380 Profiteers Everywhere (1/2)
Chapter 380: Profiteers Everywhere
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Before the young man sent that message, the conversation style of the Dog Market Trading WeChat Group Chat was as follows.
Liu XX: ”Little Monk, how is your business today? Just now I saw a fool leave with a hybrid, how much did you earn from that?
Little Monk Panic: ”Brother Liu, stop teasing me! I only sold one in so many days! But you already sold at least two Pomeranians just this morning, correct?”
Three-year-old Oni: ”You guys should buy me dinner! I haven’t sold anything today!”
Golden Autumn for Business: ”Yo, Three-year-old! Everyone knows that you earn high profit when selling only one pet, so stop acting like you are very poor! The weather is bad today, I won’t go to my stand. Hope to hear good news from you!”
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But after the young man sent the warning message, the conversation style changed drastically.
Liu XX: ”What the f**k! Who is seeking troubles? Staff from the Trade and Industry Bureau or the Tax Bureau? Three-year-old, did you not hand in our dues?”
Three-year-old Oni: ”I’m innocent! I’ve handed in our complete dues! Don’t blame me!”
Red Dragon: ”The man is not from Trade and Industry Bureau or the Tax Bureau. I think he is one of our own.”
Little Monk Panic: ”What? Who could be so stupid? I know most of the owners of the kennels in Binhai City, and I don’t think they would do such things...”
Red Dragon: ”It is not yet clear, I'm just letting you guys know.”
Golden Autumn for Business: ”Thanks, Brother Dragon. If he really disturbs our business, show him what we will do!”
Red Dragon: ”Let me make it clear. We set up this group chat to unite the brothers in the dog market. We are in this together. No one can conduct business on his own. Do you understand?”
Everyone responded: ”Yes, Brother Dragon! Trust us!”
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Holding the Dragon Li that was disguised by the vendor as an American Shorthair, Zhang Zian said to Snowy, ”From body shape, a Dragon Li and American Shorthair are very much alike. And the fur color of some Dragon Li, like this one, can also be similar to that of an American Shorthair. This kitten is indeed in good condition. It is clever, energetic, and seems quite healthy. But it is a Dragon Li, the price of which is only one tenth of an American Shorthair.”
The vendor said exasperatedly, ”Nonsense! Put my kitten down!”
Snowy targeted her camera at this vendor to shoot his embarrassment.
”Hey! Stop shooting me!” The vendor quickly covered his face.
Zhang Zian put the kitten down, and pulled at Snowy, ”Let's go.”
He did not think it was necessary to quarrel with these street vendors because there were so many profiteers in the dog market. It was more important to educate the tens of thousands of viewers in Snowy’s live broadcast about these common frauds so that they wouldn’t fall for the same traps when selecting pets.
Snowy looked at the kitten, then caught up with Zhang Zian. She asked, ”Mr. Store Manager, how did you distinguish a Dragon Li from an American Shorthair?”
In addition to cursing out the unscrupulous vendors, the audience also wanted to know the answer to this question.
As Zhang Zian walked, he explained, ”The method of distinguishing them by the patterns on their bodies as described on the internet is unreliable, for the patterns on some Dragon Li that share the pedigree with American Shorthairs are almost identical to the patterns on authentic American Shorthairs. Therefore, we must not only look at their fur color and facial features, but also observe their shapes and bones. For example, look at their tails. From the root to tip, the tail of a Dragon Li gets slimmer gradually, while the tail of an American Shorthair gets finer dramatically. Another difference lies in the shape of their heads. The head of an American Shorthair is an oval shape, and takes up a larger proportion of its whole body, similar to the 1:6 proportion of an ordinary person. The head of a Dragon Li is smaller and hexagonal in shape, and the proportion of the head to whole body is 1:9, like a supermodel.”
Snowy was still somewhat confused.