Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

After helping Jiang Xiaoxue find the child's father, Deng Shirong left with peace of mind.

There was food in the system space, so there was no need to waste time looking for food. After riding the train for so many days, he was very tired both physically and mentally. It was getting late now, so he found a guest house to rest. one night.

The next day.

After a night's rest, Deng Shirong, who was completely exhausted, took out two steaming meat buns from the system space for breakfast, and then started to do business.

Deng Shirong's system space stores more than 63 tons of longan. It is impossible to sell so many longan in a short time. Retailing is impossible. The only way is to go wholesale or find a strong merchant. Eat this batch of longans directly.

The most trouble-free and labor-saving way is to find a powerful merchant to eat the goods directly. However, Deng Shirong has few connections in the capital and does not know the powerful merchants, so this method can only be listed as an alternative for the time being.

It is feasible to take the wholesale route. After all, the market in Beijing is huge. More than 63 tons of longan is a lot, but it is nothing if it is scattered throughout the capital.

However, unlike later generations, this era had a dedicated fruit wholesale market, and even a real wholesale market would not appear until a few years later, so it was not easy to find so many merchants willing to wholesale longan. things.

However, it’s not like I have no clue at all.

Deng Shirong came to the capital twice. He visited many places before to buy a courtyard house. He didn't know much about the capital, but he still knew and even visited some of the more famous places, such as Dongfeng, which has a huge passenger flow in this era. He only went to the market once.

Dongfeng Market, formerly known as Dong'an Market.

Although this is not a wholesale market, as the earliest comprehensive market established in Beijing, there are people doing various businesses. Deng Shirong is confident that he can sell more than 63 tons of longan here to find merchants.

Another way is to go to the wholesale station of a department store and wait.

Department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives are behemoths in this era. Wholesale stations at all levels are spread all over the country. In this era, many merchants across the country purchase goods from wholesale stations at all levels in department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.

Deng Shirong went to the wholesale site to guard it, and then promoted it to those merchants who came to purchase goods. He thought it should have good results.

Of course, there is another way, which is to directly negotiate acquisitions with department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives. This is the simplest and most effective way.

But Deng Shirong was hesitant. After all, with the transportation capabilities of these two behemoths, they couldn't transport longans from the south to the capital for sale. Now someone is transporting longans that are as fresh as just picked to the capital to sell them. It will cause trouble. It's really hard to guess what the consequences will be.

After much deliberation, Deng Shirong finally decided to keep a low profile and not contact department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives. Instead, he went to Dongfeng Market to see if he could identify a few strong and reliable merchants and then wholesale longan to them.

With their local network and sales channels, I believe that selling more than 100,000 kilograms of longan will not be a problem for them.

Thinking of this, Deng Shirong no longer hesitated and took the car directly to Dongfeng Market.

…

Ruyi Fresh Fruit Shop.

This is the largest fresh fruit shop in Dongfeng Market.

The owner of the fresh fruit shop is Zhou Shengli, a middle-aged man in his forties.

His family has been a businessman for five generations. If he had lived in a peaceful and prosperous age, he would have been a son of a wealthy family.

Unfortunately for the country, foreign enemies invaded and wars broke out frequently in the past century. Zhou Shengli's grandfather and father had no business skills, but they had no place to use them. They could only earn some money to support their family.

After the reform and opening up, the country gradually relaxed business restrictions and even encouraged self-employed businesses.

Zhou Shengli was keenly aware that the era of their businessmen was coming. After carefully watching for two years and finding that the situation was getting better and better, he took action decisively. He no longer fought guerrillas like before, but came to the city in a serious manner. A stall was set up here in Dongfeng Market and fruits were sold.

After more than a year of hard work, his fresh fruit stall business was getting better and better, so he changed his mind and upgraded his mobile fresh fruit stall to a fresh fruit shop with fixed shops.

