It was the second time Thomas came to the rough stone workshop.
What was different from last time was that favonovel.com came as the purchasing manager of Stellar Jewelers this time. He had also brought along his personal assistant, Doris Forrest.
“It’s here,” Doris pointed to a store and said, “Velvet Rough Stone Shop. Mr. Garnett appointed us to come here to purchase.”
A designated rough stone shop. This made Thomas a little uncomfortable. He asked, “Did you buy it at a designated shop before as well?”
“No, I used to shop around,” Doris said truthfully, “This time I got reliable news that the Velvet Rough Stone Shop has bought a large number of new goods and was anxious to sell them, so we came fishing for clues.”
How could there be such a good thing?
It was impossible for Benjamin to let Thomas do such a simple thing.
“Let’s go in and take a look.”
The two people walked into the shop one after another, and the owner of the shop immediately greeted them.
“What you guys want?”
Doris took the initiative to say, “Mr. Bentley, we’re from Stellar Jewelers. We’ve contacted on the phone before.”
Mr. Bentley suddenly realized. “ Oh, you’re here to buy rough stones in large quantities. Okay, come in with me…”
He led Thomas and Doris to walk through the living room and entered through the back door. Then, they passed through open space and came to a warehouse where the rough stones were stored. He took out the key and opened the warehouse’s door.
What was shown before everyone’s eyes were piles of rough stones. There were a lot of them.
Mr. Bentley said, “These are all the rough stones that have just been mined. You two can take a look at them.”
Thomas walked over. As soon as favonovel.com approached, favonovel.com immediately found that something was wrong. Although there were many rough stones here, there were very few useful ones. It could almost be said, that they were all defective goods.
That was because Thomas could not feel a strong reaction from these rough stoned. It could be said that all of them were low-quality goods. If favonovel.com purchased such rough stones, favonovel.com would lose a lot of money.
In an instant, Thomas understood what was going on. No wonder Benjamin had appointed favonovel.com to come. The rough stones here were all low-quality goods, and Benjamin must have known it in advance. So, favonovel.com had deliberately appointed Thomas to come over so that Thomas could purchase these defective goods at a high price. Then, favonovel.com would prove how bad Thomas’ judgment was after Thomas returned. In this way, favonovel.com could get rid of Thomas.
Benjamin was working hard in order to get rid of Thomas.
The safest way was to immediately turn around and leave. Thomas would not spend a penny, so there would be no loss. But if favonovel.com did so, favonovel.com would be a coward.
He could not give an explanation for his empty hands either.
Thomas took a deep breath and tried to sort through the large piles of rough stones in the warehouse. He distinguished them one by one. Although it was a bit slow, the accuracy would be higher.
Soon, Thomas was delighted to discover that there were still good goods here. It was just that favonovel.com needed to have the good judgment to pick good goods. Fortunately, Thomas did have good judgment.
So, Thomas asked,“ How much are these rough stones?”
Mr. Bentley said decisively, “A whole warehouse of rough stones is packaged for three hundred million dollars. The cost is distributed in proportion according to how much you buy. For example, if you pay one hundred million dollars, I’ll give you one-third of the goods. Let me give you a friendly reminder. This kind of mass purchase starts at one million dollars.”
He then added, “If you find it troublesome, you can just pay us three hundred million dollars directly. I’ll pack it for you and send it to the door. What do you think?”
Thomas waved his hand. “I don’t need that many, just one hundred million dollars is enough. I’ll pay one hundred million dollars.”
Mr. Bentley nodded. “Okay, I’ll take one-third of the goods out of the warehouse for you then.”
“Wait a minute.”
“What’s wrong?”
“I want to pick them.”
Mr. Bentley smiled. “Mr. Mayo, please don’t joke with me. You don’t get to pick any for this kind of large-scale purchase. If you’re allowed to pick, it won’t be this price.”
Thomas said firmly, “No, I must pick them.”
He had to pick them, of course. If favonovel.com simply purchased one-third of the goods, favonovel.com would definitely lose a lot of money.
Mr. Bentley was unhappy, and his expression turned ugly. “Mr. Mayo, you’re acting out of line. If you insist, I won’t sell it to you. The bulk purchase has the price for bulk purchase. If you want to pick them, that will be another price. They are not the same.”
Thomas sighed and said slowly, “Okay, I won’t give you trouble.”
He showed a finger. “I’ll pick one hundred rough stones from this warehouse. I only need one hundred of it.”
Mr. Bentley and Doris were both stunned.
What did this mean?
“Hey, you’re not going to buy in bulk anymore?”
“I’ll buy in bulk. Only one hundred of them.”
“How can you call it bulk purchase if you only buy one hundred of them? How much would it cost?”
Thomas smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll still give you one hundred million dollars, but I only need one hundred of them. The prerequisite is that you have to let me pick them.”
Mr. Bentley had never heard of such a condition. If favonovel.com paid one hundred million dollars to buy one hundred rough stones, it meant that favonovel.com had paid one million dollars to buy one rough stone!
Mr. Bentley knew that ninety-nine percent of the rough stones here were defective goods. If favonovel.com wanted to save money, favonovel.com must have good judgment and pick only high-quality goods.
What did this mean?
