Chapter 62: The Profiteers (2)
Cross-eyed and the four men continued to be dizzy, but they were obedient and immediately closed the stall.
They removed all the dog skins that had been arranged, and we retreated the stalls, and I asked the four of them to stand around and help me block them.
I first picked out the one that looked the least "inconspicuous" and I laid it out.
I looked at the whole skin, I didn't take out the porcelain knife, after all, this knife is too sharp, and if I miss, it will definitely ruin this skin.
They also carry small folding knives, so I borrowed a folding knife casually.
I used a folding knife to cut the skin east and west, removing all the places that looked superfluous and especially affected the sensory effect.
Not to mention, being fiddled with by me like this, the whole dog skin looks much more pleasing to the eye.
Cross-eyed and big-rooted, their eyes were a little stunned for a while.
I stood up and looked at the dog skin from a distance, and to be honest, I was still not satisfied, I wanted an urge to buy it when others saw it.
I found another rag and wiped it against the dog's skin.
Beard had been watching from the sidelines, but he fed me softly, which was a reminder to me.
I looked at him, and the beard said to me again, "Brother, you may not be as good as me in this area, you can wait." ”
Then the beard called cross-eyed, and in particular, took two hundred rupees.
These two people took out the posture of visiting the market, and I don't know what this beast of lack of virtue was doing, but I could only take out the posture of waiting.
About a quarter of an hour later, the beard returned with cross-eyed, and the two men bought quite a few things.
Cross-eyed was holding a bunch of potion bottles, all small but unlabeled, and Beard was holding a second-hand iron and a small black box that looked like shoe polish or something.
The beard smiled and waved at me to make room.
I swapped places with Beard, who put the iron and the little black box aside.
He took the potion bottle from Cross-Eye's hand and adjusted it in front of us. I also picked a few potions to look at.
The smell of this medicine is very strange, some have a banana smell, some are pungent, and it is estimated that there is industrial alcohol in it.
After the beard is adjusted, the fur is wiped with a medicant, especially the unsightly areas.
Then the beard picked up the iron again. This iron doesn't need to be plugged in, and the beard pushes the switch and it can be ironed immediately.
I guess it's a thermal iron. I took the opportunity to ask Cross-Eye, what does that mean, how much did the iron and potion cost?
He pointed to his beard and said, "The elite is the elite, more powerful than the old ladies in our village, and they are too good at bargaining." ”
When Beard heard this, his face sank, but because he was working, he didn't say anything.
After ironing, the beard opened the small black box again, and it was indeed oil. The beard was covered with strips of cloth, and I watched the action and remembered shoe polish.
I found that after being so bearded, the fur was simply too bright.
They praised the cross-eyed again and again, they had never talked about such a good fur in their lives, and the beard showed regret, saying that the conditions are limited now, otherwise it will be more effective to get some paint and spray it.
I was curious, so I took the opportunity to ask the beard, "In addition to being a pickpocket, have you also worked in a fur renovation shop?" ”
Otherwise, he is so professional, I don't believe him if he says he hasn't done it.
As for the beard, he leaned into my ear and whispered, "When you are a pickpocket, you will also steal a mink (coat), if you don't know how to renovate it, how can you get rid of it?" ”
I used to sigh and feel that being a chop is a science, but now that I look at it, I admire such a "sacred" profession even more.
I worked with Beard to refurbish a total of twenty dog skins, which were all dazzling in the end, side by side.
I thought it was okay and said to Cross-Eye, "Open!" ”
They immediately and actively distributed goods and set up stalls again.
Our hard work was not in vain, and almost as soon as it was put on the table, many people gathered around.
They stared at the dogskins, and one moment the man was muttering, and the other was muttering.
After exchanging a few words with these people, Dou Eye asked me again, "Bao Chang, how much is the right amount of fur to sell this time?" They are all asking for a price. ”
I pondered, and the beard, without even thinking about it, immediately answered, "Two thousand rupees." ”
Cross-eyed was visibly trembling, and he asked rhetorically, "Why is it so expensive?" Can it be sold? ”
Beard snorted confidently, and he also gave an example, "Do you know the fruit of the land?" The apples that the peasants had worked so hard to grow were taken away by those profiteers at the price of a few cents a catty, and these profiteers, after going back, made these rotten apples into canned food, and when they were sent to the supermarket, a can of food cost fifteen or sixteen yuan. If you look at it again, are there fewer people who buy canned food? ”
Cross-eyed took out a hesitant posture, and I waved my hand at cross-eye, which meant that I would do what the beard said.
Cross-eyed muttered a few more words to the people surrounding the stall.
It is estimated that after hearing the offer of two thousand rupees, some people were frightened, and they immediately turned around and left, but there were also a small number of people left, who were still staring at the dogskin.
Among this small group, more are women.
Beard smiled and said to me, "See? Women, too, are often ruthless to themselves. ”
It wasn't that I was slippery, but I suddenly remembered something, and I asked Cross-Eye, "Someone asked you where you got this dog skin?" ”
Cross-eyed nodded, but shook his head and said, when selling dog skins before, someone asked, after this renovation, no one has mentioned it.
I said to Cross-Eye, "You will take the initiative to shout at you, saying that these are all goods from Lhasa." ”
He didn't quite understand, so he asked me, "These are all dog skins taken off when eating dog meat in the village, why did they become Lhasa goods again?" ”
Beard understands me, and he explains a few words to Cross-Eye. That means, if there is a hospital, its name is a county hospital, and there is another hospital of the same kind, and the procedures it handles in Beijing are also called a hospital in Beijing, in contrast, this hospital in Beijing is definitely high-grade, and even there will be a lot of patients who go to see a doctor.
Cross-eyed is still a little confused, thinking about it, he doesn't understand the truth of geographical advantages.
But he has one advantage, he is obedient. He immediately shouted at the hesitant customers.
I found that the words Lhasa really worked. After bragging, two women dug into their pockets and bought a dog skin each.
This also caused a ripple effect. Five more dog skins came off one after another.
Cross-eyed took an incredible stance, especially when he held such a wad of rupees, he was almost blindsided.
I told the cross-eyers not to let up, and now is not the time to relax. I asked him to continue shouting, and even sent a few people, one of whom held a dog skin, and walked around the entire market, which is also an invisible marketing.
Cross-eyed, they definitely learned a lesson from me and the beard.
By the time the stall closed in the afternoon, we had sold about a sack and a half of dog skins.
Cross-eyed and big-rooted, they are all squatting and counting money. Doing the math, we earned almost 100,000 rupees.
In fact, if it is converted into RMB, it is not much, only 10,000 yuan, but for people who are cross-eyed, this money is an astronomical amount.
Beard and I noticed that when Dou Eye counted money, his eyes would become normal from time to time.
Hu Zi couldn't help but sigh, that means, seeing Qian Yan's eyes, this sentence, no matter what way you look at it, it really makes sense.