Chapter 58: King in the Palm

This winter weekend, Zhang Yunqi and Ji Ling played together for two days. They went to Meihu Lake, climbed Suguling Mountain, ate a lot of local snacks on the pedestrian street, and watched a movie. Their life was very comfortable and fulfilling.

Eat well, drink well, and have fun, but don’t delay your plan to make money.

After sending Ji Ling home on Sunday afternoon, Zhang Yunqi immediately returned to the dormitory. Wang Xiaokai had already returned from home and was sitting under the window studying "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" carefully.

Zhang Yunqi pulled a chair over and sat down. He took out a Furongwang from his pocket, lit it, and then offered it with both hands: "Brother Kai, are you free? I want to discuss something with you."

Wang Xiaokai glanced at Zhang Yunqi. This guy usually acted like a big shot. When did he flatter someone so vulgarly? But he felt pretty good about himself. He crossed his legs and said, "Xiao Zhang, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "This is what happened. You know I'm selling handheld games, but the sales aren't that good, so I want to find a big channel to make some pocket money."

Wang Xiaokai said contemptuously: "I don't like to hear that. What do you mean by making some pocket money? With the money in your pocket, if you go back thirty years, you will be a running dog of capitalism, the kind that will be put in a cowshed and criticized."

Zhang Yunqi was so angry that he laughed.

He slapped Wang Xiaokai on the head and said, "I'm going to give you some color to open a dyeing factory, right? Show some respect to me and talk about business."

Wang Xiaokai scratched his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm just kidding. Your business is my business. I will go through fire and water for you. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yunqi took out five hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Wang Xiaokai, saying, "You have a lot of connections in the school, so help me find a group of students, between 50 and 100."

Wang Xiaokai immediately jumped up from his chair and said excitedly: "What are you calling so many people for? Fighting? Who are you going to chop?"

Zhang Yunqi was so angry that his anus hurt: "Who are you going to chop? I want to chop off your dick and feed it to the dog. Can you please listen to what I have to say?"

"Yes! You have money and you are the father, tell me."

"First, find a group of students in the school. I will divide you into groups of two or three and send you to Xinglong Electronic Digital City in batches. I will teach you what to do. Everyone who goes will receive a labor fee of ten yuan each. Tomorrow, you and Tian Zhuangzhuang will go together."

Wang Xiaokai looked confused: "Why go to Xinglong Electronics City?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Buy a handheld device."

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The next day at noon, the weather was clear.

After lunch, Wang Xiaokai and Tian Zhuangzhuang ran to Xinglong Electronic Digital City. They found a store selling game consoles and asked the waitress, "Do you have any handheld Tetris consoles for sale?"

The waitress asked in confusion, "What is the Pocket King Tetris Handheld?"

Wang Xiaokai pulled out a handheld device from his pocket and said, "This is it. It's very popular in school right now."

The waitress glanced at it curiously, then shook her head: "No, but we have many other brands of handheld devices here, do you want to know more about them?"

Wang Xiaokai waved his hand: "I just want to buy this handheld device."

Wang Xiaokai and Tian Zhuangzhuang turned around and left, running to the next game console store to inquire, but they still didn't have any, so they went to the next one, and in this way, the two of them went from one store to another, and finally inquired about all the counters and shops selling game consoles.

The two of them left the electronics mall and passed by the game store they had inquired about at the beginning. The waitress was cleaning with a broom. When she saw Wang Xiaokai and Tian Zhuangzhuang, she called out, "Did you buy that King of Palm handheld game console?"

Wang Xiaokai said, "Don't mention it. I looked around and didn't see anyone selling it."

The waitress asked, "Where did you buy the PDA in your hand?"

Wang Xiaokai said, "It's the store in front of the No. 1 Middle School. But they ran out of stock recently, so we ran to the Electronic City to buy it. We thought they would definitely sell it here, but we searched everywhere and couldn't find a store that sold the Palm King handheld game console."

