1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 255 What? Xuemin, you bought a house in Huaqiao Apartment (please order the whole thing)
"Hey, Xuemin, wait a minute, I need your help with something!"

Cheng Xuemin had just bought four packs of sanitary napkins from the Overseas Chinese Store and was about to take them back for his wife Feng Jiayou to use.

He was stopped by Lao Yang, the store manager here!
"Old Yang, what's the matter?"

Cheng Xuemin stuffed the sanitary napkin into the shopping bag so that Lao Yang wouldn't see it, so he turned around and said hello.

"Xuemin, it's like this!"

"Hasn't our Overseas Chinese Store replenished a new batch of imported goods this time?"

"In addition to the electric fan you requested last time, we were also commissioned to get an air compression regulator..."

Lao Yang nodded to Cheng Xuemin and handed him a cigarette out of habit, but when he saw that Cheng Xuemin didn't take it, he realized that he didn't smoke.

Then he lit up a cigarette and started talking about this matter with Cheng Xuemin.

"What? Lao Yang, you brought that air conditioner in?"

Cheng Xuemin has already bought a house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment and was thinking of asking Lao Yang to help him apply for an air conditioner from outside!
I originally thought that it might be a little difficult to bring in air conditioning.

After all, countries like Europe and the United States now have very strict blockades on technology. During the current Cold War, not only are they not selling technology to other countries, they are not even selling their products to us.

Especially for products like air conditioners which involve high-end technology, it is absolutely forbidden to export and sell them to us.

So, Cheng Xuemin thought of letting Lao Yang give it a try.

After all, he just came back from a visit to the United States, which was an ice-breaking trip between the two countries, and the results he brought back were quite good.

For example, after returning, they have begun to select outstanding students from universities to study abroad in the United States and conduct academic exchanges between universities.

Why was the seller before Cheng Xuemin, the original owner of the apartment in Overseas Chinese Apartment, Ms. He, a woman with a combination of Chinese and Western styles, in such a hurry to use the foreign exchange coupons?
That means we got approval and became one of the first batch of people to go abroad for exchange after the reform and opening up.

of course!

She has sold all her properties, and it is obvious that she will not come back after taking this opportunity to leave.

At least I won’t come back in the next ten years or so.

Cases like Ms. He's are actually very common among the first batch of people allowed to travel abroad.

The vast majority never came back.

Everyone was thinking, after finally getting out, who would want to come back again?

Just like what some people said!
The air in Lao Mi is always fragrant.

Perhaps this is also the general perception of the people in this era.

Moreover, this cognitive phenomenon will continue to deepen as communication with Americans continues, and the trend of going abroad will become more popular.

People are trying their best to sell their houses and properties to make money from the United States.

But when they returned home more than ten years later with millions or even tens of millions of savings and wanted to buy a house to settle down in their hometown, they were shocked to find out!
They worked hard outside and earned foreign exchange for most of their lives, but in the end they found that it was not enough to buy back the house they sold when they urgently needed foreign exchange coupons to go abroad.

Is this tragic or not?

Of course, this is something!
What Cheng Xuemin didn't expect was that, after just starting the ice-breaking trip, how come the Overseas Chinese Store on Lao Yang's side even brought in products like air conditioners that involved high-end technology?

"Air conditioning?" Old Yang was stunned when he heard such an unfamiliar word come out of Cheng Xuemin's mouth.

"It's the air compression regulator you mentioned, Lao Yang. Translated from the outside, it's called air conditioning!"

You, Lao Yang, brought all these things in, but you don’t even know what its scientific name is?
"Oh! So this air compression regulator is the air conditioner you mentioned to me last time, Xuemin!"

Old Yang suddenly realized that he had found the right person today, so he quickly asked, "Xuemin, since you know about this air... air conditioner, can you install it?"

Old Yang stared at Cheng Xuemin in front of him with full expectation.

"Install?!"

Cheng Xuemin was stunned by Lao Yang's sudden turn. What did Lao Yang mean by this?

So you helped the foreigners bring in an air conditioner, but you don’t know how to install it?

Is this the case?

"Yes!"

"We were commissioned by a foreign guest to bring in an air conditioner, and their installation technician was supposed to come in with us!"

"But due to an emergency, their installation master couldn't get in for a while!"

Old Yang then explained the cause and effect to Cheng Xuemin, and continued to say bitterly, "Foreign guests see air conditioners coming in and putting them in their homes, but no one installs them. That won't work!"

"We have to ask our store to send someone over right away to help them install the air conditioner!"

"But our people have never seen that thing in their lives, how can they pretend?"

Lao Yang said bitterly that they had never seen that thing, let alone how to install it.

After some communication!
On the one hand, he needs to ask Lao Yang to find someone who can install it as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he needs to give the green light to the installation master outside and ask him to come over quickly.

