The next day, Su Zelin had breakfast at home.
"Mom, I'm going to get some information!"
After saying a word to his mother, the gangster left.
It’s comfortable without a curfew. I can hang out in the Internet cafe with confidence and come back whenever I want, hehe!
"Just go online and find out what information you want!"
Watching her son leave, Zhao Lixia started nagging again, but did not stop him.
Now that the amnesty has been issued, it is difficult to take it back!
Besides, my husband also mentioned that if you want to invest in stocks, it is really important to have first-hand information. The Internet is the fastest and better than news and newspapers. If you have a wide range of channels, you may even get some unknown "inside information."
After riding his bike out of the alley, Su Zelin did not go straight to the Internet cafe or look for Lu Haoran.
He had some things to do before going clubbing.
I now have more than 160,000 yuan in my card, which is more than enough for me to start a business after I go to college. I can’t do much at the beginning, so it’s unrealistic to think that I can eat a fat man in one bite.
Apart from starting a business, you can use the money for other purposes and enjoy it.
Su Zelin plans to buy a mobile phone first.
As a reborn person, I am really not used to being without a mobile phone.
Although mobile phones are not widely used nowadays and are basically used only for making calls and sending messages, at least they are convenient for communication!
I arrived at the big mobile phone store in the city. It was exactly eight o'clock and they had already opened for business, but there were not many customers so early in the morning. The place was almost empty and was mostly filled with sales staff.
"Hello, welcome!"
A female salesperson came over to greet us.
Su Zelin looked around and found that among all the salespeople, this female salesperson was quite young and looked pretty good.
Well, it’s her!
"I want to check my phone!"
Su Zelin directly stated his purpose.
"Okay, this way please!"
The female salesperson took Su Zelin to the counter, where there were many antique machines on display.
That’s right, in Su Zelin’s eyes, these are all antiques.
But there is no choice, this is how mobile phones are in this era.
"This is the latest model of Nojiya 3310. It has a rich color scheme, including navy blue, arctic silver, desert yellow, iceberg gray, snow mountain white, volcano red, light blue and transparent. It has a large battery and can last for more than five days. It is very cost-effective and only costs a little over a thousand yuan. It is a hot-selling model with particularly good sales recently!"
The female salesperson took out a bar phone from the counter and started to promote it skillfully.
Su Zelin looks like a student. Such customers usually have a limited budget when buying mobile phones, so they should be most interested in cost-effective entry-level models suitable for young people.
Nokia 3310 is a very classic machine produced in 2000. It is not an exaggeration to call it a heavyweight product. It is cheap, durable and comes in many colors, which is enough to make it a hot seller.
The main feature of 3310 is that color scheme, and Nokia’s “technology based on changing the shell” started at this time.
In this era, there is no talk of CPU memory or fancy features.
What else do you want for a bicycle at a price of one thousand!
But Su Zelin just glanced and then looked away.
3310 is indeed good, but it is not worthy of my status as a millionaire, pass!
When the saleswoman saw that his eyes barely lingered on the entry-level machine, she knew that Su Zelin was not interested, so she took out another one.
"How about this Siemens 3508? It's a little more expensive than the Nordic 3310, but it's smaller and comes in four colors: traditional black, dark brown, crystal blue, and seagull gray!"
Su Zelin felt disgusted as soon as he saw the antenna and immediately lost interest. Besides, this was only a thousand-yuan phone and it would be difficult to show off if he took it out.
The saleswoman was about to introduce other items, but Su Zelin said directly, "I want to buy a high-end one, no more than 4,000 yuan!"
In fact, he could easily afford anything over 4,000 yuan, but there was no need to.
If it’s too cheap, it can’t hold a cup; if it’s too expensive, you’ll just be paying an IQ
So a price range between three thousand and four thousand is suitable.
The saleswoman was slightly startled.
It seems that he is the son of a wealthy family!
So she took Su Zelin to the mid- to high-end counter.
Take out each mobile phone that costs more than 3,000 yuan and introduce it in detail.
In 2000, the mobile phone market was dominated by Nokia and Motorola, but Samsung had also quietly risen, and the brand took the mid-to-high-end route.
It has to be said that the industrial design of mobile phones of this superpower of the universe is worthy of praise. The machines of this brand are very delicate and compact, especially its flip-phone ones. Many people will fall in love with them at first sight, but they are expensive, costing several thousand yuan at any time.
However, Su Zelin didn't like flip phones, and if he bought this brand, Huang Panpan might think that he and she were deliberately buying a couple phone, so he PASSED the entire series.
Nokia, Moto, Sodafa, Ximen, Xiaxin, CECT…
There is even UTStarcom, but it is just a small PHS.
Xiaoling’s call charges are cheap, but the signal is not good. You cannot make calls outside some provinces, so you definitely should not buy it.
Finally, Su Zelin's eyes fell on a red Nokia.
Nuo Chicken and Duck 8210, except for 3310, this one was the most popular in 2000.
Just like 3310, it has seven rich colors: black, bright yellow, light yellow, chili red, coffee brown, mint green, sapphire blue and crystal white, implementing Nokia's guideline of "technology-based shell replacement".
