Chapter 20: The First Smell of Trade
Ten days ago, Lu Zheng was bored and received a call from Sergei asking for credit.
Lu Zheng began to think that Sergei was fooling around, and I won't let you stay for long, what kind of building to buy? It seems that the 500,000 US dollar settlement fee is too much.
Lu Zheng was also bored and chatted with him.
Lu Zheng said lazily: "Sergei, since you have bought an office building, it is better to buy a place to live together." Listening to you say that, it feels like the city of Gorod is still a very good place. Even if you withdraw later, you may be able to exchange these properties for something. All the funds you need from the head office, as long as you can convince me, I will support it unconditionally.
In addition, you are focusing on heavy industry, mechanical research, manufacturing, semiconductor industry, mathematics, basic physics, and other scholars and professors over there, but it doesn't cost much anyway. ”
Sergei quickly wrote down these industries in a small notebook on the other end of the phone, and then said cautiously: "Boss, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not, I feel that the situation is quite serious." That's it, it seems that there is a shortage of light industrial products and daily necessities here, and I feel that it is easy to have an accident if this goes on like this for a long time. ”
Lu Zheng thought that he had heard it wrong, that he was short of light industrial products and daily necessities?
Lu Zheng was immediately aroused by Sergei's interest, and hurriedly asked, "Wait a minute, I'll take the notes." Tell me a little more specifically, what exactly are light industrial products, and how can there be a shortage of daily necessities?"
When Sergey heard this, he smiled, a young man is a young man. This side is all focusing on the development of heavy industry, and naturally ignores light industry, and the production capacity cannot keep up, so it is strange that there is no shortage. As for the daily necessities, of course, there is a lack of them, you don't see the streets and alleys queuing up to buy it, the most annoying thing is that when it comes to you, people tell you that there is no more!
Sergei hurriedly said: "In the last ten years, the focus of policy has been on heavy industry. In the first few years when I went out, the supply of light industrial products was in excess of demand, resulting in extremely low prices, and manufacturers and suppliers would lose a part of every piece sold, or even not be able to sell it.
Later, all of these manufacturers transformed into heavy industry, and the market led to 95% of small factories being merged by large factories. With the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer people who naturally make light industrial products. The end result is that we are now top-heavy.
Specifically, which light industries are incorporated, it is naturally textiles: all kinds of shirts, pants, shoes, sweaters, coats, scarves, towels, quilt covers, bed sheets, etc.
Living supplies are really scarce, we are here to buy things and queue up for a long time, let me tell you what we lack: water cups, toothbrush, basins, soap, shampoo, and bath soap are hard to buy, not to mention what shower gel, it is simply a luxury. Boss, can you give us some sardines and tuna?"
said that in the end, Sergei was a little crying without tears, my good motherland, how did I go to the United States and Liulidao countries for a few years, and I was so uncomfortable when I came back. Lu Zheng: I was stunned at that time.
What the hell is this, I really don't know where to produce what I said, but I'm still honest and write it down in a small notebook. And said to Sergei seriously on the phone: "Don't worry, there is a famous saying in my hometown: 'The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers'." In the future, if you have anything, tell me directly, and I will find a way for you. ”
After Lu Zheng finished speaking, he hung up the phone helplessly, calmed down and thought about it: You are in such a big country that there is a shortage of things, which indicates that there is a market here, if I come to do this business, will there be huge profits? But I don't have any energy to engage in trade?
Recruiting again?
A certain celebrity once described it this way: When the profit reaches 10%, capital will be ready to move; when the profit reaches 50%, capital will take risks; when the profit reaches 100%, capital dares to trample on all the laws of the world; and when the profit reaches 300%, capital dares to risk hanging.
Lu Zheng feels that people can't do without the four basic needs of clothing, food, shelter and transportation, so living materials can be done!
Lu Zheng picked up the phone and called back to Sergei, and said in a deep voice: "I thought about it carefully, and now you have to have one more job over there: that is, to be a good general agent of living materials over there."
Your task now is to immediately find a warehouse near the airport, railway station, and port, and you can use the Red House or a new place to use as a dedicated office for the general agent. Can you do a good job?"
Sergei thinks this is a great thing, or the boss knows him best. Due to his excitement, his voice couldn't help but be a little louder, and he said, "Please rest assured, Boss, this is all right." I'm a professional broker, haha!"
After the matter was finalized, Lu Zheng took out his own phone notebook, found the phone number of Song Zhiguo of the Rock Fishing Fishery and called it, and said with a smile: "How is Mr. Song doing lately? I'm Lu Zheng."
The main reason for calling you is to inquire about one thing, are you familiar with the manufacturer that makes canned fish? I may need a large batch. ”
Song Zhiguo was sitting comfortably on the boss's chair in his office and staring, he was startled when he received Lu Zheng's call, and was about to get angry, when he heard Lu Zheng protecting his own home, he couldn't help but stop and said: "Xiao Zheng, you haven't called your Uncle Song for a while." Why did you suddenly ask about this?
Don't you know: we at the Rock Fishery have our own cannery. As for the tonnage unit you mentioned, this is not a problem, how can our canning factory have a daily production capacity of several tons.
Let me tell you: Last year and this year, I signed several important wharves in the glazed island country, so I asked the old man this year and re-embarked on a production line, so the daily output can still reach 2-3 tons.
Now we still have more than 50 tons of goods in our warehouse, sardines, saury, sailfish, tuna, herring, cod...... These cans, anyway, all kinds of canned fish are available, and the variety is quite complete.
That is, you, I just said the ton, the industry said that the ton is afraid to be laughed to death, canned food is in pieces. ”
Lu Zheng pondered for a while, mainly because he didn't know much about it, but he still smiled: "Okay, Mr. Song, I will first ask for 200 tons of sardines, herring, cod, and saury within 5 days, I think they are cheap."
In addition, you need to find me a ship to the city of Gorod on the Volga coast of Russia, and I will pay for the freight. Rest assured, the price is yours to set. That's it, I'll let them go to your company in the afternoon to sign the contract. ”
Song Zhiguo's face twitched twice, I am also working for you, you said so, what can I say? I can only hang up the phone helplessly.