Chapter 342 Reaching an Agreement

It is undeniable that Ragdoll cats are the most popular cat species in the market in recent years. Due to the strict control of breeding rights and artificially high market access thresholds, Ragdoll cats are always in a state of short supply and a proper seller's market .

Ragdoll cats start at 20,000 yuan in China, and the slightly better price is more than 30,000 yuan. At the same price, you can basically buy two similar-looking Ragdoll cats abroad-the degree of popularity can be seen.

Lauren is also aware of this, because she is usually in charge of communicating with customers. Among those customers who send emails to apply for buying Ragdoll cats, almost 40% are buyers from China, and another 20% are buyers living in the United States. Chinese students studying abroad claim to raise their own, but in fact they buy for others to earn the difference. For those Chinese guests who speak earnestly, she will also explain the situation and politely refuse. If the attitude is blunt or the grammar is wrong, she will simply ignore it.

Through understanding from customers and peers, she learned why Chinese customers are keen to buy puppet cats from American catterys across the country. The reason is that the profits are too high, which leads to chaos in the domestic puppet cat market in China. There are so many phenomena of shaming that it is outrageous. Ragdoll cats in the United States are relatively cheap, and their appearance and pedigree are guaranteed. Even if the shipping and purchasing fees are included, it is much more cost-effective than buying in China.

Zhang Zian has been interested in Ragdoll cats for a long time, even before his parents passed away, he had heard their name mentioned by them, but his colleagues are friends, but any cattery that owns Ragdoll cats will strictly guard against their own breeding cats Stick to it, for fear of exodus.

Through the photos, he recognized at a glance that this is a good-looking puppet cat. It is impossible to buy it for less than 30,000 yuan in China, and it may take a year to queue up. If you want to get it as soon as possible, you can only pay more. , Just like buying a luxury car imported from abroad.

He flipped through the pictures, page after page, of different cats, big and small, and cats that had won championships on patrol, looking dazzled with ribbons. The most impressive thing is their eyes, which are different shades of blue, each pair of eyes are crystal clear and breathtaking, no wonder the name of this cattery is "Blue Summit".

At the end of the folder, a clear and complete pedigree certificate is attached, as well as feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), polycystic kidney disease (PKD), feline AIDS (FIV), feline leukemia (FeLV) and other infectious and genetic diseases. The diagnostic report is all in English, very formal, although Zhang Zian can't understand almost a single technical term...

After reading, he closed the folder, handed it back to Lauren, and gave a thumbs up. Richard said cooperatively: "Great cat!"

Lauren and Tim have enough confidence in their cats, and they laughed and said, "In this case, can we talk about cooperation?"

Richard asked cautiously, "What do you mean?"

Before the couple came,

Two-handed preparations have been made: first, the owner is willing to share the secret of cat training with them. If this is the case, they will agree no matter how much they pay; if the owner is unwilling to share, then they can only settle for the next best thing up.

Lauren broke his heart and said frankly: "We would like to ask you to train our cats and teach our cats to dance. In exchange, we will provide you with a puppet cat for free - there is only one condition, that is, exclusivity, no more Make a similar agreement with other cattery. This is a win-win deal, I hope you will consider it carefully.”

Richard didn't dare to specialize in such an important matter, it said: "Sorry, I will leave for a while, please feel free, both of you."

Zhang Zian understood and took it back to the second floor.

Richard told him exactly what had just happened.

He thought for a moment, and concluded that - this can be done!

As Lauren said, it was a proposal that would benefit him and not hurt him, and both parties would get what they wanted. Blue Peak sells cats in the United States, and Qiyuan Pet Shop sells cats in China, with the Pacific Ocean in between, and no one can hinder anyone.

In this deal, Peak Blue seems to be at a slight disadvantage, but the price of the dancing puppet cat can be doubled. Anyway, the Americans have a lot of stupid money, so no one will buy it.

Zhang Zian explained a few precautions to Richard, and took it back to the first floor.

