The literary era since 1979

Chapter 58 Business Opportunities Brought by Buying Electric Fans

The training institute over there just finished its summer vacation, and here at Yenching Academy of Arts and Literature, Fangyan has to go back to work.

It was either Zhou Yanru or Ji Xiuying who brought Fangyan and Wang Jie to visit the old writer's home. In addition to getting to know them, they also watched how Zhou Yanru and Ji Xiuying compiled the manuscripts.

This is also what they will do when they become editors in the future.

For example, Wang Zengqi successfully begged for "The Rite of Initiation" from him. Hey, what a good article!
For these two issues, the workload was not heavy because there were manuscripts from students at the training institute as a basis, so Fangyan had plenty of free time.

Whether at work or after get off work, he is either reading the books on Shen Yanbing's reading list or busy writing the framework and outline of "The Splitting of the Qin Empire". Every now and then, he would look for Shen Yanbing to chat for an hour about his reading experience and the written manuscript.

It was on July 7, the last day of the college entrance examination, that Fang Yan finally got Shen Yanbing's permission and began to try to write the opening chapter.

At this time, the weather is hot and humid, and the heat is unbearable.

"It's so hot. It's so hot."

Fang Yan, who was already on summer vacation, sucked on the popsicle that Fang Yan bought and kept fanning him, "Brother, buy me another one."

"No, you've already eaten two, that's too much. If you eat any more you'll get a stomach upset."

Fangyan used popsicles as a reward and asked his little sister to fan him.

"But, but it's really hot!"

Fang Yan stuck out her tongue.

Fangyan reached out and touched his forehead, his hands were all sweaty. Without air conditioning, the whole room was like an oven. It was already hot, and he had to look up information and write manuscripts, and he was becoming more and more dizzy.

Electric fan! You must buy an electric fan!
"Electric fan?"

Yang Xia didn't object. After all, her son made so much money. "You don't have tickets. Where can you buy them? Go to the trust store?"

"Buy a second-hand one first, just in case of emergency."

Fangyan plans to go look for it, and it would be best if he could buy two at once.

There is one in my room and one in my younger sister's room.

Although it is second-hand, the electric fans at that time are quite durable and can still be used properly even after another ten or twenty years.

If the trust store doesn't have it, you can only try your luck at the pigeon market to see if there are any electric fan tickets for sale.

Ride your bike straight to Beixinqiao Trust Store.

Xiao Liu, wearing a white coat, immediately came forward. Ever since he helped him get the Forever bicycle, the two became friends.

"Electric fan? I'll help you find it. Come with me."

"okay."

Fangyan handed him a cigarette and went to the area dedicated to electronic products. There were very few things there. After all, these days, the only household appliance in many people's homes is probably a flashlight.

From left to right, from front to back, there was no sign of an electric fan, but I did unexpectedly see a black and white TV.

"No way? There are still people selling TVs?"

Fangyan raised his eyebrows.

"you do not say."

Xiao Liu curled his lips.

"What's the price?"

"260 yuan."

"260 yuan! Isn't this like picking it up for free?"

Fangyan frowned. A TV set on the market costs 400 to 500 yuan, but now there is a TV set here that is almost half the price, but no one wants to buy it. There must be something fishy.

"There is something wrong with this TV."

Xiao Liu lowered his voice.

"broken?"

Fangyan asked.

"It's not broken."

Xiao Liu smacked his lips and said, "Don't be fooled by the appearance. It looks fine from the outside. After I dismantled it, I found out that it was an experimental prototype."

"Is this a prototype assembled by students from a technical school?"

Fangyan suddenly realized that unlike the televisions sold on the market, the television factory would have a batch of televisions that were processed internally.

For example, exhibiting recycled prototypes.

That is, some televisions will be placed as exhibits in major department stores. After a long time, they will need to be replaced with new models, and the old samples will be sold internally at half price.

Another example is testing and repairing prototypes.

The machines that are sent for inspection undergo destructive tests such as drop tests, so their technical quality is quite high.