But it was just these two aspects that Old Yang couldn't explain to the other party for the time being.

The worst thing is that this involves foreign guests, which could lead to an international dispute. The pressure on Lao Yang is enormous.

Well, he happened to meet Cheng Xuemin today, and Old Yang, who was extremely anxious, just asked casually, just to give his best.

"Old Yang, are you going to the Overseas Chinese Apartments?"

It turned out to be such a thing!

Cheng Xuemin knew what was going on. Should he install air conditioning?
Cheng Xuemin had installed one once in his previous life, but that was several decades later, and it was a modern air conditioner that was lost and reported several generations later.

But I don’t know what the air conditioner that Lao Yang brought in looks like in this era?
So I didn't force myself to stand out, I'm sure I would pretend.

Instead, seeing that Lao Yang was in a hurry to go out, he casually asked if he was going to communicate with the foreign guest again.

If so, Cheng Xuemin might as well go over and take a look.

"Ah! Yes!" Old Yang nodded and said anxiously, "Isn't he urging me again? I have to go over and give him an explanation so as to calm him down!"

"How is it? Xuemin, you have read a lot of foreign languages, so you must know a lot. You also know that thing is called an air conditioner, so do you know how to install it?"

"Let's go and take a look first! There should be an instruction manual, right?" Cheng Xuemin nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, there must be an instruction manual! But we can't understand it at all!"

"Xuemin, do you want to go over and take a look? Sure, sure, I knew you could do it, Xuemin. I should have thought of asking you to help earlier!"

When Old Yang heard that Cheng Xuemin wanted to go over and take a look, he must have been somewhat sure, and he was overjoyed on the spot. He quickly pushed out a bicycle and called out to Cheng Xuemin to follow him.

"Old Yang, was this air conditioner commissioned from outside?"

"Then is there any way for us to bring one or two air conditioners in from outside?"

Knowing that the air conditioner at Lao Yang's place was merely commissioned from outside and not purchased from our own Overseas Chinese Store, Cheng Xuemin was inevitably a little disappointed.

Then he tentatively asked Lao Yang if they could bring one or two machines into their Overseas Chinese store.

By then, Cheng Xuemin could also buy one and install it in the master bedroom of the suite in the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

In summer, it would be nice to have an air conditioner.

"Maybe not!"

Old Yang just shook his head and said, "Xuemin, this incident also reminds us that even if we come in, no one knows how to install it. This is too much!"

"The manufacturer doesn't have the installation technology, so we have to send professionals out to learn the installation technology, and they may not even teach us!"

"So, scholars, some things are not like daily necessities, they just come in and that's it!" Things are imported, but there is no installation technology, and no one understands that stuff!

If we import them, won’t they just be stored in a corner and gather dust?

Therefore, this is one of the main reasons why their overseas Chinese stores have not been approved to import air conditioners despite submitting reports several times.

"What if we have the technology to install it?"

Cheng Xuemin still asked without giving up.

"I have the installation skills...Xuemin, can you really install that thing?"

Lao Yang originally wanted to say that even if he had the installation technology, it might not work, but he quickly reacted and asked quickly.

"Old Yang, let's go over and take a look first!"

"If it can be installed, I might need your help. Please commission an air conditioner for me as well!"

Cheng Xuemin still said without making any promises.

"Okay, Xuemin, if you really know how to install that thing and help us resolve this international conflict, you'll be a great honor to us!"

"When the time comes, I will definitely ask for credit for you and arrange for an air conditioner to be installed for you!"

Old Yang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately expressed his opinions.

"I'm not sure either, let's try it first!"

Cheng Xuemin mentioned it again without making any guarantees, and the two of them soon arrived at the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

"Huh?! Don't you even need to sign in for an appointment?"

"The first two times, the guard wouldn't let me in alone!"

When they arrived at the gate of the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Lao Yang was about to go up to the security guard to greet him and make an appointment, but Cheng Xuemin just shouted to the security guard, "Please help open the door!"

The guard actually opened the door very obediently. The procedure for entering was completely different from the previous two times Lao Yang came!

The security guard here at that time was very cautious and asked a lot of questions. He would only let people in after the approval of some owner inside.

"Old Yang, to be honest! I bought an apartment here a few days ago and now I'm the owner!" Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly.

Before, he was treated the same as Lao Yang, and was not allowed to enter without an appointment. But what the guard didn't expect was that within a few days, Cheng Xuemin turned around and became the new owner of their community!
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin had to wave his hand and the door would be opened for the new owner to pass through.

"What? Xuemin, you bought an apartment here?"

"But aren't all the apartments here sold to overseas Chinese and foreigners?"

"Besides, that was all more than ten or twenty years ago?"

