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- Rebirth: How A Loser Became A Prince Charming Chapter 204: A Shrewd Merchant
- Under the archway of an overpass, Wang Xiaor, a hard-working delivery boy, was waiting for his boss next to his tricycle.
- He had just taken a cigarette from his colleague, who was in charge of West Street, when he saw a white minibus draw near on the dusty road.
- The newspaper man called Pipe was the largest newspaper seller in the eastern part of the capital. He had more than 30 delivery boys working for him.
- As a successful businessman, he believed in a professional vision. It was said that there would be a new magazine released that day, but he hadn...t paid attention to it. The distributing bureau assigned a basic magazine volume to him, so he had to trust them.
- He had the ability to swallow magazines up after all.
- Pipe stamped on his brakes and parked his car between his delivery boys.
- When he opened the trunk, his men gathered around to help him carry the magazines down.
- Pipe took out a cigarette, and Wang Xiaor lit it up.
- "Be careful with the names. Don...t mix them up. Today there...s a new magazine coming out. Follow our old rules and distribute it to your own newsstands."
- "What? Boss, did you have a look at it yet? They have issued an excessive volume."
- "They are just overconfident. The magazines will be returned to the periodical office after a week."
- Wang Xiaor...s hand trembled. He was still holding the lighter. My business expands to only two newsstands! What will this mean for me?
- With the cigarette in his mouth, Pipe shouted at his men, "Shut up! I...m a considerate man! When did I cheat you?"
- They all sighed in relief. If the stands returned the magazines though, they would have to share the loss. Labor cost was also an expense after all.
- "Stop with that rubbish! Ask your men to be diligent. It's six already. Hurry up! Carry them away!"
- They all got to work. The magazines and newspapers were carried away in a short while.
- Countless tricycles left the archway, heading in all directions like tidewater.
- Pipe spat the bottom of his cigarette out and stamped on it with his shoe, preparing to return home.
- A copy of the new magazine was left in his truck. Pipe took it out and saw the gift in the package. It was a red lip gloss.
- Ha! I can give this to my wife as a gift. She...s asking for expensive cosmetics all the time!
- He tore the elegant plastic package, and the lip gloss fell in his hand. He took a look at the cover.
- Those foreign publishers were wealthy and generous. An elegant magazine and a gift that cost 15 yuan.
- Pipe was attracted by VOGUE. The colorful box of the lips gloss was overshadowed by the beautiful model on the cover though.
- Pipe flipped through the pages and closed the magazine again with trembling hands. His eyes were fixed on the cover. That black-and-white photo gave him an unusual feeling.
- He felt like he was 18 again, and he and his wife were hiding in a haystack like they used to do in the summer. It was so romantic and passionate.
- I have to do something for the model on the cover. Pipe picked up his cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
- "Hello, Lao Li? Yes, it's me. The new magazine is out today, yes. VOGUE, the one with the black-and-white cover. I have ordered at least 20 copies for each stand, right? I want an extra 6,000 copies for more than 600 stands. No, no! Not reserved. I want the goods before they...re sold out. There...s enough stock? Great! I...ll count on you!"
- Pipe let out a long sigh of relief and hung up. He smiled like silly in the quiet and put the lip gloss on Qin Guan's lips before driving home to his wife.
- Meanwhile, Wang Xiaor was busy cycling. The first stand was really close.
- Lao Zhang, the boss, was throwing away the dam-boards from his stand when he got there. He greeted Wang right away, "Unload! I...m busy now!"
- "No problem!" Wang Xiaor responded. He put the magazines and newspapers on a shelf outside the stand.
- That...s the first one done. If I hurry up, I could deliver everything before seven o...clock.
- Wang Xiaor left. Lao Zhang untied the nylon rope and put the magazines and newspapers in order on the shelf according to their different categories.
- Not long after, the stand beside the subway station would experience its peak sale time.
- Hurried office workers would walk to the subway, carrying bags of breakfast.
- Most of them would stand by the newspaper stand to have a look and choose something to read on their long way to work.
- "A Rayli, please!" A fashionable young girl was looking at the magazines while taking out her purse.
- "No, wait a moment." Her eyes had been attracted by a black-and-white cover among colorful ones.
- She picked up the magazine from the shelf to see the whole picture.
- Among all the female stars, Qin Guan's face was the most striking.
- With his light eyelashes, blank expression and slightly open lips, he was really a shocking beauty. He was still manly though. He had a slender neck and a beautiful Adam's apple.
- "I want this one. Oh, there...s a gift? I want two!"
- I can give one to my friend in the office as a gift. She has the same taste as me. Besides, it...s the first issue. I can't miss such an elegant magazine.
- "Thank you, 30 yuan."
- The girl took out three bills and grabbed another copy from the shelf.
- Lao Zhang touched his jaw, as if thinking of something. He looked at the vacancy on the shelf and carried all the VOGUEs outside. He put four more copies in a line on the shelf, making them more obvious. People would be able to see the black-and-white cover among the bright red and green ones from afar.
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