Chapter Twenty-Three: Going Back (New Year's Day Update)
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After the two reached a preliminary consensus on the price, Fang Lu said: "Boss Ma, since we don't have any problems now, I think how about sending you the first batch of goods in a few days?" You see how it is, if the quality is okay, you can take it, if not, I will find another house, anyway, there are many people who buy bonsai here in Jinlin City. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Little Brother Fang, since you said so, brother, it's not that I don't know how to be a person, I accepted your first batch of goods no matter what the quality is, but if the quality is really bad, the price will be low." Boss Ma said.
"Okay, then Boss Ma, just wait for my call, and I'll contact you in advance when the time comes." Fang Lu said.
"Okay, I'll wait for your phone call when the time comes."
Fang Lu bid farewell to the boss of the horse and then left the flower, bird, fish and insect market.
When Fang Lu took a taxi back to his cousin's house, he had been thinking about the whole thing along the way, and now the most important thing for Fang Lu is to go home to determine whether the price of bonsai is so low, if it is really that low, you have to buy it quickly, and then transport it here, after all, this bonsai fever is only a few months, hurry up and make a fortune, and there is a very important thing that needs a knowledgeable person, if the price is really so low from Zaoyang, even if it is pitted, he is not afraid at all, after all, the profit is there, The main reason is that if there is no one who knows how to do it in Jinlin City, it is about seventy percent of the market price, but the bonsai thing fluctuates very much, and the boss Ma makes a little move, and he will lose a lot of money, and he can't directly find a sales, and it is easy to be restricted.
Fang Lu thought about it, and felt that it was okay to accompany his cousin-in-law to buy bonsai yesterday and see that Uncle Sun. But in this way, he didn't let his cousin-in-law know, Fang Lu was not afraid that his cousin-in-law would steal business with him, but he didn't want them to know his sudden change. But no matter what Fang Lu thinks, he feels that he can't do without his cousin-in-law, he not only has friends here, but also a local snake. In the end, Fang Lu planned to take the time to rent a car and go back home to see if the price of bonsai in his hometown was what he thought, and then have a showdown with his cousin-in-law, who had always raised Fang Lu as a son before Xiaojun. There is one more thing, if you really plan to do business, you have to buy a mobile phone, after all, it is too inconvenient to have a mobile phone, and now mobile phones are still luxury accessories for ordinary people, but Fang Lu still can afford to buy them, so after Fang Lu got out of the taxi, he was ready to buy a mobile phone, he remembered that there seemed to be a mobile phone seller not far from the third middle school.
But after all, the mobile phone is too expensive now, and the mobile phone is updated too quickly, and it is too cost-effective to buy a new one, so don't spend money indiscriminately, so Fang Lu came to the mobile phone store and bought a second-hand Motorola 998 It cost him eight hundred oceans, which made him feel a little distressed, after all, the mobile phone bought for the same amount of money now is too big a gap compared with the future one.
After Fang Lu finished buying his mobile phone, he went to a nearby place where black cars were concentrated, and when he arrived at the place, Fang Lu found a driver surnamed Jin who seemed to be more loyal and honest, negotiated the price, paid the deposit, and then asked him to wait for Fang Lu at the gate of No. 3 Middle School at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
By the time Fang Lu finished all this, it was already past five o'clock, and he hurriedly walked to his cousin's house.
Back at his cousin's house, Fang Lu rested directly after dinner, and went to buy breakfast early the next morning, and then after breakfast, he said hello to his cousin and said that he went out to study, and hurriedly came out and rode his bicycle towards the door of No. 3 Middle School.
When he arrived at the gate of No. 3 Middle School, Fang Lu locked the bicycle, found Master Jin who was waiting for him at the door, and asked him to set off quickly.
Because it is a rented car, not as slow as a long-distance bus, and have to take a special route, it took three hours, about ten o'clock to return to his hometown ZY City, back to ZY City, Fang Lu first went to buy a mobile phone card, and then commanded Master Jin to drive towards the flea market in the SZ district of ZY City in his memory, he remembered that when he went to the flea market in 14 years to buy bonsai and give it away, he met a boss in a bonsai shop and the boss was about the same age as Fang Lu at that time, and the two of them chatted well, I heard from the boss that his family's bonsai shop has been in business for more than 20 years, and he took over from his father, and all the bonsai in his shop were planted by his father and him. Since it has been in business for more than 20 years, it must be there now. After all, Fang Lu has never done bonsai, and he doesn't know where the bonsai in ZY City is mainly concentrated, he only knows that there are many bonsai planted in Zaoyang, and ordinary people have so many bonsai at home. If you find that store, you can know the price of bonsai in ZY City now, and they also grow bonsai themselves, there must be a lot of inventory, even if it is not enough, they can also contact other bonsai growers, after all, they all plant bonsai, there must be a connection between them, Fang Lu spends some intermediate fees at most, or they earn a certain difference from it, but as long as it is several times different from the price of bonsai in Jinlin City, the difference is not a thing, the main thing is to grab time, after all, he remembers that this bonsai fever will last for a few months.
