Jiang Yuzhu couldn't figure it out. How could a pair of luminous cups be worth 400,000 taels when Li Qi dropped one?
In the box, Li Qi poured a cup of tea for each of Tan Wenbai and Jiang Yuzhu, and then took out two banknotes.
The face value of each banknote was 10,000 taels. They each placed one in front of Tan Wenbai and Jiang Yuzhu and said, "Thank you both very much for today. It's not disrespectful to be careful."
"Why did you drop the other cup just now?" Jiang Yuzhu asked with some confusion.
Li Qi smiled and glanced at Tan Wenbai: "Brother Tan, how about you explain it to Yu Zhu?"
After Li Qi threw the cup just now, it took Tan Wenbo a while to understand his intention.
He was born in a family of merchants, and has been exposed to business since he was a child. Although Li Qi's actions just now were a bit shocking, his methods were very superb!
"Today is an eye-opener for me. Tan admires Brother Li's methods very much. Brother Li is my friend," Tan Wenbai said sincerely.
"No, no, a little trick is nothing." Li Qi cupped his hands and said.
"You haven't answered me yet? Why did you drop one cup and the other one could be sold for 400,000 taels?" Jiang Yuzhu asked with a frown.
Tan Wenbo smiled bitterly and said: "With Brother Li's story, this pair of luminous cups can sell for up to 200,000 taels...but there are also two of them. If someone takes them apart and sells them in the future, how much can they sell for?"
"Of course it's one hundred thousand taels," Jiang Yuzhu said.
Tan Wenbo shook his head: "No. These cups are worthless if they are taken apart and sold."
"Why?"
"Because it is a pair, you have to take apart the flaws, and you have to buy a pair. Furthermore, if you sell one, who knows whether the one in your hand is real or fake?"
When Tan Wenbo said this, he glanced at Li Qi: "Brother Li smashed it into pieces. From now on, this luminous cup not only has another story, but also has become a legend..."
"An extra story?" Jiang Yuzhu still didn't understand.
Tan Wenbo nodded with a smile: "Think about it, if one luminous cup was sold for 400,000 taels, wouldn't the other one be worth 200,000 taels to the outside world? Brother Li lost 200,000 taels with just one drop. This
It won't be long before Su City becomes a household name. Isn't this just one more story?"
Jiang Yuzhu seemed to understand, but he didn't care. Instead, he asked Li Qi: "Have you been to the Western Regions? How do you know so much?"
"I think I've been there before," Li Qi said.
Speaking of which, Feiyan Village also belongs to the Western Region. Li Qi has also studied the maps of this era.
It is different from any dynasty I know.
In the evening, when Li Qi handed Zhuo Kunyu 300,000 taels, he felt so excited.
Speaking of which, when Li Qi threw the luminous cup during the day, he almost jumped up.
But who would have thought that after being thrown down by him, his body would double in an instant.
He felt that he had really found the right person when he came to find Li Qi this time. If he went to find someone else, he might not be able to get the three hundred thousand taels together.
With these three hundred thousand taels, my brother is sure of his promotion in Kyoto.
"Brother Zhuo, I'm really sorry. I sold an extra hundred thousand taels, mainly because I'm short of money recently," Li Qi said.
"Brother Li, you deserve this. I am really grateful that you can help me raise 300,000 taels. I will write a letter later and tell my brother that when you arrive in Kyoto in the future, what will you do?"
You can go to him for anything." Zhuo Kunyu said.
"Easy to say, easy to say." Li Qi smiled and said, "By the way, has the prince said anything about me recently?"
"Prince?" Zhuo Kunyu thought carefully and said, "That's not true."
"That's good. You can go back and tell the prince for me. After I finish handling the matters at hand, I will visit his old man."
"Okay, I will definitely bring the message."
After seeing off Zhuo Kunyu, Li Qi went to the credit union to find Tang Yun to learn about the situation in the past few days.
From her mouth, I learned that there were many more people coming to get loans than before, and basically many of them came to do the plain yarn business.
Seeing that the situation was good, Li Qi knew that the last step had to be taken.
…
After Chun Sanniang read the letter handed over by Li Qi, her face changed slightly: "Is the content in this letter true?"
"Then I don't know. I also learned about this through my friends." Li Qi said.
"No wonder Luo Shi is purchasing Susha in large quantities. It turns out that they have inside information..." Chun Sanniang sighed, "If only we had known about this news earlier..."
"It's still unclear whether this news is true or false, so why should Sanniang take the gamble? If the news is false, wouldn't the Susha you bought just be thrown into your hands?" Li Qi said with a smile.
"That's what the helmsman said."
"I came here to find you mainly because I have a way to make money."
"A way to make money?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Not many people know the news now, and Sanniang has known a lot of people in Su City over the years. You can sell the news to others, and we will split the money 50-50.
"
Hearing this, Chun Sanniang raised her eyebrows and said, "Yes! Selling this news will be a huge profit, and there is no risk at all."
Li Qi thought to himself: Selling information is certainly a huge profit, but to make others think the information is reliable, I have to put on a big show.
…
When Li Qiyue and Luo Zhen came out, they were in the lobby of the first-level building. At first, the two of them were talking and laughing, but gradually the atmosphere became a little different.
"Brother Luo, this is not how business works. We agreed at the beginning that you would help me collect the yarn. Why now..." Li Qi said with a look of exasperation.
"Brother Li, I promised to help you purchase plain yarn, but you also know that the market is tense now, and many people on the market are rushing to buy plain yarn. We at Luo's are in short supply," Luo Zhen said.
"Even if you don't collect it for me, how can you go back on your word on the Susha you promised to sell me?" Li Qi shouted in a deliberately loud voice.
After hearing the movement, many people around couldn't help but look over here.
The two of them quarreled more and more, and finally Luo Zhen took out a stack of banknotes and put them on the table: "This is the silver you ordered before, and the 50,000 taels we Luo's compensated you for."
"Luo Zhen, you are absolutely disgusting!" Li Qi slapped the table and said.
Seeing Li Qi's furious look, Luo Zhen said with a smile: "Brother Li, this is how business is done, you can't blame me. Besides, I'll give you every penny of the money you should pay, even if
You go report it to the official, we, Luo Shi, can't be blamed for this."
Li Qi took a deep breath, took the banknotes, counted them, and stuffed them into his arms. He looked around and then overturned the table with a fierce force.