Roaming in the world of film and television

In a corner of the most prosperous area of ​​fireworks on Matai Street, a gray cloth less than 2 square meters was thrown on the curb. There are signs with words such as "A Chinese Ghost Story 1", "A Chinese Ghost Story 2", "God of Gamblers", "God of Gamblers", etc. Because it is far away from the street lights, people with poor eyesight may not be able to find this shabby place. Shabby booths.

One meter away was a donkey tricycle parked upside down, with a liquefied gas tank next to it. The hose was directly connected to the gas stove in the middle of the truck. In a blue flame, the hot oil was churning, and pieces of stinky tofu were buried Deep-fried until golden brown, with a sizzling sound and a strange aroma, it is skewered, sprinkled with chili, five-spice powder and other seasonings, waiting for passing guests to buy a copy for a few cents.

After finishing the dried stinky tofu in the oil pan, the forty-something woman in a red plaid apron took a leisurely glance to the side, and then she was stunned.

At the back of the small stall, which is a bit elevated even if it is described as "shabby", a shy Caucasian guy is sitting on a small horse. Next to him is a 30-centimeter signboard with six Chinese characters on it - Long live the friendship between China and Europe .

The street light was already dim, but the man was still wearing a baseball cap, covering most of his face.

"Friends, don't miss it when you pass by, pure Guangzhou goods, cheap and durable."

"Girl, do you want to play one? It's only eight yuan. If you can't play it, you can come back and ask me to refund the money."

"I'm from Estonia, where there are vast forests and blue skies."

"..."

"Because I insisted on coming to China to study, I quarreled with my family. I didn't go back this summer vacation. I wanted to rely on my own efforts to survive in this vibrant land, so I followed my classmates to Guangzhou for a work-study program. Who knew that the factory went bankrupt, and the boss If there is no money to pay wages, the CDs in the warehouse that lack outer packaging will be paid to us as wages.”

"..."

"Break it down there, Werrygood, it's great."

"..."

Lin Yue touched the super voice changer hanging under his neck, and said to himself that he worked hard enough to make money.

What is the most indispensable thing in Matai Street Night Market?

a small vendor.

How to stand out from a group of small vendors?

Low commodity prices and good quality are still secondary. The key is to let customers see you at a glance in the vast crowd, leaving a deep impression, or freshness.

In China in 1996, there were still very few foreigners. Most of them were located in foreign companies and university campuses, and there were even fewer people who came out to set up stalls. If you can change your skin color and hair color, people mistakenly think that he is a foreign student, and it will definitely attract the attention of shoppers. .

Lin Yue just wanted to sell out the goods quickly and earn the first pot of gold, that's all.

Speaking of it, his best way to make money is to speculate in stocks, with low risk and quick money. However, after careful consideration, he thinks it is better to build a business empire in a down-to-earth manner. In doing so, he can increase his experience and improve himself, and secondly, he can help people around him and exercise their business capabilities. After all, they are not as capable as he is. Predict the stock price in the next twenty years.

There were only two shouts from this side, and soon a man in a dark green T-shirt came over.

"You don't even have an outer packaging for this disc, what if you can't play it?"

Lin Yue said in broken Chinese: "Brother, those packaged ones cost ten or twenty yuan a piece, and mine cost eight yuan a piece. In fact, the effect is the same when stuffed into a VCD. Buy a plastic box for a few yuan more , don’t you think it’s a loss? As for whether it can be played or not, if you can’t play it, you can take it back, refund or exchange.”

"Then give me one." The man picked two discs and gave him eight yuan: "I can't play it, but I will come back to find you."

Lin Yue said briskly, "No problem."

With the first person to eat crabs, there will soon be second ones.

A foreigner setting up a street stall will attract the attention of passers-by. In addition, Lin Yue is driving [Teacher Killer LV2] and can speak poor European Chinese. It is conceivable that he is attractive to big girls and young wives .

Ordinary people have a herd mentality, which is why the more customers there are in some restaurants, the better the business, but the colder the store, the worse the business.

When there are more people onlookers, the exposure rate increases, and the business will naturally boom, not to mention that the discs he sells are very cheap, and there is a study story that can satisfy the national pride and vanity of passers-by. The idea is also willing to pay for support.

An hour, no, he closed the stall in less than an hour, not only sold all fifty recording discs, but also packed the sample goods with the outer packaging to a rich girl in a white dress.

The elder sister selling stinky tofu next to her was dumbfounded, and muttered in a Henan accent: "Mother, this business is too easy to do."

Before Lin Yue left, he bought a string of stinky tofu at her place for 50 cents. He gave a thumbs up while eating, and repeatedly gestured to passers-by who looked at him, "Chinese taste, old, old."

