wild 1995

Chapter 37
When Di Ye came up with the idea to transform the CD player into a VCD player, he just wanted to find a job for Di Yongchang to earn extra money, so he didn't really care about it. He didn't care about anything except going to Pengcheng to buy an MPEG decompression card. He didn't even know how many sets he could produce every day.

Now he decides to start his own business and feels that the money is not enough, so he decides to play a big game and try to raise enough funds before February 2, so he walks into the living room and asks, "Dad, how many VCDs can you produce a day by yourself?"

"My old Zhou and I can produce about 20 units a day, and the rest are not very proficient, so we can only produce thirteen or four units."

Di Yongchang has been obsessed with modifying the CD player for the past few days, and he has become addicted. While busy with a screwdriver, he said, "Xiao Ye, with the current production speed, the decompression card will be used up by the fifth day of the first lunar month at the latest. You can ask Bi Wanxi to buy some more from Guangdong Province, so as not to run out of stock."

Di Ye shook his head and said, "The problem is not the decompression card, but the CD player. After the 600 decompression cards I bought before are used up, Yuncheng probably doesn't have many parallel home CD players for you to modify. After all, this thing is very small in China, and it is far less popular than portable CD players."

Only then did Di Yongchang come to his senses, and quickly asked, "Then what should we do?"

"I'll ask someone to see if I can buy some from Jinling."

"Go quickly."

Di Ye hummed, and went back to his bedroom. After sitting in a chair and thinking for a while, he picked up the phone and dialed Xia Fangfei's home. According to the chaotic management model of state-owned enterprises in the 90s, there must be many employees or employees' families of Panda Electronics who are engaged in the business of reselling electrical products.

The call was answered by a man with a vicissitudes of voice. He reported his family name and said, "Hello, I'm Xia Qide."

Di Ye didn't expect that it was Xia Fangfei's own father who answered the phone. Feeling guilty, he rubbed his forehead with his left hand and said in a slow tone, "Uncle Xia, happy new year. I am Xia Fangfei's college classmate. Is she at home?"

"She's gone shopping, she's not at home. What can you do with her?"

"I heard from Xia Fangfei that she has an older brother who is a technician of Panda Electronics, and his level is very high, so I want to consult him about some VCD players."

Xia Qide let out a burst of hearty laughter, and said, "Fang Fei actually praised Jianwu? Wait a minute, her brother is at home, I'll call him."

About ten seconds later, Xia Fangfei's second brother, Xia Jianwu, answered the phone and teased with a smile, "Di Ye, ask me about the VCD player on the first day of the new year. You can think of such an outrageous excuse."

"The reality is so outrageous. I really want to consult you about the production of VCD players."

When Di Ye talked to Xia Fangfei on the phone, Xia Jianwu helped call people and provide cover several times, so although he hadn't met, he was familiar with him. He knew that he was in the business of transforming CD players into VCD players, and asked, "Why, do you want to replace the shotgun with a large-scale production of DVD players?"

"It's not about the large scale, let's talk about the small scale."

"How small is it?"

"It looks like 3000 units a month."

Xia Jianwu was amazed, half mockingly half amazed and said: "3000 units a month or a small scale? You are ambitious enough!"

"Not big, just a small goal."

The sales volume of VCD disc players neither increased linearly nor exponentially, but increased explosively. In just one year, they soared from less than 1994 units in 2 to nearly 1995 million units in 100. Therefore, the production scale of 3000 units a month is indeed not large.

Di Ye told Xia Jianwu about the current plight of lacking a CD player, and asked, "Brother Jianwu, do you have any connections in this area?"

"If you must import parallel CD players, I can only get you 300 at most, don't even think about 3000. There may not be so many in Jinling."

Di Ye heard that there was something in his words, and changed his words: "As long as the price is cheap, it doesn't matter whether it is parallel imports or not."

Xia Jianwu's personality is a bit similar to Xia Fangfei's, they are both cheerful and lively types, and he said, "In this case, I do have a connection, but I don't know if you are sincere."

"I lack everything, except sincerity. Brother Jianwu, tell me."

Xia Jianwu laughed twice, and said, "Our group has a CD player production line for foreign brands. As long as you are willing to pay a sincere overtime pay, I can find some employees to help you produce 3000 sets during off-duty hours."

