Chapter 16: The Second Business
After the mother and son chatted for a while, they reluctantly hung up the phone.
Lu Tao went back to the dormitory directly, and saw that several roommates had already returned, and Rong Chao was pouring a pot of boiling water into the basin to soak his feet. Li Hong, whose face was full of acne pits, was lying on the quilt flipping through his textbooks, and several other roommates were chatting.
"Lu Tao, come, hurry up. Rong Chao looked at him and said.
Lu Tao looked at him and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"
Rong Chao rolled his eyes and looked at him: "What else can you do, hurry up and wash your feet, if you don't soak your feet well, I'm afraid my brothers will have to go out to sleep tonight." “
Only then did Lu Tao realize that the footwashing water was prepared for him. During this time, he ran customers more frequently, and every day when he came back and took off his shoes, he was a little smelly, not athlete's foot, but the smell of sweat on his feet when he ran too much, but he didn't expect several roommates to start to be a little dissatisfied with him.
He couldn't help but look at a few people in the dormitory, Li Hong stopped reading and covered his nose directly, and Zhang Jian, who had already returned to the dormitory, also cooperated and pinched his nose: "Hurry up and wash it." “
"Rong Chao, thank you so much. Lu Tao laughed.
"Thanks, hurry. ”
"Your washbasin brought me a foot soak, of course thank you, hahahaha. ”
"Damn, I got it wrong. Rong Chao scolded angrily and was almost scalded by boiling water.
A few people were gagging when there was a knock on the door of the dormitory.
"May I ask Lu Tao, is Senior Brother Lu here?"
When Lu Tao heard the voice, he hurriedly wiped his feet with a towel, and said in his mouth, "Please come in." ”
It was Shen Mao who came in, a second senior brother who Lu Tao had visited before, and chatted for a while when he went to visit and recommend, but he didn't show a particularly strong interest.
Unexpectedly, it was coming to the door now, Lu Tao was overjoyed, it seemed that business was coming to the door, with a smile on his face, he quickly cleaned it up, and said: "That, Senior Brother Shen, I'm really embarrassed, the dormitory ...... It's a bit messy. ”
To do sales, being able to remember customers is the most basic condition. Otherwise, when people come to the door, you are still asking who you are, and you can't even call your name, it is easy to be embarrassed, and it also gives people a feeling of not paying attention, so he deliberately introduced to a few roommates: "This is Shen Mao of the academy, Senior Brother Shen." ”
Shen Mao greeted a few roommates and said, "It's okay, the boys' dormitory, it's all about the same, isn't it the same if you go to our dormitory, come over now, I won't disturb you." “
"Why, please sit down. Lu Tao hurriedly said.
"I came to look for you in the afternoon, but there was no one in your dormitory. Shen Mao sat down and said.
"Ah, I'm helping Professor Yu look at an instrument in the afternoon? I'm really sorry, what's wrong, did you encounter any problems in the experiment?"
"Senior brother, it's okay, Professor Yu has done it all over there, what did he buy from you?" Shen Mao was surprised.
You must know that Professor Yu is famous in the college, but I didn't expect Lu Tao to help look at the instrument over there, so it is conceivable that the relationship should have reached a good point.
"There's a bit of a problem with the instrument over there, but it's okay, it's been solved in the afternoon. Lu Tao said, "I bought some reagents and consumables over there." ”
"Hehe, yes, I also know Dong Jun from their research group. Shen Mao smiled and boasted.
The conditions in the dormitory are very simple, fortunately, they are all students, and they are not so particular, but even so, Lu Tao still did enough work.
I first took the paper cup I had bought from the cupboard, then poured a cup of steaming boiling water from the kettle, and then took out some specially purchased candy.
"Senior brother, drink some hot water first, warm your body, eat some candy, and let's talk slowly. ”
Shen Mao is just a second-year graduate student, a little older than Lu Tao, in addition to relatives and friends, He has received such a warm hospitality, and said thank you repeatedly.
After greeting each other, he explained his intentions.
"Senior brother, last time you said that you are more familiar with many manufacturers, right?"
"It's natural, I'm doing part-time now, and I can do a lot of things in the lab. Even if there are none, I can help find a manufacturer. Isn't this the reason why I went to Professor Yu's side this afternoon? ”
With the yellow pages in hand, Lu Tao, who I have in the world, boasted in his mouth, and did not forget to bring Professor Yu in with a big banner and a tiger skin, but he looked very trustworthy and would never fool people.
