Chapter 22: Universe One
Peng Lei's sister, Peng Miao, works in a garment factory in the Chengnan Economic Development Zone. The benefits of the factory are good, and there are special staff dormitories. If an employee does not live in a dormitory, a accommodation allowance will be paid to subsidize part of the rent of the employee's rented apartment.
In order to live with her younger brother who goes to school in the city, Peng Miao did not have a dormitory. Instead, a bungalow was rented on the stretch between the factory and the school. It is located at the junction of Chengnan District and the Economic Development Zone, which can be said to be the junction of urban and rural areas.
Compared with the neat and hygienic streets in the city, the bungalow area where Peng Lei lives is a little dirty and messy. The potholes and the numerous unlicensed vendors on the roadside left a deep impression on Zhong Huan. The tricycle was stuck in traffic for a long time before moving to the door of the bungalow rented by Peng Miao.
"Big brother, you're finally here. What's pulled in the car? Peach? ”
Peng Lei had been waiting at the door for a long time, and jumped over as soon as he saw Zhong Huan.
"It's plums. What about Sister Peng Miao? ”
"My sister went to work. Let me see how our master's plums are doing. ”
Peng Lei was a little disappointed when he heard that it was not a peach, and he wanted to see with his own eyes what a peach of forty looks like.
"What, our master, that's my master. Look, use your professional eye to see if it's taller than what you grow in your village. Zhong Huan said as he lifted a small corner of the rainproof cloth, revealing the crimson plums inside.
"My mom, are you a plum? It's not a nectarine, is it? It's the first time I've seen a fist-sized plum. ”
When Peng Lei looked at the plums in the car, his eyes widened. It was the first time he had seen such a big plum, and he thought that Zhong Huan didn't know the goods, so he made a mistake.
"Nonsense! Can I still tell the difference between plums and peaches? You'll know if you taste it. Zhong Huan said angrily.
Peng Lei didn't pay attention to it, he picked up a plum from the car and rubbed it with his hand and bit it down, and the wine-like crimson juice flowed down the corner of his mouth.
"It's so sweet! This plum is simply stunning. It's so sweet from the skin to the meat. Big brother, you are so lucky, our master must be a master! ”
Peng Lei grew up in the countryside, and it is not that he has never eaten plums in the orchard. However, no matter how good the plum is, the skin is inevitably a little sour, and if it is picked in advance for convenience preservation, the flesh is sour. But the plum on Zhong Huan's car is not only full and round, the flesh is sweet, and even the skin is sweet and sour, which is not something that anyone can grow. With physical evidence, Peng Lei has already believed in Zhong Huan's fictitious master.
"Of course! Why am I lying to you? Let's go, our task today is to find a place to sell this cart of plums. Do you know where you can set up a stall? ”
Zhong Huan's business idea is very simple, starting with a small vendor with a cart. After accumulating the capital, I will rent a store and slowly expand the scale. Because he met the chengguan on the first day of selling peaches, Zhong Huan is most concerned about the business premises now.
"Do you see this street? You can put it anywhere. ”
Peng Lei pointed to a street in front of his house, which was simply a large free market. Zhong Huan had already learned when he rode by just now, not only small traders selling things here, but also nearby farmers came to sell vegetables, which was almost the same as catching a market in the town.
"So what are you waiting for? Let's go! "Zhong Huan is good goods and doesn't worry about selling, any position is the same in his opinion, as long as there is no chengguan.
"Don't worry! You haven't said it's going to sell for a lot of money. The cost of this plum is not low, right? It's not like the city, no matter how good the plum is, no one will buy it if you sell forty-one. And just this cart of plums, you can sell it alone, what am I doing? Although Peng Lei wanted to make money, he didn't want to take advantage of Zhong Huan. If he can't help at all, he is embarrassed to share the money with Zhong Huan.
"Who said it was just a cart of plums? There are a lot of cars. There are other things besides plums. Our main task today is to find a good location, and tomorrow we will set up a stall. Look at the stalls, I go to pull goods, and I have to sell several truckloads every day. When the business grows bigger in the future, let's still divide labor like this, you are responsible for the sales channel, and I am responsible for the purchase channel. What do you say? "Ten Thousand Beasts Gu, the purchase channel, no one else can be responsible except for Zhong Huan.
"That's it! Tell me about the price. Such a good thing, let's not sell it to the master and his old man at a loss. Peng Lei knew that Master Zhong Huan's side needed to be kept secret, and he also felt that Zhong Huan's plan was reasonable.
"Let me tell you, we can't see these things on the market, so my master can't set the price, so let's watch it. He is not short of money, half of the money from the sale is counted as a cost by him, and the other half is counted as a profit, so we can divide it equally. It was impossible for Zhong Huan to tell Peng Lei that it was zero cost for him to purchase goods from Ten Thousand Beast Gu, so he set a half-rate profit. Nominally, the half handed over to the master, Zhong Huan still plans to continue to invest in the Ten Thousand Beasts Gu.
Peng Lei scratched his head, how much does this look like it will sell for? The two of them are in business together, and their main competitive advantage lies in the source of goods found by Zhong Huan. If Master Zhong Huan is not satisfied with the selling price, then this business will not be able to continue. Peng Lei didn't want to make this money-making project a one-shot deal.
"Even if we set the price, we have to have a reference. Why don't you call Master and ask Master how much this plum costs, and we can increase the price. Peng Lei pondered for a moment and said.
