Chapter 5 Rental Housing and Business Opportunities
In 1995, the average monthly salary of China was less than 500 yuan. 2,000 yuan was almost the income of ordinary working-class people for four months. It was a small fortune. With this money, I don’t have to worry about basic survival problems such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Du Qiu took a walk around the street, bought a few cheap sets of clothes to change clothes, and then took a taxi back to Yuncheng University with seven or eight bags. He was a very nostalgic person. Before traveling through time, he studied at Yun University for 3 years, and studied at Yun University for 4 years, and then graduated from 3 years. He stayed for about 10 years in total. He was familiar with the surrounding environment and felt psychologically intimate.
It is said to be familiar, but it is not familiar, because in 2016, the neighborhood of Yuncheng University was developed into a prosperous business district by major real estate companies, with high-rise buildings and bustling traffic, full of modern urban atmosphere. In 1995, this place was still a marginal area far away from the city center, with sparse buildings and bumpy roads, and even farmland and vegetable gardens nearby, as if a town at the junction of urban and rural areas. It can be said that except for the place name not changed much, everything else has changed.
In the planned economy era, in order to utilize Yunda's scientific research capabilities, the school built many small factories, such as daily chemical factories, building materials factories, machinery factories, etc. In order to resettle employees, several residential communities were built near the campus, most of which were three or four-story small buildings. In 1995, these factories went bankrupt and went bankrupt. The employees sought another way out. Some went south to work, some changed to walk, and sublet the vacant houses to the students of the school. The rent was very cheap, the small one was dozens of yuan and the large one was one or two hundred yuan. In 2016, the same location and the same area, the rent would be at least twenty or thirty times...
After Du Qiu looked at a few houses, he rented a house with a kitchen in the employee dormitory building of the hardware factory. The area was similar to the ones that the Su brothers and sisters lived in, but there was no balcony and iron bars were installed on the windows, which was relatively safe. He spent an afternoon cleaning the room, purchasing supplies, and beautifying the environment. It was not until around 6 pm that he finally had a place to settle down.
"OK! The survival problem has been solved, and the next thing is the identity problem."
However, it is very simple to say that the identity problem is simple, but it is difficult to say that it is very difficult, which is very troublesome and troublesome.
It is simple because in 1995, information technology was not developed enough, there was no second-generation ID card, and there was no online query system. The household registration management was very chaotic. Just find a remote rural area, spend money to buy a household registration, and apply for an ID card, and you can easily whitewash it, and go from a space-time black household with nothing to an innocent law-abiding citizen.
The difficulty is because there is a big loophole in doing this, that is, there are neither interpersonal relationships that normal people have with parents, friends, classmates, nor do they have school records, certificates, files and other life experiences that normal people must have. These loopholes do not matter to ordinary people, and no one pays attention to them anyway, but for Du Qiu, a time travel party with two major artifacts of laptops and smartphones, it is very important, because he is destined to be impossible to live in obscurity. Once he becomes famous and becomes famous all over the world, various media flock to him, and the gap in social and resume will be infinitely amplified. If the response is not properly done and attracts the attention of some people with interest, it will be a big trouble.
It would be fine if he was a liberal arts student, but he could just talk nonsense anyway. But Du Qiu was a science student. Although he was just a graduate student who had not graduated before traveling through time, the IT industry in 2016 was not the same as in 1995. With the help of computers and mobile phones, he could easily become a world-class technical master. This problem arises: Before 1995, except for a few universities and research institutions in China, all other places could not be connected to the international Internet. The low performance and home computers that could not access the Internet could not tinker with high-end programming and network technology. Where did a young man who had never studied or worked in a class come from such a powerful ability?
The origin is unknown and the ability is excellent. How to explain it? Is it an alien or a mutant? Was it controlled the use or was it cut through the research?
Never underestimate the greed of capitalists and the madness of scientists...
Du Qiu had a rough plan to solve the identity problem, but had not yet thought of the specific operation steps, so he did not rush to take action. He cut the ID card and bank card in his wallet into pieces, and threw it into three different trash cans together with the fifth set of RMB burned to ashes. Then he took the laptop apart and divided it into three parts. The host was installed in a cardboard box and stuck to the bed board under the bed with tape. The memory was stored in an iron biscuit box, hidden in the kitchen cabinet, and the solid-state drive was carried in a backpack. The rest, such as batteries, mice, power adapters, etc., were hidden in the wardrobe.
The hard drive and memory in 1995 were incompatible with the motherboard interfaces in 2016. As long as there were one of these three things, the other two could not be used even if they were stolen. The reason why I carried the hard drive with me was because the information stored in it was much more important than the computer itself, so I was worried that I would not keep it with me. After everything was arranged, Du Qiu picked up his backpack, left the room, and prepared to have supper.
As the capital and science and education center of Sanjiang Province, Yuncheng has several universities, each with its own characteristics, such as "Love in Normal University" and "play in Provincial University", etc. Yuncheng University is famous for its food. Not only is the level of canteens better than other schools, but there are also many off-campus restaurants and vendors. Du Qiu took a while to the food street near Ximen and saw a small restaurant called "Yayuan Food Mansion". This restaurant was still there in 2016, but it changed to a larger storefront and better decoration. He walked in with interest and was about to order food, but someone behind him shouted: "Hey! buddy, Du Qiu, here."
