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Chapter 148: China's First Generation of the King of Machines

Chapter 148: China's First Generation of the King of Machines (33)

The next day.

Ye Xincheng followed Xu Qingshan to the center of Longjiang City.

However, Xu Qingshan did not seem to be very satisfied with the mobile phone stores and computer stores in Longjiang City.

Ye Xincheng was taken around by Xu Qingshan like a headless fly. He was completely confused when he heard about the configurations and prices.

"Shan'er, what do you want to buy?"

Ye Xincheng was confused.

"There's none in Longjiang. Let's go to Ludao."

Xu Qingshan made a phone call and asked a black car to pick them up. After hanging up the phone, he spoke to Ye Xincheng.

"Oh, okay. What? Going to Lu Island?"

Ye Xincheng was shocked by this unexpected decision.

"Are we going to Lu Island just like this?"

"Yes, what else?"

Xu Qingshan said as a matter of course.

"We didn't bring anything!"

Ye Xincheng had rarely traveled far since he was a child. Even if he went out to play, the whole family would drive out together. This was the first time he had seen someone like Xu Qingshan who just left without any preparation.

"Just bring your phone and wallet."

Xu Qingshan said calmly.

But he also felt a little emotional. China was indeed progressing so fast that in a few years, he wouldn't even need to bring a wallet when he went out.

Many people only need to bring a mobile phone when they go out.

"What about our spare clothes? Are we going to live there?"

Ye Xincheng was both frightened and curious.

A good boy won’t get in the Big Bad Wolf’s black car.

"Let's see how quickly things get done."

Xu Qingshan thought about it.

"If we move quickly, we can come back tonight. If we feel like staying there for two days, we can stay there. You can call home later."

“But we didn’t even bring a cell phone charger.”

"I'm going to change my phone this afternoon, why bring it with me?"

"Then I."

"Brother, I'll give you one."

"Let my foster father send you!"

After a while, a black car came and took away two strong men, leaving a cloud of car exhaust on the ground.

At that time, DD taxis and hitchhiking were not popular.

Taxis generally rarely take cross-city orders.

But there is another group of people doing this, and these people are normally called "private car drivers."

That is, without a business license, they drive their own car to pick up passengers to another city, then rely on online help to arrange work for them and then take them back to their original city.

If these illegal taxi drivers are caught by the traffic police, they will be fined.

But in such barbaric times, the management was not so strict.

For the older generation of parents who are not very good at using mobile apps or riding high-speed trains, even in 2026, these black car companies, where someone will come to pick them up when they make a phone call, will still be their first choice for travel.

This is especially true for parents who carry pots and pans with them on the road.

Technology will become a huge boost to social development.

It is like explosive fuel, propelling the front end of the social rocket towards a farther direction.

But the base and trunk of the rocket will climb step by step.

Abandoned and falling.

Just like an exhausted fuel tank, they cannot keep up with the pace of the times, and their learning ability can no longer keep up with the speed of progress.

But they are still something we cannot give up.

No matter how cold the technological development is, it still requires sufficient humanistic care.

Xu Qingshan discovered.

I seem to be becoming more and more pretentious now.

Or maybe it was because my life was different from everyone else's. I used to live in a very small space, reading the newspapers subscribed to me in prison every day.

Witness the leap in the world's era, witness the widening gap between the rich and the poor in society, the exaggerated social environment, and witness that reality is truly developing towards cyberpunk.

Even after he was released from prison, he only had a fleeting glimpse of the real fantasy world that he read in the technology, finance, and social newspapers he subscribed to every day in prison.

“So this is what it feels like to take a black car!”

Ye Xincheng leaned against the window and looked at the scene outside.

Obviously, this is not much different from going on a road trip in his own car, but he is still very excited.

The black car driver glanced at Ye Xincheng through the rearview mirror.

"This is not an illegal taxi, it's a private taxi."

Ye Xincheng was about to ask a few more questions to satisfy his curiosity, but Xu Qingshan covered his mouth.

"I'll take a nap, and when we get there, tell me to pay."

Xu Qingshan closed his eyes and rested.

In just over an hour, the two were taken to a five-star hotel in the center of Kaiyuan District, Ludao.

"Thank you. Take care."

Xu Qingshan paid the money, said something polite to the black car driver, then turned around and gave Ye Xincheng a hand.

"Let's go and stay in a hotel first."

