Chapter 328 Perfect
I don't know how Lin Yan and Chen Yuqin persuaded Lin Daoyuan, but the matter was settled by them. Of course, there was a legitimate reason for these things, and Lin Daoyuan knew that Song Yuanchao was indeed not short of money. Moreover, Song Yuanchao and Lin Yan's wedding date had been set, and they would be a family soon. Even the Lin family had moved into Song Yuanchao's courtyard, so what was the big deal about buying some home appliances?
The things sent from Yangcheng arrived in Yanjing a few days later than Song Yuanchao did. Song Yuanchao received the notification of the arrival of the goods the day after he reported to the school. He took time to follow the truck driver sent by Lin Yuhang to the train station to pick up the goods.
Because there were so many things, they filled up a large truck. Half of them were first unloaded at Mu Zhang'a's villa, and the other half was loaded on the truck and taken directly to the courtyard.
When Song Yuanchao and the truck arrived at the courtyard, not only Luo Lin and Chen Yuqin were there, but also Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun were there. What surprised Song Yuanchao even more was that Zhang Yong was also there.
After returning to Yanjing, Song Yuanchao was busy dealing with some things and did not have time to contact Luo Yang and others who had returned to Beijing earlier, so he only found out today that Zhang Yong had also come to Yanjing with him.
Seeing Zhang Yong, Song Yuanchao couldn't help but be surprised, and then looking at Li Xiaoyun beside him, Song Yuanchao felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. These three people went from Shanghai to Yangcheng, and then from Yangcheng to Yanjing. Zhang Yong and Luo Yang seemed to be at odds with each other, secretly competing fiercely, and at the same time not giving each other any chance to be alone with Li Xiaoyun.
"So many?" Luo Yang was shocked when he saw the things loaded on the truck.
He only knew that Song Yuanchao brought some household appliances and other things for Lin Yuhang and Luo Lin, but he didn't expect there would be so many. Moreover, this was only half of it. Song Yuanchao had already taken the other half back to him.
"Okay, stop standing there and come over here to help unload the things!" Song Yuanchao called out after jumping out of the car. Luo Yang and Zhang Yong responded quickly. They rolled up their sleeves and helped Song Yuanchao and the driver to unload and move them inside.
These electrical appliances are not heavy, but they are large in size and cannot be bumped or knocked. However, before transportation, Gu Jie was considerate enough to make several large wooden boxes with planks and wrapped , so it was not difficult to move them.
Lin Yan, Chen Yuqin, Luo Lin and Li Xiaoyun helped. They had already cleared space in the house. They first unloaded all the goods in the backyard, then unpacked them in the backyard, and finally placed the unpacked items one by one into the house.
When the outer packaging was opened and the brand new and trendy electrical appliances were revealed in front of everyone, everyone was stunned, even Zhang Yong's eyes lit up.
" Brother, these things are really great! Are they all imported? This... can you help me get a set too?" It's not that Zhang Yong doesn't have any at home. Not to mention the other things, his refrigerator is a high-end product from the former East Germany. Although the style is a bit old, it is very rare in this era.
There are also televisions and other things. Zhang Yong's family has a very rare color TV. Unlike those black and white TVs that are small and colorless, many people put a magnifying glass or colored glass in front of the TV in order to make it bigger and more colorful, using this method to pretend to have a large color TV.
But what Song Yuanchao got was a real 20-inch Hitachi color TV, a completely imported product that is simply not available in China.
In addition, there are dual-card Sanyo four-speaker recorders, Toshiba double-door refrigerators, Toshiba twin-tub washing machines, JBL speakers (including record players), Yamaha electronic keyboards and other high-end gadgets. Except for the four-speaker recorders, the rest of these things are rare in China.
"No problem, you can just call Gu Jie directly and ask him to arrange it for you. Just tell him that I agree. But there is one thing I have to make clear in advance. These all come from normal channels. It's okay if you buy one yourself, but if you want more, we can't handle it." Song Yuanchao said with a smile.
At present, the import of electrical appliances should be handled by specialized national foreign trade companies. All imported products must be registered, and even the foreign trade companies have no say in sales. The goods are divided up before they even arrive, so how can they fall into the hands of ordinary people?
Song Yuanchao got these through customs under the pretext that Shenghua Company used them for its own use. Of course, it was impossible to import them in large quantities. For self-use, small batches of a few or ten pieces would be fine, but if they were imported in large quantities, it would not comply with the policy, so this had to be made clear to Zhang Yong in advance.
"I understand, I'll just use it myself, I'll just make one myself, haha..." Zhang Yong smiled and nodded repeatedly, rubbing his hands with excitement. He looked at this, touched that, wondering whether he should make the same one as Song Yuanchao or ask around to see if there's anything better.
If you could get these things and display them in your own home, it would be so impressive if the news got out, and you would probably be the only one of its kind in the whole of Shanghai.
When he heard Zhang Yong approaching Song Yuanchao to talk about this, Luo Yang was unwilling to lag behind. Such a good thing can't be left to Zhang Yong alone. What if Zhang Yong has a daughter but he doesn't, and Li Xiaoyun likes to watch TV or listen to music, won't she always run to Zhang Yong? No, how can this guy Zhang Yong take advantage? So Luo Yang also proposed to get a set for himself. Song Yuanchao naturally didn't object to Luo Yang's request and agreed immediately.
Arrange everything in place, then plug in the power and test the machine.
