Life 1984

Chapter 18 Small shop, big dream

Li Yunhai found a decent piece of wood and some paint, and took a brush and wrote a few big characters on it: "Li Ji Repair Shop."

Two lines of small words were written vertically on both sides, and on one side it was written: "Professional refinement of typewriters, printers, copiers and other office equipment."

The other side reads: "Home appliances such as window air conditioners, televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, electric fans, radio cassette players, and stereos."

He nailed the wooden sign between the door and the window.

Li Kee Repair Shop officially opened.

The repair shop is very simple, with only a large table for repairing things.

It's a repair shop, but it's better to say it's Li Yunhai's temporary residence. At least it's cheaper than staying in a hotel, and cheaper than staying in a bathhouse.

During the day, Li Yunhai still went to Wuyiwen to wait and see.

Compared with ordinary electrical appliance repairs, Li Yunhai prefers repairing printing and printing equipment.

In this era, printing equipment is very expensive, and those who can afford it are good units and large companies.

1984 is known as the "First Year of Private Enterprises", which means that before this year, there were basically no private enterprises, and even self-employed individuals had restrictions, and many industries could not operate.

Li Yunhai's repair shop belongs to the repair industry and is within the permitted scope of business.

On this day, Li Yunhai returned the novel, rented another novel, and then spent 3 cents to buy 5 large Fuchun noodles steamed buns, half for breakfast and half for lunch.

He carried a bag on his back and a large bag of steamed buns, and came to Wuyiwen Company while eating.

I saw a beautiful silhouette in the distance.

Lin Zhi wore a long floral skirt today. It was a wide-band dress, revealing her round and smooth shoulders, which accentuated her clothesline figure. Her slender legs, paired with plastic sandals, made her even more slim.Her straight, thick black hair was tied into a ponytail with a butterfly hairpin, looking fresh and charming.

She pushed the bicycle and looked around, obviously looking for Li Yunhai!
Soon, she found Li Yunhai eating a big steamed bun in the crowd.

"Li Yunhai!" Lin Zhi shouted, with dimples showing at the corners of her mouth, flashing a moving aura.

"Ms. Lin!" Li Yunhai came over, took out the corrugated paper signboard from his bag, placed it under the tree, and asked, "Have you had breakfast? I still have steamed buns here. Do you want two?"

Lin Zhi pulled his arm and said, "Don't be busy yet. I have something to ask you."

Li Yunhai took out two newspapers, placed them beside the flower bed, and said, "Come, sit down and talk."

Lin Zhi parked her bicycle aside and sat down on the newspaper. Her skirt was very long. She lifted it up a little and clamped it between her legs.

"Li Yunhai, I came to see you twice yesterday. Why aren't you here?"

"Oh, I was very busy yesterday. Do you have anything to do with me? Is the camera not repaired? Or is the walkman broken again?"

"I'm not looking for you because of these things! I tried the camera and it worked very well. Hey, why didn't you sleep at my house last night? Did my mother say something that hurt your self-esteem? In fact, you don't have to care. What did she say? She has a sharp mouth but a soft heart."

"Ms. Lin, I found a place to live."

"Bathhouse?"

"No, I moved away."

"Moved to another bathhouse?"

"I rented a room on the first floor. It can be used as a front desk or as a place to sleep. It's very convenient. I won't disturb you anymore."

"Really?"

"When did I lie to you?"

"Where is it? Can you show me there?"

"Ms. Lin, I am considered self-employed now, I have to sell my business to make money!"

"Take me to take a look, okay? Just satisfy my curiosity, right? I have a car, we can ride there quickly!"

Li Yunhai smiled helplessly: "Fortunately you are not my girlfriend, otherwise I would be annoyed by you."

Lin Zhi's pretty face turned red and she said, "What did you say?"

Li Yunhai laughed and scratched his forehead: "It's nothing. I said you care about me too much, which makes me flattered."

Lin Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, pushing the bicycle over and asking Li Yunhai to take her.

Li Yunhai took her to the repair shop.

"Li Ji Repair Shop! You actually rented a house!" Lin Zhi smiled in surprise.

Li Yunhai took out the key, opened the door, and made an invitation gesture: "Ms. Lin, welcome to visit Li Ji Repair Shop. You are the first customer to enter my repair shop."

"I'm not your guest! I'm your friend!"

"Okay, okay, good friend, please come in!"

"That's it? There's nothing!"

"Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now I only have a small shop with nothing, but in the near future, I will definitely own a small shop with everything, then a big shop, and then set up my own company!"

"Oh? Then you don't plan to go back to work at Meishan Machinery Factory? Are you determined to be self-employed?"

"Being a worker is also about making money, and self-employed people can also contribute to the four modernizations. They are all the cornerstones of the great building of socialism, regardless of high or low."

"Stop talking nonsense! You have to think clearly. Your status as a worker cannot be compared to that of a self-employed person."

"You can't be a worker forever! The iron rice bowl you have now may not be the same in the future. Miss Lin, you have such good resources, I advise you to work in a government agency! The workers' art troupe is very popular now, but it will not be so good in the future. !”

"In the future? How do you know what will happen in the future?"

"I have foresight! Because reform and opening up is changing with each passing day, society is undergoing unprecedented changes! Now we are focusing on economic construction, whether it is enterprises or art troupes, they are all part of the economy and culture, and sooner or later they will become the target of reform. But Government agencies are different. They are the managers and service providers of society. No matter how the economic situation changes, agency personnel are always needed and popular."

"Hey, your analysis makes sense. My dad also advised me the same way, saying that personal hobbies do not necessarily have to be treated as work. He also said that the main focus now is economic construction, and everything related to the economy will become the target of reform. "

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "This is called heroes seeing the same thing. I'm sorry, I really don't have anything here, not even a glass of water. I'll go to the street to buy an ice-cold soda for you to drink later!"