"Ah? I don't have my ID with me. Besides, we live here?"

Ye Xincheng was even more confused.

Can two of us students afford to stay in this five-star hotel?
Xu Qingshan didn't answer him. He just walked into the hotel lobby very naturally. He didn't even look at the magnificently decorated front desk and went straight to the elevator.

Ye Xincheng followed Xu Qingshan with bated breath, feeling very stealthy.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Xu Qingshan took two room cards from a young man who was waiting outside the elevator and nodded to him. The young man nodded respectfully and left.

hiss?
My brother is a boss?
In fact, Ye Xincheng only knew that Xu Qingshan's family was well-off. After all, a dual-income family that could come to the city and buy a house for their children's education was already considered an upper-middle-class family in Longjiang.

But the attitude Xu Qingshan is showing now.

Ye Xincheng had never seen such a thing.

"Ding!"

The elevator arrived at the first floor. Xu Qingshan entered the elevator, swiped his room card, and waited for Ye Xincheng to come in.

"Who was that just now?"

"Hou Cheng, a student at Lu University, and a campus agent under my uncle."

Xu Qingshan's words are concise and to the point.

"Oh, our uncle's people."

Although Ye Xincheng didn't know who Xu Qingshan's uncle was, it was obviously easier to accept this statement.

"Let's go, take a shower, change clothes and then go shopping."

Ye Xincheng felt that his brothers must have been here before, otherwise how could they be so familiar with the place.

After many twists and turns, I arrived at the door of the room.

Xu Qingshan swiped his card to open the door, and Ye Xincheng followed behind him, peeking out.

"Wow!"

"hiss!"

"Why is this hotel different from the ones I've stayed in before?"

“This table is so big and the chairs are so comfortable. I feel like a boss when I sit down!”

“Is there a bathtub here?”

“Two sinks?”

"Is it still divided into a living room and a bedroom? What is this? Can I drink all the drinks in this refrigerator?" Ye Xincheng, who was staying in an executive suite for the first time, was like a curious baby, touching and looking around.

Over there, Xu Qingshan had already found a set of clothes that suited his height from the two clothing bags on the bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Xu Qingshan went to take a shower and no one responded to Ye Xincheng.

He suddenly became restrained.

The first time was like this.

Ye Xincheng suddenly thought of a question.

Then the first time in my life that I checked into a room alone was with my brother.
What should I say when Ye Qianqian asks me about it?
I am not a liar.
"I'm done washing, you go wash yourself and get ready to go to the nearby Zhonghua City. I think they'll have what I want there."

Xu Qingshan changed into a clean and neat set of casual clothes.

"If there's nothing in Chinatown, then we can go to the Panji Center which opened last year. There are also many digital brand stores there."

Ye Xincheng stopped chattering and looked like he was worried about something.

He hadn't recovered until he finished his shower and followed Xu Qingshan to find a direct-operated store of a digital brand.

Xu Qingshan had no idea what kind of mess Ye Xincheng was thinking about.

In Zhonghua City, he found the computer he wanted.

He didn't find a direct-sale store for Thinkpad, and he guessed that Ludao didn't have this thing at that time.

Thinkpad is a brand of IBM's PC department. After being acquired by Lenovo in 05, the brand has belonged to Lenovo.

However, Lenovo’s flagship store is located in the Panji Center, so Xu Qingshan can only ask at the authorized store in Zhonghua City.

He went to a Lenovo authorized store, and the first thing he saw when he entered the store was the computer he had searched for last night that was the most suitable for him at the moment.

ThinkPad T400s
14 inches, 21.1 mm thick, weighs less than 1.77 kg, has a reinforced carbon fiber aviation material body, complete expansion interfaces, and powerful comprehensive performance.

Perfectly meets Xu Qingshan’s current needs.

He may need to travel frequently between Beijing and Ludao, and such a computer would be convenient for him to carry and would be convenient for his academic and business work.

just
"18999? Nineteen thousand?"

Xu Qingshan looked at the computer in front of him, which was considered an ultra-thin notebook in this era, and then looked at the price quote next to it.

"Handsome guy, what are you going to buy it for? If you want to watch videos or play games, the ones over there are more suitable."

The shop assistant secretly observed Xu Qingshan and Ye Xincheng. After watching for three seconds, she decisively chose to lock her eyes on this handsome guy.

“This price is too high.”

Xu Qingshan spoke.