Because Zhou Shengli is good at management, his fresh fruit shop is doing very well. One day's net profit is equivalent to one or two months' wages of ordinary workers. If word spread about this speed of making money, I don't know how many people would be envious and their eyes would be red.

However, Zhou Shengli is not satisfied with this. His family has been businessmen for generations. He inherits the legacy of his ancestors and aims to become a famous businessman in the country. This fresh fruit shop is just the starting point in his life.

Just when Zhou Shengli was thinking about how to make the fresh fruit shop bigger and stronger, a well-dressed middle-aged man carrying a sack walked into his fresh fruit shop.

This middle-aged man was none other than Deng Shirong, who came to Dongfeng Market to sell longan. After he looked at the types and prices of fruits sold in the fresh fruit shop, he looked at Zhou Shengli, who was obviously the boss, and asked: "You OK, are you the owner of this fresh fruit shop?"

Zhou Shengli nodded and said: "I am!"

Deng Shirong had a faint smile on his face and said, "Boss, I have a big business I want to do with you. Is it convenient to find a place to talk about it?"

Zhou Shengli glanced at Deng Shirong in surprise when he heard this and asked, "What big deal?"

Deng Shirong didn't answer and asked instead: "Boss, as someone who deals in fresh fruits, you should know about the longan in the south, right?"

Zhou Shengli's heart moved: "Of course I know this."

Deng Shirong opened the sack, took out a bunch of longan from it, showed it to Zhou Shengli, then put it back and said: "Boss, I want to talk to you about business related to this, are you interested? "

Although he only took one look at it, Zhou Shengli, who has been dealing with fruits for many years, still saw the freshness of the bunch of longans. Judging from the branches, leaves and fruits, it was as if they had just been picked. This was simply incredible.

He is in the fresh fruit business, so naturally he also wants to go to the south to buy some precious lychees and longans to sell. He even knows that he is not the only one who thinks so. Other fresh fruit merchants may also have the same idea. Unfortunately, the shelf life of lychees and longans is short. This kind of The idea has no chance of being realized.

Especially for lychees, unless they are transported by air regardless of cost, with conventional transportation capacity, all the lychees will rot before they reach the capital.

Although the shelf life of longan is a little longer than that of lychee, the shelf life is also limited.

Even if it is kept fresh enough to prevent it from rotting on the road, it will already be stale by the time it is transported to the capital, leaving too little time for them to sell it. If the longan cannot be sold immediately, and if it takes a few days, the longan will be lost. Which fresh fruit merchant is willing to take such a big risk?

This is the main reason why fresh fruits such as lychee and longan have not been sold in the market in Beijing since ancient times.

But now, Zhou Shengli actually saw longans as fresh as just picked in the capital. This shocked him and at the same time he was also full of interest in the longan-related business mentioned by Deng Shirong. He immediately said: "Boss, I I’m very interested in what you’re talking about. Can we go to the warehouse behind to talk?”

Deng Shirong nodded and said yes, he just didn't want to discuss business in front of other customers. As for where, it didn't matter.

So Zhou Shengli said hello to his family, but took Deng Shirong to the warehouse behind the fresh fruit shop.

There are a lot of fruits stored in the warehouse. Judging from the inventory, it can be seen that the business of this fresh fruit shop is indeed very good.

After sitting on the small stool, Zhou Shengli said: "My surname is Zhou, what is your surname?"

"My surname is Deng."

Deng Shirong didn't waste any time. He took out the string of longans from the sack, handed it to Zhou Shengli and said, "Boss Zhou, you taste the longans first, and we'll talk after you taste them."

Zhou Shengli excitedly took the bunch of longans and looked at them carefully. The branch was still new, as if it had just been cut. The leaves were full of life, and the fruits were as fresh as if they had just been picked from the tree.

The more I look at it, the more incredible it becomes.

Zhou Shengli picked a longan, and after peeling it open, he found that the pulp was really fresh. He put the pulp into his mouth, and when he ate it, he found that the flesh was thick, with a small core, dry and sweet. It is indeed the most famous dish in the south. One of the fruits, the taste is really amazing.

