wild 1995

Chapter 46

In March 1994, the country began to implement the "five-day work system every other week", commonly known as the big and small weeks, but only some provinces and cities have implemented this system.

The fifth day of the first lunar month was a Saturday, and I was supposed to work half a day in the morning, but at this time, the Spring Festival had just passed, and many companies or units had no business, and the employees were not interested in working, so they simply had a holiday, making the streets extraordinarily lively.

In this atmosphere, the news that all the shops on Qingyun Road were pasted with posters of "Red Fan District" overnight quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys, becoming a hot topic of the day.

When Di Ye organized the operation, he did not use superglue, but used double-sided adhesive posters, which can be easily torn off, in order to attract fans who like Jackie Chan to take the initiative to tear it up, which increased the popularity of many shops. Therefore, not only did not arouse the disgust of the owners, but talked about it happily, which further contributed to the popularity of Yingfeng.

At around 10:[-] in the morning, Fu Wenjing drove her family's Accord car and came to the Yingfeng flagship store with a few girlfriends. After getting off the car, she was startled by the four long queues at the door, and asked in surprise, "Why are there so many people?"

"That's right, didn't you say that today is a trial operation and it is not open to the public?"

"There are at least a hundred people in each row, when will we have to wait?"

"Wen Jing, didn't you say that this store is opened by a student from our school, go find him to help us join the team."

"Let me look for it."

Fu Wenjing walked to the window of the shop, looked inside, and found four cashier counters in front of the four long dragons, each with a signboard with white characters on a blue background, which were "Cloud Customer Channel", "Post and Telecommunications Customer Channel", "Media Customer Channel" and "Other Customer Channels".

A best friend also saw the signboard, felt a little strange, and said, "Wen Jing, I don't know any of those people in the customer channel of Yunda, do you know them?"

"I don't know either."

At this time, Fu Wenjing saw Di Ye and a woman in a dark green post office uniform coming out of the store, and quickly waved: "Di Ye, Di Ye!"

Hearing the shout, Di Ye hurriedly took Di Yan over to introduce the two of them. Then he observed the girlfriends Fu Wenjing had brought over and found that they were all housewives in their 40s and [-]s. He said, "Sister Wen Jing, you don't have to come in person. Just call and make an appointment. I'll deliver the VCD player to your door."

Fu Wenjing was smart enough to know that what he was talking about was a scene, and responded with a smile: "You are so busy now, I am afraid that the so-called turning back will have to wait for ten days and a half months, so I might as well come and do it myself."

Humans live in groups and have a strong herd mentality. Fu Wenjing's girlfriends were just here to hang out. Seeing the scene was so hot, they couldn't help being moved. They gathered around Di Ye to inquire about the specific content of the event, and then they were stunned by his chatter.

"Sister, you can arrange the business at the Post Office. I'll take Sister Wen Jing and the others to the cashier to go through the formalities."

"Row."

Di Yan's stature is about the same as Xia Fangfei's, about 170, and she looks heroic and imposing in uniform. This is the first time Fu Wenjing saw her, and she was very surprised. Looking at her back, she said, "Di Ye, your sister has such a good figure, she can definitely be a model."

"She's not interested in being a model."

Di Ye brought Fu Wenjing and the others to the cash register, and announced loudly: "Everyone, this channel is specially for Yunda customers. They didn't come here just now, so they borrowed it temporarily. Now that the customers are here, they should be handled first. It doesn't count as jumping in the queue. Please let everyone out."

Yunda is the only key university in Yuncheng, which has a high reputation among the people, and there are only four or five of Fu Wenjing and the others, not many, so no one objected, and they quickly gave up their positions.

When processing, Di Ye asked Fu Wenjing for the identities of the husbands of several girlfriends under the pretext of filling in the family information, and then reported it in a voice that seemed low, but could be heard by many people. Yishui's title of professor caused commotion in the queue. One of them was very smart and didn't believe it. He said to his friends: "How could the professor of Yunda come here to rent the CD, it must be a trust!"

Fu Wenjing came here specially to cheer. Hearing this, she immediately took out her mobile phone from her bag, and said tit for tat: "Do you want me to call my husband over to show you the ID?"

Those girlfriends were all housewives, they cared about the vanity brought about by the title of Mrs. Professor, and they all supported them. Di Ye waited for them to quarrel for a while, and then came forward to persuade the man to calm down the turmoil.

"Sister Wen Jing, thank you very much for today, I will give you a collection of the top ten classic movies in 1994 later."

