Chapter 7 Stevia Leads the Storm
After Zifeng handed over the goods one by one, he prepared to board the ship and head south.
The seeds of the two crops have been sown, and in order to keep it secret, they were selected in the experimental field in Xiangyuan, and technicians are on duty every day.
As for the animals, there are only a few small ones in captivity, and it is unknown whether they will survive.
In addition, non-ferrous metal smelters have been assigned research topics to extract the main components from several unknown minerals.
September 30 is not only the day of the second sea trade, but also the day of the auspicious white sugar.
This day is known as the 'Day of Favor'.
The reason why it is so called is because the shipments of secondary trade have risen sharply, and the number of people who have benefited from it has surged, covering almost the entire Xingyao Continent, and there are more than 10,000 people involved.
Second, the advent of white sugar has set a precedent for the health care products market.
When the pharmaceutical industry discovered its value, it was widely used and became a natural food for the benefit of mankind.
On this day, Jixiang City is as low-key and quiet as usual.
Foreign businessmen are accustomed to visiting the auspicious city in the early morning, tasting the delicious breakfast here, smelling the fragrance of flowers and listening to the birdsong, and enjoying the dreamlike beauty of the Liuyin River.
A wandering foreign businessman with his followers found a shop called 'Jixiang Sugar Franchise' on the south side of Phoenix Avenue, so he walked in with curiosity.
It doesn't matter what catches your eye is all white granular objects, which are stored in glass cases and have text descriptions next to them.
The foreign merchant knew about maltose, and from this, he speculated that these white particles should have a similar purpose, so he asked, "Shop, this is also sugar?"
The staff in the store, dressed in uniform and explained, "Yes, it's just that it's much better than regular maltose." There is no basis for words, so I invite you to taste it and let the facts speak. ”
This is a marketing strategy, and each customer gets a free tasting, just to make a splash in a short period of time.
Sure enough, the foreign businessman was very moved after hearing this, took the half spoonful of sugar handed over, stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked it carefully.
Sweet, so sweet.
This is the most direct sensory response.
So the foreign businessman closed his eyes while snorting, enjoying the super pleasure brought by the taste buds.
As if the amount of his tongue alone was not enough to satisfy his needs, he put the remaining half spoonful of sugar into his mouth, and even the sugar particles attached to the spoon were licked clean.
This made the attendant feel embarrassed, so he looked around the store, pretending not to notice the embarrassing scene in front of him.
The expected ridicule and ridicule didn't come, but he saw a look on his face that he deserved.
What's going on?
"Little brother, can you try it again?"
The attendant was frightened by the owner's performance, which is not normal and illogical.
When has your own boss ever been so undignified?
"I'm sorry, but there is a rule that each customer can only taste once, so please forgive me. ”
The waiter always smiled and spoke sincerely.
"Yes, such a valuable item can be tasted if you want to. ”
The owner's reaction was completely beyond the cognition of the follower, and it was strange today, what candy could have such charm.
At this time, the foreign businessman said: "I don't know the price?"
"One gold, one gram. ”
"One gold and one gram?"
Without waiting for the owner to react, the attendant was stunned by the price first, opened his mouth, and pointed to the white sugar on the counter with a look of horror.
"What kind of system are you talking about, and you can go along. ”
After the foreign businessman finished the training, he said to the waiter: "Why haven't I seen this before?"
"This is a new product, and it is only on the market today. You are the first customer, according to the rules, you can enjoy half price, but you can only buy the amount of less than 10 catties. ”
Half price, that is, two hundred and fifty gold can buy a pound of sugar.
"Okay, then buy a pound. Still stunned, why did he hurriedly greet him. ”
The foreign businessman gritted his teeth and made this decision, which he considered risky, and the second half of the sentence was addressed to his follower.
The waiter took out a delicate glass bottle with a tick mark printed on it.
When the sugar in the bottle reached the level of five hundred, he stopped, put the cap on the bottle, and gave his hands to the attendant.
"This is our special bottle, if the customer feels that there is a difference, just check. ”
"How much is this bottle worth?" asked the foreign businessman, adding that bundling is not uncommon these days, especially for scarce products.
"It's a gift. ”
The foreign businessman breathed a sigh of relief.
That's a lot of money, and this beautiful glass bottle alone is worth a lot of money.
