Life 1984

Chapter 38 Sell four more copiers!
Li Yunhai sold the machine but did not get the money, which made him depressed and lost the excitement of making a fortune.

He went back and forth several times but couldn't get it done.

It was time for the bank to get off work, and Li Yunhai had to leave with Ding Qiang.

Ding Qiang knew that he had not received the payment, so he smiled and comforted him and said, this is normal, don't worry, such a large unit cannot refuse to admit its debt.

Li Yunhai waved his hand and said no matter what, thank you for your hard work today, I'll treat you to a restaurant.

Ding Qiang was not polite and nodded in agreement.

The two of them found a state-owned restaurant on the roadside and ordered a few side dishes for a total of three yuan.

Fortunately, Li Yunhai earned five yuan in repair fees during the day, otherwise he would not have received the payment, and he would not even have the money to treat Ding Qiang to a meal.

Li Yunhai asked for a bottle of wine, and Ding Qiang said that he would not drink while driving today. I will have a rest another day, and we two brothers will not get drunk if we drink one more.

This is a polite and polite person, and he is respected by Li Yunhai.

The two finished their meal.

Li Yunhai wanted to pay Ding Qiang for shipping, but Ding Qiang refused, saying that he was doing a favor for a friend, so how could there be any reason to accept money?If you do this again, don't come to me next time.

Ding Qiang waved his hand, got in the car and left.

Li Yunhai walked into the store, and as soon as he reached the door of the store, he saw Shen Xiulan.

Shen Xiulan stood at the door of the repair shop. When she saw him coming back, she smiled sweetly: "Yunhai, where have you been! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Li Yunhai told about his business dealings with the bank.

Shen Xiulan chuckled and said: "Did you really sell it to the bank? 5 copy machines, 16800 each! Yunhai, you are rich!"

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly, took out the key, opened the store door, invited her in, and said, "Let's wait until we get the money! I'm still a pauper with only a few dollars in my pocket."

Shen Xiulan smiled and said: "I'll tell you a happy thing. The copying skills you taught me came in handy! Yesterday at work, the operator in the computer room of our unit was sick. Our leader happened to be copying materials and asked who knew how to operate the copier. I said I could, and the leader let me do it.”

Li Yunhai couldn't help laughing and laughed loudly: "Is this also called a happy event?"

Shen Xiulan pouted and said: "I haven't finished speaking yet! The copy machine used in our unit is also in Japanese. No one else can understand it, so I can operate it. As soon as our leader was happy, he promoted me to work in the computer room .”

Li Yunhai snorted and said disapprovingly: "For a computer room operator, is this also called promotion?"

Shen Xiulan said: "In our unit, computer room operators have to go through selection! They are more senior than ordinary staff, and there are job allowances and technical allowances! It's 10 yuan more per month! It’s equivalent to a one-level salary increase. As soon as I started working, I got the attention of my boss. Isn’t this a happy event? I see you are not happy for me at all! Huh!”

Seeing her proud look, Li Yunhai asked: "You have learned how to use a copier, but do you know how to operate a computer?"

Shen Xiulan was like a frustrated little ball: "No! So I want to ask you, do you understand computers?"

Li Yunhai said: "I understand, but I don't have a computer here."

Shen Xiulan said: "The unit has it. I have the key to the computer room and can go in at any time. Let's go now and you can teach me, okay?"

Li Yunhai agreed and rode Shen Xiulan's car to the Commerce Bureau office building.

In the computer room, there are computers, printers, copiers and other office equipment, as well as air-conditioning window units.

These days, if you can operate a typewriter and a copy machine, you can become a popular technician in your unit.

Before 80 years ago, larger enterprises and institutions had typing rooms, and there was also a job called typists, who used mechanical typewriters. Typists were usually young, unmarried girls. This job was not easy. When there was urgent work, they would Gotta work overtime.

With computers, typing work has become much easier, and the typing room has been upgraded to a computer room or printing room.The requirements for operators are also higher, and they must know how to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Shen Xiulan had a good image, was single, and knew how to operate copy equipment, so she was selected by the leader to become the operator of the computer room.

She knew that she was a dabbler in business, so she called Li Yunhai to teach her.

Li Yunhai didn't need to teach her anything too complicated.

Shen Xiulan only needs to learn to operate a few basic software on the computer and be able to complete the tasks assigned by the leader.

As for programming language, it is not what she needs to learn now.

Li Yunhai first taught her to turn on and off the computer, insert the floppy disk, start the program, and operate the program.

Thanks to the Wangma Wubi input method invented in 1983, inputting Chinese characters into computers has become more convenient and faster.

But to learn Wubi typing, it takes a certain amount of time to practice and memorize the root list.

Li Yunhai first taught Shen Xiulan the basic operations of a computer, and then taught her Wubi and Office.

Office in the DOS era was a world stacked with codes.There are no graphics and no Windows. If you want to perform any operation, you have to enter a string of codes to complete it.

