After collecting all the food, Li Ke returned to her residence, changed her clothes, and then took a taxi to an agricultural machinery parts market on the outskirts of the city, heading straight to the largest machinery store in the market.
Inside the store, a short-haired woman in her forties or fifties was minding the shop. Li Ke directly stated that she wanted to buy all agricultural machinery products and asked the owner to show her the store's product list.
Next, Li Ke began to select from the list, buying two or more of each type of agricultural machinery, including four-wheeled tractors, tillers, harvesters, bulldozers, seeders, excavators, fertilizer applicators, hay mixers, large lawn mowers, diesel generators, high-power water pumps, vehicle-mounted pesticide sprayers, amphibious rotary tillers, diesel-electric water pumps, agricultural drones, mobile sprinkler irrigation machines, high-power diesel cutters, large multi-purpose grain, feed, and fertilizer dryers, four-wheeled guardrail pile drivers, large grain dryers, large crushers, various large chainsaws, wood splitters, etc., and adding more depending on usage and wear and tear.
Complete set of equipment and accessories for extra-large insulated breeding sheds, extra-large steel wire mesh chicken coops, custom-made 5-meter high-speed iron wire mesh fences, various agricultural water pipes, plastic film, various water buffalo-proof rubber-bottomed onesie trousers, wood-burning stoves of various sizes... Quantities can be purchased as needed.
Ten pieces of each type of high-quality steel and iron agricultural hand tools, including various types and models such as shovels, spades, hoes, rakes, nails, scissors, knives, forks, etc.
We also purchased large quantities of various ropes, cords, nets, yarn, and other agricultural consumables.
Looking up, Li Ke glanced at the large warehouse of the store she was in. It was huge, but when she compared it with the items she had selected, she realized that the store couldn't possibly hold them all.
There were now five people standing next to the aunt, four men and one woman, looking at Li Ke as if he were some rare and precious thing.
Li Ke met the gazes of the group and asked questioningly, "Is there a problem? Do you really have all the items I selected here?"
The man standing next to the aunt was probably her husband, the male owner of the shop. He said uncertainly, "Are you sure you want this much stuff? This amount would cost at least tens of millions. Boss, I've been in business for so long and I've never seen anyone buy things like this. Even the large farms we cooperate with don't buy things like this."
What the boss didn't say was that he felt the person in front of him might not be very bright, as this kind of buying was simply reckless and chaotic.
The aunt smiled and asked, "May I ask how the young boss should be addressed?"
Li Ke: "Just call me Xiao Chu."
Auntie: "Xiao Chu, you've ordered too much stuff. Just calculating the bill will take us at least two or three hours. We also need to check the inventory, ask the manufacturers if they have any in stock, and also ask the tool stores we cooperate with about their stock, since we don't have some items in our store. If you're serious about buying, let us see your assets. If you're just here to try it out, you can browse around our store and see if there's anything you like. Just pick a couple of things."
Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but Auntie, I'll only show you my assets."
The aunt also felt it was a matter of privacy, so she led Li Ke inside and waited for Li Ke to take out her phone. However, Li Ke took out a heavy black bag from her backpack.
“Here are five kilograms of gold, worth 2.4 million. That should be enough as a deposit. If your shop doesn’t handle such transactions, then I’m sorry to have bothered you today,” Li Ke said, watching the aunt handle the gold bars.
The aunt looked at Li Ke and said, "Can I take a bite?"
Li Ke: "...You can use scissors to cut it, but please do as you please."
The aunt didn't have scissors: "No need, I don't think there's any problem. I'll know once I bite it."
After the aunt finished speaking, she took two gold bars, rubbed them on her clothes, took a bite of each one, and then her eyes lit up.
She wiped the gold bars clean and put them back: "Xiao Chu, wait a moment, I'll have my man calculate it for you now, and you can decide whether to buy them all after you see the total."
Li Ke: "I don't want others to know that I'm carrying gold; it's not safe."
The auntie repeatedly assured her, "Don't worry, I won't even tell my husband. Come on, come on, sit down and have some water. We'll calculate it for you right away."
The other three men and one woman were the owners of other agricultural supply stores. The owners gathered together, each holding their store's order quantity and starting to calculate.
The final total bill was 87.98 million, which was rounded down.
Li Ke looked at the price and asked them, "When can these goods be prepared and delivered? I've requested delivery to an address within the city, which is about two and a half hours away from here."
After discussing it, the bosses said, "We still need to prepare and transfer goods. It will probably take less than a month to deliver everything."
Li Ke gestured for her aunt to speak with her alone, and the aunt followed her to another corner.
“I’ll leave five million worth of gold as a deposit. Within thirty days, you’ll deliver all the goods to my warehouse, and I’ll settle the payment on the spot. Is that alright?” Li Ke asked.
This time, the aunt hesitated for a moment and asked Li Ke, "Xiao Chu, how do you plan to settle the bill?"
Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "It could be cash or gold, but gold is more likely. Auntie, please consider whether you want to do this business."
The aunt considered for a moment and said, "I'll send the others away first, and then discuss it with my husband to see if it's possible."
Li Ke is becoming less and less concerned. For business people, the most important thing is to receive money. Gold is more tangible than money, and generally no one would refuse it.
"Okay, ten minutes then. I have other things to do later," Li Ke said.
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