Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1050: Human Heart is Unpredictable
We had dinner at the Kunlun Hotel, simply because it was expensive.
It was the first meeting, the first meal, and we were not familiar with each other's temperament. It would be inappropriate to go to a place that was too cheap, as it would make people think we were being too stingy. The first impression would be that the boss was stingy, and the cakes he promised later might not be able to be filled.
During the dinner, Nan Yi only made an opening remark and let Zou Jizhen host the rest of the time. If we have to say who is the backbone of Jingda Feilong, then Zou Jizhen is still the backbone. It doesn't make much sense for Nan Yi to highlight himself. He just needs to remember to pay the bill.
A good meal brings joy to both the host and the guests.
On the way back to the old villa, Nan Yi received a call from Ge Cuizhu.
As soon as Nan Yi picked up the phone, he heard Ge Cuizhu on the other end say, "Nan Yi, something happened."
"Aunt, go ahead."
"The batch of peppers we just harvested are all rotting in the dock warehouse."
"How many?"
"100 tons."
When Nan Yi heard the quantity , he frowned immediately. 100 tons was too small. According to the value of the peppers, the loss would not be much money. Ge Cuizhu called him at night about this, indicating that there were other problems.
"Aunt, please tell me what happened."
Ge Cuizhu said quietly, "Nan Yi, this batch of peppers is Qin peppers. We signed a long-term supply contract with our customers. Now we can't deliver the first order on time. Not only will we lose our customers, but we will also have to pay a penalty of 2.6 million US dollars."
"Qin Jiao." Nan Yi's face became extremely gloomy, "Aunt, let's investigate thoroughly."
Qin pepper is a specialty of the 800-li Qinchuan area and has been famous overseas since the 1980s. When the market retail price of other peppers was still 20 to 30 cents per pound, the first purchase price of Qin pepper's dried peppers soared to three yuan because foreigners came to buy them.
This price is very considerable, so naturally some people started to have evil ideas. Two days before the buyers came to buy them, they poured boiling water on the dried chilies, then dried them again and sold them to the buyers. In this way, the surface of the dried chilies was dry, but there was still moisture inside, so they could get a bargain in terms of weight.
Since they are purchasing, the quantity is bound to be large. The dried peppers are packed in snakeskin bags and sacks, and the bags are stacked together. The temperature at the innermost part is high and there is no air permeability, so the water vapor cannot evaporate and the peppers will soon rot. The foreigners found that the peppers were all gone before they were loaded onto the ship.
Having been fooled so badly, the foreigner naturally never returned.
The farmers who reaped the benefits in the first year stopped growing staple food in the second year and planted peppers instead. However, there were no more "suckers" left and the quantity of peppers suddenly increased. Naturally, the price of peppers dropped, and no one wanted to buy them even at 30 cents per pound.
This happened in the 1980s. The Reclamation Group has been dealing with farmers and has played the role of a buyer for a long time. It has been deceived many times and has gained a lot of experience. It has subdivided the farmers into certain villages.
For example, apples were selling like hot cakes in the past two years, and the Kenzhi Group went to Qinchuan to purchase apples. The basic practice was to put the big ones on top and the small and rotten ones on the bottom. Some ruthless people put bricks under the apples and filled the side layers of the cartons with cement. These could not be hidden from the eyes of the Kenzhi Group. When purchasing apples, they would re-pack the boxes and check all the apples again.
Although this operation will make the purchase price a little higher and the workload increases exponentially, it can ensure that all the apples collected are good quality and there is no shortage of weight.
When purchasing, purchasing points are arranged based on villages. The front-line purchasing staff know best which village's farmers are more ruthless. After they come back and communicate, a set of village farmer integrity rankings will be made. Next time, the purchasing will go around the village at the bottom, or that township, town, or county.
Farmers are always simple-minded. When they see something good, they rush to the land. After two years of reaping the benefits, apple trees are planted all over the mountains. But now it is almost the purchasing season, and the reclamation group has not sent anyone over. They are waiting, waiting for the apples to pile up like mountains, waiting for the apples to slowly rot, waiting for the farmers to sing Qinqiang, and waiting for the apple trees to be cut down and burned as firewood.
After a big fall, the mind is clear now. Next, we can discuss cooperation properly. According to the integrity list, we can find the village with the best integrity to discuss underwriting. Then we can wait for the next "flock" cycle, which may come or may not come.
This is the case with Qinjiao. There is a sales contract between the Reclamation Group and several villages. The products were first consumed domestically, and then several foreign customers were gradually added. Things were developing in a good direction, but now rotten peppers have appeared. This is a serious problem.
"What charter?"
"Where did this batch of Qin peppers come from?"
"30% are contracts, and 70% are purchased from villages outside the contracts. This new customer was signed after the pepper planting season, so there was no time to adjust the planting plan."
"Aunt, our front-line acquisition staff are still communicating and learning frequently, right?"
