Disassembling System: Begin With Scrapyard Alchemy - Chapter 31

Chapter 31 Tailing

Wang Dahai was stunned for a few seconds when he saw that there was obviously not 100 grams of gold in the box.

After he reacted, he smiled and said, “Oh, look at you. You’re so troublesome. It’s okay, as long as the money matches.”

Cheng Xu knew that he must still have some doubts in his heart, so he explained without waiting for him to ask, “Mr. Wang, I saw a gold bracelet when I was watching videos a couple of days ago. The more I looked at it, the more I liked it. I wanted to use the gold to make one myself. I’ve already prepared one so that I can use it to get married in the future. I thought it would be troublesome to come back and buy it from you a few more times. The gold in the gold dealership is expensive, so I directly took some of the gold I refined to forge.”

“Hey! If you had told me earlier, I could have asked someone I know to charge you less for the processing fees.”

Wang Dahai could not be bothered to find out if he was telling the truth. Anyway, it was fine as long as he got his share.

He then continued to tease, “But it’s really early to find a wife. However, if you wait too long, it’ll be the leftovers.”

Cheng Xu chuckled in response.

After inspecting the goods, he had to admit that the quality of the gold that Cheng Xu handed in was as high as ever.

Cheng Xu could also make a small profit by buying gold. If Cheng Xu’s gold was of high quality, he would be able to earn more. After all this, he did not really want to work with small workshops anymore.

After paying the money, Cheng Xu received a new batch of gold materials, which was much larger than the last.

In fact, in the past few days, there were already collaborators from the small workshops who had come to him to ask why the amount of material they were given had been decreasing. Wang Dahai simply found an excuse that the market had not been going well recently and managed to fool them.

However, when it came to money, would it be so easy to fool them?

“Zhu Laosan, this is the kid, right?”

“That’s him. The last time he came here, he also rode this broken three-wheeled motorcycle.”

“Damn, Wang Dahai gave him so much material? Damn it, he just told us two days ago that he couldn’t get any!”

“Let’s not talk about it for now. He’s leaving. Let’s hurry up and follow him.”

Cheng Xu did not notice that after he started the motorcycle, a van under the shade of the tree behind him also started.

“Donweist Scrap Recycling Center? He’s indeed in the same industry. Can’t you see if it’s so easy to earn money?” Two days ago, in a pavilion, a fat man, who was topless, sighed and said, “Cao, why is there hardly any material these days? Is the market not doing too well?”

“That’s right. Most of the material is with Wang Dahai. It’s not too good for us to just rely on the scattered materials we collect every day!”

Cao Longxiang’s expression turned ugly as he listened to the complaints of his friends.

“It’s the same for our side. Wang Dahai gave us too little material. This won’t do.”

Cao Longxiang’s brows furrowed even deeper when he heard Old Wu, who was also in the same alchemy workshop as them, speak up. However, he still explained.

“I’ve asked Wang Dahai these two days. He said that the market hasn’t been too good recently and he’s been buying less materials.”

The others were even more dissatisfied. In fact, it was much better than when they had collected materials. However, it was easy to go from frugal to luxurious, but difficult to go from luxurious to frugal.

These people did not work in the same workshop, but they were all acquaintances. They would usually come to this pavilion to chat and play cards when they had no work to do.

After experiencing a life where they could earn a few hundred yuan a day, it was not so easy for them to live miserably again. “I don’t think that’s the real reason.”

A different opinion suddenly appeared among the group of grumbling voices.

“Zhu Laosan, what do you think?”

Since Cao Longxiang had spoken, everyone looked at Zhu Laosan quietly, waiting for him to continue.

“I only saw him when I was strolling around Wang Dahai’s place these past two days.” He paused for a moment and continued, “That day, I saw Hu Shenglin helping a young man load the goods into the car. I was smart. Those two boxes of goods should be materials.”

“That is to say, someone else has come in to take a share of the profits, right?” Cao Longxiang asked after a moment of silence.

“I think that’s the reason. That son of a b*tch, Wang Dahai, even said that he couldn’t get the goods. He’s clearly giving the goods to someone else.” “Cao, what do you think we should do?”

He lit a cigarette and took a puff. He narrowed his eyes and said, “Is this business really that easy to do? There’s no rush, let’s figure out his situation first.”

Everyone’s faces also revealed smiles as they nodded.

“What do you mean? You want to go and have a chat with him?”

Seeing Cheng Xu enter the courtyard, the two people in the car started discussing.

“Yes, it’s best if we can come to an agreement. If we can’t, don’t blame us for being immoral.”

The profit margin in Sanlin county was limited. The more people came in, the less everyone got.

There was a knock on the door.

“Is the boss here?”

Cheng Xu was really scared now. There were more strange people coming to his door now than there were people who came to him to sell scrap.

Looking at the two people in front of him, he asked in confusion, “Do you two need me? Are you selling scrap or…?”

“We’re not selling scrap, we’re here to talk business.”

“Sure, let’s talk about business.”

Hearing this, Cheng Xu heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that he was a normal person.

“Have you been in the business of refining gold recently?”

Although the questioning tone made him a little uncomfortable, he still nodded.

“Yes, do you have any material to sell?”

However, the middle-aged man just sneered and said, “We do have the material, but we’re not selling it.”

“If you don’t want to sell it, why the hell would you say that!”

Cheng Xu cursed in his heart and waited for him to continue.

“Little bro, have you not done your research in this business? Have you heard of Mr. Cao?”

“Who is that? I’m really not familiar with him.”

Cheng Xu had more or less guessed their intentions, but he still did not want to talk to them.

‘Was there a problem? I’m just doing recycling, why do I have to pay a visit to the boss?’

Seeing Cheng Xu’s blank look, the two men did not bother to beat around the bush and said directly, “If you want to do this business, sure, but you have two options.”

Cheng Xu nodded, indicating for him to continue.

The man stretched out a finger and said, “First, join our precious metals refining association and use our special chemical materials. At the same time, you can enjoy our raw material supply and technical guidance, but you have to pay a membership fee according to the income ratio. The second is to give us a sum of money and we won’t disturb each other.”

“I’m sorry, I’m not interested in either of them. Take care.”

Cheng Xu was already standing by the door, waiting for them to leave.