Lauren and Tim nervously clenched their fists, waiting for his answer.

"In principle, I agree with your proposal." Richard said on behalf of Zhang Zian, before they cheered, he immediately added: "But the exclusivity conditions need to be modified—I can only promise not to be with other cats in the United States." You have no right to interfere with cattery in other countries.”

Lauren and Tim hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement.

Richard continued: "There are two other points. One is that you will bear the shipping costs for the cats, and the other is...you have to regularly ship some high-quality cat food. I will pay for this cost. Do you agree?"

Zhang Zian was wondering where he could get the channel to import cat food, so it happened to be resolved together.

These two points are not a problem for the Keller couple, because several ragdoll cats have to be transported at a time, and there is not much shipping cost shared by each cat. Blue Peak has always cooperated with cat food manufacturers. Cat food manufacturers Sometimes they rent their champion cats to shoot advertisements, and they can get genuine cat food from the manufacturer at a low price.

After the general principles are settled, the rest is to discuss some details. For example, Lauren asked Zhang Zian to pay attention to the review of the qualifications of puppet cat buyers, and not to sell their cats to customers with poor or unstable living conditions. Zian also agreed. By the way, he also used his mobile phone to take pictures of the infectious disease and genetic disease test reports they provided, and sent them to Sun Xiaomeng, asking her to help identify whether there was any problem and whether it was forged.

As consensus was reached on the details one by one, the atmosphere became more relaxed, and there were no more scruples about talking to each other. Tim, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked, "Jeff, how long will it take you to train the cat?"

Lauren is also concerned about this issue.

Richard replied vaguely: "It won't take much time, just a few days."

Lauren and Tim have been numb with amazement that it only takes a few days to teach a kitten to dance...

"So when are you coming to America?" Tim asked again.

This English sentence is very simple, Zhang Zian understood, and Richard was taken aback at the same time, "Go to America?"

"Yeah, it's too much work to transport a lot of kittens here and back, and frequent tossing is not good for the cats. The temperature difference between Los Angeles and Binhai City is too big, especially in this season." Lauren said , looked out the door worriedly.

Although the light snow outside was not heavy, it showed no sign of stopping at all, and it was blowing one after another, dyeing the ground silvery white.

Zhang Zian admitted that what they said was reasonable. They transported a large number of kittens from the United States to the icy and snowy Binhai City, learned to dance, and then transported them back to the warm and spring Los Angeles. Repeated climate changes can easily make the cats sick. I didn't think of this level, and only then realized that I had to go to the United States to train cats.

To be honest, he was not disgusted, and even a little itchy. He had never been abroad since he was so old, and he just took this opportunity to go to the United States for a few days to see the world and open his eyes.

"When do you think it would be better for me to go?" Richard asked.

Lauren and Tim looked at each other and replied in unison: "The sooner the better!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Richard had to ask.

Lauren explained: "With Thanksgiving coming up, Christmas and New Years after that, there are bound to be a lot of kids looking forward to a dancing kitten as a present... if you're taking a long time to train a cat, that's fine. That's all, but since you can tame it in a few days, we hope you can come to the United States as soon as possible, and then every three months or so will be fine."

Zhang Zian thought for a while, glanced over his shoulder, and signaled Richard with his eyes.

Richard asked the question he had just prepared: "Then when will you deliver the agreed puppet cat?"

The couple replied without thinking: "After you arrive in the United States, as long as the training is successful, we will immediately arrange the transportation of the puppet cat and cat food."

Richard felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and seeing that Zhang Zian had no objection, he replied for him: "It's fair, I promise you."

Zhang Zian stood up and shook hands with them respectively. Richard said, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

Lauren and Tim felt that a stone was off the ground, and the exhaustion and worry along the way finally paid off.

Zhang Zian is also full of expectations for the trip to the United States. If he is lucky, he may meet some interesting elves on the other side of the ocean!