Chapter 35 Half Sold (2/2)

Kevin ‘s mouth twitched in contempt and he leaned against the counter to watch him pack.

Having stored the silverware and dishes properly away, the two men walked towards the door.

Li Du murmured, ”Boss Fox, your price really was a bit too high.”

”Don’t talk,” Hans replied. ”He’ll stop us.”

Just as his voice dropped, Kevin coughed from behind them. ”Come back you rascal, you sly little weasel. Give me your actual price.”

”5,000 dollars is my actual price,” Hans said. ”Last time, when I sold the massage chair to you, you just turned around and sold it for 11,000 dollars- earning 5,000 dollars just like that. You can earn just as much this time!”

Kevin said, ”The massage chair was worth that much only because I fixed it. This set of tableware won’t bring that much profit. Considering the friendship between Felix and me, I’ll give you 2,000 dollars.”

”That’s an insult to the friendship between you and my father. Four-thousand five-hundred dollars. That’s more worthy of it,” Hans said.

”Let’s not bring Felix into this. Two-thousand five-hundred dollars. That’s not a low price.”

The two engaged in a tug-of-war over the price while next to them Li Du listened with interest. After a while, the price was stuck at 3,800 dollars. This price really wasn’t bad, and actually a little higher than Li Du had expected. He’d thought that being able to sell it at 3,000 dollars was already a great deal.

Old Kevin, however, was still trying to cut the price down to 3,600 dollars.

”Three-thousand six-hundred dollars is alright,” Hans finally said. ”It’s going to be lunchtime soon. Why don’t you treat us to some lamb like last time?”

”Then I will still end up paying you 3,800 dollars,” the old man sighed, but took up the price anyways. ”You win, young fellas.”

The storage unit they’d bought at 300 dollars had sold for 4,300—including some other stuff that Hans had sold for 500, they’d made a total of 4,300 dollars this time.

Old Kevin counted out the cash for them and kept the tableware, then said, ”If there’s anything else as good as this, bring it to me also. ”

Hans chuckled, saying, ”I actually do have something good.”

Old Kevin’s eyes lit up again.

However, after looking at the set of furniture, he shook his head. ”I won’t take this. It’s not easy to sell furniture like this. Go to that son of a b*tch Nix’s place and see.”

”Why would they be hard to sell?” Hans asked. ”I admit, these aren’t a set, but they look like one— and the quality is good. Don’t you think that they’re great?”

”They are great. But who are you going to sell them to?” Old Kevin asked, still shaking his head.

”If I take and sell this, I’d need to sell it for at least 5,000 dollars. But the people who can afford that kind of price won’t be interested in buying something that isn’t a set —those who are willing to, well, probably wouldn’t have that kind of money.”

Li Du thought that this was just an excuse to bring down the price, but Hans didn’t push the sale. ”Then keep the pictures,” Hans said, ”and help me see whether there are any buyers. With a ten percent commission fee, just like old times.”

When they left this time, the old man didn’t stop them.

They then went to two other general stores and two secondhand furniture shops. The furniture still remained in the booth.

Either they were unwilling to take it, like Old Kevin, or the price was too low. The fellow called Old Nix actually offered them an unbelievably low price of only 1,000 dollars!

After being taken around, the set of furniture was towed back. Li Du wasn’t frustrated as they had still sold something that day. Neither was Hans, as he had gotten information on another storage auction.