Chapter 411 Purchase of Large Electrical Appliances from Hong Kong

After hearing this, Chen Rongsheng was stunned for a moment.

If Xia Juanjuan had said to pay with gold, jade, or even Hong Kong dollars, he would not have been so surprised.

But U.S. dollars... Even in Hong Kong, it takes a lot of effort to exchange them for U.S. dollars!

Xia Juanjuan naturally would not reveal Smith's affairs, and said with a smile:

"I have my own way. Anyway, the goods are genuine and the price is reasonable. Don't worry, Mr. Chen. When the time comes, I will pay a 10% deposit. The rest will be paid in exchange for the goods when they are shipped."

Although Chen Rongsheng had only dealt with Xia Juanjuan once, he was open-minded and felt that Xia Juanjuan could be trusted, so he said:

"Well... okay. But if it's your first time, and you want ten, the other party will definitely not be willing to take the risk.

The manufacturer agrees to give you three color TVs, three washing machines, and two refrigerators. The price is NT$500 for the color TV, and NT$600 for the refrigerator and the fully automatic washing machine. How do you think?

There are also single-drum washing machines, which are cheaper, 100 yuan each. If you want a single-drum washing machine, they said they can give you five.”

This price is not cheap, but it is not expensive either.

After all, domestically produced large appliances were only just beginning to develop in those days. Refrigerators, washing machines and televisions were still luxury items that ordinary people simply could not afford.

Domestically produced Little Swan washing machines and color televisions were only produced in this year. As for refrigerators and black-and-white televisions, although they had already been available in the 1950s, they were not widely used, so their prices were around 600 to 700 yuan.

These are all imported goods, but because foreign technology is advanced and the scale is large, the prices are not more expensive than domestic ones!

Xia Juanjuan didn't bargain much and smiled and said, "Okay. Three color TVs, three fully automatic washing machines, five single-drum washing machines, and two refrigerators, a total of 5,000 yuan. I'll pay a 10% deposit first, which is 500 yuan. I'll give you the US dollar at the black market price of 1:10, which is 50 US dollars. Is that okay?"

Chen Rongsheng also calculated it himself and said, "No problem."

Xia Juanjuan immediately took out sixty U.S. dollars and handed them to Chen Rongsheng, saying with a smile, "The extra ten U.S. dollars, although not much, can be regarded as a reward for your help in finding the source of goods. Mr. Chen, just treat it as a morning tea. After the transaction is successful, there will be more."

Although Chen Rongsheng looked down on the ten U.S. dollars, he admired Xia Juanjuan's way of dealing with people.

He smiled and said, "Then I won't refuse. It may take four or five days for the goods to be ready. By the way, how can I contact you? Do you have a phone number?"

Of course, there is no telephone installed in the courtyard.

However, even if she installed it, Xia Juanjuan didn't dare to reveal her phone number.

Otherwise, if you see that it is a Beijing number, Beijing is more than 2,000 kilometers away from Guangzhou, and civil aviation is not popular now, so people have to take the green train, which takes two days one way, which is normal.

How was she going to explain that she had been flying back and forth from Beijing to Guangzhou every other day?

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I haven't installed a phone yet. How about this, we meet here in five days, and we'll exchange the money and the goods. How about that?"

After hearing this, Chen Rongsheng nodded and said, "That's fine. See you in five days."

Back in Beijing, Lin Yuru and Chunyan were eating halved beef, pork cheeks, pig ears, pork offal, beef offal and the like.

Lin Yuru said nervously, "Juan'er, come and taste it. If you sell it in the future, will anyone be willing to pay for it?"

Chunyan smiled and said, "Grandma Lin, your halved pork tastes so good! I just ate a piece of halved pig's foot, it was so tasty!"

Xia Juanjuan walked over, picked up a piece of beef, cut it into thin slices, tasted it, and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry. With your cooking skills, I guarantee that there will be a long line after we open the restaurant."

Lin Yuru finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alas... this is something that every family can make. If you sell it like this, won't people feel bad about buying it?"

Xia Juanjuan said, "You're thinking the wrong way. Everyone's life will definitely get better and better in the future. By then, everyone will have spare money, and there will be many people who don't want to cook at home!"

Lin Yuru listened and nodded, saying, "That's true. Just like me and your father, we never dreamed that one day we would be able to follow you and Li Zhan to the island and come to Beijing City, and move into such a big yard. Our lives are like honey!"

In the following days, Xia Juanjuan took out various raw materials such as pork and beef offal, as well as spices for brine from the space, such as pepper, star anise, grass fruit, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin, tangerine peel, galangal, white cardamom, etc. She tried the recipes again and again, and finally selected the one with the best taste.

Therefore, the house smelled salty almost all the time during this period.

Chunyan laughed and said, "Aunt, I've gained a lot of weight from eating salted pork every day!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "You are already thin, it would be just right if you were a little fatter."

Five days later, Xia Juanjuan went to Guangzhou again, and Chen Rongsheng really delivered the refrigerator, TV and washing machine to the yard of the house Xia Juanjuan rented in Guangzhou.

Xia Juanjuan then gave Chen Rongsheng the remaining 450 US dollars, and just like last time, she added another 30 US dollars as a reward.

Chen Rongsheng couldn't help but admire him.

All his products are shipped in through legal and formal customs clearance channels. In fact, if he sells them to state-owned shopping malls in Guangzhou, not only will the price be lower, but some shopping mall managers are also not very calculating and are always arrogant. They also ask him to spend money and give gifts before they are willing to buy his goods.

Therefore, he prefers to sell to individual customers.

However, individual transactions in mainland China have not yet been fully transparent, so I haven’t encountered many reliable ones.

Chen Rongsheng solemnly returned the thirty U.S. dollars and said, "Ms. Xia, I didn't expect to meet such a generous woman like you in the mainland! These extra rewards are not necessary. I hope we can establish a longer-term cooperation in the future!"

As he said this, he extended his hand towards Xia Juanjuan.

Seeing this, Xia Juanjuan did not insist. She took back the thirty US dollars, shook hands with him generously, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I also hope that we can have a long-term and pleasant cooperation."

In late October, Xia Juanjuan asked Li Zhan to ask his comrades to get some industrial coupons and buy some cement and lime. Then she asked Xia Shuangshan to find two other people who were skilled in masonry to repaint the walls of the two shops they bought in Beijing.