The last time I fought the steel price war, I tossed blindly with my own hands, but I didn't lose money and still made money.

White hands are the sweetest.

This year's steel prices have risen sharply, but the white hand has not paid attention to it, because he wants to follow the rules and not make the tide.

In fact, Bai Yi has already understood the essence of economics from Ding Guangyuan's two books.

For capital, any commodity will only be profitable in the course of its price increase.

Take, for example, sixteen mm rebar.

At the beginning of the year, it was 733 per tonne, and by May it had risen to 1,000 per tonne.

At the beginning of September, it was 1,002 per ton, and now it is 1,477 per ton.

Now breaking in is gambling, and if it goes up, it will make money, and if it goes down, it will lose.

"Lao Li, let me ask a question. Does steel have an expiration date? What is the shelf life of steel? ”

Professor Qiao smiled, "Xiaobai, you are a big boss in construction, you don't even understand this, right?" ”

"I really don't understand." Frank confession of white-handedness.

Lao Li said: "Of course, steel has a shelf life, and it is very complicated, and different steels have different shelf life. As far as the steel used in our construction is concerned, it is customary to divide it into two categories. One is before use after leaving the factory, and the other is after use. ”

"Lao Li, you can explain briefly."

"After leaving the factory before use. It is the steel stored in the warehouses of our various construction sites, with a shelf life of three to six months. That is, the steel after leaving the factory must be used within half a year, otherwise it is likely to lose its function. ”

"Steel after use. That is, in the process of building a house, the shelf life of the steel wrapped in concrete is generally the same as the life of the house. Thirty years, fifty years, seventy years, etc., different buildings have different requirements. ”

The white hand seems to understand but not understand.

The white hand does not need to understand, what he needs is to understand the steel market.

The next morning.

White-handed, I took a taxi to the steel market near the southern suburbs of the city.

This steel market covers an area of more than 200 acres and is surrounded by farmland and vegetable farms.

From a distance, it is basically a greenhouse, sometimes some bungalows, and even a rural market is not as good.

But there are more than 300 stalls here, and in the huge Shanghai, in addition to the planned price of steel, almost all the negotiated steel is traded here.

The connection between the highway and the steel market is a dirt road five or six meters wide, twisting and turning, six or seven hundred meters long.

Tang Yunping's shop, compared with others, is twice as large.

It turned out that this guy had a lot of money and rented two shops together.

In winter, Tang Yunping, dressed in a military coat, was directing two of his subordinates to move the steel that had been sold to the walk-behind tractor.

Seeing the white hand coming out of the taxi, Tang Yunping ran over.

"Mr. Bai, why are you here?"

Tang Yunping is very good at doing things, he calls Mr. Bai in public, and Xiaobai in private, or brother.

The boss of Tengfei Group Co., Ltd. is white-handed, the first person in the industry, everyone knows it, Tang Yunping often talks about it, and is proud of it.

"Old Tang, how's the business?"

Tang Yunping handed over the cigarette to his white hand and lit a cigarette, leaned over and whispered: "Two words, hot." ”

The white hand smiled, "I can't see it, it's like a farmer's market in the countryside." ”

"Hehe, it doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, it's a good cat that can catch mice."

"Okay, my speaking skills have improved."

Tang Yunping accompanied his white hand into his shop.

The office is quite beautifully furnished, with telephones and televisions, desks, and chairs.

There is also a new single sofa.

Sit down on the single sofa with white hands.

"Old soup, is there a warehouse in the back?"

"Yes, there's a temporary warehouse in the back. My large warehouse is located directly on the dock of the Huangpu River. If a big boss like you comes to purchase, you should go directly to my big warehouse to pick up the goods. ”

Bai Shou smiled, "Old Tang, have you read a book in the Soviet Union called "How Steel is Made"? ”

Tang Yunping thought for a while, "I've read it." Xiaobai, I'm also a primary school graduate. ”

"Do you know how steel is made?"

"Yes, yes. In the book of the Soviet Union, it was clearly written. But I forgot about it. ”

Looking at Tang Yunping with his white hands, he asked seriously: "Are you sure that the Soviet Union's book "How Steel is Made" talks about how steel is made? ”

"Sure, absolutely sure."

"Hehe......" burst into laughter with white hands.

Tang Yunping was a little confused, "Xiaobai, you, have you also read that book?" ”

After laughing, he said solemnly with his white hands: "Old Tang, I beg you two things." ”

"You say, brother's business is my business."

"First, when you go out in the future, it's best not to say that you are from Shanghai. Second, when you meet me in the future, please pretend that you don't know me. ”

"Why?"

The white hand smiled again, "Dog, hehe, go home and ask your wife." ”

Tang Yunping knew that the white hand was laughing at him, and he didn't think it was angry, because he didn't know why the white hand was laughing at him.

"Old Tang, let's get down to business. Your market is like a farmer's market, so it's not good. ”

Tang Yunping said with a smile: "Yes, yes." Just like stinky girls, wearing good clothes and smearing some powder on their faces, the ugliest can become a big beauty. ”

"Is there a plan?"

"There you go. We're going to set up a marketing services company, and I'm going to take the lead. The local government holds 20 percent of the shares, the industrial and commercial departments account for 20 percent of the shares, our merchants account for 51 percent, and our merchants hold the shares. ”

Bai Shou smiled, "Old Tang, I'm not good at math, what about nine percent?" ”

Tang Yunping lowered his voice and said, "I'll fight for you." Brother, with you in the shares, my heart will be steady. ”

"I'm not going to take a stake."

"Xiaobai, everyone agrees. The local government and the industrial and commercial departments, when they heard about your name, raised their hands in approval. ”

Bai Shou shook his head, "Old Tang, I'll leave the words here, I won't participate in the shares." If you pull me in, then our friendship will come to an end. ”

Tang Yunping was stunned, "Xiaobai, since you don't want it, then I didn't mention it." ”

Bai handed out a thank you, "Old Tang, I want to see the recent market." ”

Tang Yunping nodded, walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out a dozen or so materials.

"Xiaobai, this one is mine. According to your instructions, the prices of various steel products in the past two months are recorded on it every day, including the ex-factory price, my purchase price and my sales price. By the way, there are also sales of various steel products, which are also recorded above. ”

"What about these materials?"

"These are the sales records of my peers. When they heard that you were doing research, they generously offered it, as long as it was kept secret. Of course, they want to curry favor with you and want to do business with you. ”

Light another cigarette with your white hands and immerse yourself in research.

A full hour.

"Old Tang, your fucking chance to make a fortune has come."