"No need to ask. Master studied these all hobbies, and didn't point to making money, so how could he deliberately calculate the cost? However, these new varieties must be improved on the basis of the old varieties, and I think that as long as the selling price is not lower than the general varieties in the world. "Where did Zhong Huan go to Master to ask the price? It's not all up to him.
"Come on, you're the eldest brother, you have the final say."
Peng Lei didn't worry about losing money when he saw Zhong Huan, so he didn't worry about it. Two men pushed the cart and began to look for a suitable vacant space along the street.
At the moment, it was just after noon, and the weather was hot. Most of the stalls that set up stalls to sell the morning market in the morning have already closed their stalls, and those who set up stalls to sell the evening market in the afternoon have not yet come out. Therefore, the vendors who still set up stalls on the street are some long stalls, and they occupy better positions. Although there are vacancies in other places, Zhong Huan and Peng Lei are not very satisfied. Anyway, there are a lot of vacant seats on the street, and the two of them don't have to rush to occupy a seat, but want to find a more desirable location to occupy the location.
"Peng Lei, what do you think of there?"
Zhong Huan walked and saw an intersection in front of him, and three of the four street corners of the intersection were set up with stalls, but there was only one street corner with a large empty space. Zhong Huan looked around the open space, and didn't find any garbage heaps or other places that were not conducive to business, but he didn't know why no one occupied such a good location.
"The location is good! It's that neighbors may not be very friendly. ”
Peng Lei has lived in this place for a long time, knows that the free market is very chaotic, and observes more carefully. He pointed to the stall next to the clearing for Zhong Huan to see.
Zhong Huan looked in the direction of Peng Lei's finger, and there were several tall men who were setting up stalls next to the open space, each pushing a tricycle, and the cart was loaded with pieces of cut cakes. Zhong Huan, the head of this cake-cutting party, has also heard of it, but it is all about how they forcibly buy and sell customers, can't they set up a stall next to them?
"What can they do to us?" Zhong Huan is determined to be a generation of heroes, of course, he will not be afraid of things. He also wants to see how this cake-cutting party deceives customers, and maybe there is still a chance to do chivalrous justice.
"Not really. But that place is estimated to have more disputes, so no one wants to set up a stall, I think it's better for us to change places. "Peng Lei is honest and doesn't want to get into trouble.
"It has nothing to do with us if there are many disputes, we can still watch the excitement. That's it, no need to change. ”
Zhong Huan pushed the car over as he spoke. Peng Lei had no choice but to follow Zhong Huan. When the two of them parked the car, a few men selling cakes next to them didn't say anything, but opened their mouths to the old man selling vegetables on the corner of the street.
"Young man, there are people in that place, you change places."
"Someone? How I didn't see it. When the people come, we will change places. ”
Zhong Huan just heard Peng Lei say that this free market is full of traveling merchants, and good locations have always been on a first-come, first-served basis, and there is no fixed stall at all, let alone that there are still people who help occupy the land. He felt that the old man selling vegetables was a bit overbearing, so he was naturally angry.
Seeing that Zhong Huan and Peng Lei didn't listen to persuasion, the old man stopped meddling, just smiled wryly and shook his head. He reminded him that it was a good intention, but he didn't expect the other party to appreciate it.
"Uncle Wan, don't pay attention to them. At first glance, it is a newcomer, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and when it has suffered a loss, it will know that it hurts. ”
On the stall next to the old vegetable seller is a middle-aged woman selling pickles. She saw that the two young people didn't know what to do, so she whispered to the old man who sold vegetables to stay nosy, and not to be angry with the two ignorant children.
The old man surnamed Wan sighed and said: "Alas~ That is, I am kind, look at those bad boys, they are all waiting to see the excitement." The old man said and bowed to the other two street corners where there were stalls, and he saw that the vendors all showed a look of good fun.
Zhong Huan and Peng Lei didn't think there was anything wrong, the two of them discussed it and tentatively set the price at 25 yuan a catty. This is Zhong Huan's conversion according to the price of peaches.
With the experience of selling peaches, he felt the need to give plums a nice name as a gimmick to facilitate publicity. There are a lot of fruits and vegetables produced in the Ten Thousand Beasts Gu, and the most intuitive advantage is that they are big. Zhong Huan knew that there was a kind of large apple called World No. 1, each of which could sell for dozens of dollars, and it could sell for hundreds of yuan on Christmas Eve. Inspired by it, Zhong Huan decided to name the fruits and vegetables produced by the Ten Thousand Beasts Gu as Universe One. Because no matter in terms of size or taste, the fruits and vegetables produced by the Ten Thousand Beasts Gu are much stronger than the world's No. 1 apple.
"Come and see, come and see. Universe No. 1 big plum, the latest scientific research achievements, the latest cultivation technology, guaranteed delicious, guaranteed sweet! ”
Zhong Huan is not stage frightened when selling things, and the rainproof cloth shouted as soon as it was lifted from the car. There are not many pedestrians on the streets at this time, and the vendors are listless, so shouting twice is definitely a good way to attract popularity. In fact, there is no need for Zhong Huan to shout, the moment he uncovered the rainproof cloth, many people's eyes were attracted by the big plums in the car. Most of the owners of these eyes are not pedestrians who go to the street to buy vegetables, but those vendors who are waiting to see Zhong Huan and Peng Lei make a fool of themselves.