The waitress smiled and said that they should go ask somewhere else.

The waitress' name was Zhao Xiaoli. The game store where she worked was called Xingsheng Electronics and Digital Store. It mainly sold all kinds of digital electronic equipment wholesale, and also did retail. There were so many electronic products on the market, and it was normal that some of them were not available. The store didn't sell the Palm King handheld game console, and Zhao Xiaoli didn't care much about it. But the next day at noon, two boys ran to the store to buy a handheld game console, and they specifically wanted to buy the Palm King handheld game console.

Zhao Xiaoli said no, and then asked: "Do all your students like to play this Palm King handheld game console?"

One of the boys with pockmarks on his face said, "Yes, this handheld device is very popular in many schools now. The small shop in our No. 3 Middle School is sold out."

Zhao Xiaoli smiled, but in her heart she was thinking that today's students are so naive: "All Tetris games are the same, so why is the King of Tetris more fun than other brands of handheld game consoles?"

The pockmarked boy said, "You don't understand this, right? The Palm King is cheap, only 50. Look at how much the cheapest handheld device in your counter costs. Buying your cheapest one is equivalent to buying two Palm Kings."

Zhao Xiaoli was speechless.

On the fourth day, another student came to buy the Palm King handheld game console.

Zhao Xiaoli said no directly.

The two students left immediately. When they reached the door, one of them muttered, "What a crappy store. It doesn't even have a popular product like King of Palms."

Zhao Xiaoli was very angry.

Later, when she met a student who came to the store to buy a handheld game console, she would reflexively ask directly: "Are you here to buy a Palm King handheld game console? If so, we don't have it in our store. You should go to another store to ask."

But there was still a steady stream of students coming to the store to buy Palm King handheld game consoles every day. One day near the end of the year, she couldn't stand it anymore, and during lunch, she talked about this with her boss Yu Lin.

She said, "Boss, do you know the King in the Palm?"

Yu Lin is a man in his thirties. He has a big business, but he has no temper and is always smiling. He said, "I don't know, what is the king of palms?"

Zhao Xiaoli immediately started talking with great interest: "It's a handheld game console, the brand is called Palm King. This handheld game console is similar to the ones sold in our store, but the price is much cheaper, only 50 yuan per unit. It has been very popular among students recently. Unfortunately, we don't have it in stock. Many students come to our store to buy this handheld game console."

Yu Lin threw a peanut into his mouth and said with a smile, "50 yuan for a handheld game console. Is it so cheap?"

Seeing that the boss didn't quite believe it, Zhao Xiaoli said, "This is true. I asked a lot of students."

"Boss, do you have the King of Palms for sale?"

Just as Zhao Xiaoli finished speaking, three boys who came to buy a handheld game player suddenly came to the door. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and was about to get up, but Yu Lin waved his hand and asked her to continue eating.

Standing up and walking to the counter, Yu Lin ordered a Furongwang, looked at the three boys, and finally his eyes fell on the hand of a short boy, who was holding a handheld device. He smiled and said, "You want to buy the Palm King? I don't have it."

"Forget it if there is none. Let's go to other stores to have a look."

The short boy and the other two turned to leave, but Yu Lin stopped him and asked, "Is that the Palm King handheld device in your hand? Where did you buy it?"

The short boy said, "I bought this at the store in front of the No. 1 Middle School, but they are out of stock. My classmate still wants to buy one, so we came to the Electronic City to have a look."

Yu Lin took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and slapped it on the counter, saying with a smile: "How about selling me your handheld device for a hundred yuan?"

The short boy hesitated for a moment, and the classmate next to him immediately pushed him and whispered: "Why are you standing there like an idiot? It's only 100 yuan, enough for you to buy two Palm Kings."

The short boy handed the handheld device to Yu Lin: "Then I'll sell it to you."

Yu Lin took the Palm King handheld phone, watched the three boys turn and leave, smiled, then picked up the Palm King and looked at it silently.

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(End of this chapter)