Life 1984

Chapter 29 Copiers are sold by the ton!

The fat man and the middle-aged man were both surprised by Li Yunhai's surprise.

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked at Li Yunhai: "Comrade, does your company want to purchase a copy machine? Then I advise you, don't buy this kind of foreign garbage! It's cheap, but you won't be able to use it after you buy it. !”

Li Yunhai continued to ask the fat man: "Brother, do you know the contact information of that Taiwanese businessman?"

The fat man reached into his pants pocket and fumbled a few times: "Wait a minute, I have one of his business cards. Let me see where he put it."

He took out a small wrinkled phone book, which was densely filled with names and phone numbers. He opened one of the pages, took out a business card, and said with a smile: "Here, I put it in the phone book. Little brother, do you want to buy a copy machine from him?”

Li Yunhai took out his pen and phone book, sat down next to the fat man, and said with a smile: "Let me find out, maybe it will be useful in the future? Can I write down his contact information?"

The fat man generously handed the business card to Li Yunhai: "It's useful to you, just take it! I've written down his contact information in the phone book."

Li Yunhai reached out to take it, thanked him, went back to his bed, wrote down the contact information of the Taiwanese businessman in his phone book, and followed the fat man's example and put the business card in the middle of the phone book.

This Taiwanese businessman's name is Shi Rongfa, and his business name is on a certain street in the Tianhe area.

The fat man said to Li Yunhai: "Little brother, I heard that Taiwanese businessman said that what he sells is a first-hand source of goods, imported directly from abroad, so it is very cheap. But there is one thing you have to pay attention to. If anything is If the price is much lower than the market price, there must be something wrong. Even for smuggled used goods, the price corresponds to its value."

Several other people in the room, also on business trips, joined in the discussion.

The young man who had been holding a book and reading said: "This kind of foreign garbage is another kind of robbery from us by the capitalists! There is a saying that good things in this world are stolen, and only the weak can do it. Sit back and wait for distribution. The person who said this is a Westerner, so what Westerners advocate is robbing and plundering.”

Li Yunhai put away the phone book and said calmly: "I have my own sense of discretion. I'll find time to get to know it first before talking! I don't necessarily buy from him."

The middle-aged man said: "Yes, I think this little gay man is young and mature, and he is not someone who will be easily deceived."

Everyone started chatting all over the place.

There is an uncle in his 50s who comes from the Northeast. He is very talkative and always smiling.He said that he often comes to Huacheng for business trips and has participated in more than ten Canton Fairs.

The young man asked him: "Uncle, have you ever seen a foreign girl?"

The uncle laughed and said: "I've seen it before! What kind of Japanese girls, South Korean girls, actually look similar to domestic women, but they are very beautiful in dress, and their facial features and skin color are not as good as domestic urban women. French girls, American girls, British girls , there are beautiful ones with blond hair and blue eyes and good figures. There are also old ladies who are as fat as pigs. I heard that foreign girls are good-looking when they are young, but they are very fat when they get older. Anyway, that’s just the way it is!”

After hearing this, everyone laughed.

The young man smiled and said: "Uncle, you have such a good attitude and always smile. At your age, you are both old and young, so you have a heavy burden, right? Anyway, I have never seen Dad smile!"

The uncle chuckled and said: "We men, if we want our parents to be happy, we should be officials; if we want our wives to be happy, we should cook at home; if we want our leaders to be happy, we should be cows and horses; if we want our friends to be happy, we should be cows and horses." , you have to invite him to a restaurant. If you want your children to be happy, work hard to make money. If you want to be happy yourself!"

When he said this, he gave up, stopped, picked up the kettle and drank water.

The young man asked: "Uncle, if you want to make yourself happy, what should you do?"

The uncle put down the kettle, sighed, and lay down on the bed: "Then I can only dream!"

Everyone laughed together.

But after laughing, there was collective silence again.

The night is getting darker.

The fat man fell asleep first, snoring for a long time from time to time.

Li Yunhai rested his head on his hands and quickly fell asleep.

When he woke up, Li Yunhai first checked to see if his belongings were there.

Three of the roommates have already checked out and left.

Only the fat man was still sleeping soundly.

People who travel on business are busy every day for work and life, just like clockwork.

Li Yunhai finished washing and went downstairs with his luggage.

The staff at the service desk changed shifts, this time it was a young girl.

Li Yunhai asked: "Comrade, I want to check out now. Can I store my luggage here for a while? I'll pick it up in the evening."

The girl was writing something when she raised her head and glanced at Li Yunhai: "Are you coming to stay tonight?"

Li Yunhai thought for a while and said, "Maybe live there!"

The girl said yes, but you have to pay a [-] cents storage fee.

Li Yunhai thought to himself that this luggage would be inconvenient to carry, and it would cost money to put it at the station storage desk. It would be better to leave it at the hotel service desk.

He paid two cents and went through the storage procedures.

The girl wrote a note to him.

Li Yunhai put on brand new clothes and shoes, a white shirt, navy blue trousers, and shiny black leather shoes. He was carrying a leather briefcase. His hair was watered down, combed cleanly and smoothly, and he was full of style.

He had breakfast outside and headed to the Tianhe area according to the address on the business card given by Fatty.

This time, Li Yunhai had the address. After getting off the bus, he rented a motorized tricycle to go there. In the early 80s, the taxi industry in Huacheng was very prosperous, especially during the two Canton Fairs every year, the taxi business was booming.

Until the 90s, people in Huacheng were saying one thing: the three treasures in life are doctors, drivers, and pork guys.

