Chapter 2 Making Money(1/2)
After a brief moment of panic, Su An looked at the caller ID on his phone and felt goosebumps all over his body.
"Hello, hello, hello!" Su An looked at the unfamiliar landline number and answered the call. He did not hang up directly as he would handle harassing calls in 2022.
"Su An? The post office has your package. Bring your ID card and come pick it up tomorrow." There was a local accent on the other end of the phone.
"Ah? Package? Post office?
Ahem...that...sorry.
I would like to ask, is there anything written on the package?" When Su An asked this question, he already had a target in his mind, but he didn't dare to think too much before confirming it.
"It says, ASUS...graphics card...rtx...three thousand and seventy..." The other party was not used to pronouncing 3070, so he just said it was three thousand and seventy!
However, even if the other party mispronounced it, Su An understood it instantly.
Not only did I understand it, I even got goosebumps all over my body.
"Auntie, it's so late and you haven't gotten off work yet?
Well...can I pick up the parcel now? I can get to the post office in 10 minutes at most." Su An has never been so active about picking up express delivery.
For people in 2022, let alone picking up the express delivery by themselves, even if the delivery boy does not deliver it to their door, many people will look unhappy.
But today is different, so different.
“There were many landslides on the winding mountain road, and the road was blocked for almost five days.
The road was finally cleared today, but there was a backlog of parcels.
We may have to work overtime until 11 o'clock. If you want to pick it up, then come!
In the backyard of the post office, remember to bring your ID card." After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.
Hearing that the package could be picked up, Su An found the ID card of this era.
I told my mother that I wanted to go out for a while, so I rode my bike and rushed towards the post office.
Along the way, Su An wanted to step on the bicycle chain.
After 9 minutes of lightning speed, Su An rushed into the backyard of the post office, flicked her tail handsomely, and then stopped steadily.
Just when I parked my car and put one foot on the ground to support the car, I suddenly felt soft under my feet.
"Fuck you..." turned out to be bullshit.
Helpless, under the eyes of many people picking up packages like Su An.
Like a fool, Su An spent a long time rubbing the soles of her shoes in the yard before entering the house and seeing her package.
After showing her ID card, Su An quickly confirmed that it was the 3070 graphics card she bought for her own use on Xianyu, and quickly left the post office.
At first, when Xianyu placed the order for this graphics card, Su An was very worried that it was a mining card.
But nowadays, even if the graphics card has eight-pack abs, that is not the most important thing.
Just when the post office staff finished processing the package.
Just when Su An had just walked out of the room and was about to ride away away from that shit, Su An's phone received a message from a Xianyu seller.
"Test as soon as possible, please confirm receipt within 24 hours."
Su An felt his whole body tremble when he saw this news.
This...this mobile phone...could this mobile phone be able to connect to the future?
Su An quickly opened WeChat and tried to talk to 2022's parents and his wife.
However, what is surprising is that after the message is sent, it shows that there is no signal.
Obviously Xianyu can chat normally and even refresh items.
Mobile phone status traffic is always on, why is there no network?
Su An didn't give up and sent more than a dozen messages in a row, even turning her phone on and off twice.
Finally, I also tested all the apps on my phone.
However, after some testing, Su An discovered something very strange.
There are more than thirty apps on the entire phone!
Except for Xianyu, only Alipay and Taobao can refresh normally.
All other apps are offline.
"Is it possible that this time travel was sponsored by Ali?
Can you only use their home app?" Su An's knowledge level is really limited, and this kind of time travel is not something that he, a technical secondary school student, can explain.
WeChat didn't work, so Su An immediately called 2022's wife and parents, but there was only a blind tone on the phone.
I tried dozens of phone numbers of relatives and friends, but no one could get through.
"Obviously we were able to get through just now..." After Su An hesitated for a moment, he rode out of the yard and came to the public phone booth across the road.
After taking a closer look at the number on the phone booth, Su An dialed the number on the phone booth.
"Ring ring ring..." The call was dialed smoothly.
Even to make sure it was not a coincidence, Su An even picked up a public phone to confirm.
See what this means, mobile phones can make calls in this time and space.
"How about trying to buy something online?" Su An hung up the phone in confusion, hesitated for a moment and then reopened Xianyu.
If this product can really be purchased, even if it is a second-hand product from Xianyu, it will be an expensive product in this era.
If I remember correctly, the computer CPUs of this era were dominated by Pentium 4.
Although the memory is from more than 20 years ago, I still clearly remember that the Pentium 4 high-frequency CPU at that time was easily over a thousand dollars.
At this time, Su An couldn't help but smile after seeing the price on Xianyu.
A Pentium 4 high-frequency CPU only costs 32 yuan, and the seller guarantees that it is not broken.
If you flip this, you can earn at least more than 1,000 yuan.
However, compared to CPUs, monitors seem to be even more profitable products.
Although this era is still dominated by big-ass CRT monitors, in 2002 LCD monitors were already a potential choice for many consumers.
If I remember correctly, the lowest price for a 15-inch 4:3 LCD monitor in 2002 was 2,999.
This is a 19-inch 16:9 LCD monitor.
Even if it is a second-hand product, selling it for 3,000 yuan is not excessive!
At this time, the number of Pentium 4 processors on Xianyu is very limited. After all, it is an antique from 20 years ago. In addition, as electronic products, they are updated quickly and become obsolete quickly, so the number that can be purchased is limited.
Even if you can resell it across time and space, it's just to make pocket money.
But if you resell LCD monitors, the inventory of this thing on Xianyu ranges from 1 million to 800,000.
If you go to Taobao, you can even find some small and unknown manufacturers to directly customize them in large quantities!
Su An didn't hesitate and was about to place the order.
Just when I placed the order, I suddenly woke up.
Assuming that it was really possible to buy it, I would not dare to keep it at home, and would probably have Zhang Lu take it to an Internet cafe.
After all, there is no way to explain to my mother why something like a TV suddenly appeared in the house.
How about buying a laptop?
Not only can this thing be brought to school, it can also be used as a productivity tool.
After the items arrive in the mail, ask Zhang Lu to forward them to the school for you.
Soon, Su An started rummaging around on Xianyu.
But Su An knows how to buy a laptop in 2022.
The antique machine from 20 years ago made Su An feel a little confused for a while.
However, just when Su An didn't know how to choose, she discovered that there was an IBM ThinkPad laptop purchased in 2002, which actually had 2GB of memory.
At this time, it is also an old antique from 2002, and it is generally very rare to have 512MB.
After some communication with the seller, it was confirmed that apart from the battery failure, there were no other problems.
After glancing at the price, Su An placed the order and paid.
“The 580 yuan was successfully paid!”
Whether Su An could complete a transaction across time and space, even with the 3070 graphics card in his hand, he still didn't dare to confirm 100%.
However, who would have thought that the order had just been placed and the payment completed.
Just when Su An was about to ride to the Internet cafe, her cell phone rang again, and it was still the same number as before.
"Su An, right? You still have a package..."
This is really crazy. Could it be that the items I just ordered arrived at the post office in an instant?
To be continued...