Meng Qingxiao called the old housekeeper in, pointed at the crystal tube and said, "Did your heater break during the last overhaul?"
The old butler nodded and said: "Yes, it happened five months ago. I paid for it myself, and it cost 8,000 capones."
The old housekeeper immediately became nervous: "Don't tell me that this thing is broken again."
Meng Qingxiao shook his head and said, "It's not broken."
Meng Qingxiao was hesitating whether to tell the truth to the old man. If they didn't replace the transistor, problems with the heater would continue, and he might have to come here every month.
The old housekeeper Meng Qingxiao stopped talking. Instead, he held the crystal tube in a daze and couldn't help but ask: "Bloody furnace, what is wrong with this furnace?"
At this time, the housekeeper came over and said, "Master, how do you know that this accessory was replaced during the last overhaul of my heating stove?"
Meng Qingxiao did not answer but asked: "Sir, since you replaced the transistor tube, how many times have you repaired this furnace?"
Cassandra replied: "It needs to be repaired almost once a month."
She was very smart and immediately grasped the key to the problem, so she asked Meng Qingxiao again: "This stove breaks down so frequently, isn't it because of this thing?"
Meng Qingxiao decided not to hide it anymore, so he replied: "Yes, sir, this transistor has a very powerful effect. It is equivalent to our human heart. If there is something wrong with the heart, various kinds of things will appear on the body." There are various symptoms, and the energy furnace is the same.”
"So your conclusion is that this thing called a transistor is broken again?"
Meng Qingxiao shook his head and said again: "It's not broken, it just doesn't match your stove. If you continue to use it, I'm afraid there will still be some minor malfunctions every month in the future, and the location of the malfunction may be different every time."
Meng Qingxiao expressed it in a tactful tone and did not say anything bad about the previous maintenance worker. After all, his current job was brought to him by the previous maintenance worker.
Cassandra said: "In that case, let's replace it."
Meng Qingxiao said with some embarrassment: "I heard the old housekeeper say just now that you spent 8,000 capones to replace this thing last time?"
The old butler nodded and said, "Yes, it cost 8,000. Is there any problem?"
"I don't dare to hide it from you. The cheapest transistor that can adapt to your energy furnace costs 12,000, and the better ones even cost 18,000. If you want to replace the 8,000 transistor, I'm afraid it will still be broken."
Cassandra nodded and said, "Then change it to something better."
The old housekeeper had a different view: "Mastress, these workers always like to drive up prices. There is something fishy here. You can't just listen to him..."
"Hey!" Cassandra interrupted the old housekeeper, "Uncle Spleen, how can you say such things in front of the young master? It's so rude."
Kassandra continued: "Master Explosion's credibility is guaranteed. In the aristocratic circle, everyone trusts him. His previous asking price was also fair, so I can trust him."
In the end, Cassandra chose the best transistor with a public retail price of 18,000.
For this repair, the transistor manufacturer gave Meng Qingxiao a 15% commission, which was 2,700 capones. The maintenance cost of the energy conversion device was 2,000 capones. Meng Qingxiao gave a friendly price of 1,900 capones, plus The manual fee is 300 yuan, excluding the cost of 800 capone, Meng Qingxiao earned a total of 4,200 yuan.
"Sir, this maintenance will provide you with one-year after-sales service. If there are any problems with the parts I replaced within one year, I can help you replace them with new ones." Meng Qingxiao patted her chest and asked Kardashian The promise, which he extracted from the memory of Sanka Gear, was the source of his trust in the nobles.
Meng Qingxiao collected the money, thanked him and left. The old butler delivered it to the door and returned. His first words were complaints to his mistress: "Mistress, you are so kind, how could he charge you so much?" Just give me as much as you want!”
Kassandra said calmly: "I wasn't at home when you did the repair last time, otherwise I wouldn't have let you spend 8,000 capones to buy that bargain. You just wanted to save me money, but in fact you have already I wasted a lot of money, we have to repair it every month, and the total maintenance cost has exceeded 10,000."
The old housekeeper suddenly broke out in a waterfall of sweat. Kassandra's words were too serious, which meant that he had seriously neglected his duty.
However, the noble Cassandra knew how to treat her subordinates. She knew very well the principle of giving a sweet date a stick, and then she softened her tone and said again: "You can't be entirely blamed for this matter. You have good intentions." Yes, I know you are dedicated to safeguarding my interests."
"But that young man named Blast Furnace, he is indeed an honest man. I don't know anything else, but I know a little bit about the price of transistors."
The old housekeeper naturally knew how to cooperate with his family members, so he immediately said with a surprised expression: "Mistress, how do you know this?"
