Life 1984

Chapter 40 Open the door!public security!

The middle-aged man looked at Li Yunhai with a look of distrust: "Do you really know how to repair a typewriter? Do you know what a typewriter is?"

Li Yunhai pointed at the signboard and said with a smile: "Brother, I specialize in repairing typewriters! If it can't be repaired, I don't want any money! Okay?"

The middle-aged man came on a bicycle. On the back seat of the bicycle was a wooden box. He pointed at the box and said, "I brought the typewriter. See if you can repair it!"

Li Yunhai only has one stall, not even a table. His main business is door-to-door service. After all, most home appliances and printing equipment must be repaired at home.

"Then go to my store!" Li Yunhai pointed in the direction of Jiuru Lane, "It's not far from here."

The middle-aged man heard that he also had a shop, so he believed that he had some strength. Pushing his bicycle, he and Li Yunhai came to Li Ji's repair shop.

Li Yunhai opened the store door and asked the middle-aged man to bring in the typewriter.

The middle-aged man untied the bicycle straps and walked in with the wooden box in his arms. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a copy machine in half the room and let out a sigh.

Li Yunhai has sold 20 of the 9 copiers he bought, and dismantled a few more. The room is much empty.

The middle-aged man put the box on the maintenance table, pointed at the copier and asked, "Is this a recycled waste?"

Li Yunhai took out the typewriter from the wooden box and replied: "This is a second-hand copy machine that I took back. After repairing it, I can sell it for some money."

What the middle-aged man sent for repair was an English typewriter!

Li Yunhai thought to himself, what kind of unit needs English typewriters frequently?

The middle-aged man walked to the copier, reached out and touched it, and said, "It's a Ricoh brand! Are these copiers good?"

Li Yunhai could tell that this person might be a potential customer. An organization that could use a mechanical typewriter would probably also need a copy machine!

He put down the typewriter, handed a cigarette to the other party, and introduced: "This is the latest model from Ricoh. Kewen sells one for 800 yuan. I also have three good ones here, all of which are high-speed copiers." , copies more than 60 sheets per minute, is 450% new, and has a copy volume of about [-] million sheets. I provide a one-year free warranty service for the entire machine."

The middle-aged man is most concerned about the price and asks: "How much do you sell one for?"

Li Yunhai asked back: "Brother, which unit do you belong to? Are you a leader or a purchaser?"

The middle-aged man chuckled: "What's wrong? Who am I? Is there any difference? I'm not a leader or a purchaser, I'm just a typist in the unit!"

Li Yunhai did not look down upon him. He was about 40 years old, very impressive, and looked like a powerful person in power.Maybe people are keeping a low profile and just say that on purpose.

"Brother, let me tell you this, the quotation for a machine like mine is 800 yuan per unit. If you can introduce a buyer to me, the price I will give you is 5000 yuan! "

The middle-aged man quickly made a calculation and found out that the price difference for each copier was as high as 1800 yuan!

Equivalent to three years of his salary!
This business can be done!
Not to mention the 1800 yuan rebate!
Even for 180 yuan, there are many people who want to do it!

Li Yunhai made him a high price that he couldn't refuse!

"Okay! I understand." The middle-aged man stopped talking about the copier. "Can you see if my typewriter can be repaired?"

Li Yunhai sat down to disassemble the typewriter.

The middle-aged man asked from the side: "Is the steel lock broken and no longer powerful? So the nose of the machine cannot move?"

Li Yunhai smiled while disassembling the machine: "Brother, you also know that there is a Grimlock in this!"

The middle-aged man exclaimed: "After a long illness, you become a good doctor! This typewriter has been with me for more than ten years! It has been repaired many times in the meantime."

This is a FACIT PRIVAT made in Sweden. It is in original condition and looks very retro.

Li Yunhai disassembled the machine and discovered that the fault was not a simple lock of the machine head or tab position as he had thought before, but that the central gear was stuck and unable to rotate.

This time the problem became serious and the nose of the machine needed to be disassembled, something Li Yunhai was extremely reluctant to do.

Because this is one of the core components of a mechanical typewriter, it is the most troublesome and cumbersome.

The head of a mechanical typewriter moves left and right by bearings sliding on the slide. The bearings of these typewriters are generally not sealed, which involves complicated ball bearing installation.

Taking the mature models on the market as an example, they generally use 2 pairs of 4 or 2 pairs of 8 steel ball bearings in double V-shaped slides.

But this FACIT made in Sweden is self-contained. The slideway uses a cylinder, the bearings are barrel-shaped, and the number of balls reaches a terrifying 2 to 18.

"Brother, your typewriter has a serious problem. The central gear is stuck and the spring cord has fallen off."

The middle-aged man leaned over and looked at the machine and said, "Master, please don't increase the price! It's 150 yuan, just help me fix it! I'll help you place orders for the copier in the future!"

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, then I will help you this time! Generally speaking, if there is a failure like this, I am too lazy to do it without 200 yuan."

A common trick in the repair industry, it can also be said to be an unwritten way to make money.

The prices are inflated and fraudulent.

