What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 88 Bargaining

For a moment, Xiang Kun actually had the feeling of being a king "overlord the world" and looking down on thousands of subjects, and even faintly felt the "emotion" in the memory of the giant owl at that time.

Before, when he watched these pictures, he felt like watching a first-person perspective VR movie.

Looking at the canary in the cage in front of him, Xiang Kun knew that if he left directly, the canary would recover in a few minutes.

But he didn't leave, but continued to look at the canary, then relaxed his body and let his mind go blank.

Canaries remain unchanged.

So Xiang Kun began to imagine in his mind that he was wearing beach shorts and dozing off on a deck chair outside a small wooden house by the sea, with the sea breeze blowing and the waves crashing, making him very comfortable.

After more than ten seconds, the surrounding birdsong gradually sounded, and the canary in front of him seemed to be unleashed by the "magic", and began to jump around in the cage, making short chirping sounds.

Xiang Kun took out his mobile phone, recorded the tweet, and sent it to a blind girl named "Little Apple" whom he hitchhiked last month, asking her what the bird was saying.

Last month, after killing the "giant owl," drinking its blood, and obtaining many memory images, he went into the mountains to search the area where the owl used to live. When they returned, they took a hitchhiker. In addition to criminal policeman Li Sheng and associate professor Li Yang, there were also Li Yang's daughter, a blind girl named "Little Apple" in the car.

"Little Apple" likes to listen to the calls of various birds, and can distinguish the meanings expressed by many bird calls. He can be called a very talented "bird whisperer".

During this time, Xiang Kun would occasionally discuss some bird knowledge with her through wechat.

Although "Little Apple" is extremely blind, both Android and IOS systems now have a voice mode to assist the blind, so she also has her own mobile phone, and it is not a problem to send and receive voice messages with WeChat.

After hearing the bird call from Xiang Kun, "Little Apple" quickly sent a voice reply:

"Is it the canary? Can you record another episode? It's not easy to judge based on that episode alone."

When Xiang Kun was about to record another section, the owner of the bird shop came out, looked at him and said with a smile: "This bird looks good, the color of its feathers is very beautiful, it must be a good gift for a girl." like."

Obviously, he heard the girl's voice on Xiang Kun's phone, and thought that the customer wanted to buy a bird as a gift.

If the boss was talking at the side, Xiang Kun couldn't continue to record the birdsong, so he asked, "How do you sell this bird? Even the cage."

The boss first praised the appearance of the canary again, and then said: "Originally, I can raise it for two months, and I can get it to 600, but seeing that you are destined for this bird, brother, let's count it as 500, and the bird cage will give you 500." You, plus a piece of bird food."

Although Xiang Kun had no idea about the price of these ornamental birds, nor did he know about it before he came here, but he knew with his hair that the price must be reasonable.

"Boss, give me a real price. I'll buy it if it suits you." Xiang Kun said.

The boss looked hesitant, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Well, if you buy the one next to it together, it will cost 700."

Xiang Kun shook his head: "I only want this one."

The boss gritted his teeth and struggled for a while, then sighed: "Then let's go to 450. Alas, you don't know that this bird sings very nicely. For this kind of canary, you should not only look at its appearance, but also listen to whether it sings well or not." Come to think of it, if the bird you buy is too small, if you haven’t learned from the old bird well, it won’t be able to sing, or it won’t sound good..."

When he was talking, Xiang Kun had been observing the changes in his expression, and used the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) he had learned before combined with the comprehensive sensory information on his heartbeat, breathing, and smell to judge his state when he was speaking.

So as to analyze his true attitude towards that price.

"It's still too expensive." Xiang Kun shook his head.

The boss frowned and said, "Why don't you, handsome guy, look at these ones next to you? For example, this one, if you want, bring an ordinary small cage, 100 yuan. And this one..."

"How about this 100 yuan?" Xiang Kun asked, pointing to the original canary.

The boss's eyes widened, he pulled the corner of his mouth to the side, heheed, shook his head and said, "Brother, this is not how you bargain, why don't you go to other stores first, have a look, and ask?"

Based on the details of the boss's facial expression and the subtle changes in his heartbeat and breathing, Xiang Kun estimated that he really couldn't accept the price, so he continued, "I mean 100 yuan for the bird, and a total of 150 yuan including the cage."

The boss's brows were still tightly furrowed, but slightly loosened, and he sighed: "This is really a loss, alas...you can add more, 180, this bird is really good in appearance, otherwise I wouldn't Put it here."

Xiang Kun didn't continue to bargain, and paid the money directly via wechat transfer.

In fact, he judged that the boss can barely accept 150, and if he insists on this price, there is a high probability that it can be negotiated.

He had noticed before that the streets on the side of the flower and bird market were actually a bit depressed, with not much traffic, and notices of transfer and sale were posted outside many shops.

As long as the price difference is not too much, they will try their best to complete the transaction and withdraw funds.

But he was waiting to reply to "Little Apple"'s WeChat, and he just recorded the canary's cry, so he didn't want to waste time changing the target.

After leaving the store with the birdcage for a certain distance, Xiang Kun heard the boss return to the store and complained to a companion: "People nowadays are too stingy, they care about every detail, it's hard to deal with..."

Xiang Kun shook his head and smiled. If it was him before the mutation, he would basically not bargain.

Before buying something, he will definitely do research first to know the approximate price of the item he wants to buy, and use this to specify the budget.

If you encounter today’s situation, the most you can say is “Can it be cheaper?” If the quotation given by the boss is within his budget range, he will buy it. If it exceeds his budget range, he will leave and wait until the money is loose. Come again, or evaluate in your heart whether it is necessary to increase the budget.

He was neither used to nor good at this kind of negotiation-style communication with people before, even in the field of work he was familiar with.

It's not that he likes to communicate with people now. In fact, the main purpose of bargaining with the boss today is not to lower the price, but to apply and test the knowledge and ability he has mastered at this stage.

It’s like spending a lot of money to buy a performance car. When you encounter better road conditions, you can’t help but want to give it a big kick to try the push back feeling. When you buy a rugged mobile phone, you can’t help but think about it when you see walnuts. Just like smashing it...

And in the process of actual use, you can also know which aspects need to be improved.

Holding the birdcage, Xiang Kun recorded a longer call and sent it to "Little Apple".

Then he found out that Tang Baona was in the group of four @ 他 Want to go swimming together in the afternoon, today is Sunday, and the three of them got together again.

"No, I have something to do in the afternoon." Xiang Kun replied.

Yang Zhen'er said in the group: "Chef! How about we go to you for dinner at noon? Just cook two dishes. We will bring any ingredients we need."

"I'm out now, so I don't have time to cook at noon." Although he has now found a way to make ordinary food stay in his stomach for a longer period of time, the process is really uncomfortable, once or twice It's okay to eat with others, but it's really a pain to eat together often.

"Where did you go this weekend?" Yang Zhen'er was curious.

"Flower and Bird Market." Xiang Kun replied simply.

Yang Zhen'er sent a horrified expression: "You...you don't want to start cooking poultry meat, do you?" She originally wanted to add "I don't eat poultry meat", but she hesitated and didn't add it.

Xiang Kun was taken aback for a moment, and returned a speechless expression: "What are you thinking, the flower and bird market sells ornamental birds, why do you want to eat everything?"

In my heart, I silently added:

And the taste of bird blood is not that good...

Except for mutant owls...