Lao Yang is the director of the Overseas Chinese Store. The people he deals with most on a daily basis are the overseas Chinese and foreigners in the Overseas Chinese Apartment Complex.

So you must know that the houses here are only sold to overseas Chinese or foreigners.

How come this new professor from Yanda University just turned around and bought an apartment here?

"Old Yang, you also said that that was a matter of more than 10 or 20 years ago. Now there is no such requirement. As long as someone wants to sell or you want to buy, anyone can buy!"

Cheng Xuemin still smiled and said, we only sell them to overseas Chinese and foreigners, so those are all old almanacs from many years ago.

"Then you spent money, didn't you, Xuemin?"

“When the houses here were first built, I heard they cost around 30,000 to 40,000 RMB per unit!”

Old Yang was amazed when he heard this. This was the Overseas Chinese Apartment, the best and most modern private residence in Yanjing City. Everything was decorated in the style of developed Western capitalist countries.

When it was built and sold, the price was as high as 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, which made many people gasp in shock.

Although more than ten or twenty years have passed, the house is still the most modern and bourgeois, and the selling price will definitely not be low!
Thirty or forty thousand meters of gold!

Even if we convert it into our RMB now, it would be around 100,000, right?
This new professor from Yanda University is so rich that he actually bought a house here?

"It's not that exaggerated. I just heard it from someone. My seller said that her parents spent 10,000 MiGold back then!"

"Now...she's in a hurry to go abroad, so she sold it at a low price. I guess I got a bargain!"

Cheng Xuemin shook his head but did not explain too much about the housing price.

"That won't be cheap!"

"As expected of a writer, the money earned from writing comes quickly!"

Old Yang was also tactful and did not ask too many questions on this sensitive issue. He pointed to the left and said, "That house is six buildings over there! Xuemin, which building is yours? I'll come to your house when I have time to warm up the pot!"

"Okay, okay, okay, Lao Yang, I'm in Building 2. When we move, I'll definitely invite you to come over and warm up the pot!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly. The "warm the pot" that Lao Yang said was Shandong dialect, which is similar to "warm up the house" and "start cooking".

When Lao Yang led him in, he discovered that the foreign guest should be John Bull, and he spoke their native English. So Cheng Xuemin didn't have to pretend in front of Lao Yang!

Because what he showed to Lao Yang was that he was proficient in English.

After some greetings, Cheng Xuemin also saw the air conditioner placed in the hall, which turned out to be a separate wall-mounted type!

This foreigner is quite powerful. He actually got the most advanced split wall-mounted air conditioner in the world. Although it is the first generation, it still looks quite familiar to Cheng Xuemin.

"Japanese? Made by the devils?"

When Cheng Xuemin got the instruction manual, he found that it was all written in Japanese, which shocked him again.

"Xuemin, you also understand Japanese? Was this made by the devils?"

Anyway, the foreigners who were watching them eagerly couldn't understand what they were saying, so Lao Yang looked at Cheng Xue without being too surprised and asked.

He actually understands Japanese?

"I know a little bit, so I should have no problem reading this manual!"

Cheng Xuemin mentioned this modestly to Lao Yang, but for Cheng Xuemin, who was proficient in several languages, it was really not too easy to read this air conditioner installation manual made by the Japanese.

"A vortex compressor?"

After Cheng Xuemin understood the instruction manual of this air conditioner, he finally realized why the installation master who accompanied him did not come in with him!
"Xuemin, what is a vortex compressor?" Old Yang continued to be confused and could not understand what Cheng Xuemin was saying at all.

"Old Yang, tell me the truth, how did you get this air conditioner in? Why didn't the installer come in with you?"

"Is the other party negotiating with us to return this air conditioner as soon as possible?"

Cheng Xuemin asked with a very serious expression.

"Huh? Xuemin, how did you know? I heard from this foreign buyer that if we can't find an installer, he will ask us to return the air conditioner intact!"

"What's wrong? Xuemin, have you noticed something strange here?"

Old Yang also heard the hidden meaning in Cheng Xuemin's words and realized that there might be something fishy going on, so he asked in a low voice.

"Old Yang, we must have found a treasure! The Japanese manufacturer must have sent the wrong product, and sent us the latest generation of air conditioners they developed!"

"You know, the Japanese have threatened not to export this type of air conditioner to us for 30 years in order to block our technology!"

Cheng Xuemin was not lying. This split-mounted vortex compressor air conditioner was indeed a new generation of cross-century advanced air conditioner developed and produced by the Japanese.

They have actually threatened not to export to us in the next 30 years in order to prevent a technological blockade.

But what Cheng Xuemin didn’t expect was!
How did such an advanced vortex split wall-mounted air conditioner suddenly come into the market?
If this isn’t finding a treasure, then what is it?
……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)