Zhou Jiayi had never seen such a shameless person before, and her face turned red with anger: "You said it! My mom and I both heard it!"

Without blushing, without skipping a beat, and without panting, Li Si said, "I didn't say that."

Zhou Jiayi stomped her feet in anger, wanting to refute but having no video evidence. She was so angry that her face turned red and purple, and she stared at Li Si without being able to say a word.

If it weren't for her grandfather's birthday tomorrow, and the fact that the family had already announced it, she wouldn't have come here to buy a TV!

If it weren't for the fact that Pingcheng only has this one large appliance store that sells televisions, Jiang Hailian would definitely have turned around and left.

Several of Zhou Jiayi's father's colleagues had bought large color TVs from this store, but their family still had that old black and white TV.

One by one, they would buy a color TV and then go to her store to show it off, saying how good it was and how much better it was than a black and white TV.

Tomorrow is Grandpa Zhou Jiayi's birthday. Jiang Hailian and Zhou Yong have already notified their neighbors, friends, and colleagues to come and celebrate with them. When their friends and colleagues came to the store to show off their new color TV, they also revealed that they were planning to buy a large color TV.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be buying a color TV at this time.

Unexpectedly, Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng dared to raise prices on the spot. Jiang Hailian had been in business for so many years, and she was always the one who ripped off others. She had never been ripped off in front of others before.

I was absolutely furious.

“You didn’t sell it for this price yesterday. Our neighbor bought a 21-inch color TV for 2,500 yuan.”

Bai Lu casually flipped the small abacus on the cash register and said calmly, "Our appliance store is having a grand opening. We had a promotional event the day before yesterday and yesterday, with discounts and promotions. We're not having that today; prices will be back to normal. Is there a problem?"

Jiang Hailian felt utterly disgusted, as if she had swallowed a fly. No matter what she said, Bai Lu had a reason to refute it.

She was even more knowledgeable about business than she was, unlike a clueless newbie opening a shop for the first time.

Zhou Jiayi couldn't stand Bai Lu's arrogance: "A 21-inch color TV isn't that expensive at all!"

"My classmate's family bought a color TV in Nanshi, and it didn't cost that much at all. You're just deliberately inflating the price!"

Jiang Hailian, realizing what was happening, also threatened, "Maliciously disrupting market prices, your black-market shop will be shut down!"

Bai Lu, utterly unafraid, retorted defiantly, "I'm a country bumpkin. I've never been to Nanshi. How would I know how much a TV costs there? The prices set by our appliance store are all reasonable market prices."

Zhang San and Li Si chimed in, "We're just country bumpkins too. There aren't any other appliance stores in the city, so how would we know how much other TVs cost? Our TVs are all priced reasonably in Pingcheng."

Jiang Hailian and Zhou Jiayi were rendered speechless by the sarcastic remark.

Xiao Cheng only now realized that Zhang San and Li Si also had a sensible talent for climbing the social ladder.

Before, they were just two blockheads, but now, thanks to the White Dew, their brains have been developed and can actually function normally.

"Who cares about your broken TV? Let's go to Nanshi and buy one!" Zhou Jiayi grabbed Jiang Hailian and turned to leave.

Jiang Hailian also wanted to leave gracefully, but reality wouldn't allow it; her legs felt like lead and she couldn't move.

It takes several hours to travel from Pingcheng to Nanshi, and there is only one bus a day, in the morning.

I definitely can't go today. It's already afternoon, and if I go tomorrow morning, the next bus won't come back until the day after tomorrow.

If you can't wait, you can hire a car, but the cost of hiring a car is almost the same as the price difference of a TV set, which is not cost-effective at all.

If we don't hire a car, we won't be back until the morning after tomorrow. By then, Grandpa Jiayi's birthday celebration will be over, and all the people who came to congratulate him will have left. What's the point of buying a big color TV then?

Moreover, we'll be back the morning after tomorrow, and we'll need to spend the night in Nanshi tomorrow night, which will be another expense if we book a hotel room.

No matter which path she chooses, she'll end up wasting money. Jiang Hailian is caught in a dilemma: to go or not to go.

In the end, Zhou Jiayi forcibly dragged him away.

Not long after, a strange man came into the store and went straight to the display shelf for 21-inch TVs.

"I want to buy this TV."

The stranger pointed to the 21-inch sample machine with his left hand and handed 2,500 yuan to Zhang San with his right.

Seeing that he was just an ordinary citizen, Zhang San didn't think much of it and reached out to collect the money, asking Li Si to write the receipt.

However, just as he raised his hand, a clear voice came from the cashier: "Zhang San, Li Si, the TV set costs 3800 yuan. Don't give the wrong receipt when you're taking the money."

Zhang San: "???"

Li Si: "???"

The two brothers looked at the cashier, completely bewildered.

My sister-in-law seems to be joking.

Brother, do you want to ask about it or do something about it?

Xiao Cheng took a sip of tea, his eyes filled with indulgence tinged with mist, and a hint of doting in them.

"Didn't you hear what the landlady said?"

Zhang San and Li Si: "..." "We heard that."

The customer overheard this and looked angry: "Yesterday it was only 2500, how come it's 3800 today?"

Bai Lu walked out of the cashier's counter, repeating what she had said as she went: "We're having a grand opening promotion. We had discounts and promotions the day before yesterday and yesterday, but today the prices are back to normal."

"The original price wasn't this high, was it?" The customer looked incredulous: "TVs outside don't sell for this much."

Bai Lu walked unhurriedly to the 21-inch demo unit and suggested with a smile, "We have other uses for this TV. Why don't you choose another one? I'll give you a discount."

The customer glanced at Bailu, then at the 21-inch demo unit, and turned to leave: "I'll think about it some more."

Zhang San and Li Si watched helplessly as their benefactor disappeared.

It was incredibly painful; the two of them wailed, "Boss lady, the business is gone!"

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a bit," Bai Lu reassured her confidently.

Zhang San recalled the conversation between Bai Lu and the guest earlier and suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Could it be that those two women hired shills?"

"That's right."

"How did Sister-in-law make that decision?" Zhang San and Li Si were very curious about how Bai Lu went from doubting to being certain.

The timing was so fast and precise that even if they had doubts, they couldn't have been sure so quickly.

Bai Lu slowly explained, "As soon as he arrived, he went straight to the 21-inch TV demo unit and offered 2,500 without even looking at the price. Even if most people had been here before and knew that this TV was priced at 2,500, their first reaction would be to try to negotiate the price, and if they couldn't, they would offer the original price."

“What if he’s very rich?” Li Si asked.

Zhang San also had the same look of confusion on his face.

Only Xiao Cheng remained calm, thoughtfully twirling the teacup in his hand, his gaze never leaving Bai Lu.

Bai Lu smiled and said, "Leaving aside judging his wealth level by his clothes, he said that the TVs outside are not that expensive, but he didn't say where 'outside' was or how much they cost. Obviously, someone told him this in advance, and the purpose was not to lower the price, but to make him buy it for 2,500."

"Moreover, when I told him to choose another TV and I would give him a discount, his first reaction was not to ask how much discount he would get, but to turn around and leave. It was obvious that he wanted to go back and ask the actual buyer for their opinion, not that he wanted to buy a TV, nor that he had his eye on the 21-inch demo unit."

With so many TVs in the store, including more than one 21-inch model, who would only want to look at the display model?