Life 1984

Chapter 79 Another big gamble!
When Lin Zhi was talking, he was so close to Li Yunhai that he could smell her breath as fresh as an orchid.The lines of her cheeks are smooth, and her dark hair has natural undulations and curvatures, hanging down, making people imagine the feeling of fingertips caressing those hairs.

Li Yunhai gave way and said with a smile: "Then you can squeeze in here?"

Lin Zhi blushed instantly, her eyes seemed to be filled with spring water, and her long eyelashes blinked like butterfly wings.

She was wearing a pair of culottes, which made it easier to ride in the car, but her hands and feet were still exposed. She was slender and beautiful, as white as jade, which made people think.

"I'm just teasing you! Let's sleep on the same bed." Li Yunhai sat up.

However, Lin Zhi did not let go and smiled coquettishly: "Hey, are you afraid of me?"

Li Yunhai touched his chin awkwardly.

The two people looked at each other and could feel the tenderness in each other's eyes.

The train kept going forward, occasionally passing by another train. There was a sharp whistle from the two trains, and countless invisible figures flashed through the windows of that train.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi changed beds. He glared at the man in the middle bunk. The man turned over and fell asleep with his face inside.

Lin Zhi and Li Yunhai were lying face to face, looking at each other across the aisle, and gradually fell asleep as the train rocked.

After the last encounter with a thief, Li Yunhai's sleep became even lighter. Every time the train arrived at a stop, he would wake up and take a look at the linen bag under the bed. When the train set off again, he would fall asleep again.

When I woke up, the sky was bright and the bright morning light shone on the earth.

The train passes through a field.

It is the season when the rice is in bloom and embroidered with ears. The green and yellow color is pleasing to the eye.

Li Yunhai opened the car window and stretched his arms.

Lin Zhi sat next to the small table, resting her chin on her hands, turning her face sideways, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, breathing in the fresh air, and humming softly: "I love the vigorous seedlings in spring, I love you in the golden autumn." I love your green pine temperament, I love your red plum character..."

Li Yunhai looked at her beautiful and charming profile and smiled slightly, thinking that Lin Zhi was really a woman who loved life. No matter where she went, she was always happy, as if she would never be sad.With her, there is a little more joy and sweetness in difficult days.

The train enters Huacheng.

The magnificent and colorful city scenery comes into view.

"It's so beautiful!" Lin Zhi smiled sweetly, "Compared to Xizhou, this place is much more developed. Li Yunhai, do you have time to go shopping with me?"

Li Yunhai thought for a while and said, "Tonight? Okay?"

Lin Zhi bared her teeth and said with a smile: "Can you stay with me for the whole day tomorrow? It's hard to come to the Flower City, but you have to walk around and have a look, right? Otherwise, wouldn't your ticket money be wasted?"

Li Yunhai came here to purchase goods. He is now focused on his career and really has no time to go shopping. He said: "You can walk around this afternoon. If I am free tomorrow, I can accompany you."

"Don't worry about letting me walk around alone? If I lose it, you will never hear my singing again."

Li Yunhai scratched his forehead and said in embarrassment, "I have to go see the goods in the afternoon."

Lin Zhi rolled her eyes: "Okay, I'll accompany you to buy the goods first. If you can't go shopping with me this time, then just keep the accounts first, and you can bring me here next time!"

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "Can this also be used to keep accounts?"

The train enters the station and stops on the platform.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi each took their luggage and got out of the car.

After leaving the station, Lin Zhi took out the Haiou camera at home and took a few photos at the train station.

Li Yunhai didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a taxi directly to Shi Wentao's company.

Huacheng took the lead in stipulating in 1979 that taxi drivers must charge according to the meter, thus safeguarding the interests of consumers and setting an example for standardizing taxi services and improving service quality.

With the use of taxi meters, GAC divided taxis at that time into two classes: A and B. Class A taxis were metered for 3 kilometers, with a starting price of 1.35 yuan, and the price per kilometer was 0.45 yuan; Class B taxis were metered for 3 kilometers. By meter, the starting price is 1.5 yuan and the price per kilometer is 0.35 yuan.

Lin Zhi and Li Yunhai sat in the back seat of the car, looking at the street scene outside, and said with a smile: "It is indeed the forefront of reform and opening up, more prosperous than Xizhou."

The driver heard this and smiled: "Of course! Are you two here for business or pleasure? For travel, you should go to Yuexiu District and Haizhu District. Wherever you want to go, just tell me and I can take you there."

Lin Zhi said seriously: "We are here on a business trip! We have to do business first! Master, you can't go around us, the fare is expensive!"

The driver said that this is a regular taxi and will never detour you even a mile.

The taxi was very fast, and we arrived at Shi Wentao's company in 20 minutes.

Li Yunhai and the others took a Nissan Bluebird, a first-class train. From Huacheng Railway Station to Shi Wentao Company in Tianhe, it was 22 kilometers and cost exactly ten yuan.

In an era when the per capita wage was 40 yuan, a taxi cost 10 yuan!This is definitely considered a luxury purchase.

Fortunately, Li Yunhai is already a hundred thousand rich man now, and he is only a local tycoon.

