Sun Changjie and Su Ya arrived at the repair shop as if they had arranged to meet.
"Why did you come here?" Su Ya asked Sun Changjie.
“I’m just bored. What about you? Do you have something to do here?” Sun Changjie asked.
"I'm on vacation today," Su Ya replied, and the two walked in at the same time.
Xing Baohua was scratching his head, trying to figure out how to make the amplifier's appearance more metallic.
The speaker's casing is painted, but it feels like something's missing. It would be better without the paint; the painted casing looks rather tacky.
"Why are you two here again?" Xing Baohua asked as soon as he saw them come in.
"Come listen to music," they both said at the same time.
“Not today. Didn’t you see I’m painting it?” Xing Baohua said, pointing to the work that had just been done.
At the same time, he called out to Liu Quan, "Brother Quan, can you ride your bicycle and look for a car repair shop nearby?"
"Whatever you need, you don't need to look outside, our factory has it all. We can repair trucks and cars alike," Liu Quan said.
"Do you have a paint booth?" Xing Baohua asked.
"I really don't know. How about I go and ask around now? But you have to tell me what kind of car you need repaired and what's wrong with it," Liu Quan replied.
"It's not about repairing the car; I want to perfect the amplifier. Look at the edges of these four corners. If I paint them and bake them, they'll be shinier and have a more metallic feel," Xing Baohua said.
What is metal?
"You know, the paint on a bicycle, the shiny black one," Xing Baohua explained.
"I understand now. I thought you needed your car repaired. Whose car is it? I'll go ask right away," Liu Quan said with a smile after understanding.
"Make it look nice." Sun Changjie nodded as if he was quite satisfied.
Xing Baohua, who was standing next to him, looked at him and asked, "That's necessary, otherwise the beauty of the design won't be apparent."
"How much are you planning to sell it for?" Sun Changjie asked abruptly, seemingly understanding what Xing Baohua meant.
This was quite sudden. Although Xing Baohua did want to sell, he had only managed to produce a sample so far. He looked at Sun Changjie and slowly said, "2999."
Everyone who heard this was taken aback. Sun Changjie, in particular, paused for a moment, then asked, his lips trembling slightly, "What is 2999?"
"Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan," Xing Baohua had just finished speaking.
Sun Changjie jumped up and shouted, "Have you never seen money before? You're selling this piece of junk for two thousand nine? Why don't you just rob someone?!"
No one expected Xing Baohua to ask for such an exorbitant price; this thing is equivalent to the wages of an ordinary worker who doesn't eat or drink for seven or eight years.
Anyone would be a little anxious upon hearing the price. If you don't want to sell, just say so; quoting an exorbitant price is just an attempt to rip people off.
"I'm transparent about my prices, no one should cheat me. There's no reason for me to rip you off. If you can afford it, buy it; if you can't, just leave. The door's right behind you, just a few steps to the street. I'm not forcing you to buy!"
Xing Baohua shrugged and spread his hands as he spoke. He didn't know where he learned this habit from, and Sun Changjie wanted to punch him for it.
"No, buddy, are you even serious about selling? Give me a fair price, even if it's a hundred or two, I won't haggle, I'm taking it all today," Sun Changjie said.
Xing Baohua pointed at Su Ya and said to Sun Changjie, "I'm only giving you a cost price because of her. Let me tell you where the most valuable part is."
As he said this, he took a screwdriver and first removed the cover plate connecting the outer tubing.
Pointing to the visible chips, he said, "This is the expensive one; it's a digital processor produced by Texas Instruments, commonly known as an embedded chip."
"I went through a lot of trouble to get this, don't ask how much it cost. Another thing is writing code into the chip, which is essentially rewriting the entire chip's contents," Xing Baohua explained.
Sun Changjie said impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense, I don't understand any of this. I don't care what's inside, I just can't accept the price you're offering."
“If you can’t accept it, you can leave! I don’t believe there’s any provincial capital in Shandong that doesn’t sell speakers. You can definitely buy this for a few hundred yuan. There are domestically made amplifiers, and you can even buy this kind of speaker?” Xing Baohua said, pointing to the particularly tacky speaker.
“That’s not what I meant. I just really like your equipment, but your price is unacceptable to me,” Sun Changjie continued.
“My price is fine, the cost is right there. I’m not targeting you, it’s three thousand for everyone,” Xing Baohua said.
"Damn, her face is only worth a dollar." Sun Changjie turned to look at Su Ya and said, "Hey, your face is really worth a lot."
Su Ya blushed and lowered her head without saying a word, but she also glanced at Xing Baohua a few times. At the same time, she was shocked. How could he talk such nonsense?
"To be honest, I'm not familiar with her!"
No sooner had Xing Baohua finished speaking than Xu Shuai's idiot voice rang out: "Who would believe that?"
"You're so nosy. Go get me a few pieces of plexiglass. Cut them to this size." He casually tossed something off the workbench toward Xu Shuai. Then he pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and threw it over as well.
The paper fluttered to the ground, and Xu Shuai walked over, picked it up, and said, "You've sent me away again."
"Is this really the price?" Sun Changjie asked impatiently.
"Really, 2999, not a penny less. This is the actual cost price. I can build it for you if you want a cheaper one, but it's impossible to reach this world-class standard of equipment." Xing Baohua explained, rattling off a string of data and terminology.
This left Su Ya and Sun Changjie completely bewildered.
"The best audio system in the world right now is Philips, and the best playback source is Sony. Mine is a custom-made series, and its technology has surpassed Philips. You might not believe it, but you can compare it if you can get their data."
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
