diymy Chapter 16 Tackling Machines
Chapter 16 Tackling Machines
Huang Yiliang was struggling to type code in his small room when he suddenly received a call from an unknown number.
"Who is it?" Huang Yiliang asked in an unfriendly tone.
The worst thing about coding is being interrupted, especially for Huang Yiliang. When he's coding, he's putting a lot of mental energy into it, and if he's interrupted once, it takes him a long time to catch up.
"Brother Liang, it's me, Li Er," the voice on the other end of the phone said ingratiatingly.
"Li Er?"
"That fat guy from Peking University?" Huang Yiliang's expression turned even uglier.
"Fatty? No way, I'm perfectly muscular!"
Li Er on the other end of the phone glanced down at his big belly, and even pinched it. It was clearly a very sexy energy storage tank. People nowadays are too superficial.
"Get to the point, or I'm fucking hanging up."
With his work interrupted, Huang Yiliang simply lit a cigarette to relax.
"Something's up!" Li Er hurriedly said, "Brother Liang, do you still have any stock?"
"If I want another hundred items, how much of a discount can I get?"
Huang Yiliang was taken aback: "Have you sold all ninety MP3 players?"
Li Erpang's average purchase price for those ninety MP3 players was 265 yuan. He still wanted to make a profit, so he might sell them for 299 yuan each. He sold them all in just two days. You can't do that without some ability.
"Hehe, that's a trade secret! I can't tell you!" Li Er chuckled.
"240 yuan!" Huang Yiliang said after thinking for a moment.
"Brother Liang, that's not fair of you. I asked the general agent in Tongzhou, and they quoted me 220 yuan per unit," Li Er said immediately.
"Then you should just get the goods from them directly, why are you contacting me!" Huang Yiliang said, about to hang up the phone.
"That's because I only recognize Brother Liang!" Li Er said, feigning generosity.
"I'll give you one more chance. Say it again."
"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from you, Brother Liang. They're offering me 238 yuan per piece, but I need to order 1000 pieces at once."
Li Er had called the manufacturer's number listed in the MP3 manual, but the operator was only in charge of after-sales service and was just an employee. He was told to contact their local distributor if he wanted to get the product.
"How much money do you want?"
Huang Yiliang deliberately let Li Er hear his gritted teeth: "Don't worry, I won't hang up on you, and I certainly won't go through the phone line to beat you up."
"Uh—!" Li Er hesitated.
"Brother Liang, is it possible to get 300 pieces at once for 200 yuan each?" Li Er whispered.
"Sure, but I'd like to know your sales channels." Huang Yiliang spoke in a very soft voice.
His request was even more shameless than Li Er's.
"Brother Liang, this isn't the right thing to do!" Li Er's voice was very displeased.
Unfortunately, his acting skills need improvement, and Huang Yiliang vaguely sensed that this guy was digging a hole for himself.
"Oh! The rule is, right? The rule is 240 yuan per piece."
Li Er fell silent.
Oh! You want to play mind games with me?
Huang Yiliang hung up the phone immediately and turned it off, telling him to go play by himself.
The day after Huang Yiliang turned on his phone, he received more than a dozen text messages from Li Erpang.
This guy didn't even look at it, he just deleted it.
Teachers' dormitory building.
Huang Yiliang knocked on Xu Ce's door for the second time.
"Is Ms. Xu home?"
Xu Ce opened the door with a sour expression.
When he saw the large bag of fruit Huang Yiliang was carrying, his face darkened even more. This guy didn't like eating fruit and would probably only eat it twice a year.
"Come in!"
Xu Ce turned and left. He wouldn't bring slippers or anything like that to a student, and besides, this kid wasn't even his student.
"What is it?" Xu Ce asked with a stern face.
He saw Li Er skillfully placing the fruit on the coffee table and couldn't help but add a warning: "Also, you're not allowed to buy anything in the future."
"This isn't for you, it's for Teacher Su." Huang Yiliang inadvertently revealed his true feelings.
Thankfully, he didn't say anything like "I like your wife," or Xu Ce would have killed him in a heartbeat.
Xu Ce's expression didn't look so bad anymore.
As long as it's not a gift to him, it's fine.
This guy had already heard about Huang Yiliang from his wife. The kid grew up in a single-parent family, and his father didn't really care about him. He was a troublemaker in middle school, and his grades were terrible.
If Su Tao hadn't been so dedicated and responsible, sacrificing her personal time to tutor him and encourage him to improve, would he have been able to get into university?
It's tough enough to even get into high school.
Therefore, Xu Ce could accept Huang Yiliang bringing some fruit and snacks to Su Tao, since Su Tao had said that she had often brought breakfast for this student before.
"Let's get down to business."
"I set up a simple website and wanted to run some tests in the school's computer lab," Huang Yiliang said shamelessly.
Xu Ce's face darkened. He used to be a pretty boy, but since meeting Huang Yiliang, he's been turning into a righteous official.
"What website? Let me take a look." Xu Ce originally wanted to refuse directly, but he couldn't help asking.
This kid is a freshman majoring in directing; he doesn't know anything about computers.
Huang Yiliang took out two USB drives and handed one of them to Xu Ce.
At this time, the quality of USB drives is not very stable. If you don't make multiple backups, you'll regret it if you lose your data.
"Come here!" Xu Ce took the USB drive.
Huang Yiliang followed Xu Ce.
There is a computer in the bedroom.
This was Huang Yiliang's first time entering Teacher Su's bedroom, and he subconsciously sniffed the air.
Xu Ce turned on the computer and skillfully plugged in the USB drive.
"This is the simple website you mentioned. It's clearly a very mature social networking platform!" Xu Ce's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
He is a computer technology teacher, and his technical skills and aesthetic sense are both solid. What he lacks is a flash of inspiration.
"Yes, and for now it's only open to students from our school. Just use our school's local area network." Huang Yiliang nodded quickly.
In his previous life, he was Xu Ce's student for four years. He knew that if he wanted Xu Ce's help, it was best to be straightforward. This guy particularly hated things that involved beating around the bush and wasting his brain.
"This website is really well-made! Who designed this graphic? It's excellent, wow!"
As Xu Ce spoke, he suddenly turned to look at Huang Yiliang.
"Didn't you just tell me that you wrote this website?" Xu Ce's pupils suddenly dilated.
He has already gone to look at the website's underlying code.
"Uh—! Yes." Huang Yiliang knew he couldn't hide this from Xu Ce.
"Who taught you computers?" Xu Ce turned to look at Huang Yiliang.
"I'm self-taught. I started tinkering with computers when I was in my first year of high school."
Huang Yiliang was telling the truth.
When he was in his first year of high school, Huang Haidong brought home a broken computer that their station had discarded, and Huang Yiliang fell in love with tinkering with computers from then on.
"Forget about directing, come work with me on computer science. I'll talk to your advisor and you don't need to worry about anything, I'll handle it all," Xu Ce said firmly.
"Uh—! I've already been taking directing classes for several days, and it wouldn't be right to poach someone else's talent!" Huang Yiliang said with a bitter face.
"You're still young, you don't understand. Good things are obtained by snatching or prying them open," Xu Ce said with certainty.
Huang Yiliang's eyes involuntarily glanced at the wedding photo on the wall.
Is this for real?
撬？
That's so unethical.