1993 Glamour at a Glance

Chapter 9

Seeing that the school gate was not far away, Shen Qingxue asked, "That Band-Aid... How much is a box?"

"Not as expensive as these snacks, don't worry."

"...the song you sang last time, do you have any lyrics or..."

Song Yang thought for a while: "Then I'll write the lyrics tonight. Is there a girl from our Chinese department in your dormitory? I'll ask her to hand it over to you during class."

"... Lan Hui."

"Her?" Song Yang suddenly realized, "No wonder she peeped at me from time to time recently, thinking she was attracted to me."

"..."

The meaning of this sentence is wrong no matter how you hear it.

Shen Qingxue quickly changed the subject again: "Why do you spend so much money on grilled cakes?"

Song Yang knew that she was talking about an aluminum lunch box, so he replied casually: "I lack a box to put things in. Do you think I am showing kindness or showing it to you on purpose?"

"I didn't think so..."

"We're at school, don't let others misunderstand, goodbye!" Song Yang was carrying things in both hands, so he shook his head left and right and walked into the school gate first.

Shen Qingxue pursed her lips and gasped, and quickened her pace.

Does he like to tease himself on purpose, or is he just so funny?

Thinking of his seriousness in training as a standard bearer, Shen Qingxue naturally turned the answer to the former.

After a while, everyone in the two dormitories was pleasantly surprised: "Wow, grilled cakes!"

Fan Zhong, who arrived later, stood at the door of their dormitory with a complicated expression on his face.

It turned out that the lunch box contained grilled cakes, so did the one in Shen Qingxue's hand?Who paid for it and gave it to whom?

"Come and have a taste." Song Yang greeted warmly.

"...No need." After he walked through the door, his face darkened.

Murder, but also punish!

At this time, the roommates were looking at the snacks brought back by Song Yang again.

"Wow! Chocolate!"

"And orange candy!"

"Damn, and soy milk powder?"

Dong Liming's eyes flickered, and he said sharply: "No! How could you buy so many high-end goods? Is this the money we gave you to buy so much? There are also fruits!"

"The book is out of stock, and it took a long time to find the pirated version, the money I saved."

"Then why don't you buy more raccoons!"

"Don't ask me to help you bring it next week, don't even eat grilled cakes!" Song Yang angrily took out the tape and book from his satchel, "Being a flag bearer is so tiring, I'll find a video room to rest for a day when I go out next week !"

"Don't! Big brother raising the flag has worked hard! Make a cup of soy milk for the big brother raising the flag! We all closely surround the big brother raising the flag!"

"Eat quickly, and help me clean the lunch box after eating!"

Song Yang didn't talk nonsense, he really needed a box to hide something.In the collective dormitory, there is too little private space for oneself.

On the other hand, the girls in Shen Qingxue's dormitory found something unusual: "I remember that when my aunt came last time, she brought much more delicious food than this."

"...you can eat it or not, I will keep it if you don't!"

"What is this?" Lan Hui noticed Shen Qingxue's movement of hiding the band-aid under the mattress, "Huh?"

"This is imported, look at the paper on the back!"

After military training for so long, many people have gone to the infirmary to wrap gauze.

Everyone is familiar with band-aids, but they have never seen such a small and delicate one.

"I know this! I saw this Band-Aid story in Youth Digest!"

"Huh? And a story?"

"Yes! It is said that this kind of Band-Aid was invented by a small employee in the United States. He was just married at that time, and his wife was not good at cooking, so she often cut or burned her hands. The small employee was in a company that produced bandages At work, he bandages his wife every time. However, he is worried that when he is away, his wife will not be able to bandage her injuries. Later, he invented this band-aid that combines gauze and tape. A band is a bandage, aid It's First Aid, a great invention born of love!"

Shen Qingxue listened in a daze.

Inventions born of love?After hearing this kind of words, the girl who has just planted love roots is like a young seedling suddenly absorbing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Did he notice the blisters on his hands a long time ago, or did he think of her because he had them?

Does he still keep it for himself?
Does he... know the story?

"Qingxue, Auntie really loves you!" After finishing speaking, Lan Hui looked at the gauze in her hand and became strange again, "Auntie brought it for you, why don't you use it?"

"... She didn't know that I was the flag bearer until she came here. This is... I bought it in the city."

"I got blisters on my feet too..."

"...I... only have two boxes of this..."

"I'm kidding you." Lan Hui was envious, "Auntie loves you so much, she will visit you once every two months..."

"...Eat the fruit first, it will spoil easily in hot weather!"

