Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Saluting Wei? What a coincidence, come in and sit down."

That day, Kang Qirui sent Ah Wei, who had just finished his exam, to the train station to catch a train. As soon as he returned to the gate of the Kang family mansion, he saw Kou Shuiwei pacing at the gate, looking as if he wanted to go in but was embarrassed. Kang Qirui patted him on the shoulder and led him in, then asked, "Are you here to see Ah Zu? That's unfortunate, Ah Zu is on a business trip."

Xiyangyang Film and Television's second film "Lost on Journey" will be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year this year. A Zu and Miss Tang took the crew to promote the film all over the country two days ago. The film and television companies cooperating with Xiyangyang this time include Warner, Universal, etc., so they have rich experience in promotion.

"A-Zu isn't here?" Kou Shuiwei was stunned for a moment, then immediately said with a smile on his face, "Actually, I came here today specifically to see you, Brother Rui."

"Stop, stop. You are of the same year as my boss A-Zu. You are older than me. Don't call me brother. It will shorten your life." Kang Qirui knew with his toes that Kou Shuiwei must have something to ask for, so he quickly refused.

"Hey, you are talented, handsome, kind-hearted, rich and have social status. You definitely deserve to be called Brother Rui." Kou Shuiwei said a few nice words and couldn't wait to talk about the purpose of this visit. "It's like this. Recently I have been doing a very big business. I am doing a lot of wholesale of toys. Who knew that I would screw up."

Kang Qirui didn't want to hear him crying miserably, so he stretched out his hand to interrupt him and said, "Alright, alright, Kou Shuiwei, stop pretending here. You want to borrow money from me, right?" Kou Shuiwei nodded immediately after hearing this, but Kang Qirui shook his head and said, "No, I won't lend it to you!"

Kang Qirui and Kou Shuiwei didn't have much friendship. Among the five brothers of the Kang family, Kou Shuiwei was most familiar with A Zu. They were classmates in elementary school, middle school and high school. The one he was least familiar with was Kang Qirui. The top students and the poor students didn't have much in common. What's more, Kou Shuiwei was trying to cheat the Kang family when they sold the villa. Kang Qirui's impression of him was even worse. How could he lend him money?

When Kou Shuiwei was about to continue pestering her, Xianglan's boss Guang and Tianyou's family of three came back to see her. Xianglan said unhappily, "Look, you're still crying after talking all this time."

Kang Qirui quickly stood up and asked with concern: "What's going on? Why is Tianyou crying?" He did this mainly to get rid of Sha Shuiwei's entanglement and to show that he was busy with other things and had no time to answer him.

"Before, he always asked for Fuwa. Rui, you know that Fuwa is not only expensive but also hard to buy." Xianglan took out a doll that was 80% similar to Fuwa from Tianyou's schoolbag and said, "I made him a doll with great difficulty and brought it back to kindergarten. The other little friends said his doll was tacky, so he didn't want it anymore and insisted that I buy him a new one."

Last November, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee officially announced the Olympic mascots, which consist of five anthropomorphic dolls named "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini". Once the mascots were released, they quickly gained wide popularity among the Chinese people. Its peripheral dolls, posters, stickers, etc. are in short supply. Even though it is already mid-January 11, the Fuwa dolls are still very difficult to buy.

"Those dolls cost 490 yuan a set. Not to mention the high price, they are always sold out every time I go to the mall and I can't buy any." Big Brother Guang also complained to Kang Qirui: "Where can I buy them for him? We really have no choice, so Xianglan said she would make one for him, but he still kept making a fuss."

Then he turned to Tianyou and said, "Son, you are so proud of this doll and you still say it is old-fashioned? Buy the real ones, they are very expensive. And it’s not that daddy won’t buy it for you, but it’s really impossible to buy it."

Tianyou kept crying, saying, "I want the Fuwa doll, I want it. My classmates say it's old-fashioned, so I want a new one." He cried very aggrieved and sadly, "My elder brother has one, my elder sister has one, my younger sister has one, even my younger brother has one, but I don't have one."

