"This car is also a pickup truck, right? It's a Ford car, called the Moto TT. This car has been around for many years, so I guess it's quite old."
After Wang Mingkun heard this, he seemed to be brave. He stepped forward and touched it, knocked it, looked left and right, put his feet up to take a look, bent down and looked again...
"Brother, how much does this car cost?" Wang Mingkun spoke, this time he was obviously more confident and his voice was a little louder.
"...Hmm..." The man pondered for a moment, then pretended to walk around, took a look, and replied: "Baine can handle it, of course I have to negotiate the price."
Wang Mingkun became more confident. He looked at the brown truck with spare wheels installed on both sides of the door, the so-called Moto A pickup truck, and asked about the price.
"That car must be over 100 yuan. Their production time is still very short. After the Model T car was discontinued, the Model A car was only started to be produced. No matter how cheap it is, it won't be much cheaper."
Wang Mingkun's neck immediately retracted, and he hurriedly asked some other car models around him. It was not until he asked people of all ages and saw that the other people were a little impatient that he said that he would wait for someone to come over to discuss it.
However, instead of discussing which cars to buy, we discussed in a low voice how much money would be appropriate to spend on the purchase. Because we didn’t know the specific situation before, we didn’t discuss this yet.
But now that it's here and they can't delay it any longer, they have to make a decision first. It's not just about buying a car, it's also the amount they can reasonably afford to run a car repair shop.
"One hundred can definitely still be paid. How about we buy a car with less than one hundred, go back and repair it and sell it and save a little bit?" Zhao Jinnong said, more conservatively.
"One hundred is too little!" Yao Yibin shook his head and said in a low voice: "One hundred per person is about the same. The four of us plus the one who said he would go back to call for help will be counted as one piece, at least more than six hundred, and a thousand is not enough.
"Exactly, Lao Bi said that the salary of the master he worked for before was several dozen per month, and with the filial piety and personal work of the apprentice, it could be hundreds per month."
After Wang Mingkun heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "Let's set it at three hundred! The identities we pretend to be are all relatively young, so we don't have high incomes, and we all went out to look for jobs, which means we don't have much money.
And we must leave some money as a retreat, so it is more reasonable to use three hundred, of which less than two hundred can be used to buy a car, and one hundred can be used for spares and subsequent expenses on the car."
After listening to it, the two of them listened a little and agreed to the plan. Although the funds were still very small and limited, they were just starting out and they couldn't arouse unnecessary suspicion from others! The worst they could do was to inject funds into them.
When the man got a little impatient and wanted to come over, the three of them finally separated with some uneasiness. Wang Mingkun also asked the man to point out the TT pickup truck and another T-type two-seater convertible Ford car in good condition.
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"Brother, I just asked you about those cars. How much would they cost if they were good?" Wang Mingkun asked pretending to be curious when he followed the other person to find the boss.
Although he felt unhappy, the man still patiently told a few people.
According to him, the current market price of an ordinary Ford Model T or other similar brand vehicles, depending on the year of production, condition, etc., without too many problems, is between 100 and 200.
If it is in good condition, has a shorter production period, and is a relatively good model, the price is generally over 200. Under normal circumstances, this type of second-hand car will generally not exceed 300, unless it is a new model that is 80% to 90% new.
Not bad.
Models such as pickup trucks and trucks are generally much more expensive, usually more than 200 yuan. However, not many people buy pickup trucks. The few vehicles from the scrap car factory are just dumped there with some minor flaws and problems.
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After hearing this, Wang Mingkun quickly said that he would help negotiate the price of the Model A later.
Wang Mingkun calculated the prices and found that these people were making a lot of money! The prices were calculated in silver dollars. At the current silver price, even at the domestic silver price, most of these cars were close to or over a hundred dollars.
You know, at that time, a new Ford Model T car only cost more than two hundred dollars. Wang Mingkun didn't believe how much the other party would cost these so-called second-hand cars. They would have to pay a little shipping fee at most, which would definitely be a huge profit!
However, compared to new cars, it is indeed much cheaper. No wonder I just saw so many Chinese looking at cars. It’s hard not to be tempted by the sudden value of silver dollars!
After all, if in normal times, even if these second-hand cars were shipped, the price would still be more than double in silver dollars, which is way too expensive.
However, Wang Mingkun didn't dwell too much on this issue, so he should take care of himself first! The man had already taken him to the so-called boss, a man in his thirties with a long scar on his face.
The man with the scarred face stood boredly at the edge of the parking area. There were some people nearby who looked like his subordinates. He must be in the underworld. He didn't know whether he had hired the car to sell or something.
When I saw the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks passing by, the boys around him didn't stop him, and the scarred face didn't say anything. If they don't cooperate often, then they probably have something to do with it.
"Brother Scar, they want to buy those junk cars, can you come over and negotiate the price?" The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks handed the cigarette and lit the fire, and spoke in a humble and flattering tone.
The scar-faced man didn't say anything, and just motioned over to make money! They're not shabby! Besides, he had some impression of these uptight guys, they had just arrived! Compared to those who spent half a day watching and trying for half a day, and then struggling for half a day.
Yes, it's much more enjoyable.