Shen Qingxue panicked and quickly diverted her attention.

……

As dusk approached, Zhu Ziqiang of Yinhe Audiovisual hadn't made up his mind yet.

As in the afternoon, he was chatting with two old customers again.

The two nodded again and again: "That's the reason! Pay the deposit, it's troublesome for you to write the deposit note, and I lost the deposit note twice. It would be great if I could rent video tapes and buy tapes at a [-]% discount! If there are many movies, I can watch them every day." !"

"So, do you think this idea can work?" Zhu Ziqiang was still a little uncertain.

"It can be done! Okay, old Zhu, I didn't expect you to come up with such a good idea. The membership system is interesting. Does it feel like a club in the movie we watched?"

Two old customers winked, and then one said seriously: "I'm telling you the truth, don't sell tapes and video halls, how much money can you make? Now more and more VCRs are bought, and there are more good movies to make money! I’ve watched your movies almost all over, and there are some movies you don’t have here!”

"There are also TV dramas. "Legend of the New White Snake", when will the videotape be available for rent? My mother-in-law has talked about it many times."

Zhu Ziqiang assured him, and his heart became more excited.

This afternoon, he's been chatting about the idea with his loyal and regular clients.

After all, 100 yuan is not a small number, and for many people with stable jobs, it is at least half a month's salary.

However, it turned out to be okay.

Zhu Ziqiang recalled it.

VCRs are luxury appliances, and one set costs three to four thousand.

If you can afford this money to buy a video recorder, what is 100 yuan?
Isn't the video recorder just for playing video tapes when you buy it?

Rent ordinary movies, save 4 cents for a video tape.

Renting that kind of movie can save 6 cents per disc.

For 100 yuan, it will indeed come back in a few months.

Some people even asked if they could get a [-]% discount if they buy back the movies they particularly love to watch.

In that case, a video tape can directly save a few dollars.

Hearing these two people say the same thing, Zhu Ziqiang proposed without a teacher: "That's it! In the future, if you introduce others to rent those good movies from me, you must apply for a membership card! I have to be careful every time I ask for a long time. , to confirm whether it is your acquaintance. Now that the management is getting stricter, I can only trust it after paying the money. Do you think they will be willing? There are 100 people who apply for the card, so I will spend more time and use the money to go to the more What a great movie."

The old customers (se) and customers (pi) were excited: "Don't just come to Xiangdao, I heard there are foreign girls!"

"Keep down!" Zhu Ziqiang looked around guiltily, "Don't take those films later. If you want me to find more films, you have to protect me!"

"Understood, of course I have to protect you, otherwise where can we find a movie to watch?"

Zhu Ziqiang sent them away, smoked 5 cigarettes in the store and finally made up his mind to give it a try.

Early the next morning, he went to a friend to ask about the relationship with the small printing factory and the cost of printing this kind of membership card.

When the college student explained it, he reminded that this card is a voucher for accounting, and it must have a different number for anti-counterfeiting.

It is also a status symbol. Having it means that you have a wide range of opportunities and you can rent popular and good movies.

It can also be borrowed, turn a blind eye and close one eye, as long as one card is not used by too many people too frequently.

If you feel something is wrong, you will use the excuse that you are afraid that someone else will come to secretly investigate, so that the person who applies for the card will also persuade your friends to just get one and forget it.

The more Zhu Ziqiang thought about it, the more he felt that there were still many tricks in it.

It's really different if you have read the book and haven't read the book!

That kid must have watched a lot of good movies, so he can still get into Yanda?

Zhu Ziqiang can only feel that some people are born with bright minds.

Printing cards is not troublesome, but it is more expensive than ordinary cards. Zhu Ziqiang gritted his teeth and printed 3000 cards first.

There are 100 cards in a stack. After he returned to the store with a bag, he opened the door and began to encourage customers to apply for cards.

With a membership card, you can rent 3 videotapes at a time.In this way, customers feel that the cost will be paid back faster, and more people who apply for cards and rent video tapes may increase.

In addition, those who applied for the card at the earliest time simply gave away a videotape whose casing was a little worn out, or whose renters had become fewer and fewer.

At the same time, for those old customers with familiar faces, the new unspoken rules of Yinhe Audiovisual have been established: in the future, some movies will only be rented to people with cards.

The reason is simple and easy to understand, and the old customers (se) and households (pi) who are in great demand call on good people to have a safe life.

In this way, Zhu Ziqiang started an extraordinary week.

(End of this chapter)