Chapter 12

Just around noon, three more refrigerators and two air conditioners were sold. The air conditioners were installed by someone for a hundred yuan each, while Hao Meng delivered the refrigerators himself.

Taking advantage of the noon break, Hao Meng went out for a stroll.

Lotus Pond, Electronics Street!

Here, shops selling mobile phones, computers, and various accessories lined up one after another, numbering no less than a hundred. If he wanted to buy used phones in bulk, this was undoubtedly the best place.

He casually chose a shop that offered recycling and repair services for second-hand phones and walked in.

"Boss, do you have any broken phones for sale?" Hao Meng asked.

The owner of the mobile phone shop was taken aback: "Broken phones? What do you need them for?"

"Useful!" Hao Meng smiled and said, "Any model will do. I'll buy used phones, second-hand phones, even those that are completely broken. I can also enter into a long-term cooperation!"

There was no need to explain everything in detail; as long as the other party understood that he had money and that they could make money, it was enough!

"I have some!" The mobile phone shop owner didn't ask any more questions and directly brought out a box of old phones from under the counter. Many of them were old models. Hao Meng calculated that even if they were 'repaired,' they might not be worth much, but even a small amount of meat is still meat.

"Five yuan each. Do you have any smartphones? No matter how damaged they are, as long as they can be pieced together, I'll take them. Twenty to fifty yuan each, and some brands can be priced higher!"

The mobile phone shop owner was delighted and said, "Wait a moment," then turned and went into the back storage room, bringing out another box. It contained at least forty to fifty used phones, some of which had already had useful parts removed, leaving only the broken parts.

"In total, it's a thousand yuan. If you sell them, I'll take them," Hao Meng said with a smile.

"Sure, take them all!" The mobile phone shop owner nodded with a smile. To him, these things were already worthless.

After leaving the shop, Hao Meng pondered whether the price he had given was too high. Even now, cheap smartphones cost only two to three hundred yuan, and he was buying broken ones for thirty to fifty yuan each. No wonder the mobile phone shop owner was so happy. It seemed that in the future, he should buy based on brand and price. The key was that he didn't have much time to deal with this!

"Hey, kid, what are you standing there for?" Hao Meng was tapped on the back. He turned around to see a beautiful woman in denim shorts and a white T-shirt standing there with a smile.

"Ba Lan? What are you doing here?" Hao Meng was taken aback and smiled.

He knew this beautiful woman; she was his senior from two years ago. She was a well-known figure in the school back then. Despite her pretty appearance, her biggest hobby was fighting. She led a group of girls, dominating the campus, and the mention of 'Sister Bai' made few dare to defy her. Even now, she was still a famous figure in the 'underworld'!

"Even your senior sister isn't called anymore?" Ba Lan looked at him with a smile, still remembering this 'little junior.'

"Hello, Sister Bai, I welcome your presence!" Hao Meng laughed.

"You're still the same, smooth-talking as ever," Ba Lan rolled her eyes and asked, "Did you come here to buy a phone? Come, I'll take you to my shop. If anyone in your family needs to buy a phone, bring them to me, and it will be a sure thing." Without waiting for Hao Meng's response, she pulled him forward.

Hao Meng followed curiously and asked, "Sister Bai, do you sell phones here?"

Ba Lan nodded with a smile, "Yes, for almost half a year now!"

Ba Lan's mobile phone shop was named after her real name, but the shop was not very large, only about thirty to forty square meters. A 'Shamate' non-mainstream yellow-haired girl was watching the shop.

"Xiao Fei, go buy a few bottles of drinks!" Ba Lan pulled Hao Meng in and gave the girl fifty yuan.

Hao Meng watched the girl run out, her small, firm buttocks wrapped in short denim shorts, her legs quite white, and she looked to be around seventeen or eighteen years old.

"What are you looking at? She's my little sister, and she has a boyfriend, hehe. You're still as fickle as ever!" Ba Lan laughed and teased.

Hao Meng, caught between laughter and tears, said, "What? I was just curious. She's such a pretty girl, why does she look like a Super Saiyan? Wouldn't her mother be upset?"

"That's called fashion, you don't know anything!" Ba Lan laughed and scolded.

Hao Meng's mind stirred. He was in need of someone to help him 'work.' It seemed that cooperating with her would be no problem. Why should he let others make the money?

"Sister Bai, I have something to discuss with you!"

"Go ahead!" Ba Lan adjusted the fan to the highest setting. At this time, one would sweat just by moving, and it would get even hotter in a while!

Hao Meng smiled and said, "I came here to buy phones, but I'm not looking for new ones. I'm now in the business of recycling second-hand and used items!"

Ba Lan was taken aback, looked up at Hao Meng, and asked, "You want to buy old phones? I do have some second-hand phones, but they are also bought in."

"No, Sister Bai, you haven't understood me yet. I'm not buying just a few. I need a large quantity. To put it simply, as long as the phone is in one piece, even if it's broken or damaged, it's fine as long as it can be pieced together. Such phones cost five to ten yuan each. Smartphones are priced by brand, like Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, and others, with no upper limit and no limit on quantity!" Hao Meng explained.

Ba Lan said, "You mean you want me to help you collect them?"

Hao Meng smiled, "Sister Bai, we are old friends. Let's make money together. As a junior, I think this is an opportunity, a sure and profitable business. You don't need to do much; just find a few juniors to wander around Electronics Street, and you can buy a lot of these things."

He paused and continued, "I don't care how much you pay for them. Old models are ten yuan each, and the more popular ones are fifty yuan each. If you find better ones, you can buy them too. I'll give you an extra fifty yuan for each one. I don't have much money right now, so I'll start with phones. In a while, I'll also buy computers!"

"Will you pay in advance?" Ba Lan asked with a smile.

Hao Meng took out ten thousand yuan from his bag and said, "Sister Bai, I wouldn't have thought of you if I didn't think it was a good deal. Don't think I'm trying to trick you!"

"Alright, you're making money?" Ba Lan took the money with a smile and nodded, "Okay, I understand!"

Xiao Fei returned with a bag of drinks and ice cubes, approached Ba Lan, and sized up Hao Meng, teasing, "Sister Bai, is this your new boyfriend?"

"Talk so much, call him Brother Meng from now on!" Ba Lan took a bottle of drink. Xiao Fei handed a bottle of Sprite to Hao Meng and smiled, "Hello, Brother Meng, I'm Fei Yu, the 'Fei' from 'Wang Fei' and the 'Yu' from 'Yu Yan'!"

"Nice name, Hao Meng, the real Hao Meng!" Hao Meng laughed.