Chapter 1
Jiang Jun was very efficient in getting the contact information. As soon as Jiang Qi arrived at the store, Jiang Jun gave Jiang Qi the WeChat of the boss of [Rumeng] and also told Jiang Qi the boss's information.
[Rumeng] is a female boss named Wu Meng. After Jiang Qi adds her on WeChat, he can directly call her Boss Wu.
Jiang Qi sent a friend request.
Wu Meng agreed immediately.
Wu Paopao: Hello, is this Mr. Jiang from the Xinghe Script Agency? I heard someone told me that you were looking for me. What can I do for you?
Jiang Qi: Boss Wu, I heard that your shop is going to be transferred. Are you interested in selling books, tables and chairs, props, book stands and even clothing? If your shop has suitable DMs, our shop can also accept them.
The other party didn't reply for a long time.
Wu Meng, who failed in her first business venture at a young age and was worrying about how to transfer the things in the store before the rent expired, felt like a huge pie had fallen on her head.
As we all know, it is easy for a store to go bankrupt.
But it is difficult to transfer items from a bankrupt store.
Not to mention that second-hand props are difficult to sell, even if you want to sell them, you can't get a good price. Even if you can sell them, you have to have a place to store these resale props before the store rent expires.
Why does Jiang Bing, like a hoarder, put all the equipment and props from so many stores that had closed down before in the storage room? Does she like it?
Because it simply can't be sold.
It is easy to open a store but difficult to close it. You have a lot of things waiting to be cleared out, but you have nowhere to put them. You sell them to junk collectors at super low prices, which makes you feel bad. Even if you put them in a second-hand trading group, only the originals are easy to sell. Those nice-looking tables and chairs, various book stands, a series of book props, and various types of clothing that you bought at the original price are difficult to sell for various reasons.
Large items are the most difficult to sell. They cannot be sold locally and are difficult to mail to other places.
Although Jiang Qi didn't know much about [Rumeng], this store must not be big since it became the first to go bankrupt, probably just two or three rooms. It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Qi could eat everything in [Rumeng] store except for the duplicate books.
The second-hand books happened to be the best-selling items in a script-killing store that had gone bankrupt.
[Ru Meng] is going bankrupt, and Jiang Qi’s new store is being renovated. Is there anything more coincidental in the world than this?
Jiang Qi held his cell phone and waited for news from Wu Meng.
Not long after, Jiang Qi's screen was bombarded with a series of exclamation marks from the other side.
It can be seen that Wu Meng is very excited.
Wu Meng was indeed very excited.
She was so excited that she began to wonder if she had been scammed.
Wu Paopao: Do you really want them all?
Wu Paopao: Do you really need all the tables, chairs, benches, stands, props, including air conditioners and freezers?
Jiang Qi:?
Wow, there’s air conditioning and a freezer, this is really a timely relief.
The second floor of the new store was divided into several rooms with numerous partitions. All the previous items of the original coffee shop, including several high-power cabinet and wall-mounted air conditioners, were taken away by the owner. Jiang Qi was ready to buy a batch of new air conditioners.
Jiang Qi decided to find out.
Jiang Qi: How new are these things?
Wu Paopao: 90% new. My store opened in May this year. Everything is brand new. The air conditioners and freezers are all within the warranty period. I have kept all the receipts.
Wu Paopao: Boss Jiang, if you want them all, I can give you a super low package price!!!
You can tell at first glance that he is a newbie in opening a store.
For an experienced shop owner like Jiang Bing, most of the items in his store are bought from the second-hand market, and he has made full preparations for closing the store from the very beginning.
Jiang Qi: Please take some rough photos for me first, then send me the order form. I will go to your store to check it out later.
Wu Paopao: Okay, Boss Jiang, we’re waiting for your visit anytime!
Wu Meng is probably in the store right now. She quickly sent Jiang Qi fresh photos of the site, purchase records of various large items, warranty certificates, and this order.
