Translator: Lan Editor: - - Qin Guan nodded . It was a busy business . There were quite a few people around the shelves, standing or squatting down on the floor .
The young man was too busy counting the disks to help Qin Guan .
Qin Guan had to depend on himself . Squatting down on the floor, he pushed lightly through the pile of disks containing popular TV series and films of the time .
There were films like “A Wicked Ghost”, “The Emperor and the Assassin”, “Sorry, Baby”, and so on .
Among the TV series were “Man's Best Friend”, “Witness to a Prosecution”, “White-Haired Heroine”, etc . I have watched these in my past life . They're bringing back memories of the old days .
Qin Guan selected several disks and pulled over a red plastic bag from a shelf nearby . He put them in the bag and turned to the shelf on the left to look at the video games .
There were lots of games there . “Age of Empires”, “Railroad Tycoon II”, “Taikou Risshiden III”, etc .
Qin Guan picked several disks up and threw them inside the bag . Liu Xiaoyang will be delighted to get them as a gift .
Finally, he took a CD titled “Xianglong Financial Software” from the shelf on the right . There were ten disks all in all .
Qin Guan handed the bag to the young man . Looking around, he asked him in a low voice, “Hey, dude . Where are the special disks?”
The young man looked up in understanding . He looked around again before pulling Qin Guan to the most secluded corner of the room .
There was a giant travelling bag there that could be carried away easily . All the special disks were inside .
Rubbing his hands, the young man asked slyly, “Who do you want?”
Qin Guan was surprised . He answered with a question, “Who do you have?”
The young man realized he was a green hand, and shared his experience with Qin Guan proudly, “There are both veteran and new stars here . Who would you like?” Then he went on to list Japanese adult movie actresses . Qin Guan was confused . He wasn't familiar with those girls at all . “Who would you recommend?” he asked modestly .
The young man raised his head and patted his chest proudly . “Okay, I’ll choose for you . How many do you want?” Qin Guan lifted two fingers . “I’ll try a couple first . If they're good, then I’ll come back for more . ”
With the same understanding expression in his eyes, the young man patted Qin Guan on the shoulder . “You must have bought CDs titled ‘An Encounter in the Wild Field’, only to find that it's ‘Animal World’ when you return home . Those sellers are f*cking cheaters . We are honest businessmen, we don't like men like that . Since you trust me, I’ll help you choose . They'll be excellent . ”
Qin Guan nodded . The young man took two disks out of the bag with ease, sheathed them in white-paper shells, and threw them into Qin Guan's bag . Qin Guan paid him 60 yuan .
It was no wonder that piracy was flourishing in 1999 . The internet wasn’t widespread yet, and this was much cheaper than buying hundred-yuan video games and thousand-yuan office software .
The young man filled in the number “12” at the column where Sun Erhua had signed . The deal was made .
Qin Guan walked outside the building, feeling very pleased with himself . Suddenly, he remembered what he had planned on doing at Zhongguancun in the first place .
He found himself in a dilemma once again . Shall I buy the memory banks or not? It's no pain, no gain after all!
It was said that people would go as far as to commit murder for double profit . Plus, this would be 300% profit .
Thinking of this, Qin Guan quickly entered the bank beside Zhongguancun Center and withdrew 8,000 yuan .
That was most of his income from his part-time job . Taking a long breath, Qin Guan then entered the Zhongguancun Center and took the escalator to the third floor of the building .
There were several small counters there, each of them a small shop . Many people had started their businesses by sharing a counter with other partners there .
There were plenty of customers and sellers . Qin Guan did not stand out among them .
He walked to a counter at the far corner of the third floor . Behind the counter, there was a handwritten sign reading, “Motherboards and memory banks on sale . ”
Qin Guan knocked on the counter and asked the boss, “How much is the 128M memory bank?” “
The man behind the counter looked up and answered plainly, “85 yuan each . ”
Qin Guan was unsatisfied with the price . Shaking his head, he said, “I’m not a retail customer . I know the market here . Twenty sticks, 79 yuan each . Is that okay?”
Qin Guan had the man's attention now . Whoops . The boy might be young, but he sure is familiar with the market . Still, he insisted on his original price .
Then he thought it over and shook his head again, “No, the price today is 80 yuan . No more bargaining . ”
Qin Guan looked around and said in low voice, “To be honest, dude, twenty sticks from your shop are not enough to satisfy my demand . ”
The man looked excited . He moved closer to Qin Guan and asked in low voice, “How many do you want? Tell me . I can get them from other shops for you . ”
Qin Guan lifted one finger carefully . “One hundred for that price . ”
The man knocked on the counter . “Deal . ” Then he took out a folding chair for Qin Guan . “Sit down for a bit . I’ll go check my stock . ”
Qin Guan put the chair down and went to buy a bottle of water from the resting area . When he returned, he found the man with a bag of parts on the counter .
While he was drinking, the man finished counting . There were only 33 sticks . He was 67 sticks short . The man told Qin Guan to wait a while and manage the counter for him while he went to get the sticks from other shops .
He ran to the shop in front and talked with the young man behind the counter, who gave him two memory banks .
The man took them and moved on to the next shop . When Qin Guan was half-way through his bottle of mineral water, the man returned with a bag full of memory banks .
He piled them all in his hand on the counter and counted, “ . . . ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred exactly!”
Qin Guan was straightforward with him . “I will not open the packages, but I've got to ask . How did the others find new products just like that? How can I know that the quality is good?”
The man smiled . “You are so weird . Such a big number of memory banks will be either for stock or for sale . Or will you just keep them at home? If you plan on selling them later on, the outer package will have to be intact . The seniors in our circle can guarantee that they're new products . There are no scratches on them . They're experienced, don't worry . ”
Qin Guan felt relieved . He kept one of the bills and handed over the rest to the man . “7,900 yuan . Count them . ”
Beaming, the man counted the bills . Then he took out a currency detector from a corner and counted them again .
Finally, he straightened up and said, “No problem, take them . Come back anytime . ” He gave Qin Guan a business card .
Qin Guan took the bag and the card, nodded at the man, and left Zhongguancun .
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