wild 1995

Chapter 7

There were three reasons why Di Ye and Xia Fangfei didn't call, they were savage, coquettish, and fussy. Di Ye didn't notice the first two, but she felt the third this afternoon because she visited all the shops on Qingyun Road, trying everything, but she just didn't buy it.

"I've been shopping for more than two hours, and my legs are about to break. Have you made your choice?"

"I think you can run quite well when you play football! The things here are not good, let's go to the department store and have a look."

"Go to the department store and if you can't choose again, I'll buy a string of candied haws as a gift for you."

"Alright alright."

The 90s belonged to the heyday of department stores, which were an indispensable core in the commercial circles of major cities, and Yuncheng was no exception. It was full of tourists and extremely lively. Di Ye saw many familiar brands or products when he was a child, which brought back many fond memories.

However, he was exhausted right now, so he just glanced around casually, and then found a corner in the women's clothing area on the third floor, letting Xia Fangfei try on the clothes by himself, while he put the "Compilation Principles and Technology" textbook on the floor, and sat down to rest.

Since an experiment was done in the morning, it was confirmed that outsiders could not see the light curtain. During the break, Di Ye summoned the light curtain openly, checked the message, and found that Di Ye sent a voice a few minutes ago, asking if it was convenient for him to make a video.

"It's already 3:[-] in the afternoon, and this guy just sent a message. It must have been all night last night."

Di Ye swiped his index finger in the air, dragged the light curtain in front of him, adjusted it to the size of a tablet, and then pressed the button on the upper right corner of the electronic watch to apply for a video call.

A few seconds after pressing the button, Di Ye appeared on the light screen. Di Ye saw him with a chicken-nest head on his head and a haggard face, and teased, "How's the night?"

"It's worse than being drunk. I didn't go to bed until 10 in the morning. I just woke up and haven't had lunch yet."

"Can you order takeout?"

"Yes, I ordered once last night. I ordered a KFC set meal just now, and it will take 15 minutes for it to be delivered."

When Di Ye heard that he wanted to eat KFC, he couldn't help laughing, and asked, "What did you do all night last night?"

"I didn't do anything, just read the industry news between 1995 and 2023. There have been too many changes in the past 20 years! Many things are more magical than props in sci-fi movies, such as mobile phones. In 1995, I would never have imagined that in 2023, there would be one for everyone, and its functions are stronger than computers. There are also drones..."

Di Ye is a typical science and technology fanatic. He talked endlessly, and finally concluded: "The past 20 years have been really exciting and exciting. It is a pity that I was not able to participate in it."

"It's not too late to participate now, I see that you are particularly interested in programming, and you can learn by yourself..."

The business of the department store is booming, and there are many customers. The appearance of Di Ye sitting on the ground and talking to himself made a middle-aged man who was shopping with his wife curious. He leaned over and asked, "Dude, what are you talking about while talking to the air?"

"I run fast at prayer time so the pain ends sooner."

"Haha you are so funny."

While Di Ye was dealing with the middle-aged man, he was planning a conversation with Di Ye in his heart. As a result, something miraculous happened, and a few lines of text appeared on the light screen, revealing his thoughts.

"Do you have a keyboard over there? You can actually type!"

Di Ye's brain was wide open, and he immediately understood what was going on. He explained in words in a silent way: "There is no keyboard, and the electronic watch is bound to our soul. Since information can be transmitted by voice, it can also be transmitted by consciousness. Whatever is in the heart, it will be displayed."

"Interesting, I'll try it too."

Di Ye is an old antique, he has never experienced the baptism of online texts, nor has he experienced the voice input method, so he learned it after trying for a while.

Since he stayed at home alone, there was no need to use this method, so he quickly changed to talking, and asked: "A man named Zhong Zhiming just sent several WeChat messages, urging me to choose a topic and write a manuscript. Didn't you graduate from college long ago? Why do you still choose a topic to write a thesis?"

"It's not writing a thesis, it's writing a self-media video copy. I'm in a department store right now, so it's not convenient to chat with you in detail. Let's talk about it later in the evening."

"What are you doing in the department store?"

Di Ye pressed the button of the electronic watch, adjusted the video angle, showed Di Ye the surrounding environment, and explained: "I broke up with Xia Fangfei for you, and now I will accompany her to buy a breakup gift."

Di Ye Sanguan was shocked, and said in surprise: "You people in 2023, do you still have to give gifts after breaking up?"

"There's also a breakup gun... Forget about polluting your pure heart, the electronic watch that Xia Fangfei gave is very valuable, I can't return it to her now, so I just bought a gift in return."

"That's true, but I only have 200 yuan a month for living expenses, and you can't buy gifts equivalent to electronic watches."

