The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 201 - 195: To the Port_2

Chapter 201: Chapter 195: To the Port_2

The Xue Family was secretly shocked; the price dropped from four hundred and twenty yuan to three hundred and eighty yuan, a direct decrease of forty yuan.

It was her first time to know that wholesale could be bargained like this.

In her previous experience selling goods, when it came to bargaining, she simply refused to sell, and never dropped the price that much.

She glanced at Lu Jingqiu and felt it was better for Jingqiu to make the decisions.

Indeed, Lu Jingqiu spoke up again and directly showed a number to Boss Zhang, "Three hundred and sixty yuan, Boss Zhang, you can rest assured that I will definitely promote your products in West City."

Boss Zhang hesitated for a moment but felt the price was acceptable, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, as long as you promote our products well, I won’t say anything else. In the future, the items from my shop will definitely not let you down. With Zhang San doing business, you can also rest assured; any goods that leave my place, I guarantee your safety in this port." While speaking, Boss Zhang pointed at the first person to pick up goods: "See, these goods are being delivered to their connection points by our people, or we help them contact a familiar truck driver."

Xue Jianian and Lu Jingqiu glanced at the goods being transported away, and indeed, there were a few men following beside the vehicles.

The port area was indeed messy, with plenty of robbers and thieves.

Some bosses were aware of this issue, and that’s why customers flocked to someone like Boss Zhang, who had been in the business for a long time. The reason he had so many customers was that he considered their needs – people felt safe taking his goods; even if it was ten or twenty yuan more expensive, they were still willing to pay.

Jingqiu said, "Boss Zhang is generous. With such a cooperative partner like you, I believe many would be eager to collaborate with you."

Boss Zhang laughed heartily and, without further ado, asked his subordinates to prepare the goods for them.

At that moment, Xue Jianian could barely contain her smile, deeply impressed; from four hundred and twenty yuan directly down to three hundred and sixty yuan, saving almost a hundred yuan.

She was delighted but also shocked to realize how lucrative the electrical appliances business was – a machine could make a hundred yuan in profit just by changing hands.

Indeed, she could make a hundred yuan after a whole day of selling goods without any cost, but in this case, it was just a matter of reselling.

Of course, it might be easier to make money locally, but the most troublesome part about out-of-town trade was transportation.

The transportation might be a bit troublesome, but the profits were higher than local business – the effort was equal to the reward.

After receiving the goods, Boss Zhang also introduced them to a tricycle cargo puller.

For only two yuan, the tricycle could pull the goods to the station. They didn’t need to go to the station themselves; instead, the driver would deliver the goods directly to their home.

The two of them followed behind the cargo puller on foot.

Although the distance was a bit long, they were both very happy.

Lu Jingqiu told Xue Jianian to place the bamboo basket on the tricycle, and the two of them followed behind with broad grins.

"Jingqiu, I really didn’t expect that you could bargain in wholesale business and bring the price down so much," she said.

"No matter what business you are in, there’s always room for negotiation," Jingqiu replied.

"I’ve never bargained when selling grains. At most, for chicken, duck, and meat, I gave a slight discount, just a few cents kind of discount."

Jingqiu laughed, "Grains aren’t the same as these electrical appliances. There isn’t much margin for bargaining with grains. But it’s different for appliances – they’re expensive and are new products. They capitalize on the fact that everyone is unfamiliar with them, don’t understand them, and take the chance to make a good profit by charging high prices. As more and more people make these kinds of products and there are more of them to compare, prices will naturally drop, and the room for bargaining will lessen."

Forget about everything else, just look at the comrades who transport goods for us—their transportation fees are more expensive than other places. Mainly because when they see customers like us, willing to spend hundreds or even thousands, they think an extra one or two yuan won’t matter to us.

For those very cheap commodities, the transportation fee is another story."

"That’s true," Xue Jianian agreed, and immediately chuckled, "Although I’m from around here, I’ve gained some insight today. It looks like, when I’m not busy, I need to get out more. I’ve been in business for quite a while, but I can’t compare to you. It was your idea when your second cousin was dealing with grains, wasn’t it?"

Lu Jingqiu nodded, "Your goods were not bad, and at that time, my second cousin didn’t know what to transport, so I introduced him to you. It was that batch of goods that allowed him to go to some places and meet some merchants."

"Is your second cousin really selling TVs now?"

"Yeah, he should be in Yangcheng City now, to pick up TVs, but unfortunately, I don’t know where he is."

"Yangcheng City is so big; it’s probably not easy to find him."

"I don’t necessarily have to find him; I just need to settle the house thing this time."

"Jingqiu, you’re involved in your second cousin’s business too, aren’t you?"

"Yes, but unfortunately, Xia Lin has also gotten involved recently, and I don’t want to have anything to do with her."

"Xia Lin? How did she end up doing business with your second cousin?"

"My second cousin is doing business with Gao Da, which is Gao Shu’s older brother. Xia Lin got involved through Gao Da."

"Hmph, she must know that you’re involved, right? For her to butt in like this, doesn’t she feel embarrassed? She’s the kind who’s best at pretending.

She talks about being good sisters, good comrades, on the surface, but in reality, she doesn’t know how much she despises you, how much she tries to put you down. In front of others, she is one way, and in front of her man, she is another. Oh, I saw it all the other day, when she talked to her man, even her voice changed, that tone." Xue Jianian thought about that scene, inhaled with a hiss through her teeth; she really couldn’t describe it properly.

Lu Jingqiu looked at her and laughed, following up with, "Is she speaking with a pinched voice, all tender and sticky-sweet?"

"Exactly, men all like that. You wouldn’t believe how her man’s eyes lit up when he heard her voice. Oh... I didn’t mean to see it, I really saw it by accident that time. Zhe, normally she would never talk like that to anyone else, especially not the two of us, we’re practically enemies."

"Right, about what you mentioned before—did you find out the results of her hiring someone to deal with you?"

"I still don’t know. The police keep saying they will come by when they have time. They called and said the police went to Ten-miles Village to ask around. The village people said it’s not possible, the village chief also said it’s not possible, all claiming Xia Lin is a good person who would never do such a thing, and they don’t even know about our place or recognize that person.

Her village chief father said that the farthest Xia Lin has ever been is to West City, apart from that, just their county town; she’s never even been to the city. Ah, I think this matter will probably come to nothing."

Xue Jianian felt that before, Xia Lin truly didn’t know her, and if she had indeed set her sights on her, it could only be because of Wei Jincheng and Gao Shu’s issues, but before that, Wei Jincheng had never been to Ten-miles Village, nor had he started to trouble Gao Shu.

Wei Jincheng getting close to Gao Qing was only the first step, but her sudden arrival had put an end to it.

Xue Jianian had no idea that the issue she and Wei Jincheng were confused about, Lu Jingqiu knew all along.

She knew why Xia Lin targeted Xue Jianian, but she couldn’t tell her that these were debts from a previous life.

She couldn’t tell her about something like rebirth, either.