Although Victoria repeatedly told Sokov not to worry and just wait for news from the police. But among the missing people, several of them were Sokov's friends, so it was impossible not to worry and be anxious.
After arriving at the market, Sokov put his cell phone on the table and turned the ringtone volume to maximum, so that whenever a call came in, he could hear it immediately and avoid missing important calls.
The pony opposite may have been too bored and came to the store to chat with Sokov, but Lena, who had received instructions in advance, sent Sokov away on the grounds that Sokov had something important to do. She also sent him away.
After three or four times, Lena became a little impatient and ran to the back room and said to Sokov: "Misha, the young man opposite is here again. I sent him away several times and he didn't realize it. It's really annoying.
"
Sokov couldn't help but smile bitterly. After yesterday's scene, he realized that the other party might be a white-eyed wolf, and it was best to keep a distance from him.
Seeing Sokov's eyes constantly glancing at the cell phone on the table, Lena asked with concern: "By the way, have the police called?"
"No, not a single call so far."
"Do you think the people trapped underground are Baharov and his friends?"
"It's hard to say." Although the police heard the noise coming from the ground, it was still unknown whether the people trapped below were Khabarov and the others. Therefore, when faced with Lena's question, Sokov could only use uncertainty.
He said in a tone of voice: "Currently, we only know that someone is trapped underground, but who is trapped? So far, no one knows. After all, no one has clairvoyance eyes and can see clearly the situation underground."
"I hope it's them." Lena sighed and said, "I think Baharov is quite a good person. He has helped you a lot in the past few years. If something happens, you will lose it."
A truly good friend."
Sokov agreed very much with Lena's statement. Since he met Khabarov, he had indeed helped him a lot and solved some troubles that he could not solve in his own capacity. Because
In this way, when Khabarov disappeared, he felt extremely worried.
While the two were chatting, the phone on the table rang.
Hearing the phone ringing, Lena seemed very excited: "Misha, is this a call from the police station?"
After seeing the caller ID clearly, Sokov slowly shook his head and said, "It's a cargo owner calling."
He answered the phone and said politely: "Hello, Sister Gao! Why did you want to call me today?"
"Xiao Lin, are you in the store?"
"Here!" Sokov knew very well that the tall lady who supplied him would not call him easily if there was nothing important, so he asked tentatively: "What can I do for you?
"
"Xiao Lin, it's like this. I plan to return to China tomorrow." Sister Gao said: "There are still some goods left in the store. You can see if you can store them at your place first. When I come here in August, I will pick them up from you.
?” Perhaps because she was worried that Sokov would disagree, she specifically added, “Sell these goods if they can be sold, and leave them where you are if they can’t be sold.”
During the off-season for fur sales, we usually face two problems: first, there are few customers entering the store to buy goods; second, there is a serious shortage of goods. Manufacturers stop production before New Year's Day every year and have to wait until June of the following year to start production.
For as long as half a year, almost all fur shops have been experiencing shortages of supply, and clothing has been seriously out of stock. Now, Sister Gao wants to hand over all the goods in her store to herself, which is equivalent to replenishing her supply, like this
There is no reason not to agree to provide help in times of need.
"No problem." Sokov said with a smile: "I'm in the store, you can deliver the goods."
Although Lena couldn't understand what Sokov said on the phone, when she saw the other party smiling, she knew something was good and quickly asked: "Misha, is there any good news?"
"Yes." Sokov nodded and said to Lena: "There is a manufacturer who is going back to China and plans to put her remaining goods in my store and wait until August comes to take them away."
"Great, this is really great." After hearing the news, Liena couldn't help but be overjoyed: "With this batch of goods, our store will not be so empty. You see, in the nearly 100 square meters store,
There are only more than a hundred pieces of clothing, and they look sparse. Some customers turn around and leave when they see too few clothes when they come in. By the way, how many pieces of clothing does she have there?"
"Oh, I'm not sure about this. There should be quite a few."
Half an hour later, Sister Gao appeared at the door of the store with a porter pulling a trailer. After greeting Sokov, she asked him to move several woven bags from the trailer into the store one by one. Look.
