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Chapter 224 There Are No Good People in Computer City

Chapter 224 There are no good people in Computer City

"Bah~!"

In front of the counter of a certain store in Zhongguancun Computer City, Chen Li, who had just turned around, cursed directly in his heart.

At this moment, Chen Li wanted to go in and take back the pack of Chinese cigarettes he had just handed out, but in the end Chen Li gave up this plan.

He is here today to inquire about news!

What news? Of course it’s about computer-related accessories and other news! Because Chen Li plans to open an Internet cafe!

According to Chen Li's original plan, when he earned enough money from the fried chicken restaurant, he would open an Internet cafe to start snowballing.

And based on his understanding of the Internet cafe industry, once this snowball starts rolling, it will become extremely fast and extremely big.

However, the popularity of the fried chicken restaurant made Chen Li give up this plan.

In principle, Internet cafes and fried chicken restaurants can actually be considered huge profits!

The Internet cafe industry is definitely a huge profit at present. Before the popularity of adsl, opening an Internet cafe was just like picking up money.

Even after adsl became popular, although Internet fees generally dropped, the corresponding costs also dropped.

And with the increase in users, it is actually still a huge profit industry!

The same goes for fried chicken restaurants! Especially in this era when Western fast food is still a high-end luxury food, Chen Li's "ideal" fried chicken restaurant is basically like picking up money.

Although the profit of a single entity is better than that of an Internet bar, the investment is small and the profit can be made up by continuously opening branches!

So in comparison, in fact, these two paths seem to be similar to Chen Li!

In the end, Chen Li decided that only children should make the choice, and adults should have both!

Of course ~ not now!

Now that Chen Li's second fried chicken restaurant has not yet officially opened, Chen Li is planning to postpone the planned third branch.

He plans to save up an Internet cafe first, and then use the profits from the Internet cafe to develop the Internet cafe, and the profits from the fried chicken restaurant to develop the fried chicken restaurant.

But the ultimate goal of both is not to make money.

Chen Li’s Internet cafe~ can be used to maintain better development of hao123! And the ideal fried chicken restaurant~ is to be linked to the chicken farm!

Okay~ In fact, in Chen Li's heart, fried chicken restaurants are obviously more important than Internet cafes.

The reason is simple: his fried chicken restaurant can be linked to his future breeding business.

As for the Internet cafe business, Chen Li only plans to earn a few dollars for a few years.

Of course, these are just Chen Li's plans. He came to the Computer City today just to understand the current situation of the computer market.

To this end, Chen Li contacted Song Xiaolan's senior brother Xue Zhihui, and obtained the contact information of an acquaintance in the Computer City through him.

The computer market these days is not as transparent as it was later, and for the staff of Computer City, they are not willing to disclose this information.

After all, information is equal to money these days!

Let’s put it this way! These days, a shop owner can easily earn thousands of dollars by assembling a computer.

Although most of this money is made by the store owner, the monthly income of the employees who assemble computers is definitely terrifyingly high.

Even more exaggerated, it is said that a few years ago, when a computer was assembled here in Computer City, the maximum profit could even reach 5,000 yuan!

This was the 1990s, what was the concept of five thousand yuan?

This is the huge profit caused by the information gap! Because ordinary people do not understand the computer industry, people can make money away.

Of course ~ this kind of situation usually occurs when you meet the kind of stupid rich people who don't understand anything.

Moreover, it is actually not very popular to assemble computers these days, and people are more willing to choose those computer brands.

For example, brand computers from big companies such as Dell and Fantasy!

But this kind of brand of computer has the same pitfalls that you don't have to negotiate, and in fact, these two companies are also engaged in assembling computers.

It just gives itself a brand, and the selling price is several percent higher than ordinary assembled machines.

Generally speaking, those who can buy and assemble computers these days will have more or less computer knowledge. Even those who don't understand will find someone who knows to check it.

The peak period for assembling computers will still have to wait until ADSL and the popularity of household width. At that time, it will be the explosive period for assembling computers.

But even so, because there are so few people who know computer knowledge nowadays, even a small worker who assembles computers can earn more in a month than those white-collar workers.

So this Brother Zhang is actually a little unwilling to talk to Chen Li about this.

