Chapter 19: Selling Computers in Technology City (1/2)

At 8:00 a.m., while Shen Lingyao was still asleep, Zhao Qingfeng had already boarded bus 61.

After purchasing his ticket and confirming the stop to get off, he sat down and closed his eyes to rest.

Science and Technology City was located on Huanghe Road, near the train station.

Thirty minutes later.

Zhao Qingfeng was standing at the bustling entrance of the six-story Science and Technology City building.

In 2001, Zhongguancun in Beijing was known as China’s Silicon Valley.

Although the Science and Technology City in the provincial city was not as famous as Zhongguancun, it was still considered one of the most famous electronic technology product centers in northern China.

The building, with its six floors, each spanned over three thousand square meters.

The first floor sold various small tech products such as MP3 players or mobile phone SIM cards.

The second floor housed printers and other office supplies.

Apart from the sixth floor, which was an office area, the remaining three floors, third to fifth, were filled with computer stores. They sold all popular mainstream brands available on the market, including various assembled computers and computer parts.

Zhao Qingfeng first looked at MP3 players on the first floor.

These items, which were worthless in 2022, were extremely expensive in 2001.

Generic brands were priced around seven to eight hundred yuan.

More expensive brands like Sony were sold for around one thousand five hundred yuan, while the average salary of ordinary workers in the county city was only about one thousand yuan.

After eyeing a few products he liked, Zhao Qingfeng went upstairs to look around and finally chose a small shop named ‘Popular Computers’ on the third floor, located in a corner.

Judging from the new decorations and the smell of formaldehyde, this shop must have been in operation for not very long.

The less than thirty-square-meter shop had two L-shaped counters as barriers outside, and inside there were two glass tables and several stools for customers.

Zhao Qingfeng scanned the shelves and promotional leaflets at the back of the shop.

Though small, the shop had everything for sale.

Apart from branded computers like Lenovo and HP, priced between 5000 and 10000 yuan, it also included various performance-assembled machines and a variety of components.

Zhao Qingfeng was clear.

Such small shops, although they advertised everything, didn’t have much stock in their warehouse; they were just retailers getting goods from suppliers.

And this business model would continue into the future, as many small shops didn’t have direct sales authorization and could only make marginal profits.

“Hello, student, are you buying a computer?”

Since there weren’t many people early in the morning, Zhao Qingfeng’s presence quickly caught the attention of the female owner.

She was about thirty years old, with big wavy hair, good looks, and a beauty mark on the corner of her mouth.

“Hello, sister, are you the owner?”

Zhao Qingfeng approached and greeted her politely.

“Yes, you can call me Sister Lan. Which model are you interested in? We have discounts since our store just opened!”

Sister Lan courteously offered him a seat.

“Hello, Sister Lan, my name is Zhao Qingfeng. I’m not here to buy a computer, but to find a job. I’ve always been passionate about computers and plan to major in computer science in college. I want to apply my knowledge and gain some experience in advance. You can rest assured, whether it’s software, hardware, or sales, I won’t have any problem. Can I give it a try?”

After he finished speaking.

Sister Lan was visibly taken aback.

It was unlikely.

Her shop was just a small business, and the business hadn’t stabilized even after several days of opening.

Moreover.

She had already hired one employee.

Hiring another employee who looked like a young high school student, aside from the issue of whether it counted as child labor, was just too costly.

Sister Lan quickly apologized and declined Zhao Qingfeng’s offer.

Zhao Qingfeng was not discouraged.

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