Before Zhang Chen went out, he didn't wear a school uniform, but wore a slightly old jacket and a pair of khaki slacks, and a pair of Zhang Guoqiang's leather shoes under his feet. Although he still looks tender, he shaved the fluff on his mouth, and he will not be debunked if he is seventeen or eighteen years old.

When Zhang Chen arrived at the Qinghe Electronic Market, it was only about 8:10, and the electronic market opened at 9:00, and all sellers had to start business at 9:30 to 10:00, so Zhang Chen first went to the newsstand to buy a copy of "Computer News" and a box of red plums, and walked to a small hair salon that had just opened on the side of the road to get a haircut.

The small hair salon in the 90s was not as well decorated as later generations, and the same is true of this one. There are two swivel chairs in the cramped room, two busts in front of the swivel chairs, and a small table under the mirrors, on which are clippers, scissors, hair dryers and other haircutting supplies.

There are many posters of actresses hanging on the walls, as well as pictures of fashionable hairstyles cut from current popular magazines such as "SH Clothing".

"Haircut~" Zhang Chen said to the owner of the hair salon after coming in.

"What haircut?" the owner of the hair salon asked Zhang Chen casually while sitting on a chair with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Gross inches. Zhang Chen also lit a cigarette and said to the boss.

"Mao cun?" the hair salon owner looked up at Zhang Chen, "I haven't heard of it, I've cut ordinary flat heads and board inches here." “

"......" Zhang Chen forgot that Mao Cun was not popular at this time, and said to the boss helplessly, "That's it, you cut it for me according to the ordinary flat head, and I'll tell you how to get it halfway through." “

"Don't blame me if the cut is broken. The owner of the hair salon glanced at Zhang Chen suspiciously. "Cut your hair in three pieces. Then he emphasized.

"You know, you can cut the flat head for me first. Zhang Chen sat down on the chair with a golden knife.

At this time, before the process of washing hair, the owner of the hair salon took a small watering can to spray Zhang Chen's hair, and began to push it with a clipper.

While getting a haircut, Zhang Chen read the computer newspaper and familiarized himself with the hardware configuration of this era. When the haircut was about to be finished, Zhang Chen instructed the boss to cut the hair on both sides of his head as short as possible, and at the same time, cut the hair on the top of his head a few more times with tooth scissors, so that the haircut would not be as hard as the traditional flat head, and it would look softer.

After the boss finished cutting, he kept saying, "It's the most popular plate inch now, your hairstyle doesn't look good at all, and the little girl won't like it." “

Zhang Chen pursed his lips and took out three yuan and threw it to the boss. I asked the boss to make a basin of hot water, washed my head, and didn't beat Morse according to the boss's recommendation.

After the haircut, Zhang Chen came to the electronic market again, at this time the market had already opened, and various businesses were gradually starting to open. Zhang Chen looked for the stalls one by one according to the stalls in his memory, and at the same time, he also inquired about different stalls.

Walking to booth B-132, Zhang Chen stopped. There was a fat man sitting in the booth, and next to him was a computer with the computer turned on, playing the game "Command and Conquer" that just came out last year. There is a bunch of boxes of computer accessories on the stall.

The fat man's name is Liu Ming, and he is one of Zhang Chen's partners in the field of building machines in his previous life, and he is also a bug in this market. The purchase channels of various accessories are all clear, and you can get a relatively low price.

The most important thing is that this guy has a good character and doesn't cheat people.

"Boss, do you have a configuration sheet? Zhang Chen walked to the stall and talked to the fat man.

"Oh, wait a minute. The fat man paused the game, looked at Zhang Chen, and found that it was a little kid, and he lost interest all of a sudden. It's not uncommon for little kids to come to the computer market these days, but whoever buys a computer won't just let the child come by himself, and it's the parents who pay for it. So Liu Ming casually threw a configuration sheet and continued to play the game.

Zhang Chen smiled, took the configuration sheet, and looked at it carefully.