"It's okay. I sold my internship at IBM to Shi Yucheng for 5 yuan in the morning. I don't need money now."

Di Ye took money very lightly, and still had a bit of a grudge, and said, "If my dad finds out that you sold your internship to someone else, he will definitely be furious. You can ask for more blessings."

"Your father has a bad temper?"

"It's not that I have a bad temper, it's that I love face. He has already publicized to his relatives and friends that I will go to a big American company for an internship next semester. Now that you have sold the place, he will lose face. He must be very angry."

Di Ye rubbed his forehead when he heard the words, and asked, "What month do you go to practice?"

"From March 3th to April 6th, a one-month internship."

"That's okay. There is a three-month buffer period. You can find another way to go to the United States for a walk."

"It's not that easy to go to America."

At this time, Di Ye saw Xia Fangfei wearing a camel woolen coat, coming out of the interview room of the store diagonally opposite, so he said in a hurry: "Going to the United States is not as difficult as you think. I will hang up first, and we will talk later."

"Okay, go get busy."

Di Ye stood up from the ground, walked over with the textbook, saw Xia Fangfei looking at the mirror repeatedly, and obviously liked it very much, so he said, "This one is pretty good, it suits you very well, just buy it."

"Forget it, it's too expensive, more than 600 yuan."

"600 yuan can buy my legs without torture. It's a good deal."

Xia Fangfei took off her coat, hung it back on the hanger, and insisted: "It's really too expensive, don't buy it, if you're tired, just sit still, I'll go and see something else."

After taking off her coat, Xia Fangfei only wore a thin woolen sweater, showing off her beautiful figure. Di Ye glanced at her round and full curves, and said angrily, "I suddenly regretted it, why don't we fall in love."

When Xia Fangfei got along with Di Ye before, she had a strong mentality of worrying about gains and losses, and her performance was relatively reserved. At noon, Di Ye's words broke her unrequited love. Without the psychological burden, she began to let herself go. With one hand on her hip, she posed as a model catwalk, and said with a smile: "It's hard to get over the water, you have no chance."

"Not always."

Di Ye reached out and took off the overcoat, and joked: "The ancients said that women are like clothes. You see, after hanging up the clothes, you can take them down again."

"Hey, this is really expensive."

"It's not expensive. Let's go, I have something to do at night, so I don't have time to continue shopping with you."

Di Ye paid with the bank card he had newly issued in the morning, and then took a taxi back to school. The two of them didn't speak during the journey. When they parted at the school gate, Xia Fangfei carried the bag of clothes and said quietly, "Di Ye, I now believe what you said at noon. You can talk sweetly and are willing to spend money. You will definitely be a big carrot in the future."

"Vegetables and radishes, everyone has their own love. If you like vegetables, we will be ordinary friends. If you like radishes, come to me anytime."

"Shameless, get out!"

Di Ye didn't go back to the dormitory, but went directly to the rented house. When passing by the student supermarket, he went in and bought a box of instant coffee. After returning to 303, he boiled a bottle of boiling water and made a cup of coffee. Then he made another video with Di Ye to teach him what self-media is.

Di Ye has a strong ability to accept new things, and he figured it out in a few minutes. Once again, he was impressed by the magic of technology and said: "It has always been my dream to make money by playing computer games at home. I never thought it would be so easy to realize in 2023."

"It's because it's easy to achieve, so the threshold is low and the competition is fierce. Zhong Zhiming and I mainly make long videos about knowledge. Every time we choose a topic and write a manuscript, we have to spend a lot of effort, but we don't earn much, so we can barely make ends meet."

"I've seen your bank card. Last year, I made more than 20 yuan. My dad sold smuggled electrical appliances in Chenghuang Temple secretly for four or five years. That's all. Is this considered barely enough?"

“大哥，一个大肉包子在1995年只要1毛5，在2023年要2块5，物价差了十几倍。”

Di Ye complained, and said curiously: "Your father is quite well-connected, and he was able to get smuggled electrical appliances."

"You don't need any connections. They are everywhere in Guangdong Province. There is a Yifa shopping mall in Yangcheng, which specializes in wholesale smuggled goods. My dad buys them from there."

Di Ye only knew that there were many major smuggling cases in China in the 90s, but he didn't expect it to be so rampant. He was very surprised when he heard the news, and asked a few more questions, and found that Di Ye only knew a little bit, and didn't know the specifics.

"In the 90s, more than 80% of domestic smuggled electrical appliances came out of this mall, and it also gave birth to well-known companies such as Gome, Ruifeng, and Sumida..."

"Interesting, you told Zhong Zhiming that the next video will be this Yifa Mall."

(End of this chapter)