Chapter 897: One Step at a Time
No one expected that the young man would be so generous. This is not 207 yuan, nor 20.7 yuan, but 2070 yuan!
Although reform and opening up have been going on for some years, people's living standards have continued to improve. Shanghai is the largest city in the country, and everyone's income is not low in the country.
But even so, they spent 2,070 yuan to buy a VCD player without blinking an eye. This is surprising enough. You should know that now a large color TV produced in Shanghai is only 980 yuan, and a fully imported VCR is around 1,800 yuan. VCD players are much more expensive than VCRs, and even after a discount, they are still nearly 300 yuan more expensive.
"Okay, I'll give you the invoice." The salesperson nodded with a smile, took out the ticket book from under the counter and started to issue the invoice swiftly. After finishing, he tore off the bill and handed it to the young man, while pointing in a direction, indicating that the other party should go there to pay.
The young man took the receipt and went directly to the cashier to pay. A few minutes later, he returned to the counter with the paid and stamped receipt.
The salesperson took the receipt, checked the payment stamp, and left a receipt. At this time, another salesperson also took a brand new VCD player with packaging from the warehouse at the back.
"Comrade, do you want to try the machine?"
"Okay, please help me try it." The young man nodded.
The salesperson first asked the young man to open the outer packaging to make sure it was intact, then he opened the packaging neatly and took out the VCD player wrapped in foam plastic.
After taking out the machine, I asked the young man to confirm the appearance of the machine, then put the machine on the counter and plugged the connecting cables of the machine shown before into the sockets on the back of the machine one by one.
While operating, the salesperson introduced to the young man the location of these jacks and the meaning of the markings on them, and told the young man how to connect the wires when he returned home. The young man listened carefully and nodded from time to time, and the people around him also listened with interest, including Li Jianyang and Wei Minyi.
Soon, all the wires were plugged in, and the salesperson pressed the power button. The VCD player lit up, then the salesperson found a disc and put it into the machine to start playing. The playback picture appeared on the TV, and then he demonstrated the karaoke function to the young man in the same way as before. After the salesperson completed the operation step by step, the young man nodded with satisfaction to indicate that there was no problem. The salesperson then turned off the machine, repacked the machine, sealed the box and handed it to the young man.
"Oh, comrade, because today is the first day of the promotion, all customers who purchase the machine will receive a microphone and ten discs as gifts, half of which are movie discs and the other half are karaoke discs. These are the free discs, please keep them."
The salesperson took out a beautiful paper box from under the counter, which contained the microphone and disc. The young man was very happy about this unexpected surprise, and thanked him and took the disc, and asked where he could buy the disc for the VCD player and whether it was expensive.
"You can buy it at the audio-visual company. The price is usually around 15-20 yuan. You can go and have a look."
"This price is a little expensive. By the way, are the ones from the audio-visual company genuine ones?" the young man asked with a slight frown.
"Yes, it's authentic." The salesperson nodded.
"So, do you have any cheaper ones for sale?" the young man asked in a low voice.
The salesperson showed an embarrassed expression and shook his head, saying, "I don't know about that, comrade. I see that you are a person who likes to have fun. Why don't you go to the private exchange outside the audio-visual company and ask? Maybe there will be someone there who is willing to exchange movies they have seen?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"I understand, thank you!" As he said that, the young man picked up the VCD player he had just bought and strode away from the counter. In a blink of an eye, he took the elevator behind him that went directly to the first floor and went downstairs.
After the young man left, a well-dressed middle-aged man said that he also wanted to buy one and asked the salesperson to issue him a receipt. When he saw that , some of the other people present could not help but be tempted. As for the others who were not tempted, it was not that they did not want to buy it, but the key was that they did not have enough money in their pockets. After all, VCD players are not cheap, and how could ordinary people pay so much money at once?
Li Jianyang was watching the second person who bought a VCD player and was doing unpacking and inspection. When he was watching with great interest, he felt someone pulling his sleeve.
"What's wrong?" He turned around and saw that it was Wei Minyi who was pulling his sleeve.
"Jianyang, this VCD is really useful! I've seen the advertisements these days, and I didn't expect that what the advertisements say is true. It also has more functions than a VCR, especially the karaoke function..."
"What's wrong? Are you jealous? Don't you want to buy a VCR today and want to buy a VCD instead?" Li Jianyang asked with a smile.
"Yes, I want it..." Wei Minyi nodded embarrassedly. Fearing that Li Jianyang would disagree, she held his arm and shook it gently twice.
Li Jianyang and Wei Minyi have been dating and are now getting married. How could he not understand Wei Minyi's character? In fact, when the young man was buying the VCD just now, Wei Minyi's eyes were shining. As a man, if he doesn't understand what his wife is thinking and knows how to please her, he is a failure.
