Chapter Thirteen: Six hundred pounds left
Cardiff is the capital of Wales, the largest city in the Principality of Wales and the ninth largest city in the UK.
The Principality of Wales is one of the political entities of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It together with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland constitute the main body of the British island.
Currently, the highest head of state of the Principality of Wales is the Prince of Wales, and now the first heir to the British royal family, Prince Charles.
Cardiff is an important port, industrial and service center in southwest England. It was the world's largest coal export port in the early 20th century. Modern streets, buildings, old-style streets and ancient churches in Cardiff coexist. Cardiff has a large number of castles and historical monuments, and some of the castles can even be traced back to the ancient Roman period.
Today, the destination of Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang is Cardiff. To be precise, it is Cardiff City Flea Market located on Clezmir Street, northeast of Cardiff.
Before buying the car in the morning, the old book wholesaler Guo Xiaoxiang contacted. His shop was in the Cardiff flea market and was the largest old book wholesaler in Cardiff and even Wales.
Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang arrived for an hour and a half after a 110-mile journey. After getting off the expressway, under the leadership of Guo Xiaoxiang, the two cars quickly arrived at the Cardiff City Flea Market.
"Hey, Mike, I'm really happy to see you again." As soon as Guo Xiaoxiang got off the car, he hugged a big black man with a height of 1.95 meters. Yang Jing had never seen this black man before, but he knew that this black man was Michael Miller, the largest wholesaler of old books in Wales.
"Ah, Guo, I'm very happy to see you again. We haven't met for three years, right? I guess you have made a lot of money in London and are unwilling to come to a small place like Cardiff." The black man was very enthusiastic and patted the fat man's back with some exaggeration, and it was so surging...
The fat man told Yang Jing that he had cleaned up two manors near Cardiff three or four years ago, and he met Michael Miller at that time.
The fat man has been alone in the UK for almost six years, and has worked in the "rich garbage disposaler" industry for five years. Therefore, in this industry, the fat man's connections are far from comparable to that of Yang Jing.
Just like the books I got from Valdy Castle this time, if there were no fat people, Yang Jing could only bring these books to London to process. However, now, Fat people just made a phone call and these books were settled, and they were so convenient, and the price was even more suitable.
Even if these books are brought to London for processing, they may be sold at most 1,700 pounds. However, as it is now, not only save time and effort, but the price is very fair.
"Mike, let me introduce you to me. This is my good partner and my fellow countryman. Albert Yang, Lao Yang, this is Michael Miller, Cardiff's largest old book wholesaler."
After Yang Jing came to the UK, he gave himself a British name to facilitate dealing with the British. The name Albert represents "noble and smart" in English. Of course, Yang Jing used such a name without hesitation...
Yang Jing shook hands with Brother Hei. Brother Hei's hands were rough and covered with calluses. Obviously, this brother Hei was also a hard-working person.
"Do you two want to have a cup of coffee first? I just got some authentic Blue Mountain coffee from my friend two days ago. It's the right time for you to come."
The fat man smiled and waved his hand and said, "Mike, let's avoid coffee. You'd better read this batch of books first, I promise you're satisfied."
As the fat man said, he opened the golf trunk and the rear door. Yang Jing also opened the trunk, and piles of large heads tied neatly by ropes immediately appeared.
"These books are all good books produced from the castle of Valdi, most of which were published in the 1950s and 1960s. However, these books should have been used by the old Baron Valdi to decorate the study, and they have basically never been flipped. Therefore, these books have very good looks. At least I have been doing them for so many years, and I have never seen such good looks." The fat man explained on the side, his tone full of pride.
Michael Miller did not speak, but opened a few stacks of books, took out a few books from it and flipped through it. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Guo, you are not wrong. These books are really great."
Guo Xiaoxiang smiled and said, "Mike, these books are 206 in total, basically a few hundred pages. If the current price is at the moment, the price of a book is basically over 30 pounds, not to mention that there are many professional books in these books, and the price of these books is even more expensive."
Books in Britain are much more expensive than books in China. The same book may only sell 20 national coins in China, but in the UK it is almost twenty pounds, which is almost ten times the difference between the two.
Moreover, in the UK, some professional books are more expensive. For example, if you take out a professional accounting book, it will cost 70 to 80 pounds or even over 100 pounds.
Yes, the price of new books in the UK is so outrageous. Therefore, in the UK, many people do not buy books in bookstores, but go to the second-hand book flea market. Especially students, they are the main buyers of the second-hand book flea market.
It is precisely because of this reason that many second-hand book dealers have been born in the UK. The black brother in front of him is the largest second-hand book dealer in Wales.
Brother Hei closed a big book and looked at Guo Xiaoxiang and said, "Guo, we are old friends. When you called me before, I didn't see the quality of these books, so I gave you a discounted price. Now that I see these books, I am very satisfied. So, I can add another three hundred pounds to the morning price, and make up an integer of two thousand pounds!"
The fat man smiled and shook his head and said, "Mike, you are such a bad guy! If you put such a good book online and sell it, I can guarantee that every book can be sold at a high price. These books are not published in recent years. These books are more than half a century old and are of such good quality. They can be regarded as antiques. And my guy and I have been busy with these books for three days. Do you have the heart to give us such a low price? This is obviously not fair."
Brother Hei smacked his lips and muttered a few words, then said: "2,200 pounds, this is the highest price I can give."
The fat man smiled and stretched out three fingers and said, "My man, I know very well that if these books are placed here, they can at least bring you more than 5,000 pounds. If you catch up with people who like old books, ten thousand pounds is not necessarily impossible. So, I think it should be a more appropriate number for you to pay us three thousand pounds."
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Although Yang Jing claimed that he could do such a bargaining thing, he would never be able to do this. Therefore, Yang Jing stood aside and didn't speak, watching the two of them bargaining there.
In the end, the price of these books was fixed at 2,600 pounds, which was nine hundred pounds more than the price Fatty said in the morning.
In other words, after Yang Jing spent 1,500 pounds to buy the carnival in the morning, he could still have a pure 600 pounds left!
Chapter completed!