When Li Xiangqian received Li Long's call, he was still a little confused.
"You mean you want to sell me a car? A secondhand one? If I had the money, why wouldn't I buy a new one?"
"You know the Volga, right?" Li Long said cheerfully over the phone. "Five thousand yuan. Want it? If not, I'll offer it to someone else. There's only one Volga available right now."
"Five thousand? You're not pulling my leg? Does it run? It's not just a shell, is it?" Naturally, Li Xiangqian knew the Volga. In the eyes of people around here, it was in the same class as the Santana.
How much did a Santana cost? Two hundred thousand new, and you weren't even guaranteed to get one. Used ones... well, nobody was selling those. They were almost impossible to buy around here at present.
Five thousand yuan-at that price, it was practically a giveaway.
"I only had the people at the Transport Company service it yesterday. It can't compare with a new car, but honestly, there's definitely no problem driving it."
"I did hear a convoy of cars came into the county these past couple of days. Was that your doing? Bring it over and let me have a look!" Li Xiangqian was tempted.
How could he not be? A car! How many people in the entire county could afford to drive one these days? Even counting government organizations, how many official sedans were there in the whole county?
Li Long drove the Volga from the Purchasing Station to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, turning every head along the way.
Practically nobody in the county owned a sedan yet. Santanas and Xialis wouldn't appear for another couple of years.
The Volga would look rather dated decades later, but right now it