This shows how profitable it was to drive a taxi back then.

However, the Crown and Lada fares on the street are very expensive. What ordinary people can really afford is a tricycle. Some places call it a ground mouse, a turtle car, a rabbit car, and some people call it a tricycle.

Li Yunhai successfully found the address of Taiwanese businessman Shi Rongfa.

This is obviously an abandoned factory area.

Li Yunhai got off the tricycle and stood at the door and looked around.

The factory gate is closed, the small door next to it is ajar, and there is no guard.

Li Yunhai tried to push the door open.

There was a violent barking of dogs inside!
There were at least three or five dogs, one after another, barking and barking!
Li Yunhai quickly retreated, secretly shouting that he was lucky that he didn't rush in recklessly.

Someone inside drank to stop the dog barking, and the small door opened immediately. A young man wearing a floral shirt, beach pants, and sandals came out, looked at Li Yunhai, and asked, "Who are you?"

Li Yunhai took out the business card he had prepared and handed it to the other party: "Hello, sir, I'm here to see Mr. Shi Rongfa from Taiwan."

When the young man saw the business card, his expression softened and he asked, "What do you want from my dad?"

Li Yunhai put away the business card and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Shi, sorry. I am doing photocopier maintenance in China, and I want to get a batch of photocopiers from you."

The young man was Shi Rongfa's eldest son, named Shi Wentao. He briefly introduced himself and then invited Li Yunhai into the factory.

As expected, there were five big wolfdogs in the yard. They were fat and strong, with sharp fangs exposed. They barked loudly and looked like they were eating people.

Shi Wentao gave a sharp shout, and the dogs retreated obediently and squatted in a kennel behind the door.

Li Yunhai followed Shi Wentao and asked, "Master Shi, where is your father?"

Shi Wentao made a gesture of invitation and said: "My dad is away for something. I can make the decision here. Let me show you the goods first! Is this your first time here?"

Li Yunhai said yes, I am from Xizhou.

Shi Wentao exclaimed: "Really? Before we went to Taiwan, our hometown was in Xizhou. My grandmother still lives on Jiefang Middle Road in Xizhou!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "That's even better, we are still fellow villagers!"

Shi Wentao opened a workshop door and asked Li Yunhai to come in.

Last night, Li Yunhai saw Brother Guang's copy machine warehouse, as if he saw Qian Shan.

Now, when he saw the Shi family's warehouse, he suddenly felt like he had entered a vast ocean of copy machines!At least there are dozens of Brother Guang’s families!

Li Yunhai looked at those copiers. Many of the casings were quite new. He couldn't help but be curious and asked: "Master Shi, why are these copiers [-]% to [-]% new? Shouldn't they all be old?"

Shi Wentao showed an enigmatic smile: "This is your first time here, so you don't know what kind of goods we sell, right? In any factory, there will be good products and defective products. Let me put it this way, you don't know Can you understand?"

Li Yunhai suddenly realized: "You mean, these products are defective products that have been eliminated from foreign factories and are no longer needed?"

Shi Wentao nodded: "Yes. However, if you are engaged in maintenance, it is still very cost-effective to use it to disassemble spare parts. After all, this batch of goods is very cheap. Of course, we also have old goods, but they are all eliminated from abroad and retired. Copiers. The prices are about the same, it just depends on which one you need."

Countless disappointments flashed through Li Yunhai's heart!

After searching around, I still can't find a second-hand copier dealer that does import trade!

Hecheng Trading Company in Dongwan is a third-level dealer, and Brother Guang is a second-level dealer.The price difference between the two copiers is several thousand dollars each.

If Li Yunhai could find a first-hand source, the price could be as low as 3000 to [-] yuan per unit!
As for these defective products, Li Yunhai knew in his heart that most of them were foreign garbage in the true sense, not even as good as second-hand!At least a second-hand machine can still be used. This kind of machine is just a pile of scrap!

When they arrived, Li Yunhai asked: "I heard from your father that your copiers are sold by the ton. How much does it cost per ton?"

Shi Wentao made the sign of six: "600 yuan per ton! This is the actual price, no negotiation."

When Li Yunhai heard that the price was so low, he raised his handsome eyebrows and became excited again!
With his current capital, he couldn't even buy a second-hand copier.

But if you buy this kind of machine, you can buy several tons!

Large copiers are relatively heavy. They vary in size depending on the brand and model. The light ones weigh only one or two hundred kilograms, while the heavy ones weigh more than 400 kilograms!
There are two thousand kilograms in one ton!
2000 pounds!
After all, at 600 yuan per ton, you can buy five to ten copiers!
Li Yunhai's heart was in turmoil, and he was calculating an account rapidly.

With the funds he currently has, it is undoubtedly best to cooperate with the Shi family.

If these defective and discarded products can be repaired and used, then this is an opportunity to make a fortune!
Repair a copier and sell it as a second-hand machine, which can fetch more than 1 yuan!

A real bonus!
Li Yunhai suppressed his excitement and said to Shi Wentao: "Master Shi, can I take a look at these machines?"

Shi Wentao casually moved his hand and pointed to a tool box next to him: "Whatever, there are tools here, you can disassemble them and take a look. We are doing business with integrity and we will never sell a bunch of empty shells. for you."

Li Yunhai took a deep breath, walked to the tool box, squatted down, and took out a set of disassembly tools.

When he faced this ocean of copy machines, he once again felt the excitement of facing mountains of gold and silver!
(End of this chapter)