bullyxtreme Chapter 120 Borrowing a stall to do business
Chapter 120 Borrowing a stall to do business
Li Cunxi scanned around and saw a dazzling array of wood carvings on the stall, including various mythological characters, zodiac animals, and some landscape ornaments.
For the people of the Dragon Kingdom, these are all extremely clichéd themes.
But in the eyes of some foreign tourists, this is a work of art with a strong historical atmosphere.
As long as the stall owner is not stupid, he can set a high price and sell one or two pieces, which will be enough for three years.
Thinking room.
A white-haired foreigner walked up to the stall, pointed at the birthday boy who was about [-] centimeters tall, and asked in English: "Boss, how much does this statue cost?"
The short-term young man didn't know English, but after doing business for so long, he knew that the other party was asking for a price, so he wrote the number fifty with a pen and paper.
The white-haired foreigner also took the pen, crossed out fifty, and wrote 25.
The short-haired young man hesitated for a moment and said, "ok."
The white-haired foreigner took out 25 yuan with satisfaction.
The short-haired young man looked a little disappointed when he saw that it was not a foreign exchange coupon, but he still took the money with a smile, wrapped the wooden birthday boy in newspapers, and handed it to the foreigner.
After the foreigner left.
Li Cunxi frowned and said, "You sold it for 25 yuan?"
"if not?"
The short-haired young man asked back.
This thing of his is not clothes, and he may not be able to ask for the price in one day. Since someone has asked, he must sell it if it can be sold.
Li Cunxi sighed and asked again: "How long does it take you to carve a birthday boy?"
"Six days if it's slow, three days if it's fast."
The short-haired young man had a look of contentment on his face.
His carving speed is comparable to those of master craftsmen who have been in the industry for many years. If he carves for two more years, he might be able to carve a longevity star in two days.
Li Cunxi shook his head.
Even if a birthday boy can complete it in three days, he can make at most ten in a month and sell them at prices ranging from 25 to [-], so that he can have a turnover of [-] to [-] in a month.
This is still an ideal turnover. Handicrafts do not have a wide audience, so a [-]-[-]% discount on the actual turnover is not an exaggeration.
So this guy, after deducting the stall fee and miscellaneous expenses, can earn a hundred or ten yuan.
The short-haired young man asked warily: "What did you mean by asking this and that just now? Do you want to set up a stall here to sell wood carvings and steal my business?"
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in wood carvings, but I can give you some advice. Increase the price of the wood carvings tenfold. If a foreigner tries to counter-price, you can give back part of it appropriately."
Li Cunxi kindly reminded me.
It is not easy for craftsmen to make money, so there is no need for these foreigners to take advantage of them.
Cun Tou sneered and said: "I think you are a big fool. Foreigners are so smart, how can they spend hundreds of yuan to buy a pile of rotten wood? Get out of here and don't delay my business."
Li Cunxi shook his head and wanted to leave, but found a group of foreigners pouring in at the intersection.
tour group?
It seems that Xiushui Street has become popular, and tourist groups are coming. Unfortunately, he doesn't have any high-premium products now, otherwise he would have to kill these people.
High premium products.
Li Cunxi looked at the short-haired young man who was picking his nose, thoughtfully.
"What are you looking at? I've never seen anyone picking their nose. Get out of here."
The short-haired young man flicked his nose with his fingers and cursed loudly.
Li Cunxi quickly returned to his stall and said to Lao Jin: "Uncle Jin, give me all the money you have now."
"it is good."
Lao Jin handed the canvas bag containing money to Li Cunxi.
Li Cunxi took the canvas bag and returned to the short-cut youth stall.
"Hey, are you annoying? Why are you here again? I'll count to three and disappear in front of my eyes immediately, or I'll beat you up."
The short-haired young man rolled up his sleeves and shouted.
Li Cunxi poured all the money in the canvas bag onto the stall.
The short-haired young man was stunned.
Are you throwing away money without saying a word?
Don't you really meet a madman?
"This money will buy all your wood carvings, will you sell them?"
"Sell!!"
The short-haired young man took a quick look and knew that the pile of money was no less than 1000 yuan.
He only made a hundred or so yuan a month from his shabby business, which was enough for him to harvest for a year. He would be a fool not to sell.
Li Cunxi looked at the tourist group getting closer and said softly: "Please lend me your stall."
"No problem, you can use it as you like. From now on, I will be your buddy."
The short-haired young man gathered the money and counted it happily.
Li Cunxi walked into the stall and found an unfinished Bodhisattva and carving tools in the corner.
His heart moved slightly, and he slapped the young man with a short head on the back of his head with his big hand: "Stop counting, take the Bodhisattva to the stall to carve."
"Huh? I like to carve with my back to others. If someone looks at me, I feel uncomfortable."
The short-haired young man looked embarrassed.
Li Cunxi said quietly: "If you don't want to do it, then pay me back the money. I won't do this business."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pretended to take money.
The short-haired young man hurriedly stuffed the money into his bag and said with an apologetic smile: "Look at you, you don't listen to what others say. I just can't control myself, but it's not that I can't do it."
The young man picked up the carving knife and the half-finished Bodhisattva, placed them on the stall, and began to carve them.
This move attracted the three foreigners diagonally opposite.
Two girls and one boy, like a family of three.
They looked at the young carving seriously.
“It’s incredible that something so beautiful could be carved out of a piece of wood.”
"An artist from the Dragon Kingdom."
The couple expressed their admiration.
But what he said was in English, which I couldn't understand. Moreover, when he was carving, he was rather selfless and almost ignored the external environment.
Upon seeing this, Li Cunxi greeted in English: "If you three are interested, you can take a closer look at the works of the Long Kingdom carving masters. I can explain to you the meaning of each work and the Dragon Kingdom story behind it."
The family of three stepped forward happily.
The middle-aged foreigner who is the head of the family falls in love with another man who has a birthday.
Li Cunxi did not mention the sale, but patiently explained the beautiful meaning of the longevity star and how laborious it was to carve this work, blowing the three days of work into 30 days.
The foreigner was quite moved by what he said, and took the initiative to ask: "Is this work for sale?"
"Of course they are for sale, but the price is not cheap. Do you really need it?"
When Li Cunxi came, he wanted to refuse but still welcomed him.
In this day and age, it's not cheap to travel to Long Country, especially if you're a family of three.
"Haha, you report one and I'll listen first."
"500 yuan foreign exchange coupon."
Li Cunxi said.
The foreigner nodded and pointed to a little monkey his daughter was holding: "What about this one?"
"Twenty dollars."
"Okay, I'll take 600 yuan."
"That's it."
Li Cunxi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
The foreigner took out a wad of money from his pocket and took out six one-hundred-dollar foreign exchange coupons.
Li Cunxi took the money calmly.
But he secretly sighed that the price was getting lower. The price of this product was at least 7000 to 1000 yuan. The monthly salary abroad must be high, so he should ask for [-] yuan.