"Hello? Is this Brother Zhang? I’m Zhen Yu."
"Ha! Zhen Yu, huh!"
Zhang Liang had already received a call from Zhang San asking him to do so cabling work. Naturally, he knew the Zhen Family was about to open another internet cafe! So he had been waiting for Zhen Yu to contact him, after all, you can’t have an internet cafe without computers, right?
"Is it about the new internet cafe that you’re looking for ?!"
"Kind of! I’m urgently looking for two gas! If you don’t have them, could you please contact soone in the Capital or sowhere along the coast to ask?!"
"What gas are you in such a hurry for?" Zhang Liang asked in surprise.
Zhen Yu articulately said, "StarCraft and Age of Empires!"
"Sss! I’ve heard of Age of Empires! It hasn’t co here yet, but the South must have it. What kind of ga is StarCraft? Where did you hear about this ga?!"
"I saw it in the latest magazine! It was released at the end of March! You must help look for it!!"
This ti Zhen Yu really wasn’t making up stories! Although she had always been looking out for Blizzard gas due to their huge success in her previous life, she genuinely couldn’t rember when exactly those gas were released! Coincidentally, a new batch of books and magazines for her book rental business had arrived recently, and Zhen Yu, thinking it had been a while since she installed new gas at the internet cafe, specially looked through magazines related to computers and gas. And she indeed found news related to StarCraft!
"Alright! I’ll give them a call and ask around in a bit!" Zhang Liang promptly agreed.
Just as Zhen Yu was about to say goodbye and hang up the phone, sothing struck her mind. "Oh right! Please also keep an eye out for another ga! I don’t know if it’s been released yet! It’s called Half-Life, or it might be called CS!"
"...Okay! I’ve noted it down."
"I’ll wait for your news! Hanging up now, Brother Zhang."
"...Sure! I’ll get back to you as soon as possible."
After hanging up, Zhang Liang fell into deep thought.
He didn’t doubt Zhen Yu’s words at all! In his view, the more books you read, the more information you have. This was very normal and completely logical!
Before the millennium, the vast majority of advertisents were still placed in print books and newspapers. Back then, the internet was not widely available, and online promotion was even less of a topic. Back then, TV dramas were broadcast in full episodes, not split half and half with comrcials. Although the number of ads in television sets was sparse, each one was morable and refreshing.
So, the reason Zhang Liang was deep in thought was that in the entire phone call Zhen Yu never once ntioned buying computers! Could it be... she was waiting for him to initiate contact and then drive a hard bargain?!
"Uh... this little girl sure knows how to play it cool!"
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On the other side, Zhen Yu started to feel tangled up after hanging up the call.
She was unaware of Zhang Liang’s misunderstanding. Zhen Yu could tell from Zhang Liang’s tone when he first picked up the call that he was probably waiting for her to take the initiative to buy computers. But since she already had a better channel to get more cost-effective computers, she naturally wouldn’t order from Zhang Liang again.
The supposed long-term partnership was bound to fall through, but to end the cooperation silently and unilaterally was obviously not the right thing to do! It felt a bit... like letting soone down!
Zhen Yu pinched the bridge of her nose, beginning to seriously consider how to make so sort of compensation to the other party.
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Zhang Liang didn’t make Zhen Yu wait too long; he called her back the next evening.
"Xiao Yu, that Age of Empires is in stock! I’ll have it in my hands in a day or two."
Zhen Yu quickly asked, "And the other two?"
"StarCraft is also available! But it’ll take at least ten or fifteen days to get here!"
"What about CS?"
Actually, Zhen Yu just recalled and casually ntioned it; she didn’t know whether this ga had been released yet.
"Nothing. But I found out there are two gas that are really popular in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou! I’ve decided to bring them in. Why don’t you try them out too?!" Zhang Liang eagerly recomnded to Zhen Yu the new gas he had discovered.
"What are they called?"
"Counter-Strike and,"
Zhen Yu suddenly interrupted excitedly, "Wait a minute! You an Counter-Strike?!"
"Yes! What’s up?" Zhang Liang asked, puzzled.
"That’s the one! What I called Half-Life, that’s it! So, it’s known by that na now!!"
Zhang San was full of doubts, "How many nas does this ga have?! Are you sure you’re talking about the sa one?"
"That’s the one! You said there are two gas, what’s the other one?"
"Need for Speed!"
Zhen Yu tried to sift through her mory, "I seem to have so recollection... I want that one too!"
"Alright then! I’ll install them together when StarCraft arrives! Oh right! Resident Evil 2 is out too!"
Zhen Yu imdiately said, "Put that one on as well."
Zhang Liang suddenly laughed. "Haha! Xiao Yu! I’m not trying to criticize you, but the computers in your cafe are last year’s models. Can they handle so many new gas? The standard configuration of computers on the market has already been upgraded!"
Zhang Liang brought up the computers at Sincere Internet Cafe, trying to imply to Zhen Yu that the computers for the new cafe certainly couldn’t be sold to her at the original configuration and price!
An awakening for the drear! Zhen Yu suddenly thought of a good way to compensate Zhang Liang!
Perfect! She could use this opportunity to also bring up the fact that she’s not planning to buy any more computers! So Zhen Yu imdiately asked, "Brother Zhang! Do you buy old computers?"
Zhang Liang was taken aback by the question, "Wha-what? Buy? I’m in the business of selling computers!"
Zhen Yu straightforwardly said, "Yes! Buy them back and then sell them! You helped with a second-hand computer before, didn’t you know there’s profit in used computers?!"
Profits were certainly there... wait a minute! Why had his thoughts been led astray?!
Zhang Liang categorically refused, "Nope! Used ones don’t sell as well as brand-new!"
"Are you sure you won’t buy? What if the purchase price is super favorable? What if the profit is even higher than selling a new one?" Zhen Yu tempted.
"You just tell what you’re getting at?! Are you thinking of replacing all the old computers in the internet cafe? And you’re getting the new ones from—"
Zhen Yu imdiately cut him off, "No! I already have a better channel for new computers!"
Zhang Liang was shocked, "What?! You’re breaking faith and abandoning loyalty!"
"Do you want to break faith and abandon loyalty with ?"
Zhang Liang’s emotions were like a roller coaster, "...What do you an by that?!"
"What I an is that from now on, it’s a turn of tide! I sell the computers to you at a super discount price! Are you interested?!"
"...Yes!"
"Heh heh... Pleasure doing business!"
Zhang Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Pleasure doing business!!"
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