As a result, the business of the eldest sister selling stinky tofu ushered in a wave of small peaks.

A recording disc costs 2.7 yuan, 50 discs are sold for 200 yuan, plus 10 discs with outer packaging, the sales volume is 320 yuan in less than half an hour, and the net profit is about the same There are eighty yuan.

Eighty yuan a night, 2400 yuan a month, is worth more than a month's income of a working family in a big city, and this is only the first day.

It was almost 9 o'clock, and Lin Yue returned to the store on Zhujiang Road, which looked more like a grocery store than an audio-visual store. The owner surnamed Xiao was still awake, holding a bowl of fried rice with eggs, and watching the TV screen intently.

When Lin Yue passed by, panic flashed across his face, and he turned off the TV with a snap.

"How did you come?"

"Come to buy."

"Purchase? Are the fifty discs sold out?"

Lin Yue nodded: "Sold out."

Boss Xiao was holding the bowl and chopsticks, with a look of hell on his face.

This kid sold more than 30 films in one night? Which university has such spending power? You must know that for college students who have an average monthly living cost of only 200 yuan, buying CDs is considered a high consumption. Generally speaking, they are more inclined to rent, because it only costs 1 yuan a day to rent.

Of course, Lin Yue would not tell him how he quickly sold out the DVDs, [Chameleon LV2], [Bargaining LV3], [Teacher Killer LV2], plus his grasp of the national psychology and the prices caused by information asymmetry. Poor, if you can't sell all the DVDs in one night, it's better to find a higher rooftop and jump down.

"Boss, I want a hundred discs this time, how about working overtime tonight?"

100 discs, counting as 50 movies, the burner runs at 4X speed, theoretically, 3 movies can be burned in 1 hour, and it takes at least 20 hours to burn all the discs.

"When do you want it?"

"Tomorrow evening."

"Can."

The boss did the math and sold Lin Yue a disc. His profit would be at least RMB 1.8, and a hundred discs would be RMB 180. Overtime? Of course you have to add it, it’s an idiot not to add it.

Lin Yue picked out a dozen movies that were well-reviewed by later generations from the cardboard box where the DVDs were placed, and gave them to him.

Boss Xiao pulled it with his hands, "Chongqing Forest", "New Crane and Magic Needle", "The Deer and Ding Tale", "Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance"...

"Young man, you have a good eye." He was really amazed by this young man, not to mention the fact that more than 30 films were sold out in one night, but the eye for film selection is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Lin Yue smiled, but did not speak.

Hong Kong movies are able to take advantage of the wind, firstly because the entertainment desert in the mainland has undergone drastic reforms in the past few years, and people have more spiritual needs after eating a full meal. HK movies just satisfy their desire for new things. The rise of Hong Kong movies also has elements that gangsters need to launder money, so the quality of the movies is uneven. There are classic movies and more bad movies. After the rise of DVDs in the late 1990s, you have to find good ones in cartons of hundreds of discs. It really felt like finding a needle in a haystack.

A self-employed person like Boss Xiao who deals in audio-visual and electronic products, besides buying and selling goods every day, sits in front of the TV and watches movies. Naturally, audiences who have never had access to the Internet know which movies are good and which movies are bad.

As for Lin Yue, as a future man, will his vision be bad?

"This is the second purchase, and the quantity is twice that of the first purchase, so according to the price negotiated last time, a disc is two yuan and five."

The boss hesitated, because he had to work overtime after all, but when he thought of profits, he made a decision instantly.

"Two bucks five is two bucks five."

Lin Yue took 50 yuan at the counter: "This is a deposit, and I will come here to pick up the goods on time at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay." The boss collected the money, walked out from the counter and delivered it to the door.

"The movie just now is "The Girl Who Doesn't Button", right?"

The boss' face changed slightly.

Lin Yue waved his hand, turned around and disappeared at the entrance of the corridor.

...

An hour later, in the male dormitory of Jingnan University of Technology, Lin Yue opened the door and walked into the room.

Ten minutes had passed since the lights were turned off, and the desk by the window was still lit. Chen Xiaozheng was reading a book with a flashlight, and Xu Kaiyang and Xiaopang had already gone to bed to rest.

His arrival caused a commotion, Xu Kaiyang lifted a corner of the mosquito net: "What are you doing, you are returning to the dormitory so late?"

Lin Yue said, "I'm making money."

Xiaopang was so happy that he patted the bed board, but because he was too heavy, the whole bed fell into the wind and rain.

"Zhang Kai, you can die if you don't brag? You still made money, how much money did you make?"