When he came to the flea market, Fang Lu asked Master Jin to wait outside, while Fang Lu went in to find the shop, he remembered that the bonsai shop seemed to be located a little behind in the middle of the flea market, Fang Lu walked to the middle position, looked around, and sure enough, he saw a bonsai shop. This bonsai shop is called "Shangpin Bonsai".
Walking into the store, Fang Lu saw a middle-aged man about forty years old watering the bonsai with a shower.
When the middle-aged man saw that the customer was coming, he put down the shower, wiped his hands and walked over, and asked with a smile, "Little brother came to buy bonsai, how about it, do you have anything you like, I will introduce it to you." ”
"Yes, come and buy bonsai, boss, I want to ask you how much is this bonsai?" Fang Lu pointed to a small bonsai more than ten centimeters next to him and asked.
"Little brother, you said this kind of bonsai, this kind of small bonsai, it is very suitable for placing on the desk, purifying the air on the bedside, and it is not expensive, it is only eight yuan." The middle-aged man said.
"And how much does this one and this one cost?" Fang Lu pointed to the other two pots next to him.
"The one that can be held with one hand is the smallest in my store, the price is very cheap and only five yuan, and as for the other one, it is more expensive, fifteen yuan." The middle-aged man said.
Fang Lu then asked a few more about the price of bonsai, and the middle-aged man enthusiastically told him.
Through the middle-aged man's statement, Fang Lu probably learned that the price of small bonsai mainly ranges from five to twenty yuan, depending on the type and size of bonsai. Compared with the price in Jinlin City, the price of small bonsai is from more than 40 to more than 100 pieces, and the price difference is between six and eight times, which makes Fang Lu very excited. However, this is the difference in the price between the two places, in fact, the price gap between bulk purchase and shipment should be smaller.
Fang Lu suppressed his excitement, and then asked, "Boss, can you still lower this price?" ”
"Little brother, I'm already the lowest price, no matter how low it is, I'll lose money, if you don't believe it, you can go to other houses to inquire." The middle-aged man said.
"Where can I inquire, boss, it seems that there is a bonsai shop near here." Fang Lu said angrily.
"Although it's just my family, little brother, don't worry, my price is not said to be anywhere else, just say that it is also the lowest in the entire ZY City." The boss said without any embarrassment.
"Okay, I don't care if you're the lowest price or not, I just want to know how much I'll get if I buy a large batch of the bonsai I just asked about from you?" Fang Lu asked.
"A large number of bonsai, this depends on the type and size of the bonsai you buy, as well as the quantity, if it is dozens of pots, I can give you a ninety-fifty discount." The boss said.
"Boss, dozens of pots will be discounted by ninety-five, so what if I buy thousands of pots or tens of thousands of pots? How much discount do you give? Fang Lu asked with a smile.
When the middle-aged boss heard about thousands of pots and tens of thousands of pots, he directly took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Fang Lu
"Come and smoke a cigarette, brother, and other bosses are shouting, brother, I am a few years older than you, just call Brother Shang."
Fang Lu stretched out his hand to block the cigarette handed over by Boss Shang and said, "Then I will call you Brother Shang, junior brother, my surname is Fang, you can just call me Fang Lu." And my little brother, I don't smoke, forgive me. ”
Boss Shang took back the cigarette he handed over and said, "Little Brother Fang, it's good not to smoke, smoking is not good for your health, but brother, I have been smoking for decades and can't quit." ”
Fang Lu echoed twice.
Boss Shang lit a cigarette and said, "Little Brother Fang, thousands of pots, tens of thousands of pots, such a large amount, don't bluff me, I haven't heard of any municipal projects on the city government's side." But if it's not any municipal engineering, it's so numerous. Could it be that you plan to sell it out of ZY City, and if you ship it out of ZY City, it will be sold in the provincial capital or Huainan next to it, but counting the road expenses and the loss on the road, plus the low price of others, you don't make much money, is it difficult for the little brother to have a way. ”
When Fang Lu heard that there were really few simple people who did business, he guessed some of them, Fang Lu said haha, "Yes, Brother Shang is right, I have a relative there who is engaged in bonsai wholesale, and the price is slightly better, mainly relying on volume, small profits but quick turnover." ”
"Well, if you have a way, Brother Fang, you still have some money, unlike we don't have a way there, and we can't make much money at all." Boss Shang said.
"Okay, Brother Shang won't say so much, little brother, I just want to ask what price can you give if I can take so many goods or even more?" Fang Lu avoided the heavy and light.
"If you can really take so many goods, I can calculate the price for you according to the diameter of the bonsai, after all, all you are asking about are small bonsai, and there is almost no difference in price between the types." Boss Shang said.
"Okay, then Brother Shang, you make a list for me, just write me the price you can give me according to the ones I asked just now, and then write your phone number, I'll take a look, and then compare the price of my relatives, if it's appropriate, I'll call you the day after tomorrow to contact you."
"Brother Shang, you must give me a low price, or the younger brother won't even be able to earn his hard-earned money." Fang Lu said.
"This, little brother Fang, don't worry, I will definitely give you the biggest discount." Boss Shang said with a smile.
"Okay, then Brother Shang, you can write the list first, I'll wait here for a while." Fang Lu said.
"Okay, that little brother, you sit and wait for a while." Boss Shang said.