As for the experimental installation of TV sets by technical school students, since they were guaranteed to be assigned jobs back then, in order to allow students to directly work on the assembly line after graduation, they were asked to learn assembly while still in school. The quality of the parts used in these TV sets is relatively low. "Amazing! You know all this!"

Xiao Liu gave a thumbs up and said, "It was only after I listened to my master that I understood the ins and outs of this."

"But you guys are selling it too expensive. Normally this kind of experimental prototype is only sold for 180 yuan internally, but you raised the price to 260 yuan. Isn't that a bit too unfair?"

Fangyan rolled his eyes.

Xiao Liu waved his hand and said, "This is none of our business. Look, this is consignment. The owner of the TV set set the price himself."

"Hey, I guess he wants to take advantage of someone."

"Don't worry, no. We will tell anyone who wants to buy this TV in advance that this is an experimental prototype."

"I said so."

Fang Yan laughed and said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have put it there until now, so that I could see it. I guess the good ones would have been snatched away as soon as they appeared."

"Who says it's not true? Instead of spending this money on buying a TV ticket and plane tickets," Xiao Liu said disdainfully.

"If it's for testing and repair, or for exhibiting a recovered prototype, I would consider it.
Fangyan curled his lips.

In another year or two, Peony brand color TVs will be on the market, and this black and white TV is destined to be eliminated.

"How can it be your turn? We can destroy them ourselves." Xiao Liu cursed with a smile.

“There really is no electric fan.”

After searching around for a while, I was greatly disappointed.

"Who would sell an electric fan in this hot weather?" Xiao Liu said, "How about this, I'll keep an eye out for you these days. If I really run into one, I'll go and let you know."

"That's good."

Fangyan's eyes rolled. If the trust store didn't have it and there were no tickets on the black market, he could only think of foreign exchange coupons.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw a mahogany chair. He stopped and turned around to look. There was actually a pile of mahogany furniture.

"No one wants these?"

"No one wants it. Who would want such an old item?"

"is it?"

"Of course!"

Xiao Liu explained that old furniture such as folding chairs with electroplated legs and mahogany chairs, which are popular nowadays, are regarded as outdated antiques and are basically sold for money.

"What about this Huanghuali wood top cabinet?"

In his previous life, Fangyan often shopped on treasures in trust stores and collected items. As soon as he took a look at them, he felt that they looked like they were made by the imperial court during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"correct."

Xiao Liu said that the sellers were a newlywed couple who had just gotten married and replaced their furniture. They thought these old items were too much of a nuisance and had no place to put them at home, so they stored them here.

For example, a pair of huanghuali armchairs sells for 8 yuan.

"8 yuan?"

"Yeah, I think the price is too high. A brand new pair is only 10 bucks!"

“Haha, this price is indeed high.”

Fangyan narrowed his eyes calmly, it’s too cheap!
But it is also normal. In this era, Western-style furniture such as sofas are replacing Chinese-style furniture. For example, at the Yanjing Hardwood Furniture Factory, a pair of huanghuali armchairs is sold for 10 yuan, but no one buys them.

Those who don’t have money think it’s too expensive and make it themselves.

Rich people think it’s old-fashioned and buy Western style.

"I bought this, can you deliver it to my home?"

"Of course not. We never do that in our store."

"That's because I didn't come. If I had come, I would have done it."

Fangyan pointed to the Huanghuali armchair and other things and said, "If I want all of these, can you help me deliver them home?"

"This... is not impossible."

Xiao Liu was surprised and said, "But you have to think carefully, do you really want all these old things? It's not too late to change your mind now!"

"No need to change it, I'll go pay the money!"

Fangyan glanced at the pile of huanghuali wood. He didn't hate himself for not having enough money, but only hated that there was not enough space in his house to store so many.

Otherwise, all of these must be moved out!

At this moment, I have never had such a strong thought:
Build a courtyard house as a warehouse!

　Thanks to Changle Weiyangmeng for the 100000 Starting Coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)