"One million, seven hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver. Since you are buying in bulk, we can give you a 95% discount, which is one million, six hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred taels." The sales manager said to Wang Xiaohai.
"It's too troublesome. Let me round it up to an integer, 1.6 million." Wang Xiaohai was too lazy to count the decimals.
"Well... I need to contact the head of headquarters to make a decision," the sales manager said. "A 5% discount is the best I can offer."
"Then I'm sorry, you'll lose this deal worth over a million," Wang Xiaohai said, and was about to leave. Although he didn't care about trivial things like gold, silver, and treasures, negotiating prices was a pleasure, and successfully bargaining brought a sense of inexplicable satisfaction.
"Hey - don't go - I agree with you, I will use the profits I can earn to subsidize you!" The manager stopped Wang Xiaohai.
Wang Xiaohai doesn't believe him at all. His bottom line must be around level nine.
"Have you brought the deposit? Come and sign the contract." said the manager.
"Do you think I have 1.6 million taels of silver on me?" Wang Xiaohai asked. He wondered if everyone here had a space ring. In the previous continent, even the law enforcement captain might not have one. The law enforcement captain was equivalent to the pope here.
"I thought you had banknotes from the Dingwen Bank," the manager said. "No one normally carries such large sums of money. Money over ten thousand taels is usually carried in banknotes. Don't you understand?"
Although Wang Xiaohai understood, his gold, silver and jewelry were all stored in the ring, which was just dirt for those above the demigod level. If they were exchanged for silver notes, they would be even more dirt. Even the dimensional store would not accept silver notes, treating them as waste paper. However, they would accept gold, silver and jewelry, so silver notes were even more useless.
"There's no need. I have gold in my room. You just need to bring the contract and send someone to come with me to get it. No deposit is required. Just pay all the money at once." Wang Xiaohai said.
"Okay, where are you going to live?" the manager asked anxiously, fearing that Wang Xiaohai would change his mind.
"Desert Journey."
"Desert trip, the manager of that hotel and I were classmates, I am very familiar with him!" said the sales manager of the steam company.
"He also recommended me here," said Wang Xiaohai.
"That means we are destined to be together. My friend, I feel a sense of closeness when I see you." The manager said with a smile, his eyes almost narrowed into slits.
Then the manager took two assistants and Wang Xiaohai to confirm the 100 steam cars that needed to be purchased, and made a small mark on them to indicate that someone had already reserved them.
The two men quickly recorded the car model on the contract.
"It's done, come with me to get the gold." Wang Xiaohai said.
If he used gold, it would cost 16,000 taels of gold, a drop in the bucket for Wang Xiaohai, who had a treasure worth 6 billion taels of silver. He didn't plan to take the gold out of the ring and give it to the manager directly. That would be too shocking and inconsistent with his low-key style. At least he had to keep a low profile until the treasure appeared!
The four of them, holding their documents, boarded a small five-seater steam car and set off on their desert journey.
It took the steam train more than ten minutes to reach Wang Xiaohai's hotel.
The four of them walked quickly upstairs. The hotel manager and the sales manager greeted each other, and after a brief conversation, they went upstairs.
Wang Xiaohai entered room 303 in advance, took out 20,000 gold and put it in the box. After closing the box, he opened the door to let the sales manager and others in.
"Why do you have to close the door and clean up? Are you hiding something that only men can understand?" The sales manager patted Wang Xiaohai on the shoulder and gave a smile that everyone understood.
"Come in, the gold is all in the wooden box beside the bed. You can pick up 16,000 taels by yourselves and then check it." Wang Xiaohai opened the door of the room completely.
The Steam Company sales manager and two of his subordinates were nearly blinded by the golden glint after opening the box. It was truly magnificent! This was probably the first time they had ever seen so much gold. Normally, they only saw silver bills, and a piece of paper couldn't give them the same intuitive feeling of real gold!
The three of them quickly took out a balance scale and weighed the ingots one by one.
"You can put the gold ingots on the bed, and then put the weighed ones into the wooden box." Wang Xiaohai reminded, "I will give this box to you."
The time spent counting money always passes very quickly. After weighing out 16,000 taels of gold, the manager still looked at the 4,000 taels of gold on the bed with reluctance.
"The contract is ready and ready to sign. Bring it to the branch office in three days to pick up the goods," the manager said. "What color do you prefer, or do you have any custom requirements for the exterior?"
"You can spray it with any color, black or white paint. I'm not picky," said Wang Xiaohai.
After the two signed the contract and put their fingerprints on it, they shook hands and said goodbye.
"By the way, have you prepared a hundred drivers? Do you want me to hire them for you? You can pay them after they deliver the cars to your designated location." asked the manager.
"Okay, I'll reward you then." Wang Xiaohai planned to pull it to an uninhabited place in the desert and put it in a storage ring.
"I'm very happy to have a big customer like you. It's definitely a good choice for us to choose Dingwen Steam Company. Do you know Marquis Sean? He is the owner of this desert territory." The manager said, signaling two of his men to carry the box of gold downstairs and put it on the steam car.
Wang Xiaohai's heart moved, and he asked hurriedly: "Could it be that the Marquis also bought a steam car from your company?"
"Yes, he also bought fifty," said the manager.
"Are they all for your own territory?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"Forty-eight of them were sent to his Marquisate, but two were unexpectedly sent to the capital of a distant kingdom, the Kingdom of Bestan. I lost a lot of money on transportation fees, as a lot of coal was consumed along the way." The manager said, suddenly covering his mouth. "Sorry, I let it slip. He asked me not to tell anyone. Don't tell anyone!"
"I won't tell anyone. I'm a tight-lipped person," Wang Xiaohai said. "Go back and paint it. I want to pick up the car in three days."
"Okay, goodbye, have a nice day!" After saying goodbye, the manager left with his two subordinates and the box. A few minutes later, Wang Xiaohai heard the rumbling sound of a steam train leaving upstairs.
This trip was very fruitful!
It is really true that after searching for a needle in a haystack, it was finally found without any effort!
Wang Xiaohai knew the whereabouts of Marquis Sean. He always had a feeling that Marquis Sean must have obtained an extremely rare treasure, because this treasure could make him give up a marquisate!
"Now let's go and see if there is any progress in the red alert zone." Wang Xiaohai hurriedly closed the door of the room and hurried out of the desert journey.
The red alert zone was still the same as usual. Hundreds of fully armed workers wearing airtight radiation-proof suits were carefully digging through piles of virus-red sand that had been dug up. Everyone looked focused and no one spoke.
Wang Xiaohai watched from the air for two minutes before returning to his desert journey. On his way back, he discovered a small problem - Earl Daly seemed to have encountered some minor troubles!
He flew down quietly and hid behind a steam carriage to watch.
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