At the beginning of 96, the Pentium processor launched by Intel has occupied a major share of the market, and the traditional 486 computer is gradually withdrawing from the stage of history. The finished compatible machines on Liu Ming's configuration list are also mainly based on Pentium processors.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Chen said to Liu Ming again: "Boss, your price is too unrealistic." Boss, stop playing, I'll talk to you. ”

Liu Ming didn't want to deal with Zhang Chen, but he listened to Zhang Chen constantly muttering beside him, and he paused the game in a depressed way. Unhappily said to Zhang Chen: "Why is it not real? Do you understand? “

Zhang Chen smiled: "Look, your main model, the processor is Pentium 100, the motherboard is not ASUS, it is Gigabyte, the north-south bridge chip does not support PCI, only supports ISA slot, and the graphics card is also the lowest-end graphics card of S3, there is no 3d ability at all, 8M EDO memory, 320M hard disk, 14-inch AOC display The highest resolution is 640* 480, basically does not have any upgrade potential, it has to be outdated after more than a year, so you still have a price of 8888, not a pit man. Zhang Chen said in one breath, "In addition, you don't build tanks to fight command and conquer, and there is an egg to build so many armored vehicles? No wonder it is so difficult to build a computer." Zhang Chen looked at Liu Ming with disdain.

Liu Ming was stunned by the number, ", do you really understand?" immediately became very enthusiastic, "Little brother, you also know that the price on the configuration list is used to bargain, since you know how to do it, you can tell you a price." “

Zhang Chen's spray, although it is impossible to suppress Liu Ming, but let Liu Ming know that he is also knowledgeable, and he must have a computer at home, and he usually studies a lot.

There are very few people who have a home computer in 96, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all rich people, Liu Ming couldn't help but glance at Zhang Chen in his heart.

Zhang Chen pouted, "Dude, don't be too big, you're not much older than me, I'm tender." As he spoke, he took out his student ID card of Bencheng University and shook it to Liu Ming.

"I'm 18, I just went to Ben Thanh University last year, and now it's about to start, so I'll come to the nearby computer city to see if I can buy a new computer. Zhang Chen was ashamed to lie to Liu Ming. "As far as you recommend this configuration, I will go around the market to get accessories and save them myself, and the maximum is 5500. “

"Then you're really young enough, you seem to be late. Liu Ming looked at Zhang Chen with a smirk, "5500 is impossible, I also have to make money, isn't it, installing a computer is also a technical job, if you are familiar with the hardware, it is useless to install it, you still have to find me to pretend." In this way, I will charge you 500 yuan for the installation fee, and 6000 yuan for this configuration for you. “

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Ming disdainfully, "I don't want it for nothing, Intel will launch the next generation of CPUs next month, and the architecture will have to be changed, the current motherboard will not be used at that time, I will spend more than 6,000 to buy such a thing for a fart." “

Liu Ming was a little surprised when he heard this, "How do you know that Intel will launch the next generation of CPUs next month?" “

In the era when there is no Internet, even electronic information needs to be received from newspapers, and for the 3C industry, there are basically only two news channels: computer newspapers and popular software. Computer newspapers are biased towards the development of hardware and industries, and mass software is more biased towards games.

Zhang Chen said to Liu Ming with some ostentation: "Internet, Intel's official website has announced that a new generation of CPU will be launched next month, codenamed PentiumMMX, the Chinese name is multimedia Pentium, the CPU integrates multimedia instructions, and the running speed is twice as fast as the current Pentium." “

"Oops. "Liu Ming was really suppressed this time. In recent years, not many people in China know about the Internet, and even fewer people can look up information on the Internet. Although China joined the Internet in '94, it was not until the second half of '95 that the first domestic operator, Winsea Way, officially operated. It was not until 97 years that China Telecom opened 163 dial-up Internet access, and since then, the Internet has developed in China at a faster speed than rocket launches.

But in this era at the beginning of 96, those who have access to the Internet are undoubtedly the elite of the elite.

"As soon as the Pentium Mama fork is launched next month, your goods will be in tatters. Zhang Chen pouted and said, "It's okay if you don't bet the goods, if you bet the goods, get rid of them quickly, at most two months, and now these things have to drop half of the price." “