It's obviously just a small problem with the soldering pins, or something that can be solved by just replacing a capacitor, but it won't help you solder or replace the capacitor. It must be said that it's a big problem of replacing spare parts, and how much more will it cost? ten times.

Customers don’t understand anyway, so they just kill you!
There are also repairmen who use sub-factory parts, defective products and refurbished parts as new original parts to defraud profits.

One pit after another, they pit you without any discussion.

Repairers have another trick: after quoting a high price, they try to delay the repair time and desolder and weld it, so that the customer doesn't realize it and thinks the money is well spent!
Li Yunhai disassembled the typewriter, adjusted the center gear, and tried moving the gear with his fingers until the cleaning was smooth.

Also reinstall the mainspring cord that fell off.

The spring is usually on the machine body and fixed to the machine head through a drawstring to pull the machine head.

Li Yunhai moved the machine head to the end. At this time, the spring rope has the shortest stroke and is easy to install.More than half an hour later, Li Yunhai finished assembling the machine and took a piece of paper to test.

He typed a few lines skillfully.

The middle-aged man was surprised: "You type very fast! Faster than me!"

Li Yunhai smiled slightly and found that the typed manuscript had problems with line breaks and was not neat.

"Brother, your machine has a lot of problems!" Li Yunhai said, "This line change problem is another fault!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Little master, just help me fix it! 150 yuan is not a small amount! I will definitely help you introduce the copy machine order in the future!"

Li Yunhai shook his head, with a look of great loss on his face. He disassembled the line break mechanism, adjusted the line break range, and tried the machine again.

The printed manuscript this time is very neat and perfect!

"Brother, the typewriter has been repaired." Li Yunhai stood up and said, "Come and try it!"

The middle-aged man sat down, typed a few lines quickly, took out the paper, looked at it, and said, "That's great! Little master, I underestimated you before, you are very good! Even better than those old masters!"

He took out his wallet, counted out 15 Unity cards, and handed them to Li Yunhai: "You have such good skills, you will definitely make a fortune!"

Li Yunhai said modestly: "I just earn a few craft fees. Do you think there is such a good business every day? Then I still need to be exposed to the sun and rain to set up a street stall?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said yes, every walk of life has its own difficulties.

Li Yunhai helped him put the typewriter into the wooden box and tied the box to the back of the bicycle.

The middle-aged man got on the car, rode for two steps, then stepped back and asked Li Yunhai, "Do you only have this type of copier? Do you have a Canon one?"

Li Yunhai couldn't say no, but said: "You can pre-order, but the price is the same! Canon's new phone is [-] cheaper than Ricoh's! But the price of second-hand phones is about the same!"

The middle-aged man said oh and rode away.

Li Yunhai made money and finally solved his urgent need.

He had a bowl of chili fried pork noodles for lunch, and continued to set up a stall in Wuyiwen until 02:30 in the afternoon, but still received no business.He closed the stall and went to find Director Lin.

Settling payment is a big deal, and Li Yunhai doesn't want to delay even a day!

He also wants to wait until the money is returned to buy a batch of photocopiers and sell them back!

When he arrived at the place, Li Yunhai came straight to Director Lin.

Director Lin was on the phone. When he saw him poking his head at the door, he waved to him and motioned for him to come in.

Li Yunhai stooped in, smiled silently, and sat down on the chair next to him.

Director Lin put down the phone and said, "I have kept you waiting for a long time. I have already communicated with the finance department. You can go over and settle the account now!"

Li Yunhai got the letter, thanked Director Lin, got up and went to the Finance Department to settle the accounts.

This time, the people in the finance department did not make things difficult for him.The other party prepared cash, reconciled the account with Li Yunhai, and settled the payment on the spot.

4 copiers cost a total of 67200 yuan.

Li Yunhai was well prepared. In addition to his briefcase, he also brought a strong and generous nylon bag, which looked similar to a urea bag.

This year, the biggest ticket is the ten-yuan unity.

A hundred sheets of unity, tied into a knife, cost only 1000 yuan.

Ten swords is ten thousand.

A full 67 dollars, plus another [-] dollars!
As for the weight, it's about 15 pounds.

Li Wenhai filled the briefcase, stuffed the remaining money into a nylon bag, tied the mouth of the bag with a rope, put it on his shoulder, and left.

With so much money, it was impossible for him to go to Director Lin again, let alone give money to others in his workplace.

He took the bus back to the store.

Li Yunhai got on the bus, sat on the seat at the back, put the nylon bag between his feet, and held the mouth of the bag tightly with both hands.

Back in the store, Li Yunhai bolted the door and drew the curtains.

He poured all the money onto the bed.

A whole bed of money!
Li Yunhai felt his heartbeat speeding up!
He has achieved his goal of [-] households!
Where should I put this much money?

deposit bank?
Thinking of what happened to the fool Guazi, Li Yunhai couldn't help but shook his head.

But apart from banks, where else is safe?

He was thinking about how to arrange the money when there was a loud knock on the door.

At the same time, someone shouted loudly: "Is there anyone inside? Open the door! Police!"

Li Yunhai was startled, and quickly swept all the money into a nylon bag, and then stuffed the bag with money under the bed casually.

(End of this chapter)