Chapter 149: The Last Straw
There was a stack of notices on the table in the room, Qu Guangquan picked it up and saw that Wang Zan had just posted the same content in the medicine market, but the phone number was different.
Looks like it's going to have to be posted out again.
It is estimated that Yu Minhong started in the New West and posted small advertisements all over the world, and he learned it from Uncle Tang!
"Uncle Tang, I didn't expect that you Tongren Tang had a big business, and you actually calculated that you were a small pharmacist, and the price of this medicine has risen this year, and you haven't made a fortune!"
Tang Zongyi shrugged his shoulders and exhaled deeply: "You don't understand the situation, the price of medicinal materials has risen this year, and instead of making money, our profits have plummeted." I'll give you an example. You know how much the price has increased!"
"Of course I know, it's more than eight times! I seem to have heard that your Banlan root powder is in short supply, and it is sold out in many places. Your pharmaceutical company isn't crazy yet!"
"Lose money!!"
"How is it possible? What is in short supply will lose money, and no one will believe it if it is told to anyone!"
Actual situation. The largest epidemic of hepatitis A in history, Banlangen was furious, from more than two yuan to more than 20 yuan, and the Banlangen powder produced by Tongrentang was in short supply, not only did not make money, but lost a lot of money.
The reason is that the price of raw materials has risen, and the sales price of Tongrentang has not risen at all.
As soon as the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Bureau announced that Banlan root can prevent and treat hepatitis A, within a few days, the brand-name Chinese patent medicine, Tongrentang Company's Banlan root powder was snapped up and out of stock.
In order to respond to the call of the country, the CEOs of Tongrentang worked hard to produce with all their might, and then arranged eight large trucks to subsidize the freight, and went straight to Shanghai from Yanjing.
Tang Zongyi gestured: "When hepatitis A was not prevalent in Shanghai, our Banlan root powder was eight cents, and now there is basically no trace of hepatitis A, and the original medicinal materials of Banlan root have risen to more than 20 yuan a kilogram, and our powder is still eight cents." ”
In the room, more than a dozen employees of Tongrentang were obviously emotional.
Banlangen is just the most typical case, because the price of raw materials has risen, and the sales price cannot be raised for the time being.
-- In those days, the price of state-owned enterprises had to be approved by the Planning Commission. If you want to increase the price in a short time, it is impossible.
Tang Zongyi stood up and walked to the window: "The most money-losing thing in Banlan Root Powder is not Banlan Root, it's sucrose, do you know what is happening to sucrose now?"
Qu Guangquan smiled, and he and Zhang Qian bought candy vividly: "Buying dozens of catties of brown sugar in Qiaozhou was bought by the director of the Public Security Bureau when he found the director of the Second Light Bureau. ”
"Do you know why?" Tang Zongyi asked.
"It should be that the living conditions have improved, the people's consumption has increased, and the output has not kept up. ”
Tang Zongyi took out a document and asked Qu Guangquan to read it:
In 1980, the national sales of cane sugar were 3.8 million tons, and in 1986 it reached 6.5 million tons, with an average annual increase of 13.4%. The annual difference between production and sales is 2 million tons.
In the 1987/88 crushing season, Guangxi originally planned to produce 1.2 million tons of sugar, but the actual sugar production was 970,000 tons, only 80.83% of the plan was completed.
In other words, in 1988, the production of sucrose, which was already beyond its means, was reduced again!
This is 1988, when he shouted every day to reform prices, Qu Guangquan estimated that there should be more than one place in Qiaozhou where there should be brown sugar rush purchases, which should be nationwide, but it should also be small-scale.
Otherwise, it will not go unnoticed by the top management, and the price reform plan will still be introduced in August.
"Then you said, you should have planned indicators for buying cane sugar. ”
Tang Zongyi pointed at Ma Li: "You ask her, she is in charge of the cane sugar procurement stall." ”
Ma Li complained: "Before the outbreak of hepatitis A, the white sugar necessary for the production of Banlan Root Powder had been used up, and we could not purchase affordable white sugar, so we could only use high-priced sugar as raw materials, and the cost price had already exceeded the selling price at this time." ”
This is actually a paradox, if from the perspective of social responsibility, pharmaceutical companies should compress profit margins or even zero profit sales when the disease breaks out.
However, in terms of sales, when a disease outbreak occurs in pharmaceutical companies, they should try to significantly increase profits and increase turnover.
Choosing social responsibility means loss, and choosing enterprise efficiency means development.