Wu Meng did not lie. The things in her store were indeed new and would definitely be hot items in the second-hand market, provided they could be sold.
Only a part of the book list in her store overlaps with the book list in Jiang Qi's store. The book list of Xinghe Script Society is actually very strange. The first batch of books Jiang Bing bought were all second-hand books, and they were very cheap second-hand books.
Because they are cheap, they are all old copies and there are no new copies.
Jiang Qi went to an exhibition and bought a bunch of discounted horror books. There were not many new books, most of them were old books that could not be sold and were being used for promotional activities.
This also means that at first glance, the order list of Xinghe Script Society looks like that of a poor store that has not bought new books for more than a year and has been struggling on the brink of bankruptcy.
Although [Rumeng]'s store is going to close down, it opened late enough that people followed the trend and bought basically all the new notebooks released this year. Moreover, they are all brand new and have hardly ever been opened (if the store had been opened, it would not have closed down), so the quality of the notebooks is actually quite good.
After confirming the quality of the items that [Rumeng] was clearing out, Jiang Qi directly took Jiang Bing to [Rumeng] to check out the goods in person.
The main reason for bringing Jiang Bing along is because she has experience in shopping.
Jiang Bing has opened so many stores and bought so much second-hand furniture in the second-hand market, so he has extensive experience in identifying the quality of second-hand goods.
An hour later, Jiang Bing finished the identification.
The identification result is: Buy!
It is rare to find a new store that goes bankrupt for the first time. The whole store looks like a brand new one, like a treasure.
You can buy it, then we need to negotiate the price.
[Ru Meng] is a standard small shop in a residential building. The house has three bedrooms and one living room, so there are three open rooms, three sets of tables and chairs, three wall-mounted air conditioners, an ordinary power cabinet in the living room, a set of sofas, a large freezer and several sets of clothing.
There are quite a few copies, 78 different box sets, and 3 city-limited copies with no exclusives.
Second-hand books are basically sold in packages for 200 yuan each. The price depends on the quality. Popular ones are more expensive, and those that I have never heard of are considered high prices if they are cut in half.
Jiang Qi made a rough estimate of the price of these things. If they were put on the second-hand market, the price would be about 20,000 yuan, of which the cost accounted for more than half. No matter how expensive the tables, chairs and benches were when they were bought, they would be very cheap on the second-hand market.
"I think it's good." In Wu Meng's expectant eyes, Jiang Qi said what she wanted to hear most, "Except for the duplicate boxed books, I can take them all. Give me a package price."
Wu Meng felt that this was the best news she had ever heard since she opened the store.
Yesterday I thought I would lose all my money in starting a business, but I didn’t expect to only lose a little today.
Wu Meng combined the purchase price he had inquired about these days, thought about it, and offered: "15,000!"
Jiang Qi & Jiang Bing:?
Wu Meng thought he had quoted a high price, so he quickly said, "These things of mine are really new. Look at the books here, many of which I have never opened, never opened once, they are all brand new."
"If you think the price is still a bit high, 13,000 yuan is also ok." Wu Meng looked nervous.
Jiang Qi and Jiang Bing looked at each other. They could tell from each other's eyes why Wu Meng's store would be the first to go bankrupt.
"15,000 is fine." Jiang Qi said, ignoring whether Jiang Bing was stupid or not, and continued with a look of "I just need you, Boss Wu, to do me a small favor."
"Do I need to deliver these things to you, Boss Jiang? No problem. You can ask me to call Huolala for you anytime. The rent of my shop expires on the 20th of this month." Wu Meng said positively.
"It's not this little favor. Boss Wu, did you see yesterday's article?"
"Article?" Wu Meng had not paid attention to the activities of both parties since he announced the closure and transfer of his store. His mind was full of how to sell the unsold items in the store to make some money back.
"I'll transfer it to you."
Five minutes later.
"What nonsense! Who with a mental problem has nothing better to do than to write this article?" Wu Meng was furious.