Kassandra said: "I have a distant cousin. He is a down-and-out noble. He was demoted by the late emperor to live in a good city. You also know that place in Liangcheng. Although the name has the word "good" in it, in fact the environment is very bad. ."
"The supply of heating stoves there was even tighter, so he found someone to get in touch with him to start the heating stove business. The last time we contacted him, he mentioned to me casually that the price of a small heating stove like mine was very low. On the contrary, it is more expensive, and the price of transistors is generally more than 20,000 capone."
"This young man, Blast Furnace, gave us the wholesale price. He didn't make a penny."
The old butler was even more surprised. He was really surprised this time: "If you give us the wholesale price, what will he eat?"
Cassandra said: "It's not unreasonable for him to be able to thrive in the aristocratic circle. Although he didn't make any money from us, he made us like him. What do you think if the people around us are like this next time? Will you recommend him for business?”
The old housekeeper said: "That's what you say, but I still find it incredible that you can't make money by doing business."
"Oh, I know!" The old butler clapped his hands, "Does he want us to reward him?"
"I communicated with that guy Huo Yan before, oh, he is the butler of the noble family of Fan'ate. Huo Yan once told me that his family rewarded him with 3,000 capones because he repaired the heating stove well."
Kassandra frowned and said, "You should have told me about this matter earlier. It would be better if the young man who exploded was strict with his words, but if he publicized this matter, it would not do any good to my reputation."
"I'm sorry, hostess, we were just chatting with each other at the time. I thought Huo Gan was bragging, so I didn't pay attention." The old housekeeper sincerely apologized, "But after your analysis just now, saying that he didn't make any money, I realized He should be waiting for us to reward him."
"How about I catch up with him again and give him a reward?"
Kassandra shook her head, "Forget it, let's talk about it later when we meet her."
Naturally, Meng Qingxiao did not give it to him at the wholesale price. The selling price of transistor tubes is different in different places. What's more, in a big city like Jirui City with a large cargo throughput, many things are like this, the more popular they are. The more the price can drop, the less it will be sold, the more expensive it will be.
Meng Qingxiao didn't know the content of the conversation between the master and the servant in the noble house he just left. He was communicating with his AI while walking on the road.
"Xiao Dai, I feel that the money I earn from doing this is about the same as working as a porter, and it's not stable. I have to wait for others to come to me."
Xiao Dai said: "Then you can continue to be your porter."
"Haha, I just mentioned casually that it would be easier to do this. If no one comes to me for repairs, it won't be too late for me to go back and move the boxes.
In fact, he didn't have to worry about having no work to do. Xiao Dai had answered several calls for him, all of whom were asking him for repairs. Several of them were rejected by Xiao Dai because their addresses were too far away.
In the local area, heating furnaces are a hugely profitable industry. From the lowest maintenance worker to the heating furnace manufacturers of various brands, as long as they are run properly, they can make a lot of money.
Planet 6 is a bitterly cold place, and everyone relies on heating stoves to survive. Almost every house turns on the heating stove day and night.
Long-term high-temperature combustion keeps these machines in a high-load state. Therefore, the service life of gas furnaces is generally not long. No matter how good the quality is, the service life of gas furnaces will not exceed 5 years.
The high price of heating stoves naturally requires matching high incomes. The income level of local people is also relatively high. Only the working people at the bottom have lower incomes. Fortunately, food is not that expensive, so they can still survive.
Xiao Dai has helped Meng Qingxiao put off his afternoon work. His mission this afternoon is to catch Tange and interrogate him to find out who is the murderer of the king.
Xiao Dai has been monitoring Tange for some time, but her identity is very confusing.
She lives in a large house, and there are five servants in the room, who are responsible for helping her take care of the house and taking care of her food, clothing and daily life.
The next problem came. She also had a job, and the place where she worked was very close to her house. It was just a street away, and it took about 15 minutes to walk.
Her job turned out to be as a maid for another noble.
She lives in a noble's house and enjoys the treatment of a noble, but she works as a maid for another noble. What's going on? Is she thinking about the sweetness after suffering?
Meng Qingxiao couldn't understand it, and neither could Xiao Dai. They could come up with countless explanations for this behavior, but random speculation was obviously not very helpful in clarifying the truth.
Meng Qingxiao ambushed Tanna on her way from get off work and threw her directly into the dimensional bag. There were 300 Kunjia people guarding her inside. They were bored and eager to find something to do.
So when Meng Qingxiao found a safe place to stay (the king's study) and released Tange, he found that Tange had confessed everything she knew.
"I don't know what's down there, I'm just following orders." Tange said.
"By whose order?"
Meng Qingxiao felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth.
