"theputergarden" translates into Chinese as "computer garden". It is a computer store located in Union City, southeast of the San Francisco Bay Area.

As soon as Li Xuan and Zhuang Erjing stepped into the store, a handsome white guy wearing a black jacket and slightly curly hair immediately came forward to inquire enthusiastically.

"Hi, good afternoon, do you want to buy a computer?"

"Let's take a look first!" Li Xuan said with a smile at him, and then looked around.

The shopping guide guy saw Li Xuan's gaze lingering on an Apple company's latest product for a while, and immediately began to introduce: "Sir, your vision is very unique, this is the latest personal computer that Apple has just launched-apple3." Compared to the previous Apple 2, this new computer has taken a huge leap forward in performance!

Apple 3 has doubled the memory and uses Apple's latest operating system, which can display 80 columns of letters or numbers on the screen, which can display both uppercase and lowercase letters! Apple will also launch the latest word processing software, form processing software, and the latest version of the improved basic for this computer. ”

"Do you have stock in your store?" Li Xuan asked.

"I'm sorry! This is just a model, and the official product will not be available until a few months later, but we can accept reservations!" The white shopping guide shook his head apologetically, "Sir, what is the purpose of your computer? This apple3 is a new model launched by Apple's small and medium-sized business office, although the performance is excellent, but the price is also relatively expensive!"

If you're buying it back for personal use, you don't really need such a nice configuration. It's better to buy Apple2, this model is more mature, a variety of applications are rich, its configuration is enough to meet your daily use, and the price is much cheaper!"

Li Xuan smiled noncommittally, did not agree or disagree, and paced slowly in the store, carefully browsing the various products displayed in the store. The shopping guide did not have a trace of impatience, and was still very dedicated to follow behind Li Xuan and Zhuang Erjing, constantly introducing various products to them.

"This is Modore's latest VIC-20 8-bit computer with 5KB of memory for $300!"

"Is this computer selling very well?" Li Xuan suddenly asked.

"Yes, we can sell several units a day!" the guy nodded and said. At this time, another mother walked into the store with a teenage boy.

"You go and serve them first, I'll just take a look at it myself!" Li Xuan pointed to the guests who had just come in and said.

"Yes, sir, if you have any questions, you can call me at any time, my name is Jamie!" Jamie said to Li Xuan, and walked quickly to the new guest.

"Hi ma'am, good afternoon, are you going to buy a computer for your son?" Jamie's service attitude still gives full marks.

"Yes, Carbel's school has just opened a computer class, and he is very interested in computers, so I took him to visit you, hoping to choose a personal computer for him!"

The mother patted her son on the back and said kindly, but the boy seemed to be a little resistant to his mother's affectionate behavior, and moved half a step to the side with a slightly red face.

"Oh, I see, do you have a price point?" asked Jamie again.

"I've heard that computers are expensive, my income is not high, I can't afford a very expensive computer, and the cost should not exceed $500!" said my mother with some hesitation.

"No problem, ma'am, don't worry! we just have a personal computer in our store that is perfect for your son!" Jamie walked towards Li Xuan with the guest, "This latest VIC-20 personal computer from Kemodo is the best star product sold in our store!"

It uses the same processor as the famous Apple computer, the MOS6502, but the price is only a quarter of the latter, and the price of $300 is exactly what you want. ”

Jamie quickly took down the beautiful packaging box from the counter, and said as he opened it: "This is an all-in-one keyboard machine, you can use it when you connect it to a color TV, you have a TV at home, right?"

The mother nodded cooperatively.

"Okay, I'll show you how!" Jamie took the Vic-20 out of the box, put it on the table, plugged it in, connected it to a nearby TV, and turned it on.

Soon the TV screen showed a capital letter of the English word "ready", followed by a flashing cursor.

"Look, it's already working, and then your son just needs to input all kinds of program instructions to him, and he will obediently start running!"

After exchanging a few words with the woman's son and learning what he had learned about computers in his school computer class, Jamie boldly encouraged him to come and operate the computer himself. The boy was happier when he typed in a few numbers jù and a set of formulas on the keyboard, and the correct result was quickly arrived at on the TV screen.

Jamie immediately seized the opportunity and said to the mother next to him while the iron was hot: "Your son is amazing! Recently, many parents have purchased this computer for their children, but I think it is very suitable for your son! By the way, if you are going to buy this computer, I will buy a magnetic box drive at the same time, which is a must-have accessory!"

The mother looked at her child suspiciously, and when she saw her son nodding approvingly, she approved of Jamie's recommendation. In the end, the white mother and son happily purchased a Vic-20 computer, a magnetic box drive, and a ten-roll box of blank storage tapes for a total of $450.

"Congratulations, it's another business!" Li Xuan congratulated Jamie.

"Hehe, thank you, are you here to investigate, are you going to open your own computer sales store?" Jamie also saw that Li Xuan and the beautiful Oriental girl next to him were not here to buy computers, but he was still very enthusiastic and made two cups of coffee for them.

"Sort of!" Li Xuan smiled and nodded, "Are you the owner of this shop?"

"It's just one of the partners, this store was invested by me and two friends, one of whom is only responsible for contributing, and I and another friend are responsible for managing it! The Vic-20 sold just now is the last stock in the store. This model was so popular that we both sold 30 units this week, and my friend had to pick up the goods in person at the company's warehouse!" said Jamie with an excited face.

Li Xuan stayed in Jamie's shop for an afternoon, and about two hours later, Carter, another partner who ran the store with Jamie, also returned. Compared with Jamie, who has a good kung fu mouth, Carter is a tech nerd and chats with Li Xuan about a lot of computer professional topics.

The company's computer shop did a very good job, selling 16 computers of various models throughout the afternoon, and three of them had professional monitors for their computers. In addition, there are various accessories such as floppy disk drives, magnetic box drives, floppy disks, storage tapes, etc.

"Are we inspecting the market?" Zhuang Erjing asked with a smile on the way back.

"Of course, the number on paper can not emotionally reflect the vigorous vitality of this industry, only by walking into such a computer sales store, can we deeply understand that a personal computer revolution has quietly come to our side!"

Li Xuan looked at the scenery that was flying backwards outside the car window, and said with emotion: "Just this store of Jamie and Carter can sell more than a dozen personal computers every day. There are 117 franchise stores in the United States, and 63 in Canada, Australia and other places outside the United States.

In other words, this computer seller alone sells 1 million PCs a year! Who can say that PCs are just toys for computer enthusiasts? This is a rapidly rising market!"