Chapter 163 Looking back again

The sales of Subor learning machines are encouraging.

Since the product was launched on the market, there are always trucks waiting to receive goods at the gate of Lianzhong Trading's warehouse. Although it cannot compare with that of Xiaobawang Electronics Factory, after all, the trucks receiving goods from Xiaobawang Electronics Factory on New Year's Eve can be lined up for several miles, but even if it is just a quick buck, the speed of making money has greatly exceeded the expectations of Lianzhong's shareholders. After a month and a half, the company's account has increased by nearly three million, which makes Wang Guibing relive the dream of being a local tycoon every night.

One day in late June, Zhang Yunqi received a call from Sun Xixi, a local girl from Xiangshan City. Zhang Yunqi met her on the train to Xiangshan City. The girl was extroverted and had a big mouth. They later played together several times and had a good relationship.

Sun Xixi told him on the phone: "The Hu Zhibiao you are looking for is back. He is now working in an electrical appliance repair shop in Xiangshan City."

A few months ago, Zhang Yunqi went to Xiangshan and won the general distribution rights of Subor computer learning machines in Greater Xiangdong area. On the eve of returning to Jiangchuan City, Zhang Yunqi asked Sun Xixi about Hu Zhibiao, the founder of Aido VCD in his previous life. At that time, in order to find this big boss in the future life, he even asked the police to investigate his registered residence, but he was not at home.

When leaving Xiangshan City, Zhang Yunqi did not ask Sun Xixi to help find someone, but Sun Xixi was very enthusiastic and kept an eye on the matter for him.

Now that we know the whereabouts of Hu Zhibiao, the technology of digital compression chips has flowed into China, and Wanyan VCD should have been developed by now. We have enough money and everything is ready, except for a favorable wind.

This is different from the Subor computer learning machine project. If Hu Zhibiao can be brought in as a partner, he will provide the funds and Hu Zhibiao will provide the technology to copy the VCD player. Making 100 million yuan first is really just a small goal for Jianlin. Of course, the prerequisite is not to repeat Hu Zhibiao's mistakes.

On the phone, Zhang Yunqi said to Sun Xixi: "Thank you, I will go to Xiangshan at the end of July and contact you then."

Sun Xixi said: "Hu Zhibiao cheated you of your money, do you want me to find my cousin and catch him first, so that he won't run away again."

Zhang Yunqi burst out laughing: "No, no, Hu Zhibiao won't run away. It's just a small matter, he probably has forgotten it. I will go find him myself when the time comes."

Only then did Sun Xixi agree.

Zhang Yunqi chatted with her for a while, hung up the phone, and returned home. It was already midnight. After taking a shower, he went back to his room and took out a yellow envelope from a locked drawer at the bottom of the bookcase.

The envelope was filled with photos, not many, about ten, all taken by Ma Shi not far from Xiao Liu Restaurant on Xinlin Road in North City. It was afternoon and the incident happened suddenly, so he took the photos in a hurry. Most of the photos were blurry, and only two or three were clear. In the photos was a young man in his twenties, with a square face and a stocky build, holding a homemade pistol, and rushing out of Xiao Liu Restaurant with murderous intent.

Although it was just a photo and the man in it was still very young, Zhang Yunqi could vaguely see a hint of the charm of this famous Chinese gangster in the late 1990s from his brows.

But this gangster won't survive next year.

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For the senior high school students of later generations, farewell is an unavoidable topic in the sunny month of June. But more than ten years ago, in the early 1990s, in the midsummer July, students could feel this inexplicable emotion in their hearts, which was not pleasant but they would often recall it many years later.

Perhaps in the entire first year of high school, only Zhang Yunqi could feel and be immersed in this emotion of parting. The others, because they had graduated early and lacked experience, were either busy in the game hall or preparing for the upcoming final exams.

On the eve of the college entrance examination, the campus song request station of the No. 1 Middle School in the city played some farewell songs every day. The details of a certain paragraph in the lyrics repeatedly struck the hearts of the campus lovers who were about to part.

Generally speaking, the closer it is to the college entrance examination, the more distracted people's minds become. At this time, only a few people can concentrate on reading, but there are more and more senior high school students at the barbecue stalls outside the school. Zhang Yunqi can often hear drunk guys howling loudly, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, and sometimes returning in the middle of the night, climbing over the wall with a human ladder, with moonlight on their backs, and singing together: "Let's row the oars, who will be the mother of my child?" On the day of leaving school for the college entrance examination, as has been an international practice for hundreds of years, senior high school students tore up books and scattered paper scraps from the upstairs. At that time, Wang Xiaokai, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yang Wei were all gathered in the corridor to watch the artificial snow. Zhang Yunqi saw envy in their eyes.

In the evening, a song that became famous all over the country after being performed on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in 1991 was played on the radios in various places on campus. It was composed by Lowell Lo and sung by Eddie Chiang.
Looking back, the figure has gone far away

Looking back, my eyes are filled with tears
Leave your blessing to warm me in the cold night
No matter how much pain and confusion we have to face tomorrow

Once in the darkness, repeatedly asking

Only then did I realize that being ordinary and calm is the true

Looking back, it seems like a dream, looking back, my heart remains the same

Only the endless long road accompanies me...

The singing flowed quietly in the empty campus. At that time, the setting sun was warm. Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian were walking home from school together. The leaves of the camphor trees on both sides of the road were lush and green. Cicadas were chirping. The sun shone through the leaves of the camphor trees onto the road. The branches were swaying, and the light was mottled, flashing, flashing...

She was in a daze when they first met, so Zhang Yunqi asked her, "What are you thinking about?"

Chu Jian shook his head, then pursed his lips and said: "Time flies. It's already been a year. I wonder what it will be like when we leave school."

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "It doesn't matter how we leave, what's most important is when we stay here, just like right now."

Chu Jian nodded: "That makes sense."

Zhang Yunqi added: "Summer vacation is coming soon. First meeting, what do you think of the trip to Xiangshan that we talked about last time?"

Chu Jian hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nice to go out for a walk, but I have to work during the summer vacation."

Zhang Yunqi is not a person who likes to force others, and he treats everyone the same. However, because it was their first meeting, he still said one more sentence: "It's only a few days to travel, and you can be back soon. If you want to find a summer job, you can find one when you come back. Besides, you have worked hard for a semester, so it's good to go out and relax. You have read so many books, you should understand that traveling thousands of miles is more important."

What Zhang Yunqi said made sense, but what he didn't know was that Chu Jian had already found a summer job and would start working as soon as the final exams were over.

Chu Jian was unwilling to reject Zhang Yunqi, but she understood that although her family's situation had improved greatly, she was not qualified to think about where to go and eat before the holiday like other classmates. She was silent for a long time before she whispered: "Yunqi, you guys go and have fun."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Okay."

(End of this chapter)