If it was before today, she might have thought it was nothing when she saw this article, after all, she had no relationship with Jiang Qi, but it was different now.
Now Jiang Qi is her financial sponsor!
He is the one who saved her wallet!
It's an angel!
Who is instigating the relationship between her and her financial sponsor?
Who is spreading rumors and causing trouble?
Who wants to cut off her financial resources? !
"Boss Jiang, don't pay attention to what's said in this article. This article has nothing to do with me. I don't know anything about this matter. The closure of my store is entirely my fault. It's all because I opened the store in this shabby neighborhood where no one comes. I hired two full-time DMs who don't know how to run a business. I don't have the money to pay the rent for the next quarter."
"Forget about the rent. If I hadn't been begging the landlord for a long time and finally persuaded him to return half of my deposit, I wouldn't even be able to pay the property management fee this month. I have owed the property management fee for more than ten days!" Wu Meng sold himself out without hesitation.
Jiang Bing even began to sympathize with Wu Meng.
It's rare to find someone who fails more in business than her.
"Someone is definitely using my bankruptcy to deliberately slander you, Boss Jiang. Don't worry, Boss Jiang, I will help you clarify it now! There are at least more than 200 people in my store's appointment group. I will help you send a clarification statement in the group now." Wu Meng said as he took out his mobile phone to edit the statement.
"Don't worry, take another look at this." Jiang Qi forwarded the short video to Wu Meng.
Wu Meng's face turned black after watching the short video.
"I think someone is deliberately targeting me, trying to slander me by taking advantage of your store closing down. Although these are all irrelevant things, you have seen the popularity of this video, which is a bit bizarre."
"Do you have any idea about who might have made the video and written the article to slander me?"
"It must be Boss Zhen!" Wu Meng blurted out.
"Several days ago, he sent a message to our merchant competition group saying that he would find a way to stabilize the situation. This must be what he was thinking of!" Wu Meng said firmly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was right. "It must be him. He was the one who came up with this competition."
"I didn't want to participate in the competition at first, and I wanted to close the store. It was Boss Zhen who contacted me and said this was an opportunity. Organizing an event could attract traffic, and maybe there was still hope for the store to be revived. He also cheated me out of 200 yuan as some kind of event promotion fund. At the time, I thought that the store rent was not due until the 20th of this month, so maybe there was still hope if I participated in an event."
"I was really ripped off by him. I used to make a profit by selling a notebook for 78 yuan per person, but after participating in this crappy event, I can only sell it for 29.9 yuan per notebook. I can't make a penny. I can't even pay the property management fee this month." Wu Meng became angrier and angrier. "I also asked several other shop owners who are about to go bankrupt. Their situations are similar to mine. They were all fooled by the sweet words of that guy named Zhen. Now they regret it to death."
Jiang Qi's eyes lit up.
“Are there any other stores that want to close down during this event?”
"Yes, when I announced a few days ago that I would not participate in the store transfer competition, several store owners sent me messages to comfort me, saying that they had similar ideas." Wu Meng nodded.
"In fact, if they want to transfer, I can accept similar non-duplicate books, air conditioners, freezers, tables and chairs, costumes, props and other things."
"Boss Wu, you may not know that I plan to open a new store before January. The new store is very large, with two floors adding up to about 400 square meters. Although I can't guarantee that I can accept all of them, I can at least accept a large batch."
Wu Meng:!
"I'll contact them now!"
"Then let's clarify..."
"Boss Jiang, don't worry!" Wu Meng almost patted his chest and promised, "Leave this matter to us!"
"We will never let your reputation be damaged!"
Jiang Qi smiled with satisfaction.
"That's it for today. Leave the stuff here with you. I'll have someone come pick it up after the initial decoration of my store is almost done. As for the deposit...how about I give you a deposit of 2,000 first?"
"Okay, Boss Jiang, please walk slowly. Boss Jiang, be careful, there is a staircase over there!"
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I played a mystery book at night...
Playing with this is harmful to others!
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