At this time, Office did not have a graphical interface, not even a mouse.The text is entered line by line. When an error is encountered, use the cursor keys to move to the corresponding position for modification.At this time, Office already supports font size, but it is not displayed on the screen, but directly displayed on the printed paper.Shen Xiulan's learning ability and acceptance ability are both top-notch.

Li Yunhai taught her for one night, and she had already learned a lot of operations.

"Yunhai, how come you know everything?" Shen Xiulan looked at Li Yunhai with admiration, her beautiful big eyes shining like stars, "If you come to our unit, you will definitely be a leader!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Okay, you can make a suggestion to your leader and recruit me into your unit?"

In the 80s, not many people knew computer technology, and computer typists were also scarce.

If Li Yunhai really wanted to find a job as a typist, he might actually be able to find one.

However, Li Yunhai already has the goal and direction of his own efforts, so it is naturally impossible for him to work as a typist for others.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that the two left the commercial bureau.

Li Yunhai returned to the store, took a shower and rested.

In the next few days, Li Yunhai continued to repair the copier in the shop. Someone came to ask him to repair electrical appliances, so he took on the job and earned a few dollars a day. When he had free time at night, he accompanied Shen Xiulan to her workplace to teach her. computer.

That afternoon, Li Yunhai was tinkering with the copy machine in the store when a shout came from outside the door: "Little brother!"

As soon as Li Yunhai heard the voice, he knew that Director Lin was here.

"Director Lin!" Li Yunhai dropped his work, wiped his hands with a towel, walked out the door, and said with a smile, "What brought you here?"

Director Lin laughed and said, "I have something for you to do - what are you doing? So many copy machines?"

Li Yunhai quickly took out his cigarettes, handed one to him, and said, "I went to Huacheng and collected some second-hand copy machines to sell."

Director Lin asked in surprise: "Second-hand copiers? You mean, these copiers can be used?"

Li Yunhai pointed to several copiers and said: "I have repaired these. I am not bragging. These copiers are no worse to use than new ones!"

Director Lin put his hands behind his back and looked at the copiers: "Really? These copiers look quite new! There are more function keys on this panel than in our unit! How much does one cost?"

Li Yunhai did not ask for high prices and said truthfully: "Kewen Company sells this model of Ricoh copier for 46800 yuan. I sold five units to the bank for 16800 yuan each."

He took out the bank's receipt slip and showed it to Director Lin: "It was the transaction made the day before yesterday."

Director Lin looked at the list and said with emotion: "So cheap? How many more do you have?"

Li Yunhai repaired four machines in the past few days and said: "There are four machines now. These four machines are excellent high-speed copiers. They can copy more than 60 sheets per minute. They are 400% new and can copy more than [-] copies." For [-] pieces, I will provide a one-year free warranty service for the entire machine.”

Director Lin pointed to one of the machines: "Little brother, can you turn it on and show me?"

Li Yunhai said there was no problem, plugged in the power supply of the copier, preheated the machine, and then made a few copies to show to Director Lin.

Director Lin took the copied materials, looked at them, nodded and said, "Not bad! The printing is very fast, and the text and images are very clear! It's better than the existing machines in our unit! Do you have any buyers for your four copiers?"

Li Yunhai rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "We haven't found a buyer yet!"

Director Lin waved his hand and said, "Okay! Our unit has bought these four copiers!"

Li Yunhai was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly: "Director Lin, do you want to buy these four copiers?"

He bit the word "four" very hard to confirm that what the other party wanted to buy was not one copy machine, but four!

Director Lin smiled and said: "Yes! Why do you think I came to you? Our company needs to purchase a few copiers. I thought you knew the business, so I wanted to ask you to accompany me and be my consultant. Since you have copiers for sale here , then do I need to sacrifice the near for the far? For the price of one copier elsewhere, I can buy three or four from you!"

This is really a pleasant surprise!
Li Yunhai held Director Lin's hand and said gratefully: "Thank you, Director Lin, for your trust and support in me! When will you buy it?"

Director Lin laughed and said, "Buy it now! Find a car and take these four copiers to my work!"

Li Yunhai couldn't help but go to the street to find a public phone and contact Ding Qiang. Unfortunately, Ding Qiang delivered the goods to Huacheng.

Hearing that Li Yunhai was going to deliver goods again, Ding Qiang said very loyally: "Don't go out looking for a car. I'll just ask my colleague to help you. If you feel bad about it, give him a few dollars later!"

Li Yunhai agreed.

Half an hour later, a strong young man, similar to Ding Qiang, drove over in a Dongfeng truck. He was Ding Qiang's colleague Sun Lei, who came to help Li Yunhai deliver goods.

Sun Lei and Li Yunhai moved four copy machines onto the truck.

The truck could still accommodate two people, so Li Yunhai and Director Lin got on it and put the bicycle that Director Lin had ridden on the back of the truck.

Before leaving, Li Yunhai suddenly thought of something and asked Director Lin: "Director Lin, your unit's finances are not settling the payment on time?"

(End of this chapter)