Chapter 335 Getting angry
In Hu Yaoqing's yard, Zhao Minglei stood in the yard looking forward to it. After a long while, he saw Wang Juan coming out with a reluctant expression.
"Juanzi..." Zhao Minglei hurriedly went forward.
"Didn't I tell you not to come here to find me? Why are you here again?" Wang Juan threw a "sanitary ball" to Zhao Minglei and complained to him with dissatisfaction.
Ever since she first came to Hu Yaoqing's place and fell in love with this kind of life, Wang Juan has been spending almost every other day here.
Although she and Zhao Minglei had had "unspeakable" things happen here, Wang Juan gradually lost interest in Zhao Minglei soon after. Firstly, Zhao Minglei was a person who was not relaxed and did not have fun. Secondly, Wang Juan did not like others teasing her after seeing Zhao Minglei, which made Wang Juan feel uncomfortable.
It would be better to have fun here by herself, and since Zhao Minglei is not here, Wang Juan can play without restraint.
"Something happened, something happened..." Zhao Minglei didn't care about what Wang Juan was thinking. He grabbed her and walked to the side. When they reached the corner, Zhao Minglei said anxiously.
"What's wrong? Is the sky falling? You're so flustered and you don't have any manliness at all." Wang Juan looked at Zhao Minglei with contempt. As time went by, Zhao Minglei became less and less attractive to her. Apart from his good looks, Zhao Minglei was not as good as Zhang Liming in any other way. Even those who played together here were not as good as him.
Zhao Minglei looks good, but he is neither calm nor generous, and he often pretends to be a gentleman. Without mentioning other things, this guy has even climbed into Wang Juan's bed, but he still acts serious in front of others. Is it fun to wear a mask every day?
As time went by, Wang Juan became less and less interested in Zhao Minglei, and even a little impatient.
She lit up a cigarette, a women's Moore, the imported kind. These days, this cigarette is very popular in the Yanjing circle. Wang Juan liked it after smoking it once, and she always carries a pack with her.
After taking a puff and blowing out a smoke ring skillfully, Wang Juan asked impatiently, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Zhao Minglei calmed down and told Wang Juan everything that happened. After hearing what Zhao Minglei said, Wang Juan was also stunned and looked at Zhao Minglei in disbelief: "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true! Otherwise, why would I be in such a hurry to find you?" Zhao Minglei was so anxious now that he was sweating profusely even though the weather was not hot.
"Did you call? But didn't find the person?" Wang Juan asked.
"I called, and the person who answered the phone was a Hong Kong woman. I didn't know what she was doing. I almost didn't understand what she said in Hong Kong dialect..." Zhao Minglei said while gesturing.
"Did I call the wrong number?"
"Impossible! The number has been checked and it is definitely correct!"
"How much is this batch of goods?" Wang Juan asked after calming down.
Zhao Minglei swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Three...three million four hundred and eighty thousand..."
"What!"
Wang Juan was so frightened that even the half-smoked cigarette in her hand fell to the ground involuntarily.
"Three million four hundred and eighty thousand? You're not mistaken, are you? Not four hundred and eighty thousand?"
"How is that possible? It's 3.48 million!"
"So much money? This...how is this possible? Where did you get so much money? How come I didn't know about it?" Wang Juan suddenly became anxious. The business in Dazhalan has always been good, especially after snatching a lot of customers from Xiao Qiao and others, the business has become even better.
At the beginning, they could make a profit of nearly 200,000 yuan every month. The bulk of the money went to Zhang Liming, and the rest was divided among Zhao Minglei, Wang Juan and Lao Xiong.
Among them, Wang Juan received about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which was considered a huge sum of money in that era. Moreover, after using various means to snatch customers, the monthly profit gradually increased. Just in August, Wang Juan received nearly 100,000 yuan, which means that the monthly profit has reached nearly 500,000 yuan.
But now Zhao Minglei suddenly told her that he had transferred out a huge sum of 3.48 million yuan without Wang Juan knowing anything about it, and that the whereabouts of this huge sum of money was now unknown, the purchased goods did not arrive on time, and even the supplier could not be contacted.
Zhao Minglei's face turned blue and red, and he didn't know how to explain to Wang Juan.
This purchase is the largest batch so far. The main reason is that Hong Kong told Zhao Minglei that there is a batch of the latest styles of winter clothes. Zhao Minglei has seen the samples provided by the other party and thinks that this batch of winter clothes is really good. Not only are the styles novel but also the workmanship is excellent. Once it can be obtained, it will definitely sell well.
However, the problem was that this time Hong Kong put forward conditions to Zhao Minglei. Mr. Steven had said at the beginning that the northern market would be best represented by a large wholesaler. Although the cooperation with Zhao Minglei had been quite good in the past few months, the sporadic sales amounts still did not meet Mr. Steven's requirements.
