After separating from the others, Yi Qingqing went straight to the state-owned store from the post office.
Generally, large items should be sold in this place.
After entering the state-owned store, Yi Qingqing was dumbfounded. She couldn’t find the counter selling televisions at all.
Were there not black and white televisions in this era?
That’s not right. When she was in Nanping County, she signed in at a state-owned store and got a TV. Then, she went in to have a look. The one she signed in and got was exactly the same as the one on display in the store. Both were Beijing brands.
She thought about it, found the counter clerk where she bought the bicycle last time, stuffed a few candies into her hand, and said, “Sister, can I ask you something?”
The clerk was very impressed by this female educated youth who bought a Phoenix brand bicycle in just a few minutes. With free candies, she naturally had no choice but to say, “You can ask, but I can’t guarantee that I know.”
After saying that, she stuffed the candies into her pocket first.
Yi Qingqing said nonchalantly, “Okay, I just want to ask you, why don’t our state-owned stores sell televisions?”
“TV? Look, they’re usually sold over there.” The clerk pointed to an empty counter next to the sewing machine counter and said.
“But, there’s only one every two or three months. Sometimes, there’s none. If you want one, you have to order it in advance and get a number. After you order it, you have to draw a number. If your number is not drawn, you can’t buy it. There is one this month, but it won’t arrive until tomorrow.”
“So the economic level of our Tieling County is pretty good. In my hometown, the TV counters in the state-owned stores have never been sold out!” Yi Qingqing said in surprise.
“Do you think there are so many rich people? This TV set not only costs a TV ticket, but also four or five hundred yuan. Most of them are bought collectively by units. This unit has one, and that unit also wants to get one. There are also private buyers, but not many. Even many units that want to buy one don’t have the TV ticket!” Said the clerk.
“You are lying, right? One person can’t get the ticket, so can’t the unit?” Yi Qingqing looked unconvinced.
“How could I lie to you? You can go and ask around. Among the factories in the county, only the textile factory got a ticket, but their number didn’t win the lottery. I heard that if they still can’t win the lottery this time, they will send a representative to the provincial capital to buy it.” The clerk said confidently.
Seeing how concerned she was about the TV, the clerk couldn’t help but ask, “Why? Do you want to buy a TV?”
“How can that be possible? I just didn’t see any TVs for sale in the state-owned stores, so I was quite curious.” Yi Qingqing said seriously, having a certain understanding of the preciousness of TVs.
After leaving the state-owned store, Yi Qingqing lamented in her heart that the TVs in this state-owned store were in short supply, so it was really not easy to sell the TV she had!
Originally, she wanted to come to the place where TVs were sold, find those who needed TVs, choose the target, and then attack accurately.
It turned out that reality was not what she expected.
Surprisingly, most of the TVs were bought by work units. In this era when speculation was prohibited, it was extremely difficult to sell TV sets to work units privately.
Individuals might still try to exploit some loopholes in the rules, but the possibility was very small for units. Even if there was the possibility, she, an outsider, had no idea how to do it.
Moreover, the supply of TV sets in Tieling County was so insufficient that they had to draw lots every time, and it took several months to get one. It was estimated that the units and people who bought TV sets would almost be famous.
If a television that was not bought from a state-owned store suddenly appeared, even a fool would know what was going on.
Did she really have to sell it on the black market?
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