Chapter 260: Extremely Hot. Buying a Cell Phone
Gu Ye didn't feel anything, because the people he wanted to contact were all around him. No, there was also a junior high school classmate, Xing Yi, who might be able to be contacted.
Chu An was standing in front of the counter, looking at the mobile phones carefully through the glass. They all looked almost the same, with a bulky big brother shape and a retractable antenna.
The salesperson inside walked towards the three of them, with no expression on his face and a stiff tone, "These are all high-end machines, you should go over there."
Chu An raised his head and saw a woman with bright red lips.
She was a little excited just now and didn't pay attention to her surroundings for a moment. She just ran towards the mobile phone counter closest to them.
Now look around, there are three places selling mobile phones here, all of which are independent counters, very close to each other, with words marking high-end mobile phone sales point, mid-range mobile phone sales point and low-end mobile phone sales point respectively.
They were at the high-end machine sales point, and there was no customer. The mid-range machine sales point had only one customer, who had just left. The low-end machine sales point was surrounded by more than a dozen people, and the two salesmen were very busy.
"How much is the high-end phone?" Chu An asked.
The salesperson pointed impatiently at the price list next to him, and several people hurried over.
High-end machine: 50 points.
There is also a simple points exchange table next to it. 50 points can be exchanged for 50 kilograms of medium-quality rice or flour, 80 kilograms of corn, or 10 kilograms of salt or sugar. If it is clothes or fuel, more is needed.
It does seem a bit expensive, and there is no need to spend money just to save face in this world, but the premise is that the main functions of the mobile phones are similar.
"Excuse me, what is the difference between high-end, mid-range and low-end phones?" Gu Ye asked for her.
The salesperson looked the three of them up and down. Chu An and Gu Ye were wearing popular black long down jackets and snow boots, without hats or scarves. Zhuona wasn't dressed sloppily either, except for a patch on the bottom of her down jacket.
The faces of the three people were very clean. Gu Ye had a neat crew cut. Chu An's hair had not been cut recently and had reached his shoulders, but was neatly tucked behind his ears. Zhuona had always had short hair, which looked clean and refreshing. After all, she was not short of water now.
A few people who didn't look like homeless people still received a sarcastic remark, "So what if you know, can you buy it?"
"Whether we buy or not is our business. As a salesperson, isn't it your duty to introduce the product?" Gu Ye's face darkened. "Even if you don't want to introduce it, at least give us an instruction manual so we can read it ourselves."
"There are so many people here every day, I don't have time to introduce them to you one by one. As for the instructions, can you understand them? These are satellite phones."
Chu An frowned. It had been a long time since he met such a "stupid" woman. She was so arrogant and domineering in the end times. Did she think her life was too long?
Zhuona was angry, "I can understand if there are many people, but now there is no one buying a phone, and you still have this attitude?"
The salesperson snorted coldly, "What's wrong with my attitude? If you have money, buy it. If you don't have money, then..."
She had already made the shape of "get lost" with her mouth, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. "Hey, I don't need to tell you guys, hurry up and line up over there, or you won't be able to buy it later."
Zhuona's chest heaved. "How can you talk like that? Do you know how to respect others? Besides, when you sell mobile phones, don't you have to be responsible for teaching until you learn it?"
She didn't buy a mobile phone because it was too expensive. Even a low-end phone requires 20 kilograms of rice. If she doesn't go out to scavenge, and only relies on government subsidies, she will need to save for two months without eating or drinking.
"Haha...you have to be worthy of my respect. Do you have any points? Show them to me."
"you…"
Zhuona tried to argue further but was stopped by Chu An.
"If you want to buy it, go over there and exchange your food for points. Otherwise, don't waste my breath."
Chu An pulled the people on both sides and smiled back, "Okay, you're right, let's go over there and ask."
Zhuona had no plans to buy one before, nor had she paid attention to high-end machine counters. She had only heard people talking about the prices of low-end machines. When she suddenly realized how disgusting it was, she became even more disappointed with the base.
"Xiao An, there's no need to be afraid of her. I don't trust the base..."
"It's not a big deal." Chu An interrupted her, "Let's go over there and take a look first."
Chu An remembered hearing a saying before: if you meet a fool, don't refute her, pamper her and praise her, let her become a big idiot, and someone will deal with her immediately.
This is the base, we can't act casually, so we have to adopt the strategy of praising and killing.
She brought the two dejected guys to the mid-range machine sales counter. The salesperson inside also saw what had just happened. He thought they would go directly to the low-end area, but unexpectedly they came to his place.
Since she is a guest, she has no strong background or connections, so she still has to work hard.
"Hello, I only have mid-range phones here. I can show you which one you need."
The mobile phones here are smaller than before. The three of us looked at the price first. It was 30 points for one, which was cheaper than the price of a low-end mobile phone.
Gu Ye asked the same question, and the salesperson patiently explained, "It's like this. Mobile phones with different configurations have different coverage areas. The high-end phones over there are developed by the satellite base and connected to high-orbit satellites. They can cover two-thirds of the world's area, have low signal delay, are less affected by the environment, and are safer.
Mine is of medium quality, connected to a medium-orbit satellite, which can cover the entire country of China, while the one over there is connected to a low-orbit satellite, which can cover half of China."
Chu An suddenly understood. No wonder high-end phones are the largest in size. Accessing high-orbit satellites requires increasing the size of the antenna. However, although high-orbit satellites are far away and large in size, the signal strength when landing will not be much different.
If she wanted to find Lao Chu, she had to at least have nationwide coverage, so there was no need to look at low-end phones.
"Thank you, but we have to redeem the points first." Chu An said politely, "I'll come back and buy it later."
Her supplies were all in the space and she couldn't take them out to exchange them on the spot, so she had to find an excuse to go out for a walk.
The three of them left the business hall temporarily. As soon as they left, the high-end machine salesperson laughed at them, "Xiaoyou, I told you they couldn't afford it, but you still tried so hard to explain it to them. Aren't you tired?"
Xiaoyou ignored her and sat back in her original position. No one in the entire business hall didn't hate her. She bullied her colleagues, insulted customers, and loved to be lazy. She just relied on her shameful relationship with Manager Zhao. What was so impressive about it? It wasn't her own ability.
"How about we make a bet?" The high-end machine salesman twisted his hair with his fingers and said with interest, "If I lose, I will take your shift three times, and if you lose, you can take mine once."
Xiaoyou was a little excited. Normally there are two people working at her counter, but the base’s entry review is very strict now, and it will take a month for new people to come in. The business hall opened 10 days ago, and she has been here ever since.
"What do you want to bet on?" Xiaoyou asked.
"Just bet on whether they will come back to buy a phone."
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