After tasting one, Zhou Shengli couldn't wait to ask: "Boss Deng, how did you do it?"

Deng Shirong naturally understood what he was asking, and he smiled and said nothing.

Zhou Shengli also knew that he was asking silly questions. How could someone reveal such a business secret to him? He stopped talking nonsense and asked directly: "Boss Deng, how many of these longans do you have on hand?"

Deng Shirong said: "There are more than 63 tons in total. I wonder if Boss Zhou can eat it by yourself?"

Zhou Shengli was shocked when he heard this. The number of these longans was indeed beyond his imagination. He took a deep breath and said: "Boss Deng, I want to ask first, if I buy from you, how much do you think of these longans?" A pound of money?”

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "If you, Boss Zhou, can eat them all, then I can give you the lowest price of 2 yuan/jin."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shengli's eyes suddenly lit up.

It’s 2 yuan/jin, and it’s still a wholesale price. This price is ridiculously expensive in this day and age. There are almost no fruits that can compare with it.

But Zhou Shengli felt that the price was normal and even lower than his psychological expectations.

After all, this is longan. Longan has never appeared in the capital market since ancient times. Before the fresh fruit shop opened, he went to the south to inspect the fruits there. He knew the price of longan well.

The retail price of longan in the place of production is already as high as 5 or 6 cents per catty, and then it is transported to the capital thousands of miles away. Just the transportation cost alone is huge, and there is also the investment in preservation. The wholesale price is raised to 2 yuan/catty, and the retail price is sold to 2.5-3 yuan/catty, which is only a five-fold increase. This can be regarded as a conscientious price.

Therefore, Zhou Shengli is satisfied with the price. The only headache is that the other party has more than 63 tons of goods. Calculated at 4,000 yuan per ton, the price of more than 63 tons of goods is at least more than 250,000 yuan. Although I have accumulated a lot of wealth in 2016, the total amount is only around 100,000 yuan, and there is still a big financial gap between more than 250,000 yuan.

So it is impossible to eat alone.

Zhou Shengli's thoughts were racing, and he said: "Boss Deng, can the price be cheaper? You also know that this is the first time this longan has appeared in the Beijing market. If the price is so expensive, no one can accept it." I don’t know, if I can’t sell it, I’ll lose it!”

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Boss Zhou, you can't imagine how much I paid to transport the freshest longan to the capital. If I give it to you at a price of 2 yuan/jin, I actually have no profit. The reason why I am willing to give you such a cheap price is because I want to try first to see if there is a market for longan here in Beijing. If there is a market, it will not be too late for me to make money next year.

So in terms of price, I will directly give you the lowest price, and there is no room for concessions. "

Zhou Shengli agreed with Deng Shirong's statement.

Even if it's not as exaggerated as what the other party said, it's true that you won't make any money at all, but it's certain that you won't make much.

Therefore, Zhou Shengli did not dwell too much on the price. He mused: "Boss Deng, I only have more than 100,000 yuan on hand, so I can't eat all the goods. But please give me some time. Invite a few friends to discuss it, and then jointly eat your goods, do you think it’s okay?”

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "This is best. I don't have to go to other merchants. However, I can only give you half a day. No matter whether it is successful or not, you must give me a positive answer before three o'clock in the afternoon. Is this okay? "

"no problem!"

Immediately, Zhou Shengli raised the string of longans still in his hand and asked: "Boss Deng, can you give me this string of longans? As the saying goes, seeing is believing. With this string of longans, I will have a lot of money." I am sure to convince my friends.”

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Of course."

Zhou Shengli said excitedly: "Without further ado, I'll go talk to my friend about this now."

Deng Shirong hummed and said, "Then I'll leave first and see you at the fresh fruit shop in the afternoon."

The 7,000-word update has been completed today. Dear bosses, you understand ^_^