Ride my beloved little motorcycle~~

...

The second day of the draft.

The weather is calm and sunny.

Shentong rarely gives himself a day to relax.

Riding Lao Shen Lafeng's motorcycle, shuttled through the streets of the city.

After dinner last night, Shen Qing broke into Shentong's bedroom and took away Shentong's walkman by force.

"Brother, you are about to get an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Don't argue with me about this little thing."

After saying that, he walked away.

Shentong leaned tightly on his pillow, not daring to say anything...

Strictly speaking, what Shen Qing took away was the first hard drive MP3, not the real Walkman.

This MP3 player named "NoMad Jukebox" looks like a popular walkman in the future, and uses Fujitsu's 6.4GB 2.5-inch hard drive as the storage medium.

Although the size was much larger than the mp3 that was just emerging at that time, and even larger than the CD Walkman, it pioneered the hard disk mp3.

At that time, it was also a landmark music player.

And it's pretty cool.

However, for STO, which has "traveled through the future", there are obviously more choices.

...

In early May, we were flooded with Apple advertisements.

Apple begins opening retail stores across the country.

There is a restaurant just opened 3 or 4 streets away from where Shentong lives.

After parking the motorcycle, STO walked into the Apple store.

The difference with the impression is a bit big.

However, STO soon felt relieved. After all, it was 2001, not 2019.

Shentong shook his head while looking at the various "old style" apples.

The salesperson's face turned green.

At the time, Apple was a symbol of coolness and popularity.

No one has ever shown such a disgusted expression after entering the store.

STO is the first.

...

"Huh?"

STO seems to have discovered a new world.

"ipod?!"

Somewhat unexpected.

In the last time and space, STO remembered that the iPod was officially launched in October 2001. Unexpectedly, in this time and space, it was nearly 4 months ahead of schedule.

Although it is still an "old model", the first-generation iPod pioneered elegant hardware and solved the problem of paying for music.

At that time, the entire music industry in the United States was impacted by the emerging music Internet company Napster.

This young company founded by Sean Parker focuses on the concept of "music server". Anyone can download mp3 songs on Napster software, and the downloaded music can be turned into shared music for others to download.

The emergence of this software has made music sharing very easy, but it has also led to the proliferation of large-scale infringement in the audiovisual industry.

In an American movie "The Social Network", there is a scene about Sean Parker, the founder of Napster.

However, the most impressive thing is not Sean Parker, but Amy, a female college student who doesn’t have many scenes and was praised for her good trombone playing when Sean Parker appeared.

Um...

...

After taking out the prototype, STO started operating it directly without the help of a salesperson.

The skillful movements make it seem that STO is not a customer, but the creator of this machine.

"Not bad. Although the model is a bit older, it is much better than other mp3 players."

The salesperson's face turned green again.

When checking out, Shentong said casually.

"Hey, you know what? Today's laptops are really screwed up. Whether it's weight or hinges, it's time to improve."

Holding the newly purchased iPod, Shentong opened the door with satisfaction.

Watching Shentong leave, the female salesperson hesitantly picked up the phone and dialed the number of the main store.

"That's right, there was a strange young man just now..."

...

Back home, Shen Qing was sitting on the sofa, shaking her head with the NoMad Jukebox headphones she had snatched.

There are tarot cards in front of you.

Divination using tarot cards is one of Shen Qing's hobbies.

Seeing that Shentong was back, Shen Qing quickly waved to her brother.

Shentong silently stuffed the iPod he just bought into his inner pocket.

Shen Qing took off the headphones and said: "Brother, this player is not bad. To thank you for your generosity..."

generous?

It's obviously taken by force.

If it is not to prevent things under the pillow from being turned over.

Shentong must fight to the death.

...

"I'll help you tell your fortune for free."

"Thank you, no need to."

"Oh, it's rare that I feel connected to Tarot cards recently. Just let me try it."

Shentong put down his backpack and sat next to the application.

"Is it okay to count other people?"

"certainly."

Shen Tong thought for a while.

"Counting Gilbert Arenas, that guy has been very unlucky recently, and I wanted to see if I could give him any good advice."

"No problem!" Shen Qing excitedly picked up the tarot cards and shuffled them again.

"Birthday." Shen Qing asked.

"Well... let me think about it... January 6, 1982, it should be right."

Arenas' draft application form was filled out with help from STO.

Shen Qing put the tarot cards on her chest, closed her eyes, her long eyelashes swaying slightly, and muttered something in her mouth.

It's true.

At the end of the ceremony, Shen Qing drew out a few cards and laid them out in front of her in a certain order.

As the cards were turned over one by one, Shen Qing began to translate them one by one.

"Gilbert has the typical Capricorn personality of patience, restraint and stability."

"Work hard and be pragmatic, step by step steadily."

"Has a deceivingly peaceful and low-key appearance."

"In my heart, there is strong self-confidence and ambition that is boiling all the time."

That's a bit interesting.

Shentong knew that it was Arenas's deeply hidden stubbornness and self-esteem that drove him to choose No. 0 as his jersey number.

"Eh..." Shen Qing turned over the second to last card and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Shen Tong stepped forward.

XV: Devil card.
To be continued...