"Get out!" The guy waved a wooden stick, glared at them, and walked towards Apu and the others.
Several guys were approaching them, and even the most steady Apu couldn't help but take a step back.
These are already four stores. Although this city is not small, there are not many big stores. If they are driven out again, they will really see no hope here.
Apu quickly raised his hand and waved it. His eyes were sincere and his tone was even pleading: "At least take a look, let your boss see what we brought."
The guys walked up to him impatiently, reaching out and pushing them.
"What good can a country bumpkin have?"
"If you want to sell things, go set up a stall yourself. This kind of place is not for you to come to."
Apu was desperate. He couldn't make any money by selling his products at the stall. The noble ladies and girls would never buy things at the stall. They would only go to places that suited their status. Not to mention the noble lords, whose demands would be even higher.
"Don't move!" Dro suddenly shouted.
The guys and Apu stopped what they were doing and looked at De Luo standing at the door with a little confusion.
De Luo's face flushed, he raised his arms high, and everyone's eyes were focused on his hands as he moved.
The guys stopped moving. They looked at what was in Dror's hand and for a moment they thought they were having an illusion.
How could a country bumpkin have such good stuff?!
In his hand, De Luo held high a "diamond" brooch, which had high-grade cut rhinestones and was more dazzling than the real diamonds of this era.
The sunlight fell on the brooch, refracting tiny points of light, as if it was not the brooch but a light source.
"This is what we brought!" Dro shouted, "If you don't want it, we'll leave now!"
Dro had forgotten what Apu had told him, that he could not take out the goods before meeting the boss, for fear that someone would be tempted by the money and rob them.
But Dro, who had been driven away several times, was almost losing his mind.
He just felt like there was a fire burning in his heart, ready to consume him whole.
The shop assistants were silent for a long time - they sold everything in their shop, from rings on ladies' little fingers and buttons on clothes to gorgeous headdresses and gentlemen's bow ties and hats. They could tell what was good and what was bad.
"Wait!" The leading guy was stunned for two seconds, and finally said, "You guys follow me to the back first, I'll go find the boss."
Apu said warily, "We brought more than just these. If you want to do anything to us, you won't have another chance to buy it later."
Apu was unsure when he said this.
They are on someone else's territory, where they have no relatives or friends and no capital to protect themselves.
But at this point, they had no choice but to take a gamble.
As he followed the clerk to the back of the store, Apu emphasized, "There are many of us here, and the things we brought are all outside the city."
The guy knew what Apu meant. Although he thought what they brought was good, he did not think highly of them.
"Go ahead. I'll go get the boss." The waiter took them to a room inside the store. There was only a table and chairs in the room. The furnishings were simple, but clean and tidy. You could tell at a glance that it was used to receive guests.
De Luo had just been bold, but now that he had calmed down, he felt scared. He clung tightly to Apu and didn't even dare to sit down.
The guys didn't stay in the room either. After bringing Apu and the others in, they left the room.
After everyone left, De Luo whispered to Apu, "Did I do something wrong?"
A Pu sighed: "It's all done. Whether it's right or wrong depends on whether they will call the boss."
It depends on whether the boss is willing to do business with them.
He was not afraid that the boss did not want their goods, but he was afraid that the other party wanted to do a business with no capital investment, and wanted the goods but did not want to pay.
There are risks in everything you do on someone else's turf.
Apu can only gamble, bet on his good luck and bet on the long-term vision of the owners of these big stores.
There was nothing else he could do.
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I don't know how long I waited, but when Apu started to get anxious and couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to open the door to see what was going on, I finally heard footsteps outside the door.
It was a completely different sound from the guy's footsteps, heavier and slower.
The moment the door was opened, Apu's heart rose to his throat.
"Take the thing out and let me see it." The person who opened the door said before he even walked into the room. He didn't even say the most basic greeting.
Apu didn't dare to take it from Joe. He took the brooch from Dro, walked respectfully to the boss, and handed the brooch over with both hands.
Perhaps because of his humble attitude, the boss gave him an approving look, probably thinking it was not easy for a country bumpkin to have such an attitude.
But soon, the boss's attention was attracted by the brooch, and his eyes were fixed on it and he couldn't pull them away.
Apu was also looking at the boss. The boss was not very old and seemed to have just inherited the store not long ago. He had blue stubble on his chin and was not tall, half a head shorter than Apu, but he was well-built, with an imposing big belly and a round face. He looked very amiable.
"What kind of gem is this made of?" The boss had never seen such a transparent gem.
Nowadays, the best rubies are supplied exclusively to the royal family, but even the royal craftsmen cannot polish the gems to be so clear, let alone such small facets.
The boss is knowledgeable, but he has never seen such a cutting method. After all, gems nowadays are polished into ovals or perfect circles. If they are slightly bright, they are considered fine products. Now he can sell the brooch in his hand for a high price with his eyes closed.
