wild 1995

Chapter 20 Business
Di's house is located in the dormitory complex built by the Municipal People's Hospital in the early 90s. The apartment size is two bedrooms and one living room, with an area of ​​about 90 square meters. Since there is no so-called shared area, every square meter is used, so a family of five can eat together without feeling crowded.

At the family gathering that night, Feng Shijie became the hot topic of discussion. Di Yongchang angrily denounced this man's brutality. Zhang Xiuzhi regretted the victim's misfortune.

"Brother-in-law, you are the editor of the publishing house, why don't you write a novel based on this case, and maybe it can be adapted into a TV series after publication."

"I usually only write some small essays such as film reviews and music reviews to make some cigarette money. I haven't written novels. You let me think about it."

Di Yan felt that writing a novel was a good idea, and urged: "Is there anything to think about, my brother has told you the story, you can just write it on paper with a pen."

Lu Hanming had self-knowledge, shook his head and said, "Writing a novel is not that easy. Turning language into words is an art, and it requires a high degree of..."

"I think you are just lazy!"

Di Yan scolded, then ran to the kitchen angrily to help Zhang Xiuzhi clean up the dishes. Di Yongchang held the teacup and sat on the sofa in the living room watching TV, turning a deaf ear to the young couple's daily bickering.

Lu Hanming was a little embarrassed, walked into Di Ye's bedroom, sat down on the edge of the bed, lit a cigarette for himself, and said with a wry smile: "Your sister's violent temper, I can bear it, and someone else would have started arguing."

Seeing that he only talked about quarreling, Di Ye didn't intend to divorce at all, and he obviously had a deep relationship with Di Yan, so he helped to persuade him: "My sister has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and she still misses you in the afternoon, so let me keep the used phone card for you."

"Of course I know your sister has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, so I let her go everywhere."

Lu Hanming's personality is free and easy at best, heartless at worst. He quickly put his troubles behind him and asked enthusiastically, "What cards do you have? Show me them."

Di Ye just discovered a business opportunity in the afternoon, and only collected a few cards, which was nothing to look at, so he referred to the article before time travel, and exchanged his collection experience with Lu Hanming with hindsight.

"Phone cards are an industrial product. If you want to increase the value of your collection, you need to consider three aspects, namely circulation, stock and demand."

"The number of circulation is public, and my sister can check it out; as for the amount in existence, I can't check it now, but I can roughly guess it; as for the demand, I think it should be based on the subject matter, such as zodiac cards, celebrity cards, and festival commemorative cards. They are definitely more popular than ordinary cards."

Lu Hanming was greatly inspired, and nodded again and again: "It makes sense. When I collected calling cards before, I only cared about how good they looked, regardless of the quantity and subject matter. It seems that I went astray."

"How many cards do you have in your collection now?"

"Your sister controls the family's financial power, and I can only use the pocket money to buy cigarettes for fun, and there are only more than 200 cigarettes."

Di Ye was a little disappointed when he heard the words, and asked again: "Among the more than 200 cards, how many were issued by China Telecom? The ones with CNT numbers."

"Probably more than 30 copies. Why, do you think the ones issued by China Telecom have more appreciation potential?"

"Sure, the quality of calling cards issued in various places varies, and it's hard to check the number of issued and existing ones."

When Di Ye said this, he revealed a piece of information that would not happen until next year, saying: "China Telecom is about to operate independently, and will take back the right to issue phone cards at that time. From now on, there will only be phone cards with CNT numbers in the whole country."

Lu Hanming's mind is very flexible, and he immediately reacted, and deliberated: "Nowadays, many people don't realize that phone cards are valuable for collection, and they just throw them away when they are used up. Therefore, the higher the number, the less the stock will be, right?"

"Yes, and the higher the number, the more commemorative it is, and the greater the demand."

Lu Hanming was very excited, threw the cigarette butt into his teacup and extinguished it, and said: "The day before yesterday, China Telecom just issued a commemorative card for the Year of the Pig. The number seems to be CNT-04. Let's keep more of this card."

"The previous cards should also be collected, especially those numbered 00 and 01."

"of course."

Although Lu Hanming does not seek to make progress, he has a wide range of contacts. Di Ye felt that he should make good use of his advantage and asked, "Brother-in-law, apart from phone cards, do you collect stamps and commemorative coins?"

"I don't have any money, I can't afford those two things, and I can't tell the real ones from the fake ones, so I only collect phone cards. Phone cards are cheap and there are no fakes."

"Then do you know anyone who resells these things?"

"I know a lot. If you want to play, I will take you to see it later."

"Row."