Brother and sister Shi Wentao warmly received Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi and invited them to serve tea in the office.

Li Yunhai made the introduction, and Lin Zhi and the Shi brothers and sisters met.

"Mr. Li, that Lana Marks backpack belongs to Miss Lin, right?" Shi Wenyin looked at Lin Zhi and said with certainty.

Li Yunhai was amazed at the look in her eyes and said, "Exactly."

Shi Wenyin took out the backpack and handed it to Li Yunhai: "Can you see if it can be repaired?"

Li Wenhai took the backpack and said "Hey!"
The original ugly patch on the backpack was removed and replaced with a zipper and lining, which was equivalent to a small bag.What’s rare is that the repaired design is exactly the same as the original style of the backpack, as if it was born that way.

"Great!" Li Yunhai smiled with satisfaction, "Ms. Shi, how much did you pay for this bag?"

Shi Wenyin brought tea over and said with a smile: "It didn't cost much. I asked a friend in Taiwan to repair it. He is a leather goods designer. Mr. Li is our big customer, so we don't have to worry about this small amount of money." Bar?"

Li Yunhai said thank you and returned the backpack to Lin Zhi: "Take a look."

Lin Zhi chuckled and said: "A backpack, why are you so serious about it? You even asked a designer from Taiwan to repair it. You have to worry about it!"

Seeing that she was happy, Li Yunhai put aside a major issue on his mind and discussed the purchase of goods with Shi Wentao.

"Mr. Li, we have a lot of scrap hardware and second-hand machines in our warehouse. We have a batch of IBM computers in good condition. Let's go and take a look at the goods?"

Li Yunhai stood up, put the two money bags at Lin Zhi's feet, and said to her, "You sit in the office for a while and chat with Miss Shi. Mr. Shi and I will go look at the goods."

Lin Zhi knew that Li Yunhai wanted her to keep an eye on these two bags of RMB, so she agreed.

Li Yunhai and Shi Wentao came to the computer warehouse.

These computers that were eliminated by foreign companies were the first generation personal computers launched by IBM, model 5150.

In 1975, Jobs planted Apple, built his first computer, and set sail on the wave of the personal computer revolution. At that time, IBM was still watching.

In 1980, in order to compete with Steve Jobs's Apple computer, IBM used the achievements of other companies to develop a rapidly popular microcomputer within a year. It used the Intel 8088 chip as the core of the computer and entrusted Microsoft to sign the development of various DOS configuration software and put the new The machine is named "Personal Computer", which is a PC.

The IBM PC5150 was born. It changed the bulky appearance and high price of previous computers. It was simple and easy to use, and it was an open source program. Its computing speed was not inferior. In the first year of its launch, 10 units were sold, occupying three-quarters of the market at that time. PC market.

Since then, IBM has launched two new models of PCs.

On March 1983, 3, IBM released the improved XT 8. For the first time, a PC was equipped with a hard drive and used the MS-DOS 5160 system.For the general household market, the microcomputer market share exceeds 2.0%. The IBM PC surpassed the Apple II to become the best-selling personal computer.

In 1984, IBM launched the second generation personal computer product PC/AT. IBM's PC department has become the third largest computer organization in the United States with annual revenue of 45 billion US dollars and tens of thousands of employees, second only to IBM itself and DEC Corporation.

With the introduction of new PCs, IBM's first-generation computers were largely eliminated.

Li Yunhai looked at these computers that had only been used for two or three years and felt as if he had found a treasure.

This is a second-hand computer. The first-hand wholesaler has modified its power circuit and can be used directly in China!
Although Li Yunhai didn't know where Shi Wentao got the goods from, he expected that the other party must have made a lot of money.

He asked Shi Wentao after he took the floppy disk and tried a few computers. He was very satisfied with the batch of goods and asked: "Master Shi, what is the price of this kind of machine? We are old customers, and I hope you won't bid. "

Shi Wentao laughed loudly: "What I give you are real prices. Let's do this. If you want more, I will give you a price of 1900 per unit."

Li Yunhai did not bargain immediately, but asked: "Master Shi, how many such PCs do you have?"

Shi Wentao was very familiar with his products and said, "There are 300 units in the warehouse. How many do you want?"

He now does not dare to underestimate Li Yunhai's purchasing power and sales ability.

Li Yunhai's eyes shone brightly: "I want as much as you have! But I have to keep the price a little lower. One thousand sixty per unit! I want them all!"

Shi Wentao held his cheeks in his hands and let out an ouch: "Mr. Li, you are so good at bargaining! You have to earn us a freight and hard work fee, right?"

Li Yunhai patted Shi Wentao on the shoulder: "Master Shi, I also need a copy machine and a printer! We sincerely cooperate, small profits but quick turnover!"

Shi Wentao pondered for a moment and said: "One thousand and eighty! It really can't be less! If you don't believe it, you can ask around and see who still sells it at this price!"

Li Yunhai readily returned another price: "How about one thousand seventeen? You can sell it all to me. How worry-free will it be for you? Isn't it?"

Shi Wentao waved his hand happily: "Deal!"

Three hundred IBM5150s cost 51 yuan each, total price [-] yuan!
This time, Li Yunhai made another big bet!
(End of this chapter)