Chapter 278: Traitor Hong Tao
Although they live in the big city of Toronto, they have low material requirements, and even in Toronto, they often go to clothing stores owned by Chinese or Vietnamese to buy bargains.
In their opinion, it really doesn't matter what you eat and wear, a pair of well-fitting jeans, a checkered cotton shirt is very good, what brand-name watches, brand-name belts, brand-name leather shoes, they don't think about it at all, even if you give it to him, he won't accept it, even if it does, they won't wear it, they think those don't match their identity.
As Hong Tao thought, Old Gail and the others immediately became much more relaxed after entering the wholesale clothing market, and when they asked about the prices of the clothes in a few stalls, their faces bloomed, and even Harrison, who had been complaining that Hong Tao should not have dragged them to the mall, was eager to try to buy some clothes for himself.
The reason is that there are so many clothes to choose from here, and the prices are beyond their imagination, and the cheap ones are not like words. The price of a pair of jeans is only more than 50 yuan, and it is only more than 8 yuan when converted into Canadian dollars, which is still the result of no bargaining, this money can't even buy cigarettes in Canada, of course, Canadian cigarettes are really expensive.
Who says men don't like to go to the mall!! That's what they don't want to buy, when they want to buy, it's more terrible than women, women mostly see more, ask more, buy less, and men buy things, that's the real purchase, just jeans, these 3 old men got more than 20, cotton shirts and shorts are also several pieces per person, socks, hats, round neck vests and other gadgets are even more into a dozen greetings, the harm of Hong Tao took the time to hold the things they bought and ran to the parking lot twice, put the things back in the car first, or really can't take it.
Although they buy a lot, Hong Tao is still very disdainful of their aesthetic level, they prefer those colors with heavy colors and strong contrasts, in our Chinese words: timid, earthy.
However, Hong Tao did not interfere with people's choices, he was only responsible for bargaining with those vendors. Later, he didn't even care about bargaining, because Erin could bargain better than him, often he could bargain for 10 yuan, Irene could bargain for 15 yuan, and after a few times, Pavi grabbed Hong Tao's neck and dragged him away from the front of the stall to make room for Erin, even if they didn't understand Chinese, they could see who could save them more money.
Buy, buy, buy. These old foreign men took bargaining as a fun game, and they liked the freer, more communicative way of pricing, which, in Gale's words, was not just about buying things, but about human communication, which included a lot of scientific knowledge.
After having lunch at a McDonald's restaurant across the street from the clothing market, the old men plunged headlong into the clothing market again, and this time they didn't even need Erin and began to fight in person. With the old man and the thick-skinned renminbi denomination that has just been distinguished, he started a fierce tug-of-war with those clothing vendors.
For a while, these three foreign old men became a scene in the clothing market, a big fat man Pavey, a bearded Harrison and a white-haired Gail formed a battle group, according to the direction of the stall. Row after row began to sweep across the floor, tossing and turning the hawkers around.
Pavey was in charge of the attack, his distinctive broken horn voice was extremely high-pitched, and he was tall and strong. Standing in front of the peddler, it was like a hill, and he hadn't opened his mouth yet. It will give people a lot of pressure;
Harrison was in charge of the assists, and his beard and angular appearance were particularly ferocious, like an unsheathed bayonet, and whenever Pavey attacked unfavorably, he would stick his head out, and then stare at a pair of big eyes, and a low roar popped out of the bush of the beard, often to make a final decision;
Old Gale is still in the role of his captain, he usually stands behind Pavey and Harrison, while paying attention to the situation of the two assaulters in front of him, while asking Hong Tao and Erin about the true value of the goods, and finally through his calculations and judgments, a price floor is formed, and then conveyed to Pavey and Harrison, and the two guys will follow Old Gail's instructions to attack the owner of the stall, and they will not stop until they take it.
Hong Tao is convinced, he stands behind these 3 foreign old men, he is completely a dog-legged image, several hawkers are accusing him of helping foreigners bully their own people, fortunately, Hong Tao's face is not thin, no matter how cynical you are, I will do it myself, and I can even take the time to help Erin refer to the clothing, shoes and hats she likes.
However, the battle ended in defeat for Hong Tao's side, although Hong Tao and they belonged to the multinational force, the three armed forces were very strong in combat, but they were amateurs after all, and there was still a gap between the professional players who relied on them for a living.
As the saying goes, what you buy is not what you sell, and those hawkers focus on lip service all year round, although in the face of old Gael's group attack is sometimes a little overwhelming, but they have a killer feature beyond conventional weapons: don't sell!
No matter how good you can bargain and how good you are in the vernacular, once the price is beyond the hawkers' affordability, they will not sell it if they are killed. Don't look at the sadness of those hawkers when they bargain with you, like a dead father, one by one loses money, one by one does not make money, one by one is not a fool, they do not make money to sell to you or even lose money to sell to you is possible? If you don't make money or lose money, it's better to stay at home, why bother here?
Anyway, these 3 foreign old men are enjoying themselves today, they have bought a lot of things, they are all cabbage prices, and they have a big harvest! The most important thing is that they feel that these are the fruits of their hard work, so the value of the money is not only not distressed, but also complacent.
In the car back, Pavey crossed his fat fingers and kept settling accounts with Harrison, calculating how much money they had earned today. In their opinion, if you can buy something for 8 yuan for 10 yuan, that is to earn 2 yuan!
According to Pavi's algorithm, not only did they not spend money on this day's purchase, but they also earned hundreds per person, and Hong Tao sighed to himself, this Nima is the entire 3 foreign Ah Q, let's have a little more heart!
In fact, on this day, not only were they shopping frantically, but there was also a person who was silently wandering among the outdoor stores in Beijing, and this was Wang Jian. Gao Fat Man and Yang Ke had to go to work on this trip, and they couldn't go, and when Hong Tao asked him, he didn't even think about it, and directly gave a positive answer.
As for Wei Lu's answer so neatly, isn't it obvious, he, like Hong Tao, is a bastard who has a lot of time and has nothing to do. He can't even insert his hand in that company, because it is foreign trade, all customs declarations, customs clearance, tax rebates are handled by professionals, he just wants to help can't help, customers are fixed, basically do not need to develop new customers, with that kind of mechanical parts of the country there are so few, the only thing he has to do is to take gifts and shopping cards during the New Year's holidays, go to the leaders of the customer factory to pay New Year's greetings, say a few nice words, and then put things down and leave.
This long-distance fishing activity is what he has been longing for for a long time, in fact, everyone who likes fishing has such a wish in their hearts, that is, to fish in as many waters as possible, the more the better. However, this wish is rarely realized, and it is not only a matter of financial resources, but also time and partner constraints.
Even if you have money, you still have to have time, and even if you have money and time, you have to have the right partner to accompany you through this time. In the process of this long trip, you and your partner need to stay together 24 hours a day, if you are not very angry, can play, talk about people together, you will soon be completely interested, then it is better not to go out, spend half a day to make a fuss, how boring!
Although Wang Jian was not familiar with these foreigners, Wang Jian had seen photos of Hong Tao fishing and hunting in Canada, and he was a god with them, so he wanted to play like Hong Tao at that time, but he didn't have this opportunity. Now the opportunity has finally come, even if it is only for a round trip within the country, which is also rare, and it would be foolish not to go. (To be continued......)