Chapter 14: Business Opportunities
When filling in the volunteer, Tang Tianchen directly chose Yenching Normal University, which made Zhao Jing very happy, and thought that Tang Tianchen sacrificed his will for himself, but in fact, the main reason why he chose Yenching Normal University was because of his mother.
As a result, when he turned around and saw that the love in Zhao Jing's eyes was almost overflowing, Tang Tianchen couldn't bear it! Hurry up and find a chance to sneak home.
When he got home, Tang Tianchen said hello to his family and went to work again, of course, the family didn't know, and thought he was playing with his classmates again. Cheng Ning scolded with a smile: "This kid can't die at home!"
After a few days of familiarization, Tang Tianchen has been driving a lot faster. Now I can run five times a day, which is relatively free. That is, you can earn about 75 yuan a day.
Although it seems to most people at the moment to be a lot of money, he is not satisfied. Judging from the perspective of his previous life, this money is a drop in the bucket and insignificant.
Money has to be earned little by little, and food has to be eaten bite. He wasn't in a hurry. But it doesn't prevent him from thinking of individual ideas to earn more money every day.
There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of those who have a heart. There are many things that you need to delve into, and you will definitely find a way out. After Tang Tianchen's observation and exploration, he really found an opportunity to make extra money.
In the first half of the year, there was a lot of rain in his hometown of Hanyang County, and many farmers did not plant potatoes and rotted directly in the ground. Therefore, this year, the price of potatoes in the local area is worse than that in other places, which is more than twice as expensive.
However, Baiyang County, where Baiyangdu is located, has a large production of potatoes this year, and the price is also very low. Isn't this a good opportunity to make money?
And Tang Tianchen found that there are almost no people doing this business now, not because those businessmen are stupid, nor because Tang Tianchen's vision is extremely sharp.
Mainly because the price of this potato is cheap, now the local rice is a pound and a dime, but the potato is only about three cents a hundred catties. You have to do a lot of it in order to get something. However, if the volume is large, the transportation cost is relatively high, and if you make a special trip to do this business, it is almost doomed to lose money.
So even though the price of potatoes in the local area is three times more expensive than in other places, no one wants to pay for potatoes to be sold.
But Tang Tianchen is different! He returns empty every day, and it is by the way to bring the potatoes, and it doesn't cost him a penny anyway, and the amount he earns is purely earned, which is simply a good opportunity to pick up money.
He began to contact potato suppliers in Baiyang County, but there was a problem, they said that the supply was fine, and even if the quantity was large, the price could be lower, but he had to pay a deposit first, about 2,000 yuan.
This is not a small amount of money, and Tang Tianchen can't make it up for a while. He can also wait until he pays his salary, but the business opportunity is fleeting, now is the time for the large-scale listing of potatoes in Aries County, the price is the lowest, and now it is very advantageous to sign a supply contract, and maybe the price of potatoes in Aries County will rise in two days. As soon as the cost is high, the profit will come down.
But what to do? Now there is only one way to go - borrow money. But from whom do you borrow it? The family will definitely not be able to take it out, and no one else will lend him such a large sum of money.
Thinking about it, there is only one person who can help him with this money - Wang Qiping. And he can't do this business alone, this person has a lot of eyes, in case someone is red-eyed and sues him, this matter can be big or small. The key is whether the mine leaders want to be held accountable.
To put it mildly, it was a matter of piggybacking on things by the way, and it did not cause direct losses to the mine. There are many people who do this kind of thing, and there are not many of them. To put it mildly, this is a public weapon for private use, which damages the public and private interests, and if you lose your job, you may have to be fined and detained.
But cooperating with Wang Qiping is different, who dares to make irresponsible remarks, everyone will only think that this is Deputy Mine Manager Wang instructing Tang Tianchen to earn some pocket money for his son. Who is Deputy Mine Manager Wang? That was the brother-in-law of Li Chuanjiang, the big boss of the mine. Isn't it natural for him to use his own car to earn some pocket money for his son?
Since there is someone to support him at that time, what else is there to worry about? Just do it! After getting off work, Tang Tianchen called Wang Qiping out and explained his plan in detail.
Wang Qiping was also very moved when he heard it, although he was not short of money to spend, but being able to earn money in the countryside means that he has grown up and become a person, and no one dares not to look down on you. Being able to earn money shows that he is very capable, and it is also an opportunity to prove himself to his parents, and a young boy cannot resist this temptation and temptation no matter what. Wang Qiping is the same, but he has some concerns.
"Is this plan of yours reliable? Are you sure you can make money? ”
Tang Tianchen waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down first, and then explained:
"How can it be unreliable, you listen to me give you an analysis! Do you know how much potatoes sell for a pound at Aries? One hundred pounds and three cents. Do you know how much our local potatoes sell for a pound? One hundred pounds and eight cents. How many pounds can you pull in my car at one time? Coal can pull more than a dozen tons. Potatoes are almost four tons. Four tons is 8,000 kilograms, how much money can you earn in one trip? 80 pieces! How much does it cost to run 4 times a day? 320! How much in a month? 9600 pieces! That's more than my salary! Do you say to make money or not? ”
"! No way? So much? You're not mistaken! Wang Qiping obviously couldn't believe it.
"Of course I was right, just more, no less! Otherwise, you go home and count it yourself, and now it's up to you to see if you dare to do it? ”
"You're so smart, you must be right. Then what don't you dare to do! Such a good opportunity to make money, a fool won't do it! …… The point is that we don't have any money...... If my dad asks for such a large amount of money, he will definitely not agree. Let me figure out how to figure it out and I'll tell you tomorrow. ”
Tang Tianchen left with some disappointment.
