Liu Zi felt that she could break out of that circle. After all, there were only so many people passing through Songzhuang, and there were many hotels in the surrounding villages. Song Yan's hotel didn't have much of a unique feature.
She knew that several nearby hotels had been aggressively lowering their prices recently, creating a tense situation.
"You must have made a lot of money from your braised meat these past few months! Use it to buy a house in Beijing, open a shop, and I refuse to believe that city dwellers wouldn't like something that even truck drivers are willing to take detours to eat?"
As Liu Zi spoke more and more, Song Yan's eyes brightened with each word. How could she not have thought of that!
She's getting angry over such paltry sums every day. This time, she's going to slap them in the face. They all ostracize her, right? Well, she'll move the braised meat shop and let these opportunistic bastards eat their ass!
"I'll go back and discuss this with your brother-in-law." Song Yan was already getting impatient.
"My brother-in-law knows a lot of people, so it's best to find several places to refer to."
The World Trade Pedestrian Street area that Liu Zi just inquired about may not be developed for several more years. If Song Yan wants to open a shop, she suggests looking at other places.
"good!"
Song Yan nodded. Buying a house is a big deal and should indeed be taken seriously.
Two days later, Song Yan came to see Liu Zi. She had told Shi Jianjun about their previous discussion about buying a house.
After thinking about it for a night, Shi Jianjun thought it was a good idea, and the next day he sent someone to look for a house.
This morning the other party called and said they had a few suitable pieces and asked him to come over and take a look.
Song Yan thought that since Liu Zi had lived in Beijing for so many years, it would be good to ask her for advice. She had found that Liu Zi was quite forward-thinking last time.
Shi Jianjun didn't object. Over the past six months, he had watched Liu Zi grow step by step, handling each matter beautifully. Not only did she kick her cheating ex-husband out, but she also found her daughter in the mountains. She was truly a woman who was just as capable as any man.
The two of them came together, which led to the result that Song Yan brought up today.
Liu Zi thought for a moment. She was planning to buy a computer in Zhongguancun recently, but her thoughts about the future had clouded her judgment.
The computer doesn't necessarily need to be connected to the internet. It can be used as a storage device, and then connected to a printer, and that's it.
She has already written quite a few manuscripts, making them extremely inconvenient to search for.
She'll keep writing, and the manuscript will only grow larger and more complicated in the future, so she might as well write it down on the computer now.
The mainstream computer storage media nowadays are floppy disks and optical discs. I don't know if USB flash drives and portable hard drives have been invented yet.
Fortunately, she was only storing some text, which took up relatively little space, so a CD could handle it. However, that kind of thing was too troublesome to store, and she still hoped that something like a USB flash drive would appear as soon as possible.
Knowing that they would be walking a long way today, Liu Zi didn't bring her children. Her two daughters were a little unhappy, but when Da Shan and Xiao Shan called out from outside the door, they happily took Hui Zi's hand and went out.
Liu Zi and Aunt Zhang exchanged a glance and couldn't help but chuckle.
Shi Jianjun drove his minivan, taking Song Yan and Liu Zi all the way to Beijing.
The two women chattered excitedly about the type of house they wanted to buy. Liu Zi preferred a house with a yard, while Song Yan thought an apartment building was cleaner. They each expressed their opinions, and the discussion was quite lively.
When they arrived at the destination, they waited for a while, but the person they had arranged to meet did not show up.
Song Yan was getting anxious. It was almost halfway through the morning, and she wondered if she could finish looking at all the houses!
Shi Jianjun took out his phone and dialed the number again, but there was still no answer.
"Brother Jun, who is this guy? Is he reliable?"
Buying a house is a big deal, and with the other party being so unreliable, Song Yan simply doesn't trust him anymore.
Shi Jianjun didn't say anything, silently hung up the phone, and then said to Liu Zi in a slightly apologetic voice, "I'm sorry, Liu Zi, I've taken up your time. I guess the other party won't be able to come."
"It's alright, I don't have anything important to do today!" Liu Zi quickly reassured him, hoping that the couple wouldn't be upset because of this.
"Hey girl, wasn't that guy we met last time also a real estate agent? Did you get his number? Do you know if he has time? Since we're already here, why not go check him out?" Song Yan said, unwilling to give up.
Shi Jianjun also thought his wife's idea was reasonable. She had driven all this way, so even if she didn't buy anything, it would be good to see her!
Upon hearing this, Liu Zi took out her phone and dialed the number.
The young man was very enthusiastic, but he was currently showing a house to a family and wouldn't have time for another two hours.
When Liu Zi explained the situation to Song Yan and his wife, Song Yan looked a little distressed. They had already eaten before leaving home and weren't hungry yet, so they couldn't very well go out for another meal!
I was just wondering where to kill some time.
Liu Zi suddenly said, "Sister Yan, brother-in-law, why don't you come with me to buy a computer!"
"computer?"
Song Yan felt that the name was extremely unfamiliar. What was it?
Shi Jianjun was slightly surprised. What did Liu Zi want to do with that?
"It's an office appliance that I use for writing. After connecting to the internet, I can browse the web and send emails to Hong Kong."
Song Yan heard all the words clearly, but didn't understand them when put together. She only knew that her sister wanted to buy an appliance.
"I've inquired, and there's a shopping mall in Zhongyun Village that specializes in selling them. My brother-in-law drove here today too. If there's a suitable one, I'd like to ask you to help me bring it back," Liu Zi said apologetically. She originally planned to go by herself after looking at the house.
"Okay, let's go take a look together!"
Song Yan didn't want to stay there waiting like an idiot any longer; the old lady selling tea eggs by the roadside had been staring at her for ages.
Zhongyun Village is the most concentrated area of scientific, educational, intellectual, and human resources in the country, and is known as "China's Silicon Valley".
The computer brands here are the most comprehensive, and the system update speed should also be the fastest.
It was already the end of 1998, and Microsoft's Windows 98 system should have been released by then, which was why Liu Zi was preparing to buy a computer.
After all, before Microsoft launched Windows, the market was flooded with all sorts of system software.
Liu Zi was afraid that she wouldn't be able to use the expensive computer she bought, and she was also worried that her hard-earned works wouldn't be able to be read smoothly in the future, so she kept putting it off until now.
Just now, she suddenly remembered someone she knew in her past life, Xu Jianteng, the younger brother of her business partner.
Those telecom tycoons from my past life should be opening shops in Zhongguancun by now!
I heard that he sold all kinds of electronic products in his early days, but later, seeing the potential of the communications industry, he went into business and started a factory to conduct research.
She remembered hearing someone mention his shop's name, but she couldn't quite recall it.
Shi Jianjun followed the two into the mall, glanced around, and then pulled them to a corner.
"What's wrong?" Song Yan asked nervously.
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