Roaming In The World Of Film And Television

Chapter 439 The First Pot of Gold

Leaving Jingnan University of Technology, Lin Yue got on a bus bound for the city center. When the passengers were examining each other, he turned his attention to the system space and pulled down the menu to the skill list.

Looking at the “3” behind the existing skill enhancement points, he did not hesitate to click the “+” sign behind [Bargaining LV2], the skill enhancement points fell back to “1”, and the bargaining skills came to LV3.

[Bargain LV3] (Explain that the discount obtained by bargaining is further increased, and it is easier to attract customers when you are a seller. It can be used in conjunction with [Master Milk Killer LV2].)

Near the evening, I came to a market specializing in electronic products on Zhujiang Road.

The audiovisual store of that era can be described as chaotic. Shelves with colorful tapes are placed at the door. The boxes next to them are dusty star posters and photo cards. Under the shop counter are valuables such as pocket radios and tape recorders. Goods, and the treasures of the town shop are of course various VCDs.

Love more VCD.

Strange sound VCD.

Malata VCD.

…

There are also various VCD accessories, microphones, signal cables and so on. On the opposite wall, there are VCD discs. Most of them are Hong Kong movies, but there are also Taiwan movies. United States movies have fewer resources.

Lin Yue strolled around the mall and walked straight into an anonymous shop hidden in various circuit boards, broken stereos, and old discs.

The boss is a middle-aged man with glasses. He is sitting in front of a TV and watching a movie attentively. The cigarette between his fingers has burned to the point that only the filter is left.

Lin Yue let the woven bag placed in the aisle, walked to the boss’s side and glanced at it. The classic Hong Kong movie “A Chinese Ghost Story” is being shown on TV. The plot is that Ning Caichen sleeps in the guest room of Lanruo Temple with the skeletons below one after another. The activity section.

“boss.”

He patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder, making the uncle shiver, and soot fell from his fingertips.

“What are you doing? It’s silent and scared to death.” The middle-aged man said while pressing the pause button for fear of missing the exciting scene.

Ever since VCD began to be popularized and entered thousands of households, HK movies have swept the mainland like a wave, such as a Chinese Ghost Story series, Young and Dangerous series, God of Gamblers series, Mr. Zombie series… it has injected endless vitality and color into this entertainment desert.

“Boss, do you have any CD-ROMs that can be burned?” Lin Yue glanced at the various posters on the wall, then flipped through the DVDs in the cardboard boxes on the counter.

The middle-aged man pushed the frame and looked at him deeply: “Yes, two yuan each.”

“What are you kidding me?” Lin Yue said, “The shops at the end of the street only need more than one yuan, and you can sell two yuan for this one.”

“How many do you want? If you want more, I can get you cheaper.”

Lin Yue stretched out a hand.

“Five?”

“Fifty sheets.”

“You have to buy it sincerely, and count you one yuan and five.”

Lin Yue walked out without saying a word.

“Hey, don’t go, if you are not satisfied, the price can still be discussed.”

Lin Yue is not surprised by the reaction of middle-aged people, because the monthly income of workers in small and medium-sized cities in this era is only five or six hundred yuan. For this level of storefronts, fifty CD-ROMs are already a big deal. .

“It’s not that I didn’t buy it sincerely, it’s that you didn’t sell it sincerely. They told you that the two shops at the end of the street offered more than one yuan. I asked for fifty. You offer me a price of one and five. Seeing that I’m a student, it’s a lie. no?”

“Then how much do you want?”

“From my standpoint, of course the less the better.”

“One piece and two.”

Lin Yue didn’t speak, turned his head and left.

“One piece, one piece head office.”

Lin Yue stopped, walked back to the front of the counter, and pointed to the recorder next to him: “How much does it cost to burn a disc?”

The boss said: “Two yuan a piece.”

“I buy burned discs and burned discs from you, what is the minimum you can give me?”

“Fifty engravings?”

“Fifty engraved pieces.”

The boss took off his glasses and wiped them on a piece of greasy-stained glasses cloth: “The disc plus the recording fee is three yuan a piece.”

