Igor was impatient. At noon, Ding Si was sent a message to him. He hurried to Ding Si's shop at 2 pm and prepared to discuss cooperation with him.

Ding Si just asked him to sit in the inner room. Before he started talking, Liu Ba came in from outside and told Ding Si that there was someone from the restaurant outside who had brought tea.

Hearing Liu Ba say this, Ding Si said blankly: "Didn't I ask anyone to send tea?"

"I called it," Igor continued, "We want to talk about things, how can we not drink some tea?" Then he said to Liuba, "Please call him in."

Liu Ba turned around and went out. After a moment, a little boy walked in from outside with a tray. When Ding Si saw that this was the child who guided him and Brother Xu to the seat at the wedding that day?

After the little boy greeted Ding Si and Igor, he placed the teapot in the tray, two tea cups the size of a wine glass, a plate of candy cube and a plate of small pieces on the table. After making a call, he turned around and walked out.

"Misha," Igor picked up the teapot, poured Ding Si a cup of tea, and then asked, "I heard from Liegeat that you can provide me with a lot of bargains in the second half of the year?"

"That's right," Ding Si replied affirmatively: "I think there is no problem with four or five hundred clothes."

Igor was silent for a moment, then said, "Misha, you know that I am an amateur to fur. Can you tell me a general idea of ​​what styles there are and what prices they are?"

If Igor had been engaged in fur sales, Ding Si would definitely introduce him in detail to various styles and corresponding prices. But for an outsider, he adopted a more direct and simple method. He stood up and pointed to a row of clothes hanging on the pipe rack, and said to Igor: "For example, these black mink clothes without hats, 200 US dollars for 80 cm long and 250 US dollars for 90 cm long, and every 0 cm increase in length, the price will increase by 50 US dollars. And the price of the hat is 20 US dollars more expensive than each piece without hats..."

After listening to Ding Si's explanation patiently, Igor asked curiously: "Misha, I have already said that I know nothing about fur. So the question is, is the price you quoted for me cheap?"

"Yes, Igor." Ding Si replied, "The price I mentioned is only the current price..." He originally wanted to say it was one-fifth, but he said it. Suddenly he realized that he could not speak that word, so he changed his words and said, "This price is 20% of the original price."

"The original price is 20%, this price is quite cheap." Igor suddenly asked with some doubts: "Misha, such cheap clothes will not have any quality problems, right?"

"Don't worry, Igor, there is absolutely no problem with the quality of these clothes."

Igor asked, "Then why is it so cheap?"

Ding Si was silent about this question. He thought to himself that I can't tell you that the market closure caused panic among manufacturers. In order to prevent the loss of money, they began to sell out at any cost. He was considering what convincing reasons to say so that Igor could rest assured.

"Misha, you haven't answered my question yet." Seeing that Ding Si was not speaking for a long time, Igor urged: "Why is the quality of the clothes so cheap?"...

"Igor, do you know the financial crisis?" In order to convince Igor, Ding Si decided to come up with the financial crisis again. After seeing the other party nodded, he continued: "The decline in the ruble exchange rate has led to the decline of the purchasing ability of ordinary people. The sales of luxury goods such as fur will be affected to a certain extent, so the price drop is inevitable..."

Igor was indeed anxious to buy a batch of furs to open one or several of his own fur shops. But even if the price is cheap, he couldn't ask for furs with quality problems. He didn't want to do anything to ruin his signature. After hearing Ding Si's explanation, he felt a little more at ease, but he still asked with concern: "Is it really okay?"

"Absolutely no problem," Ding Si promised Igor's hesitation, and said, "I use my personality to guarantee that the batch of goods sold to you will definitely not have quality problems."

Igor stared at Ding Si for a long time, then nodded and said, "Liegeat said you are a trustworthy person, I believe in his vision."

Since Igor chose to believe in Ding Si, the next step is to discuss how to pay: "Misha, I heard that you are very interested in amber rough stones. Why don't you give me the clothes and I give me a batch of amber rough stones?"

Just kidding, although I had the idea of ​​managing amber raw stones, I am now a true layman. Even if Igor gave him a few tons, he would not know how to sell them for a while. But when I bought those clothes, he used real money and silver. If he exchanged them for a bunch of stones that could not be cashed in the short term, wouldn’t it be a big loss?

Ding Si decisively chose to refuse Igor's suggestion: "No, Igor, you are an amateur for furs, and I am also an amateur rough stone. I will sell you a batch of cheap furs. Even if you don't understand, Liegeat can help you. But if you give me a bunch of amber rough stones, it will make me embarrassed. Because there is no one around me who knows what you know. How should I deal with these stones?"

Fortunately, Igor did not stubbornly, but asked rationally: "Then how do you think I should pay for your goods?"

"Cash payment." Ding Si said without hesitation: "It is okay to use US dollars or rubles, and bank transfers are not accepted."

"Pay in cash." Hearing Ding Si say this, Igor hesitated, because no matter how cheap the Ding Si gives, hundreds of clothes will cost at least tens of thousands of dollars. It is a problem to travel so far with such a huge sum of money. He asked tentatively: "Is it really impossible to transfer money in a bank?"

Ding Si knew very well that in the second half of the year, many banks went bankrupt. Even those banks that did not go bankrupt had a limit on withdrawing cash every day. They could only withdraw at most 2,000 US dollars and more than 100,000 US dollars, and it would take two months to complete the withdrawal at the earliest. He didn't want to waste two months of precious time in order to withdraw money, so he insisted: "Igor, to be honest, I don't believe in banks very much, so we should trade in cash."

"Misha, there are still several months left before the second half of the year. We can slowly discuss the specific payment methods." Seeing Ding Si's firm attitude, Igor did not continue to discuss the payment method, but asked: "Why are you responsible for the transportation of the goods? Or am I responsible for it?"

"According to the convention, we only care about sales. The goods wholesale by customers are all transported by themselves." Ding Si saw Igor ask such an outsider and quickly explained to him: "So before you buy goods, you need to contact a special vehicle to transport the clothes you bought."

The two chatted for a while. Seeing that the time was almost over, Igor stood up, stretched out his hand to Ding Si, and said, "Misha, I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the second half of the year!"
Chapter completed!