Chapter 778
Making friends isn't bad either
At this moment, the store manager's idea was that for someone who couldn't afford to buy, he could just give him a couple of items to look at to get by, and he wouldn't lose anything; it would just be a waste of some time.
With this in mind, the store manager went back to the storeroom, grabbed two sets at random, and came out to Xu Bo'an's counter. He gently placed the items down, opened them all, and said to Xu Bo'an in a seemingly polite manner, "Sir, these are two of our best-selling complete sets of gold jewelry for weddings. Please take a look!"
After glancing at them briefly, Xu Bo'an shook his head and said, "Why are these two gold jewelry necklaces and bracelets so thin? They don't look very elegant. Do you have any other styles in your store that look more elegant?"
Oh, by the way, could I exchange my own gold for jewelry in your store?
The store manager said, "Our gold shop is a national chain brand gold shop, and the quality is more guaranteed compared to other stores. If you want to exchange gold, we have high requirements for the purity of the gold. Either use our own gold or use very pure gold to exchange for items in our store. The depreciation fee will be relatively lower."
If you exchange gold from other jewelry stores or gold with lower purity for gold jewelry in our store, the depreciation fee will be relatively higher. We do not exchange gold that does not meet certain purity standards; we need to assess the purity of your gold before we can agree to an exchange.
After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Xu Bo'an took out the bottle of gold beans that he had taken from his secret base in the Bonsai World in advance from the large pocket of his coat and said to the shopkeeper, "Then see if the purity of these gold beans can be exchanged for these jewelry in your shop, and how the depreciation fee is calculated?"
The store manager was truly shocked when she saw Xu Bo'an take out such a large bottle of gold beans. She never expected that this man, who was dressed so plainly, would have so many gold beans.
However, she quickly regained her composure after the initial shock. Although based on her years of sales experience, she believed that the bottle of gold beans was indeed genuine, she still needed to examine its purity to determine its true value.
The store manager said to Xu Bo'an, "Please wait patiently for a moment while I use our professional equipment to test the purity of these gold beans so I can make a judgment!"
The store manager took the bottle from Xu Bo'an, then took out a gold bean and tested it with the store's professional equipment. She was stunned. The purity of the gold bean was as high as 99.9999%, which was practically laboratory-grade. The highest purity gold in most jewelry stores is only 99.99%.
Then the shop manager took out all the gold beans from Xu Bo'an's bottle and tested them. She found that the test results showed that the purity of all the gold beans was the same as that of the first gold bean. The shop manager was completely shocked this time and couldn't help but exclaim.
The other employees, seeing the store manager's shocked expression, curiously ran over, and were all stunned when they saw the numbers on the testing equipment.
How could this ordinary-looking man so easily produce a bottle of such high-purity gold? That's incredible! Is he some kind of legendary hidden millionaire?
It's true what they say: you can't judge a book by its cover!
If I had known he was such a wealthy person, I should have come to greet him sooner, so I could have earned a lot of commission. But now it's all too late.
The store manager has already received the customer; the sales staff can't just go up and snatch the person away!
Even if we manage to snatch customers away now, the sales revenue won't count as ours.
Company policy dictates that once a salesperson has started serving a customer, other salespeople cannot steal the customer away halfway through; doing so will result in dismissal.
Imagine if we went to a store to buy something and were surrounded by a bunch of salespeople, all trying to persuade us to buy from them, there would be no order at all, wouldn't that be complete chaos?
If that's the case, when we go to the store to buy things, we'll be bombarded by a bunch of shop assistants as soon as we walk in. Do you think we'd dare to buy anything from her next time?
Therefore, every industry has its own rules, and the sales industry is no exception. You can't just poach customers randomly. When a customer comes to the store, the salesperson who served them should continue to serve them, unless the customer specifically requests a particular salesperson.
Now all the sales staff are kicking themselves for not being more attentive to Xu Bo'an, but it's too late for regrets.
Only the salesperson who had previously served Xu Bo'an couldn't suppress his own selfish desires upon seeing such a wealthy client. He said to the store manager with a self-righteous air, "Manager, I was the one who served this customer when he first came in, so I should be serving him again now!"
Before the store manager could recover from the shock of Xu Bo'an's extremely pure gold beads, he heard such outrageous words from the salesperson.
He was so rude to the customer just now, and I didn't blame him. I even served this customer for him. I didn't expect that when he saw that this customer was a wealthy patron, he would turn around and try to steal the customer from me. What kind of logic is that?
Although she had some misunderstandings about Xu Bo'an earlier, thinking that he couldn't afford a complete set of gold jewelry, as the store manager, she had at least treated the customer with the professionalism expected of a salesperson.
Although the others were also envious of the store manager for getting such a big order, they wouldn't shamelessly steal customers from her like that salesperson.
Before the store manager could speak, another salesperson, who disapproved of her actions, said, "You really have a big face. You were the one who didn't want to serve this customer, so the store manager took over. Now that you see he has money, you want to serve him and steal his business?"
"Exactly, they're shameless!"
The salesperson who had been rude to Xu Bo'an earlier retorted angrily upon hearing his colleagues' comments: "Didn't you all not serve this customer at first? Do you dare say you weren't envious when you saw the store manager receiving such a generous customer? You still have the nerve to criticize me like this? What a hypocritical bunch!"
"Hehe, we may be envious, but we won't do anything as despicable as you!"
"After knowing you for so long, I never imagined you were such a two-faced person!"
"That's right, that's right! You were shameless enough to try and kick out the customer. I think you're the one who should be leaving!"
Other sales staff, seeing this injustice, chimed in with their own opinions.
When the saleswoman saw that her words had provoked such outrage, she immediately shut her mouth and stood still.
