After eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve, it’s a new year again.
On the first day of the first lunar month, it was another day for visiting relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings. Xu Shiyan went to the homes of Chen Jianzhang, Yu Shouguang, Lin Qiyue, Li Bingzhuo and others to pay New Year greetings.
I went home to light the fire in the afternoon, and the phone rang suddenly. When I picked it up, I found out that the co-author was a large Clivia dealer in the provincial capital.
The other party called Xu Shiyan's house several times, but no one answered. This time he finally got through.
The other end said that two merchants wanted to buy Clivia and would come to Songjianghe tomorrow.
Indeed, in the eyes of these people, there is no such thing as celebrating the New Year, and making money is the most important thing.
Years pass every year, but opportunities to make money don’t come often.
Xu Shiyan didn't care if these people had a place to eat and live when they came over. Anyway, he just wanted to help Master Qin sell Clivia.
So I made an appointment with the other party. At noon tomorrow, Xu Shiyan would pick them up at the train station and take them to Master Qin's house to see Clivia.
At noon on the second day of the lunar new year, Xu Shiyan and Li Zongliang drove to the train station to pick him up.
Sure enough, I saw a few people coming out of the station. Two of them were dressed unusually. They must be the out-of-town businessmen they were talking about.
The other few are tall and strong, and it goes without saying that they are bodyguards.
There was only one person who was as skinny as a monkey. He was a well-known Clivia dealer in the provincial capital. His surname was Hou. He was skinny, so everyone called him Shouhou.
"This way." Xu Shiyan waved to the thin monkey. "I thought you could come by car, but I didn't expect you would come by train."
"Oh, who dares to drive now? The roads are so messy.
If you can take a plane, take a plane. If you can't, take a train. At least it's safer."
Shouhou shook his head. There had been several roadblocks and robberies on the road leading to the provincial capital.
Either the Clivia was robbed, or the payment for the Clivia was robbed. Now no one dares to drive. They all take public transportation.
"Let's go. I do have a car here, but it can't accommodate so many people. I guess they will have to sit in the back of the car."
Xu Shiyan was too busy years ago and had no time to learn to drive. Now he can barely drive the car. How can he dare to drive by himself?
So I called Li Zongliang and asked him to drive.
Don't worry about the car at this time. Shouhou led the two merchants into the car, and the other bodyguards were sitting in the back of the car.
Li Zongliang started the car and went straight to Master Qin's house following the route pointed out by Xu Shiyan.
Master Qin's family lives on Baishan Street, which is the area behind the bureau building.
Xu Shiyan has been there several times and found the place easily.
Xu Shiyan told Master Qin and his wife in advance, and the family could not be empty during the Chinese New Year, so Xu Shiyan and his party went directly to the hospital.
"Master Qin, I brought you the person you are looking for." Xu Shiyan came in and called out.
There was a noise in the house, and Master Qin's husband, Zhao Yonggang, came out of the house.
When he saw that Xu Shiyan was leading the people, Zhao Yonggang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly welcomed them into the house.
"Master Qin and Master Zhao, these two are the big bosses who came to see the flowers.
Well, where are the flowers? Bring them out for you two to see." Xu Shiyan introduced them to everyone, and then asked where the flowers were.
In the past, the flowers were placed on the windowsill of the south window, but now they are bare on the windowsill. You can tell at a glance that they are hidden.
"Wait a minute, I'll go pick him up right away." Zhao Yonggang hurried out.
After a while, I saw several people coming in behind me, each carrying something.
Behind him were his two sons and a daughter. In their arms were something tightly wrapped in clothes and blankets, which was Clivia.
Many people in this neighborhood know that Master Qin has a Clivia at his home, and many people have come over these days to say they want to buy it.
Some of them really want to buy it, while others are here to steal it.
Master Qin was so frightened that he did not dare to keep the Clivia at home, so he simply moved it to his son and daughter and hid it carefully to avoid being stolen.
The four pots of Clivia are all finished orchids that have been cultivated for many years. The leaves are green and tall, especially the oilman's leaves, which are oily and full of energy.
The two merchants were immediately convinced and began to negotiate the price with Master Qin and his wife.
Master Qin didn't understand, so he asked Xu Shiyan for help.
These potted flowers are all of high quality, so Xu Shiyan naturally couldn't afford to pay too little.
"Thirty-five thousand for one pot, 130,000 for four pots." If this was in a provincial capital, Xu Shiyan would have to pay 40,000 for one pot.
After all, when people come over, they have to ask for some amount, so they can’t let people go to waste.
This price would scare ordinary people to death, but the two merchants were not surprised at all. It was obvious at a glance that they had come prepared.
"130,000 is too expensive, let's go with 80,000. We'll just take the 80,000 and pay in cash."
The two merchants didn't say anything, but Shouhou started to negotiate the price.
For a middleman like Shouhou, if the deal is successful, the two merchants will give him a certain amount of money. The locals also call him Duitonger.
If Shouhou can help negotiate the price, the other party will also give him a favorable fee, so Shouhou negotiates the price very hard.
But Xu Shiyan just refused to give in. They were guarding their home anyway, and if this group of people didn't buy it, he would go back and call others.
If it doesn't work, he will go back to the provincial capital when school starts in two days, and he will take the flowers back with him at worst.
If you find any flower and tree company, you can sell them at a high price, so what are you afraid of?
On the other hand, these people came all the way from the provincial capital. Not to mention the expense, Songjianghe didn't even have a place to eat or live during the Chinese New Year.
If the business fails, they will lose money and suffer.
Xu Shiyan grasped this point and refused to give in no matter what. The two sides talked back and forth, and finally the four potted flowers were sold for 125,000 yuan.
As expected, the other party came with cash. Those tall bodyguards all had big backpacks behind them, which contained money.
He immediately poured out the money from his pocket and counted one hundred and twenty-five bundles.
Master Qin’s family was stunned. Who would have thought that four pots of flowers could be sold for more than 100,000 yuan?
When Zhao Yonggang packed up the money, his hands were shaking.
The other party directly asked Zhao Yonggang for the clothes and blankets, and kept the Clivia package. Zhao Yonggang agreed without saying a word.
Just kidding, more than 100,000 yuan can’t buy you many pieces of clothes and blankets? Why bother with that?
Zhao Yonggang also went to find two earthen baskets and asked them to put the flowers in the earthen baskets.
The surroundings were surrounded by everything, and the outside was wrapped with two layers of plastic sheeting to seal the windows.
This is enough to keep you warm. As long as you don't leave it outside to freeze all the time, it will definitely be fine.
After the transaction was completed, the other party asked Xu Shiyan to take them to the train station.
During the Chinese New Year, only the hotels around the train station were still open. They had to stay one night near the train station and take the bus back to the provincial capital tomorrow.
Xu Shiyan was not polite to these people and directly asked for two hundred yuan for the fare. Then he asked Li Zongliang to drive and take those people to the train station.
With those two earthen baskets, there weren't too many people in the driver's cab, so Shouhou also went to the back of the car to fight.
Xu Shiyan simply didn't follow him and waited for Li Zongliang at Qin's house.
"Xiao Xu, thank you so much. You can take this little money as a token of our gratitude."
As soon as the car drove away, Zhao Yonggang dragged Xu Shiyan into the house and forced him to give him five thousand yuan.