Fortunately, Chen Li finally said that he planned to open an Internet cafe in the future, and then he could take care of Brother Zhang's business, so Brother Zhang finally wrote a list to Chen Li.

When Chen Li looked at the price of 8,600 yuan on the order, he cursed in his heart!

Although he doesn't understand the computer configuration of 1998, he can be sure that this list is full of moisture.

In fact, Chen Li didn’t know much about computers in his previous life!

He knew that i7 was better than i5 and i3, and he also knew about some of the more famous graphics cards. This was because there was a period of time when the price of graphics cards increased sharply for some reason, and he learned about it from the overwhelming media reports.

And although Chen Li activated the sub-professional career of programmer, he did not teach any knowledge about computer accessories from 1998.

So in the end, Chen Li could only find someone who knew him better in this generation.

The first thing Chen Li thought of at that time was Song Xiaolan, and then he contacted Xue Zhihui again through Song Xiaolan.

Finally, Xue Zhihui asked him to find Brother Zhang.

But Chen Li can be sure that the quotation given by Brother Zhang is terrifying.

Chen Li doesn't know much about computers, and he doesn't know what configurations and budget are needed to assemble a computer for an Internet cafe these days.

But ~ Chen Li understands people!

The way this guy named Zhang looked at Chen Li, he definitely thought that Chen Li was someone who was taken advantage of!

Chen Li left the Computer City and originally planned to go back to Weigong Village, but after thinking about it, Chen Li took the list and went to another place!

Jingbei Multimedia!

Liu Dong is not here at the moment. I don't know whether he went out to distribute leaflets or was busy with other things.

The girl at the counter didn't seem to recognize Chen Li~ but greeted her out of habit.

"What do you need? We have it here"

"Is your boss here?"

Chen Li went straight to the point and asked Liu Dong's whereabouts directly.

"Uh~ Do you have anything to do with our boss?"

"Hmm~! I have something to ask him about!"

In fact, these were just two nonsense sentences, but the girl at the counter had to ask such a question, and then she picked up the phone at the counter and dialed Liu Dong's mobile phone.

A few minutes later, Chen Li saw Liu Dong again, and Liu Dong also recognized Chen Li, so

"Brother~what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the disc?"

"It's okay~ I'll change it for you!"

To be honest, such a boss is actually pretty good!

But Mr. Chen always feels like something is wrong?

When Liu Dong participated in an interview in his previous life, didn't he say that he didn't sell fakes?

Chen Li remembered it very clearly. At that time, Liu Dong even said that his income was much lower than others because he did not sell fake goods.

But now Liu Dong looks like this. Why does he look a little skilled?

This time, Chen Li is a bit clueless!

You know, the reason why he came to Jingbei Multimedia this time was because of the interview with Liu Dong in his previous life!

In that interview, Liu Dong portrayed himself as an upright store owner.

So ~ Chen Li plans to ask Liu Dong! If Liu Dong can give a suitable price, Chen Li plans to hand over the computer configuration of his Internet cafe to him.

Liu Dong earns the money he deserves, Chen Li. Please don’t be cheated!

But now Liu Dong's skillful scene made Chen Li suddenly doubt the authenticity of what this guy said in the interview in his previous life.

"Uh~! Look, I can't seem to read it when I get back."

Chen Li rolled his eyes and handed over the unopened game disc.

"Can't you read it?"

"No way?"

"The quality of my disc can still be guaranteed!"

"Although you may encounter some problems occasionally, the probability is normal. Hey~ look, isn't this read out?"

Liu Dong took the game disc, opened it directly and put it into the computer on the counter.

Then an interface popped up on the computer screen! There is nothing wrong with this disc!

As if to reassure Chen Li, Liu Dong even installed the game directly.

"Brother, look, there's nothing wrong with this disc!"

After installing the game, Liu Dong directly started an encounter. It was obvious that this guy had also played Red Alert.

"Hmm~ Then maybe there is something wrong with my computer!"

"That's okay! I still want this disc!"

Chen Li nodded and motioned to Liu Dong to install the disc for him.

"Brother, don't worry, we guarantee that there will be no problem with the disc here. Even if there is a problem, you can just bring it over and I will replace it for you."

"After all, if something goes wrong with this thing sometimes, you can't tell."

"In short, our products are guaranteed to have after-sales service."

