CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: SAVING MONEY BY BUYING SECONDHAND

Next morning.

Chen Yiyang felt his lower back muscles were a bit stiff.

Lately, he indeed had been overindulgent.

Chen Yiyang reflected on himself.

He thought about buying some toys to assist himself in the future to avoid short intervals between rounds and excessive short-term exercise leading to muscle fatigue.

However, his sleep quality had been pretty good recently. No matter how late he stayed up at night, he would always get up on time each morning.

At this moment, Xu Qing hadn’t woken up yet.

With one hand under the blanket climbing mountains, Chen Yiyang used the other to check today’s updates on his phone.

Today’s intelligence, save money buying second-hand: Warehouse No. 1908 on Storage Street, Wushan District, Jin City, has a batch of second-hand KTV audio equipment for sale at a low price.

At Jianghao Hotel, Jianghe Street, Guan City District, Jin City, a Russian businessman is looking to purchase good quality and affordable KTV audio equipment.

Buy this batch of second-hand audio equipment for less than one million, sell it to the Russian businessman, and you can make a successful fortune.

Contact information for relevant personnel is already attached on the second page.

Seems like a good deal.

With the development of the times, the KTV industry is declining.

One is the intense competition, where colleagues are crazily involved.

Another is the rise of business KTVs, where bosses with high spending power opt for business KTVs.

Another reason is the popularity of nightclubs, where many young people prefer to go to nightclubs rather than KTVs.

This has resulted in KTVs, originally a symbol of youth and trend, becoming a favorite gathering place for the middle-aged and elderly who look for value for money.

These consumer groups will pay for a fifty-dollar room fee, but if you want them to spend on high-priced alcohol and fruit platters, they might just show you how they usually scold their children at home.

Therefore, many local KTVs in Jin City have closed on a large scale in the past two years, leading to a surge of second-hand audio equipment in the market.

Chen Yiyang pinched two grapes, seeing Xu Qing showed no sign of waking up.

He decided that taking care of business was more important.

So he got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and called the contact person from the warehouse.

"Is this Boss Xu? I heard you have a warehouse full of KTV audio equipment for sale?"

"Yes, it’s me. Where did you hear about this news from? You better not be a scammer." The voice on the other side sounded angry and quite unlike someone who couldn’t sell his stuff normally.

"What scammer, I’m not."

"You better not be." Boss Xu then continued by angrily swearing at someone.

Through the snippets in the curses, Chen Yiyang understood what had happened.

It turned out this Boss Xu used to be the owner of a KTV chain.

After the KTV business went downhill, he planned to sell the audio equipment at a low price.

Someone approached him and said they had connections in Southeast Asia to sell this batch of second-hand audio equipment there, which could fetch a higher price.

So Boss Xu spent a lot of time refurbishing this batch of audio equipment, ensuring all devices were working properly.

Then he packed up the audio equipment transported them to a warehouse on Storage Street, waiting for that person to buy them and take them away.

But after he prepared everything, the contact person disappeared and couldn’t be reached.

Now Boss Xu was dumbfounded.

He himself had no way to sell the equipment to Southeast Asia. And selling them locally now, all his prior refurbishing, packaging, and storage expenses would be for naught.

"Whether you’re a scammer or not, my warehouse rental expires in three days. If you want to buy, pay up and take the stuff away within three days."

"How much do you plan to sell the stuff for?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"If you pay today, eighty thousand will do. Ninety thousand tomorrow, a hundred thousand the day after, beyond that I won’t sell, I’ll smash each with a hammer!"

Well, this old fellow is really hot-tempered.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yiyang called the Russian businessman.

The call connected quickly.

Then came a burst of gibberish that Chen Yiyang didn’t understand.

Chen Yiyang tried saying a few Chinese words in his limited English.

Quickly, he got a "no" in reply.

Damn, can’t speak Chinese but doing business in our Jin City.

After hanging up, Chen Yiyang called the little accountant.

"Boss, let me confirm first, how should I address Xu Qing in the future? Call her Second Boss Lady or Sister Xu Qing."

"What nonsense is that, just tell me how you found out?" Chen Yiyang questioned the little accountant.

Yesterday, Xu Qing was the first to return to the room saying she had to leave for the pet shop.

Then Chen Yiyang returned, pretending to ask where Xu Qing disappeared to, stayed a bit, then excused himself to pay the bill and leave.

"Because when you came back from the bathroom, you stared at that plate of chives on the table, ate it, and left."

"I just like eating chives, is that a problem?" Chen Yiyang retorted, then thought for a second and continued, "From now on, just call her ’Sis,’ don’t mess with rankings or talk nonsense. Got it?"

"Got it, boss." The little accountant replied crisply.

But Chen Yiyang still felt a bit uneasy.

What if this little accountant has some naive sense of justice and waves around green hats in front of Chang Yuning while cohabiting with him?

So he continued, "I suddenly remembered something, now that you have to run back and forth for studio and shop matters.

Your old prosthetic was too cheap and might not withstand such frequent usage. How about this, the shop will pay, and you get yourself a higher-end prosthetic to replace it."

"Thank you, boss." The little accountant thanked Chen Yiyang sweetly, then asked, "So boss, how should I file the expenses?"

"Just list it as office equipment wear and tear. Sell your old prosthetic to the shop, so you don’t have a prosthetic, and lose office capability.

Then use the shop’s name to buy a new prosthetic, citing the reason as providing necessary office equipment for staff."

"Understood, boss.

"By the way," Chen Yiyang remembered the Russian businessman’s call, "Do you know Russian?"

"Nope," the little accountant replied promptly.

"Then help me find out if there are any Russian translators in Jin City."

"I’m not sure about Russian translators, but I know a model who can speak both Russian and Chinese. Do you need her, boss?"

What nonsense.

Why would a model learn Russian?

Two hours later.

The little accountant Shen Yifan walked in with a tall, blonde Belarusian model, about 1.7 meters tall, and stood in front of Chen Yiyang.

"Let me introduce you, my boss, Chen Yiyang. This is Natasha, a Belarusian model, and also my good friend."

"Hello." Chen Yiyang looked at the Belarusian girl in front of him, resembling a naturally beautiful elf from a fantasy novel, and reached out his hand in greeting.