Section 3 One tael or seven pieces of silver
Chen Yuan's scolded dog was bloody, and he also came up with a burst of blood: "What's wrong with doing business?" You must not have studied to do business, right? I'll do it for you today, and I'll let you know that the deal is done, and it's no worse than reading! Linghua, how much does it cost? ”
Yang Linghua walked over timidly. looked at the angry shopkeeper, then looked at Chen Yuan, and said in the smallest voice: "Ten days of accommodation, one day and two meals, a total of one or two or seven dollars of silver." ”
Shopkeeper Yang stretched out his hand: "Bring it!" ”
Chen Yuan stretched out his hand and slapped it on the palm of his hand: "Don't worry, before it falls, I will definitely give you this money!" ”
Shopkeeper Yang laughed: "Okay, I'll wait for you to get there!" Linghua, roll up Chen Gongzi's bed cover first, and as soon as the sun sets, throw it on the street for me immediately. ”
At this time, the scholars upstairs all looked at Chen Yuan with sympathetic eyes, and they knew that Chen Yuan could not have one or two or seven coins of silver on him. Because everyone is poor.
Sure enough, when Linghua brought Chen Yuan's cover to the counter, she pulled out a few copper plates from the innermost layer of the cover: "Chen Gongzi, you will have a hundred and thirty yuan." ”
One hundred and thirty Wen is a big penny, and one thousand Wen is consistent, which is converted into more than one penny of silver according to the current market. When Shopkeeper Yang heard this, he couldn't help but let out a post-nasal voice: "Hmph, there is still an hour and a half to get dark, I see how you do business, you can turn one hundred and thirty dollars into one or seven dollars of silver!" ”
In the eyes of everyone, Chen Yuan's face smiled confidently: "Can the shopkeeper dare me bet?" I'll sell wine at your door, and I'll be able to earn you back a tael or seven pieces of silver? ”
Shopkeeper Yang didn't believe that Chen Yuan could do it at all, and immediately nodded: "Okay, if you can sell it back, I will transfer the wine shop to you!" ”
The inn is not big, and there is a wine shop at the door that is also opened by the shopkeeper Yang. The wine tastes great and is never mixed with water. But in one night, it was sold half a cylinder, and the net profit could not even earn half a tael of silver.
Chen Yuan said that he sold wine at the door, and when he could sell it for one or two or seven dollars of silver at night, the shopkeeper didn't believe it at all.
Chen Yuan said to the shopkeeper Yang: "Anyone who comes to buy wine and buys a lot, you can give it to others on credit, I will give you wine on credit now, and I want the two cylinders at the door." Don't worry, I'm not going to leave the liquor store, right? ”
The shopkeeper looked at him and nodded slightly: "I'll give it to you on credit, if you buy two jars of wine together, it will cost five taels of silver, and I will count you cheaper, four taels or six dollars." How is it? ”
This is the standard way of doing business, the whole two cylinders are bought at the wholesale price, if it is retailed, the two cylinders of wine should be sold out for six or seven taels of silver, and the difference in the middle is enough for Chen Yuan to pay off the house money.
But will it be sold out?
Not only did the scholars who watched the excitement not believe it, but Shopkeeper Yang also looked at Chen Yuan with contempt.
Chen Yuan didn't care what other people looked at him, and continued: "How about four taels or three dollars? ”
Shopkeeper Yang obviously felt that he had a chance to win, and laughed: "Linghua, keep accounts!" Chen Shimei has two jars of old wine on credit, and four taels of silver and three dollars! ”
Chen Yuan picked up his one hundred and thirty dollars: "So, thank you." ”
Linghua is obviously a good girl, she was really kicked out of the inn after Chen Yuan lost the bet, she occasionally looked up at Chen Yuan when she was keeping accounts, and her expression was sympathetic.
And she didn't dare to contradict her father, so she could only sympathize with her heart.
In fact, Chen Yuan knew that the shopkeeper Yang was also a good person, so he still let himself live in the inn when he had no money, which was enough to show his character.
But now what he has to think about is not the question of the good guys and the bad guys, but the sale of these two jars of wine.
The first thing Chen Yuan did was to pull the big dog next to the liquor store away.
Regardless of whether the dog interfered with the business of the liquor store, there are always some people who are afraid of dogs, especially children.
In this era, most of those who drank a lot were coolies who worked for others. After a day's work, I didn't want to take a step when I returned home. If you want to drink two sips to relieve your fatigue, you send the child out to run an errand for yourself.
This is the kind of customer, and Chen Yuan must make sure that there is nothing around his liquor store that hinders these children who are drinking with adults, including a dog that might scare them.
Then, he started investing.
The so-called investment is to spend the capital, and the capital on Chen Yuan's body now adds up to a total of 130 Wen.
There is a seller of braised pork opposite, the peanuts cooked by his family are very delicious, a large plate of four cents, this thing is used for wine, it is perfect for those who break up the wine.
Chen Yuan spent seventy yuan to buy all the peanuts of the man. Because this is also a wholesale, it is much cheaper, and I bought more than 20 plates for 70 Wen.
Those who want to use this family's peanuts to drink wine tonight can only come to Chen Yuan. And Chen Yuan's peanuts are not sold, they are given away for free, as a side to the wine. More than 20 plates of peanuts were wrapped into small packets by Chen Yuan, and it is estimated that they can wrap about 200 packets.
Is 70 cents enough? Of course not enough! The maximization of investment can bring the maximization of profits, and Chen Yuan deeply understands this truth.
There is a candy ball seller at the corner of the street, a penny and a string.
Three pennies and four strings, all of them, do you want to sell them or not?
sold, and even the big stick with the candy ball was given to Chen Yuan for free. There are more than 50 strings of sugar balls in total, which should be enough to send off those children who drink for adults.
After doing this, there are still fifteen pennies, of course, you can't keep it.
When it gets dark, that's when most people eat, and it's time for the drinkers at the banquet to drink. Chen Yuanhao wrote fifteen letters, and the content of the letters was exactly the same: "Our old wine is old, the color and flavor are mellow, and there is no water. If your store needs, the small shop can deliver to your door. ”
He prepared to give them to a number of large and small restaurants in the vicinity.
The problem is that Chen Yuan still has to look at the shop, so it is impossible for him to deliver the letter in person. And whether it is Chen Yuan or Chen Shimei, they are not very familiar with those high-end restaurants in Bianjing now, so Chen Yuan decided to use the remaining fifteen big money to ask someone who is familiar with the restaurant to help him deliver the letter.
There are two kinds of people who are familiar with restaurants, one is who often goes to restaurants to eat, and the other is those who often go to restaurants to beg for food.
He walked around the corner of the inn, where a group of beggars gathered. Besides, Shopkeeper Yang is really a good person. The reason why beggars gather in this place is because Shopkeeper Yang sometimes helps them.
When Chen Yuan walked towards these people, many hands holding broken bowls reached out to him.
Chen Yuan looked among the beggars for a moment, and immediately decided that the lame beggar sitting under a locust tree must be the leader of this group.
So he walked straight to the beggar: "Brothers, my brother is in some trouble and needs your brother's help." ”
Politeness is a condition that a businessman must have, no matter who you talk to, you have to speak politely.
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