"That's great, but don't make me wait too long for your so-called turning back."

"No, it will be delivered to your house tomorrow."

Not long after Fu Wenjing and others left, Di Yan brought more than a dozen middle-level cadres of the post office to handle the package. In the mid-90s, the post office had a great reputation, high profits, and many benefits.
After the people from the post office left, a group of customers who claimed to be TV stations, publishing houses, and newspapers came. They tossed back and forth like this, and fooled other customers who came to handle the package business.

At 5:300 p.m., Di Ye ignored the collective protest of hundreds of people at the door, announced the closure, and then posted an announcement saying that due to the shortage of products, from the sixth day to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be a limit of 200 packages per day, of which 100 places will be distributed on the spot, and [-] places will be decided by lottery.

"Damn! Looks like I have to get up early tomorrow to line up."

"I'm so tired of queuing, I'm going to call tomorrow to sign up for the lottery and see if I can win."

"It's too troublesome. I'll just make an ordinary New Year's Day viewing package, and then rent a disc to watch at a relative's house."

Yingfeng has just been established, and the official employee is only Huang Ya. The cashier, receptionist, and security guards who maintain order are all hired outside. After closing, Di Ye gave everyone a salary of 100 yuan and a bonus of 100 yuan to stimulate their enthusiasm for work, because the next few days will be busier and more tiring.

In 1994, the national per capita salary was less than 400 yuan per month, and 200 yuan a day was considered a super high salary. Everyone was very excited after receiving the money. Two of them expressed their willingness to resign from their original units on the spot and come to Yingfeng to work, but Di Ye found excuses and declined.

In addition to Di Ye, Lu Hanming, Huang Ya and others who were busy without touching the ground, Xia Jianwu was also very tired, because he had been communicating with various customers in the reception area, investigating their views on VCD players and their experience in using them.

Due to being too exhausted, no one wanted to bother with dinner, so Di Ye found a local restaurant near the store, ordered a few dishes at random, and asked, "Second brother, what's the result of the investigation?"

Xia Jianwu looked exhausted, but he was very excited. He said in a slightly hoarse voice: "It is ideal. Under the catalysis of pirated discs, urban residents have a strong desire to watch movies and TV series. The market potential of VCD players is even greater than I expected. I plan to return to Jinling tomorrow morning and start preparing for the construction of the factory."

Xia Fangfei acted as the female secretary again today, and helped to write down a large notebook full of notes. She was also very tired, leaning on Di Ye, and said weakly: "Brother, you can go alone tomorrow, and I will go back before the Lantern Festival."

"Okay, I'll pick you up then."

That night, Xia Fangfei finally stopped messing around, and fell asleep quickly after returning to the hotel to take a shower. Seeing this, Di Ye drove the Audi back home, explained the grand occasion to Di Yongchang, and asked him to hire a few more people to increase the output of VCD players to 500 units per day.

"Didn't it say that there is a limit of 300 per day?"

"Dad, the limited number of 300 doesn't mean we only sell 300. If someone you know comes to buy it, can you not sell it? If my sister's boss wants to buy it, can I not sell it?"

Di Yongchang suddenly realized, and then frowned again: "But in this way, in a few days, the CD player and decompression card will not be enough."

"Mr. Xia will return to Jinling tomorrow, and he will help me order another 2000 CD players, and he will also help purchase some decompression cards."

Di Yongchang frowned even tighter, and asked: "The last time I ordered 3000 units, this time I ordered another 2000 units. Calculated at 600 yuan per unit, the total price is 300 million. Where did you get so much money?"

"You don't need to pay the full amount, just pay some deposit to Mr. Xia, and the balance will be settled at the end of the month."

I bought a CD player from Section Chief Wang of Panda Electronics for less than 500 yuan, but Di Ye kept saying that it was 600 yuan a set, because the difference of more than 100 yuan in the middle was Xia Jianwu’s labor costs—he wanted to help Di Ye fool Section Chief Wang and get all the goods with a very low deposit.

The next morning, when Di Ye returned the Audi to Xia Jianwu, he asked, "Last time I gave Section Chief Wang 20, and he only produced 500 CD players. This time I want 3000. How much deposit do I need to give him?"

"If you can guarantee to settle the payment with him at the end of the month, I can let him produce all 4500 CD players without paying a dime."

"I swear to the headlights that I will settle with him at the end of the month."

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the goods in three days."

　Thanks to the book friends "Broad Sea and Sky 2006" and "Baicao Kuangsheng" for their support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)