Chapter 148 The First Generation of Domestic Machine King (33)
The next day.
Ye Xincheng followed Xu Qingshan to the center of Longjiang.
But Xu Qingshan seems not very satisfied with the mobile phone stores and computer stores selling in Longjiang City.
Ye Xincheng was led around by Xu Qingshan like a headless fly. He was confused when he heard the configurations and prices.
"Shan'er, what do you want to buy?"
Ye Xincheng was confused.
"No in Longjiang, let's go to Ludao."
Xu Qingshan made a call and asked a black car to come here to pick them up. After hanging up the phone, he talked to Ye Xincheng.
"Oh, okay. What? Going to Ludao?"
Ye Xincheng was shocked by this unexpected decision.
"Are we going to Ludao like this?"
"Yes, what else?"
Xu Qingshan said matter-of-factly.
"We didn't bring anything!"
As a grown-up, Ye Xincheng has never traveled far. Even if he did go out to play, it was always with the whole family in a car. This was the first time he had seen Xu Qingshan leave at the drop of a hat.
"Just bring your phone and wallet."
Xu Qingshan said calmly.
But he also felt a little emotional. Sure enough, China was progressing so fast. In a few years, you wouldn't even need to carry a wallet when you go out.
Many people basically only need to bring a mobile phone with them when going out.
"What about our change of clothes? Do we want to live there?"
Ye Xincheng was both frightened and curious.
The good boy will not ride in the big bad wolf's black car.
"Let's see if things get done quickly."
Xu Qingshan thought for a while.
"If we act quickly, we will come back tonight. If you are in a good mood and want to spend two days there, then we will stay for two days. You can call home later."
"But we didn't even bring our mobile phone chargers."
"I'm going to change my mobile phone this afternoon, why do I bring it with me?"
"Then me."
"Brother, I'll give you one."
"Let your foster father send you!"
After a while, the black car arrived and took away two strong men, leaving behind a trail of car exhaust fumes all over the place.
At this time, DD taxis and ride-hailing are not yet fashionable.
Taxis generally rarely take cross-city orders.
But there will be another group of people doing this, and this group of people is normally called "private car drivers."
That is, without a business license, you drive your own car to pick up customers to another city, and then rely on the online arrangement to drive the people back to the original city.
If these illegal car drivers are caught by the traffic police, they will need to be fined.
But in this barbaric era, management was not so strict.
For the older generation of parents who are not very good at using mobile apps and not very good at riding trains, even in 2026, this kind of black car company that will have someone pick them up at your door is still the first choice in their travel life. choose.
This is especially true for parents who take pots and pans with them on the road.
Technology will become a huge boost to social development.
It is like the explosive fuel that propels the front end of the social rocket in a more distant direction.
But the base and trunk of the rocket will be climbing section by section.
Abandoned, falling down.
Like a fuel tank that has been used up, they cannot keep up with the pace of the times, and their learning ability can no longer keep up with the progress of the times.
But they are still a presence that we cannot let go of.
No matter how cold the development of science and technology is, it still requires sufficient humanistic care.
Xu Qingshan discovered.
I seem to be becoming more and more hypocritical now.
Or maybe it's because my life is different from everyone else's. I once lived in a small place and read the newspaper I subscribed to in prison every day.
Witness the leap of the world era, witness the widening gap between the rich and the poor in society, the social environment becoming exaggerated, and witness that reality is truly developing towards cyberpunk.
Even after he was released from prison, he only had a glimpse of the real dream world he saw in the technology, finance, and social newspapers he subscribed to every day in prison.
“So this is what it feels like to ride in a black car!”
Ye Xincheng leaned against the window and looked at the scene outside the window.
Obviously this was not much different from taking a self-driving trip in his own car, but he was still very excited.
The driver of the black car glanced at Ye Xincheng through the rearview mirror.
"This is not a black car, it's a private taxi."
Ye Xincheng was about to ask a few questions to satisfy his curiosity, but Xu Qingshan covered his mouth.
"I'll take a nap and ask me to pay when I get there."
Xu Qingshan closed his eyes and rested his mind.
In just over an hour, the two were sent to a five-star hotel in the center of Ludao Kaiyuan District.
"Thank you, walk slowly."
Xu Qingshan paid the money, said polite words to the driver of the illegal car, turned around and pulled Ye Xincheng.
"Let's go, stay in the hotel first."
"Huh? I didn't bring my ID card, and besides, we live here?"
