Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 40 - 37 Such Similarity_1
Chapter 40: Chapter 37 Such Similarity_1
Chapter 40 -37 Such Similarity_1
What can five seconds do?
If it were Lu Yue himself, he might barely be able to discern the grain on a piece of leather, let alone distinguish whether it’s genuine or faux. Moreover, not all items have just one piece of leather; there might be multiple patches or embellishments.
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The workload is even greater!
If it were in the past, Lu Yue would have definitely not believed that someone could complete all the appraisals in such a short amount of time.
But Feng Yi, this person couldn’t be viewed with ordinary eyes. Who could catch two hidden mice in a strange, 200-square-meter office filled with various objects, all in less than a minute?
“I feel that if he says he can do it, then he certainly can, but I have no idea how he’s going to achieve it,” Lu Yue said.
Hearing Lu Yue say this, Lu Qi nodded, “I’ll keep an eye on him.”
Even though Lu Qi considered himself to be experienced and knowledgeable, he had no imagination for this kind of scenario. Since he couldn’t figure it out, he decided to watch with his own eyes.
Next, the price was settled, details negotiated, and signatures put down in black and white, Lu Yue couldn’t wait to take Feng Yi to the warehouse.
Lu Yue had already arranged for a thousand items to be hung up in the warehouse yesterday. There were pants, hats, belts, shoes, bags, etc., randomly selected from the first batch of goods, covering all categories.
This was another test that Lu Yue had for Feng Yi.
Initially, he had planned to conduct a more comprehensive evaluation of Feng Yi after settling on the price to calculate how much time Feng Yi would need to appraise different items, in order to arrange subsequent tasks.
Now was the perfect time, Feng Yi said he could complete the appraisal of fifty thousand items in three days, just like his father Lu Qi said, Feng Yi would have to get through one item every five seconds, and that would be without any stops.
So how was he going to conduct the appraisal?
The father and son stood aside, watching almost every move Feng Yi made with similar scrutinizing gazes.
The total fee for appraising fifty thousand items was twenty million, averaging out to 400 per item.
Most of these new clothing and accessories had four-digit prices, some three-digit, and a few five-digit.
Compared to the tens of thousands in retail prices of the goods, a 400 appraisal fee seemed small, but they had genuinely spent a lot of money for this batch of goods, from design to marketing, money was poured into every step. It could be said that they wouldn’t earn much from this batch of goods; they didn’t expect to make a big profit, just not to lose! Their main goal was to seize the market!
Thinking of this, Lu Qi’s eyes flashed with hatred.
The hatred wasn’t directed at Feng Yi, but instead at the person who covertly sabotaged their production line.
To seize the market for their new brand, it was inevitable that some would be squeezed out. As the new brand was backed by Qianli Group, it had stronger advantages in product design, updating speed, operating systems, etc. That’s just how business is—the size of the market you can occupy and whether you can hold your position all depends on capability.
Now someone wanted to intercept them, and the more they were obstructed, the more they wanted to find ways to make a charge at the market!
To capture the market, establish the brand, and pave the way for subsequent products!
If twenty million could unlock the goods piled up in the warehouse…
Lu Qi looked at the clothes and accessories with a gaze as fervent as if he were looking at warhorses about to charge into battle!
To let them charge into the market once and expand brand influence would be worth it!
The Lu father and son almost thought alike, their gazes wolfish and filled with a ferocious aura. Someone uninformed might think they were angry at Feng Yi for quoting too high a price.
As for Feng Yi.
He stood at the entrance of the warehouse, not immediately beginning to identify each item one by one.
The appraisal fee of twenty million actually far exceeded his estimate. He hadn’t planned to quote such a high price initially.
In his view, identifying snake leather was a matter of a single glance. One hundred per item, earning five million all at once from fifty thousand items would be quite impressive.
However, observing the reactions of Lu Yue and others, as well as hearing Lu Yue’s quote, Feng Yi had an epiphany.
He underestimated himself!
An average fee of 100 per appraisal was too cheap! It was not worthy of his awesome leather-recognizing ability!
Raise the price!
It must be raised!
Although he didn’t get to raise it to 500 per item this time, it was still a successful probing.
Twenty million, the goal he couldn’t achieve when he started his studio, was now within reach!
Feng Yi took a deep breath.
His brain quickly differentiated between the various scent molecules captured by his olfactory sense.
All people and objects turned into a series of signal beacons, forming a miraculous scanning map.
Real snake leather could not hide its snake-like smell from Feng Yi’s hyperosmia, no matter the disguise or processing.
And these smell clusters, like bright signals, were highlighted in the miraculous scanning map of the brain, beeping continuously.
“There are three in this batch,” Feng Yi said.
At his words, Lu Yue’s eyebrows twitched fiercely.
This statement had an eerily familiar feeling to it.
Feng Yi had already briskly walked into the warehouse and, out of the neatly hung array of a thousand items, picked out the three.
At this moment, Lu Yue suddenly thought of yesterday when he watched Feng Yi catch mice.