In fact, its performance is not much better than 3310, but it is much smaller. With just this one advantage, the price is 2,000 yuan more, entering the mid-to-high-end market.
This was the current situation of the mobile phone market 20 years ago. The smaller the size, the more valuable it would be. In addition, having multiple polyphonic ringtones could earn an extra 1,000 or 2,000 yuan.
Compared to those thick and heavy low-end products, exquisite and compact ones are fashionable. Others can tell that they are high-end products at a glance, so it is easy to show off when they are taken out.
As for why Su Zelin is so familiar with its parameters, it is because he had used it before his rebirth, also in college. However, it was two years after the current timeline when the price of Nojiya 8210 dropped.
At that time, Su Zelin was quite satisfied with this mobile phone, and now he just regards it as nostalgia.
So he made a quick decision and pointed at the 8210 and asked, "Does this have a sapphire blue color?"
"Yes, we have a full range of mobile phone colors in our mall!"
The female salesperson was excited. She could see that Su Zelin was very interested in buying, so she quickly started to introduce the products.
“This chicken and duck 8210…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Zelin interrupted him: "How much?"
The slacker has no intention of wasting time in the hypermarket.
"Uh, three thousand five!"
"Sister, can you give me a discount? I'm just a student and don't have much money!"
Su Zelin threw a coquettish glance and used her beauty trick.
The female salesperson thought to herself, you bought a mobile phone for more than 3,000 yuan and now you complain to me that you don’t have money, who would believe me
She coughed dryly and said, "I'm sorry, but the price of our mobile phones is not high. We sell at a low price and make a lot of money. This price is already very reasonable. How about this, since you are a student, I will ask the manager to see if I can give you a discount!"
"Okay, thank you first, sister!"
Su Zelin smiled, he knew there would definitely be a discount.
The mobile phone market in 2000 had incredibly high profits, but it was not nearly as transparent as it is today!
It is normal for a shopping mall to make thousands of dollars from a machine that costs more than 3,000 yuan.
Therefore, in this era, almost anyone who has the money to open a mobile phone hypermarket can make a fortune. Of course, the investment also needs to be relatively large.
Asking the manager first is a traditional sales practice, but in fact they can make the decision themselves.
But if you give customers a discount all of a sudden, they may think that there is still room for discounts and will continue to bargain.
Therefore, salesmen always use the excuse of asking the manager for permission, making it seem like they have finally gotten the discount for you. This way, the customers will feel embarrassed to negotiate the price again.
There are also some shameless customers who will ask the salesperson to ask for approval two or three times, and in fact they will get "approval" again.
After a while, the saleswoman came back and said, "The manager said that since you are a student and the store is new, we will give you a 100 yuan discount. In addition, you can apply for a free mobile phone card with 100 yuan of credit. Together, it is equivalent to a 200 yuan discount!"
The price can still be negotiated, but there is not much room for negotiation. If the female salesperson goes to "ask for instructions", the most she can give you is a discount of fifty or one hundred yuan. Su Zelin doesn't want to make any more trouble and appear to be stingy.
So he simply said, "Okay, I want it, but it has to be unopened, not a sample. Bring me a new sapphire blue one first, and I'll open it myself!"
Some shopping malls will sell prototypes as new ones, saying that they have been disassembled and inspected in the warehouse, and the sales commission for selling prototypes is higher.
Su Zelin didn't want to get the touch machine, so he gave this reminder.
The female salesperson took one look at him and thought that this high school student was quite thoughtful.
"Okay, wait a moment!"
Not long after, she brought a new machine from the warehouse, which was indeed unopened.
After opening the box and checking, he found no problems with the appearance and it could be turned on smoothly. Su Zelin swiped the card on the spot, wrote the invoice, and got his first mobile phone in his life.
Then, with the order from the saleswoman, I opened a mobile phone card at the China Mobile card office in the hypermarket. China Mobile at that time was still quite good, and the rates in many places were not more expensive than China Unicom, and not as deceptive as they were in later generations.
The M-Zone aimed at young people had not yet been launched, so a Global Link was launched.
It is said to be global communication, but in fact, if you really want to go abroad, you still have to go to the business hall to pay a deposit to apply for international roaming rights, and the international roaming charges are extremely expensive.
The number is 139, with an area code in the middle, no 4 and no 7, so it's easy to remember. Su Zelin didn't have much pursuit for a nice number. Before his rebirth, he was a big boss, and he still used an ordinary university number.
After the card was processed, the mobile phone salesperson gave me 100 yuan in phone credits, which were directly loaded into the card.
He plugged in the Casuzerin and left. He had no interest in playing with the new phone. The functions of the Nokia 8210 were far inferior to those of later smartphones. It was just a communication tool and not very entertaining.
Walking out of the business hall, Su Zelin was thinking in his heart.
After buying a mobile phone, to whom should I give the number
Mom and Dad are not in a hurry, let’s talk about it when we get home.
Qin Shiqing also has to be given. I keep a distance from her, but not as a stranger.
Besides, if I don’t give my number to you, my parents will.
It doesn’t matter whether my uncle and aunt give it to me or not. They probably won’t call me casually if there is nothing wrong. I can get it from Qin Shiqing or my parents at any time when I need it.
