Chapter 431: Trade War
"Tian Bin, how many more homes have been closed today?" Sun Dalei asked, holding his rice bowl. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"There are almost more than 50 of them, and Thanksgiving County has basically been sealed by us." Xu Tianbin replied.
"Haven't you softened yet?" Liu Guannan asked again.
"There is no superficial convincing, but there are already a few merchants who have revealed some meanings and are willing to pay back taxes and open for business."
"What we need is what is on the surface, and we don't do anything in the dark." Sun Dalei put down the bowl, "Tian Bin, you will send someone to inform you tomorrow, not only can the merchants who are willing to pay back taxes within three days be able to open their doors, but the tax police will absolutely guarantee their safety, and no one dares to touch them." ”
"Then shall we still reduce the price and sell it tomorrow?" Xu Tianbin asked.
"Of course." Sun Dalei said, "The price will be reduced by two percent tomorrow, which is cheaper than today." Huang Sanxiang has already played a package ticket today, and the price must be reduced. ”
"But." Xu Tianbin was puzzled, "If we reduce the price by such a large margin, it will be equivalent to squeezing other merchants to death, even if they reopen, they can't compete with us, how can this matter be solved?" ”
"What Tian Bin said is also a problem." Liu Guannan also said, "If we hit the market like this, it will indeed have a great impact on other merchants." ”
"It's easy to do, it's not difficult." Sun Dalei said with a smile, "Tell them that if they pay taxes and open their doors, they can go to Xiangyi Commercial Bank to buy goods at a 20% discount on the selling price." If our selling price decreases, their purchase price will also decrease, and it will always be 20% off. ”
"Da Lei, is this okay, have you considered the cost?" Liu Guannan asked, "It won't be a loss." ”
"Don't worry, I've calculated the cost." Sun Dalei looked up at the window, "This time Thanksgiving County is just testing the waters, in the future, whether we are fighting a trade war with the Ming Dynasty government on the mainland or with Huang Taiji, let's be the first small-scale drill this time." ”
"You, you." Liu Guannan and Xu Tianbin both pointed at Sun Dalei and laughed, "Think long-term enough." ”
Huang Sanxiang knocked on the door at this time and came in: "Director Sun, today's sales statistics are out." ”
"yes, I'll take a look." Sun Dalei took Huang Sanxiang's statistical table, "More than 10,000 catties of rice were sold, thousands of catties of salt and sugar, and more than 500 horses of cloth. ”
"What percentage of bulk purchases are made?" Liu Guannan asked.
"A little more than half." After Sun Dalei answered, he asked Huang Sanxiang, "How much inventory do we have?" ”
"Director Sun, please rest assured." Huang Sanxiang said with a smile, "Chief Xu has shipped a lot of goods this time, and according to today's sales volume, it will be no problem to sell them for another seven or eight days." ”
"You can't count it in terms of today's sales." Sun Dalei shook his head, "Today, these merchants are all tempting, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow may be the time for them to buy in bulk, we must be prepared." ”
"Director Sun." Huang Sanxiang asked, "There is a saying in the mall that buys up and doesn't buy down, if we reduce the price tomorrow, I think these merchants in Thanksgiving County don't dare to hoard, they will worry about whether the price will drop the day after tomorrow." ”
"The shopkeeper Huang deserves to be the shopkeeper, and what he said makes sense." Sun Dalei praised, "But we also have to guard against it." Tian Bin, I will write a letter to the family, you will find someone to send it back, and I will let the family prepare a batch of goods. Huang shopkeeper, you, as you do today, pay close attention to who else will make bulk purchases. ”
"The villain knows." Huang Sanxiang said yes and turned around and left.
Sun Dalei thought about it carefully: "There should be no problem, let's talk about it tomorrow depending on the situation." ”
Early the next morning, Xiangyi Commercial Bank had just opened for business and gathered a bunch of people, but none of them paid for money.
Huang Sanxiang stood at the door of the commercial house with his hands in fists and circled around for a week: "Thank you for your patronage, I told you yesterday that the price of the small shop will be reduced by one percent today, if you have any needs, please enter the small shop to buy." ”
"It's really going down again."
"But no, Xiangyi Firm really dares to reduce the price."
Everyone began to discuss, and one person suddenly shouted: "Shopkeeper, will the price be lowered tomorrow?" ”
"I don't know any of that." Huang Sanxiang said with a smile, "The price will be reduced according to the will of our owner, and whether it will be reduced again tomorrow depends on the intention of our owner." ”
The day passed quickly, and today's sales were much less than yesterday's, and there was no bulk purchase, only a few scattered individual customers came to buy some daily necessities.
Huang Sanxiang returned to the firm and asked, "Director Sun, it's going to close, will the price be reduced tomorrow or not?" ”
"Keep today's prices, don't drop prices." Sun Dalei replied simply, "But be prepared, those merchants are just waiting." ”
The price was lowered by 20% for another two days, but the sales have been tepid, and there has been no rush to buy and hoard.
Liu Guannan and Xu Tianbin were a little puzzled: "Da Lei, what the hell is going on, I am a little uncomfortable in the quiet for the past two days." ”
"You two, what's wrong with being quiet." Sun Dalei explained with a smile, "I guess those merchants have been collecting money for the past two days. The first day of the competition made them understand a truth, thousands of catties or hundreds of catties of purchases can't hollow out us, they want to scrape together enough money to defeat us at once. Tomorrow is the last day of our announced back tax payment, and if they can't defeat us tomorrow, then they will be in chaos themselves. ”
"Can we have our stock?" Liu Guannan was a little worried, "These merchants have a lot of money together. ”
"That's why we have to strategize." Sun Dalei said with a smile, "I asked Xu Tianbin to send it back to Yulin Bay, and I have already made it clear to my family that the second batch of goods should be on the way, and it will arrive tomorrow at the latest." If you want to buy us short, you really don't know whether you live or die. ”
Sure enough, early the next morning, Xiangyi Commercial Bank had just opened, and the first big customer came to the door.
"Shopkeeper, I want 10,000 catties of rice and 2,000 catties of salt."
"Man, take this guest officer to pay for the delivery." Huang Sanxiang ordered expressionlessly, "Find someone to send this guest officer home." ”
"No need, shopkeeper." The person who bought the goods waved his hand, "Just put it at the door of your trading house, and I'll find someone to move it myself." ”
"Okay." Huang Sanxiang shouted, "Just do what the guest officer wants." ”
10,000 catties of rice and 2,000 catties of salt were stacked at the door of Xiangyi Commercial Bank.
Soon, the second big customer also came: "Shopkeeper, I want 20,000 catties of rice and another 1,000 pieces of cloth." ”
"Did you put it at the door of the shop too?" Huang Sanxiang asked loudly.
"Yes, just leave it here, I'll find someone to transport it."
At noon, 70,000 catties of rice and tens of thousands of catties of salt and sugar were piled up at the door of Xiangyi Commercial Bank.