If this was the scene of The Crooked Mouth Dragon King's Son-in-law, the store clerk would probably start to mock you, asking why you came here to buy a computer if you have no money!

But this is a place to sell computers, not hatred.

"This is actually positioned more as a business laptop, and generally speaking it is more expensive. If you want to play games, I would recommend the ones over there that have a better price-performance ratio."

This shop assistant lady also has something.

She always said that playing games was normal.

After all, Xu Qingshan and Ye Xincheng looked like they were still in school, and Zhonghua City was very close to Ludao University, less than 1 kilometer away from the gate of Nanputuo Temple.

Naturally, I thought this handsome guy was a student of Ludao University.

"I'm a programmer and need to travel frequently, so this is more suitable. Why don't you ask your boss if the price can be lower?"

Xu Qingshan said.

He is rich, but he is not a sucker.

The original price of this computer was 12499, but it is sold here for 18999. Computer stores are still making huge profits at this time.

This transfer not only makes a profit from the product sales itself, but also makes a profit from the price difference.

Selling a computer for 2 yuan, I made more than 1 yuan in profit.

"Then I'll ask."

Unfortunately.

Bargaining is not an easy thing to do.

Being able to open a store in Zhonghua City means that the prices here are difficult to bargain with.

Xu Qingshan was too lazy to waste words or use any tricks. With the shop assistant's reluctant and regretful look, he took Ye Xincheng and took a taxi to Panji Center.

In and out, very fast.

It's just a matter of shivering.

"Just tens of thousands of dollars went out?!"

Ye Xincheng was carrying several bags, and Xu Qingshan was also carrying two.

"If it breaks, just call the official after-sales service or come to Panji to get it fixed."

Xu Qingshan’s trip.

When I go to a direct-sale store, I buy whatever is priced right.

Not only did he buy himself a ThinkPad T400s, he also bought an Alienware for Ye Xincheng.

In addition to the computer, other accessories were also purchased.

After buying it, I went straight to the mobile phone store.

Xu Qingshan bought several Apple iPhone 3GSs and a Galaxy I5700 just like he bought wholesale goods. He gave the former to others and the latter to study the open Android system.

In addition, Xu Qingshan unexpectedly saw the first domestically produced smartphone here, the Meizu M8, which is known as the first generation of domestic flagship phones.

Although the operating system used by this thing is still based on Windows CE 6.0, which does not have a bright future.

But at this point in time, there aren’t many domestically produced mobile phones that can compare with it in terms of feel and comfort of use.

After Xu Qingshan bought one, he thought about it and asked for two more.

These three mobile phones were just launched this year.

Only special economic zone cities like Ludao and first-tier cities in China will receive the goods in the first place.

Xu Qingshan should also be thankful that he did not buy iPhone 4 or 4S.

Otherwise, he would probably have to spend his money on scalpers.

Back to the hotel.

Ye Xincheng was still holding his alien and his new iPhone 3GS and laughing foolishly.

"You don't mind the weight."

Xu Qingshan sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the city view of Ludao and the distant sea view. He held a wine glass in one hand, slowly sipping the iced cola in the glass and spoke.

"I can sleep with it! It's like a dream!"

Ye Xincheng's face was full of happiness.

In fact, even though he and Xu Qingshan had such a good relationship, when Xu Qingshan said today that he wanted to buy him a mobile phone and a computer, he was still quite embarrassed and didn't even think about accepting it.

But who made Xu Qingshan swipe the card so quickly?

It's almost like walking into a flagship store, taking a look, deciding on your target, then swiping your card and asking the clerk to arrange the free gifts.

On-site power-on, activation, acceptance and take-away.

After this super combination of punches, Ye Xincheng felt dizzy.

"It's okay, my uncle will pay for it."

Xu Qingshan took a sip of Coke.

"Besides, it's okay even if I pay for it. Just think about how much my scholarship is."

Xu Qingshan didn't want Ye Xincheng to have any psychological burden.

But he is so simple to his good brothers. If you want it, I can give it to you, so I will arrange it.

"When your grades come out, if you are admitted to Beijing University, you will get a lot of scholarship. If I run out of money, I will eat you."

Xu Qingshan's words made Ye Xincheng laugh heartily.

"Then I have to make sure you have enough to eat even if I don't have any food to eat!"

Men's true friendship is sometimes very pure.

Their happiness is just as simple.