Chapter 228 The store is closed
Two cents?
Tsk tsk, Xia Mi sighed in her heart, Cheng Quan is really taking an extreme approach.
Either the price is exorbitant or it is sky-high.
Two cents is a lot nowadays. A spare part barely costs one cent, and even a small bag of screws is only one cent. If the price goes up, wouldn't it be three cents?
If this isn’t an out-of-this-world price, what is?
When Xia Mi saw Cheng Quan come into the store to explain, she didn't leave in a hurry. She stood outside the door and listened to his excuses.
"We had an opening promotion a while ago, and now the store has been open for over a month. How can we have time for another promotion? The two cents also include shipping costs. Why don't you include that?"
Without any verification, Cheng Quan unilaterally concluded that Shen Zhihui's store was closed and couldn't wait to start a monopoly.
"Our products are all from state-owned factories. Can their quality compare to those from township factories?"
The customer was dissatisfied. "It would be fine if you didn't mention this. Now that I've brought up this, I've noticed that after I bought from you, the number of defective products has increased by at least 10%. Are you actually working with a state-owned factory? Don't try to tarnish its reputation."
When Cheng Quan heard this, his expression changed and he became arrogant.
"If you think my goods are not good, then go buy them from somewhere else."
The customer was so angry that his face turned red and he couldn't refute it at all. Finally, with his neck red, he said, "If I had known that you were going to harm Boss Shen with this intention, I would never have taken advantage of a small advantage and suffered a big loss!"
After the customer finished speaking, he left the store.
Cheng Quan walked into the office without looking back, with no intention of keeping him.
Xia Mi saw the opportunity and said, "Comrade, you want to buy parts, right?"
When the man saw Xia Mi taking the initiative to approach and talk to him, he was worried that she would get in touch with Cheng Quan again, so he rejected her without thinking.
"I don't buy anything cheap. I don't buy it. Please leave me alone."
"I know Boss Shen, his shop is still open. If you really want the goods, I can take you there to register, and you can pick up the goods when the people come back."
When the man heard that Xia Mi knew Shen Zhihui, his expression changed faster than turning a page of a book, "Really? You really know Boss Shen?"
He asked several times in uncertainty, and then said it guiltily.
"Forget it. I treated Boss Shen like that before. I guess he won't do business with me anymore. I'll think of another way."
"Comrades, business is business, and competition is inevitable. As consumers, you have the right to choose what is suitable and what you want, and we will respect your choice."
The man looked at Xia Mi with a puzzled look. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "You said you knew Boss Shen. Are you his lover?"
"I'm not, I'm his friend."
"What's the use of you being his friend? Just because you think this way doesn't mean he thinks the same way. You won't feel the pain unless you are hit by a stick." The man actually turned around and persuaded Xia Mi.
Xia Mi thought to herself, you also know that this is immoral and unrighteous!
"Well, since you don't believe me, then I can't do anything about it." Xia Mi sighed, "I originally wanted to go to Boss Shen's store."
The man was still unwilling to give up. He came all the way here, and if he went back empty-handed, all the travel expenses would be wasted.
Seeing Xia Mi really walking towards Chen Zhihui's shop, he hesitated for a long time, but still chose to follow.
Xia Mi had already greeted Shen Zhihui before coming. Shen Zhihui did not go out today and was waiting in the store early in the morning.
It’s just that the store has been open but there have been no customers, so he was too lazy to open it again to avoid being upset.
He has done what Xia Mi said and is now waiting for a reply. In the past half month, he has either been in the car or talking to people about insurance. His tonsils are inflamed and he has difficulty speaking.
Just half a month later, when Xia Mi saw Chen Zhihui again, he was in very poor condition and looked thin. He looked to have lost ten pounds compared to half a month ago.
"Thank you for your hard work." The first words Xia Mi said when she saw him were to comfort him.
Shen Zhihui shook his head, "What's so hard about this? It's all what I should do."
He spread out the map again and pointed at the triangle icon. "We've been to all of these places. Most people don't trust us because of the distance and are taking a wait-and-see approach. Some are brave enough to pay deposits and place orders. Tomorrow I'll have Master He and his team deliver the goods."
Xia Mi was surprised. Seeing him looking so sad just now, she thought there was no progress at all. She didn't expect that people would place orders directly.
"Isn't this a good thing? Why did you look so sad just now?" Xia Mi didn't understand, but then she thought that Chen Zhihui must be tired.
"Before, we could sell 30,000 yuan without even leaving the house, but 30,000 yuan wasn't enough for a month. Now, we have to work hard for a month to barely make 30,000 yuan, and that's not even pure profit."
“It’s good if it makes money.”
Seeing Shen Zhihui mention the past, Xia Mi thought of what happened in Cheng Quan's store today, and she was about to share it with Shen Zhihui.
A figure rushed in. It was the man from before.
"Comrade Qin?" After seeing who the visitor was, Shen Zhihui looked at the man in confusion, "Why are you here?"
The man surnamed Qin was the first to switch sides, and Shen Zhihui remembered it clearly.
"Boss Shen, you finally opened a shop!" Qin Youmin sighed, acting like he'd been bullied for a long time. "In the past, I was just trying to make ends meet, taking advantage of small opportunities. Now that I've fallen flat on my face, I finally realize how good you are."
Shen Zhihui was confused by what he heard and pulled out his hand which was tightly held by the other party.
"What are you talking about?"
Then, Qin Youmin began to complain to Shen Zhihui about the rapid price increase of Cheng Quan’s goods. Just one week after Shen Zhihui closed the store, they cancelled the free delivery service.
In half a month, the price of parts increased twice.
Qin Youmin said that he really couldn't afford it. If he continued like this, he would have to pay for other people to repair things, and he couldn't handle Cheng Quan alone.
If the price goes up, those customers from his county will really eat him up!
Shen Zhihui still had a knot in his heart, and asked with a cold face, "When you all went to his place, didn't you think about today?"
"Yes, yes, Boss Shen, you're right. We're shortsighted and run small businesses, so how could we possibly be so thoughtful?"
"Comrade, I didn't expect you really knew Boss Shen. Didn't you just say you could help me get the goods?"
Seeing that Shen Zhihui did not express his opinion, Qin Youmin hurriedly asked Xia Mi for help.
Xia Mi smiled politely, "I didn't expect Boss Shen to be so angry after all this time. He paid for your delivery and even went to the trouble of buying a car and finding someone to teach him how to drive. He was always thinking about your convenience, and in the end, this is what he got."
"If it were me, I would probably be very angry for a while."
Chen Zhihui listened to Xia Mi's words and always felt that she had something else to say.
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