Chapter 30 Smashing the Signboard (Monthly Ticket Plus)
Shopkeeper Zhao thought for a moment and said, "For these three pearls combined, the most I can give is eighteen taels of silver."
What? Jiang Youcheng's four fingers froze, and he blurted out, "What's the price?"
The sound was like a loud bell, making people's ears buzz.
Shopkeeper Zhao thought the price he offered was a little low, and said with embarrassment, "This is really the only amount I can give. It is very troublesome to make jewelry with pearls, and because the price is high, not many people come to buy. I only give this much because the pearl is really big."
"If you think it's too little, I can only add two more coins. I can't add more. Otherwise, I won't make any money, and there's no need to take the pearl."
"Then let's do as Shopkeeper Zhao said and sell the pearl to Shopkeeper Zhao for eighteen taels and two cents of silver." Jiang Mixia made the decision immediately.
"Okay." Shopkeeper Zhao wrapped the pearls in a handkerchief and led Jiang Mixia and the other two to get the silver.
In order to facilitate spending, when collecting money, he took a ten-liang silver ingot, eight liang of loose silver, and the remaining two cents were converted into copper coins.
When Jiang Youcheng came out of Jinyu Pavilion with a heavy bag of money in his arms, he felt his steps were a little weak.
Eighteen taels and two cents of silver!
He had been weaving baskets for most of his life, but he still had never saved enough money!
Jiang Youcheng was so excited that he almost wanted to cry.
Jiang Mixia, however, glanced at Zhenbaozhai in the distance with a look of disgust in her eyes, "Don't ever go to this kind of shop again. The shopkeeper is so black-hearted, his business must not be honest."
"That's right." Jiang Youcheng was also full of indignation when Jiang Mixia mentioned the Zhenbaozhai. "What a black-hearted thing! He said it was only worth three taels of silver. It's just full of shit!"
"And that pawnshop is nothing either. They only gave me 2 taels and 5 cents..."
Jiang Youcheng suddenly stopped talking and widened his eyes, "Could this Zhenbaozhai and this pawnshop be in the same group?"
Zhenbaozhai offers a low price, but others don't believe it and most of them go to the pawnshop to verify it. But when they go to the pawnshop, they get even less money, so they have no choice but to come to Zhenbaozhai to sell their items at a low price.
"It seems so."
If it was just a guess just now, Jiang Mixia can now be sure of the tricks of these two shops.
"God bless you!" Jiang Youcheng was so angry that his lips trembled.
Most of the people who come to sell things are people who have a hard life. Even if they can't be pitied, they should at least give a fair price like Jinyu Pavilion, but they only give less than 20% of the price! "This Zhenbaozhai is also a well-known big shop. Aren't you afraid of ruining its own reputation by doing this?"
"A big store bullies its customers. I guess Zhenbaozhai makes a lot of money by doing this." Jiang Mixia said.
"Why would you destroy your own brand?" Song Jingyun was a little confused.
If you are doing business, why do you want to smash your own signboard? And what do you use, an axe or a hammer?
Song Jingyun's question was not clear, but Jiang Mixia understood what he said and patiently explained, "Behavior like that of not caring about reputation and doing business without limits is commonly known as smashing the signboard."
"People like Zhenbaozhai are not doing things in a decent way. They sell things at such low market prices and collude with pawnshops to buy things from others at a low price. This is destroying their own reputation."
"I see." Song Jingyun nodded thoughtfully, "Then this shopkeeper Qian has really ruined his reputation."
"Okay, okay, forget about the Zhenbaozhai matter. If you walk by the river for a long time, you will get your feet wet. Justice is in people's hearts. In the long run, they will suffer the consequences."
Jiang Youcheng only pulled Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun, "Come on, Dad will take you to eat."
It was already noon, the sun was high in the sky and it was a bit hot. The three of them had been busy all morning and their stomachs were rumbling like drums.
"Let's go and eat." Song Jingyun followed with a smile.
Here, Shopkeeper Qian waited in the shop for a long time, but didn't see Jiang Mixia and her group come back. He became restless and stood up to pace back and forth.
"That's not right. He should have come back a long time ago. Why hasn't he come back yet?"
Hearing his shopkeeper mumbling, the clerk also felt unsure and nodded, "Yes, they should be back. I saw them walking towards the pawnshop just now, so they should have been back a long time ago."
"Could it be that they went to another jewelry store to sell pearls?"
Then they found out that the prices offered by other shops were much higher than theirs?
"No." Shopkeeper Qian was very sure, "Our Zhenbaozhai is a well-known brand. They all believe in us. We have already talked so much, and the pawnshop gave such a low price. I was already panicking."
"They are just peasants who feel inferior to others in the county. They are in a hurry to sell their products. At that time, they only care about selling as much as possible. How could they think of going to a third store to ask for the price?"
"If everyone had that thought, how could they be so poor? Wouldn't they have found a way to make money long ago?"
"Look, we have been doing this kind of business for so many years, how many people can see it clearly? Don't they all bring their products back and sell them to us in the end?"
"What the shopkeeper said is absolutely right." The clerk nodded repeatedly.
As the two were talking, another clerk came running over and said, "Boss, I just saw the family of three selling pearls coming out of the Gold and Jade Pavilion. They were all smiling..."
In other words, those three people sold the pearls to Jinyu Pavilion?
I really underestimated these three peasants. They were so cunning that they went to the third store to ask! I really underestimated your Jinyuge, a small shop with a small door and a small face. You always made things difficult for Zhenbaozhai and ruined its business several times in a row?
Shopkeeper Qian was angry and walked out.
He wanted to find the Zhao from Jinyuge and ask him clearly whether he had lost his mind and was not doing good business but interfering with other people's business?
Just as he arrived at the door of Zhenbaozhai, before he even stepped out of the threshold, a plaque with three large gold-plated characters "Zhenbaozhai" on the door hit Manager Qian on the head.
"Crack!" The plaque finally fell to the ground, breaking in half.
Shopkeeper Qian fell to the ground like a sack, his face and head covered in blood, and he lost consciousness on the spot.
"Shopkeeper!"
The guys exclaimed and rushed to check the situation.
The customers of Zhenbaozhai and people passing by on the street were also attracted by the commotion and stopped to watch.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that the sign of Zhenbaozhai fell down and knocked the owner Qian unconscious. The sign was even broken into two pieces."
"Tsk, is there such a thing?"
"Hey, I say, it's weird that your own sign fell down and hit your head. Could it be that the shopkeeper Qian did something that even God couldn't tolerate?"
"Who knows? But remember one thing: God has a bright eye..."
Here, Jiang Youcheng, Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun were looking for a place to eat.
The editor informed me that I failed to advance because of insufficient retention. I burst into tears...
My dears, please don’t save up your writing, don’t save up your writing… If you do, the system will identify you as someone who has abandoned the writing midway. Although the author knows that the new book does not have many words, I really hope that you can take action every day to catch up with the latest chapters. If the book does well, the author’s passion for writing will be higher, and he will write a lot more words… I beg you all!
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