Apu quickly said, "These are not gems, they are rhinestones and diamonds."
The boss didn't know what rhinestones and diamonds were, so after A Pu said that, he could only nod and say, "How much do you want to sell it for?"
For such a rhinestone brooch, Apu received the price of two silver coins and four pieces, which was equal to fifty copper coins. He pursed his lips, swallowed his saliva, and said, "One gold coin, two silver coins."
The boss looked at him and said, "If you sell it to me, you can charge any price you want, but you can't sell it to me."
"You said you have a lot of goods, how much is that? If the ladies and gentlemen in this city can't eat it all, I will have to take men and a caravan to other towns, and hiring men and a caravan costs money."
"If you don't want to sell it to me, you can leave now." The boss said calmly.
Apu knew that the other party was just pretending, but he had no choice. This was the only big store in the city that was willing to do business with them, so he said, "If you can take it all, I can only ask for one gold coin for a brooch. Two silver coins may not seem like much, but you know, if there are more brooches, two silver coins less for one brooch will add up to a lot."
The boss said nothing, indifferent: "Is that all? Anything else?"
He kept holding the brooch and didn't feel like putting it down.
Apu took out the crystal balls from his backpack one after another.
The crystal ball he brought out was a pure work of art, it had no base and could not play music.
But there are still small houses and snowflakes inside, and you can see the spectacular snowfall by just shaking it gently.
The boss was obviously more interested in this. Although the rhinestone brooch was dazzling and precious, it was basically just jewelry and would not give people much novelty. But the crystal ball was different. It could be played with. When it was still, it seemed like a clear sky, and when it moved, it seemed like snowing.
It's like a crystal ball with two seasons.
Moreover, it doesn't snow in their place. Even if it snows every few years, it is only a light snow that melts before it hits the ground.
Before the boss could say anything, Apu took out plastic hairpins of various colors and bracelets made of plastic beads from his backpack.
When Apu took out colored ink from his bag again, the boss was completely silent.
"Boss, look at these..." Apu looked up at the boss.
At this time, the boss had lost his voice. He stared blankly at what Apu took out. He thought that he was crazy about getting rich and had such an outrageous hallucination. Was he dreaming?
Apu yelled again, "Boss?"
The boss finally came back to his senses when Apu called him. He pursed his lips and said, "How many of these do you have?"
"Let's negotiate a total price. I can buy them all."
Boss: "But there is one condition. From now on, you can only sell your stuff to me."
A Pu said cautiously, "Will it be the same price in the future?"
Apu has his own calculations in mind. If the boss raises the price, then they must also raise the price. Otherwise, if the boss raises the price higher and higher, they will still get the same amount of money. Not to mention his companions, even he himself cannot bear it.
The boss smiled and said, "Two years. You have to sell it to me at this price for two years. We can discuss it again after two years."
"But no matter how much I sell for in the past two years, you can't raise the price."
Two years...
Apu thought about it and realized that they themselves did not have the ability to sell these things to wealthy noble lords and ladies. They did not have the connections and means. Moreover, even if they were lucky enough to sell them, it would be unlikely that they would sell all of them.
Even if the boss said so, this town can't handle so much goods.
If you want to sell at a high price, you have to take your fleet to other places.
Scarcity makes things valuable. If there are too many such goods in a place, they will become worthless.
So Apu nodded: "Okay, do we need to sign a contract?"
The boss then looked at A Pu straight in the eye: "You actually know the contract?"
Contracts are something that have become popular in the past two years, and are only signed between big businessmen. Generally speaking, businessmen will not sign with private individuals. After all, private individuals can run away without much delay, so how can you find them when the time comes?
"You can sign if you want." The boss nodded. "You can come here every two months. You don't need to bring any goods with you next time. I will tell you what and how much to bring."
The boss hesitated for a few seconds, then reached out and patted Apu on the shoulder: "Work hard, I won't treat you unfairly."
Apu smiled at him.
They chatted until dark, but the boss never got the information from Apu about the purchase location.
It was already dark when Apu and his friends left the store. They left the things they brought in the store, and the boss paid them for them.
After they left, the clerk asked the boss in confusion: "Just let them go like that?"
The boss rolled his eyes and said, "Idiot, if we don't let them go, how can we know where they got the goods?"
"Once they have given me all the goods, you can find a few people to follow them and see where they bought the goods."
The boss sneered: "If it weren't for knowing this, why would I do business with these country bumpkins? Deduct them, these things are mine without spending any money."
The waiter quickly flattered him: "The boss is still more thoughtful."
The boss narrowed his eyes and didn't answer.
What kind of place and what kind of craftsmen can create these exquisite little things?
Even someone like him who had traveled all over the country with his father had never seen these things. It is conceivable what a sensation they would cause if they were to appear in the world.
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