"Due to insufficient supply, the new horse-drawn carriage "Don't Touch Me" has been temporarily suspended for sale in recent days. It is expected to resume sale on the 26th of this month, and 30 vehicles will be available on that day!"
"No more~? Why aren't there any carriages for sale today?"
The unlucky guy who was in line behind Lu Yun yesterday and almost bought a new carriage. As soon as the East Market opened at noon today, he came to line up and saw such a notice. He couldn't help but want to curse.
"That's right! Why is it out of stock again?"
"Hurry up and call your shopkeeper. I want to buy a carriage today. You don't need to discount it. Just sell me one first! Damn it, the carriage you have here that Hu Wangfu's family bought yesterday is so impressive. I can't say anything today. Gotta buy one!”
"Yes, I can also pay the full price and get me a car first!"
Two people immediately echoed behind him.
If Li Zexuan heard this, he would definitely be very happy. The hidden attribute of the new carriages - the competition for wealth, has finally been discovered by others. In the future, those rich people who like to pay attention to ostentation may habitually use the new carriages as their first choice. "A tool for showing off"!
"Ouch~! Shopkeeper Sun is out!"
"Shopkeeper Sun, do you still have carriages for sale here?"
Sun Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel guilty when he saw the battle in front of him. Regarding the new carriages, the workshop does have a batch of inventory now, but it cannot be sold because Li Zexuan is getting married the day after tomorrow and needs to borrow these stocks for extravagance.
So Qiquge could only lie and claim that it was out of stock. Fortunately, he saved it yesterday, otherwise who would Li Zexuan find to get the carriage?
"Haha, gentlemen, be patient. Ahem, most of you must have personally experienced our Qiquge carriage yesterday. Everyone knows the superiority of this carriage, but the more sophisticated it is, the better it will be. The more complicated it becomes to make, so please wait a few more days, our workshop is already working hard to make it! Please bear with me, please bear with me!"
Sun Huaiyuan cupped his hands with an apologetic expression.
But people around him didn't buy it. These days, the rich are the boss, so why can't you buy something with money?
"Shopkeeper Sun, don't say anything more! I'll add two hundred guan to your original price, and you can sell me a carriage now! I don't believe that your workshop really doesn't have a carriage left! "
An old man in rich clothes grabbed Sun Huaiyuan and said.
"Alas~! Boss Cao, it's not that I won't sell it to you, but we really have no stock here these days!"
Sun Huaiyuan said with a sad face and cupped his hands.
This is Cao Wendong, the largest silk merchant in Chang'an City. His family background is not much weaker than that of Li Zexuan, so he cannot be offended!
"Add five hundred guan! It's impossible for your workshop to not have even one in stock~!"
Cao Wendong stretched out five fingers and insisted.
"Wow~!"
The people around were in an uproar. Five hundred guan could almost sell half a carriage. This is really rich and willful!
Cao Wendong is indeed not short of this little money. A few hundred or even a thousand dollars is really a drop in the bucket to him. The reason why he insists on buying a car today is that an acquaintance of his who usually does not like the business bought the car yesterday. How could he lag behind the new carriage launched by Qiquge?
On the other hand, Qiquge's carriage is indeed high-end and comfortable. Putting aside the element of anger, he also wants to buy this carriage, so that in the future he will not only go back and forth faster when going out to discuss business, but also avoid unnecessary traffic on the road. The pain of the bumpy carriage!
As for shopkeeper Sun's statement that there was no stock, he believed it, but he didn't believe it if there wasn't even a spare carriage. He was also a businessman and knew that a businessman would keep some inventory at the bottom of the box.
So Cao Wendong directly adopted the simplest and crudest method - throwing money at him. He didn't believe that Sun Huaiyuan wouldn't be tempted.
"Um, Boss Cao..."
"Needless to say, I'll add a thousand guans! Shopkeeper Sun, please find a way to get Cao a carriage!"
Sun Huaiyuan was indeed tempted. He was about to say that he could appropriate one, but Cao Wendong mistakenly thought that Sun Huaiyuan wanted to refuse again, so he directly added a thousand guans.
"One Thousand Guan~~!"