Besides, they came to the City Department Store to buy a video recorder today. Why did they buy a video recorder? Wasn't it for the wedding next month?
Although the price of a VCD player is higher than that of a VCR, it is not much higher, isn't it just a few hundred yuan? Li Jianyang is not without money.
Besides, today is the first day that VCD is on the market, and the manufacturer is offering a 10% discount, so the extra cost is less than 300 yuan. As long as I can make my wife happy, what does this little money matter?
Besides, marriage is a major event in life, and household appliances should be bought at best, otherwise he would not have specially bought an imported large color TV. You know, the price of imported large color TV is several times that of domestic ones. After spending all this money, what's the difference between the 300 and 100?
Li Jianyang’s idea is to get it done in one go. Since there are better ones, there is no need to buy outdated things. Money should be spent wisely.
Wei Minyi was now interested in VCDs, and had long forgotten the brand of video recorders she had been talking about when she came here. Since Wei Minyi had thrown Lingzi away, Li Jianyang naturally had to know how to receive Lingzi. Without saying anything, he directly told the salesperson that he also wanted one and asked the salesperson to issue a ticket.
They took the ticket to pay and came back to try the new machine. After making sure it was working properly, Li Jianyang and Wei Minyi, one holding the machine and the other holding the paper box containing the microphone and disc, left the counter happily and took the elevator back to the first floor.
After leaving the City Department Store, they went to pick up their bicycles nearby and returned home happily.
When they got home, Wei Minyi couldn't wait to ask Li Jianyang to assemble the machine and try it out. Li Jianyang unpacked it swiftly and connected the cable to the TV as the salesperson taught him. After thinking about it, he moved his small music speaker over and connected it to the VCD player according to the instructions.
After finishing, he turned on the power and found a karaoke disc to play. At this time, Wei Minyi was already holding the microphone and couldn't wait.
When the music started, Wei Minyi started singing along with the rhythm. Wei Minyi had a very good singing voice and was an advanced member of the cultural and entertainment field in the unit. Her sweet singing voice echoed in the room. While singing, Wei Minyi looked at Li Jianyang beside her tenderly. Li Jianyang had a smile on his face at this moment and his heart was filled with joy.
But there is one regret, that is, there is only one microphone given, and he can't sing with Wei Minyi. Li Jianyang has thought about it and will find time to buy another microphone, so that they can sing together. Just imagine, the two of them will live a simple life behind closed doors, watch movies and sing songs together when they have time, how perfect this life will be!
After singing the song, Wei Minyi was extremely satisfied with today's choice. She looked through the free discs and told Li Jianyang with a little disappointment that the things were good, but it was a pity that there were not enough discs. It would be better if there were more and better discs.
Li Jianyang smiled and said don't worry, he listened carefully to the conversation between the first young man who bought VCD and the salesperson, he will go to the audio-visual company in the afternoon to check and exchange some discs. Wei Minyi said, didn't they say the discs there are not cheap? The expensive ones are sold for 20. Li Jianyang patted his chest and told her not to worry, he usually likes to listen to music, he is very familiar with the audio-visual company, there are often people selling pirated tapes including CDs at the entrance of the audio-visual company.
There seems to be no difference between VCD discs and CDs. Now that the machines are on the market, there should be pirated discs for sale there, and the price will definitely be much cheaper than those sold by audio and video companies.
Hearing him say this, Wei Minyi hurriedly urged Li Jianyang to go and have a look, and if there were any good movies, to buy a few tickets. She also told Li Jianyang what movies she wanted to watch and what songs she liked, and if they were available, they would be given priority.
After lunch, Li Jianyang rode his bike to the audio-visual company. When he found someone he knew there and asked around, he found out that they were indeed selling pirated VCDs.
However, because VCD had just come out, the film had not yet been displayed. Considering that Li Jianyang was an acquaintance, the other party invited him to his home to watch it. So Li Jianyang followed the man to a nearby alley, and after many twists and turns, he arrived at the other party's home. When he entered the house, he saw a pile of cardboard boxes filled with VCDs wrapped in plastic paper and with a color printed cover.
At this moment, Li Jianyang became as excited as a mouse falling into a rice jar. Without saying a word, he went up and started searching. More than a dozen discs popped out, including the ones Wei Minyi liked and the ones he wanted. After calculating the price, he found that it was 8 yuan per disc because it was an old friend who was selling it to him. After hearing this price, Li Jianyang exclaimed that it was worth it!
When leaving, the other party quietly asked Li Jianyang if he wanted to save the movies. Li Jianyang wanted to refuse at first, but then he thought it would be nice to take two. After returning home, he and Wei Minyi could watch them together, which was also a pleasure for the couple. In this way , Li Jianyang spent more than 100 yuan to buy a lot of pirated discs. Before leaving, he also reminded the other party to remember to save some good movies for him later. With the other party's guarantee, he was satisfied and rode back happily.
