Chapter 97: Bargaining
The bookstore owner had been abroad for a long time, and when he had just returned to China, Huaguo had just resumed the college entrance examination.
He originally wanted to apply for a position at the school, but for various reasons, he couldn't, so he opened a bookstore near the school.
These English versions of the famous books were specially picked up by him, and they have been piled up in the store for a long time, but unfortunately they have not been sold.
Occasionally, students in the neighborhood come over to buy a few books, either some wild history miscellaneous notes, or Chinese versions of famous works.
Zhang Ran doesn't look very old, and he is quite serious and devoted to the English version of Jane Eyre.
The bookstore owner suddenly became a little interested, he casually asked Zhang Ran a few Jane Eyre characters in English, but he didn't expect Zhang Ran to not only be able to answer fluently, but also speak the Tao.
The bookstore owner immediately had the feeling of meeting a confidant, and the two of them just talked in English as if no one was around.
When Gu Junze walked to the door of the store with a stack of books, he happened to hear Zhang Ran and the bookstore owner chattering and didn't know what they were talking about.
Gu Junze stood in place and listened for a long time, until Zhang Ran turned his head to look at him, and then he said in a deep voice: "Ranran, I have turned out all the high school textbooks that can be found in the old book stack, have you found them all?" ”
The bookstore owner also noticed the stack of books that Gu Junze had brought over, and he immediately said to Zhang Ran with a smile:
"These high school textbooks are too old, I still have a batch of relatively new ones, why don't you buy them with the English version of the famous book, how about I give you a discount?"
Zhang Ran couldn't laugh or cry, she worked hard to find it for a long time, but the other party told her that there was a batch of new ones, isn't it annoying.
She asked when she entered the store before, but the other party directly threw a sentence and asked her to find it herself.
I knew that there were ready-made ones, so where did she need to spend the effort of flipping through the old books just now.
"I don't need a new textbook, if you can make me cheaper, how about I pick a few more famous books in English?"
Zhang Ran counted it, and in the pile of books that Gu Junze had just brought over, except for a few textbooks on history and politics that he hadn't found, the other physicalizations were basically all in place.
These textbooks are a little old, and they don't hinder their use, and she can't afford to spend more money to buy better ones.
"That's it, I won't let you suffer, you bought all the English versions of the famous books in my store, and I will give you these high school textbooks for free?"
The English classics in the bookstore have been on display for a long time, and the bookstore owner still spent a lot of money in order to collect these books.
Rather than sit idle in the store, he wished he had sold these hot potatoes sooner.
It was rare for Zhang Ran to be interested in the English version of the famous books, and the bookstore owner felt that the opportunity for his famous books to sell had come.
"How many English books do you have in your store?"
From the previous conversation with the bookstore owner, Zhang Ran probably knew that he was in a hurry to sell this batch of books.
If there weren't many, Zhang Ran could consider buying them all.
She wasn't greedy for the free book delivery discount that the bookstore owner said, the old high school textbooks were obviously worthless, and she didn't know that the bookstore owner collected them for a few cents.
As for the all-English hardcover edition of the masterpiece, it is the big one, otherwise the bookstore owner would not be so attentive to Zhang Ran.
Zhang Ran wanted to buy a famous book, and the bookstore owner hurriedly hugged all the English versions of the famous books on the shelf.
"That's all, I'll calculate your cost price for each one, fifteen copies, it adds up to a total of 120."
As soon as the bookstore owner finished speaking, Zhang Ran immediately said: "One price, I will ask for all 100 yuan!" ”
100 yuan is just within her tolerance, as for the money left over from selling watermelons today, Zhang Ran has other plans.
Zhang Ran cut 20 pieces in one go, and the bookstore owner immediately looked at her with a bitter face.
"Little girl, knowledge is priceless, I sold you for 120 is already a preferential price, you have to let me recover the cost, if it weren't for these books piled up in the store and no one bought them, I would be reluctant to sell them to you so cheaply!"
"Boss, Ming people don't say dark words, I sincerely want to buy it, I'll buy it all if you're cheaper."
These masterpieces are all hardcover, although they are not as precious as the collector's edition, but for Zhang Ran, who has a collecting habit, he can't resist the urge to buy at all.