Ye Xincheng was even more confused.
Can two students like us afford to stay in this five-star hotel?
Xu Qingshan did not answer him, but walked into the hotel lobby naturally, without even looking at the magnificently decorated front desk, and walked straight to the elevator.
Ye Xincheng followed Xu Qingshan with bated breath, feeling very secretive.
"Okay, please."
Xu Qingshan took two room cards from a young man standing outside the elevator, nodded to the young man, and the young man nodded respectfully and left.
hiss?
My brother is a boss?
In fact, Ye Xincheng only knew that Xu Qingshan's family was a good family. After all, a dual-income family that could come to the city to buy a house for their children's studies was considered an upper-middle-class family in Longjiang.
But the attitude Xu Qingshan is showing now.
Ye Xincheng had never seen it before.
"bite!"
The elevator arrived on the first floor. Xu Qingshan entered the elevator and swiped the room card, waiting for Ye Xincheng to come in.
"Who was that just now?"
"Hou Cheng, a student of Lu University, the campus agent of my brother-in-law."
Xu Qingshan’s words are concise and concise.
"Oh, our brother-in-law's people."
Although Ye Xincheng didn't know who Xu Qingshan's uncle was, it was obviously easier to accept it.
"Let's go, take a shower, change clothes and go shopping."
Ye Xincheng felt that his brother must have been here before, otherwise how could he have such a familiar attitude?
After going around and around, we arrived at the door of the room.
Xu Qingshan swiped the card to open the door, and Ye Xincheng followed behind, looking around.
"Wow!"
"hiss!"
"Why is this hotel different from the ones I've stayed in?"
"This table is so big and the chairs are so comfortable. I feel like a boss when I sit down!"
"Is there a bathtub here?"
"Two sinks?"
"Are there separate living rooms and bedrooms? What is this? Can you drink the drinks in this refrigerator?" Ye Xincheng, who lived in an executive suite for the first time, was like a curious baby, looking around.
Over there, Xu Qingshan had already found the one suitable for his height from the two clothes bags on the bed, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Xu Qingshan went to take a shower, but no one responded to Ye Xincheng.
He suddenly became reserved.
This is the first time.
Ye Xincheng suddenly thought of a question.
Then wouldn't it be the first time in his life that he would rent a room alone with his brother?
What would Ye Qianqian say when asked?
I’m not a liar.
“I’ve washed it, go and wash it, and prepare to go to the Chinatown next door. There should be what I want there.”
Xu Qingshan put on clean casual clothes.
"If Chinatown doesn't have one, then we'll go to Panji Center, which was newly opened last year. There are also many digital brand stores there."
Ye Xincheng stopped chirping and looked worried.
He still hadn't regained consciousness until he followed Xu Qingshan and set off again to find a digital brand's direct-operated store.
Xu Qingshan didn't know what nonsense Ye Xincheng was thinking.
Here in Chinatown, he did find the computer he wanted.
He did not find a direct store for Thinkpad, and it is estimated that Ludao does not have such a thing at this time.
Thinkpad is a brand of IBM PC department. After it was acquired by Lenovo in 2005, the brand belonged to Lenovo.
But Lenovo's flagship store is located at Panji Center, so Xu Qingshan can only ask at the authorized store in Chinatown.
He wandered into a Lenovo authorized store, and the first thing he saw when he entered the store was the computer he was looking for last night, which was the most suitable computer for him right now.
ThinkPad T400s
14 inches, 21.1 mm thick, weighing less than 1.77 kg, with a reinforced carbon fiber aviation material body, complete expansion interfaces, and powerful overall performance.
Perfectly fits Xu Qingshan’s current needs.
He may need to travel frequently between Beijing and Ludao. Such a computer is convenient for him to carry and is convenient for academic work and business work.
Just
“18,999? The price of nineteen thousand?”
Xu Qingshan looked at the computer in front of him, which was considered an ultra-thin and light notebook in this era, and then looked at the quotation next to it.
"Handsome, what do you want to buy it for? If you want to watch videos and play games, the ones over there are actually more suitable."
The clerk secretly observed Xu Qingshan and Ye Xincheng. After watching for three seconds, she decisively chose to lock her eyes on this handsome boy.
"The price is too expensive."
Xu Qingshan said.
If this was the scene of the crooked-mouthed Dragon King getting his son-in-law, the shop assistant would probably laugh at him, saying, "Why don't you buy a computer if you don't have money?"
