fantasy novels Chapter 13 - 13 13 Searching for Old Friends_1
Chapter 13 - 13 13 Searching for Old Friends_1
Chapter 13: Chapter 13:
Unfortunately, Wang Ye had browsed through the newspaper multiple times and couldn’t find “Liu Jun’s” ad…
That was expected. From what he remembered, Liu Jun was just a part-timer who sold phone cards to make some extra money, so naturally, he didn’t advertise in the paper every day.
The money he made probably didn’t even cover the cost of advertising.
He decided to set this matter aside for now and pay more attention to it later—there was no need to rush.
……
The news about Wang Ye buying a phone spread quickly among the students who had arrived in the same batch.
Actually, some students had planned to buy phones themselves. But since they had just arrived, they hadn’t gotten the chance to do so yet.
Then Wang Ye went ahead and quietly bought one first, drawing the ire of a few female students.
“Hey, Brother Ye, why did you go buy a phone on your own? Why didn’t you call us? I wanted to buy one too. I don’t care, you have to take me with you to buy a phone tomorrow!”
“Yeah, yeah, Wang Ye, you were wrong to do this. We’re all classmates who came here together; we should do things together. We know you’re good at Russian, but you have to think about our poor Russian skills. Tomorrow, take us all with you to buy phones.”
“Brother Ye, you managed to get this phone for three hundred US dollars? That’s not expensive at all. I thought I’d buy one later, but since it’s not that expensive, I might as well go tomorrow and get one…”…
A few classmates crowded around in Wang Ye’s dorm room, complaining.
Wang Ye could only give them a helpless look. It was not his intention to avoid his classmates and buy the phone on his own.
He bought the phone because he had business to attend to, he hoped to earn some money, and since he thought his classmates didn’t urgently need phones, he didn’t invite them along.
Now, it seems like he was in the wrong for doing so…
He raised his hand and said with a wry smile, “Okay, okay, it was my fault this time. I forgot to notify everyone. Here’s what we’ll do, tomorrow morning at ten o’clock, come to my dorm, and I’ll take you all to buy phones. It’s at the big supermarket, not far from here. Just make sure to have your money ready. And, the phones there vary in price, the cheapest one costs about three hundred US dollars, while the expensive ones might cost a thousand US dollars. So, shop within your means. I personally suggest not to buy the expensive ones, as long as a phone can make calls, it’s good enough…”
Wang Ye was thinking for everyone’s sake.
Although he’s eighteen now and doesn’t look much different from the others, just another university freshman, he actually had twenty years of social experience…
Wang Ye knew that making money wasn’t easy for his classmates’ parents, which is why he suggested not to buy expensive phones for the purpose of showing off or satisfying their vanity.
There wasn’t any need, besides, the phones these days were pretty basic and could only make calls and send text messages.
To be honest, they were all essentially identical.
This wasn’t like two decades later when the differences between high, middle, and low-end smartphones would become glaringly apparent.
But clearly, not everyone was receptive to Wang Ye’s advice, especially the female students…
The next day when Wang Ye led the group to the big supermarket to buy phones, the difference between the male and female students was clear as day.
The male students mainly sought value for money, with most of them choosing the cheaper phones—the Nokia 3310 being their first choice.
However, the female students, all without exception, considered the Nokia 3310 unimpressive, opting instead for pricier and prettier models with most phones costing more than five hundred US dollars…