As soon as I entered the shop, the rosacea boss asked me with a smile, "Daoyou, how many ghost pills do you want to sell?"
I raised my palm and spread my fingers.
When he saw me holding out my hand, the rosacea boss' eyes lit up and he said in surprise, "Daoyou, do you mean to say that you want to sell five ghost pills?"
I shook my head.
When the boss saw me shaking my head, his face, which was originally full of surprise, immediately showed an expression of displeasure.
He frowned and said unhappily, "Fellow Daoist, you are not teasing me. Just now you stretched out your palm, and now you shake your head. What do you mean by this? I am telling you that I, Xu Guan, am also a well-known figure in this ghost market. If you want to tease me, you are wrong."
I raised the corner of my mouth slightly and said to the rosacea boss Xu Guan: "Boss Xu, right? I think you are mistaken. What I mean is that I have not only five ghost pills, but fifty ghost pills."
After hearing what I said, Xu Guan was shocked, as if he couldn't believe his ears. He hurriedly asked, "What? ... Daoist friend, how many ghost pills did you say you wanted to sell?"
I curled my lips and said, "Boss Xu, I want to sell fifty ghost pills."
"Fifty ghost pills?"
Xu Guan's face was filled with joy, but then his joy disappeared. He looked at me seriously and said, "Daoyou, you are not kidding me. I see that you are very young and your cultivation level is not high. How can you come up with fifty ghost pills at once?"
I ignored what the rosacea-stricken boss Xu Guan said and directly took out a small black bag from the cloth bag.
I brought the small bag to Xu Guan and said with a smile, "Boss Xu, since you don't believe it, take a look at what's in this small bag."
With suspicion, Boss Xu took the small cloth bag from my hand.
But when he slowly opened the small cloth bag and looked inside, his expression immediately became delighted.
Boss Xu hurriedly grabbed my arm and whispered, "Hey, fellow Daoist, you are really capable. You actually got so many ghost pills. Not bad, not bad. I want all of them."
As he spoke, Boss Xu had already held the small bag of ghost pills against his chest.
Before Boss Xu could say anything else, I grabbed my small cloth bag.
Boss Xu was surprised and asked, "Daoyou, what do you mean? Aren't you going to sell the ghost pill?"
I nodded and said with a smile, "Of course I want to sell the ghost pill. But Boss Xu is too eager, we haven't discussed the price yet."
Boss Xu was stunned for a moment after hearing what I said.
Then he slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Haha, fellow Taoist, I was wrong, I was wrong... I was really rude just now."
Then, Boss Xu said to me, "Fellow Daoist, you are really generous to sell fifty ghost pills at once. In this way, it is not convenient for us to discuss the price with so many people coming and going in front of the store. Why don't we go to the inner hall of the store and talk there."
Although this "Qianjin Shop" is not big, the decoration inside is not bad. And there is indeed an inner hall. When I came here just now, I noticed that behind the shelf where the items were placed was the entrance to the inner hall.
"Okay! Then Boss Xu, let's go to the inner hall to talk."
Then I said hello to Yuquan and followed the red-nosed boss Xu into the inner hall.
Of course, although his shop is small, he still has a shop assistant to look after it. After Boss Xu took me into the inner hall, the shop assistant came to look after the shop.
The inner hall is not big, only about 7 or 8 square meters.
But there were a lot of miscellaneous things inside. I even found a lot of strange-looking magic tools on one shelf. Many of those magic tools were engraved with runes to drive away ghosts.
Seeing me looking at those magic weapons, Xu Guan said with a smile: "Daoyou, you have a good eye. You can tell the value of them at a glance. That's right, many of the items in my inner hall are powerful magic weapons for exorcising ghosts. And they are very cheap. If you want, you can also take a few magic weapons from me to play with. I will definitely give you a fair price."
I retracted my gaze and said to Boss Xu, "Boss Xu, I don't want the magic weapon anymore. Let's talk about the price of the ghost pill."
Boss Xu couldn't help feeling disappointed when he saw that I didn't care much about the magical instruments in his collection.
Of course, he was not disappointed with his magic weapon, but disappointed with me. He might be thinking that after I sell the ghost pills, I can buy a few more magic weapons from him so that he can make more money. Most businessmen are like this.
However, Boss Xu's face soon showed enthusiasm again. He said, "Fellow Daoist, seeing that you brought so many ghost pills, I know that you are definitely not an ordinary ghost-catching Taoist priest. How about this, let's make friends, and I will give you 18,000 yuan for each ghost pill. How about it?"
After hearing the price, I snorted coldly, said nothing, and walked straight out of the inner hall.
"Hey, Taoist friend, where are you going? ... ... If you are not satisfied with the price, we can negotiate. Don't leave! Taoist friend..."
When I was about to walk out of the inner hall, Xu Guan grabbed my arm again.
He smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, it seems that you are not satisfied with the price of 18,000 yuan. How about this, big brother, I will give you a little more, 20,000 yuan for one ghost pill?"
Xu Guan looked at me expectantly.
I turned my head and looked at Xu Guan, and said in a deep voice: "Boss Xu, I understand that you are a businessman who wants to make money, but you can't cheat everyone. Let me tell you, although I don't come to this ghost market often, I have been here a few times after all."
"I have an idea of the price of the ghost pill."
"With the price you gave me, if calculated according to the market price, I'm afraid I'll lose a lot. But you, Boss Xu, will make a fortune. Boss Xu, you just said that we are just friends when we first meet. But the price you gave me clearly shows that you don't treat me as a friend."
After hearing what I said, Boss Xu showed an ugly look on his face.
After a while, his eyes rolled, and he continued, "Fellow Daoist, it seems that you still know something about the market in the ghost market. How about this, in this case, I won't beat around the bush with you, just give me a price. If it's suitable, you can keep the ghost pill. How do you think?"
I smiled and said, "Okay, Boss Xu, you are quite generous this time. I won't ask for more, 24,000 for one Ghost Pill... After all, I brought quite a few Ghost Pills this time. If I were to sell them somewhere else, the price would not be lower than the market price."
In fact, the price of a ghost pill on the ghost market is generally 23,000 yuan, and the price offered by merchants is generally 25,000 or 26,000 yuan. I want 24,000 yuan, which is already a profit for Boss Xu, but it is just a little less than the market price.
Boss Xu looked a little hesitant.
Seeing this, I shook my head and was about to walk out.
But at this time, Boss Xu called me and said, "Fellow Daoist, wait a minute. Your price is acceptable. I agree! ... We can do the deal now."
I stopped and smiled
Walked back to the inner hall.
Boss Xu shook his head, patted my shoulder, and said with a smile: "My friend, you are really smart. You are more calculating than a businessman like me."
Boss Xu is very good at flattering people.
I didn't say much and just took out the small bag of ghost pills from the cloth bag.
After Boss Xu took the ghost pills, he began to count the number. After confirming that there were indeed 50 ghost pills in the small cloth bag, Boss Xu took out a checkbook from his pocket. He wrote me a check for 1.2 million with a stroke of his pen.
"My friend, this is a check from Bank X. You can go to Bank X and withdraw cash with this check!"
Boss Xu said with a smile.
After taking the check and confirming it was correct, I smiled and said, "Boss Xu, we have a pleasant cooperation."
“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”
Boss Xu smiled back. After a while, he asked me, "By the way, fellow Taoist, I don't know your name yet. Can you tell me?"
I didn't shy away from asking, "Boss Xu, my name is Yang Tianyi, you can just call me Tianyi."
"Yang Tianyi... Heaven and man are one, the best in the world... Hehe, your name is good."
While Boss Xu and I were chatting, there was a sudden commotion outside the inner room.
"Brother Yang, there's something going on, there's something going on... Please come out for a moment!"
I heard the voice of the little monk Yuquan.
"Brother Tianyi, it seems to be your monk friend."
Boss Xu reminded me.
I clasped my fists to Boss Xu, and after putting the check in my pocket, I said to Xu Guan, "In that case, Boss Xu, our deal is done. I'll leave first. Maybe my friend outside is getting impatient waiting for me."
"Okay, fellow Tianyi, then I won't see you off!"
Then I turned around and walked out of the inner room.
When I arrived in front of the shop, I found that it was the worker from the "Qianjin Shop" who blocked the young monk Yuquan from entering the inner hall.
"Get out of the way, let me go, I want to see my brother Yang..." the little monk said anxiously.
But the worker said coldly, "This is not your home. You can't do whatever you want here. Besides, not everyone can enter the inner hall of our Qianjin Shop. If you want to enter, you must have the consent of our boss Xu."
The young monk Yuquan might be anxious and wanted to force his way in.
I hurriedly shouted, "Yuquan, don't mess around. This is a ghost market and there are rules."
When Yuquan saw me, he ignored my scolding and said quickly, "Brother Yang, Brother Yang, there's something going on, there's something going on... Come here, I'll tell you."
"Is there something going on?"
I avoided the worker at the door of the inner hall and went to Yuquan.
Then Yuquan pulled me to a corner and whispered something in my ear.
After hearing what he said, my heart tightened.
I was in a hurry and didn't stay in the "Qianjin Shop" any longer. I left here quickly with Yuquan.
What I didn’t know was that just after Yuquan and I left Qianjin Shop, Boss Xu in the inner hall made a phone call.
"Long Jiu, remember the appearance of those two people. One is a young man wearing a thin windbreaker, and the other is a young monk. Both of them are not very skilled in Taoism. Go and get them..."
A voice came from the other end of the phone, "Boss Xu, I, Long Jiu, will do the job, so don't worry."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work! Don't worry, Long Jiu, you will definitely benefit from it when the time comes."
(to be continued)
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