As for friends, the first person that comes to mind is definitely Lu Haoran.
I'll ask Haozi to go online later, so ask him to write down the number.
There is also a Xiaoyanzi, but just let Haozi tell her, so that the gay friend and Xiaoyanzi will have one more phone call because of this matter.
As he continued thinking, Su Zelin suddenly couldn't think of anyone else.
Before his rebirth, he had made countless friends and had a wide network of contacts. Wherever he went in a big city, he would post a message and have friends send him private messages, inviting him to dinner, drinks, or nightclubs.
But now, with my good friends around me, I can count it with one hand.
In high school, his relationship with everyone except Lu Haoran and Xiao Yanzi was pretty average, including his roommates.
Because he is seen as a scoundrel and a bad student by others, even his roommate’s parents might warn their sons: “Don’t hang out with that idiot, he’ll be a bad influence on you. Make friends with good students!”
If I’m not mistaken, many of you here will encounter the same advice during your growth journey.
After screening all the targets in his mind, Su Zelin suddenly thought of someone.
At this time in his previous life, he would never tell that person his cell phone number.
After hesitating for a moment, he took out his cell phone.
“Ding ding ding…”
I pressed the keyboard and dialed the number.
Not long after, a delicate voice came from the microphone: "Hello, who is this?"
My junior high school sister and childhood sweetheart both have nice and recognizable voices, the kind that easily leave a deep impression the first time you hear them.
However, the styles of the two are quite different.
Qin Shiqing's voice was gentle and melodious, like water and a melodious song, and her voice was not loud. Even when she was angry, she always spoke softly and you never looked angry. It was a typical Jiangnan Wu dialect.
As for the junior high school girl, there is a special Internet term to describe her in later generations - "jiaziyin".
It has a coquettish flavor that will make people shudder and get goose bumps when they hear it for the first time.
And unlike the countless fake clamped voices in later generations, Xiaoxuemei's voice is natural, without any deliberate clamping, it is purely unconscious.
Because it is natural, it sounds very natural and there is no sound of affectation.
If it's not something that comes naturally, it may sound nice, but it may sound a bit pretentious.
Even though my junior sister often speaks in a rather harsh tone, others generally don't mind and are very tolerant of her.
After all, who doesn’t love the natural clip sound, right
Fortunately, Su Zelin had great concentration and he did not tremble. His hand holding the No Chicken and Duck 8210 was as steady as a rock.
After all, he had been pinched many times in his previous life, so he had already developed immunity to it.
"It's me!"
The bastard responded calmly.
"Senior!"
There was an unconcealable surprise in Huang Panpan's chorus.
Not long after Huang Hongbo bought her a mobile phone, Xiaoxuemei gave her number to Su Zelin, but this was the first time she received a call from him.
Although Hunzi's attitude towards her has been much better recently, this is the first time he has taken the initiative to contact her.
Not to mention Huang Panpan, even Hunzi himself could not have imagined that the first call he made with his new phone after his rebirth was not to anyone else, but to his junior high school sister!
"Well, I bought a cell phone with this number. If you have any troubles, you can talk to me!"
Su Zelin spoke in a gentle tone. In this life, he planned to guide Huang Panpan as much as possible, and get along with her as an intimate older brother to see if her feelings for him could be transformed into a brother-sister relationship.
"Senior, I do have something bothering me!"
Huang Panpan sighed.
"Haha, then tell me about it!"
Su Zelin's tone is like the host of a late-night emotional radio station.
"I have a boy I really like, and I confessed to him several times but was rejected. So I want to know what kind of girls he likes. If there is anything I am not doing well, I can change it!"
Huang Panpan's words had hidden meaning.
Tsk, this chat has fast-forwarded to the level of hell!
Fortunately, I am not an ordinary person.
Su Zelin coughed dryly: "I think girls must be confident. Who isn't a little fairy? What's more, you are also very outstanding. I think the other party has no vision, but it doesn't matter. There will always be other boys in the world who know how to appreciate you!"
"But what should I do if I just like this boy? All other boys are so childish and superficial in my eyes. Only he is always so cool, so mature, and so unique. Moreover, he is someone who truly cares about me, and he is not just trying to get close to me just because I am pretty!"
Huang Panpan added: "And he is super handsome, no one in our school can compare to him!"
Regarding this last point, I really can’t deny it!
Su Zelin was a little narcissistic before responding: "Everything has two sides, and so do people. Maybe you only see his strengths and not his weaknesses! In fact, this kind of boy is not perfect either, he also poops!"
"No, I don't think he has any flaws!"
Huang Panpan insisted on her point of view: "At least this boy is perfect in my eyes, and he is extremely smart, good at sports, music, street dance and games. He didn't pay much attention to his studies, but he still got full marks in English in the college entrance examination. How amazing!"
Or you can just write my ID number!
How can we continue chatting today
The late night emotional radio host was at his wits' end.
Patience, I need to be patient and guide them slowly!
"I don't really understand this kind of thing. Let's talk about something else, like the Long March 3A launching the ChinaSat 22 into space, or the Y2K incident..."
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