But here we sell computers, not hatred.
"This laptop is actually positioned more as a business laptop. Generally speaking, it is more premium. If you are playing games, I would recommend some of the more cost-effective laptops out there."
This shop assistant lady also has something.
She always said that playing games is normal.
After all, Xu Qingshan and Ye Xincheng looked like they were still studying at their age, and Chinatown was very close to Ludao University. It was less than a kilometer away from the gate of Nanputuo.
Naturally, he thought this handsome guy was a student of Ludao University.
"I am a programmer and need to travel frequently, so this is more suitable. How about you ask your boss if the price can be lower?"
Xu Qingshan said.
He is rich, but he is not taken advantage of.
The launch price of this computer was 12,499, but it was sold here for 18,999. As expected, computer stores at this time were still making huge profits.
This change of hands requires not only profit from the sales of one's own products, but also the price difference.
A computer sells for 20,000 yuan, and the profit is more than 10,000 yuan.
"Then I'll ask."
It's a pity.
Bargaining is not an easy thing to do.
Being able to open a store here in Chinatown means that the prices here are difficult to negotiate.
Xu Qingshan didn't bother to waste words or use any tricks. Under the regretful eyes of the clerk, he took Ye Xincheng and took a taxi directly to Panji Center.
One in and one out, very fast.
It's just a matter of trembling.
"Just tens of thousands of dollars left?!"
Ye Xincheng was carrying several bags, and Xu Qingshan was also carrying two.
"If it breaks, just call the official after-sales service or come to Panji to solve it."
Xu Qingshan’s trip.
When you enter a directly-operated store, as long as the price is right, buy it.
Not only did I buy a ThinkPad T400s for myself, I also bought an Alienware for Ye Xincheng.
In addition to the computer, other accessories were also purchased.
After buying it, I went straight to the mobile phone store.
Like wholesale purchases, Xu Qingshan bought several Apple Iphone 3GS and a Galaxy I5700. The former was given away for others to use, and the latter was used to research and open up the Android system.
In addition, Xu Qingshan also unexpectedly saw the first domestic smartphone here, the Meizu M8, known as the first domestically produced smartphone.
Although the operating system used by this thing is still developed based on Windows CE6.0, which has no bright future.
But at this time, there are really not many domestic mobile phones that can compare with it in terms of feel and comfort.
After Xu Qingshan bought one, he thought about it and asked for two more.
These three mobile phones were all just launched this year.
Only special economic zone cities like Ludao and domestic first-tier cities will have the goods available immediately.
Xu Qingshan is also thankful that what he is buying now is not Iphone4 and 4S.
Otherwise, he would probably have to spend his money on scalpers.
Back to the hotel.
Ye Xincheng was still happily holding his alien and new mobile phone Iphone 3GS.
"It's not too heavy for you either."
Xu Qingshan was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the cityscape of Ludao and the distant seascape. He held a goblet in one hand and slowly sipped the Coke with ice in the goblet.
"I can hold it and sleep! It's like a dream!"
Ye Xincheng's face was filled with happiness.
In fact, even though he had such a good relationship with Xu Qingshan, when Xu Qingshan said he wanted to buy him a mobile phone and computer today, he was still quite embarrassed and never thought of accepting it.
But who made Xu Qingshan swipe his card so fast.
It's almost as if you entered a flagship store, took a quick look, determined your target, and then directly swiped your card and asked the clerk to arrange the bonus items.
Start up, activate, accept and take away on site.
After this super combination of punches, Ye Xincheng was completely dizzy.
"It's okay, my uncle pays the bill."
Xu Qingshan took a sip of Coke.
"Besides, it doesn't matter even if I pay the bill, you can think about how much my scholarship will be."
Xu Qingshan did not want Ye Xincheng to have any psychological burden.
But he is as simple as a good brother. If you want it, I can give it to you, so I will arrange it.
"When your results come out and you are admitted to Beijing University, your scholarship will be generous. When the time comes, I will go and eat you when I have no money."
Xu Qingshan's words made Ye Xincheng laugh heartily.
"Then I have to feed you even if I don't have anything to eat!"
Men's true friendship is sometimes very pure.
Their happiness is just as simple.
These days, Xu Qingshan is quite relaxed.
However, before they started chatting at night on the balcony of the executive suite, Xu Qingshan received a phone call.
Then, Ye Xincheng and his aliens were left alone to guard the empty room.
(End of chapter)