"That's the case, our laboratory has recently done experiments, and we may need a batch of things, and the mentor asked me to be directly responsible for it, and I have not had the contact information of the manufacturer here, and I haven't done it before, can you help?"
Lu Tao knew that there should be business coming to the door, but now that he has confirmed it, he is even more attentive and happy.
asked quietly on his face: "I don't know if it's equipment or consumables?" After all, if it is equipment, there will be a lot of problems involved, and it is possible that Shen Mao will not be able to make a decision at that time. If it is consumables, although the technical content is relatively low, there is a feature, that is, there is no need for special installation, commissioning and acceptance, and the payment is particularly fast.
Where did Shen Mao know the bends and corners, and replied directly: "The main thing is some consumables." “
Lu Tao said again: "Did the teacher say how much it will cost?" It makes sense for him to ask, which is equivalent to a budget. After all, some products are of good quality and high price, and some are of poor quality and cheap, if people don't have so much money to buy them, no matter how good the things you recommend, it will be in vain.
Shen Mao, who was defenseless and had no experience, thought about it and said, "This, the teacher didn't say, just let me watch and buy it here, as long as the laboratory is complete and I can carry out experiments." Do you think you can choose something that is more cost-effective?"
As soon as he said this, Lu Tao had a bottom in his heart, which showed that this senior brother didn't understand it at all, and I am afraid that even his mentor did not have a general psychological expectation.
At this time, it was a good time for him to come out.
"Senior brother, this is simple, I have a lot of contacts with manufacturers here, you see what experiments you do next, I will give you a special configuration here at that time, to ensure good quality and low price, we are all from the same school, junior brother will definitely give you a good deal of this." For the first time, the junior brother doesn't plan to make money, just need the senior brother to help introduce him in the future, and if there are other people who need it, they can come to me. ”
The first time he cooperated, Lu Tao naturally gave enough sincerity, of course, it is impossible not to make money, after all, he also has to live. But earn less, and then you can get more customers and resources, and make your name out, which is the most important thing.
Shen Mao was a little embarrassed when he heard him say this, and said: "Senior brother, thank you so much, you are doing this to make money, and there must be a lot of trouble, if I do it myself, I am completely a layman, I don't even know who to contact or who to find, so let's do it, just according to what you said, you can earn what you should earn, as long as it is not too outrageous, now the laboratory has just begun, and there will definitely be many needs in the future, I will go back here and introduce you to other senior brothers, and I will find you directly if I need it in the future." ”
Lu Tao smiled and said, "Then thank you brother." ”
The two talked about some specific things, such as what experiments they plan to do, what things may be used, and there are occasional technical questions, and Lu Tao also answers them one by one.
The two chatted for an hour before Shen Mao left. Before leaving, Lu Tao grabbed another handful of candy and stuffed it to Shen Mao.
After Shen Mao left, Lu Tao looked at some of the things that Shen Mao needed in the small notebook, and took out the price list one by one to compare.
Lu Tao always feels that he is now obsessed with calculating prices, although he has only passed through Dong Jun once, but it is really cool to calculate how much money he can make in person.
Looking at the results calculated in the small notebook, Lu Tao rubbed his eyes, feeling a little unbelievable, and then recalculated it again, which was confirmed.
"Lu Tao, no wonder you are mysterious during this time, so you used to do this again. Rong Chao was still pouting and looking at his little book, and when he saw Lu Tao looking at the little book in a daze, he couldn't help but say.
"Yes, Lu Tao, when did you start working part-time?" Li Hong was also a little puzzled.
Lu Tao didn't bother to answer the questions of the two, he just looked at the amount he calculated on the small notebook.
"36,500 yuan! According to 25 percent of the gross profit, that is 7,300 yuan, in addition to the manufacturer's business tax of more than 1,800, there are more than 5,000 profits, and then excluding the value-added tax, at least there are more than 3,000 net profits, according to the profit of 55 percent of the profit negotiated with the manufacturer, if this order is completed, you can get more than 1,500 yuan. “
"1500?" Several roommates also noticed the conversation between the two just now, and naturally understood what he was doing now, and opened their eyes wide one by one, and said in unison.
(Originally, it was updated today with nearly 6000 words, but I suddenly found that there was a problem with the plot of the two chapters, and it didn't help the plot, it was too blunt, so I deleted it directly.) )