Chapter 640 - 400: An Admirable Ability to Handle Pressure

Chapter 640: Chapter 400: An Admirable Ability to Handle Pressure

When Zhang Yuxi heard Lin Li say he had things to do and was in a hurry, she didn’t delay him any further. She stood up and led him to the warehouse on the third floor.

"This room will be fine." The room where they had stored the pearls last time was nearly full, so Zhang Yuxi had chosen a different one for Lin Li to use.

This room was a bit larger than the last one. Lin Li nodded, and with a thought, he summoned the baskets of pearls from the Mysterious Small Island. In just a moment, they filled more than half of the room.

Although Zhang Yuxi had witnessed Lin Li use this ability several times, she still couldn’t help the shocked expression that appeared on her face whenever she saw him conjure piles of pearls out of thin air.

"Alright, here are the hundred thousand pearls your friend needs," Lin Li said, turning to Zhang Yuxi. "Now, have your finance person use her Superpower to count them."

He knew she would probably say there was no need to count, just like last time, but he felt it was necessary to offer.

Just as Lin Li had expected, Zhang Yuxi smiled and shook her head. "There’s no need to count them. I trust you."

If the deal had been with Zhang Yuxi herself, Lin Li would have dropped it. But this transaction was for her friend, someone he didn’t know. He felt it was better to count them.

After all, he hadn’t counted the pearls in the baskets himself. If the count was off, their current relationship was strong enough that Zhang Yuxi wouldn’t hold it against him, but he couldn’t be so sure about her friend, who was all the way in the Capital City.

"Let’s count them anyway. After all, I procured these pearls from someone else.

"They were the ones who counted them. I trust they wouldn’t shortchange me, but there’s no guarantee they didn’t make a mistake during the process.

"If I were dealing with you and the count was off, it would be a simple matter to make it right.

"But this shipment is for your friend. If there’s a mistake with the count, it would reflect poorly on you, and I would feel terrible about it." Lin Li insisted that Zhang Yuxi count the pearls for this transaction.

"Alright, I’ll have Ms. Liu come and help count them." Zhang Yuxi agreed that Lin Li had a point. She pulled her phone from her pocket and called Liu Lan, who was in the finance office having some tea, asking her to come over.

...

Inside the quiet room, dozens of large bamboo baskets filled with pearls sat on the floor.

A faint golden Spiritual Light faded from Liu Lan’s hands as she stopped using her Superpower. She turned to Zhang Yuxi and said, "The count is exact..."

"Mm," Zhang Yuxi nodded, then looked over at Lin Li, who was waiting nearby.

Just as Lin Li was about to speak, his phone buzzed softly in his pocket. He took it out and glanced at the screen—it was a text message from his bank notifying him of a change in his account balance.

"Dear Valued Customer..."

Twenty-six million had been deposited!

Two hundred yuan per pearl, for a hundred thousand pearls, came to twenty million.

’The extra six million must be the ten percent deposit Zhang Yuxi mentioned for the future deal of three hundred thousand pearls...’

Lin Li’s eyes lit up as he read the text from the bank, but he kept his expression calm. He looked at Zhang Yuxi and said nonchalantly, "Your friend transferred the payment for this transaction, plus the deposit, to my account."

"Oh, really? That’s great." Zhang Yuxi smiled and nodded. "Since she’s already sent you the payment and the deposit, I’ll have someone ship this batch of pearls to her this afternoon."

"Shipping this many pearls to the Capital City must cost a fortune in courier fees..." Lin Li remarked, looking at the dozens of large bamboo baskets in the room.

He was about to offer to transfer some money to Zhang Yuxi for the shipping costs when she said, "The shipping is cash on delivery. She’ll inspect the goods personally when she receives them.

"We’ve been friends for years, but if the product doesn’t match the description, she’ll send it right back."

Hearing that it was cash on delivery, Lin Li dropped the subject of the shipping fees. He exchanged a few more pleasantries with Zhang Yuxi and then took his leave.

Once Zhang Yuxi and Liu Lan were alone in the room, Liu Lan smiled at her.

"Mr. Lin is such a stand-up guy! From the way he was acting, if you hadn’t mentioned it was cash on delivery, he was probably going to offer to pay for the shipping himself."

"He is! Lin Li is definitely a stand-up guy. To sell pearls of this quality at such a price is almost unheard of in the market.

"Any jeweler receiving a shipment of this quality would feel like they got a great deal. No one would let the seller pay for shipping out of his own pocket on top of that, unless they were completely shameless," Zhang Yuxi said with a laugh.

"Finding such a great, high-quality supplier for Miss Wang in the Capital City... she owes us a huge favor for this one!" Liu Lan said with a chuckle.

By acting as the middleman, Zhang Yuxi had helped Lin Li open up a new sales channel while also helping her good friend in the Capital City secure a high-quality supplier. It was, in a manner of speaking, killing two birds with one stone.