No...
There are only two people in the world who know my name, but they actually meet again...
Du Qiu turned his head and saw that it was Su Wenhai. He sat in the corner with a girl in a sweater, with a bottle of drink and two plates of cold dishes in front of him. It seemed that he had just arrived, so he walked over and said hello, "Brother Hai, such a coincidence."
"Although I changed my clothes, it was very different from the morning, but when I saw the backpack, I knew it was you. Your bag looked a bit strange, and the whole Yunda was the only one." Su Wenhai stood up and patted him enthusiastically, then smiled and introduced: "This is my girlfriend, Wang Huihui. Huihui, this is the Du Qiu I just told you. He is a master of electronic circuits. He knows everything. He is amazing!"
Wang Huihui has a round face, big eyes, and a good appearance, but her figure is a little short and fat. Her expression is a bit cold. She just pulled the corner of her mouth and smiled to say hello. Su Wenhai pushed away the chair beside her and asked Du Qiu to sit down. At the same time, she waved to the waiter to come over to bring the menu and invited him, "It's better to meet me by chance than to treat me. Sitting down and having a meal together. I'll treat you."
Du Qiu is not a little virgin who has never been in love. He can tell at a glance that the atmosphere is wrong. The two are having conflicts, so they are not interested in wading into muddy waters as light bulbs. He quickly ruthlessly said: "It's already miserable to eat alone on New Year's Day night. Do you want me to sit here and watch you show your love? Brother Hai, we have no grudges and no grudges. Don't be so cruel, you'd better get together next time."
Seeing that he was very tactful and said funny, Wang Huihui couldn't help laughing. This time she smiled a lot and looked up and asked, "Are you from Yunda Electronics?"
"No, I am a person with a wide range of interests and love to tinker with everything. If you don't bother you, I'll go there to eat."
Seeing that Du Qiu insisted on leaving, Su Wenhai said, "Are you still in your bag if you wrote the things you wrote last night? I'll take them back and copy them. I don't have a good memory, and I'm afraid I'll forget them in a few days."
Du Qiu opened his backpack, took out his notepad, tore off and handed him the dozen sketches he drew last night, and said, "Actually, these library textbooks are available, which are more detailed than what I wrote."
"The textbook is verbose, and it's a headache to see it. It's not as clear as you can." Su Wenhai thanked him, and folded the sketch and stuffed it into the pocket on the inside of his clothes, then said excitedly: "Do you know how many things I repaired this afternoon? Three TVs and two video recorders! More than in the past week. No matter what the problem is, you can find the fault point at a glance..."
Wang Huihui was very upset with Su Wenhai's show of expression, frowned and interrupted him, and asked, "Du Qiu, your notebook is so beautiful, where did you buy it?"
"I almost forgot if Huihui didn't mention it. My little sister told me in the morning that your notepad looks good and I want to buy the same one."
Du Qiu used a handmade travel notepad, sewn with a special washable kraft paper. It has both the elegance of genuine leather and the simplicity of paper. It looks very pleasing to the eye. Like a backpack, this book was given by a friend who was engaged in creative design before traveling through time. He didn't think much about it and said casually: "I made it myself, and there is no place to sell it."
"You made it yourself?" Wang Huihui was a little surprised and reached out and said, "Can you show me?"
The cover and inner core of the notepad are separated and are fixed together with a rope. The paper can be replaced at any time as needed. Du Qiu changed it before traveling through time. There were only a few pages of reading notes written inside, all about mathematics. There was no hidden content, so he handed it over generously. When Wang Huihui took it, she was even more surprised and said, "This material is so strange. It is actually paper. I thought it was genuine leather."
“The leather is too expensive to afford.”
"The design is really unique. The rope can be used as a bookmark, which is very convenient to use... Did you write this word? It's so beautiful, it can be used as a copybook." Wang Huihui went over and over and over and asked, "Where is this kind of paper that makes covers? I also want to make one by myself."
"It seems to be imported goods. I got it from a friend, and that's just a little bit."
Wang Huihui said softly, held the notepad in front of Su Wenhai, and asked reluctantly: "Is there such paper in the school printing factory?"
She only talked to Du Qiu before, and ignored Su Wenhai at all. She was obviously engaged in a cold war. Now she asked questions on her own initiative, which was considered to be a surrender. Su Wenhai was very proud and said with a chuckle: "This is paper for labeling jeans, not for printing, and it is not in the factory. If you are obedient in the future and don't make trouble, I might have a way to get some."
In 1995, there were no mobile phones or tablets. Almost everyone in college used paper and pen every day, and the demand for notepads was huge...
The prototype of this notepad is from the Traveler's Notebook of Midori, Japan. It was popular all over the world after it was launched in 2005, with sales of over one million...
Du Qiu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to make money. So he ignored the bad scenery and rushed to ask: "Brother Hai knows where to sell it?"
"I have worked as a buyer in the school printing factory for nearly 10 years, and there is no paper in the world that I can't buy."
"Can Brother Hai help me get some back?" Du Qiu pointed to the notepad and explained with a smile: "I have nothing to do recently. Since Teacher Su and Sister Huihui think this book is good, it's better to make a few more and sell them to earn some pocket money."
Wang Huihui's eyes lit up and she immediately agreed: "Good idea, if the price is not expensive, I can guarantee that many people will buy it."
Chapter completed!