The scorching sun shines on the face, making it itchy and sweaty. Liu Jiannan scratched his face in disgust, wiped off the sweat, and his drowsiness immediately decreased. He squinted his eyes to adapt to the strong light mixed with ultraviolet rays before reluctantly opening them. He licked his lips, feeling a bit bitter, with cracked lips. He turned over and got out of bed, walked drowsily to the kitchen, and opened the refrigerator door. There was still half a bottle of cola left from last night.
He was ready to moisten his throat, but it seemed that the refrigerator was warning him that it was not good for his health to drink carbonated drinks early in the morning. The high-end double-door Siemens refrigerator remained closed. Liu Jiannan smiled bitterly, changed his hand on the door handle to his palm, and pressed his palm weakly against the refrigerator door, saying, "Guten Morgen" in German, which means "good morning"! "
Soon, the luxurious refrigerator echoed the same sentence from the compressor, but the sound was particularly crisp, melodious, and of course, the pronunciation was more authentic: "Good morning!" "
Liu Jiannan was quite helpless. This 'foreigner' had so many problems. Everyone lived under the same roof, but he always followed the rules. He leaned against the refrigerator and said, 'Sister, I'm very thirsty. Open the door and let me have a drink.' "
It is evident that Miss Refrigerator is a very polite German girl, with a slightly petulant tone in her sweet voice: "Do you always make requests to ladies while wearing underwear?" "
Liu Jiannan still smiled bitterly. He had to admit that the Germans were open-minded. At most, they would just scold you a bit, and still be polite. If it were a Chinese woman, she would have either screamed 'pervert' and run away, or just taken off your underwear on the spot, saying 'let's talk about it later, and by later, I mean the price!'
"Please, big sister, I need to smoke." Liu Jiannan begged desperately.
You can open the door, but you have to sing a song for me, sing that favorite Chinese song of mine. "Big Sister Fridge said in a cloying voice."
Liu Jiannan cleared his throat immediately and sang in a hoarse voice, "Little rabbit, be good, open the door..." "
Finally, the refrigerator door opened, but the cola that was supposed to be in the refrigerated compartment turned frozen. The refreshing and crisp cola turned into a big block of ice, leaving Liu Jiannan speechless and on the verge of tears... …
The older sister of the refrigerator was still a little unsatisfied. Liu Jiannan quickly withdrew his hand, and the Chinese with a German accent disappeared. The refrigerator door closed angrily on its own, almost pinching his fingers.
He swung the cola in his hand as he wandered around the room, trying to clear his mind. This is a small two-bedroom apartment left to Liu Jiannan by his deceased parents. The layout is not large, but it looks spacious without furniture. The living room only has a sofa set and a 29-inch color TV. Due to Liu Jiannan's inadequate Japanese proficiency, he is not very familiar with Mr. Sony TV. The TV is only turned on when it feels like it. The second bedroom has a Lenovo laptop, which operates in English as it is managed at Lenovo's New York headquarters. With Liu Jianbin's mediocre English skills, he can only turn on the computer for one hour a day. In addition to the German Siemens refrigerator in the kitchen, there is also a Gree microwave oven. Although this guy is a domestic product, he was born in Guangdong and is almost as fluent in Cantonese as in a foreign language. In conclusion, although Liu Jiannan has a house full of electrical appliances, none of them are under his control. This is because he likes to be lazy and always lets the machines do the work by themselves, and he has the ability to communicate with all machines!
Liu Jiannan also discovered his ability only this year. He once doubted whether repairing appliances excessively caused hallucinations. Oh, I forgot to mention, this guy is a proud home appliance repairman. After confirming that he could indeed communicate with machines, his conclusion was not hallucinations, but emotions with machines.
It is necessary to introduce how Liu Jianbin came. Born, it is unnecessary to say more. From the current situation, he can communicate with machines, but all abilities still belong to the category of human beings. A typical post-80s, kindergarten was a cute flower who peed and played house in the mud, didn't pay attention in class in first grade, fell behind in second grade, skipped school to watch movies in third grade, learned to smoke and play mahjong in fourth grade, had a crush on the class monitor in fifth grade, managed to get into high school by cheating in sixth grade, still in the same class as the crush in the first year of junior high, started to study hard to pursue him, often found excuses to ask the monitor questions, in the second year of junior high, academic performance consistently ranked second to last, in the third year of junior high, gave up on oneself and joined a group that smoked, drank, fought, and the difference from delinquent teenagers was that he not only didn't fight alone, but also fainted from blood loss!
Watching the class monitor he had a crush on walking arm in arm with the class monitor from the next class, entering the prestigious high school as a couple, Liu Jiannan helplessly walked into the gate of a vocational high school. In the tourism class, there were many beauties, and in the computer class, there was the trend of the times. However, the passing of his parents still led him to choose a profession that could make a living - electrical engineering!
After three years of mixing, drinking a lot of alcohol, almost staining my teeth yellow with cigarettes, having several girlfriends, and leaving my virginity in the campus parking lot, I finally entered society. I started as an apprentice in an electrical appliance store, then became a repairman in the repair department, and eventually took over the business from the old repairman. I established my own business and in just five years, I have become a well-known 'Master Liu' in the area!
However, in just five years, the field of technology has developed rapidly, with changes happening every day. People's incomes have increased, their living standards have improved, the country has joined the WTO, and imported goods have flooded in. Master Liu thought his buddy had hit the jackpot this time and business would surely be booming, but the result was... Household appliances are so cheap these days. There are countless refrigerators, TVs, and other appliances priced at around 1800 RMB. People often say, "Hey, just buy it at this price. Use it for a year or so, and if it breaks, just throw it away!" "
Did you hear that? Throw it away when it's broken, poor Master Liu, repairing has become more and more difficult. Nowadays, most people with this skill have joined large appliance stores and have been recruited by various companies to work in after-sales service. However, those companies also require advanced technical certificates. He did have a certificate back when he was in school, but it was at most at the beginner level. Now if he takes it out to apply for a job, it's equivalent to having a primary school undergraduate degree!
So, Master Liu also joined the 'ticketing team', went to a copy shop, printed 1,800 small notes with the words 'door-to-door repair', and posted them in the hallway and on utility poles. After half a year, business did not improve, but he became familiar with the local police station and urban management bureau. Either he was almost mistaken for a thief, or he was mistaken for someone making fake documents. There was no way, as he always worked late at night.
In the end, in order to make ends meet, he had to compromise and collude with second-hand dealers, specifically deceiving those thrifty elderly people. He would claim that the home appliances could not be repaired, then sell them cheaply to the second-hand market, and finally sell them at a high price after splitting the profits with Liu Jiannan. It is worth mentioning that the second-hand dealer who maintained this business relationship with Liu Jiannan was the class monitor from the neighboring class who he secretly admired back in the day. It is said that after graduating from high school, he was admitted to a prestigious university, but after obtaining his bachelor's degree, he returned and couldn't find a job, so he became a second-hand dealer. The class monitor he secretly admired is currently serving as a mistress to the deputy head of a poverty-stricken county!