Pet King - Chapter 383

Chapter 383: A Windfall
Zhang Zian couldn’t help but laugh when he heard the vendor’s quoted price .


Because of their unique, wild and beautiful looks, Bengal cats were sought after by some people . A few years ago, they were really expensive, but recently, due to the increase in the number of Bengal cats being bred in Northeastern China, the price had dropped . Lao San charged 50,000 yuan for one Bengal cat . Who was he trying to fool?
However, this fully-grown Bengal cat was indeed in good condition . On its golden fur were distributed large patches of horizontal markings . Its jujube pit-like pupils looked sharp and piercing . Its tail seemed strong and powerful, with annular patterns extending to the tip . Its nasal areas were not as exquisite as other ordinary house cats, but there was a protuberance on the left and right side, and had stiff whiskers like wild, ferocious beasts .
"Brother Qi, why are you thinking of buying a Bengal cat? I don’t remember you liking to raise small animals . . . " Snowy asked Lin Qi .
Lin Qi scratched his head, and said embarrassingly, "Well… actually, one of my friends raises a serval, and that cat looks really good . It is big and beautiful and wild, unlike those ordinary cats . We are envious of him… so I thought I should raise a cat and make others envy me too…since he raises a serval, I intend to raise a Bengal cat . I can’t raise the same breed as his . And then I heard the Bengal cats here are quite nice, so here I am . "
Zhang Zian understood that Lin Qi wanted to buy a cat out of rivalry .
"Oh . . . " Snowy turned back to ask Zhang Zian, "Mr . Store Manager, can you help my Brother Qi determine whether this Bengal cat is worth that much?"
Lin Qi frowned . In fact, he wanted to buy this cat because the price quoted by the street vendor was relatively high . The serval that his friend bought was imported from the United States for over 200,000 yuan . If he bought a cat too cheap, he would feel like it couldn’t compare with that .
Zhang Zian couldn’t understand this rich young man’s psychology . He just honestly said, "This Bengal cat is in excellent condition . . . But it is not worth the price . I would say it costs at most 20,000 yuan . In fact, regardless of its condition, I do not recommend buying it . If a Bengal cat doesn’t possess a studbook, it means it is probably the first or second generation of wild Bengal cats, and will be hard to tame . "
"Cut the nonsense!" snapped the street vendor Lao San, "Are you blind? My Bengal cats are so obedient and well-behaved!"
Snowy also thought that this Bengal cat was obedient . Though it looked very wild, it had been quietly lying in the iron cage, occasionally uttering a short, sharp cry, which was completely different than the meowing of ordinary cats .
Lin Qi shrugged, "A wilder cat is just what I’ve been looking for . "
Zhang Zian laughed, "Wilder . . . hey, Snowy, have you been scratched by your Snow ball?"
Snowy tilted her head and thought for a moment . "I have been scratched once, but I didn’t bleed — only a red print was left on me . "
"A Persian cat has a gentle character and limited strength, so you will be fine if it scratches you . But if you are scratched by this Bengal cat, I am afraid your skin will be torn open . " said Zhang Zian . His parents' hands and wrists were covered with many scratches . They would wear special rubber gloves when bathing cats . But they didn’t wear gloves all the time, so inevitably they were scratched by cats .
The paws of a Bengal cat were much more forceful than that of a house cat .
"My cat won’t scratch people . I assure you . Look how tender it is . Why would you think it scratches?" In order to prove what he said was true, Lao San picked up a thin iron bar and knocked at the cage a few times . The Bengal cat inside was frightened, but it only moved a little bit, cried out a few times, and didn’t struggle radically .
Lin Qi turned around and looked at Zhang Zian, seeing how he was going to cope with this .


Zhang Zian silently thought for a moment, and said, "There are two possibilities . First, this Bengal cat is really tender; the second possibility is that it has taken sedative drugs like sleeping pills . I can’t tell which is the case for the time being . If the latter is true, when the efficacy has passed, it will reveal its true nature . "
"Sleeping pills?" Snowy cried in surprise .