"What is the approximate material cost of a CD player?"

"It depends on what kind of quality you need. The low-end ones only cost five or six hundred, and the high-end ones cost one or two thousand."

Di Ye pondered for a moment, and then said decisively: "Brother Jianwu, I will go to Jinling to find you tomorrow, let's talk face to face."

"Hey, hey, if my sister hears you talking like this, you will definitely have trouble with me again."

"Alright then, Brother Jianwu, please tell your sister that I will go to Jinling to find her tomorrow."

"Hey, hey, if my dad hears you talking like this..."

"In case your dad overhears, I'll hang up first, see you tomorrow!"

Di Ye's style of doing things is to either not do it, or finish it as soon as possible. After finishing the call with Xia Jianwu, he didn't even put down the phone.

"Uncle Fan, you have a lot of relatives and friends. You will be busy paying New Year's greetings these few days. Why don't you let me talk to the people in the computer city? If it doesn't work out, you can do it yourself."

"If you go to talk... don't move, I will touch the nine barrels!"

Seeing that Fan Dazhi was so absent-minded, Di Ye took the opportunity to lay the groundwork for future embezzlement of funds, and said, "Uncle Fan, let's suppress the price to death. The computer city probably won't agree to credit. If the negotiation is successful, I have to get some funds from the DVD player and the rental store for emergency."

"Okay, then you can go to Huang Yana."

At night, after Di Ye waited for his parents to fall asleep, he secretly ran to find Huang Ya to study the art of stamping. By the way, he explained the matter of going to Jinling. After hearing this, Huang Ya said with emotion: "You are really shameless. You actually put your arms around me to seal, and at the same time discussed using Xia Fangfei's brother."

"It's obvious that they are cooperating with each other and making money together. How can it be called taking advantage of it?"

"Then when you saw Xia Fangfei, didn't you feel guilty?"

"Why should I feel guilty? I told her a long time ago that I was a big carrot, and I didn't lie to her."

Huang Ya snuggled into Di Ye's arms, and after a moment of silence, she said, "If only I could be as shameless as you."

The straight-line distance from Yuncheng to Jinling is only more than 150 kilometers. Most of the roads along the way are expressways, so it is more convenient to travel. Di Ye arrived in Jinling at 9:[-] the next morning and met Xia Fangfei and Xia Jianwu at the exit of the bus station.

"Be honest, did you come to see me or my second brother?"

"I came here to look for your second brother, but when I saw you, I forgot which onion your second brother was."

Xia Fangfei was very satisfied with this answer, she stepped forward and hugged Di Ye's arm, and said with a smile like a flower: "Second brother, did you hear me, which onion are you?"

"I am a green onion, he is a shallot, and you are a chopped green onion. They are all green onions, so don't share them with each other."

Xia Jianwu teased everyone with a humorous tone, then stretched out his right hand and said, "Di Ye, we finally meet, welcome to Jinling."

Di Ye felt that this guy was the one with the highest EQ among all the people he had met after crossing. He hurriedly put down the suitcase, shook hands solemnly, and changed his words: "Second brother, happy new year."

Xia Jianwu glanced at Xia Fangfei who was next to him, smiled and nodded in response: "Happy New Year to you too."

"Don't be so nasty, you two, it's going to rain, let's go."

Jinling's economy is more prosperous than Yuncheng's, and the population is larger. There are already many taxis on the street on the second day of the first lunar month, most of which are red Xiali.

"You Panda Electronics is really a big business. You actually set up 150 acres of land in the city center as a factory."

Xia Fangfei was very proud, but Xia Jianwu felt a little dejected, and complained: "It's all about being strong outside, no matter how good the property is, it can't stand repeated tossing. If the management doesn't do anything, Panda Electronics will go bankrupt sooner or later. At that time, I don't know who will benefit from this treasured land of geomantic omen."

When Di Ye heard this, he looked at Xia Jianwu with admiration, because he was right. In 1996, Panda Electronics lost a big loss in the TV price war, and in 2005, it stumbled in the mobile phone business. It was acquired and reorganized by China Electronics, and this geomantic treasure land was also transformed into a commercial real estate project.

(End of this chapter)