"Which car do you want?" When he arrived at the place, he threw a cigarette to everyone. After all, it belonged to the customer! But when he asked, he was not very polite.
"…Brother Scar, what price do you want for that TT Ford?"
"One hundred and fifty!" Every time he heard this call, Brother Scar's mouth twitched unconsciously, and he quoted the price angrily.
"Brother Scar, the price is ridiculous. This car was produced in 1920, and I was still driving around at that time! This car is already over ten years old..."
But the man with the sharp mouth and the monkey cheeks really lowered the price. He almost said that the car was worthless. The man with the scarred face couldn't bear it, and finally gave him the base price of 80 yuan. What does it mean to reach this price?
It's not going down either.
Seeing this, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks stopped, gave Wang Mingkun and others a reassuring look, and then talked about the price of the two-seater convertible.
Brother Scar quoted 100, but the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks directly cut the price to 50. This car is a slightly luxurious model, and it looks good on the surface, but in fact the damage is very serious. Otherwise, if they repair it themselves, they can easily sell it for more than 200.
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Later, the man with the sharp mouth and the monkey cheeks negotiated the price of the Model A car for Wang Mingkun. Brother Scar directly asked for three hundred. The man with the sharp mouth and the monkey cheeks wanted to talk about the price of a hundred dollars, because judging from the situation of Wang Mingkun and others, it was less than a hundred dollars.
There is almost no possibility of transaction.
"Brother Scar, sell it! Not many people buy this model, not to mention it has a lot of problems. It's just like throwing it away. How about getting rid of it cheaply? It's not even less than a hundred."
Hearing this, Brother Scar said: "It's not cheap, it's not cheap. I dismantled and sold the six tires for more than this price. Also, this car was only produced for three to five years. The condition of the car is still very good. It's just that it's out of stock."
It's just something wrong. The base price is two hundred. If you are sincere, you can lower it by another ten or twenty. If it's lower, don't think about it."
After hearing this, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks knew that there was no need to talk anymore, so he could only look at Wang Mingkun. As expected, he shook his head in vain and refused.
Wang Mingkun made some calculations and asked Scarface for two more T-cars, which were covered in rust and in poor condition. This time he didn't negotiate the price, so he took the two cars together for 50 yuan. Wang Mingkun thought about it again.
I added a car in worse condition, and he agreed.
At this point, Wang Mingkun spent 180 yuan to buy five broken-down cars. Of course, there was also a commission of 6 yuan from the sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man, so a total of 186 yuan was spent.
After paying the money, several people immediately went to carefully check the condition of the car. There was no need to think about driving away, otherwise they wouldn't have left the car here.
Several people had no choice but to push the car out first. There was even a Model T car whose axles were rusted to death and the wheels could not turn. They could only tell Scarface to leave it here for a few days.
Scarface said it didn't matter, and then he went to find the person in charge at the dock and some coolie movers to help push and pull the car away.
The so-called person in charge is actually the gang at this dock. You can't find workers to do these jobs yourself, otherwise it will be all kinds of trouble and no workers will even dare to take it.
Watching the car being pushed away, the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was a little disappointed. He didn't know why he was disappointed.
"What? You can't trick anyone anymore?" the scarred man joked with some gloating.
Hearing this, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said: "I was slapped in the eye. The action just now clearly shows that he knows about cars. He should have bought a car, repaired it, and sold it. What else is there to do?"
Hearing this, Scarface asked curiously: "If you take this car back, repair it and sell it, you can make a lot of money? Why do you keep trying to trick people like this?"
Hearing this, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks immediately retorted: "It's far from the truth. You can only make money once by repairing the car, but you can make money countless times by having someone buy a broken car and come back to us to fix it.
Some guys spend several times more to repair a car than to buy a car, and even spend more than buying a new car. If they can't repair it, they will sell the car to the next person. Some cars have been exchanged for ten or twenty yuan.
Now that I’m a car owner, how much do you think I can earn from this?”
The scarred man's eyes twitched wildly when he heard this. How dark are these guys? No wonder I threw a bunch of broken cars here, and these guys didn't even pay attention to them. They are so cruel to their feelings!
He didn't know much about this before, but thinking about the cost of repairing the car, he said angrily: "It's better not to do this kind of thing! If you offend the people you shouldn't offend, you should float on the Huangpu River.
Already."
Hearing this, the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "You said the identities of those people just now are not simple?"
The scar-faced man was speechless for a while and said: "Do you really not understand human language? It is true that those who bought defective cars at low prices are mostly people who are greedy for petty gains, but who says that there are not ruthless characters among such people? Like
Those stingy people who hold doors open for others, if you actually come across them and let you be fooled, do you think people will spare you lightly?"
If he didn't have something to do with this guy, he wouldn't even want to remind him. He would have seen a lot of things about tricking people to the point of being tricked.
"I didn't participate directly, did I? I just provided them with some information." Although the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was a little scared, his mouth was extremely tough. After saying hello to the scar-faced man, he ran away.
It's hard to persuade the damned man with good words, and the scar-faced man didn't bother to talk to him anymore. The little relationship between the two parties was only enough for him to remind him.