Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 48 This Bamboo Pole Is Not Simple

"Brother Yi, don't worry, leave it to us." Shi Lei and others divided into groups with ease and began to build a local area network for these computers.

"I can help too." Lin Qingyin said timidly.

"You have more important things to do. Take a rest first. Let them do the rough work." Cheng Yi smiled.

He plans to set up the diskless workstation today.

Not to mention that diskless workstations solve the problem of account theft, the cost of the hard drive alone can save a lot of money.

The price structure of computers in this era is nothing more than the CPU, motherboard and hard drive. The memory and graphics card account for a very small proportion. Among all the devices, the hard drive is the most expensive.

A Tamron second-generation 75GB hard drive costs as much as 3100 yuan.

If a diskless workstation is built, then more than one hundred computers will only require five hard drives, which saves a lot of money.

Cheng Yi turned on a computer for Lin Qingyin and let her play alone, then took Du Yusheng to Jingzhou Computer Parts City.

Jingzhou Computer Accessories City is the largest computer accessories distribution center in Handong Province. It is a mixed bag of goods, and you can get almost anything there.

A lot of foreign garbage smuggled in from overseas is everywhere. If you have a good eye, you can buy a laptop that can barely turn on for 600 yuan.

These laptops are smuggled in from overseas at the price of electronic waste, only about a thousand to eight hundred yuan per ton. After picking and refurbishing them, it is easy to make tens of thousands of yuan by reselling them.

For example, many E3 and E5 -core Xeon series computers that sold for a few hundred yuan in the past all took this approach.

If you are lucky, it can last a lifetime. If you are unlucky, it will break within a month.

After getting out of the tricycle, Du Yusheng looked at the huge crowds of people at the computer mall and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my God, so many people? It's like a market."

Cheng Yi said: "This is a gold mine now. Anyone with a little market sense will rush in."

"Why don't I also tinker with computers?" Du Yusheng's eyes were full of envy.

"Your current net worth probably isn't even enough to buy a single memory stick." Cheng Yi said unhappily, "Wait until you've earned enough to start investing."

"Oh, it's so infuriating just thinking about it. The rich are making more and more money, while the poor are getting poorer and poorer." Du Yusheng muttered in dissatisfaction.

Cheng Yi walked into the computer city and went straight to the hard drive area.

Soon, he saw the counter for IBM Tamron hard drives.

The clerk at the counter was a chubby girl. At that moment, she was chatting enthusiastically with a group of netizens in the Jingzhou Information Port chat room. Occasionally, sensitive words such as "hours" and "OK" could be seen on the computer screen.

"What's the lowest price for a 75G hard drive?" Cheng Yi asked.

The girl glanced at Cheng Yi and said, "2900."

"You want a lot?" Cheng Yi asked again.

"It's the same price no matter how much you want." The girl said impatiently, "We don't have much left anyway."

She didn't even stand up, typing fiercely in the chat room with a greedy look on her face.

Looks like he's very hungry.

Du Yusheng wanted to retort, but was stopped by Cheng Yi.

After all, they are a specialty counter, and naturally they have the pride of a specialty counter. They don’t need to care about retail investors at all.

"Brother, how many hard drives do you need?" Cheng Yi and Du Yusheng had just taken a few steps when a young man with a middle-parted hair came over and said with an apologetic smile.

"Just taking a look." Cheng Yi did not respond. It was impossible for him to buy a hard drive of unknown origin.

When it comes to hard drives, you should never be greedy for cheapness, otherwise the losses it causes you will be beyond your imagination.

Not only does this young man have a pointed face and monkey cheeks, and looks like a bamboo pole, but he is also wearing a loose light gray suit. When he moves a little, his whole body sways with the suit.

"Brother, brother, brother." Seeing Cheng Yi was about to leave, the young man immediately followed him and tried his best to sell him: "The hard drives here are all new brands, definitely not second-hand refurbished drives. I beg you to give me a minute, just one minute..." The young man's enthusiasm made Cheng Yi stop.

He also had this experience when he was at the lowest point in his life. The combination of youthful indomitable spirit, life's hardships and longing for the future made people unwilling to give up any chance.

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I'm a sales representative for the Handong branch of Quantum Hard Drive. Last year, our company was acquired by Maxtor Group, and I went out on my own. I have a lot of high-quality Quantum hard drives. You can take a look at them first. I'll give you the lowest price."

Quantum hard drive?

Few people know about this hard drive, but if you talk about its later name - Seagate hard drive, it will become a household name.

"Okay, let's go and take a look. If it's a renovation, I'll smash your shop." Cheng Yi said with a stern face.

Du Yusheng next to him also raised his eyebrows and looked fierce.

"Don't worry, this is definitely not a refurbished product. I'm just in a hurry to sell it to recover the funds." The young man's attitude was very respectful.

"Lead the way."

"This way, please." The young man hurriedly led the way. As he walked, he took out a business card and handed it to Cheng Yi respectfully, saying, "Brother, my name is Li Xiang. I just opened a computer parts store. This is my business card."

"What was your name?" Cheng Yi looked at the young man in shock, then looked down at the business card.

Li Xiang, Xiangdangdang Computer Accessories Store in Shizhong District, landline number...

"My name is Li Xiang." Li Xiang was also frightened by Cheng Yi's eyes.

He thought carefully about his creditors to make sure that there was no one who looked similar to Cheng Yi.

Li Xiang!

Cheng Yi was indeed shocked.

If the name wasn't repeated, the bamboo pole in front of us was the largest electronic waste smuggler in Handong Province in 2018. It was rumored that when he was arrested, the amount involved was as high as 18 billion.

His case also indirectly promoted the legislative process of banning foreign garbage in China.

"It's a very nice name." The more Cheng Yi looked at Li Xiang, the more curious he found him.

Cheng Yi's ambiguous look made Li Xiang's heart flutter, and he even wondered if he had met Long Yangjun.

Following Li Xiang around in circles, they finally came to a remote corner of the warehouse behind the computer market, next to the public toilet. There was a store of only about ten square meters with a handwritten wooden sign at the door: Xiangdangdang Computer Accessories Store in Shizhong District.

There was also a pretty girl in the store. When she saw Li Xiang, she immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Xiao Cui, hurry up and get me some Quantum hard drives." Li Xiang shouted.

"Oh, okay." The girl quickly got into the narrow shop, and after a while of rummaging around, she moved out a foam box.

Inside the box were boxes of Quantum hard drives.

Li Xiang took out a hard drive, handed it to Cheng Yi and said, "Brother, check it out. It's a brand new, unopened Quantum hard drive. 20GB is 40, 60GB is , and GB is ."

"The performance of this Quantum 60G is almost the same as that of the Maxtor Diamond 60G. It is absolutely durable and both come with a three-year warranty."

"Okay, give me five." Cheng Yi said readily.

"60G?" Li Xiang's eyes lit up.

"Yeah." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I may need a lot more later."

Li Xiang and the girl looked at each other, both of them looked very excited, they finally opened the shop!

"Oh, by the way, do you have any cheap laptops?" Cheng Yi asked casually.

In this era, all laptops sold at prices below market value are smuggled in! Without exception!

(End of this chapter)