Hong Kong Island Old Events

The earliest electrical appliances street in Kowloon is located in Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po. The first electrical appliances store was opened by an overseas Chinese. Later it became famous for selling TVs and stereos. Now there is a row of electrical appliances stores that specialize in repairing and selling radios and phonographs.

These days, the pavement of Apliu Street is covered with loess, and the street facades are very low. Each electrical appliance store does not have the latest trends in the electronics industry. The signboards and cargo boxes are stacked at the door, and the boss is hidden in the cramped warehouse, so no one comes to visit. They are all welding transistors, like the ancient Huaqiangbei.

Ni Kun pulled the big boss to the door of a small shop, wiped his forehead with a sweat towel, and said: "Boss, the place is here."

"This store has a good reputation among its peers. It offers high-quality and low-price products. It has never done anything to rip off customers."

He Dingxian stepped out of the car and looked up at the sign: "Xiaoqing Electrical Appliances Store."

He nodded and entered the shop. Seeing that the boss was still busy, he started to visit alone.

Radios and record players are stacked on the wall cabinets, with prices marked on each machine. There is even an area dedicated to selling second-hand goods, and a large number of accessories are scattered in one corner.

There are also two TV sets placed in the highest place as a facade, which has greater display significance than sales significance. Because TVs are only popular abroad these days, and all are paid channels. The average Chinese cannot afford them. Only the ghost bosses will have TVs in their homes. The world's first Chinese-language TV station will also be approved for a license in six years.

At this time, the boss "Wu Xiaoqing" put down what he was doing. He was wearing an undershirt and sleeves on his hands. He came over and introduced: "Boss, we have Japanese, American and British goods. If you just want to hear some news, If so, I suggest you just buy a second-hand Sony."

"If you are giving gifts to people, British people will buy British products, and Americans will buy American products. These days, ghosts like to support their own products."

He Dingxian looked at the capable middle-aged boss with interest and asked: "I want to buy one with clear sound and a reasonable price for listening to the radio at home."

Wu Xiaoqing was in his thirties and could hold up a stall in an electrical appliance store. He had hard skills at hand. He immediately pointed to a machine with the palm of his hand: "Nissan's Sony is 70% new second-hand goods. If you replace the antenna and speaker, it can last ten years." , but the antenna is easy to break and needs to be replaced every two or three years.”

He Dingxian said with satisfaction: "The antenna is cheap and the machine looks new. How much is the price?"

Wu Xiaoqing raised three fingers: "Two hundred and fifty yuan!"

He Dingxian felt a little sick: "It's almost time to catch up with one month's salary. It's really not something that ordinary people can have in their homes. Fortunately, next month I will be able to earn over 100,000 yuan a month. It's not too much to reward myself."

He asked cheerfully: "Can it be cheaper?"

Wu Xiaoqing replied with a smile: "Everyone asks this question, is it true that everyone likes the process of bargaining and always feels that if you hit the price, you will make a profit? Sorry, my firm is offering the real price and we refuse to offer counter-offers."

He Dingxian found it very interesting: "Since it is the real price, I won't bargain, but don't let me know that it is more expensive than what is sold outside, otherwise you will have people destroy your store. Also, are there any smuggled goods to sell to me? Parallel imports. It’s definitely cheaper!”

He still instinctively felt that the electrical appliance store liked to quote random prices. In the previous life, there were too many people who took advantage of information gaps to make money, which made the electrical appliance store notorious.

Wu Xiaoqing, with a simple face, pointed around the store with his finger and said exaggeratedly: "Boss, everything you can see in the store is a parallel import. If it weren't for the parallel imports, it would cost at least another hundred yuan. I really don't think there is such a thing." Good money? Every single one of them is imported, and they are all here to make money from you Chinese people. I can’t even sell domestic products, so what can I do?”

He Dingxian also felt embarrassed when he heard this. He took out a small stack of Hong Kong dollars from his pocket, put it on the merchant's desk and said: "Two hundred and fifty yuan, click a little, I'm going to call someone to carry the goods."

Wu Xiaoqing was not in a hurry to count the money on the table, and quickly lifted it out first. Seeing this, He Dingxian waved to Ni Kun outside, and Ni Kun came in to carry the goods into the car. Wu Xiaoqing finished everything before returning to the shop to count the money. , locked the money, and said with a smile: "Thank you boss, thank you for showing me."

He Dingxian felt that the boss had some insight in his conversation and was very considerate in his business dealings. He seemed to be a descendant of a certain merchant family. He must have been educated when he was a child. Now that his family was in trouble, he found a leading role in a business and maintained a shop to make a living.

There are countless people like this on Hong Kong Island, but the owner of this electrical appliance store has good business principles and has found a business that will become more and more profitable in the future. The most unusual thing is that he actually wants to start a domestic electronics industry in his words. It means that the three points combined have destined him to be extraordinary in the future.

"Do you have a phone number and a business card? If the machine works well, I will introduce my friends to your store to buy." He Dingxian wanted to try to make friends.

Wu Xiaoqing shook his head with a depressed look on his face: "I didn't pull the phone line. The monthly rent is not cost-effective. I introduced my friend and directly reported Ah Qing's name on Yaliu Street and asked for my phone number to call the grocery store on the street."

He Dingxian nodded understandingly: "No problem."

Hong Kong Island was actually the first Chinese city to develop the electronics industry. It was only about ten years later than Japan and earlier than Taiwan. It was expected to catch up with Japan and make the electronics industry an economic engine, which boomed in the 1970s and 1980s. It’s brilliant, but it’s a pity that the port city’s characteristics of “making things worse than selling them” have killed Hong Kong Island’s industrial capabilities from a capital perspective.

However, Hong Kong Island has also accumulated mature electronic technology through decades of maintenance, sales, and manufacturing. The technology accumulation in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen City, first came from Hong Kong residents. Brothers who are connected by blood are also integrated with each other in technology and economy. .

He Dingxian felt that it was quite pleasant to take a leisurely stroll around the electronics street. Even without the dazzling array of electronic products from later generations, he could still smell a hint of modernity in the savage world, just like people in the city plunging into the virgin forest. Feel the joy of breathing natural oxygen.

He Dingxian sat on a rickshaw with a radio in his hand. After arriving at Shanghai Street, he first asked Ni Kun to take the electrical appliances home alone, and then came to the office of the movie store company alone. Wu Shihao, Wu Shijie, and Jiang Yanhong were wearing white shirts. , sitting at a square table making tea, when he saw the big boss coming, he stood up and shouted: "Boss He, Boss He!"

"You guys sit down." He Dingxian waved his hand to several subordinates, not caring that a few of them were slacking off, or that their work content had changed and became essentially middle-level management. In addition to patrolling the movie store at designated locations, the rest At work, you only need to deal with the boss's troubles. Drinking tea in your free time is a good habit. It is better than getting drunk or smoking and delaying things.