Chapter 160
After arriving at the stop near the wholesale market, the two young girls got off the bus together.
This wasn't Ji Wanmei's first time visiting such a large wholesale market. She knew that these markets were all built in similar layouts for the convenience of transportation and goods delivery.
This was Zhou Min's first time in such a dazzling place with towering buildings. She looked up at the people coming and going in front of the mall, her eyes shining with an unusual light, but she didn't show any unease.
Ji Wanmei noticed that Zhou Min's facial expressions often conveyed a sense of forbearance, perseverance, and resignation.
She endured it all, but never showed any fear or timidity.
When Fang Xiaoqin picked a fight with her last time, Zhou Min also endured it, a kind of clear understanding that no matter what she did, there would only be one outcome.
If Ji Wanmei hadn't stood up for her, perhaps Zhou Min would have calmly endured it.
Then, silently strengthen yourself, and a few years later, after they graduate, they meet again in this big city in East China. Facing the Zhou Min who is no longer the same as before, Fang Xiaoqin will definitely regret what she did back then.
“I’ve never been to a place like this before.” Zhou Min looked up at the building in front of her and said in a sigh, “But it’s like I’ve seen it in my dreams.”
"Let's go, I'll take you inside." Ji Wanmei smiled slightly, took her hand, and walked inside.
Once inside the wholesale market, even Zhou Min, who was usually calm and collected, was overwhelmed by the dazzling array of small commodities. In the end, she lost her bearings and was pulled along by Ji Wanmei in a daze.
Ji Wanmei was very familiar with the place. As she browsed, she asked her, "Is there anything you want to buy? If so, just tell me. Things here are usually sold in batches of ten. If you want, I can also get some stock to help you get ten. We can just send them back to my shop to sell later."
Zhou Min shook her head: "No need, I'll just take a look."
All she needs to do is bring her eyes, ears, and a thinking brain to see everything she has never seen before and absorb new things. For Zhou Min, this is a valuable asset and experience.
Ji Wanmei found a wholesale stall that specialized in Shanghai brand face cream and asked the owner about the wholesale price.
But the shop owner probably thought that Ji Wanmei's appearance didn't look like that of a businessperson, but rather someone who came to buy things, so he quoted her a retail price.
In stores, cold cream usually costs one yuan a bottle.
However, as everyone knows, the old Shanghai brand of face cream is the best, and therefore it is more expensive, costing two yuan and fifty cents a bottle.
There's also a kind that comes in disposable bags, which is cheaper, only 50 cents a bag.
The contents inside are less than those in a bottle, and it doesn't look as high-end as it's packaged in a porcelain bottle.
Ji Wanmei thought that old Shanghai brands were easy to sell and easy to use. The facial soap she used herself was an old Shanghai brand.
Buying ordinary, no-name brand face cream may have a low purchase price, but it doesn't necessarily sell well.
However, the cost of purchasing bottled face cream from old Shanghai is too high. It would be better to also offer the pocket-sized version, with a little of each type of packaging, thus catering to a variety of consumer groups.
Ji Wanmei adopted a business-like demeanor, walked into the stall, and said to the owner, "Boss, I'm here to buy goods. Don't be so formal. Just give me a wholesale price. I want a hundred bottles of snow cream, and a hundred bags of it. Also, a hundred of those soaps."
Upon hearing this, the stall owner's eyes lit up.
Oh dear, you really don't recognize a great customer!
The boss, all smiles, ushered Ji Wanmei inside. "Miss, we have all the goods you need. But as for the price, no matter how much a customer wants, it's the same price. We can't lower it; the factory price is the fixed price they set for us."
Ji Wanmei immediately recognized the old, cheesy excuse and was about to argue with the shopkeeper when Zhou Min said, "Wanmei, I see there's another stall over there selling the same face cream, and their wholesale price is cheaper than here. Let's go check it out."
Ji Wanmei thought Zhou Min genuinely wanted to pull her over, and was about to turn to Zhou Min and say that the ones over there and the ones over here were not the same brand.
Then Zhou Min secretly winked at her, and she realized that Zhou Min was also using a trick to outsmart the wholesaler.
Ji Wanmei understood immediately, and following Zhou Min's words, she made a move to leave: "Okay, let's go take a look over there."
When the wholesaler saw Ji Wanmei and her friends about to leave, he quickly called out to them, "Hey, hey, girls, don't go! We can discuss the price!"
Zhou Min turned her head and said calmly, "The boss isn't an honest person. He's hiding the low price and won't tell us. Naturally, we'll have to do business with someone else."
When the shop owner saw that he couldn't fool the two young girls, but didn't want to miss out on such a big sale, he slapped his thigh in frustration: "Fine, fine, I'll take a loss today. The face cream, bottled, is 1.2 yuan; the bagged one is 35 cents. The soap is 80 cents."
"The prices we're offering you are absolutely exclusive to our regular customers; we wouldn't dare tell anyone else!"
Zhou Min glanced at Ji Wanmei, who shook her head, still feeling the price was too high.
Zhou Min then said, "Your price is for a minimum order of ten. There's a price for ten, and a price for one hundred. We want three different styles, a total of three hundred. You'll have to give us an additional 15% discount on each style. That's the same price as your minimum order of ten."
Ji Wanmei was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected Zhou Min to be so adept at price negotiations.
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