"Boss Cao is rich!"
"Boss Cao is awesome!"
The onlookers were so shocked that there was no one left who had spent nearly twice the price to buy a carriage.
"No no no~!"
Sun Huaiyuan waved his hand and said quickly: "Boss Cao, that's not what I meant. To be honest, there are indeed a few cars in stock at the workshop, but they are reserved for my Lord's wedding in the future. I really Don’t dare to sell it on your own initiative! Of the other carriages at the moment, there is only one left in front of this door!”
When Sun Huaiyuan said this, he pointed to the carriage in front of the Qiqu Pavilion that had been specially used for customers to try out.
"Oh~! It turns out that the man from Li County is getting married! It's really gratifying. When the time comes, Mr. Cao will have the audacity to go to Li's house to ask for a wedding drink! Mr. Li had a lot of business dealings with Mr. Cao back then!"
Cao Wendong nodded, smoothed his beard and said with a smile.
He wasn't talking nonsense. The Li family owned several garment shops, and it was inevitable that they would have to deal with him, the largest silk merchant in the capital. Of course, if he could build a relationship with a lord through this, Cao Wendong felt that even spending an extra two thousand dollars today would be worth it! So he is not particularly interested in the carriage in front of him now. He is wondering whether he can have some connections at the Li family's wedding banquet in the future and become familiar with it.
"Ah~! It turns out that Lord Li is getting married! Boss Sun, what a joy to congratulate!"
"Yes~! Yes~! Congratulations~!"
"I have to go get a wedding drink then~!"
The rest of the people also laughed and said pleasant words. Most of them were businessmen, and no one wanted to offend a lord for no reason.
"Haha~! Thank you~! Thank you~! My Lord has always been hospitable and will definitely welcome Boss Cao and all his friends!"
Boss Sun cupped his hands and said politely. He looked at the carriage in front of the door again and said hesitantly:
"If Boss Cao doesn't mind, and you don't need to add money, Mr. Sun can sell this carriage to you at the original price. Don't worry, I will send this carriage to the workshop for renovation first, and then deliver it to your house in the afternoon. Come on, it will be exactly the same as the new carriage when the time comes!"
When Cao Wendong heard this, his heart moved, and he saw his eyes rolling, and he said with a bold smile:
"Haha! Shopkeeper Sun's words are very kind! Cao wants this carriage! But Cao said before that he would increase the price by one thousand guan, how can he not keep his word! This carriage cost 2,190 yuan Jiu Guan bought it! I’d like to bother shopkeeper Sun to deliver it to my house in the afternoon!”
Hearing what he said, the eyes of several people around who were eager to try the carriage suddenly dimmed. If Cao Wendong didn't want it, they would be willing to buy the carriage at the original price! But now that Cao Wendong has raised the price so high, they have retreated a little. After all, Qiquge will have the goods in a few days, so there is no need for them to waste more money.
Cao Wendong glanced at the expressions of those people and couldn't help but smile to himself. The reason why he increased the price was to get other hidden competitors to withdraw. After having been in the mall for many years, how could he not see the Xiao Jiujiu in those people's hearts? Of course, he had another intention, which was to use this opportunity to sell himself well in front of Li Zexuan and show off his face! It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone!
"Ah~? This..."
Sun Huaiyuan is still a little green in the shopping mall. How can he understand the overt and covert struggles between these people in the mall? He was dumbfounded when he heard Cao Wendong's words~! Are there still customers who take the initiative to pay more these days?
"What~? Shopkeeper Sun wants to regret it~?"
Cao Wendong asked with a smile.
"Ah! No, no, just..."
"Haha, since I have no regrets, let's make the deal! Cao will send someone to pay you right now! Shopkeeper Sun says hello to Lord Li on my behalf!"
Cao Wendong laughed and said directly without giving Sun Huaiyuan a chance to refute.
"Okay, okay! Sun will definitely bring the words."
Sun Huaiyuan seemed to understand something, he cupped his hands and said.
A sky-high price transaction was concluded so easily, but they did not know that this bizarre transaction shocked everyone's eyes and spread to every corner of Chang'an City at the speed of a hurricane.
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