Urban Life: Our Youth

Two days later.

Nine in the morning.

My cell phone rang, and when I saw it, it was Zhao Lanlan calling.

"Hey, Li Shaozhe, I'm sorry, I was late playing mahjong last night and overslept this morning. I'm coming to work now, okay?" Zhao Lanlan asked.

"Uh--" I thought to myself what time it was. When I work in our company, I sign in with my fingerprint. It doesn't matter if I'm even a minute late. It's good that she slept until then, "Then come here."

"Okay, I'll come over when I get up, wash my face, brush my teeth, and put on makeup."

"See for yourself." I said angrily.

By the time Zhao Lanlan arrived at the mobile phone store, it was almost ten o'clock.

I got ten mobile phones from the warehouse and handed them to her and said: "Register these ten mobile phones. You must register the brand, model, color and serial number of the mobile phones clearly. You can't make a mistake."

"Okay, I understand." Zhao Lanlan said.

"This is a sales policy. Sales are based on the price specified by the company. Check the model number clearly to make sure you don't make a mistake." I brought over some more company leaflets.

"There are quite a lot of models on here, how can I remember them?"

"When you first start working in this industry, you may feel a little confused and uncomfortable. After a while, you will be familiar with the business. There are price tags here. You can compare the sales policies and mark the price."

"Ok."

I have a female colleague who runs a shop at home selling computers, printers, office supplies, etc. I thought it would be better to take care of the business of strangers than the business of acquaintances.

So, I drove to their store, looked up, and saw on the door: Tengtong Computer.

I stepped inside.

"Hello, Shaozhe!" Chen Zhijun, my colleague's husband, greeted me warmly.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I want to buy a computer and a printer." I said.

"Yes, what kind of computer should I buy? Desktop or laptop?"

"Desktop, for office use."

"Are you going to open a store?"

"That's it."

"Congratulations, you are starting to do business. This is a good start."

"I just rented two counters in Xinhua Store, which is nothing." I said a little embarrassed.

"That's not bad. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Businesses grow from small to large. No one can do such a big business at the beginning," Chen Zhijun said. "Then what brand do you want to choose? Lenovo, Dell, HP I’ll sell them all here.”

"Are there any second-hand ones?" I asked.

"This -" Chen Zhijun paused after hearing this, "There are also second-hand ones, but we are all old acquaintances. Let me tell you the truth, second-hand items are easy to break, and they don't come with three guarantees."

"It doesn't matter, as long as it works."

"Okay then!" So he took out an old-looking computer from the warehouse, "Let me tell you clearly, this one has small memory, a small hard drive, and no independent graphics card. If you don't play games, it's a good place to work. Barely ok.”

"I don't play games," I said, "that's it."

"Do you want a new printer? Or a second-hand one?"

"Let's buy a second-hand one too."

"Okay, please wait a moment and I'll look for you again."

So Chen Zhijun went to the warehouse to search for a long time, and finally found another dot matrix printer.

The printer looks big and stupid. The original pure white color has now turned dark yellow. You can imagine how many years this printer has been used.

"Mr. Chen, how much is the total cost?" I asked.

"Since we are all acquaintances, just give me 3000 yuan."