socalfunplaces Chapter 225
Chapter 225
There is a second-hand home appliance mall in Pengcheng that is not too big. It is a two-story building with a storefront downstairs and a repair shop upstairs.
Most of the appliances here are second-hand appliances from Hong Kong Island, and sometimes you can see some brand new parallel imports.
Meng Haisheng started as an apprentice here and slowly earned his first pot of gold.
Stepping into the familiar place again, the past scenes surged in my mind.
My feet walked uncontrollably towards the familiar stall.
"You guys, hurry up. What can you do if you are still dawdling while moving some things?"
Zhou Wenqi is in his 40s. His facial features look a little fierce. He has a bald head and wears an old-fashioned gray cloth jacket with buttons on it.
He has a thick cloth apron tied around his waist, which is covered with oil stains and looks dirty.
He scolded his apprentices with full energy, and it is easy to mess with him at first glance.
However, Meng Haisheng knew that Zhou Wenqi only looked fierce, but he was very kind at heart, otherwise he would not have taken him in even though he was penniless.
"Boss Zhou, are you busy?"
Meng Haisheng went up to Zhou Wenqi and greeted him warmly.
"Boss, are you here to buy a TV?"
"Yes, I want to see if there are any suitable goods."
Zhou Wenqi looked at the three young men in suits and leather shoes in front of him and couldn't help but look at them with a higher opinion.
He started working as a stall owner when he was a teenager, and he had seen all kinds of people.
The man who was talking to him had an extraordinary demeanor and didn't look like a small businessman.
"Boss, please come in. I have all the goods you want to see."
Zhou Wenqi enthusiastically let Meng Haisheng and the others into the house.
Thinking back to the past, Meng Haisheng had never been treated like this before, and he almost grew up being scolded by Zhou Wenqi.
Now facing his former master being so polite to him, Meng Haisheng felt a little awkward.
There are all kinds of TVs on both walls of the room, domestic, imported, black and white, color, and there are many styles.
Meng Haisheng only took a glance and could tell that most of the TVs here came from Hong Kong Island.
After all, even if Pengcheng develops rapidly, TVs are still rare, and there are relatively few TVs that have been eliminated.
"Boss Zhou, how much is this 12-inch black and white?"
"It can be bought for 260, and it can be cheaper if you buy more."
"What about a 14-inch color TV."
"Domestic 600, imported 900."
While talking, Zhou Wenqi turned on the imported color TV.
It must be said that the clarity of imported color TVs is really good, but the price is indeed high.
If he remembers correctly, a new color TV costs about 1,300.
If a dual-income family has no other source of income, if they want to buy a color TV, they will have to tighten their belts and not eat or drink for several years.
"Boss Zhou's price is really fair."
"My reputation as Zhou Wenqi is still very loud in this street."
Meng Haisheng looked at Zhou Wenqi with a smile, which made Zhou Wenqi feel uneasy.
"Boss Zhou, I'm here to do big business with you. I wonder if we can find a quiet place to sit down and talk."
The whole stall is crowded with people, and it is indeed not a good place for conversation.
"I have a tea room upstairs, which is a bit small. I hope Boss Meng doesn't mind it."
The group went up to the second floor. In a larger room here, several apprentices were busy repairing TVs, and another slightly smaller room was where Zhou Wenqi usually rested.
As soon as they sat down, someone brought a pot of tea.
Meng Haisheng didn't beat around the bush with Zhou Wenqi and directly expressed his thoughts.
"Boss Zhou, I know you have a way to get the goods from Hong Kong Island. I won't lie to you. I have two train cars now. I want to buy a batch of second-hand TV sets and fill these two train cars."
Zhou Wenqi was stunned when he heard Meng Haisheng say this.
Two train cars, that could hold a lot.
"Boss Meng, I don't know where you got the news from."
"Boss Zhou, don't ask me about this. I definitely have my way. I don't know if you are still buying goods from Ajie in Hong Kong Island."
"Do you still know Ajie?"
"I just heard about it."
Everyone in the stall knew that Zhou Wenqi had a channel to import second-hand TV sets, and some even wanted to dig away Zhou Wenqi's channel, but no one succeeded.
Because few people know that Ajie in Hong Kong Island is Zhou Wenqi's illegitimate son.
With this relationship, who can snatch Zhou Wenqi's business?
"Boss Meng knows a lot. I do have a way to import second-hand TVs. Do you want to look at the goods in Pengcheng or in Hong Kong Island? The prices are different."
"I understand the rules of the underworld. I want to look at the goods in Hong Kong Island.”
“Boss Meng, we don’t do parallel import business. If you get caught, you’ll go to jail.”
“Of course, I’ll handle the transportation and all the formalities myself.”
Meng Haisheng wanted to do second-hand TV business for a long time, not just once. Of course, he had to complete all the formalities.
In fact, Pengcheng Special Economic Zone has been opened up a lot, and many preferential policies have been given to promote trade between Hong Kong Island and Pengcheng Special Economic Zone.
But these preferential policies are not known to ordinary people.
Meng Haisheng is now taking advantage of this information gap to get a few dividends.
When other businessmen react, his profit from second-hand TVs may not be as high as it is now.
Zhou Wenqi saw that Meng Haisheng seemed to be doing a serious business, so he agreed.
Zhou Wenqi and Meng Haisheng chatted about second-hand TVs for a while, and Zhou Wenqi let down his guard.
“You need a pass to go to Hong Kong Island. You can get it today, and we will take a boat there tomorrow morning. "
"Okay, then we'll come to see Boss Zhou tomorrow morning."
After coming out of Zhou Wenqi's stall, Qu Dayong and Meng Daniu were confused.
They listened to Meng Haisheng and Zhou Wenqi talking about second-hand TV sets, which seemed very easy, but also very difficult, and they had to go to Hong Kong Island to look at the goods.
"Brother Haisheng, why don't we go to other stalls to ask?" Qu Dayong saw that Meng Haisheng didn't go to other stalls, but walked out in big strides, and couldn't help but ask a few questions.
"No need, the price Boss Zhou just quoted us is very good, and other stalls should not differ by more than 10 yuan."
"Are we really going to Hong Kong Island to look at the goods?" Meng Daniu asked.
"Of course, second-hand TV sets are one price in Hong Kong Island, and another price when shipped to Pengcheng. The difference between one TV set is at least 100, and there may be a difference of several hundred. "
"If we want to make more money, the best way is to buy directly from Hong Kong Island and then ship directly to the train station without any stops in between to avoid being replaced by others."
Qu Dayong didn't expect that there would be people who replaced goods. He instantly gave Meng Haisheng a thumbs up in his heart. He was right. He would definitely have a great future if he followed Meng Haisheng in the future.
Even if there were ten of Meng Haisheng, he couldn't catch up with him.
The group drank a lot of tea at Zhou Wenqi's place and were a little hungry. Meng Haisheng simply took the two of them to have a seafood feast.
Although Quyang County is not far from the port, it is a bit difficult for them to eat fresher seafood. After all, seafood transportation is more troublesome and it is easy to deteriorate over time. But it is different here in Pengcheng. It is very close to the dock. If you want to eat any seafood, there are still a lot of them here.