There's a lot of unsold stuff stuck here.
Suti didn't mind, and picked and chose quite a few things she wanted.
"Do you have anything else?" Suti asked, as if he didn't need the money.
She never wanted these things; she just wanted them at a low price and could easily sell them. She didn't plan to work with this person multiple times and wasn't afraid of offending him.
"Whatever you want, just tell me, and I can get it for you." The man could tell that this person didn't know anything and was just overcharging.
"Cosmetics or something?" Suti thought for a moment; she wanted other things but they didn't have them here.
But now, there is a shortage of rare skincare and cosmetic products in mainland China.
"Yes, what kind do you want?" The man thought it was a coincidence; he actually had what the man wanted.
Suti chose him because he had a wide variety of items and was good at negotiating prices; she had looked at all the stalls there.
This person had a lot of accessories in their clothes, which must have been brought over accidentally when they were sorting the goods.
That was exactly what she wanted, and there were also some lipstick shipping slips on his counter.
She noticed it by chance, and the main thing was that these clothes were not easy to sell in Hong Kong.
The styles are all a bit outdated, but they are just right for the current acceptance in mainland China. Su Ti didn't choose one blindly; it was a well-thought-out decision.
"Just lipstick, perfume, shampoo, and shower gel will do." Suti didn't intend to ask for anything else random; technology was clearly not advanced enough back then.
She felt that the effects of those various skincare products were really just so-so, so she didn't buy anything else.
"We have them all, come with me." The man was overjoyed and called someone over to watch the stall, then led the group to the warehouse at the back.
Li Baichuan had no idea what his wife was up to. They were picking out clothes a moment ago, and now she was choosing lipsticks and such.
He initially thought his wife would get scolded by the boss for saying that price, but to his surprise, the boss was all smiles.
He hadn't even earned a single penny yet, and he was already so happy. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
He didn't say a word and followed behind his wife to watch her performance.
Su only realized how much stuff the boss had when he got to the warehouse; what he had taken outside was just the tip of the iceberg.
Suti calmly selected items. There were very few lipstick colors available, and Suti only had a few styles that she liked and that suited everyone.
She ordered a large quantity, a thousand of each type, plus perfume and shampoo.
She chose her favorite flavor and ordered two-thirds of the items that the owner could select.
"Boss, what's the price?" Su Ti smiled at the man, giving off an air of "If you don't tell me properly, I'm leaving right now."
The shop owner then remembered the clothes the woman had just picked out; he had offered five yuan, but she dared to offer only one yuan.
Usually, he only cuts the price in half to his bottom line; he'll sell it for a little more. But this person cut the price so low that even he couldn't buy it at that price.
He was a little scared, but reluctant to give up such a big order. After hesitating for a long time, he asked for six yuan.
"I'm really not making any money on this. It would cost me five yuan to bring it over. And that shampoo, look at this huge bottle, this price is definitely reasonable."
"There are also labor and other costs. I only gave you this price because you're ordering a lot. You can easily sell it for around ten yuan after you get it."
The person wanted to sell, but was also afraid of being bargained down, as the most expensive item here was the lipstick.
But the other items were all about the same price, so his prices were reasonable. He only made a profit by mixing several items together.
"Can I look at something else?" Suti didn't say anything, and went to the pile of jewelry next to her and picked out a lot of things.
"You have a lot of pearls at home?" Suti noticed a pile of pearl jewelry in the corner.
"Oh? Right, those don't sell well. People prefer sparkly things like diamonds these days."
The boss had no idea why she was asking that.
Suti smiled and said, "Diamonds? Nobody's stupid. Those things on the street stalls are just plastic and glass."
The idea of diamonds was learned from abroad; wealthy people collect real ones, and those below them follow suit.
There are more and more counterfeit products, and if you talk about them too much, everyone will think they are genuine.
"I want these pearls. I heard that pearl powder can whiten the skin." Suti looked at the pearls, which weren't very round.
She's fair-skinned, and she plans to buy it as an accessory. People in Hong Kong don't like it, but that doesn't mean people on the mainland don't.
Su Ti still remembers the gentle beauty of old Shanghai residents wearing cheongsams and pearl jewelry.
When paired well, pearls can be just as good as other jewelry.
"How about you decide what to give?" When the man heard about pearl powder, he knew about it; many skin whitening powders sold in Hong Kong were made from pearls.
They only collect high-quality pearls, the kind that nobody wants, otherwise they wouldn't be used to make jewelry.
The woman felt these things were taking up too much space, and her mind was only on the lipsticks and perfumes she had just chosen, but she didn't say anything.
"How about this? I'll take the clothes and pants I picked out at the stall, and these clothes too."
“I like them too. Give me a price, I’ll take fifty of each. We’ll settle the price for the pearls last.”
Suti then selected a pile of clothes of various sizes from the pile.
This isn't just one top and one pair of pants from before; there are dozens of different styles now.
"..."
The boss looked at her blankly, completely bewildered by her haphazard and inconsistent actions.
Why are we talking about the clothes again? What is it that she actually liked?
"So you don't want those lipsticks and perfumes anymore?" The shopkeeper didn't care about the pearls; he'd sell them to anyone who offered a price, otherwise they'd just gather dust.
That's the kind of quantity you get from lipsticks and perfumes. The main problem is that those things are difficult to transport and easily damaged, and most people can't consume that much of them.
"Yes, I'll take it. As long as the price for the clothes is right, I'll bring all the other things along with it."
Suti's words implied that the clothes could be negotiated; she mainly wanted the clothes.
The shopkeeper then realized that the man had paid one yuan for each piece of clothing, and he was completely baffled.
"One dollar really won't do. If I could sell it, I would have done so already." The man shook his head in fright; he couldn't possibly lose money, could he?
"Boss, that's not honest of you. That's not how you do business. Even if you don't make money on the clothes, you can make money elsewhere.
Suti pointed to the lipsticks and perfumes.
The shop owner was taken aback. He did the math and realized he did make a little profit, but wouldn't it all go into replenishing the clothes?
"That's still a loss." The boss isn't stupid; he'd still be working for free.
Suti then turned her gaze to the pearls and the jewelry she had initially chosen, making it clear that she wanted more.
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