The vast majority of pharmaceutical companies in the world choose the latter, hoping for a global epidemic of diseases!
Only a tiny number of pharmaceutical companies would choose the former.
In 1988, Tongrentang was among the very few pharmaceutical companies.
Three more coughs rang out outside the door, and the team responsible for answering the phone sent a record of the call, and two hours after the notice was posted, nearly 30 calls were received.
The group made a table of the basic information of the 30 callers according to the time, the purpose of the purchase, the bid, and so on.
Further analysis from the table shows that most of them belong to listening to news, and the purpose of making a call is not to buy goods, but to sell them.
Tang Zongyi repeatedly verified for a long time, and then clapped his hands: "Their group has now come to a preliminary conclusion that a single company in Qizhou should be no less than 25 tons, and we can take the next step." ”
Wang Zan: "Then I'll post all the rest of the notices now." I should have been the last straw that overwhelmed their psychological defenses. ”
Ma Li smiled: "You can't be counted. ”
Tang Zongyi pointed at Qu Guangquan: "This is the last straw I prepared to crush them." ”
"I-" Qu Guangquan was stunned.
"Why do you think you called you to come to Qizhou?" Tang Zongyi took out a phone record book and handed it to Qu Guangquan: "This is the last time they came to cast the net, the list of people who specially ran away. ”
"The one who runs the line is to know that foreign customers come to Qizhou to help them contact the trade, they are familiar with the market, they know who has the goods, and they also know who wants the goods, and they take a commission from the middle. Ma Li introduced.
"Uncle Tang means that I should sell goods as a merchant in Qizhou, right?"
"Yes, let's just say that you have five tons of goods, and now you are in a hurry to sell, and 36 a kilogram will be sold!"
"What do people want to see?"
"I've got it ready for you, their team has rented two warehouses, and the 500 kilograms of single stick that I bought last time are open to these two warehouses. Tang Zongyi smiled: "These 250 kilograms are all piled up, and the rest are chicken feet that I bought last time. ”
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Qu Guangquan changed his clothes, a silk T-shirt that was rare back then, a pair of big sunglasses called toad glasses back then, and a pair of thick chains of pure gold specially prepared by Tang Zongyi.
It is said that the rich turtle was the most classic dress in those days.
But just such a vulgar dress, changing to a handsome guy, still makes people feel not vulgar.
There are fair cheeks, strong muscles, and a domineering temperament that makes people feel very indescribable!
It doesn't matter if it's vulgar or not. Anyway, Qu Guangquan went to the post office again to make a call, and the return rate on the way was as high as 15%, because the women had to look at least twice!
Glancing at the name of Tang Zongyi's chemotherapy aggravation number, Qu Guangquan took a deep breath: "Manager Wei, I am from the Qiaozhou Chinese herbal medicine market, and I have a five-ton single branch and I would like to ask you to help sell it." Well, 38 a kilogram, if you can finish, 36 a kilogram will also be sold! I want to see the goods, behind the Yaowang Temple, then I will see you in the Yaowang Temple, I am about 18 years old. ”
After a while, a tall man met Qu Guangquan at the front door of the Yaowang Temple.
The tall man held Qu Guangquan's hand, obviously as excited as he was shaking the great unity!
Rich young master!
Qu Guangquan pushed the toad mirror: "。。。。。。 The loan shark who made five points pulled five tons of goods from Qiaozhou, originally thought that I bought it for 38 a kilogram, how could I earn 10,000 yuan per ton, but I didn't expect to pull it over for a month without even asking anyone. It's not like someone gave you a phone number and wanted you to help sell it. It's enough to do it, and if you can sell it out, you can lose a little. ”
Manager Wei glanced at Qu Guangquan: "38 sells a kilogram, can you still earn more than 10,000 yuan?"
"Yes, since I asked you for help, I will give you a solid explanation, our medicinal material company has a lot of goods, dozens of tons. You also know what the price was last year. Of course, if you want to buy it, you won't be able to buy it, the manager of the medicinal herb company, my uncle!"
- Qu Ying's uncle! That has to be called an uncle, right?
"Okay, if your medicinal herb company has other bargains, introduce them, and I can also help you sell them!"
"Thank you so much, sorry for the inconvenience. I can't afford to spend this usury!"
The warehouse was opened, and the room was full, but fortunately there were a few bags at the door, and when I opened it, I saw that it was a good single branch!
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Half an hour later, Qu Guangquan met with a fat man Shi Manager again.
Another hour passed, and Qu Guangquan saw another one.
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, Qu Guangquan called it a day and met with ten people.