Chapter 644: Chapter 444: Chance Encounter with an ’Acquaintance
"Does a gold bar count as a physical item?"
Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s question, the beautiful saleswoman immediately replied with a smile, "Of course it counts as a physical item, and it also enjoys a 20% discount."
After that, she took out a tablet, logged into the official trading platform, opened the trading website, and checked the real-time price of the gold bars for the day.
She then directly used a calculator to check the weight of the gold Dong Tianyu would need to pay for. Because it was a physical transaction, and the delivery location specified by Dong Tianyu was a certain spot in the suburbs of Kyoto.
So, they were very straightforward and didn’t even take a deposit, directly indicating that payment could be made upon delivery.
Since the other party had said so, Dong Tianyu had no reason not to agree; after all, it was his side that was getting the advantage. The two sides agreed on the transaction for the next day, and then Dong Tianyu left the store.
Although Dong Tianyu left the store, he kept an eye on the situation inside with his Divine Sense.
"Sister Xue, congratulations, you made another sale today. But it’s been so strange lately, why are so many people coming to buy small planes? In the past, when customers came to the store, didn’t they prefer big planes?"
"Aren’t you known as the ’little smart one’ in our store? How have you not figured it out yet? Don’t you have ’informants’ in those ship stores? Haven’t the sales of big ships been very good there recently?"
"Yeah, we were joking about that just last night. Their store used to sell small ships the best, while our store used to sell big planes the best.
But from some time ago, it seems like our store hasn’t sold a single big plane, but small planes basically sell every two or three days.
Their store, which used to sell the small boats very well, still sells a few now and then, but it’s basically people who buy a big ship and pick up a small one on the side. I heard them say that they seem to have sold out all their stock.
Now all they’re selling seems to be on pre-sale, and I heard them say..."
"You’re awake, we’re all our own people in the store. If you have something to say, just say it. We know very well who you are. Hurry up and speak, or you won’t be included in tonight’s dinner."
"No, no, Sister Xue, I was wrong. I’m really counting on that meal to have meat, don’t scare me. I’ll speak, I’ll speak right now. I heard that because those ships are now in demand and it’s absolutely impossible to build new ones in time, it seems they have organized a group of people to go abroad for ’purchasing.’ Apparently, the advance payments from the customers are like life-saving money for those people."
"Sister Xue, what do you think..."
Before the other person could finish speaking, the beautiful saleswoman immediately interrupted her, "Why should I say anything? Why do you care so much about things that don’t concern you? If they succeed, they won’t share a penny with you, and if they fail, they won’t come to you for problems. So don’t worry about these things.
If you ask me, the most important thing right now is to find the right person. Haven’t you noticed something unusual about our store’s and the ship store’s abnormal sales recently?"
Regarding the saleswoman’s question, her follower still looked very naive and spoke with an indifferent tone: "Notice something unusual? Isn’t this kind of thing pretty normal?"
Feeling helpless about her junior’s naivety, the saleswoman sighed and then earnestly said to her, "Aside from the transportation purpose, who would buy those big ships unless they’re planning to settle on them for a long time?
"Just big ships won’t do. For convenient travel, you need small planes as transportation tools. Now do you understand why our store is selling small planes so well?"
Upon hearing the saleswoman’s explanation, her junior nonchalantly nodded and replied indifferently, "If you say it like that, I understand, but why would they move onto ships instead of staying on land?"
When the junior asked this question, the saleswoman replied with a bitter look on her face, "Right, why would they leave comfortable villas on land and spend a lot of money to buy ships and move onto them?"
After repeating her query several times in a murmuring tone, the saleswoman looked out of the window with a distant look in her eyes, her voice low, not sure if she was talking to herself or to her junior:
"You know what, even though I consider myself very smart, I don’t doubt for a moment that, in terms of the big picture, any one of those high and mighty ’big shots’ would do far better than my best.
"It’s not that I’m praising them for their vision, but that they have access to information far beyond mine. Many things that I need to consider for a long time are just straightforward questions with known answers to them.
"I’ll tell you a very simple principle. If there’s something you can’t see through, then you follow it. You find out what the wealthiest or most powerful people are doing and see how they act.
"For example, when we first met before the natural disaster, you talked about getting cosmetic treatments, saying that it would make you more beautiful, and that the technology for cosmetic treatments was mature, with only a tiny chance of problems. So, what happened?"
Upon the saleswoman’s question, the junior replied with a relieved look on her face: "When I left my hometown, my dad told me he was not very capable, so he couldn’t offer me much material help, but he said that the experience he’s gathered over half of his life taught him that if you aren’t very capable yourself, then become a steadfast follower."
