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After seeing off Lin Wei and the two tax officers who felt like harbingers of doom, Jiang Tao let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a chill creeping down his back. Old Master Liu and the young apprentice Wang Hao gathered around him, their faces filled with a mix of fear and relief.
"Boss, that was really close!" Wang Hao patted his chest. "If it weren't for Comrade Lin..."
Old Master Liu nodded in agreement, sighing, "Yes, Xiao Jiang, doing business is not easy. It's easy to dodge an open attack, but an ambush is hard to defend against. That Ma Guoqiang seems determined to go after you."
Jiang Tao handed Old Master Liu a cigarette and lit one for himself, taking a deep drag before slowly exhaling smoke rings. His gaze sharpened as he spoke, "Master Liu, you're right. Relying solely on our honest business practices won't stop others from playing dirty. Comrade Lin can help us once or twice, but it won't always be that convenient. We need to stand on our own feet and make it difficult for them to act against us!"
"What... what should we do?" Wang Hao asked, looking somewhat lost.
Jiang Tao stubbed out his cigarette on the ground, his eyes scanning the shop filled with appliances waiting for repair and those already refurbished. "What should we do? We need to make our brand shine even brighter! Technology is our strongest backing! Why did Red Star fail? Their technology fell behind, their service was lacking! We need to do what they can't do—repair what they can't fix! As long as our technology is unique in the city and can solve problems that others can't, those who want to cause trouble will think twice!"
He understood that while Lin Wei could help navigate through challenges using rules and personal connections, there were limits to that approach. People like Ma Guoqiang would return whenever they had the chance. Only when Jiang Ji's technical prowess became a kind of "scarce resource," indispensable even to some influential figures, could they truly rest easy.
He resolved not to be content with repairing common appliances of relatively low technical complexity anymore; he needed to master the newer and more complex appliance repair technologies emerging in the market as soon as possible!
With this determination, Jiang Tao's drive became evident. Over the next few days, aside from handling essential shop tasks and refurbishing work, he spent every spare moment at the city's largest department store and the newly opened Friendship Store that specialized in imported goods.
He wasn't there to shop; he was there to "learn."
Standing in front of shiny Hitachi color televisions, Sharp dual-cassette recorders, and Panasonic refrigerators, Jiang Tao's eyes sparkled with excitement. These were luxury items representing cutting-edge technology and high prices in this era—things he had taken for granted in his past life. Like a curious student, he wandered around these machines, carefully observing their design, control buttons, and ventilation holes. He even pretended to be a customer, pestering salespeople about their performance and features while occasionally catching glimpses of simple circuit diagrams or structural illustrations in the manuals.
His strong memory and engineering background allowed him to absorb this information quickly. Initially annoyed by his ordinary appearance and low purchasing intent, the salespeople soon found themselves bewildered by his occasional use of highly technical terms. Their attitude shifted to one of politeness as they assumed he was sent by some organization for technical research.
"This circuit design... is indeed much more sophisticated than domestic ones; the integration level is high." "This refrigerator's compressor is really quiet; its cooling efficiency must be excellent—wonder what technology it's using?" "The dual-cassette recorder... the mechanical structure for head switching and synchronized recording is quite interesting; I need to find a broken one to take apart."
Just observing wasn't enough; he needed hands-on practice. Jiang Tao began paying attention to scrap stations and secondhand markets specifically looking for discarded or damaged modern appliances. His efforts paid off when he spent a considerable sum buying a supposedly non-functional Sony cassette recorder that had been discarded from a foreign ship.
Though this recorder looked worn out with malfunctioning buttons, it was heavy and clearly made from solid materials. That evening, after closing the shop and declining offers of help from Old Master Liu and Wang Hao, Jiang Tao stayed alone in the back warehouse. He carefully placed this "high-end" item on his workbench with excitement gleaming in his eyes like a surgeon about to dissect a precision instrument.
Taking a deep breath, he focused his mental energy as he activated the diagnostic function of his ability!
Complex internal schematics flooded into his mind: densely packed electronic components, multilayer printed circuit boards, intricate mechanical transmission structures... The sheer volume of information far exceeded anything he had repaired before among domestic devices! Jiang Tao felt a sharp pain in his head as his mental energy surged like a floodgate bursting open.
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