“Two dollars and seven, no more.”

The boss pondered for a moment: “Okay, two yuan and seven are two yuan and seven.”

After bargaining for a good price, the boss took out fifty empty discs from under the counter, and Lin Yue rummaged through the cardboard box next to him and found ten discs.

They are “A Chinese Ghost Story” 1-2, “The God of Gamblers”, “The Saint of Gamblers”, “The Gambler” and two zombie-themed films.

“These films, each one has a bit of engraving.”

The boss picked up the film on the counter and looked puzzled: “Young man, I’m very curious about what you are going to do to carve fifty discs at once.”

“Of course it was sold.”

“Sell it?” The boss was stunned.

“You know, our students don’t have a lot of money. A VCD is used in several dormitories in turn. Buying a CD is also a lot of money. Everyone thinks that you can save a little bit. If you are a student, you are willing. Come to me to buy cheap unpackaged CDs, or go to the audiovisual store to buy packaged CDs?”

“Uh.” The boss was really surprised by him. In these years, let alone young people who are still in school, even those who have been in the society for many years, generally still have the mentality of working and earning money. A small part of this group.

Just as Lin Yue said, the discs placed in the cartons on the counter are essentially the same as the blank discs that have been burned. There are multiple outer packagings. When customers buy discs in the store, they usually look at the screen and introduction.

CDs with outer packaging are priced at ten to twenty yuan according to the level of newness and use (VCDs were two discs and one film back then). How much are the CDs in the hands of young people? The cost is only five yuan.

“It should take a lot of time to burn fifty discs. In this way, I will give you 20 yuan as a deposit. I will come here tomorrow afternoon to pick up the goods and pay you the balance.”

“Row.”

Lin Yue took out twenty yuan and handed it over, and the boss wrote him a receipt.

After leaving the store, he went to other shops dealing in electronic products to take a look. It was dark and went to Matai Street for a stroll, before returning to school at ten o’clock.

In the evening of the next day, he came to the video store on time and tried the trial screening effect on the machine. Lin Yue paid the balance and agreed to cooperate for the second time and let altruism leave Zhujiang Road after ten points. Taiwan Street.

In 1996, the Matai Street Night Market can be said to be the largest night market in the city, with 600 stalls alone, selling snacks, fruits, toys, audio and video products, daily necessities… floating in the air With the smell of oil smoke and the sweetness of fruits, the sound of bargaining made the whole street into a hustle and bustle. The child holding a popsicle in his left hand and a marshmallow in his right hand took a bite from the left and the right, and the bicycle bell always came from the street. Ring to the end of the street.

Lin Yue came here to sell discs. He told his boss that selling discs at school was just casual talk. How much spending power does a group of students who can’t even buy VCDs have? More people watch movies and choose to rent discs. The rich second generation like Xu Gongzi is not universal, and the night market is different. The flow of people is very large. This is a provincial capital city, and the income is generally higher. People spend more than ten. Buying a few CDs for $20 is not a high consumption. After all, unlike the Lin Yue Life era in 1996, computers were not popular yet, and the Internet was a new thing, and watching DVDs was basically a national entertainment. .

In the current era of underdeveloped information interaction, many people simply buy VCDs and play video discs. As for the recorder, the ghost knows what it is.

Lin Yue’s idea is very simple-to use the asymmetry of information to grab the first pot of gold.

However, although his discs have a price advantage, they are not packaged. They are definitely not as good-looking as other stalls selling audio and video products. Moreover, others set up a stall with dozens of hundreds of colorful discs. Just let the guests choose whatever they want. He can’t compare with diversity on this point.

Without packaging and small scale, these two defects will bring a crisis of trust. For ordinary people, they can only improve the impression of the guests of the booth through long-term operation. Lin Yue does not have so much time to waste on this matter. The goal is to sell all the DVDs in one night.

Confidence comes from [Bargaining LV3]?

No, this is just one of his reliance. In addition to his business skills, he also has a novel and interesting idea.