Chapter 78: The Art of Trading or the Value of Language
Individuals with special abilities or hidden organizations that once existed should have a basic "mystery". However, this mystery that only exists in imagination was shattered the first time Fu Jixianli came here.
He even began to have a doubt, was it that these special abilities were all unemployed and social borers, so they had to rely on others to persuade them to go out to work?
"Sister Kui, are you sure you are in this place? We are not in a remote government department or social welfare agency, right?"
Just in case, Fu Jixianli asked.
"No, I'm sure it's in this place."
Aoi Man glanced at Fu Jixianri, and then walked towards the building first.
Well, Fu Jixianli doesn't need to "just in case" at all.
The floor is low, the floor height is limited, the backlight is few windows, and it has a dampness and a smell of decay of wood... After entering this building, Fu Jixianli immediately received so much similar simple information, which can be used to speculate what his first impression would be.
It is more credible to say that this is a haunted house, but they are not here to seek help but are preparing to catch ghosts.
"It seems that there is no one."
After looking around for a week, Fu Jixianli did not find any employees or reception staff here.
"Do you still expect to see some beautiful receptionist in such a place and then smile and say 'Welcome' to you?" Ma Naka Aoi directly exposed Fu Jixianri's fantasy, "This is the kind of place that is swept into the garbage dump by the times, and even construction will become a state that will be put to demolition after a few years."
"Sister Kui doesn't seem to like this place very much? You're a little rude." Fu Jixian said wisely that it's too late to put on the style of a senior now?
Well, Shizukui is petite, loves sweets, and cannot accept bitter coffee, but she is actually a respectable elderly person.
"The person is on the second floor." Makoto Aoi did not respond to Fu Jixianri's words.
There was no movement when she walked upstairs, but when Fu Jixianli's turn stepped on the stairs, the old floors began to squeak and overwhelmed... There was no way, someone's weight was "light as a feather", and people who seemed to be normal in weight were "heavy than Mount Tai".
Just as Fu Jixianli was worried about whether the stairs would collapse, the two of them came to the second floor. Then, after turning the corner of the stairs, he saw a high counter - it looked a bit like the pawnshop counter layout of the costume TV series he watched in his previous life.
Below is a high wall counter, and above is a thick solid wood fence extending all the way to the ceiling. A small window opens under the fence.
Makoto stood on tiptoe, reached out to start knocking on the wall (because she didn't have a good time to reach the fence or window above). To be honest, if she wasn't afraid of being beaten, Fu Jixianli could hardly resist the urge to pick her up at this time... People have the instinct to like to take care of young creatures.
"Are you here after leaving Yushan?"
It seems that there is a person called "Izuyu Mountain" here.
The next moment, a middle-aged man's face appeared behind the window.
"Who is looking for me?
Oh, it's really good.
So you are still alive?”
This man said such words in a cold tone, making people feel as if he was always looking forward to others dying soon.
Makazu Aoi turned her head and said to Fu Jixianli, "For a long time, I always thought that this person was the most ugly person, and it was not until I met you that I realized that he was actually not guilty."
Fu Jixianli: "..."
Is this a bias? He is still polite. At least he didn't come up directly and asked if someone died, right?
I am afraid of comparison in life, because through comparison one person can achieve redemption by relying on another person... After all, there is no worst, only worse.
"There is business to come." Aoi Makazu turned around and said to the other party with her face raised.
Then Izuyama looked at Fu Jixianri who was standing behind Makoto Aoi, and then said concisely, "Come in."
A door on the side was then opened.
Then Fu Jixianli felt that he had entered a metal workshop. The not-so-wide space was filled with various metal-processing workbenches and other equipment, and the air was filled with the smell of heavy rust.
Then he saw the appearance of "Exhausa Mountain". The other party was short and strong, with a rosacea, and a hairstyle that followed the popular elements of the times and was particularly eye-catching - the Mediterranean.
"What do you want?"
Fu Jixianli didn't hate this straightforward style of behavior. He said, "I heard that I could order special weapons here... I don't know if I could order such special things."
As he said that, he handed over his sketch to the other party, which contained the rough shape of the weapon and the functions he wanted to achieve.
The other party took the sketch, took a look and said, "It's done, but this thing needs to be added."
Fu Jixianli nodded, "Well, it's enough to do it, but it's only second to those who are not rich."
"There is another question. I only work for members of the association. Are you a member of the association?"
Since Aoi Masaru came here with Fu Jixianri, it means that he is a special group of people who have been exposed to special things. There is no need to doubt this, but the question asked by Yushan is difficult to answer.
Fu Jixianri is not, um... the employee of the Kita-Sichome Labor Association of Minatoi Minato, Tokyo seems to be out of the other party's service scope.
Aoi Maru rolled her eyes, and then she said to Fu Jixianli, "Lijun, come here."
She walked to the corner of the room and pointed to a worn notebook on a table and said, "Sign up your name and contact information here, so that it is equivalent to completing the registration procedures."
“…this is OK?”
It sounds like it's a bit too hasty. What about the mysterious organization that was agreed upon? It has now fallen to this level?
"Of course, otherwise do you think you have to go through three rounds of interviews? Please, no one will pay you a salary."
Fu Jixianli honestly signed his name on that laptop and left a phone number.
When I came to Izuyama again, I heard the other party say, "What about the material for making jade steel (and steel or jade steel, samurai steel, a kind of steel made of traditional Japanese methods)?"
Sure enough, Fu Jixianli was so simple and qualified for service.
"No, if possible, try to use solid modern alloys as the manufacturing material." Fu Jixianli decisively skipped the pit.
In general, Fu Jixianli is a person who trusts social progress and technological development very much, and holds the simple view that "the present will win the past and the present will win the present."
Traditional techniques and skills are worthy of respect, but not worth over-boasting... The so-called "famous swords" forged in ancient or medieval times, even if they are magical, "cut iron like mud", they are bound to be cut off when facing mass-produced modern alloy tools.
There is no way, technological progress, large-scale industrial production is much more powerful than a master of swordsmanship, or the two are not comparable at all.
"Yes," Izuyama didn't say much, "1.2 million, half of the advance payment, two weeks delivery."
"Uh..." Fu Jixianli felt that he didn't hear the price clearly.
The introduction is withdrawn. It seems that there is a lot of money or not.
1.2 million yen is a high price in the modern tool market, which is small at 100,000 yuan. This money is enough to buy a scooter that can be considered a good one.
A car and a metal stick, even if it is a metal stick with exquisite design, it cannot be equal in any case, right?
"Then what, Mr. Izuyama, I think you can discuss the price again?"
It’s not that Fu Jixianli is reluctant to let go of money, he just feels that the money is spent too much, and he feels like he is being fooled by someone.
So in the face of his bargaining, he pointed at the door:
“Either pay or leave.”
“…”
Have you discovered a way to achieve efficient communication with Fu Jixianli?
That is, don’t listen to him, just say his meaning in the simplest, most bottom-line, and most unbargainable way.
Especially when he "has something to ask for."
There is no way, after all, it is a "seller's market". Since there is no room for negotiation, Fu Jixianli can only be a sucker to accept the other party's conditions.
"Mr. Izuyama, I hope what you make can guarantee quality and value for money."
"Don't worry, as long as your money is real."
“…”
Chapter completed!