1993 Glamour at a Glance

Chapter 6 Selling an idea
Not only did he not see the stock, Song Yang also did not find the phone number of the wave channel manufacturer from the newspapers and magazines at the newsstand.

Information is really blocked. Song Yang, who was reborn from the Internet age, feels especially deeply.

It seems that looking back, we still have to wait for the summer vacation, let Dong Liming go back to Zhejiang Province to look for it, and then contact him.

"Comrade, you've been reading it for quite a while..." the old man at the newsstand finally couldn't help but speak.

Song Yang was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly laughed along with him: "Sorry, I'm fascinated by it. This book, this book, and..."

He picked out the latest issues of the magazines and paid for them.

If it weren't for the military school uniform he wore, people might not necessarily call him comrade.

With this body skin, a lot of things can be saved.

The law and order in the early 90s was not very good.

When Song Yang came to the urban area, he wanted to check the market of the current BP player, and also to buy books, magazines and tapes that were easier to buy only in the urban area.

The tapes are routinely bought as pirated copies.

There is no way, the money they give is the price of pirated copies.

Otherwise, the genuine tapes cost at least ten yuan a box.

What those guys want to listen to is a platter of popular songs, and such tapes can only be bootlegs.

Ask a passer-by that there are a lot of tapes nearby, and there are also video tape rental shops. The name of the shop is very impressive: Yinhe Audio and Video.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw a man standing up behind the glass counter: "Comrade, come to check? You smoke..."

Song Yang was stunned, looked at his clothes before laughing: "Boss, I misunderstood. Look again, I'm here to buy tapes."

The shop owner came back to his senses, relaxed his mood and smiled: "Wearing like this on the street, are you a soldier?"

"I want to find some tapes." Song Yang didn't answer, but directly started to say which songs he wanted.

At this time, the four kings of the Xiangdao music scene had just been selected, and golden songs were frequently released.

The tape Song Yang wanted was not difficult to find, but the more complete the platter, the better. This is also the fun of searching for tapes at this time.

While the inside and outside of the store are all genuine copies, the boss has to look for these pirated tapes in the closed cabinet.

Song Yang saw that he was looking for this store while helping him find it.

These days, self-employed individuals cannot obtain a license to operate tapes, video tapes, or even video halls.

This Yinhe audiovisual company not only sells tapes, but also rents out video tapes, and even has a video hall in the back room.

Song Yang recalled that he was a bit of an underdog at the beginning, and thought to himself, does he have the oldest version of the hand-crank driver for sale?

The business in the store was good, he found half of the tapes, and two more people came to rent video tapes.

The deposit is 30 yuan, and only 3 yuan will be charged if it is returned within 2 days, and 1 yuan per day if it is overdue.

There are also people who come to watch movies in the video hall, 5 cents per person, and watch as long as you want.

So after the boss picked out seven or eight boxes of the tapes he wanted for him to choose, Song Yang asked casually: "Boss, your business is not small. You also rent video tapes and open a video room. Why didn't you invite someone to do it?" help?"

"Originally there were only video tapes. Now the competition is fierce, and I thought about selling tapes again. Who should I hire? If I hire someone, I will lose money."

Song Yang was noncommittal, how could it be possible to lose money, but he was too busy, so he wanted to earn more.

This generation of people can bear this hardship.

He also said: "Then you have a wide supply of goods. Others I asked said that you have all the tapes here."

The boss was very pleased: "After all, I have been in this business for a long time."

"Then do you have any good videotapes?"

Hearing the accent in his words, the boss turned serious and said with a half-smile: "There are so many good new movies! Just released last year, "Deer and Ding Ji", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", "Family You" Things", "Invincible in the East"..."

Song Yang smiled and winked at him.

The boss frowned: "Brother, what are you doing here?"

"Buy tapes." Song Yang picked out the four tapes he wanted and handed over the money.

A box of 3 yuan is the market price in Shimenzhuang.

The boss felt relieved after collecting the money, and continued to look at him: "Do you want to rent two more movies?"