At dawn the next day, Wang Qiping ran to slam the iron door of the dormitory where Tang Tianchen lived, and the worker who was woken up was about to scold his mother, but when he saw that it was Wang Dagongzi, he could only dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Tang Tianchen had no choice but to get up and open the door to let Wang Qiping in, and complained angrily:
"Big brother, it's only six o'clock! What are your nerves in the morning? ”
Wang Qiping didn't think it was a pestle, and said with a happy face:
"It's a good thing to look for you early in the morning! Good news for you: we're rich! ”
Tang Tianchen instantly became sleepy, and hurriedly asked, "Really?" How much? ”
"More than 5,000"
"Where did you get so much money...... It's not stealing, is it? That's not going to work! ”
"How is that possible? Where do you want to go! It's really sleepy when someone sends a pillow, last night there was a boss from out of town to pay my dad the final payment, my dad was not at home, I collected it for him. That's more than 5,300 pieces. ”
"Then your dad won't find out?"
"I know this guy very well! Every repayment will take a few months, and this time I don't know how to advance it. As long as I don't say it, my dad will definitely think that he still hasn't paid it back! When the time comes, we will make up the money! ”
Tang Tianchen was right when he thought about it, those who do big things are not informal. How can you do if you are afraid of wolves and tigers? People die and do not die for thousands of years. In that case, there is nothing to hesitate about, the more money, the better.
He was too conservative before, and as a reborn, his vision and pattern should be bigger. How can you be limited to doing it alone, and only start in Changfeng Town? This year's floods are not limited to Khanyang, and the prices of potatoes in several surrounding counties and cities should be much more expensive than in previous years. The market is still huge!
Because the ferry leaves at six o'clock every day, Tang Tianchen usually gets off work at five or six o'clock. But I can wait until after work to send the potatoes to the surrounding counties and cities overnight for sale.
Tang Tianchen proposed: "That's the case, Wang Qiping, our previous plan was too conservative, and I have a further plan." We should sign an exclusive supply agreement with the supplier in Aries County, and once he supplies to someone else, he will compensate us with a large amount of liquidated damages according to the contract. ”
"But there are a lot of potato suppliers in Aries County! Can we eat so many goods? Besides, you can't finish it alone? ”
"Who says I'm the only one who carries the goods? There are 12 largest potato suppliers in Baiyang County, with a daily shipment of more than 400 tons, and one person can transport almost 16 tons a day. But isn't our fleet of more than 20 cars? ”
"What? Are you saying that you have to get the rest of the team involved? This...... Will they be able to say yes? ”
"Of course they didn't agree, but when they paid 5 yuan in the car, they were too late to be happy, so how could they not agree?"
"Five? You don't say you can make eighty dollars in one trip? You're just giving someone five dollars, it's too dark, isn't it? ”
"You know what! Haven't you heard of Dou Mien, Shengmi hatred? Earn more than 20 yuan a day, and you can top one-third of your salary. What else are they not satisfied with? Giving too much will only fuel their greed. ”
"Okay...... But you never thought that such a large amount of potatoes would not be able to be digested locally! ”
"Who said we sold it locally? The price of potatoes in Wufeng, Zhenjiang and other counties near here is also very high! ”
"That's right! How I didn't expect that! Or is your brain spinning fast. But why are we afraid that the original margin is not enough? ”
"Hehe, small business has the practice of small business, and big business has the practice of big business. This can't be as petty as it used to be. What else do you need? Let me ask you, is the chairman of Dayuan Mining Group, the owner of Mengjiagou Coal Mine, your uncle-in-law? Is your uncle's cronyism known to everyone? Does many people know that the deputy mine manager is your father? ”
"yes, what the hell are you trying to say?"
"Then from today onwards, you will be Wang Qiping, the manager of the purchasing department of Dayuan Group!"
"What a mess...... My uncle-in-law won't say yes! ”
"I don't care if he agrees or not, the key is that it is enough for someone to believe it, it depends on whether you act like it or not!"
"Oh...... I see what you mean...... You asked me to pretend to be the purchasing manager of the mine and sign an agreement with someone in the name of Dayuan Mining. But people won't believe it, right? ”
"Of course others won't believe your empty mouth and white teeth, but what if you add an official seal? The agreement in black and white is always recognized, right? Could it be that Dayuan Mining, which has an annual income of tens of millions, will still owe him thousands of yuan in potato payments? ”
"Wait...... You mean let me take my father's official seal to stamp and sign, this ...... This one...... Not quite right? Wang Qiping was a little hesitant.
"I know what you're worried about, so I'll ask you in turn, take 10,000 steps back and assume that we fail, can we bear the consequences? It's nothing more than a loss of money and some liquidated damages, but is that money a drop in the bucket for Dayuan Mining? It doesn't even break your bones in your home? ”
"That's right, my parents scolded me at most, and hit me a few times at most. Made, my brother-in-law often said: How can you not take risks in business, support the bold, starve the cowardly! Just listen to you, do it! ”
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Many years later, Wang Qiping mentioned in an interview with Global Finance on "Top Ten Biographies of People Who Choke the Throat of the World Economy":
The reason why I have achieved the wealth and status I am today is because of Mr. Tang's help and support. He taught me two important things about business at the beginning of our partnership: one is to be sharp-eyed and good at seizing business opportunities, and the other is to take risks and seize opportunities when you see them......