Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth-Chapter 26 - Thriving Business_1
Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Thriving Business_1
Chapter 26 -26 Thriving Business_1
There’s one wall in the lobby on the first floor of each dormitory building that would be filled with all sorts of posters.
Some were for lost and found, some for transferring possessions, and some for selling various goods, and so on.
Wang Ye made those promotional posters to be hung here.
In this way, he wouldn’t need to tell everyone that he was selling phone cards. When people passed by on their way back to the dormitory and saw the posters, they would naturally know.
Anyone in need would then call him to buy a card.
It took Wang Ye quite some time to hang the posters in more than a dozen dormitory buildings, from building one to thirteen.
When he finished and returned to his dormitory, he found several people waiting for him.
All were acquaintances, some from his own group and others from Zhou Yuan’s group; all were brought here by the same agent.
Zhou Yuan was among them, and they were in the middle of a lively chat.
Upon seeing Wang Ye return, everyone quickly surrounded him, asking questions in a flurry.
“Brother Ye, we heard from Wang Dan that you have phone cards for sale? And at very cheap prices?”
“Wang Ye, you’ve managed to get cheap phone cards the moment you arrived in Moscow? You’re pretty resourceful, I have to admit!”
“Brother Ye, get me a card. I’m out of cards. A fifty-dollar one will do.”
“I’ll take a hundred-dollar one. I heard from Xiao Yun that you’re selling it for only ninety dollars?”…
Clearly, they had heard from Xiao Yun and Wang Dan that Wang Ye was selling phone cards, and at very cheap prices!
Since phone cards are essential, everyone would need them to some extent.
Moreover, since their good friend Wang Ye was the one selling, everybody came to support him…
A warm feeling flooded Wang Ye’s heart, and a smile appeared on his face.
All these classmates had just arrived in Moscow, and their relationships were still pretty close. Having just arrived in a strange place, it was natural to stick together.
Over time, as everyone became more familiar with the place, their relationships might not remain as close as they are now.
They might all start to go their separate ways.
He waved his hand, speaking calmly, “Take it easy, everyone. I do have phone cards for sale, all at a discount of 90% off face value. However, I only have fifty- and hundred-dollar cards.”
Some of the guys wanted to buy twenty-dollar cards because they didn’t make a lot of calls, so they didn’t need that many phone cards.
But since the minimum here at Wang Ye’s place was fifty dollars, they settled for fifty-dollar cards.
After all, phone cards don’t expire. Just buy them and use them slowly over time.
……
In just a short while, Wang Ye had sold six fifty-dollar cards, as well as three hundred-dollar cards.
Including the two hundred-dollar cards that Xiao Yun and Wang Dan had bought.
A total of six fifty-dollar cards and five hundred-dollar cards, amounting to eight hundred US dollars, had been sold.
At the retail price of ninety percent off, he successfully received back seven hundred and twenty US dollars!
With the money earned from wholesaling phone cards, he could soon pay back the money he had borrowed from Song Xiaogang. The first step of business was off to a smooth start!
Of course, it might not be as easy as today in the future, after all, not everyone buys cards every day.
Just like the classmates who bought cards today, they’ll probably use them for a week or two, or even a month or two, before they come to buy cards again.
But thankfully, there were plenty of Chinese students at Friendship University, and the promotional posters that Wang Ye put up today would take some time to have an impact.
Once everyone knew that Wang Ye was selling cheap phone cards, his business should have another small boom!
……
In the afternoon, several classmates visited Wang Ye’s dormitory, mainly foundation students from building number six.
They came to buy phone cards, and many were curious about how Wang Ye had managed to get his hands on such cheap phone cards.
If Wang Ye claimed that he was simply giving out cards to make friends, not making any money, or even taking a loss, no one would believe it…
But everyone had bought phone cards before and knew the prices, so they knew that Wang Ye wouldn’t make much money selling at this price.
Unless the price he gets them for is extremely low!
Wang Ye naturally wouldn’t disclose his procurement prices. After all, this could be considered a “business secret”. He simply smiled and told everyone that he got the cards from a friend he had known for a long time, and that once a card is sold, its stock decreases. The next batch of phone cards might not be so cheap…
By telling them this, he wasn’t lying. After all, he had known Liu Jun since his “past life”…
He was also subtly stimulating everyone to take advantage of the “bargain” while it lasts!
If you miss this opportunity, there might not be another!
Of course, business wouldn’t always go smoothly.
After dinner, around seven or eight o’clock, Wang Ye’s phone rang.
Wang Ye casually took out his cell phone and answered the call directly. He had received two or three calls today from people who wanted to buy phone cards, and this call was probably no exception.
Because he couldn’t think of anyone else who might call him.
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As expected, a male voice came through the line as soon as he picked up the call.
“Hello, Wang Ye, right? I want to buy a phone card. Can you deliver it?”
Wang Ye replied straightforwardly, “Sure, what’s your dormitory building and room number?”
“It’s in building six, the east side, room 506. You can come directly. Do you have a twenty-dollar card? I’ll take one.” The man answered.
“The minimum is fifty dollars. We don’t have twenty-dollar ones.” Wang Ye responded.
Without hesitation, the man said, “Then I’ll take a fifty-dollar one.”
……
After hanging up, Wang Ye grabbed his money bag and went out, without even putting on his coat.
He went downstairs, walked through the lobby, arrived at the east building, and climbed the stairs to the fifth floor.
Upon locating room 506, he knocked on the slightly open door. After hearing someone say “come in”, he pushed the door and walked in.
However, as soon as he entered, he was surprised.
There were three males in the room, all Chinese students, and he recognized them.
These were the three guys who had stormed into his dormitory and beat up Song Xiaogang on the night he had first arrived in Moscow…
The short guy with long hair was named Zhang Ke, whose name was given by Nalan Yaqi.
There was also the tall fat guy and the medium-build guy, whose names Wang Ye still didn’t know. So all three guys lived in the same dormitory.
But that didn’t matter much. Wang Ye didn’t believe they would dare to lay a finger on him.
If they were really bold enough to try for a group fight, then Wang Ye…
Could only take to his heels…
After all, it’s not wise to unnecessarily provoke. He certainly wasn’t as burly and tough as Song Xiaogang to take on ten at a time!
He asked in a relaxed tone, “Who just called to buy a card?”
Zhang Ke was sitting at the desk playing with his laptop. When Wang Ye came in, he glanced sideways, then turned back to continue with his game.
When he heard Wang Ye asking, he replied without looking back, “It was me, just bring the card.”
