American TV series: Start with the little Sheldon's wool

Chapter 11 Sports Protective Gear
Knowing that Mike was going to buy protective gear, George first put little Sheldon, who was nagging and talking about the friends he had made along the way, at the door of his house.

Then he drove the car and took Mike and George Jr. to the professional sporting goods store in the town.

Dell, the owner of this sporting goods store, is also a half-time traveler with George. He is the baseball coach of the public elementary school in the town.

Soon under the leadership of George, Mike entered the store.The store looks small, but it has a complete range of sporting goods. It can be seen that the boss is a knowledgeable person.

The boss, Dale, is a tall, thin man in his 70s. He is a little bald on the top of his head and more than half of his hair is gray, but he looks very energetic.

Seeing George leading people in, Dale greeted with a smile: "George, are you bringing the team to look at the protective gear again?"

"Yes, Mike has just joined the team. He needs a complete set of sports equipment." George pulled Michael to his side and introduced him, and then said to the boss familiarly: "Dell, Mike is one of his own, you have to give him this time A little more discount."

Dell looked at Mike, and said heartily: "No problem, this kid looks like a good football player."

Mike, who is about 16 years old, although his face is still a little immature, but his figure is tall and straight, he is the "tough guy" type appreciated by Texans.

"Little George, take Mike to see the protective gear. I'll chat with Dale here." George waved his hand, and then sat on the chair in front of the counter.

Dale was a cheerful old man. Seeing George sitting down, he also took out two bottles of beer from under the counter.

The two of them chatted about their interesting stories while drinking beer.

Little George took Mike to the rugby supplies area.He looked at the rows of sporting goods and introduced: "You are still a novice, so it is best to buy a basic set of protective gear."

Basic model: It means cheap and cost-effective.

Competition and confrontation in rugby are very fierce, and newcomers often become hot for three minutes.

The basic protective gear is not expensive, even if you don't need it in the future, it won't make people feel bad.

In a way, little George is a man who knows how to live.

It’s just that Mike knows his situation. With the blessing of [Devil Body], he is not afraid of confrontation or injury.

So, after looking at a few basic protective gears, he shook his head and said, "Little George, I need some better quality equipment."

When he spoke, his expression was flat, and his whole body revealed a temperament that was not bad for money.

This is also true. Although Mike is an orphan, he still has 500 meters of living expenses every month.

The previous "he" was not sociable and had nothing to spend money on, so all the money was saved.

A conservative estimate is that there should be about [-] yuan in Mike's bank card now.

The dollar has not depreciated yet, and an excellent football coach like George only earns 500 dollars a week.

Ten thousand yuan is equivalent to half a year's salary for George without food or water.

So relatively speaking, Mike is now considered a "little rich man".

Over there, although little George doesn't buy those high-end protective gears himself, this does not prevent him from understanding those high-end products.

After hearing Mike's request, he took Mike to better-quality protective gear and became a qualified instructor.

Finally, under George Jr.'s envious eyes, Mike chose a set of high-quality sports protective gear.

当然，这些护具标注的价格也不低：“复仇者”头盔800、肩甲650、手套100、运动鞋450、pad裤子200、护腰150、护膝护腕散件260。

On the way to the counter, Mike also picked out a copper whistle worth 80 meters on the shelf next to it.

When Mike and little George came to the counter.George, who was having a drink with the boss, could tell at a glance that the protective gear Mike picked were all high-quality goods.

He touched the wine bottle with Dell, and said, "Last time I brought the team members to buy protective gear, and you gave me a [-]% discount. Why don't you give Mike a [-]% discount this time?"

Hearing the discount George asked for, Dale was so surprised that he didn't even drink beer.He looked at the protective gear that Mike and little George had brought, he was embarrassed, and said: "For your sake, I will give this child a [-]% discount this time, but only this time."

"Deal~" George smiled and clinked the bottles with Dale again.

George, who works in sports, can tell that the goods in Dell's store are of excellent quality and the prices are not inflated.

If you can give me a [-]% discount, I'm afraid I'm close to the opponent's bottom line.

Pieces of protective gear were placed on the counter. Dell took out a pen and paper and a small calculator and began to calculate the prices.

It has to be said that this elderly boss has no talent in arithmetic.

Mike could calculate the answer mentally in one second, but the boss checked it on paper several times.

However, Mike, who knew the answer, didn't bother the boss's pleasure.

Finally, after a while, Dell put down the pen and paper, and said, "The items here total 2690 yuan. If you get a [-]% discount..."

Speaking of this, Dell picked up the checking paper on the counter, glanced at it, and then continued: "After discounting, the total is 2152 meters."

Hearing the total price of more than 2000, both George and his son were shocked.

You know, the equipment that little George currently uses for training costs less than 500 yuan in total.

And 2000 yuan is already George's salary for a month of hard work.

George stopped drinking beer. He pulled Mike in front of him and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure you want to buy such expensive protective gear?"

Mike said: "I think I can make use of them."

As the saying goes: If a worker wants to benefit from his work, he must first sharpen his tools.

Mike, who has decided to join the rugby team, doesn't think it would be a waste of money to buy a good set of sports protective gear.

Seeing Mike's insistence, George didn't say any more.He finally cared: "Do you have enough money with you?"

Mike clicked and took out his bank card from his pocket.

George then turned his head, looked at Dale and said, "These protective gear are too expensive, just a small change... How about 2000 yuan?"

"This is impossible!" Dale reacted violently, shaking his head and said, "George, you know, I won't make any money from this business at all."

When there was a discount, Dell didn't feel anything.

But if you want to directly subtract more than 150 yuan, Dell can calculate this account: a bottle of beer is 70 meters, 150 yuan, which can buy a lot of beer.

"Dell, don't think I don't know, even if it's 2000 yuan, you can still make some money." George first analyzed it in a positive tone, and then said in a negotiating tone: "Otherwise, let's take a step back and the two How about 100 meters?"

Hearing George's words, Dale hesitated, thinking silently: How much beer can 50 yuan buy?
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Finally, under friendly negotiation, Mike swiped his card for 100 yuan, and the transaction was concluded.

When going out, Dale shouted to George: "After you retire, it is very suitable to be a boss~"

George smiled and waved his hand, signaling to Dell to have a drink together next time.Then, he walked out of the sporting goods store with Mike and little George.

(End of this chapter)