Chapter 185 A Briefcase of Money
Zhou Guohua carried two bags of small fish to the station office and asked the attendant if he wanted to buy some, as he still had more than 100 kilograms.
A flight attendant was eager to give a gift. She recognized Zhou Guohua as the person who had just helped Jiang Xia bring in the fish, so she asked, "Anything else? Give me 15 kilograms."
"Is it the same fish as Comrade Xiao Xia? Let me take a look."
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Zhou Guohua said happily, "It's the same! It's the same as Jiangxia's! Didn't you just add up to buy more than 100 kilograms? I have 115 kilograms here, I'll sell it to you at a lower price, you can share it. I don't have anything to pack separately for you, so I packed it all together."
What? Share it with them after we buy it? How? What can they share? They are at work! Zhou Guohua untied the bag and let them take a look and smell it: "Look, my fish is very delicious! It is a great snack to go with wine. Children can also eat it. You can try it. It is really delicious! I can give it to you at a lower price."
One of the flight attendants didn't like the fish of different sizes and types. They didn't look as good as the ones made in Jiangxia. They didn't look as delicious as the ones made in Jiangxia.
She just walked away.
But someone couldn't help but try one, and frowned after trying it: the taste was far worse than the one made by Comrade Jiang Xia.
I guess she picked a big one, which was not fried enough. The fish bones stuck in her mouth and she couldn't chew it. How could she feed it to her child? What if a fish bone got stuck in her mouth? She also walked away.
A flight attendant saw that he didn't pack the food separately, and the large plastic bag was a bit old, one of which was even yellowed, so he couldn't help asking, "Where did you get this plastic bag?"
"This is the bag that the grocery store used to hold melon seeds and biscuits. I washed it and you can rest assured it's very clean." The snakeskin bag was not sealed, so he went to the village grocery store and got a few of these plastic bags, charging one cent each.
The flight attendant: “…”
"No! I've already bought enough!"
“I’ve bought enough.”
Everyone refused.
They are here to give gifts, not just to one person. How can they be given without individual packaging? Besides, if they use bags that have been used to hold other food, what if they are not cleaned and the food smells bad?
People in the countryside might not be so particular, but people in the city, especially those like them who have high salaries and a high quality of life, will be more particular about food.
Zhou Guohua was anxious when he heard this: "I can make it cheaper, 20 cents per pound cheaper than Jiangxia."
Everyone shook their heads, then asked him to leave and find someone else to buy it.
Zhou Guohua could only carry the small fish back to the tractor and go to the dock to find a trader to collect them.
Miscalculated! He didn't expect Jiang Xia to pack the small fish in separate bags.
That is indeed easier to sell and give as gifts. Just pack them in bags and place them on the street at the train station. I'm sure people will buy them because they are easy to take away.
Where did Jiang Xia buy that bag?
On the other side, Jiang Xia went to the post office alone to mail a letter to Jiang Dong, and then went to the publishing house again, handed in an original book and the translated manuscripts of five magazines, received 400 yuan in translation fees, and by the way, accepted an order for 120 kilograms of three-flavor small fish and 200 kilograms of dried golden pomfret, redwood fish or balanus every half a month.
Then she picked up five science magazines and two original French books and hurried to the department store.
When he arrived at the mall, Jiang Xia did not look for Tian Caihua and Zhou Li immediately.
She went to the jewelry store and sold the pearls herself.
There was no way she could let Zhou Li know that she was selling pearls, so she ignored Tian Caihua and sold them first.
Jiang Xia came to the jewelry store. The clerk from last time recognized Jiang Xia at a glance and immediately and enthusiastically took Jiang Xia to the manager's office.
Zhang Rong saw Jiang Xia coming and said with a smile: "I have sold the pearls before, and I was just planning to ask A Rui to send the remaining money to you tomorrow. I didn't expect you to come at the right time."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Third brother is on vacation?"
"No, he just arrived this morning and is now sleeping at home. He said he would visit you and your wife tomorrow."
Zhang Rong went to the safe under the desk to get money for Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia: "Alei is out to sea, he might not be back until the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"What a coincidence? It's okay. A Rui has half a month's vacation and will go back after the Mid-Autumn Festival." The boy dodged the blind date arranged by his family and did not go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, saying that he would stay here to celebrate the festival with him.
