On Saturday, Zhou Lanfang and Lu Siyuan finished selling vegetables and went to the wholesale market. As she had expected, the hair ties were very cheap, costing only three cents each, with a high profit margin. However, they had to purchase at least a hundred.
Shen Mianmian was somewhat hesitant, but Lu Siyuan said, "Let’s just take a hundred. It’s not expensive, anyway."
Even if they couldn’t sell the extras, they wouldn’t lose money. They could just use them for Shen Mianmian’s hair ties.
Since she had long hair, she would probably need many hair ties over the year.
Shen Mianmian shook her head, "I don’t intend to rely on this to make money. It can’t bring in much anyway. I want to find a legitimate source for the money I earn." Fınd the newest release on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵
Summer was approaching, and she would definitely need to buy clothes, shoes, and some daily necessities.
She wanted to run a small business at school to prevent Zhou Lanfang from wrongfully accusing her of stealing money again.
"Then why don’t you just buy some at the stall and give them to her?" Lu Siyuan couldn’t understand Shen Mianmian’s approach. He thought making money this way was too troublesome.
Since Shen Mianmian just wanted a source for her earnings, the matter became much easier to handle.
With a sly smile, Shen Mianmian replied, "We’re businessmen. Why bother with a deal that doesn’t make money?"
Making less profit was acceptable, but not making any at all was out of the question for her.
Lu Siyuan was somewhat puzzled by Shen Mianmian’s meaning. She wanted to make money, but didn’t want to purchase here, so what was she doing there? Where else would she get her stock from?
Shen Mianmian took Lu Siyuan to the place where she had bought hair ties before. She wore a new outfit and new shoes, her hair neatly combed, clean, and pretty, her smooth forehead exposed, looking like a beautiful little fairy.
The shopkeeper didn’t recognize her at first, only thinking to herself what a beautiful girl she was.
Seeing that she wasn’t recognized, Shen Mianmian didn’t try to cozy up to her and simply asked, "Boss, if I buy a lot of hair ties, can you give me a discount?"
"How many do you want?" The shopkeeper’s attitude was very good upon hearing that Shen Mianmian wanted a large quantity. This could mean big business!
The shopkeeper’s eyes brightened; that was quite a lot, as she wouldn’t sell sixty hair ties in a day!
But as a businesswoman, she quickly suppressed her excitement and smiled, "These little trinkets don’t make much money. The profit margin is low."
Changing tack, she continued, "But since you’re buying a lot, I can’t give you no discount at all. How about I cut one cent off each for you, what do you think?"
Shen Mianmian smiled, "Auntie, I actually know the bottom price of these things. I just came from the wholesale market."
"Then why didn’t you buy from the wholesale market? What are you doing here?" The shopkeeper felt that Shen Mianmian was bluffing, not really intending to buy, and her smile faded a bit.
"The wholesale market requires buying a hundred of one type of hair tie at a time, which is too many for me," Shen Mianmian said honestly, proving she had indeed been to the wholesale market.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper thought she had the upper hand over Shen Mianmian again, "You’re buying in large quantity, and I really want to sell to you. So, I’ll take off another cent for you, making it eight cents each. If you want them, take them; if not, let it be. I can’t reduce the price any further."
"Boss, I didn’t make it clear before. I want sixty of the strawberry ones, and I’ll take forty more of the others to make a hundred in total."
"A hundred." The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up again, and this time she was more shrewd. She said, "Don’t ask me how low I can go. You tell me how much you’re willing to pay per piece?"