Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 118 Trying to Scam Me?

After Li Xiangyang explained his purpose, he was led into a small office of less than five square meters by the gatekeeper.

The office was furnished very simply, with just a large square wooden desk and three chairs, nothing else.

"You two wait here for a moment, our purchasing manager Wu will be here shortly." He said, then pushed open the door and left, ignoring them.

It seems he's used to people coming to his door to sell furs.

After waiting for a while, and still no one came to greet them, Li Xiangyang felt quite bored, so he got up and walked around, peeking out through the crack in the door.

It was my first time visiting a fur factory, and I was quite curious.

This Wuzhen No. 1 Fur Factory is quite large, and it has all the necessary facilities, including factory buildings, boiler rooms, staff canteens, staff dormitories, and so on.

However, perhaps due to the snow disaster preventing the delivery of leather materials, Li Xiangyang stood there for a long time but did not hear any obvious machine noise coming from the factory, so production should have stopped.

About half an hour later, a young man about the same age as Li Xiangyang walked in unhurriedly.

The young man's brows betrayed an undeniable arrogance.

After he came in, he ignored Li Xiangyang and the other person and sat down in his office chair.

His gaze swept over Li Xiangyang and his companion, and perhaps because he didn't see any furs around them, he asked, "Didn't you two bring the furs you're going to sell with you?"

"I brought it, I brought it," Li Xiangdong hurriedly replied, and then took out the sable fur from the sack under him.

He carefully placed it on Wu's desk: "It's this fur."

After saying that, Li Xiangdong stopped talking. He knew that he could leave the price negotiation to Li Xiangyang.

When Wu, the purchasing agent, saw the sable fur, he was clearly a little excited and leaned forward slightly, but he didn't stay still for long before leaning back.

"Weasel pelt, 6 yuan, do you want to sell it?"

"This is a weasel pelt? Only six yuan? You're kidding me...?" Li Xiangdong was furious, feeling that this Wu purchasing agent knew nothing and was just spouting nonsense.

He wanted to step forward and argue, but seeing Li Xiangyang's expressionless face beside him, he quieted down and decided to see what Li Xiangyang would do first.

"Are you sure it's a weasel pelt?" Li Xiangyang stared contemptuously at Wu, the purchasing agent, and asked in a cold voice.

From the moment they entered, they were left to their own devices for half an hour, followed by an arrogant attitude, and then the sable fur was mistaken for weasel fur.

They're using one move after another, all in an effort to drive down their prices.

Upon hearing Li Xiangyang's question, Wu Caigou's expression changed slightly, realizing that Li Xiangyang was different from Li Xiangdong and not so easily fooled.

Then he pretended to suddenly realize something and said, "Isn't it a weasel? Let me take another look."

After a while, Wu, the purchasing agent, said, "Oh, I didn't see it clearly just now. This isn't a weasel; it's a ferret."

This weasel belongs to the same weasel family as the common weasel. Its size, coat color, and fur texture are all highly similar to the weasel's, so you herders often confuse them.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangyang didn't even ask about the price. He immediately stood up, snatched the sable pelt, and handed it to Li Xiangdong, saying, "Brother, this fur factory doesn't know its stuff. Let's go to the next one."

Seeing that Li Xiangyang was really about to leave, Wu, the purchasing agent, panicked and quickly ran over to stop them, saying with a forced smile, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, young comrade, you're too hasty. Let's talk this out!"

His trick of feigning madness was always effective on herders and hunters who didn't recognize furs. He would buy valuable furs at low prices and then quote high prices to the fur mills. With just a few words, he could earn a huge profit from the difference, which made him quite wealthy over the years.

Unfortunately, he ran into Li Xiangyang today.

"If you're not honest, I won't sell to you," Li Xiangyang said directly, then tried to push him aside to go check out the next fur factory.

The reason he didn't say it was sable fur from the beginning was to see if this person was honest and wouldn't try to deceive them.

As expected, this Wu purchasing agent didn't tell the truth at all.

"Wait, don't go, don't go! I was just joking with you." Wu, the purchasing agent, suddenly switched to a fawning expression, chuckling sheepishly, "It's sable fur. I wasn't looking closely before, but I can tell now!"

"Hmph, sweet talk. Just now you were calling it a weasel and a ferret."

Li Xiangdong was furious. This was blatant bullying of honest people!

"Sigh, you can't blame me for this. The company has a rule that when buying fur, you must negotiate a lower price," Wu, the purchasing agent, said with a grin.

"How much is it?" Since he himself said it was sable fur, Li Xiangyang asked about the price.

But he just wanted to ask, because this Wu purchasing agent was clearly unreliable and wouldn't give him a high price.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Xiangyang asked about the price, Wu, the purchasing agent, started spouting nonsense with a straight face again: "If you go to the purchasing station to sell this sable fur, they'll give you a maximum of 150 yuan. Our fur factory is better than them; we can give you 170 yuan."

"One hundred and seventy yuan?" Li Xiangdong was shocked. This small pelt could sell for one hundred and seventy yuan.

He kept giving Li Xiangyang meaningful glances, signaling him that it was almost time to sell.

But Li Xiangyang disagreed, shaking off Wu Caigou's hand as he held onto the door frame, and said, "Brother, let's go. We'll take this sable fur home and make you a scarf."

When Li Xiangyang said this, his tone was very calm, and it didn't sound like he was saying something in anger.

Wu Caigou and Li Xiangdong were both stunned and couldn't believe that Li Xiangyang actually wanted to use a sable fur coat that cost more than 170 yuan to make a scarf.

"Brother, I don't want it... It's too expensive..."

""

Li Xiangdong chased after him as he spoke.

Li Xiangyang caught up with Li Xiangyang at the gate of the fur factory and asked, "Brother, are you really going to take this sable fur back and make it into a scarf?"

"Let's get this straight, I'm not bringing anything this expensive!"

If Li Xiangyang suggested making a scarf out of sable fur to give to his mother, father, or Xiulan, he would feel it was a pity, but he wouldn't say it. However, if it were given to him or Lijuan, he would not agree.

"Hmph." Li Xiangyang couldn't help but laugh. "I was just teasing that Wu purchasing agent."

"Huh? You're kidding?"

"Yes."

"But he's asking for 170 yuan for this sable fur, why aren't you selling it?"

"One hundred and seventy yuan is not its true price." Li Xiangyang shook his head and said, "Even at the recycling station, it would sell for two hundred yuan, and on the black market, it could fetch at least three hundred yuan."

"Three...three hundred dollars? And that's the minimum..."

""

Li Xiangdong was so surprised that his mouth dropped open, almost dislocating his shoulder.

They sold five ewes that morning for just over three hundred yuan. That was during a year of snow disaster, when meat prices had increased several times over to earn that much.

I never imagined that this tiny sable pelt could sell for so much money!

However, I still had some doubts. Could it really sell for that much money?

"Let's go. Brother Weimin told us about a few fur factories. Let's go and take a look."

Whether buying or selling, don't hesitate to buy cheap, worthless items, and compare prices from multiple vendors for valuable items.

The two men untied the reins, mounted their horses, and prepared to ride away.

Just then, a dry, hoarse male voice called out to Li Xiangyang from behind. Li Xiangyang turned around and saw that it was the fur factory purchasing agent who had bought seven rabbit pelts from him on the black market earlier.

What's he doing here?