Seeing that he had stopped causing trouble, the store manager ignored her. Serving this big spender well was the most important thing right now.
As for her, she seriously violated the rules of the trade for salespeople. Once this big spender leaves, I will naturally deal with her.
The store manager was too busy to deal with the salesperson right now. As if nothing had happened, she still gave Xu Bo'an a professional smile, only this time it was brighter and more radiant than before.
He returned the gold beans to Xu Bo'an very politely, saying, "Sir, these gold beans of yours are of extremely high purity and can be exchanged for any jewelry here."
According to our store's regulations, we charge a depreciation fee of thirty yuan per gram, and a labor fee of four percent of the jewelry price. Xu Bo'an knew very well the purity of these gold beads; they were definitely higher than the purity of the gold jewelry in the gold shop. Hearing that there would be additional depreciation and labor fees, Xu Bo'an immediately gave up the idea of exchanging the gold beads for jewelry.
I must be stupid to exchange such high-purity gold beads for jewelry from a gold shop. If I didn't need these gold ornaments so quickly, I would definitely have taken the gold beads to Zou Shengsheng, the gold jewelry master at Bonsai World, to make a set of handmade gold jewelry for Li Qingshi and the others. That way, there wouldn't be any other miscellaneous fees.
Xu Bo'an thought about it and realized that his gold beads were definitely of higher purity than the jewelry in the gold shop. If he were to put gold beads on his face and then pay money to exchange for their jewelry, wouldn't he be losing money?
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an said to the shop manager, "Do I really need to pay so much more? Then I won't exchange it!"
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, everyone in the shop felt that this guy was playing a trick on them, probably just wanting to test the purity of their gold, or that his gold was most likely ill-gotten gains.
Even the shop manager began to have doubts and couldn't help but make wild guesses about Xu Bo'an's bottle of gold beans.
Just as they were lost in thought, Xu Bo'an spoke up again: "I don't need to use these gold beans to exchange for them, I'll just buy them with money."
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, everyone realized they had been overthinking things; it seemed he was indeed a capable person.
The store manager, in particular, breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled at Xu Bo'an, saying, "We support sir in making any purchase!"
Xu Bo'an said, "I don't like either of these two styles. Do you have any other styles in your store? I'd like to take a look!"
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, the store manager became much more enthusiastic and quickly said, "Okay, sir, please wait a moment. I'll bring out all the stylish styles in our store for you to choose from right away!"
After seeing Xu Bo'an nod, the store manager quickly walked towards the warehouse, taking three steps at a time, and called the other sales staff to come along. Soon, several sales staff came out, each carrying a few boxes.
The box was placed on the counter and then opened for Xu Bo'an to choose from. Fortunately, there were only ten styles of this set of gold jewelry, so Xu Bo'an didn't have too much of a headache choosing.
After glancing at them a few times, he simply and directly chose the heaviest one among these styles, thinking it would be a perfect gift.
Xu Bo'an pointed to the heaviest piece of jewelry and said, "This is the one. Wrap it up for me. How much? I'll pay by card!"
The store managers thought Xu Bo'an would take his time choosing such an expensive item, but he finished picking it out so quickly, leaving them momentarily stunned. Then, she quickly recovered and said, "Oh, oh, sir, this is the most expensive item in our store, it costs 300,000!"
After the store manager finished speaking, Xu Bo'an took out a bank card and handed it to the store manager without saying a word. After the store manager swiped the card, he finally realized that the person in front of him was undoubtedly a tycoon.
After swiping his card, the store manager packed the items while praising Xu Bo'an, saying, "You must have bought this set of gold jewelry as a gift for your wife. Your wife is so lucky!"
Xu Bo'an said, "Oh no, this is for my friend!"
The store manager smiled and couldn't help but exclaim, "Your friend is so lucky!"
Seeing Xu Bo'an's surprisingly generous spending, the shop assistants nearby couldn't help but whisper among themselves:
"Wow, just being his friend gets you such an expensive gift, his friends must be so lucky!"
I want to be his friend!
One of the salespeople said, "Being friends is not as good as being wives. Think about it, if a friend gives such an expensive gift, what kind of treatment will his wife receive!"
"Yes, yes, that's so true! I want to be his wife!"
The salesperson who had just spoken couldn't stand it anymore and said, "You're dreaming! Who would want someone as rich as you, a lowly worker in a gold shop? Stop daydreaming!"
Another salesperson retorted, "That's not how it works. Aren't there several male celebrities who married salespeople from high-end luxury stores? Let's not underestimate ourselves. Besides, we should still have dreams—what if they come true!"
Just as the salespeople were chattering away, Xu Bo'an suddenly remembered that he should buy another phoenix crown so that he could have a complete set.
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an asked the shopkeeper, "I'm planning to buy another pure gold phoenix crown for my friend. Do you have any phoenix crowns for sale in your shop? Let me take a look, preferably one that looks grand and has a relatively heavy weight!"
The store manager was even more surprised after hearing this. In a small fourth- or fifth-tier city like Dongjiang, very few people buy phoenix crowns. In all his years in the business, he had never heard of more than five customers making such a request, and they were all top-tier wealthy people in Dongjiang who would only make such a request when their daughters got married or their wives got married.
Just how powerful is this young man that he would inquire about such an extremely expensive item as the phoenix crown, especially since he wants to give it to his friend?
At the same time, the sales staff standing to the side were all astonished and opened their mouths wide when they heard Xu Bo'an say this.
Then the chatter erupted, with people chattering, "A sugar daddy like that must already be taken. Looks like being his wife is out of the question. Being his friend wouldn't be bad either!" (End of Chapter)