Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 499 - 500 Talking Business

Chapter 499: Chapter 500 Talking Business

"Sure," Shen Mianmian nodded and followed the boss into the shop, aware that her young age made it easy for others to treat her like a child, thinking she could be easily fooled and pressed for lower prices. Therefore, she purposely put on a stern face, pretending to be very shrewd.

Seeing that she agreed, the boss hurriedly led her into the shop and had her sit at an empty table near the entrance.

Shen Mianmian placed the watermelon on the table, not in a hurry to speak. She decided to adopt a strategy of stillness to overcome all activity. The boss couldn’t help but smile at the sight.

"Young girl, look, my restaurant really does good business. Every day there are more than a dozen tables of people eating, and we buy a lot of both meat and vegetable dishes each day."

True to a businessman, he started off by stating his own demand, no wonder he asked her to come to the shop—in order to show her how good the business was, hoping to use the argument of large demand to get a lower price.

However, she had to admit that the business of this restaurant was indeed good.

"Boss, what were the prices like when you bought vegetables from the market?" Shen Mianmian knew that restaurant owners generally fixed their places of purchase to get better prices.

Knowing the enemy and yourself ensures victory in every battle.

"Wait a moment." The man got up, went back to the counter, and brought over a handwritten list. "These are the prices I pay at the vegetable market."

Shen Mianmian glanced at it and thought the prices were unbelievably low. If the vegetable market sold to him at these prices, they’d lose everything down to their underwear — it was obvious the man had prepared this in advance to bargain with her, but she didn’t expose him.

"Boss, I can’t do these prices," she said.

"I know your vegetables are transported and bought by yourselves, which indeed costs more, so I prepared to offer you a bit more." The man seemed to have anticipated her refusal and went back to the counter for another list. "This is the price I plan to offer you."

Shen Mianmian took the list and a hint of amusement flashed in her eyes. This boss had been thorough in his work. After looking at the prices on the list, she shook her head again, "Sorry, boss, I still can’t do it at this price."

The man, upon hearing this, became troubled and guessed, "Young girl, are you not the decision maker? Afraid to lower the price at will, huh?"

He was offering a decent price; given the volume of the purchase, it was hard to believe the young girl looked so unmoved, leaving him puzzled about what she was thinking.

He had assumed that because she was young, it would be easier to drive the price down.

"My brother owns this shop. He doesn’t usually handle the affairs here—it’s all managed by me. I can decide on matters of pricing." But to purchase her vegetables at this price was definitely out of the question—this price simply wasn’t profitable; it would amount to Dajun making a trip for nothing.

Doing business is about making money; if there’s no profit, then why bother?

Selling vegetables isn’t like other trades; there’s no such thing as losing first to gain later.

"So what price will you give?" The boss decided to throw the question back at her to see how much she was willing to discount.

After thinking for a while, instead of answering, Shen Mianmian counter-asked, "Boss, does your restaurant need fish?"

"Yes," the boss nodded.

"What kind of fish do you need?"

"Crucian carp, grass carp, blackfish."

"What are the usual preparations?"

"Boiled, braised in soy sauce, sweet and sour." These were the most common ways to prepare them; he didn’t know any others.

"I’ll teach you a few fish recipes guaranteed to be popular with customers, and in return, you buy all your fish from me—how does that sound?" With a large restaurant like this, they surely had refrigerators. If Brother Jun brought over the fish in the morning, the boss could simply store it in the refrigerator, and the fish wouldn’t go bad.

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