On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the young man came to Shen Dongliang’s rental house carrying gifts.
"Lao Shen, happy New Year."
The young man had an eager smile on his face. Even though the rental house was very mediocre and shabby, he didn't have any objection at all.
Who doesn’t celebrate the New Year like this?
Five years ago, when he first arrived in Pengcheng, the place he lived in was not as good as Shen Dongliang's.
Besides, he came to visit today with a mission.
Invite Shen Dongliang to join his team!
Bigger and stronger!
Create ‘brilliance’ again!
"Old Wu, you are too polite."
Seeing the New Year's greetings in the hands of the young man, Shen Dongliang also had a smile on his face.
How many years has it been, how many years has no one wished him New Year greetings?
Nowadays, all major music player manufacturers are focusing on ‘developing’ their own MP3.
By 1999, after twenty years of development, the Walkman had gone through several rounds of iterations, from tapes to CDs and then to high-quality CDs.
Last year, the ‘little brother’ of the Walkman family, the MP3, was also released.
After all these years, he has never been able to buy a house.
"But we don't sell that."
While we were chatting, the young man suddenly changed the subject and got straight to the point.
However, although Shen Dongliang was moved, he still looked embarrassed.
Even if he is the only one at home, it is better than renting houses everywhere.
"Old Shen, how have you considered what I told you before?"
"With these ten thousand yuan, I won't buy anything else, just a Walkman."
Shen Dongliang looked confused and said: "What is that?"
"Although you can't get rich in this industry, you can still make a little money."
"ha?"
I have to say that this price shocked Shen Dongliang.
"The remaining money is only enough to buy a round-trip ticket to Northeast China."
"Let's do this. For the first transaction, you get four thousand, brother, I get six thousand, and we both get ten thousand together."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand."
"And, besides, I don't have any capital."
The encounters in life are so mysterious.
The house, that was his pain.
"Forget it, in other words, do you know how much a Walkman costs?"
If it really goes away, he can only work part-time and pay off the debt slowly.
"Old Wu, that... thing you mentioned, I... I have never done it..."
However, MP3 has not attracted enough attention yet, at least among consumer groups, but companies in the industry are very concerned about it.
It won't be long before MP3 will inevitably take the stage.
In 1998, Bangzi Guoshihan Company released the world's first MP3 player.
The young man smiled, with a hint of superiority in his expression.
"What's wrong?"
"If you don't succeed, you will succeed!"
Shen Dongliang almost jumped up, looked at the young man in shock, and lost his voice.
"What's that old saying about?"
More than a thousand yuan is nothing to him now, but to him at that time, it was a huge sum of money, an unbearable huge sum of money.
The same thing, placed at different points in time, may bring about completely different reactions.
Is this business reliable?
Shen Dongliang shook his head, how could he know that thing.
"Yes, it's so expensive!"
"Besides, this is not a valuable thing."
When I came back from prison, not only was my wife and children gone, my house was also sold.
After a while, the young man picked up the cup and took a sip of hot water.
"Meeting an old friend in a foreign country is one of the four great joys in life."
"Old Shen, now you know what a Walkman is, right?"
Walkmans that play CDs are expensive and bulky. Only those who are not short of money will buy CD-type walkmans.
“That’s when I made up my mind!”
And then, once bitten by a snake, I'm afraid I won't dare to engage in flipping business again after ten years of being afraid of well ropes.
"Fortunately, I succeeded."
However, compared with foreign countries, the domestic electronic product market is still a bit closed, and the most popular product on the market is still the Walkman.
"Can it be done?"
"Sony, Sony, do you know?"
"A major international company!"
"Do it with me."
"Guess what happened next?"
The world's first Walkman was the Walkman portable tape player developed by Sony in 1979.
"A Sony Walkman costs more than a thousand!"
The young man chuckled and waved his hand indifferently.
"Nothing will work."
"Walkman?"
"We sell domestically produced products. If someone acquainted introduces them, the price will only be more than 200. If we work harder and travel to the northeast, we can sell them for 400 to 500 per unit. It won't be a problem."
"I think I had never done this before. At that time, I just came to Pengcheng and only had three hundred yuan in my pocket. I didn't even have enough money to buy goods."
"Ouch."
The most shipped products are also Walkmans, especially those that listen to cassettes.
"How about it?"
"Yes Yes Yes."
After a moment of emotion, the young man continued his conversation. He had not forgotten the purpose of coming here today.
"Old Shen, you don't have to worry too much about money."
Seeing that Shen Dongliang was still a little confused, the young man smiled.
As the young man spoke, he put the things on the table, and then took the cup from Shen Dongliang's hand.
"We are all fellow villagers. We are away from home. It doesn't matter if we move around more."
"All you need to know is that the Walkman is very popular."
If you have a house, you have a home.
If there is a chance to buy a house in Pengcheng, he will definitely be willing to do so.
The young man sighed: "Although people in my childhood are bastards, when it comes to technology, they are really powerful."
"So expensive?"
Thinking of this, Shen Dongliang began to murmur in his heart.
As soon as he heard the word 'buy a house', Shen Dongliang's heartstrings were plucked.
"Later, I asked my relatives and friends to borrow money, and asked my grandpa and grandma to borrow money. In total, I borrowed more than a thousand yuan."
Shen Dongliang is a good complimenter and said curiously.
"This is what I relied on when I bought a house in Pengcheng."
He even thought that after making money, he would buy a house first and then find a wife. He was still 'young' and could have another one.
"I have no idea."
"More than a thousand yuan, sell it to a ghost!"
It’s so expensive, who are you selling it to?
Shen Dongliang agreed with a smile on his face, and then the two chatted about family matters for a while.
Speaking of this, the young man couldn't help but feel a bit sad in his tone. If he would have encountered what happened last time, then he would be truly 'benevolent'.
"Then, I used the more than a thousand yuan to go to the wholesale market and wholesale more than a hundred pairs of jeans."
What is the concept of more than one thousand yuan?
Ordinary workers, without food or drink, have to save for several months to get enough.
"Four to five hundred??"
If you flip the hand, you will double the profit?
Invest 10,000 and get 20,000?
Is business that easy to do?
"ah!"
The young man nodded calmly: "Four or five hundred, we still sell out of conscience."
"Those with bad intentions can sell it for 700, 800, or even thousands if they put a brand on it!"