Zhang Rong took out a briefcase and opened it in front of Jiang Xia: "This is the remaining payment for Zhenzhu."
Jiang Xia took a look at the piles of Great Unity inside, filling up the entire briefcase, and looked at him in surprise: "So many?"
It must be several tens of thousands, right? Or even more? Zhang Rong: "I had someone take it to an overseas auction, and I made some money for the country. That's a developed country, with a better economy than ours, and many rich people. Your camellia-shaped pearl was snapped up by many rich people, and finally it was bought by a big brand clothing owner, who sold it for 50,000 US dollars including the shell. The one with the deer pattern was bought by an overseas Chinese, who asked for 60,000 US dollars. The commission and tax are very high, 60% in total, otherwise you can make more money."
"Although the commission and tax are high, I definitely can't sell it at such a high price in China. It's just that the exchange rate has been relatively low in the past two years. If I had bought it two years earlier, I could have made a lot more money. But I wouldn't have dared to sell it two years earlier."
Jiang Xia's heart skipped a beat: "How much money is in this bag?"
"One hundred and three thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight after tax. Counting the prices of the other pearls, those pearls were sold for two thousand each in Hong Kong Island."
After Zhang Rong finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Xia and found that she looked calm even when she heard about so much money. He couldn't help but praise her in his heart.
Jiang Xia was not calm at all. He was very happy in his heart, but he was just pretending!
She took out the pearls she had opened the day before yesterday and said, "Brother, what do you think of these pearls?"
Zhang Rong was surprised and asked, "Sister-in-law, your luck is too good, isn't it?"
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Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Could you please help me see how much these pearls can be sold for?"
Zhang Rong put on gloves and looked at each of them carefully, and finally picked out four king pearls.
"I'll have someone send these four abroad to earn foreign exchange, but it'll take a while because the other party just got back. I'll give you one thousand for each of these five based on the last price, and the remaining pile will be five hundred in total."
"Okay!" Jiang Xia said with a smile.
It was getting late, already five o'clock, and Jiang Xia said goodbye.
"Are you going back by car? I'll let Zhang Rui take you back. It's not safe for you to carry so much money." Zhang Rong was worried that she would be robbed if she went back alone by car.
Jiang Xia smiled and refused: "Thank you, second brother, but don't bother you. I came here on the village tractor with my eldest sister-in-law and an aunt from the village. We agreed to wait at the entrance of the mall at 5:30. I can go back by myself."
"Okay, be careful on the road then."
Jiang Xia said goodbye with a smile, then left the mall with a briefcase and headed straight for the bank not far away.
She had to deposit the money before the bank closed and she was worried about taking it all the way back to the village.
When Jiang Xia came to the bank and took out a briefcase of money to deposit, the bank teller immediately said with a smile: "Comrade, you are a millionaire in our city. We need to help you register. Then you can participate in the city's millionaire commendation conference and may even win prizes."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "No need, my family has already registered."
"Oh, so that's it! Congratulations!" The bank teller quickly helped Jiang Xia deposit the money.
Jiang Xia still had money from selling small fish and translation, so she saved an integer, 110,000.
Then I only had a little over a hundred yuan in cash left.
Jiang Xia decided to wait for Zhou Chenglei to come back and discuss how to use the 110,000 yuan.
Whether to buy a house in the city, pay the deposit for a ship, or use it to import a set of equipment for cultivating pearl oysters.
Jiang Xia wanted to do all the things above, but no matter which one he did, 110,000 yuan didn't seem to be much, especially the last two, which were just a drop in the bucket! Except for the money to buy a house, everything else was not enough.
Jiang Xia quickly calmed down and returned to the mall entrance.
At this time, Zhou Li and Tian Caihua with a sullen face were already waiting there.
Zhou Wenzu was also very angry.
If he doesn't buy anything, why is he still shopping in the mall? Tian Caihua saw Jiang Xia coming to the mall so late and said with a sullen face: "Why are you so late?"
She is still waiting to sell the pearls!