Chapter 5: Dealing Tactfully
"Okay, no problem. Let's try the business here today. If it goes well, we will continue tomorrow. Please take care of us." Yang Wendong smiled and took out the money. Passed it to the leader.
He had also inquired about the price before. It was fifty cents a day, which was basically equivalent to half a day's normal working income of an ordinary person.
Actually, it’s because this is a vegetable market with a large flow of people. Other places are much cheaper, but there are not many people in other places.
The young man in charge took the cash, glanced at Yang Wendong with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, you understand the rules. What are you selling?"
"The bamboo tube I made is for catching mice." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
"Catch mice? Not bad, how is the effect? My family is almost annoyed by mice." The leader said quickly, obviously interested in this thing.
Yang Wendong immediately said: "When catching mice, you must catch them accurately. How about you take a few back and try them for free."
"Well, OK, if you catch the mice , I will take you to a place with more people tomorrow." The leader was not polite at all, and he and his subordinates each took a mousetrap and left.
It seems that taking things from vendors is a normal thing.
"Brother Dong, you are so polite, aren't you afraid that they will come back tomorrow and take our things for nothing?" Zhao Liming said with some worry.
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "It's possible, but our cost is not much, just a little time. The most important thing is to be able to gain a foothold here and sell half of it, and we will make a profit."
When setting up a stall in this era, you have to face the problem of protection fees from gangs and British Hong Kong police. Even gangs are nothing more than lackeys of the latter.
Fortunately, in order to stabilize the market and avoid killing people, the entire market still has some basic rules. Generally, as long as you give money, you will not be targeted for no reason.
Although I feel very unhappy, I have no choice. When I have no ability to change society, I can only adapt to society.
The first day the two set up their stall passed quickly. With Yang Wendong's shameless tongue, they only sold 2 mousetraps in total, with a turnover of HK$1.
I made 50 cents, not counting the labor of the two of them.
Fortunately, the market was crowded with people only in the morning. After the afternoon, Yang and Zhao went back and started making rat-catching bamboo tubes again, and made a dozen more.
The next morning, they still appeared at the same place. Before they could wait for the guests, they welcomed several more people who had charged yesterday.
"Boy, this thing of yours worked really well. I caught a mouse in my house." Yesterday's person said with satisfaction after charging again.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Brother, there should be a lot of mice in this market. Why not buy some? My price is only 1/10 of the mouse trap."
"Haha, you are quite cool. Smart, but I can't make the decision on this kind of thing," the leader said with a smile.
"Brother, if it can be done, how about 73%, you 7 and I 3." Yang Wendong lowered his voice and said.
"It's a bit courageous. This is the first time I've heard of this kind of ratio in this Dong Cai Chang." After hearing this, the leader immediately praised and said: "Well, I'll ask, if it can be done , I'll look for you again."
"Okay, I don't know what to call you," Yang Wendong said with a smile.
"Just call me A Biao." A Biao said.
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Okay, Brother Biao."
"In this case, you follow me inside, there are many people there." A Biao said again: "You just said I can't guarantee that, but if there are more people inside, your business will be better."
"Thank you, Brother Biao," Yang Wendong said quickly. Now if he wants to make money here, he really has to count on others, not for help, but just not to be targeted.
A Biao said again: "However, the rule inside is one yuan a day, and this cannot be changed."
"Okay." Yang Wendong agreed, as long as he could sell a few more, he would be able to cover the cost. Earn it back.
A Biao saw that Yang Wendong was also relatively smart, so he said, "Let's go, I'll take you there, and be careful not to interfere with the normal stalls."
"No problem. "Yang Wendong nodded and agreed happily.
Following a few people, we came to the edge of the market entrance. It was not even indoors, but the flow of people was much stronger than where it was just now.
Many other vendors were full of hostility when they saw the arrival of Yang Wendong.
However, after A Biao and others left, they exchanged information and learned that Yang Wendong was selling rat traps, so most of them didn't care. There were even a few people who were more interested in this.
Yang Wendong also took the opportunity to show off his eloquence and fooled several people into buying. These people were selling a lot of food and they also had mouse problems in their own homes.
"Strange, haven't these people bought other things for mice before?" Zhao Liming asked with some confusion after seeing several people buying several mouse traps.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Maybe there are, but do you think rats can be eliminated so easily? They are very smart and cautious.
Once other rats are caught or killed in some way, the others will learn the lesson, and they will emit a smell to warn others of the same kind. "
"So powerful? "Zhao Liming never thought about it. He is really extremely poor. The house he lives in is so shabby and he can't save much food. Although there are mice around him, there are not many.
"It's even worse than I said. There are so many, no matter what method, catching mice is just a temporary solution. Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Even in developed countries, they have tried their best to control the rat problem, but generally they can only suppress it for a while. Once the intensity weakens, the rat swarms will sweep in again.< br>
Zhao Liming took a bite of steamed buns and asked: "There is no way to completely solve it? ”
"Yes, there must be no rats in Taiping Mountain. When each of us lives in a house like that, this problem will disappear." Yang Wendong laughed.
Zhao Liming said: "What are you dreaming about."
Yang Wendong added: "Solving the problem is the government's business. We just need to take care of ourselves. Making more money is now The first important thing."
"Yeah." Zhao Liming nodded and agreed with this point of view.
In just such a short time, the two of them sold seven or eight items. Although they haven’t recovered their original investment yet, they still see hope. At least they can earn more than going out to work hard. .
Of course, it may also be because it just appeared and attracted nearby vendors, so it may not be so smooth in the future.
In the next few days, Yang Wendong and Zhao Liming paid 1 yuan each morning to set up a stall, and in the afternoon they returned to continue cutting bamboo to make new mouse traps.
I can also make a few bucks in net profit every day. Although it is not a lot, it is much better than before.
On the afternoon of the fifth day, Yang Wendong and Zhao Liming came back from the Dongcai market. Su Yiyi walked up and said, "Brother Dong, today I saw someone doing the same thing as us. It’s gone.”
(End of this chapter)