Yesterday, Feng Yi had also stood at the doorway of Gu Jun’s office, stopped for a moment, then said there were two mice inside, and after that…
Snap! Gu Jun’s thirty thousand yuan flew away.
At this moment, it was so similar.
Lu Yue watched Feng Yi quickly select among the items, his steps purposeful just like yesterday, as he swiftly singled out three pieces of clothing.
Just in that moment, Lu Yue felt as if he could see four hundred thousand yuan flying out of his bank account…
Standing beside Lu Yue, Lu Qi wasn’t first worried about the money, but was dumbfounded by such an odd method of identification, unsure what to say.
After a while, Lu Qi gestured to his assistant to take the three pieces that Feng Yi had chosen for testing with the reagent kit.
“Are you saying that, out of these thousand pieces, only these three have issues?” Lu Qi looked towards Feng Yi. He still found it hard to believe.
How long had it been?
From the time he walked over to the hanging rack, had it been even a minute? A thousand pieces… just like that, inspected?
Lu Qi could still utter words, but the others standing by and observing were utterly confused, as if they had no idea what had just happened.
Feng Yi didn’t pay attention to the others.
“Just these three, for the rest, if you don’t believe me, you can have someone randomly select some for testing with the reagent kit. I said, for each wrong, I’ll compensate ten times. The precondition is that you all can’t cheat. Oh, right…”
Feng Yi glanced around the warehouse, which was empty.
Having been through more, Lu Qi adjusted faster than Lu Yue, who was still doubting life, and upon seeing Feng Yi’s actions, he asked, “Is there anything we need to assist you with? I can have people quickly switch out the next batch here, since we use an intelligent hoisting system, it’s also fast. We’ll have two thousand pieces coming up soon; will that be a problem for you?”
“Yes!” Feng Yi said.
Lu Qi: “… Please tell me. If two thousand pieces is too difficult, fifteen hundred is also possible.”
“No no, that’s not what I meant. Two thousand is fine, you guys hurry and bring them over. What I meant was, could you provide a place to rest? Even bringing over a reclining chair would be fine, just somewhere to relax.”
Lu Qi paused for a few seconds before responding, “We have reclining chairs, I’ll have someone bring one over.” If not, we’ll buy one! A reclining chair is a trivial matter compared to the goods in this warehouse.
“Would a massage chair be okay?” Lu Qi asked.
“Uh… of course that’s fine,” Feng Yi thought to himself, worthy of being the elder Lu, so much more generous in action than the younger Lu!
Lu Qi had someone bring over a massage chair.
Feng Yi looked at it, eighty percent new and clearly just cleaned, though it still had some miscellaneous odors. But at times like this, there was no need to nitpick.
An all-in-one massage chair, perfect for Feng Yi to relax a bit and give his brain some rest. Soon he’d have to scan the scent molecules of two thousand pieces of merchandise, definitely a bigger pressure, so resting well was essential.
He didn’t choose to cover up, and resolved the matter as fast as possible for two reasons. First, fifty thousand pieces were indeed too many, even if he could drag on and bluff his way through now, who knew how much more merchandise was waiting, and should he still drag on? That would only make himself suffer.
Second, trying to be crafty in front of Lu Qi and Lu Yue could work once or twice, but as time went on he was bound to be exposed. It was better to show his strength right now, and also gain more influence and respect from Lu Qi.
Besides, the deal was set, no need for pretense now!
Twenty million might be an astronomical figure for the average person, but for people like Lu Qi, it wouldn’t cause too much of a firestorm. More so, Lu Qi couldn’t find another method as efficient for inspecting all the goods, and even if there was one, it wouldn’t be solvable just with twenty million.
Feng Yi made himself comfortable on the massage chair without any hesitation, and not only was Lu Qi not angry, but he also had someone prepare some tea and snacks for Feng Yi.
To those with abilities, he had always shown more patience. In his eyes, Feng Yi had already become part of the “top talent” category.
After Feng Yi had picked out those three pieces, he personally randomly selected another ten to send for inspection with the specialized reagent kit. Although the results were not out yet, Lu Qi actually had a leaning in his heart.
If Feng Yi had taken one piece at a time for close inspection, Lu Qi would have been more suspicious of Feng Yi cheating during the process.
But with Feng Yi identifying them this miraculously, Lu Qi suddenly felt that this man truly had some extraordinary talents.
There are indeed people in this world who possess unimaginable talents in certain areas, Lu Qi had heard of many, so in his view Feng Yi must also be counted amongst such gifted individuals.
Such high-end talent obviously needed to be put to better use!
Having the massage chair brought over, Lu Qi wondered whether Feng Yi could increase his efficiency after a good rest.
Fifty thousand pieces of merchandise, could they all be inspected by the end of the day?
If so, their plan to hit the market with a new brand could be accelerated!
As for Lu Yue, having just fretted over the loss of four hundred thousand, he looked at the newly hung two thousand items, clutching his chest.
Eight hundred thousand also about to fly away so easily…
Then looking at Feng Yi, who was now resting on the massage chair, Lu Yue’s expression kept changing, frustrated, amused, and also somewhat moved.
“You’re brilliant… badass!”