1282. Second-hand books (3/5)
After listening to the introduction later, Wang Bo learned about the origin of these books.
No wonder these books are cheap. It turns out that they are all books purchased by the government for renting out during International Book Day.
Once the emperor and the ministers came to power, some policies also changed. These books were no longer left to be rented out, but were sold and cashed out, and used the money to do other things.
"It is said that the new prime minister has developed an orphan support plan and needs to find support funds from all aspects. Isn't these books sold as useless books? "Are you ridiculous?" At the end of the day, the manager of the warehouse company asked with a smile.
Wang Bo shrugged and said, "Books are not useless. They are bought by suitable buyers. Since people are willing to buy them, they must use them. Besides, these books are all old books, so the government plans to make some money while they can still be sold."
The warehouse manager shook his head and said, "Many books in it are like new. It's really annoying that knowledge shouldn't be so cheap."
Wang Bo curled his lips and said, "Don't act like he didn't know what the warehouse manager is going to do. This guy wanted to use these words to stimulate him and make up his mind to buy."
After walking around the warehouse for two times, he knew that the manager was not telling the truth.
There may be books purchased by the government to rent to citizens during the Book Festival, but certainly a considerable number of books are not the case, because some books are seriously worn.
The quality of New Zealanders may not be as high as their lives to love books, but if they make the borrowed books so damaged, they will definitely not be able to return them and they have to pay for new compensation.
Then he guessed that many of the books in it were collected from garbage stations.
It’s not strange that there are books in the garbage station, right? New Zealand does not have a waste acquisition industry. If the garbage at home needs to be disposed of, it needs to be sent to a special location.
For example, if someone buys new furniture at home, the old furniture must be stored in the warehouse first, rather than throwing it away casually, especially large parts.
Small garbage is fine, and the trash can be accommodated. If it cannot be accommodated by the trash can, according to relevant government regulations, these must be discarded until the annual garbage disposal day.
The garbage disposal time varies in different regions. If there is not enough space to deal with it, you have to go to the treatment factory yourself. Not only does it cost to pay the travel fee, but it also costs the treatment fee, which is very expensive.
Of course, there are many second-hand stores in New Zealand, but second-hand stores are still different from the scrap purchase stations in China.
Scrap purchase stations have to spend money on waste products, while second-hand stores never spend money on helping people deal with these waste products. They will not deal with them casually, but will only help deal with what may be sold.
In this case, according to the Chinese thinking, since my things can be sold, why give them to second-hand stores for free?
There are many reasons, mainly two points. The first point is that ordinary people do not have the conditions to deal with waste products at home, so they can’t open the warehouse every day to take out, right?
The second point is that giving things you don’t need to be used to do charity in New Zealand. Many second-hand stores have direct contact with charity foundations, while some are opened by churches, and they are all semi-charitable organizations.
There are also many books in the garbage station. Because second-hand stores are not very interested in books, New Zealanders have encountered reading shortages over the years, and people are becoming less and less interested in paper books, so books in second-hand stores are not easy to sell.
Wang Bo's guess is so he naturally refuses to purchase at the price given by the warehouse company.
But it is not OK to buy it. The warehouse company has advertised online and in newspapers, and there are still many people who come to buy books.
Of course, these people have different goals from Wang Bo. So many books are processed at low prices, and there are always some valuable books or even antique books in them.
New Zealand has few hundred years of history, so decades of books belong to antiques. Some can be sold for good prices outside, and there are always people who can collect books.
After wandering around, Wang Bo asked Hani a few people, "How about it, if these books are bought and included in the library, can they do it?"
Hani nodded and said, "No problem, most of them are new books, and there are still quite a few dirty and messy books."
After getting this answer, Lao Wang had a clue. He found the warehouse manager and asked: "If we buy all the books, we don't pick them up, how much is the minimum cost?"
"Two million yuan, sir." The manager smiled.
Wang Bo winked at Hani, who raised a finger and said, "How about a million?"
The manager shook his head and looked like a rattle: "Sorry, this price is too low and we can't accept it."
Hani said: "Don't rush to draw conclusions. If you can't accept it, it doesn't mean the government cannot accept it. This is a government book, right? Why not do this? Go back and discuss it with your leaders. This is a fair price."
The manager insisted: "I can be responsible for the sales of these books. One million will definitely not be possible, one million and nine million are the lowest price."
"I don't want to treat buying books as buying groceries, because knowledge is priceless. I hope we can respect knowledge instead of treating it as ordinary goods. So don't bargain, one million and a half million, this is our bottom price!" Hani said.
The manager was about to speak, but Asulu stopped him and said, "Think clearly, man, if these books are so picky, how many years will you have to sell? How much does it cost to just the warehouse stranded money?"
Hani also said: "If there is a large number of books left in the end, what will you do? Throw it away? Send it to the garbage dump? Crush them into pulp? No matter how it is handled, the media will report this matter at that time - when someone bids to buy it, you don't sell it, but later treat it as garbage."
After a series of bombings, the manager finally wavered and said, "One.5 million is too low, one.6 million is the real bottom price."
Hani looked at Wang Bo, who thought about it and nodded. The price was acceptable.
Seeing this, the manager whistled and said to several security guards at the door: "Close the door and take everyone away. This batch of books already has a master."
Some people who selected books were very dissatisfied: "Didn't you just advertised? Why didn't you sell it?"
"We came from Robbery, do you know how far?"
"Are you teasing us? Is this a false advertisement?"
The manager was very cunning and took Wang Bo out as a shield and said, "This gentleman has bought all the books and the bid is 1.6 million yuan. If anyone is willing to pay a higher price, then let alone choose here, we can hand over all the books to him."
Booed everywhere, and many voices were made to Wang Bo, but he didn't care and walked out and left Charlie to deliver the warehouse company here.
Chapter completed!