Among them, televisions are more troublesome. There is no closed-circuit television network now. Television signals are sent by TV towers and received by wires. However, due to the city's architecture, terrain and signal transmission itself, the television's built-in antenna is often not sensitive. Fortunately, Song Yuanchao had considered this a long time ago and asked Qin Zhengguo to customize several sets of outdoor antennas in Hong Kong before purchasing these electrical appliances.
I climbed onto the roof and found a suitable place to set up the outdoor antenna, then ran the wire from the roof into the house and connected it to the socket on the back of the TV.
After finishing, he asked the people in the house to turn on the TV, while someone on the roof was debugging the outdoor antenna. After a while, surprised shouts were heard in the house, and the TV image became clear.
Chen Yuqin was satisfied with everything. She was smiling from ear to ear as she watched things being unloaded from the car, unpacked and installed one by one. She was even happier when she saw clear images and sounds appearing on the big color TV.
As for the refrigerator, she couldn't let it go even after touching it. She even asked if the refrigerator could make ice. When she was asked how to make ice, Chen Yuqin couldn't wait to wash the ice box provided in the refrigerator, then filled it with cold water and put it in the freezer. She happily put her hands on the refrigerator, feeling the slight vibration of the refrigerator when it was refrigerating and looking forward to the early production of ice cubes.
Rowling is just the opposite. Although she likes televisions and refrigerators, her favorite are the Yamaha electronic piano and JBL speakers.
The electronic piano was placed in the room, a space she had specially vacated yesterday.
After plugging in the power, Luo Lin looked at the manual, started the electronic keyboard according to the instructions, and then played a few times tentatively. After all, she was a professional, and it took her a while to figure out how to use the electronic keyboard. Luo Lin played a cheerful song for everyone, and when the song ended with the melodious piano sound, everyone couldn't help but applaud.
As for the audio system, even though it is not a professional large audio system, it can be considered an excellent home audio system. Coupled with the JBL brand, the sound quality is far better than the current domestic audio systems.
Today's audio amplifiers and controllers have not yet been replaced by later integrated circuit products and still use vacuum tube devices.
But from the perspective of audiophiles, tube audio equipment is the real audio equipment. Compared with more convenient integrated circuit equipment, although tube audio equipment is bulky and inconvenient to maintain, the sound quality has the warmth and clarity that integrated circuit equipment does not have. In other words, the sound of tube audio equipment is closer to the original sound, and although integrated circuits and digital audio have no problems with pitch, they lack a natural feel.
In theory, electronic tube audio equipment needs to be "burned in", which is commonly known as "warming up the machine". This method was discovered by many audiophiles, and Song Yuanchao had heard about it a few times in his previous life.
After a period of "burn-in", the tube audio equipment can reach the most perfect level and the sound quality will get better and better. Although the difference may not be big to ordinary people, it is completely different in the ears of audiophiles and professionals. Even the faint sound of a needle falling to the ground in a record can be heard clearly in the ears of these people.
The speakers are placed in the west wing of Lin Yuhang's house. This room has been vacated and only has two sofas. In addition, carpets are laid to absorb sound. In the future, this room will be redecorated by replacing some wall materials including door and window materials. In this way, it will become a professional sound room.
Put the speaker in place, connect the wires and turn on the power. As the power is turned on, you can clearly see the electron tubes inside gradually light up like small light bulbs through the gaps in the machine casing.
Song Yuanchao and Luo Lin briefly talked about the daily maintenance of this set of audio equipment and suggested that she should not cut off the power at ordinary times, because cutting off the power of the tube audio equipment would not only interrupt the original burn-in state, but also reduce the life of the tube.
In order to avoid the current uncontrolled interruptions and voltage instabilities in household electricity, Song Yuanchao also specially prepared an uninterruptible power supply.
Uninterruptible power supplies have been around since the 1960s. Over the past two decades, they have evolved from the first-generation thyristor type to the second-generation transistor type. Even the third-generation field-effect transistors have begun to appear, but they have not yet completely replaced the second generation.
The uninterruptible power supply prepared by Song Yuanchao is a second-generation transistor type. Although it is slightly larger in size and produces sharper operating noise after power outages, it is still a good choice for temporary use. Moreover, with the emergence of the third generation, the price of the second generation has plummeted, making it the most affordable one in terms of usage cost.
Half an hour after the machine was turned on, Song Yuanchao opened a large cardboard box that came with the goods. When the box was opened, the curious Rowling exclaimed at the sight, her face full of surprise.
She didn't expect that the cardboard box was filled with vinyl records, and these records were all imported from Hong Kong. There were classical music and pop songs, the latter including local Hong Kong, Japan, and jazz and rock from the United States across the ocean.
Rowling had been thinking that such a good audio equipment couldn't be played with vinyl records, right? Although she had a lot of vinyl records at home, they were easy to make and cheap, but the sound quality was far inferior to that of vinyl records.
Moreover, Rowling's records are all very ordinary songs, most of which are popular songs, and there are hardly any professional music records.
But now everything is fine. Song Yuanchao brought a box full of vinyl records, which seemed to contain at least forty or fifty records. These genuine records were exquisitely made, not to mention the sound quality. Rowling immediately picked out a Schubert vinyl record, opened it and looked at it for a long time, then reverently put the record carefully into the record player with both hands.
When she lifted the needle and put it down gently, the record began to turn slowly, and soon the tune of "The Pretty Mill Girl" sounded from the speakers in the room. When the melodious music came, Rowling was stunned for a moment. She stood there quietly and motionlessly, her expression seemed to float in the sky with the music, her soul immersed in such an unforgettable tune.
