Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1035 The First Person to Eat Crabs
After Qiao Xiaohu finished speaking, he returned to the bag again and took out the seven cans of Coke inside.

Wang An did not refuse, and patted Qiao Xiaohu on the shoulder again, smiling and saying:
"Hahaha, okay. I'll take it. You're good, not bad."

Then, Wang An talked to Qiao Xiaohu for a while about how to negotiate with clients in order to win them over as quickly as possible.

In fact, in this era, things like mushrooms and wild vegetables are in short supply in big cities, so it is not difficult to sell them if you want to. After all, this is a seller's market rather than a buyer's market.

It felt like he had finished talking, especially since Qiao Xiaohu was already confused. Wang An then said:
"Okay, I won't say any more. I still have a lot of things to do. I have to go."

As he spoke, Wang An stood up, looked at the goods, and said as he selected:
"I'll take some things, and that's just to take care of our business, hehe."

Wang An took a flowery leather hair tie, a few hairpins, five kerosene lighters, five electronic watches and five mechanical watches. After thinking for a while, he took a single-cassette recorder and a few tapes.

The main reason is that there are only three single-card recorders, otherwise Wang An would have bought another one.

After looking around again and feeling that nothing else was useful, Wang An said:
"Let's do the math and see how much it's worth in total?"

Qiao Xiaohu was still thinking about what Wang An had just told him. After hearing Wang An's question, he said nonchalantly:

"They are all our own things, so what's there to calculate?"

Wang An rolled his eyes at Qiao Xiaohu and said in a serious tone:

"How can that work? It's fine if there are a few here and there, but all these old things together must be worth hundreds of dollars, right?"

Seeing that Wang An was not joking, Qiao Xiaohu said helplessly:
"This single-cassette recorder is quite expensive, the price is 320 yuan, the mechanical watch is 15 yuan, the cassette is 1 yuan, the electronic watch is 5 yuan, the lighter is 3 yuan, the hairpin is 2 yuan, and the leather case is 3 yuan."

Wang An looked at the things he had in his hands and made a rough calculation, which amounted to about 430 yuan. He then happily took out 44 Great Unity banknotes and handed them over.

However, Qiao Xiaohu did not take it and said:

"Brother, this is our own business, so why do you charge for it? Can't you just deduct it from the dividends?"

It is obvious that Qiao Xiaohu is a little dissatisfied with Wang An's behavior.

When Wang An heard this, his eyes widened and he said:
"Don't argue with me. I'll do whatever I say."

Qiao Xiaohu secretly glanced at Wang An's eyes, then reluctantly took the money.

Wang An didn't take Qiao Xiaohu's reluctance seriously, and asked with some curiosity:

"How much do you charge for selling these?"

Qiao Xiaohu smiled slyly and said:

"A single-cassette recorder is 600 yuan, a mechanical watch is 20 yuan wholesale and 25 yuan retail, an electronic watch is 8 yuan wholesale and 10 yuan retail, a cassette is 3 yuan wholesale, a lighter is 4 yuan, a hairpin is 1 yuan wholesale and 1 yuan retail"

After hearing this, Wang An was immediately shocked!
No wonder Qiao Xiaohu was able to accumulate 800 yuan from 3000 yuan in such a short period of time. This profit is simply outrageous!
The profit of a single-card recorder is 280 yuan, mainly because the cost is only 320 yuan. The electronic watch is priced at 3 yuan, but it is sold for 8 yuan. Can you believe it?
Especially hairpins, which are priced at 3 cents, but they are sold for 1 yuan at wholesale. Oh my god!
Although this involves round-trip fare, personnel expenses, and of course, risk money, even so, it can be called a huge profit!
And this kid Qiao Xiaohu is really evil.

You have to know that although Wang An made a lot of money when he was dealing with goods in his previous life, the profits were nothing compared to Qiao Xiaohu's at this time. Of course, this was also because Wang An entered this industry late in his previous life. At that time, "backpackers" had already formed a scale in various places. If he wanted to make such huge profits again, it would be completely impossible.

It must be said that it is the same in every industry. Only the first person to try something new can make a fortune.

After being shocked for a while, Wang An nodded and gave Qiao Xiaohu a thumbs up. After a long pause, he finally said:

"Okay, you're awesome, you're so damn awesome!"

Qiao Xiaohu smiled shyly and said:

"Our prices are similar to those of the supply and marketing cooperatives. We don't need industrial coupons, so we have to be more expensive than them. Otherwise, it will be hard to justify it. Besides, the tape recorders don't sell very fast. We can only sell two a month. It's hard to keep the money like this."

Wang An nodded again and said:
"Well, this thing is indeed not something that ordinary people can afford."

After a few more brief conversations, Wang An packed the scattered items into a bag and left with the bag and the tape recorder.

That’s right, just carry it. There is a handle on the single-cassette recorder.

Wang An returned to the sidecar and wrapped the tape recorder with the military coat he had just been given. Only then did he feel at ease riding the sidecar to the hardware store.

Because the roads in those days were all gravel, Wang And would be heartbroken if the newly bought tape recorder was broken.

When he arrived at the hardware store, Wang An's way of buying things really shocked the salesperson.

The main reason is that other people buy electrical wires by the meter, but Wang An buys them directly by bundles.

Wang An directly bought 305 bundles of standard 2-meter copper wire, and after calculating for a long time, he decided to buy 4 bundles of asbestos wire for outdoor use.

In addition to the electrical wires, he also bought a box of 50 light bulbs. Of course, the light bulbs Wang An bought were not of the same degree. There were 100 20-degree bulbs, and the rest were 40-degree and 25-degree. As for the 15-degree bulbs commonly used by people of that era, Wang An did not buy any.

There's no way. The yard is too big, and there are too many barns, sheds, pig pens, deer sheds, etc. If they were all connected to electric lights, it would cost a lot of electricity.

Therefore, if you don't often enter a room, a 25-degree bulb is enough. As for a 15-degree bulb, Wang An thinks that the light from it is almost the same as that of a candle, so it is useless to buy that thing.

After buying the light bulbs and wires, the corresponding items are knife switches, lamp holders, porcelain gourds, and pull-wire boxes.

It must be said that these things are not cheap. In total, Wang An spent more than 300 yuan.

To be honest, for a large yard like Wang An's, most people can't even afford to buy the things needed to connect the electricity.

Finally, Wang An bought 10 more sickles for harvesting crops. It is said that sharpening a sickle does not delay the chopping of wood, but then again, no matter how fast you can sharpen a sickle, it is not as fast as directly changing it.

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