pappabearbooks Chapter 2748: Franchise fee
Chapter 2748: Franchise fee
The next day, Liu Jingfeng was still buying vegetables at the farmer's market when Lin Ran suddenly called him back to the store.
"Brother Liu, I'm afraid we have business again."
"Ah?" Liu Jingfeng is no longer the country master he used to be. If he were the old man, he would definitely agree.
But the ancient tombs he encountered recently made him feel haggard.
"Why, isn't Brother Liu interested?"
"I'm interested." Liu Jingfeng hesitated, "But actually, I still want to take a rest."
"It wasn't long after I went to the ancient tomb last time. When I came back, I felt like I had lost my memory."
“I feel like I’ve encountered a lot of things, but I can’t remember any of them.”
Liu Jingfeng has been upset recently because of this incident.
He even stopped drinking, just to keep his head clear.
"Brother Liu, another big tomb has appeared, and it looks very dangerous." Lin Ran told Liu Jingfeng about Tang Lanxuan's current situation.
Liu Jingfeng was not familiar with Tang Lanxuan, but he still admired him quite a lot.
Knowing that Tang Lanxuan was in danger, Liu Jingfeng naturally did his part.
"Again? Have these ancient tombs appeared too frequently recently?" Liu Jingfeng was also confused.
Lin Ran responded: "Indeed, but this kind of thing is beyond our control."
"But that's a good place! Someone got the imperial seal from inside."
"Maybe if we go there, we can find more valuable treasures inside."
"Are you sure?" Liu Jingfeng was a little moved.
He suddenly realized, pass on the national jade seal!There is such a treasure?
Lin Ran nodded and told Liu Jingfeng what happened at the auction.
When he saw the imperial seal, Liu Jingfeng's eyes widened.
He was also completely moved.
"Where is the tomb?"
There are such precious cultural relics in the tomb, but they were excavated by an unprofessional team. If their team worked harder, wouldn't they be able to find something more valuable?
"But I think there is a problem." Lin Ran said, "Especially because many people in their team have had accidents."
After all, it is a legendary ancient tomb, and anything could happen inside.
Knowing that Lin Ran spent a lot of money to arrange his team into the opponent's team, Liu Jingfeng couldn't help but laugh: "You are the big boss now. It seems that the position of holding the pot should be given to you."
Lin Ran couldn't help but feel sick when he thought about the money he had invested.
"Stop talking, I hope I can get my money back this time." Lin Ran also did it for Tang Lanxuan, and he couldn't accept it if something happened to him.
The tomb robbers are not something that needs to be arranged immediately. There are some other things that need to be dealt with now.
After leaving the preparation work to Liu Jingfeng, Lin Ran drove to the entrance of an antique store an hour later.
Parked the car and walked into the antique shop.
Unlike other antique shops, this one seems very lively.
The store clerk is moving the packaged antiques one by one to the store's warehouse.
Originally the antique shop was closed to the public, but Jiang Hua said hello in advance.
When shop owner Fang Hong saw Lin Ran, he also smiled and walked to Lin Ran's side.
"Little brother, are you Boss Lin?"
"You don't need to call me boss, just call me Lin Ran." Lin Ran extended his hand to express friendship.
After the two people shook hands, Fang Hong said: "The store is a bit chaotic now. Just for fun, let's go upstairs and sit."
"Do you mind if I study for a while?" Lin Ran asked with a smile.
"Watch as you like." Fang Hong said politely.
He led Lin Ran to the warehouse and said, "I'm a little busy today because I just got a batch of goods from someone and I'm sorting them out."
What Lin Ran was looking for was the source of goods, but he knew that Fang Hong was actually an agent, so he asked: "The quantity of this batch of goods is really large, and it costs a lot of money, right?"
"Yes, there are 400 million yuan worth of goods here." Fang Hong was quite honest, "But don't look at the amount of goods. In fact, the profit rate is not particularly high. I estimated that I should earn 100 million yuan. about."
"Is the profit rate so low?" Lin Ran asked.
Antiques have always been synonymous with high profits. Fang Hong's ability to estimate the profit margin of a batch of goods is actually quite remarkable.
"Oh, it's all layman's misunderstanding." Fang Hong said with a smile, "Others see that we can sell an antique for thousands or even tens of thousands, but they never consider that the price we get the goods for is the same."
"For example, my batch of goods, worth nearly 400 million, only has a total of [-] pieces."
"I made an estimate and found that if the market conditions are good, I should be able to sell it in about a year."
"In this case, with these goods, we can make a profit of about 120 million yuan."
"My store is leased. I need to consider the monthly rent, plus labor costs. In addition, I have to consider the possibility of losing antiques in my hands."
Not every antique can be sold smoothly.
Of the two hundred antiques, at least about forty will be waiting in the antique store for a long time, which means that no customers will inquire about the price, and such antiques will be regarded as silent costs by them.
Coupled with other miscellaneous taxes, the actual profit is still not very high.
Lin Ran nodded, Fang Hong was a real person and quite honest.
This is not something you would normally say to strangers.
But then again, Fang Hong's business model is actually different from Fang Dahai's antique shop.
First of all, his antique store mainly relies on sales. Like him, he buys and sells in large quantities. Small antique stores simply cannot support it.
The other thing is the operating expenses. As he said, the number of clerks in the store is definitely not low. In addition, some masters need to be hired for appraisal and sales, and they have to take a commission directly.
Under this kind of volume of transactions, 1/4 of the profit points are guaranteed, which is already quite impressive.
"Boss Lin, do you want to buy goods from me today?" After Fang Hong finished arranging the work and saw that there was no one else around, he went straight to the topic.
Jiang Hua had greeted him before, saying that there was a new boss in the industry who wanted to find a stable supply of goods, so he introduced him.
In addition to the antique retail business, I also act as an agent.
This is also another important source of profit for his store.
Fang Hong had taken good care of Lin Ran and told Lin Ran many business secrets, thus gaining Lin Ran's trust.
"If you want to purchase goods from me, I might as well tell you so directly. In fact, I am not a primary source of goods. I also need to charge a certain amount of benefits."
"However, what Jiang Hua and I gave may be different. You pay me a moving fee, and I will help you get the goods directly."
"That's about [-] yuan a year. If you can accept this condition, I can take you to the warehouse to see the goods directly."
Fang Hong was blunt.