At this time, someone passed by outside and saw the repair shop sign here, so he came over, stood at the door and asked, "Is the master here?"

Li Yunhai came forward and handed over a cigarette: "Hello, uncle, the repairman is here! What do you want to repair?"

The person who came was a man in his 60s. He took the cigarette, put it behind his ear skillfully, and said, "My TV is broken. I wonder if your master can fix it?" He regarded Li Yunhai as his apprentice.

Li Yunhai asked a few questions and learned that there were no images, only sounds.

This problem is not difficult to solve.

The maintenance of black and white TVs is nothing more than four parts: signal channel, sound channel, power circuit, scanning and picture tube part.

If the TV has sound but no image, it means that the signal channel part is basically normal, and the fault lies in the scanning and picture tube parts.

Li Yunhai said: "I can fix this problem, and it will cost 5 yuan. If you are willing, I will come to your door for service now."

The old man was surprised and asked: "Five yuan? Are you sure it can be repaired?"

Li Yunhai said: "Uncle, I can definitely repair it, and I can also give you a warranty. If the machine I repaired has the same problem again, you can just come to me in the future, and I will give it to you for free within a month. build."

The old man thought for a while and said, "Okay, where is your master?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "I am the master."

The old man looked at him and said, "You are so young and you have already started teaching?"

Li Yunhai said: "Please don't worry, if it can't be repaired, I don't want money!"

Lin Zhi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Uncle, he can repair things! Just invite him!"

She said to Li Yunhai again: "I'll wait for you here."

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, I'll be back as soon as I go, very soon."

The old man lives in this community. He also has a wife at home, and both of them are retired at home.

There is a black and white TV set on the high and low cabinets in the living room. There is no picture, only sound. It is also on and listening at the moment!
The old man invited Li Yunhai in and said with a smile: "This machine has no picture, let's just listen to the noise!"

Li Yunhai couldn't help but want to laugh and asked: "Then why didn't it be repaired earlier?"

The old man laughed and said, "We found a repairman. After he looked at it, he asked for 80 yuan! He said that the picture tube was broken! I made a lot of money, so I didn't repair it! Just treat it like a radio to listen to the sound!" "

Li Yunhai thought to himself, sure enough, he was still too kind. Every time he opened his mouth, he could not offer a high price. He always felt that charging high prices from others was a sign of evil intentions.

The repairman industry was severely underserved in the 80s.

Especially maintenance workers in the field of high-end machinery and equipment are even more scarce.

Anyone with some degree of education will be assigned a job, and no one goes into the society to work as a repairman.

People without academic qualifications will not be able to learn high-end machinery and equipment!

There were no specialized maintenance schools in this era. If you wanted to learn how to repair, you had to learn the skills from a master and be led in by a master.

Therefore, the gap for high-end maintenance workers is particularly large.

These maintenance workers are very aggressive when asking for prices.

And many people will deliberately charge a high price. Even if the fault is easy to repair, they will tell a serious reason, then replace the parts and charge a high price.And the parts he exchanged can be exchanged for others next time.

Ordinary people don't know the ropes in maintenance, so they can only let others set prices.

In fact, people like this who ask all over the place will also exist in the air conditioner, car, mobile phone, and computer repair industry in the future. I don’t know how many people have been ripped off!If you can repair something for two yuan, charging you 200 yuan is considered a courtesy.

Li Yunhai turned off the TV, cut off the power, unplugged the antenna, and then took off the back cover of the TV.

He first used voltage measurement to check the bootstrap boost circuit.

The collector voltage of the row output tube should normally be 26.5 volts.

The voltage measured by Li Yunhai was only 11.5 volts.

This indicates that the line output stage is not functioning properly.

Li Yunhai passed the test and found that the line shock input signal was normal.

Test the transformer again and find that the input circuit is normal.

Li Yunhai measured the third and fourth pins of the picture tube and found that the soldering pins on the fourth pin were loose.

The problem is here!

He took out the tools and welded the four legs firmly.

Then he connected the power and started the test.

The TV has a picture and the sound is normal.

"Oh, little comrade, you are so awesome! It was fixed in no time!" The old man laughed and said, "Don't you need to replace the picture tube?"

Li Yunhai said truthfully: "The picture tube can still work, but the soldering pins of the picture tube are faulty. I have helped repair it."

The old man patted his thigh and said, "You are still reliable! The man told me last time that the picture tube was broken and he had to charge me 80 yuan to fix it! Fortunately, I didn't listen to him."

After Li Yunhai repaired it, he installed the TV.

The old man took out five dollars and handed it to him: "Thank you, little comrade! Although you are young, your skills are much better than those old masters!"

Li Yunhai took the money and thought that those old masters might not understand the fault, but if they fixed it like this, how could they make a lot of money?A few dollars will delay half a day's work!

His door-to-door service, including disassembly, assembly, inspection and repair time, took more than an hour, and he only earned five yuan!
Five yuan is actually a lot, more than a day's salary of an ordinary worker.

But for Li Yunhai, who wants to become a household with [-] yuan as soon as possible, this amount of money is considered small.

Li Yunhai said goodbye and left, returning to Li Ji's repair shop.

As soon as he entered, Li Yunhai stepped out again.

He looked at the sign hanging at the door, scratched his head, and thought to himself, this is my store!

Lin Zhi shouted from inside: "Li Yunhai, come in! Why are you in a daze?"

Li Yunhai walked in with a smile and said, "I was shocked when I said why this store is completely different! Miss Lin, what kind of surgery did you perform on my store?"

(End of this chapter)