Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Age of the Pager
The wine is almost drunk, and Qi Jingtao, as the host, can't always stay in one place to drink and talk with the guests at one table, and almost has to greet the guests at the other tables. When he turned to the table of Shi Lei and a few cousins, Shi Lei and they had almost eaten, eating fruit, smoking and chatting, and when they saw Qi Jingtao coming over, they beckoned him to take a seat.
"Old watch, there are still three hundred and twenty-three yuan left to help you buy vegetables, give. Shi Lei said, took out the purchase list and the remaining money, and handed it to Qi Jingtao, who had just sat down.
Qi Jingtao took the purchase list and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Stone, the money for the fungus is not right, at least it should be calculated according to your wholesale price, right?"
Shi Lei smoked a cigarette and glanced at Qi Jingtao, waved his hand and said magnificently: "Hehehe, old watch, I pour the mushrooms myself, and what is the wholesale price for my family to eat a few catties of mushrooms." I calculate it according to the price I received, all of it is my own family, can I still earn this money?"
Qi Jingtao didn't buy it, smiled and smoked a cigarette, looked at him and said, "Stone, in business." There are many family members in this dam, and after a few turns, everyone is talking about relatives and friends, and they are all their own family members. You see, I asked you to help buy wild mushrooms, and I didn't mean to take advantage of you. Just because you are in the wild mushroom business, I asked you to buy it, and I want to be convenient and trouble-free.
Besides, we need to use wild mushrooms for our family's treats, and I don't buy them from anyone on the street? Since you are in this business, and we are relatives, why don't you take care of your business? Fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders. What chickens, ducks and sheep didn't say, you help me buy it, you don't make the difference between me, this is your reputation. But your profession is to pour mushrooms, relatives and friends ask you to help buy some mushrooms, you can give a cheap price, give some good quality mushrooms, and you can earn less. But you can't just run for nothing or even post upside down, right? If you always help like this, who would dare to bother your real relatives and friends to help you buy mushrooms? Aren't you missing a group of ready-made customers?"
"Hehehe, old cousin, you readers are very good at talking, and everything you say is a set, I can't talk about you. Okay, we're going to talk about it this time. In this way, this more than 100 yuan is my running salary, and you can take back the 200. Shi Lei smiled and put away the one hundred and twenty-three yuan, and pushed the remaining two hundred yuan in front of Qi Jingtao.
Qi Jingtao was not polite this time, took the money and put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, that's right, I don't owe you a favor." In the future, I will ask you for any mountain goods I need. Looking for you to get the goods, it is convenient and worry-free, and the quality and quantity are cheap. ”
Chen Dexiang, the eldest cousin of my uncle's family who works in the City Construction Bank, said with a light smile: "Jing Tao is right, I used to know that you were in the mountain goods business, and I was embarrassed to always trouble you, but I was afraid of your temper." After asking you for help in purchasing spicy mushrooms a few times, I have been embarrassed to look for you again after knowing that you didn't make my money.
You are a businessman who makes a living by reselling mountain goods, and you should be in business when you do business. Everyone is a relative and friend, knowing that you have good goods, and we will dare to ask you for goods in the future. By the way, speaking of wild mushrooms, we just have to go to the head office in Spring City in a few days. When the time comes, you will help us prepare more than 30 servings of high-quality dried mushrooms. You help me find a carton to pack, and a box of five kilograms of dried mushrooms is almost the same. The price, you can settle according to the retail price in the central Yunnan market, the specific quantity,...... Well, I'll let you know when I'm back to the office tomorrow morning. By the way, how can I contact you?"
"Chen Laobiao, don't worry, I am specialized in this business, you have to visit the superior unit, and I promise to get you the best dried mushrooms." If you want to find any mountain goods in the future, just look for me, and leave you the best goods. My pager number is 127 ******, a few old watches, you all remember this number. In the future, whether it is public or private, I can call me for whatever mountain goods you want. Shi Lei spoke, and happily took out his new pager to show it.
"Shout, the stones are all on pager, or is it Motorola's?" Chen Dexiang teased, took out his address book and recorded Shi Lei's pager.
"Hehehe, wearing a pager on your body is convenient for others to find. In our business, we usually run around everywhere, and it is difficult to have a fixed place to stay. Those customers can't find anyone to trouble when they have something, and they can't do business? This thing is too expensive, more than 4,000 yuan. Chen Laobiao, Jing Tao Laobiao, you are working in the unit, it is time to set up a pager, and it is convenient to find you if there is anything. Shi Lei smiled generously and played with the Motorola digital machine in his hand.
"Hehehe, our unit has already assigned me one, and you also have a number 127******, just call me if you have anything. Chen Dexiang said with a smile.
Qi Jingtao looked at the cousins present who took out a small notebook to record, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "Hehehe, have you all done it? It seems that I have to go and get a pager to keep up with your pace." ”
It has only been more than a year since the pager entered central Yunnan City, and it has quickly entered the daily life of the city and the countryside. Relatives and friends around me have gradually begun to be equipped with pagers, and with this communication tool that can call the contact person at any time, it is indeed more and more convenient for people to contact each other. If you want to find someone, it is more convenient to find it, just dial a number and wait next to the phone, and the rest depends on whether the person being called is willing to reply to you, and whether you can find the phone to return to you as soon as possible.
"Old cousin Jing Tao, your Nanyan benefits are so good, haven't you been equipped with a pager yet?" Chen Dexiang looked at Qi Jingtao strangely and asked.
Qi Jingtao said indispensably: "There are too many people in Nanyan, there are many personnel who need to be equipped, middle-level cadres have been equipped, we have not yet been equipped with these small soldiers, and our leaders are fighting for it." Hehe, in fact, it's a good thing that the unit doesn't give us a pager, and the leader can't find us when we go out to do things, so we don't have to be called by the leader at any time, quietly. ”
Chen Dexiang smiled: "You can think about it." However, wearing a pager on your body actually makes it convenient for others and restricts yourself. In particular, the free pager on the unit is more troublesome, and when you receive a pager, you have to go everywhere to find a phone to talk back, and it is not good if you don't reply.
Hehehe, once I went to a business office at the grassroots level to find their director, and I saw that I would be able to arrive in about ten minutes. At this time, I was called three times in a row in our office. I thought there was something urgent in the office to find me, so I looked for a phone back pager all over the street. After looking for more than half an hour, I finally found a phone number in a commissary and went back. As a result, the person in the office told me that the director of the business office I was going to urged me to go there as soon as possible, and that he had something to go out. ”
"Hahaha...... , received a pager, and couldn't find the phone back, but I was also in a hurry. If you want convenience, you still have a phone directly on your body, such as that big brother. Shi Lei felt the same way, and laughed happily.
"Electronics are going to grow and spread at a faster pace, and now there are mobile phones that are more compact than Big Brother. Motorola's StarTAC mobile phone weighs only 96 grams, which is less than one-tenth of the weight of the 'Big Brother' brick. ”
"That big brother can't afford to play with his mobile phone, it's too expensive. ”
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Qi Jingtao sat with these cousins who were busy on weekdays when they grew up, smoked, drank tea, bragged and chatted, and enjoyed this rare reunion time!
In a joyful and festive atmosphere, Grandma's birthday banquet ended successfully.