Chapter 18 [Second-hand Van Trucks]
That night, his mother Yang Lan really fulfilled her promise, not only made John's favorite roast turkey, but also made Yang Nian's favorite food. It is also the mother Yang Lan's best specialty dish, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, and the mother and son even opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate.
Originally, Yang Nianzhong wanted to leave John in the empty room of his house for the night after dinner, and don't run back so far, but John disagreed. The bed in the room is just a small single bed, which is in line with the body type of ordinary people, and the two-meter-tall John lies down like lying on a crib.
When sending John out, Yang Nianzhong patted him on the shoulder and said with a thousand instructions. "It's so late, John, don't wander around, go home early and rest, come early tomorrow morning, let's go to the second-hand car market and try to buy a van, otherwise it's too inconvenient."
John raised his hands and feet to buy a car, and the two brothers took a taxi when they came back from the dock. When you put your shopping cart in the trunk of a taxi, the look of contempt from the taxi driver is disgusting.
If you can buy a second-hand van, even if it is only 30% new, it is much more cost-effective than always taking a taxi. The two brothers are not Santos, both of them have driver's licenses in their hands but they can't afford to buy a car, the boss told him so, how dare John go against the boss's wishes.
He nodded quickly and took a taxi, went back to his rental hotel, and fell asleep in bed. The next day, I woke up early, washed up, locked the door, and took the bus and subway to the backyard of the old BJ Jajang Noodle Restaurant.
Unexpectedly, the door was opened, and after entering the backyard, he saw that the garage door was also open, Yang Nianzhong pouted his buttocks, and put the Sony Walkman in the trolley box, and came to Yang Nianzhong's side, John asked incomprehensibly.
"Boss, you just asked me to put these walkman codes on the shelves yesterday, why are they in trolley cases today."
Yang Nianzhong took down a Sony Walkman from the shelf, and he would carefully inspect it to see if there was any damage. Is there a place to open the package, while installing the Sony Walkman, he said to John with a smile.
"Hurry up and help, although these Sony Walkmans are brand new, they are all outdated products, and now who still plays with the Sony Walkman with tapes. It's too much of a hindrance to buy a truck so it's too much to put it in the warehouse, so I try to get rid of these walkmans after buying the car and sell them for as much as I can. ”
John also felt that it made sense when he heard Yang Nianzhong say this, and then reached out to help put these Sony Walkmans in the trolley case again. Then followed Yang Nianzhong back to the restaurant, and greeted his beloved Aunt Yang while washing his hands.
Then the two of them had breakfast, and after breakfast, they took a taxi and went straight to the second-hand car market in Nassau County. I drove to the second-hand car market, found a broker who sold vans, and began to choose vans with two special businesses, my brother.
As the so-called money in his pocket, he is not panicked, and with the $10,000 that his mother handed over to him last night, Yang Nianzhong is not polite. The requirements for vans are also stricter, and the state of vans can at least reach eighty percent new, and there have been no major accidents.
The medium size can be, the distance is less than 50,000 kilometers, the price is about 5,000 US dollars, and under the leadership of the broker who operates second-hand vans, more than 20 trucks have been selected. That's when I bought a Ford van that cost around $5,800.
After trying two laps in the parking lot, Yang Nianzhong felt that he was satisfied with the condition of the car very well, and he did not hear any abnormal sound of the car body during the whole driving process. The tread wear of the tires is only about half, and the various equipment on board is perfect, and this is not to say that this car is the same.
After buying a second-hand van, he came to the DMV and transferred the second-hand van to his name. Then he hurried back to the backyard of the old BJ Jajanjanjan Noodle Restaurant, packed the boxes of outdated Sony Walkmans in the back of the van and headed straight to Chinatown in Nassau County.
Yesterday, through my mother's introduction, I contacted a store that sells second-hand electrical equipment in Chinatown, Nassau County, called Xianghua Electric Appliance Store. The other party is a middle-aged man in his 50s, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses that looks very sven, but his Mediterranean head shape is more funny, and his chubby appearance looks very rich.
According to his mother, Yang Lan, the chubby boss's name is Zhao Jincai, nicknamed Lucky Cat, and his mother is from the same city as his name, BJ. It's been about 12 years since I met, and the other party is also a frequent visitor to the old BJ fried sauce noodle restaurant, Yang Nianzhong has to call Uncle Zhao when he sees the other party.
But today, he negotiated with Zhao Jincai as a businessman, so the two sides were very honest when they met. First shook hands and then John put a box of Sony Walkmans on the cabinet, Zhao Jincai, who was in the cabinet, flicked his gold-wire glasses, picked up an unopened Sony Walkman, and observed it carefully.
"It looks very good and it's brand new, the only drawback is that it's not made by RB Sony, it's made in Taiwan."
"So the price is much lower, plus there are a lot of them, Uncle Zhao will give you a price of eight dollars per Sony Walkman, what do you think."
The price of a Sony Walkman is eight dollars, which is not high but definitely not low, if you put these Sony Walkmans in the flea market in New York. It will definitely be able to sell for $15 a piece, but Yang Nianzhong didn't have the time to sell the Sony Walkman in person at the flea market.
The second reason is that it is impossible to sell all 150 Sony Walkmans at a flea market on a Saturday. Selling to Xianghua second-hand electrical appliance store solves your two troubles, and besides, the other party buys you these Sony Walkmans, you have to let Zhao Jin make a few profit margins.
What's more, this is not a one-shot deal, the price given by the other party is not low, and in the future, if you get those second-hand electrical equipment from the warehousing and auction industry. It can also be sold to Xianghua Electric Appliance Store, and the two sides have established a long-term cooperative relationship, which is much stronger than trading with strangers to deliberately lower the price, which makes Yang Nianzhong suffer heavy losses.
The 150 Sony Walkmans that were not said were handed over to Zhao Jincai's boss, and the two parties paid the transaction amount of the Sony Walkman in cash. It was a total of 1,200 US dollars, and 1/3 of the money to buy the car was returned, plus the income from the big yellow croaker antique gold bar, which made the two brothers tremble with excitement.
While driving the van and listening to the loud music, the two brothers played in the cab and called a hi, and returned to the garage after ten minutes. Then the two brothers thoroughly inspected the van inside and out, and there were no hidden dangers, Yang Nianzhong said to John while working.
"Now our brother's start-up capital is sufficient, and the transportation has been bought. Boss, I mean it's an opportunity to make a big deal in front of us, and bundles of dollars are beckoning to the two of us, which is a really exciting feeling. ”
At this time, John was checking the engine parts with a wrench, and while gritting his teeth, he looked at Yang Nianzhong and said excitedly. "Boss, you're right, the engine is fine, let's go back tomorrow, the cruise terminal will participate in the container auction."