that he needed a CPU that night.
His original plan was to scam one or two people at a time, get Yang Jia to provide the funds, and then he would use the chips to teach Xu Haoxiang a lesson.
As a result, the other side managed to acquire all the CPUs?
So now if he wants a CPU, wouldn't he have to ask these Japanese spies for one too?
For a moment, they forgot to help Yang Jia up.
Yang Jia, who had been knocked to the ground, saw that her carefully planned encounter had not developed as she had intended, and had no choice but to get up on her own in a dejected manner.
As he climbed, Yang Jia cursed inwardly.
Lin Yu is so rude. Even though she deliberately tried to scam him, he's still an acquaintance. Why didn't he help her up? Instead, he just stood there staring at her.
Yang Jia carefully selected a black fur coat paired with a black lace-trimmed lace mini skirt for today.
Ever since her subordinates reported that Lin Yu had departed from Beihang University, she had been following him all the way to the electronics market in the southwest.
She would just wait until Lin Yu couldn't buy the goods before she would suddenly appear.
However, her divine weapon encountered an unromantic blockhead.
After standing up, Yang Jia smoothed the cutout at the chest of her shirt, revealing her two breasts.
She said to Lin Yu in a sweet, coquettish voice:
"Mr. Lin, we meet again."