It is true. Although Fuwa is hard to buy, it is quite easy for Erlao, Ayao, Azu, and Kang Qirui to get it. Erlao was given two sets by others, Ayao and Kang Qirui were given by their units, and Azu bought it himself.

"This is the only one we have. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, don't take it." Big Brother Guang was also a little angry. He had been talking to Tianyou in a nice voice for a long time, but Tianyou was still crying. He gradually lost his patience.

"I don't want this Fuwa anymore, I'll give it back to mom." Tianyou had the same temper as Da Laoguang, he threw the doll on the ground and ran back to his room angrily. Xianglan and Da Laoguang also quickly chased after him, saying they would teach him a lesson.

"Brother Rui, is that kid you were talking about just now the Olympic mascot?" After seeing that Big Brother Guang and the other two had returned to their room, Kou Shuiwei pulled Kang Qirui aside and asked.

Kang Qirui nodded, and then teased: "Yeah, you didn't know this? Didn't you say you were in the toy wholesale business? You didn't even know about Fuwa, no wonder you lost money, Kou Shuiwei." Kou Shuiwei smiled awkwardly, and said excitedly: "Why didn't I think of the Olympic mascot? I can finally make a comeback this time. I'm leaving first, bye."

Kang Qirui didn't care. He waved his hand and said goodbye to him casually.

As a result, the next day, Kou Shuiwei came again and brought a set of "Fuwa". "How about this, this is the Olympic mascot, isn't it very interesting?" he said proudly.

"These are the Olympic mascots. Why do they feel a bit weird?" Dou asked casually.

"What's so strange about that, old man? Xianglan and I have seen it in the mall, and it looks pretty much like this." The boss said, "Tianyou keeps asking for this set. He wants it so much when he sees that he already has the others."

He turned around and looked at Kou Shuiwei and asked, "Kou Shuiwei, where did you buy this set? Do you have any more? How much is it?"

"I'm a toy wholesaler. If others can't buy it, I can definitely buy it." Kou Shuiwei boasted, and then said, "Outside, it sells for 150 yuan a set. Here, we are so familiar with each other, so I will sell it to you at cost price, yuan a set."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and all showed surprised expressions. Kou Shuiwei thought that he had asked too high a price, and asked in confusion, "Too expensive?"

"I want it, I want it." Da Lao Guang said quickly, fearing that Kou Shuiwei would change his mind and ask for a higher price. "Recently, he has been calling out the names of the Fuwa in his dreams. 150 is so cheap, I'll buy one set. Kou Shuiwei, leave one set for me."

"I want to buy 10 sets." Tianxiu rushed out and shouted loudly.

"Why did you buy so much to stock up?" Big Brother Guang asked in confusion, "Didn't your father give you a set? Why did you buy so much?"

"Uncle, you are a businessman at least. You should have some business acumen. 150 per set is so cheap. I can just take it back to school and resell it, and make a fortune." Tianxiu glanced at the boss and said proudly.

Kang Qirui smiled and touched Tianxiu's head, praising him: "Xiaozi is still smart, hahaha. But you will be in junior high school in a few months, so you are not allowed to do this. Focus all your energy on studying, understand?"

Then, regardless of Tianxiu's protest, he looked at Kou Shuiwei and said to him, "Kou Shuiwei, these dolls of yours are too expensive at 150 yuan. You should understand why I say that. If you sell them as peripheral products, that's definitely not okay. But if you sell them as peripheral products of peripheral products, that's still okay."

A set of Fuwa costs 490 yuan, and he said that they are genuine products and sell them at a cost price of 150 yuan, so he is selling fakes. But he said that they are imitations, and a set costs 50 yuan, so he is just selling imitations.

Selling fake goods means passing off fake goods as genuine goods, inferior goods as good goods, or substandard goods as qualified goods. But he was selling low-priced substandard goods, so it was not considered selling fake goods.

For example, an authentic jersey costs hundreds of dollars, but the clothing wholesale market is full of imitations that cost only a few dollars or tens of dollars, but they are still being sold as usual, and nothing happens. (End of this chapter)