Yeah~ Liu Dong's words at this moment have a bit of meaning in the future at Jingbei Mall.

Chen Li took the disc, then looked at this small shop of less than ten square meters, and asked.

"You just sell recorders and CDs?"

"Yes! Brother, what else do you need? It's okay. You can tell me. Although I don't have one here, I can help you find someone. Don't worry, it's definitely someone you can trust."

Liu Dong looked at Chen Li and then patted his chest!

"Oh, I'm going to get a few computers!"

"Look at this configuration, how much can you pay for it for me?"

Chen Li handed over the list! Liu Dong took the list, glanced at it, and then frowned.

"Brother, there seems to be something wrong with your configuration!"

"And with this price, you have obviously been deceived!"

There are prices on the list. Although Liu Dong does not make computers, he sells things here in Zhongguancun, so he naturally knows the prices of some things.

After all, he was exposed to computers and programming very early, and he made a lot of money by programming when he was in college.

So he has some understanding of these hardware facilities.

After saying these two sentences, Liu Dongchao looked around, then approached Chen Li and said:

"Brother, your configuration is a bit outdated now, and the price is wrong. You have obviously been deceived."

"If you want to configure a computer, I will write you a list. Then you can go directly to the computer store and let them configure it. I estimate that it will only cost about 7,000 yuan, and it will definitely not exceed 8,000 yuan."

Liu Dong's voice was so low that only Chen Li himself could hear it.

Chen Li understood what this guy was thinking. After all, his store was located in Zhongguancun, so he couldn't blatantly destroy other people's jobs.

"Yeah?"

Chen Li naturally knew there was something wrong with this list, after all, he was not a fool.

If nothing else, let’s just say that the memory on the list is only 16MB. Isn’t this ridiculous?

Although it is only 1998, the memory of mainstream computers today should be around 32-64MB. This 16MB is just nonsense.

The computer in the rental house had 32MB of memory, and it was a "scrap" computer that Chen Li moved from Snow Beer.

So you taste it. You taste it carefully. How dark is the heart of that bastard Brother Zhang?

But Brother Zhang probably didn't expect that Chen Li would just come over to inquire about the price, and even get the list out of the way.

"Brother, if you believe me, the hardware on this is basically not the mainstream configuration now."

"I guess the person who gave you this list probably thought you didn't understand computers."

When he said this, Liu Dong raised his eyes and looked at Chen Li again, and then continued:

"So he is doing it for you blindly and deliberately lying to you."

"If we calculate based on this configuration, I estimate it won't cost much."

"But the lower the configuration, the slower the computer's calculation speed."

"Just like the game disk you just bought, if the configuration is too low, it may not be readable."

"Brother, if you can trust me, I can help you find someone and I will never cheat you!"

"You don't need to spend 8600, I can get one for you for 8000 yuan. It is definitely the best configuration at the moment."

When Chen Li heard this, he also glanced at Liu Dong and couldn't help but cursed.

"You big-browed Liu Dong! Are you trying to fool me into thinking I'm a fool?"

Chen Li bought Red Alert 95, and even with the configuration on this list, he can still run this game.

Is this Liu Dong simply making excuses for why he just said he couldn't read this disc?

Moreover, Chen Li felt inexplicably familiar with the way this guy spoke.

When Liu Dong said 8,000 units, he sounded exactly like the tone some guys used to trick people.

What is the best configuration? Bullshit? Chen Li is just not familiar with the computer configurations of these days. It does not mean that there is something wrong with his IQ.

Is this a business tycoon in the future? Why is he leading a deceiver?

Thinking of this, Chen Li took the list from Liu Dong's hand, turned around and left.

"Brother~!"

Liu Dong extended Erkang's hand, but did not leave Chen Li behind.

As for Chen Li, after leaving the computer city, he looked at the list in his hand and couldn't help but cursed in his heart!

"Damn it, there are no good people in Computer City!"

Chen Li looked at the bag in his hand again, as if he remembered something, and finally took out his cell phone and dialed Xue Zhihui's pager.

A few minutes later, Chen Li received a call from Xue Zhihui.

"Old Xue! Thank you for this today!"

"Are you free tonight? Come to my house and I'll treat you to a meal!"

"Yes, yes~! Just the last time you made a website for me!"

"Okay~ I'll wait for you!"