Chapter 10 Selling Chinese cabbage
Ordinary days always pass quickly, and in two days it will be time to trade with Xiahe Village, and Li Dong has only scraped together 250 yuan at present. In the past ten days, Li Dong has been to Xiahe Village no less than five times, and the wholesale vegetables are more than one time, adding up to more than 200 catties.
Although the amount is a lot, the profits added together are not as good as the first gains. After working hard for more than ten days, he only got 48 yuan, but fortunately Li Dong didn't rely on this to make money, otherwise he would have starved to death.
A few days ago, the cabbage in the space was finally ready to be picked, and it took Li Dong two nights to finish it, and there was no place to put it, so it was piled up in the space, and it was estimated that there should be four or five hundred catties.
It is impossible to sell so many Chinese cabbages in the vegetable market, let alone only two days. Moreover, the large-scale listing of cabbage will seriously impact the sales of other vegetables in the market, and finally offend those vendors. Because the market is relatively fixed, if you sell more, others will definitely sell less, and you must grasp a degree.
Li Dong didn't want to offend all the vendors because of this little thing, after all, everyone was a peer, and there was no need to look down and not look up, so there was no need to make water and fire incompatible for this little money.
Since the vegetable market is a sales channel, Li Dong thought of another way to sell, which is to sell to the canteens of those schools or factories. The consumption of ingredients there is large, and you can eat this batch of Chinese cabbage, if one can't do it, then find a few more.
At the first stop, Li Dong came to his alma mater, after all, he has been here for 8 years and is very familiar with it. Unlike in previous lives, in the last days, the way of education is different in each gathering place.
Affluent agglomerations may offer free education and study for longer periods of time. In those relatively poor gathering places, where the school time may only be four or five years, they will concentrate resources on selectively cultivating those students who are the most capable of learning.
The Jiangbei gathering place where Li Dong is located is not too good, nor too bad, so it can only be ranked in the middle. The duration of compulsory education here is eight years, from the first grade to the eighth grade, followed by the college entrance examination, and the university admits only those who are most talented.
Li Dong said hello to the doorman, they were all acquaintances, and he didn't embarrass him. I came to the cafeteria with a familiar road, and the Jiangbei gathering place did a good job, which was to provide free lunch for students, although it was only the minimum standard of food, but it reduced the burden on many families to a considerable extent.
"Ding, Ding, Ding......"
Li Dong knocked on the door of an office, and a nameplate was nailed to the door, on which were engraved the words "Logistics Department."
"Please come in." A deep baritone voice came from inside.
"Director Wu, do you remember me?" Li Dong walked in with a grimace.
"You're not the one, the ......," Director Wu was trying his best to recall.
"Li Dong." Li Dong hurriedly received it.
"Yes, I remember you, aren't you the 'deputy director' of our logistics department, why do you miss campus life and come back to take a look?" Director Wu quipped.
In fact, the main reason why he remembered Li Dong was because Li Dong came to him in the first week of enrollment to ask for a work-study job, and his salary was leftovers from the canteen. At that time, he saw that Li Dongren was a big ghost and very sensible, so he made an exception to accept him, but he didn't expect him to be doing this for eight years, and he also appointed himself a deputy director.
"Director Wu, don't make fun of me, I'm thin-skinned." After speaking, he pretended to be ashamed.
"Okay, what did you come to me today?" Director Wu asked suspiciously.
"Director Wu, how can I say that I used to be a member of the logistics department, no, I recently did a little business and got a batch of Chinese cabbage, and the first one thought of our logistics department, and I specially ran over to ask if you need it?"
It's obviously a salesman, but when it comes to this guy's mouth, he has become an excellent alumnus of his alma mater.
"Oh, it turned out to be Boss Li, it's really disrespectful." Director Wu joked, Li Dong doesn't know who he is, what is black can be said to be white, and what is dead can be said to be alive.
"Eh, I'm laughing at you, I'm a petty trader at best." Li Dong pinched the tip of his little finger with his thumb and gestured to represent a very small one.
"Tell me, how many goods do you have? If the price is cheap, for the sake of the former "colleagues", I will take it. "Director Wu is still good, otherwise he wouldn't have accepted Li Dong back then.
"Thank you, Director Wu, don't worry, if there is anything good in the future, I must think of our logistics department first. This batch of cabbage is about four or five hundred catties, director, when do you think I will send it? Li Dong never expected that Director Wu would be so atmospheric.
"What? Four or five hundred pounds, good guy, I really underestimate you. There were too many of them, I couldn't eat them, so I bought two hundred catties at most. ”
Director Wu was really taken aback, are all children so powerful now? It's just out of campus, and the business is so big.
Li Dong was a little disappointed, thinking that he could empty it all at once, but he didn't expect that in the end, even half of it didn't arrive. Thinking about it in a blink of an eye, there are so many public canteens in the urban area anyway, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to sell them.
"Two hundred catties is fine, then I'll send it over in the afternoon, okay? You can rest assured that the price is one dime lower than the market price, and I also discount so much for the sake of the director's face, and I only discount five cents at most for others. Li Dong began to run the train with his mouth full.
"Okay, the price is fair, then I will thank you for all the teachers and students. After school in the afternoon, you can come directly to the back door of the school, and I will let Lao Huang pick you up there. Director Wu nodded with satisfaction, this kid finally still has the school in his heart.
Out of Director Wu's door, Li Dong originally wanted to go to see his younger brothers and sisters, but thinking that he could meet every day, it seemed a bit self-inflicted, so he dismissed this somewhat stupid decision.
At the second stop, Li Dong came to Dajiang Textile Factory, the reason why he chose this place is because the benefits of the textile factory are very good, and he should be happy to buy his own Chinese cabbage.
Coming to the gate of the textile factory, Li Dong registered his personal information, and after being instructed, he came to the canteen manager's office.
"Hello Manager Zhou, take the liberty of interrupting." Li Dong greeted politely.
"Sit down, I heard you have a batch of cabbage to sell to our canteen?" Manager Zhou asked directly.
"Yes, it's about 300 pounds, I don't know if you need it?" Li Dong asked tentatively.
"We don't mind taking it if the price is right." Manager Zhou wanted to pay back the price, but in fact, the purchase was a little tight recently, and this batch of cabbage came at the right time.
"Manager Zhou, don't worry about the price, I'm five cents lower than the market price, it's definitely worth the money." Li Dong looked confident, because he saw the corner of Manager Zhou's right eye tremble when he heard his offer.
Sure enough, Manager Zhou didn't bargain anymore, and directly agreed, and asked Li Dong to hurry up and transport the dishes over to catch up with dinner. Because the textile factory is busy, it usually works until 9 o'clock in the evening, and in order to alleviate the fatigue of the workers, the factory is generally very willing to invest in food.