Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world.

Now we have start-up capital.

100 yuan is not much, but it can already do a little something.

For example, go buy some floppy disks for your own use.

Today's computers are still mainly based on floppy disks. There will be optical disks and CDs for a while, and then they will gradually shift to the era of flash U disks.

When Zuo Zhen left Han Hongkun's home, he did not go back to school or go to sales. Instead, he went to the largest Guomao Department Store in the city.

The department store at this time was a shopping mall similar to Wanda Plaza in later generations, including products from all walks of life.

But this was still the 80s, everything was in the early stages of development, and even the Guomao Department Store was still a state-owned enterprise.

After getting off the bus, Zuo Zhen went straight to a foreign trade area in the building.

This place is significantly less frequented by people.

It is very different from other commercial areas. It is much quieter here.

Zuo Zhen asked around for a while and finally found a store selling floppy disks.

This is a counter of about two square meters, with rows of floppy disks and other computer-related products placed in transparent glass cabinets.

If he wanted to, Zuo Zhen could build an assembled computer directly here.

Han Hongkun's family spent 2 yuan on the finished computer. If you are good at doing it yourself, you can definitely get it within [-] yuan.

But that has to wait until Contra makes money outside.

"Hello, I want to buy a floppy disk."

Zuo Zhen stood in front of the counter. Inside the counter was a salesman wearing a white hat and apron.

The salesman was chatting with the person at the counter next to him when he suddenly heard Zuo Zhen's voice and turned around.

What floppy disk do you want to buy?

"It needs to be of better quality, because I need to mail it abroad. The capacity should be 360KB."

"How many inches?"

"3.5."

The salesman rummaged through the boxes behind the counter and found a box. It was marked with English letters and it was a foreign brand. But Zuo Zhen didn't recognize it. It should be a certain floppy disk brand in this parallel world. .

"One hundred and twenty foreign exchange notes."

"Um...is there anyone who doesn't use foreign exchange coupons?"

"Well, that's not much. I can't guarantee the quality."

"Let's take it out and take a look first."

The salesman looked Zuo Zhen up and down.

He felt that Zuo Zhen was a little too young.

"I want to ask what you plan to do? This way I can help you find the right one." The salesman asked tentatively.

"It just contains some data information."

"What's the content? There are actually differences in floppy disks. Different floppy disks are suitable for holding different data contents."

Zuo Zhen was stunned.

"Anything like that?"

"Yes, if you want to install any important data, then you need a better floppy disk."

"It's relatively important."

Zuo Zhen planned to mail the soon-to-be-finished Squirrel War to Japan, and then make a call to find Akira Nakamura on the phone to discuss the sales of the second game.

Zuo Zhen will not wait for Contra to make money before taking action. He plans to make a few more games in the next period of time and then release them to the public every two weeks or a month.

"It's more important." The salesman glanced at Zuo Zhen meaningfully.

"Then take a look at this. No foreign exchange coupons are needed. It's two hundred and three. It's an authentic big-brand product made by IBM. It's a double-density floppy disk. It can definitely guarantee the security of the data."

"No, it's too expensive. I only have one hundred now."

The salesman was speechless for a while, and his expression seemed to say, are you kidding me?

"It's 100 yuan." The salesman looked embarrassed, "Then the choices are much smaller."

"You show it to me first."

"Okay, I guess you bought it for your company. Can't you ask your leader for more funds?" the salesman said to Zuo Zhen, as if talking to himself.

Zuo Zhen didn't take the other party's misunderstanding seriously. He just shook his head helplessly and said, "I can't help it. I only have so much money now, so I can only spend a small amount of money to do big things."

"Let me tell you, if your data is lost due to poor quality, I will not be responsible."

Obviously, the salesman had completely regarded Zuo Zhen as an employee of a large company.

He also murmured in his heart why he had to send such a young person to buy such a thing.

But listening to the other party's conversation, he should be an intellectual.

"Here, this should be the only floppy disk that meets your requirements, but let me tell you this is a small brand. I am not responsible for any problems. Don't come to my work to trouble me then."

Zuo Zhen took the packaging box and took a look. The packaging boxes of other floppy disks were all tightly wrapped with cardboard and filled with shock-proof foam.

And this one is just wrapped in the simplest cardboard, and then a thin plastic transparent shell is used to cover the surface of the floppy disk.

Just by looking at the packaging, you can tell that this floppy disk is definitely not as good as others.

But that's not what Zuo Zhen cares about. This kind of packaging is very common in later generations. Other packaging is a bit over-packaged, and hundreds of dollars is a bit of a premium.

What Zuo Zhen cares about is the mark on the package.

It's a rainbow-colored apple mark.

Isn't this Apple?

Is this a small company?

Oh, yes, it is still the 80s. At this time, Apple may have just been born, and it may not be more than ten or 20 years before it truly rises.

Didn’t you know that Apple once produced floppy disks?Zuo Zhen really doesn’t know.

"how much is this?"

"75 a piece. I only have a few here. The main thing is that it seems that the computer can't read it, and then the goods have been kept on hold. I tell you, if you buy this and you can't use it, I won't care about returning it, and don't blame me. ."

Zuo Zhen was also speechless. Why did this guy open his mouth and shut up so he was responsible? Zuo Zhen hadn't said anything yet.

"Okay, that's all."

Zuo Zhen vaguely guessed what the so-called unreadable floppy disk meant.

This is almost Apple's old routine, and it is also what later generations did, that is, to create a platform monopoly.

Regardless of the hardware or software, it is only one company and is not compatible with other companies. What it makes is monopoly money.

But this is not a big problem for Zuo Zhen.

The media of this floppy disk itself is no different from a normal floppy disk.

It should be that Apple has added some internal locking functions to itself, and with current technology, Zuo Zhen feels that unlocking is not difficult.

"Okay, I bought it. Don't worry I won't trouble you. Can it be cheaper?"

"Cheap? Which company do you belong to? Our prices are fixed. Do you think it's the same as the individual stalls on the street outside?"

The salesman looked at Zuo Zhen again with some suspicion.

Logically speaking, there is no need to negotiate the price, it is all the company's money anyway.

"Oh, just forget it if it's not cheap."

Zuo Zhen took out the money and paid it to the other party.

"By the way, do you have any wrapping paper? I think it needs to be protected when sending it abroad."

"Yes, ten dollars."

Is this guy trying to steal money?