Chapter 908: Purchasing
I had always thought about getting in touch when I was free, but I never had the time.
During the last two days of rest, Lu Miao was worried about what to do if he couldn't contact Ma Tou.
Isn't this trip going to be in vain?
Fortunately, the phone was answered after only two beeps.
"Hey, who are you looking for?"
It was not the uncle in the grocery store, but Matou himself.
Although Lu Miao couldn't understand Cantonese very well, he recognized the voice as soon as he heard it.
"Is it Ma Tou? I'm looking for Ma Tou."
"Oh yes, yes yes!"
The person on the other end of the microphone immediately switched to broken Mandarin:
"Sister-in-law, why did you call me just now? Brother Xiao Fu informed me a long time ago. I've been waiting for your call for more than half a month."
"I came here to take care of work, and I just had some free time after finishing my work..."
Lu Miao briefly explained the situation and asked Ma Tou:
"Are you free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Take me to various supply channels?"
"Even if others haven't asked, my sister-in-law will definitely ask...Haha, where is my sister-in-law? I'll come find you tomorrow."
Lu Miao smiled silently and told the address of Baiyun Hotel.
Matou is a local, how could he not know what Baiyun Hotel is?
He immediately started yelling on the phone.
The decibel level suddenly rose, and the service staff at the service desk all looked over here.
Lu Miao was calm and composed, and didn't talk much to him.
Make an appointment for him to come over tomorrow, and we can discuss everything after we meet.
Then he hung up the phone.
The next day, the young people from the British Society went out to play, and Lu Miao went downstairs to meet Ma Tou.
Ma Tou leaned on the lobby counter with one elbow on his hand, his eyes scanning this magnificent place.
The other hand would touch the back of the head from time to time.
Seeing Lu Miao coming, Ma Tou stood up straight and went to meet him:
"Sister-in-law, you are finally here!"
Lu Miao nodded and walked towards the entrance of the hall at a steady pace:
"What's wrong?"
"No, this place is too luxurious!"
Ma Tou followed her and laughed dryly:
"This is my first time here, and I didn't even feel comfortable moving..."
I’m afraid of appearing inexperienced and being laughed at later.
Lu Miao smiled lightly and said indifferently:
"It's just a place to stay, nothing special. When you get back from work today, I'll treat you to dinner at the restaurant."
That being said, there are also differences in accommodation options.
Normally, ordinary people cannot enter this place.
Ma Tou was thinking about it, and then he heard Lu Miao say that he would invite him to dinner inside.
He really felt embarrassed, but he also really wanted to see the world.
After hesitating for a few times, he nodded vigorously:
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Lu Miao shook his head, not feeling there was anything to be thankful for.
She asked him to run errands and show her the way, so treating him to a meal was nothing.
Thinking of this, Lu Miao opened his bag and checked the various documents inside.
"Let's go to the bank first. I'll take some cash with me."
"good!"
There have been many people staying at the Baiyun Hotel recently, most of whom are foreign investors.
In order to facilitate the travel of these foreigners, there are many taxis operating here during this period.
The two men stopped a car on the street and went to the nearest bank first.
When she came, Lu Miao asked Fu Jingyou to open a separate account for her.
Originally, it was said that just a few hundred or a thousand yuan would be enough.
The child's father seemed to be worried that she wouldn't have enough money to spend outside, so he saved 2,000 yuan in the banknote...
Since he didn’t know what the market situation here was like yet, Lu Miao didn’t withdraw that much money.
I first took out thirty Great Unity notes, which was three hundred yuan.
Including the change in the bag, there are about four or five hundred yuan, which should be enough.
Just like when Fu Jingyou first came to Guangzhou, Lu Miao spent the whole morning walking around and looking around, visiting several supply markets.
I spent all the money I took out in the morning.
The number of things bought was not large, but they were all of extremely high quality and quality, and Lu Miao planned to take them back for his own use.
After bringing the things back to the hotel, Lu Miao took Ma Tou to have dinner in the restaurant as promised.
When the bank opened in the afternoon, the two set out again.
This is the real selection of goods.
Guangzhou is not only good at making fabrics, but also at making clothes.
Although self-employed individuals do not have a high status in today's society, the clothing business has large profit margins, and there are fashion stalls of a certain scale in various supply channels.
When Lu Miao was shopping, in addition to choosing fabrics, he also picked out clothes.
She didn't want the men's and women's suits that cost twenty to forty yuan and were in good condition.
What I want are trousers, skirts, shirts, T-shirts and the like that I buy individually according to my own taste.
The lowest price per piece is four yuan, and the highest is less than fifteen yuan.
I can go back and put together my own outfit and sell it for thirty or fifty yuan in northern Beijing easily.
She is not currently focusing on clothing, so she did not buy more even though the profit was good.
I just bought a dozen or so sets of each of the styles I had put together in my mind.
These goods are worthless.
The seller packed the goods in snakeskin bags and woven bags, and Lu Miao asked Ma Tou to carry them. He filled out the Jingbei form at a nearby post office and mailed it back directly.
Afterwards, she picked out beads and wholesaled accessories, hairpins, etc. that she thought were good.
Over the two days, I bought a lot of things, and at the end I even met a pearl farmer.
Lu Miao asked about the price, and found out that small beads of three or four millimeters were sixty yuan per pound.
The price of five to seven millimeters has tripled, and it sells for 180 yuan per kilogram.
If the quality and size go up a level, those larger than seven millimeters will be even more expensive, costing one thousand two hundred yuan per catty.
The price doesn't sound cheap, but it's worth it.
And if you convert it, a large pearl with a diameter of 8 to 10 mm weighs 0.4 to 0.55 grams, so there are about 900 pearls in a kilogram. On average, each pearl costs just over one yuan.
It takes at least three to five years to grow pearls to this size.
There are even more smaller sizes, not to mention the quantity.
certainly.
In addition to these round beads that have been selected several times, the pearl farmer also has a bag of defective products with the bag mouth rolled up.
Although it was a defective product, Lu Miao's eyes lit up when he saw the large pearls on the surface of the bag:
"How are the defective pearls here sold for?"
She handed the handbag to Matou to carry, pulled up her trouser legs and squatted on the side of the street.
He had already started to look through the bag of defective products.
"Can I pick one from this?"
"These are all of poor quality, 15 yuan per pound... You, take your pick."
The middle-aged dark-skinned man with rough skin rubbed the back of his head. He wanted to increase the price, but was afraid that raising the price would scare people away.
It’s not easy to come all the way here, food and accommodation both cost money.
Pearls are expensive and not easy to sell...defective ones are even harder to sell.
Anyway, I have screened them for many rounds and there is nothing special to pick out, so just pick what you want!
After thinking about it, the dark-skinned man said:
"Take your pick! The price is fifteen dollars!"
"OK."
Lu Miao smiled and started to choose.
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