Looking at the bulging woven bag, Sokov knew that Sister Gao had sent quite a lot of goods.
After the porter moved all the goods into the store, Sokov paid the freight and sent the other party away. He looked at Sister Gao and asked: "Sister, how many goods are there?"
"There are 85 pieces in total." Sister Gao said, "They are all high-end goods made of imported leather."
Sokov called Lena over, took out the clothes from the bag, hung them on the rack one by one, and prepared to hand them over after counting.
When all the clothes were hung up, Sokov couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He thought it would be great if the other party could give him twenty or thirty items, but he didn't expect that there were more than eighty items, and they were basically made of sapphire blue.
The high-end goods are mainly in champagne, yellow, camel, and coffee colors. I couldn't help but say with emotion: "Sister, I really didn't expect that you still have so many good goods left in the store."
"All the goods in my store have been sold out a few days ago." Sister Gao said, "I took this back from Lao Maozi's store." Seeing Sokov's confused look, she continued,
"I have to go back to China for two months. If I leave it with them, I won't feel at ease. It's better to leave it to me and I won't feel at ease."
Seeing that the furs that had just been taken out of the woven bags were a little deformed due to squeezing, Anna quickly pulled out the clothes ironing machine from the back room and prepared to iron the furs again.
Sokov and Sister Gao each took out their account books and went to the back room to do the handover work.
When he saw the price of the clothes, Sokov couldn't help but be secretly surprised. The cheapest one was three thousand US dollars, and the expensive one was close to five thousand US dollars. He couldn't help but murmur to himself, how could it be sold at such a high price?
Need to go out?
Sister Gao saw Sokov's worry and comforted him and said: "Xiao Lin, it's expensive for a reason. These are high-end goods I gave you. I would sell them for 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars each in the store."
Well. If you really can't sell it, it doesn't matter, just put it there as a sample."
After sending Sister Gao away, Liena came over to ask about the price. When she heard the cost price clearly, she couldn't help but gasped: "Oh my God, how can we sell it at such a high price?"
Sokov thought for a while and then said to Lena: "Don't you know two store owners? Ask them if they are going to hang some good products in the store to increase their appearance."
"I'm going to call Zhenya right now and ask." Lena took out her cell phone and said, "I'm going to ask him if he wants the goods."
While Lena was on the phone, the pony from across the door ran over again, licking his face and asked Sokov: "Brother, where did you get this stuff from? It looks like a lot."
"Yeah." Sokov said perfunctorily: "A cargo owner sent it here."
"Brother, see if you can introduce me to your cargo owner." When Xiao Ma said this, he turned to look at the empty shop opposite, and continued: "I am helping my uncle now.
But it won’t be long before I go out on my own and get to know some cargo owners in advance, so I can be prepared.”
Sister Gao's furs are mainly mid-to-high-end, and she has even registered a trademark. Sokov got to know her through many relationships back then, and started getting goods from her. Although her goods are priced high
It is more expensive than the price offered by other consignors, but because of its novel and special style, it can often be sold at a good price. For such a high-quality consignor, Sokov is trying every means to maintain it, for fear of being pried away by his peers. Like Xiao Ma, there is nothing
You know how little kid, you want to make friends with each other when you meet him, it's really whimsical.
But due to Lao Wu's face, Sokov couldn't say harsh words to Xiao Ma. Otherwise, if he instigated a few words in front of Lao Wu, he and Lao Wu might turn against each other. He said casually: "This is
A domestic manufacturer has her own sales window in Moscow. Now she is going back to China, and I will help with some of the remaining goods. After she leaves this time, she may not come back again, so even if I introduce you to her,
It’s of no use.”
After hearing Sokov's words, Xiaoma couldn't say anything else and left the store in disbelief.
After making the call, Lena said to Sokov: "Misha, I just asked Zhenya. He said that he is going to Sochi for vacation next month and the store is going to be closed for a month, so he doesn't need to get it from us for the time being.
Consignment goods.”
"Then you ask another shop to see if they want the goods."
While Lina was still on the phone, Lao Wu came to his store and asked Xiao Ma casually: "Is there any business today?"
"No." Xiao Ma shook his head and said, "Not a single customer."
