Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire novel Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: The Second Order

Jiang Cheng had thoroughly piqued Mr. John’s interest.

"Jiang, I still want to take a look at this gift box."

Jiang Cheng looked a bit hesitant, but after thinking for a moment, he agreed.

"Of course, even if you hadn’t asked, I was going to show it to you, because this is the farewell gift I prepared for you all."

Saying this, Jiang Cheng brought over several boxes and basket-shaped gift sets from the waiter.

There were bamboo-made, wood-carved, and handwoven ones.

Each was rich with features of Hua Xia, making them not only eye-catching but also likable.

"John, this is a tableware gift set with cups, plates, spoons, and coasters. You use bowls sparingly, so I included more plates."

Jiang Cheng explained several things about each item.

Their origins, the meaning of the patterns, the days of manual labor involved, the craftsmen’s ingenuity, and so on.

After explaining at length, Jiang Cheng looked at the increasingly fascinated John and said, "I hope you like it."

Suddenly coming back to his senses, John looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Jiang, you must help me!"

Jiang Cheng pretended to be puzzled.

"How can I help you?"

John pointed at the gift box and said, "This! I hope to purchase a batch to take back home."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng shook his head repeatedly, showing a face as if saying, "Why don’t you listen?"

"John, it’s not that we don’t want to sell to you, but our fully handcrafted factory workforce is insufficient. They wouldn’t hire outsiders just for a dozen or twenty sets, so there’s really no way to sell them to you."

John immediately caught onto the key information.

"Jiang, are you saying that if my order is large enough, your factory could hire extra workers for overtime, right?"

Jiang Cheng seemed slightly surprised, as if he hadn’t thought of this.

He looked at John with a bit of difficulty.

"John, do you really want to buy? The price of each set isn’t cheap, at least fifty US Dollars per set."

John was unmoved upon hearing the price.

If he bought these handcrafted items and labeled them as purely handmade, he could sell them for at least a hundred US Dollars each, at the very least!

John had even figured it out—he would select a few more special sets and sell them at a high price of a thousand US Dollars. There were plenty of fools who liked the stories behind handmade items.

With his mind working, John looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "This price is indeed a bit high, but I’m genuinely interested. Please do me a favor and ask about it. I want to negotiate the price with them."

"Of course, I’ll need at least a thousand sets, and for some, I want something different; we’ll need to discuss the details."

John roughly listed his terms.

Jiang Cheng listened carefully and nodded solemnly, giving an expression as if John was putting him in a difficult position, and headed towards Director Leng and several factory managers.

John watched from a distance.

He could only see Jiang Cheng saying something earnestly, and the faces of the people from Hua Xia looked troubled and unwilling.

John thought, maybe he could add a bit to the price, but it shouldn’t go over sixty US Dollars.

Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng was enthusiastically managing the expressions of the factory managers.

"Think of something you’re unwilling about, show a rejecting expression, refuse, struggle."

"The more difficult you look now, the higher the price we can ask for."

"I think John’s psychological price point still has room for adjustment, but we can’t push it too far or we’ll scare him off."

"Ah... We might earn a little less then. So be it."

Jiang Cheng spoke regretfully, and the factory managers made an effort to perform well.

With his back to John, Director Leng asked, "Did you negotiate down to twenty US Dollars?"

Jiang Cheng regrettably shook his head.

The factory managers were a bit sincerely upset seeing Jiang Cheng shake his head.

If it were less than twenty US Dollars, they wouldn’t make much of a profit.

This gift set was spearheaded by S City’s furniture factory, which collaborated with a ceramics factory and a bamboo weaving factory in the provincial city, producing them overnight.

They were all personal connections of the furniture factory’s manager.

Seeing Jiang Cheng shake his head again, Director Leng, thinking a bit differently from the other three factory managers, tentatively asked, "Not twenty, but twenty-five?"

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