In addition, these winter clothes are all new models. Hong Kong does not want to sell them in batches as before, and plans to sell them all at once. If Zhao Minglei cannot get them all at once, then this batch of winter clothes will be given to someone else. As for the future cooperation with the northern agency, it also needs to be reconsidered. Now asking Zhao Minglei is just considering that the previous cooperative relationship was pretty good, and it is also to give Zhao Minglei a chance.
For this reason, Zhao Minglei made the decision to take the goods after careful consideration. If he took them, he would not only be able to make a huge profit on the goods, but more importantly, he would be able to demonstrate his strength to Mr. Steven.
Monopolizing the entire Yanjing and even northern markets has always been Zhao Minglei’s dream. Now that a great opportunity is right in front of him, how could Zhao Minglei give up?
But when he calculated the money for purchasing the goods, Zhao Minglei took a deep breath. It turned out to be a huge amount of 3.48 million yuan, which was too much for Zhao Minglei to come up with even if he sold everything he had.
From using tricks to get Luo Yang away from Dazhalan, to using means to snatch many clients from his cousin Xiao Qiao, Zhao Minglei and his team only made a total of about 3 million yuan in the past few months. Most of the money was given to Zhang Liming, so the actual amount that Zhao Minglei made was less than 400,000 yuan.
A lot of money had been spent these days, so the money Zhao Minglei could take out was only about 300,000 yuan at most. As for Lao Xiong, this guy had many brothers under him and spent money without knowing how to count. Although he had divided a lot of money before, he could not even take out 100,000 yuan.
After scraping together all the money, including the money in the store and the money that was originally intended to be distributed to everyone in September, Zhao Minglei finally managed to scrape together 960,000 yuan. Even with this calculation, it was still a long way from 3.48 million yuan.
Logically, this matter should have been discussed with Zhang Liming and Wang Juan in advance, but Zhao Minglei and Lao Xiong have been in charge of Dashilar. Zhang Liming never cared about Dashilar's affairs. Apart from being Zhao Minglei's backer and helping him solve some official matters, he had never come to Dashilar.
As for Wang Juan, she came often at the beginning, but as she became more and more obsessed with dancing and having fun with Hu Yaoqing, she came less and less often. Just last month, Wang Juan came only twice. One time she was bored and passed by while shopping, and the other time she came to ask how much money she would get before dividing the money.
Zhao Minglei didn't complain about the two hands-off managers who usually didn't care about things. In his opinion, it was a good thing so that no one would point fingers at him behind his back.
These days, Zhao Minglei, Master Zhao, has become addicted to the feeling of being a successful businessman. In his opinion, he is a natural businessman. Every day, hearing people calling him Master Zhao, Zhao Minglei feels so happy that his feet feel as light as if they were stepping on cotton.
Just like that, Zhao Minglei made the decision privately without informing Zhang Liming or even Wang Juan in advance.
Apart from the 960,000 yuan he had collected, Zhao Minglei asked Lao Xiong to sell off the clothes that were about to change seasons as soon as possible to recover funds. In addition, he also found many big customers, both local and foreign, and boasted about the samples given to him by Mr. Steven, and then suggested making a deposit to reserve them.
It must be said that Mr. Steven's new clothes are really good, with novel styles and exquisite fabrics. Everyone is an old hand in this business. Once they ask the price and take a look and touch, they will know that they will make a lot of money once these clothes arrive. In addition, Zhao Minglei and Lao Xiong are now quite famous in Dashilan, and they have the background of officials and the cooperation of big bosses in Hong Kong. These merchants still trust Zhao Minglei and his team.
In this way, Zhao Minglei booked all the goods in advance, and finally collected the payment from Mr. Steven according to the 50% advance payment. Then he couldn't wait to transfer the money, and began to dream of making a fortune after the goods arrived.
When the payment was remitted, a few days later, Mr. Steven called Zhao Minglei to tell him that the payment had been received and he had started to arrange the shipment. At the same time, Hong Kong also sent Zhao Minglei a formal shipment fax. Looking at the shipment list on the fax, Zhao Minglei was even happier and even drank a bottle of wine during dinner.
But Zhao Minglei never expected that the goods that should have arrived a few days ago had disappeared without a trace after waiting for a long time, which made Zhao Minglei a little anxious.
As time goes by, those customers who have paid in advance also come to ask when the goods will arrive. After all, they have already given you half of the money, but the agreed arrival time has arrived and they haven’t seen the goods yet. It would be weird if they didn’t come to ask.
As time went by, Zhao Minglei felt more and more uneasy, but he was still trying to convince himself and find various reasons for Mr. Steven. Maybe it was because of the large amount of cargo that it was difficult to arrange wagons, or maybe it was because of the delay in the local train transfer? Or maybe it was due to factors such as weather... Anyway, Zhao Minglei looked for all the reasons he could find, telling himself again and again that there was absolutely no problem with this matter, but today's cruel reality gave Zhao Minglei a blow. Not only did Lao Xiong still not pick up the goods at the train station, but even the phone number that could contact Mr. Steven before could not be reached.