At this time, Di Yan cleaned up the kitchen and came to ask Lu Hanming to go home. After the two left, Di Ye went to the living room to watch TV with Di Yongchang, and asked in a casual way: "Dad, the business of Chenghuang Temple is the best during the Spring Festival. When do you plan to go to Guangdong Province to buy goods?"

Di Yongchang doesn't smoke, but he likes to drink tea, especially strong tea. He picked up a glass cup full of tea leaves, took a sip, and said, "I haven't gone to Guangdong Province to buy goods in the past two years. If there are any shortages, I will go directly to Uncle Fan. He specializes in wholesale now."

An image of a fat man with a big belly appeared in Di Ye's mind, and he asked, "When does Uncle Fan usually go to Guangdong Province?"

Di Yongchang glanced at him sideways and asked, "Why, do you want to go to Guangdong Province?"

Di Ye lied and made up a high-level reason, saying: "Learning computers requires a combination of software and hardware. The electronics industry in Guangdong Province is very developed. I want to visit during the winter vacation to broaden my horizons, so as not to be called a nerd when I go to Jinling for graduate school in the future."

Di Yongchang agreed with this reason, nodded and said: "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. You are about to graduate from university, and you have never been out of the province. You can go and have a look. Xiao Fan will go to Yangcheng recently. I will contact you tomorrow and ask him to take you with him when he goes."

After talking about Guangdong Province, Di Ye remembered that when he went to the City God Temple the day before yesterday, he met Di Yongchang and a person discussing pirated VCD discs, so he asked, "Dad, who was the person who asked you to raise funds to start a pirated VCD business?"

"That's Bi Wanxi, the famous prodigal son of the Town God's Temple. He always likes to engage in some trendy things, and he loses a lot of money. Now he can't even get out thousands of dollars."

Di Ye thinks that this person has good vision, because in the next few years, pirated VCD discs will sweep the country and make a lot of money. It is said that many people can buy a Santana in three months.

But what Di Yongchang said at the time was correct. Although the VCD player was invented in 1993, Wan Yan officially commercialized it in May 1994. The price of each set was as high as 5 yuan, which was outrageously expensive. In 4995, only less than 1994 sets were sold. The sales volume was so bleak that naturally few people bought CDs.

Di Ye has a strong sense of copyright, and he cherishes feathers and doesn't want to get involved in illegal business. He has no interest in pirated VCD discs, but he has some ideas about VCD players.

"Dad, how much is the cheapest home CD player in your store?"

"About 800 yuan."

"How much does a second-hand VCD player cost?"

"Then I don't know. There are only a few VCD players in Town God's Temple, and they are all used as demonstration models. There are prices but no market."

When Di Ye heard this, he felt that it should be profitable, and said: "The disc format and playback principle of CD and VCD are the same. There is something called MPEG decompression card in Computer City. Just connect it to the CD player and you can play VCD."

Di Yongchang became interested, turned his head and asked, "How much does this decompression card cost?"

"About three or four hundred yuan."

Di Yongchang is a vigorous and resolute person. After pondering for a while, he got up and took 1000 yuan to Di Ye, and said, "Tomorrow, you go to the computer city to buy two decompression cards and send them to the store. I will study it with you Uncle Zhou."

"it is good."

Di Yongchang used to be a technician at Yuncheng Radio Factory 3. Factory 3 mainly produced radios and black-and-white TV sets in the 80s and 90s. In the early [-]s, due to poor management, he could not pay wages.

Connecting an MPEG decompression card with a CD player to use it as a VCD player is a simple method that Di Ye saw while browsing the Internet before. He has never tried it himself, so the next morning, he went to the computer city to buy two cheap second-hand decompression cards, and sent them to Chenghuang Temple for Di Yongchang to test.

Di Yongchang and Lao Zhou struggled for several hours, but they really succeeded. When the MV of Andy Lau's "Forgetting Love" appeared on the TV, Di Yongchang seemed to be 20 years younger all of a sudden. He patted the heavy casing of the TV and asked with a smile: "Old Zhou, is this considered technological innovation?"

"Forget it, it's just a patchwork of things, we don't even understand the principle, we are purely blind."

"I don't understand, but my son understands."

Lao Zhou gave birth to 4 daughters and no son, his face darkened when he heard this, and he said, "You wish the whole world would know that you have a good son!"

Di Ye picked up the remote control, pressed the pause button, and interrupted: "Dad, Uncle Zhou, do you think you're using this method to help someone modify a CD player, do you have a trick?"

"There must be. With the current market conditions, every modified one can earn at least 500 yuan."

"Then why are you two arguing? Quickly perfect the craftsmanship, and then call the customer. Maybe someone else will do it too late."

"You kid is smart enough and has a better future than your old man."

(End of this chapter)