Chapter 214
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Feng Yu was about to look through the boxes to see if there were any CDs he likes when he heard Li Na's voice.
"What are you doing? I saw it first. "
"What do you mean you saw it first? I got it, so it is mine." A young man was holding a CD and was showing it off to Li Na.
Feng Yu ran over and pushed that young man's hand away. He pulled Li Na behind him: "What happened?"
"I saw that CD first. He snatched it from me." Li Na said angrily. This person was too unreasonable. She had already gotten the CD, how could he snatch it from her?
Feng Yu stretched out his hand to that young man: "Give it to me. First come, first served."
The young man looked at Feng Yu and said with disdain: "Brat, do you know how much a CD costs? This is imported. Can you understand English? Do you have a CD player? You guys should go and buy a Wei Wei cassette tape. "
At this time, China was still in the stage of listening to cassette tapes. Although CDs had entered China, they were too expensive and not many people could afford them. Not to mention the players, the original CD cost more than a few dozen RMB. It was way more than cassette tapes. Many people could not afford it.
But Feng Yu was not one of those who could not afford it. In Feng Yu's bag, there was a Discman (Sony CD player).
Feng Yu calmly took out the bulky Discman from his bag. In this era, it was not like the smaller Discman in the future. Discman can be hung on the waist or placed in the pocket. This Discman now was inconvenient to carry without a bag!
Feng Yu raised the Discman and said to the young man in the same tone: "Brat, do you know what this is? Discman, an imported product. My friend brought it back from the US. It is also the most expensive model! Do you have a CD player? Take it out and let me see. Can you understand English? Do you know what the lyrics mean? "
The young man was dumbfounded, and so was the owner of the music store. They never expected that this young man, who looked like a student, could take out a CD player from his bag!
The young man stared blankly at the CD. Feng Yu took out a 100 RMB bill from his bag and handed it to the store owner. "Boss, I want that CD!"
The owner swiftly snatched the CD from the young man's hand and stuffed it into Feng Yu's hands. This kid's family is really rich. He actually brought a hundred-yuan note when he went out. Isn't his family afraid of losing it? Are there people who don't even ask for the price when buying things? They just say they want it directly.
The expression on the young man's face changed from arrogance to embarrassment, and his face instantly turned red, looking like he was about to explode!
Feng Yu purposely raised his voice and said: "I will drive you to eat good food in a while. There is a new Sichuan restaurant there. I heard that one meal costs more than 100 RMB. Oh, are you afraid of spicy food?"
The young man still wanted to find someone to beat up Feng Yu. But when he heard that Feng Yu drove here, he immediately dispelled this thought.
In this era, those who can drive must come from a wealthy family. They are either rich or powerful. No matter if they are rich or powerful, they must be more powerful than his father who sells clothes. Feng Yu should just bear with it.
The young man lowered his head and left the music store. Feng Yu turned and gave Li Na a proud look. He wished he could write a few words on his face: "I'm good, right? Hurry up and praise me!"
Li Na smiled and shook her head. Feng Yu had learned bad things from Wen Dongjun. Since when did he like to show off? (Dialect meaning to show off).
If Feng Yu knew what Li Na was thinking, he would be crying in his heart. Although he was showing off on purpose, it was to send a message to the young man that he was not someone to be trifled with. This was different from Wen Dongjun, who showed off for the sake of showing off!
"Bro, are you not going to choose from these cassette tapes and CDs?" The shop owner saw that Feng Yu was rich and decided to continue promoting his products. This kid must be from a rich family and did not know how hard it was to earn money. The shop owner should take this opportunity to extort more money from this kid.
"Never mind. These are all defective products with holes. Your connections are pretty good. These are all smuggled goods?" Feng Yu laughed and asked.
In this era, the imported cassette tapes and CDs were too expensive, and there were also restrictions on the sales. This resulted in the sales of these cassette tapes and CDs being very popular.
One of these CDs was only a few RMB, and one could listen to at least half of the songs. It was very affordable and popular among the music lovers who could not afford the original CDs and cassette tapes.
This kind of hot situation lasted until around 1995. It was not because the government had lifted the restrictions on the importation of audio and video products. It was because of the popularity of pirated audio and video products. A pirated CD or a pirated cassette tape's price was less than 30% of the original. Some were even 1/10 of the original. It was cheaper than the perforated cassette tapes, and one could listen to all the songs. Who would want to buy perforated cassette tapes?
No matter if you want an overseas or domestic audio and video product, as long as it was popular, there would be pirated copies! The sound quality was about the same, but the price was much cheaper. This stimulated the sales of Walkman players.
All the perforated cassette tapes were original products. Because the market estimates were too high, they could not be sold. The publishing company could not lower the price and could only choose to destroy them. They used machines to punch a hole in the cassette tapes or cassette tapes, and some people in China would import them as waste plastic. After sorting them, they would distribute them to these music stores.
These cassette tapes and CDs were sold under the name of smuggling. This was why Feng Yu asked this question.
The owner of the music store laughed dryly and did not explain further. It was a tacit agreement.
"Brother, are you looking down on these perforated cassette tapes? I am also renting out videocassettes here. You can take a look. As long as it is a movie released before Lunar New Year, I have them all. I even have European movies. You should have a VCR at home. Rent a few videocassettes to watch. It is more interesting than watching TV programs. "
The perforated cassette tapes could not be sold, and the shop owner started to promote videocassettes for rental. From the looks of it, he does not want to give Feng Yu the change. He will keep the 100 RMB for himself!
Feng Yu also felt that TV programs were boring now. He might as well rent a few videocassettes to watch. He walked over and saw not only movies, but there were also TV dramas. For example, there were 42 videocassettes for < The Deer and the Cauldron >.
Li Na was still choosing CDs, and Feng Yu was not interested in the videocassettes. When he was about to watch a few Hong Kong classic shoot-em-up movies, the shop owner suddenly pulled him aside and asked mysteriously: "Young man, do you want to go inside and choose? There are better ones!"
Feng Yu blinked and saw the perverted expression on the shop owner's face. He seemed to understand what the shop owner meant by better videocassettes.
But Feng Yu gritted his teeth and rejected in the end. He was already annoyed that he could not have sex with a beauty like Li Na. Watching those videocassettes was the same as turning him into a werewolf!
Although there was a VCR at home, if his sister found out about the videocassettes, his father would surely rush over from the district and use a feather duster to teach Feng Yu a lesson!
Although Feng Yu was thinking about this, he still reached out to open the curtains.
"Feng Yu, are you done?"
Feng Yu quickly retracted his hand and took out two videotapes: "I am done. I will be coming."
When Feng Yu walked out of the music store, he turned back and looked at the address. Hmmm … …. He remembered the address … …
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