"From apples, Dali watermelons, and day lilies in northern Shaanxi to dried bracken in the northeast, we have suffered losses in all of them. We have been summarizing our experiences and lessons. I also attach great importance to internal communication and learning, and often conduct random inspections and examinations."
"Haha, then it's not carelessness, someone is treating us as fools, Auntie, first repurchase and air freight to complete the order, then we will deal with the smart people."
"Nan Yi, we have mastered the cultivation technology of Qin peppers, and we can also grow high-quality Qin peppers in other places. Do you want to open up a new planting site?"
"Aunt, forget it. Our original intention is to make a profit on the basis of supporting farmers. Qin pepper planting requires little investment, so we shouldn't put in a barrier. Let's just continue to act as the middleman. Besides, we just discussed that the farmers in the area covered by the reclamation group have improved their ability to resist risks, and their hearts have changed. Price guarantee has become exploitation, right?"
Ge Cuizhu sighed and said, "Yes, the decision-makers in the countryside have changed. Now it is your generation, the people born in the 1960s, who are in charge. They have a higher level of education than the previous generation, but they cannot see the long term. Nan Yi, why don't we stop the common prosperity plan and just be simple businessmen.
Now, local governments are leading the development of specialty planting in various places, and the scale has expanded rapidly. We are no longer able to regulate supply and demand for the things we previously controlled, and many customers have asked to renegotiate pricing rules this year. "
Nan Yi was silent for a while and said, "Aunt, it's okay. We are going to shrink our business anyway. The small but comprehensive model doesn't work anymore. In the future, it will be the era of capital. We will definitely show our fangs. There will definitely be people whose families will be ruined and whose jobs will be lost because of us. I have reached the end of my career as a good guy.
However, despite this, the plan of common prosperity must continue. Our opponents are not farmers. The scale of support loans can be reduced a little. Now that people are richer than before, it is easier to borrow money. "
"Okay, where was the first shot fired?"
"Pigs, we have to connect our own piglet breeding center, farms, and feed. Once we finish the chores at hand, Auntie, you go to Fengtian to discuss the issue of corn supply. I'll run the indicators here and get more import quotas.
Once the connection is complete, we can see how to proceed. We can either join forces with the big guys to kill the mediocre ones first, or we can attack the big guys, and then a group of small fish will naturally be caught in the crossfire."
"Okay, I get it." Ge Cuizhu paused and said, "If the Qin Jiao incident is caused by one of our people, how do you plan to punish us, Nan Yi?"
Nan Yi laughed, "Don't give him the chance to take a train to Yunnan Province, then sneak across the border to northern Myanmar, then cross the river into Thailand, stop there or fly to other countries."
Ge Cuizhu said quietly, "Don't joke around. We are all old people, please let them off the hook."
"Aunt, our mesh is big enough. I can roughly calculate how much profit there is in procurement without asking an accountant. I know that there are no fish in clear water. It's okay to take some profit, but the premise is to ensure that the group will not suffer any losses.
If we let one person off the hook, there will be a second and a third one. We have to make an example of them to scare the monkeys.
If he doesn't run, just report it to the police and it will be over. If he dares to run, it would be best if he could flee abroad and hide in China. I will pay 2.6 million US dollars out of my own pocket for the case, and offer a million-dollar reward, and I will definitely expose him."
Ge Cuizhu sighed heavily, "Okay, I'll hang up now."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi sighed. There were too many things to worry about, one after another.
When they returned to the old house, Liu Zhen was not in the living room. The light was on in the bedroom. Nan Yi walked in and saw Liu Zhen lying in front of the desk writing a letter.
"A letter from your pen pal?"
"classmate."
"Who is it?" Nan Yi walked to the desk.
Liu Zhen turned her body to the side and looked away, "Look for yourself."
Nan Yi glanced at the letter and looked away when he saw it was in English. "A foreign classmate, I thought you were from Peking University. Which country are you from?"
"The man said he was divorced and had been thinking about me all these years. He asked me if I wanted to rekindle our relationship and become soul mates with him." Liu Zhen said with a smile.
"Don't just take the soul, take the body with you." Nan Yi said unhappily: "If his financial conditions are average, I can help you a little."
"Go to hell." Liu Zhen spat, turned around and bent down to continue writing the letter, saying, "I just saw a message in Zhiyin about a woman looking for a pen pal. Why don't you write her a letter?"
Nan Yi sat on the edge of the bed and took off his T-shirt. "This kind of information is in every issue. Is there anything special about what you said?"
"Her name is Liu Zhen, the real one, and she is exactly one year younger than me."
"That's it. I'm not interested. Next time you see a married woman seeking marriage, remember to let me know. I can give it a try."
"You're talking nonsense again..."
Nan Yi's words became the fuse of a quarrel between the couple , and the two of them quarreled for a long time.
Two more days passed in dull time. On the morning of the third day, Nan Yi received an email from Rachel and copied twice by Scarlett - Microsoft launched a second acquisition offer for Intuit, wanting to acquire the Intuit shares held by the richest man Wei Ye. Scarlett asked Nan Yi for his opinion.