"Yes, if the vendors here can feed Pomeranians painkillers, of course they can feed Bengal cats sleeping pills . " Zhang Zian said these with leeway . "But as I said earlier, I'm not 100% certain . "
Bengal cats were the most important cats that needed to have studbooks . This was so they could prove that in their lineage, at least four generations of Bengal cats had been crossbred with house cats . This is because the bloodline of the wild Bengal needed to be decreased to less than 1/8 before they could become domesticated pet cats . Some Bengal cats, which came from a line that had only been crossbred one to three generations, although they looked very beautiful, would cause trouble if people bought them home .
Even Bengal cats that had become pets had the disadvantages of being too lively and liking scratching compared to other pet cats . It was basically hopeless to expect them to lie obediently on their owners’ knees and let the owners stroke them .
This Bengal cat in front of Zhang Zian was abnormally obedient . That was why he was in doubt .
"My Bengal cat did not eat sleeping pills! Who are you to talk about such nonsense!" the vendor Lao San retorted irritably .
Hearing this, Lin Qi, who had decided to buy the Bengal cat, became hesitant . After all, he just wanted to buy the cat to appear pretentious in front of his friends, but it would not be worthwhile if he got hurt .


"Is there any other handsome looking cat? It only has to be as good looking as a Bengal cat or a serval . " He asked Zhang Zian, "It's okay with me even it’s expensive . Money is not a problem . "
"If money is not a problem . . . then I have a suggestion — you can go to buy an Ashera cat . That breed is absolutely rare and looks incredibly handsome, much fancier than a Bengal cat, and should be able to meet your requirements," replied Zhang Zian .
"Ashera cat?"
Neither Snowy nor Lin Qi had heard of such a strange name, and even the angry Lao San stopped cursing and listened to him .
"Ashera cat is a newly nurtured cat breed, and it has not yet become recognized by any cat association . I am afraid that it will not be recognized in the future . This kind of cat is large and heavy, and it looks just like a small leopard . If you want to catch attention at a party in front of your friends, and money is not an issue, go buy an Ashera cat," introduced Zhang Zian .
Lin Qi suddenly was intrigued by this and asked quickly, "How can I buy one? Which places are selling them?"
"I heard that a U . S . pet company is selling them, but the supply is limited, so it’s probably not very easy to find one . . . " Zhang Zian suddenly got an idea . "I happen to have friends in the pet industry in the United States . Do you want me to inquire them about this?"
He was thinking of Tim and Lauren . Since they ran a professional cattery, they had probably heard of this cat breed .
Lin Qi was overjoyed . "That's great! If you can help me buy one, I am willing to pay commission . Money is not a problem!"
He came from a wealthy family, but he wasn’t well-informed on the channels of buying cats or different breeds of cats . That was why he was going to buy a Bengal Cat on his own in the dog market . Now that he had a better goal, he simply gave up this Bengal Cat that had no studbook .
"Let’s make it clear . The price of an Ashera cat is higher than a serval, so it would cost at least 200,000 yuan . If you are sure you want to buy one, you must pay a deposit first, otherwise if I painstakingly ask my friends for this favor and get one Ashera cat from the United States that you don’t end up buying, I will suffer a major loss . " Zhang Zian confirmed with him again .
He found himself still underestimating the fanatical pursuit of rare animals by the heirs to rich families . No wonder the pretentious man in trench coat offered hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy an original Egyptian Mau .
"No problem," Lin Qi promised, "Since you know Snowy, I believe you . As long as you are sure that I can buy one, I will immediately transfer the total payment to you . "
"Okay, deal!" Zhang Zian was so glad . He didn’t expect that by visiting the dog market, he would actually close a deal .
If this business could be done smoothly, he might purchase some rare pets from overseas and sell them to other rich heirs from wealthy families .
Pet companies in the United States had advanced genetic technologies . In recent years, several new cat breeds had indeed been developed . In addition to Ashera cat, there was also the more famous Savannah Cat . Both breeds were very expensive, so expensive that no ordinary people could afford them or raise them . They were the toys of rich people .
And China was home to so many rich people!