Song Yang shook his head: "Boss, I have an idea for you to make more money, do you want to hear it?"

The boss was happy: "Selling ideas? It's quite popular recently. I think you are so young, are you still a student?"

Song Yang nodded, and took out his student ID card to show him: "Listen?"

In this era, college students are already cadres, and their student ID card can also enjoy many discounts, so Song Yang naturally carries it with him.

But what the boss saw was mainly the word Yenching University.

The boss was really dumbfounded, and then he slapped his head: "That's right, the students of Yan University are training at the military academy. Tsk tsk tsk, Wenquxing came to the door today..."

Song Yang put away his student ID card with a smile and asked again: "Listen?"

"Listen!" The boss came interested, "What ideas do you have?"

"What's the boss's name?" Song Yang put the tape in the military green schoolbag issued by the military academy, walked behind the counter, and sat down on the small bench inside.

"My name is Zhu Ziqiang." He also moved his old wooden chair aside, "Student Xiao Song, you are different from the college students I have ever seen, don't be shy!"

Seeing him so confident, and because of his identity, Zhu Ziqiang had some expectations.

But he then said: "But I can't pay for ideas like the newspapers said. I can't make much money from this small business."

Song Yang understood, and just pointed outside: "There's another guest."

After Zhu Ziqiang finished another round of work, Song Yang said: "According to the interval between the guests, you usually have to rent out at least one hundred video tapes a day, and three to five hundred on weekends. The deposit of tens of thousands per day is in your hand. Can’t spend, it’s very exciting, right?”

Zhu Ziqiang looked at him: "Student Xiao Song, you don't seem like a bold person?"

"Of course it's not worth running around with money, only fine water can flow forever." Song Yang smiled, "Brother Zhu, I'll help you with an idea, and I don't want you to pay for it. You help me buy a batch of tapes, and when the time comes How about earning a hard fee and selling it to me at a lower price?"

"Tape? What tape?"

"Many of my classmates like to listen to the band beyond, but I don't know where to buy it cheaply."

What Song Yang said was not a lie, their songs were indeed liked by many people.After the next incident happened, there were naturally countless people making money. Song Yang just wanted to get some tapes in his hands earlier and at a lower cost.

Hearing what Song Yang said, Zhu Ziqiang was a little surprised: "Since I won't lose money, why not? Xiao Song, what's the idea?"

Song Yang asked him to borrow a pen and a notebook, and drew a box on the paper: "Membership card of Yinhe Audiovisual. Each card is given a number, and you keep an account. If you pay 100 yuan, you will be issued a card." With this card, you can rent video tapes with the card in the future, no deposit required. Rent video tapes, buy tapes, and enter the video hall, you will get a 4% discount. Rent a video tape and save 100 cents. Even if you only watch one video tape every week, you can save [-] yuan for half a year. Money back, not to mention buying tapes to take advantage of."

He continued to explain why there is such a card and how to manage it.

Zhu Ziqiang listened to him in a daze, not wanting to understand the meaning behind it for a while.

Song Yang continued: "I have applied for a card with you. In order to earn back early, I will only go to you to buy tapes and rent video tapes. You save the trouble of collecting and refunding deposits every time, and the money will be returned to you. You have it. If 100 people apply for the card, you will have 1 more money in hand, and you will be able to load more video tapes in time, so that the movies in your store will be updated and more complete. The larger the quantity, the lower the cost. When the business grows, we can open more branches and find someone trustworthy to take care of them.”

"The most important thing is that there are some good movies that are only rented out to members who have a card. You have good movies here, and only rent them out to members. Everyone is a member who has paid for it. Don't worry, they will feel at ease. As for what price to set for this membership card and what specific discounts to give, Brother Zhu, you can figure it out after you do the math."

Zhu Ziqiang's mouth opened wide.

The kind of good movie you mentioned, isn't it the kind of... that kind of...

However, after seeing his student ID card just now, it is really difficult to connect him with such a thing.

Song Yang asked with a smile, "How is it? Brother Zhu, do you think something is wrong?"

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