Chapter 9 Long-term Cooperation
Li Dong set off early in the morning, and Lu Xiumei was afraid that he would forget to eat again at noon, so she specially prepared multigrain pancakes for him, put eggs, shredded radishes and pickles, wrapped them in oiled paper, and stuffed them into his pockets.
Today's weather is good, not as hot as yesterday, it is a rare cloudy day, and the sun hides in the clouds. The only fly in the ointment is that there is a little wind, and the sky and the earth are gray.
"Village chief, I'm here." Li Dong was guided by someone to find the village chief who was inspecting the greenhouse.
"Young man, you're here, I've already loaded the goods for you." said that the village chief was going to take Li Dong to pay the bill.
"Don't worry, village chief, I want to buy more vegetables today, I haven't seen the greenhouse in your village yet?" Li Dong wanted to visit the greenhouse, learn about the vegetable production in Xiahe Village, and compare the planting situation in the space by the way.
"Okay, come with me, I'll introduce you."
The village chief saw that Li Dong was still a child, and he didn't have so many fancy intestines in his heart, so he still hoped to establish a long-term cooperative relationship.
"We have a total of two acres of land in the greenhouse, and no matter how much we have, the groundwater will not be enough." There are more than 30 people in their village, but they live on these two acres of land, why he set the price of vegetables so high, and he is not forced by reality.
"Village chief, how many vegetables can your village produce in a year?" Li Dong asked curiously.
"This is not accurate, it depends on God's face, a better year can produce 16,000 catties, and a bad year can have 5,000 catties." The village chief said that this year is not a good year, and the annual output is estimated to be at most 8,000 catties.
Li Dong was taken aback when he heard this, and he was in a groove, doesn't this mean that the production capacity per mu is 8,000 catties? His space has an area of 100 square meters, which is equivalent to 0.15 acres of land, and the growth cycle has been doubled, which is not equal to the output of about 2,400 catties of vegetables in the space every year.
Even if you don't work intensively, you can't stand the superior conditions in the space, and you can produce at least 2,000 catties of vegetables every year. According to the market price, the average price of a pound of vegetables is 2 yuan, so wouldn't you be able to earn at least 4,000 yuan a year, which is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary people for two years.
"Young man, let's go, what's the fuss." The village chief walked and suddenly found that Li Dong had not followed, and when he looked back, he was in a daze.
"Oh, village chief, it's funny." Li Dong came back to his senses and smiled embarrassedly.
"Young man, I miss my daughter-in-law, the village chief is a person who has come over, young people should focus on work, and if you have money, you can't marry a beautiful daughter-in-law."
The village chief said bitterly that when he was young, he fell in love with the girl in Xiahe Village, and as a result, the village chief had been working for 20 years. Otherwise, with his own ability, he would have gone to the big city to develop a long time ago.
"Village Chief, I'...... Forget it, you can think whatever you want. Li Dong sighed and didn't explain, otherwise it would only get darker and darker.
"Young man, you see that these are all leafy vegetables, which grow fast and can be harvested in a month." The village chief didn't hold on to it, and his attention quickly turned to the point.
"This is a root fruit vegetable, and the growth period is long, but the yield is very large, and the shelf life is long, like cucumbers, you can pick them for several months."
Li Dong nodded unconsciously, this is very suitable for planting in the space, it doesn't matter if it takes a long time, the key is that it is easy to manage, and you don't need to worry too much. It's a pity that the space is still too small, otherwise transplant some fruit trees, that is a planting, harvest for life.
"Village Chief, what's the price of your fresh vegetables?" Li Dong asked.
"Well, it's a dime cheaper than the market price, although it's a little more expensive, but I promise it's the freshest." The village chief was a little embarrassed, the profit is indeed a bit low, and in recent years, the number of vegetable sellers who have come to the village has been decreasing year by year.
"Village chief, didn't I say you, are you sold at this price?" Li Dong was curious, are those vegetable sellers all fools? No one can do the business that loses money.
"I can't say that, if you buy a few hundred catties at a time, the profit is still very considerable." The village chief explained.
"Otherwise, village chief, I will buy goods from you once a week, 300 catties each time, and the price will be calculated according to what you say, but you want to transport it to the center of the town for me, how about it?"
Li Dong said his plan, he can use a bicycle to cover up the transportation volume of dozens of catties, but the transportation volume of a few hundred catties will not work. It seems that he needs to rent a warehouse in the center of the town as a transit station between the space and the outside world, so that the vegetables in the space can be dressed in a layer of greenhouse vegetables, and there are no more safety hazards.
Moreover, the town center is connected to the city by road, and the transportation is also very convenient, and you can hire a small truck to transport it back and forth. If you use space to smuggle it, it's okay once, but if you have more, you will definitely be suspicious. The world is big, the space is the largest, and if you can, you won't take risks, this is the experience that Li Dong realized in the MLM organization.
"Young man, I can agree to your request, anyway, there are a lot of idlers in the village, but your amount is a little little." Of course, the village chief hopes that Li Dong will buy as much as possible, so as to reduce the risk of unsalable.
"This, village chief, don't worry, this is just the beginning, when I open up the market, I will have as many as you have." Li Dong patted his chest and promised.
"Okay, I'll just say this to you, and I agreed. I'm in charge, you can give a deposit of 50 yuan. The village chief didn't want to lose Li Dong, a big customer, maybe he would be able to pack all the vegetables in the future.
"Okay, then thank you village chief. That's good, our cooperation will start next month, and in the remaining ten days, there are not many vegetables, so I'll run a few more times. Li Dong couldn't wait to start cooperating immediately, but he lacked the capital, so he could only hope for that batch of Chinese cabbage.
After chatting about cooperation matters and signing a cooperation agreement, he did not ask for an immediate deposit, Li Dong thought that it might be paid at the end of the month.
Just like yesterday, Li Dong soaked two bags of vegetables in the pool, and the wilting degree of these vegetables was much heavier than yesterday's, and it seemed that he was about to reach his limit.
Halfway through, I nibbled on multigrain pancakes and was half-full. At one o'clock in the afternoon, I finally arrived home, an hour earlier than yesterday, and it seems that the multigrain pancakes are still very effective.
There was no waste of time, and it took the couple nearly two hours to finish processing the vegetables. But even after soaking, Li Dong still found that the freshness of this batch of vegetables is still quite different from yesterday.
Li Dong is worried, the quality is not good, so he can only reduce the price, although there are profits, but it is estimated that it will not be as profitable as yesterday, and it will probably double the profit.
I came to the vegetable market again, and this time the time to sell vegetables dragged on for a long time, and it was not until half past six in the afternoon that all the vegetables were sold out, and in the end they were all half sold and half delivered. Li Dong also specially left three catties of lettuce in good condition, which was intended to be given to Uncle Wang, after all, he borrowed someone's bicycle, and he had to express it somehow.