"Oh." Lao Wu said as usual while making coffee: "It's the off-season now. It's normal to have no business. Only if you can endure loneliness can you have a chance to make money."
"Uncle," Xiao Ma pouted towards Sokov's store and said to Lao Wu: "The store opposite just brought in a batch of clothes, there are dozens of pieces. I just asked the elder brother to introduce me
Even if I know the owner of the cargo, he won’t even do it.”
Hearing what his nephew said, Lao Wu stared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Weigh yourself if you have nothing to do. Not only do you know whether you have gained weight or lost weight, but you also know how much you weigh and how much you weigh in the hearts of others."
You have only been in Moscow for a few days, and you are not even familiar with Xiao Lin, so you rashly went to find someone to introduce you to the owner of the goods. In the eyes of others, your behavior is ignorant and will only make others hate you. Do you understand?
?”
Xiao Ma, who was criticized by his uncle, lowered his head and replied in an inaudible voice: "I know."
Lao Wu stood at the door of his store and looked into Sokov's store. Sure enough, he saw a lot of colorful mink on the shelves, so he walked over. But when he reached the door of the store, he intuitively stopped.
He stopped and shouted inside: "Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, are you in there?"
Sokov, who was sorting out the account books in the room, heard someone calling him outside. He quickly responded, ran out of the back room quickly, and greeted Lao Wu who was standing at the door of the store: "It's Lao Wu who's here, hurry up."
Please come in."
"No, no." Lao Wu has been in Moscow for so many years, so he naturally understands many taboos in the fur industry. For example, if a store has new goods, you can't just go in and check them out, otherwise you will be suspected of piracy. He waved his hands and said:
"I'll just stop at the door."
When you buy new goods into your store, you don’t let your colleagues enter your store at will. This is an unwritten rule for fur merchants in Moscow. This is to prevent others from coming in and seeing your new styles, and then contacting the country when you go back to conduct research on this new style.
Imitation. There have been many similar lessons in the past, so even friends who are relatively familiar with each other will consciously abide by this rule.
Seeing that Lao Wu didn't come in, Sokov walked out of the store and said with a smile: "Lao Wu, you are quite free now. You don't come here until noon every day. I really envy you."
"Hey, there is no way." Lao Wu shook his head and said: "Now we have entered the off-season. Coming early or coming late is the same concept. Basically, we can't open anything. Although we know that we can't get rid of the fate of losing money in the off-season, we still can't.
Dare to close the store and return to China. If you really do this, when you come here at the end of August, I’m afraid you won’t be able to find the current store, and you will have to sublet it from others at a high price, and you will have to spend more money.”
The two were standing at the door talking. Lena, who was ironing clothes with a clothes iron, suddenly shouted to Sokov: "Misha, phone. I heard your phone ringing."
As soon as he heard the phone ringing, Sokov quickly stopped talking with Lao Wu, rushed directly into the back room, and grabbed the mobile phone on the table.
The caller ID was from Victoria. Sokov answered the call with slightly trembling hands and asked nervously: "Hey, Vika, is there any latest news?"
"I just received a call from the lieutenant. He said that their bureau has found several members of the geological survey team and are looking for the location of the trapped people inside Hoflin Hospital." Victoria said on the phone: "If everything goes well.
, members of the geological exploration team will dig at six o'clock."
Sokov took the phone away from his ear, looked at the time on it, and said in surprise: "What, we have to wait until six o'clock. Doesn't that mean we have to wait four hours? I'm worried that the people trapped underground won't be able to support it.
Such a long time.”
"There is no way." Victoria said helplessly: "The geological exploration team was invited from other cities. It took them more than four hours just to come here. But I think they understand the truth that human life is at stake. When they find
After the accurate location is determined, rescue will be carried out as quickly as possible."
Sokov expressed doubts about Victoria's statement. In a place where large-scale excavation machinery cannot be used, rescuing people trapped underground is a big project. Even if dozens of people are rescued at the same time, it would be difficult to work with them.
Getting in touch with the people underground does not happen overnight. It is feared that by the time the ground is dug, all the people trapped inside will have died due to lack of water and food.