But think about it, and only in this way can you be worthy of this delicious food in the world.
After the money and goods were cleared, the service staff issued a receipt to the foreign businessman, with his name, fingerprint and store seal on it.
After this operation, even the attendant knew that this store was not simple, and the sky-high price of something called white sugar was really worth the money.
After returning to the inn, the attendant spread the feat of the owner seemingly unintentionally.
The original intention was to make his owner's face rise, and he would follow suit.
People are curious, especially businessmen.
So the businessmen asked to taste the so-called sky-high price of sugar to see if it was as sweet as they boasted.
The foreign businessman couldn't give up his face to refuse, so he divided half of the chopsticks each, and after everyone finished the product, they rushed to the city without looking back.
When they arrived at the shop, they were stunned by what they saw.
The area within 10 meters in front of the store has been surrounded by water, and there is still ground to put your feet on.
The clothing shows that the crowd includes businessmen, ordinary people, factory workers, business employees, and government employees.
There are still many people who can casually take out dozens of gold coins and buy the lowest selling share of white sugar, especially the old mascot, who is even richer.
Seeing that there were more and more people in the know, and there were more and more people gathering, the businessmen on the periphery were anxious.
I wanted to take people to rush in, but I thought that this was auspicious, and I didn't dare to make a mistake.
I thought about using money to open the way, but I found that it was useless, and people did not covet the 'queue cutting fee' he gave.
Now it's sitting on wax, it's not walking, it's not staying.
At this time, someone came up with an idea to ask the Ministry of Commerce, or to find a business alliance to deal around.
Come on, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, so everyone came to the Ministry of Commerce of the Government Council with a worried heart, and three steps were counted as two steps.
After explaining the intention, Cao Yu met with everyone and gave an explanation.
"The reason why the exhibition was not held as usual this time was the decision of Xiangyuan, which is the private property of His Majesty the King. ”
When Cao Yu said this, everyone here understood.
"I don't know if we can meet the black manager, this food named white sugar has a lot to do, since the store is open to sell, I think I also care about profits. ”
"Yes, in business, even if the business is not benevolent and righteous, if we don't see the black manager, our hearts are like overturning the four-flavor bottle, there are all kinds of sweet, sour, bitter and salty. ”
"That's right, minister, you should know our businessmen best, whether it's good or bad, let us see after all, let's talk about it, we are all masters who don't hit the south wall and don't give up. ”
Everyone gossiped, and the power was not small.
However, what people said was reasonable, and they were talking about business, so Cao Yu said that he could contact the black manager, and he could only wait for a response as to the result.
That's most of the day.
The black manager didn't wait for the time being, but he waited for the sugar he desperately craved.
"Each office sent a representative to the recreation area in the middle to receive benefits. The staff of the Government Council Office greeted everyone.
"What benefits?" someone asked.
"The lady concubine rewarded it with extremely sweet sugar. ”
Suddenly, the businessmen who heard the word "white sugar" couldn't sit still, their facial expressions were wonderful, nervous, longing, jealous, remorseful, etc., etc., which can be called a model of the face changing world.
The staff, who originally didn't know what white sugar was, had a bottom after seeing their expressions, too, can the things sent by Concubine Shu be bad.
Not long after the time passed, the staff came back one after another, carrying a transparent glass bottle in their hands, large and small.
If you look closely, you can see the scale on it.
"This, this is really...... Be...... That's a lot of money. ”
Someone wanted to say that the lady of Xiangyuan was a loser, but the words were corrected in time, and the young king seemed to be even more defeated.
"Isn't it a big deal, depending on the size of the bottle, the minimum is ten grams, and it is estimated that the cabinet members are all one kilogram. ”
"I'm afraid there are more than 1,000 people in the entire auspicious government system, but I'm afraid there are thousands of catties of grace this time?"
"Kilograms? You still don't talk too much, the government system wants to be issued, but do you want the military system? Do you want the local governments of the other towns? Do you want the staff of state-owned enterprises?"
After this calculation, everyone was also frightened by this huge number, and then they were deeply annoyed.
"This time I went to three or five thousand catties, so the output of the baby must not be high, how many percent can be left if it goes on like this?"
"If you go down this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to beat it for 5,000 catties. ”
In the Xiang Garden, Concubine Shu asked Xiao Hei.
"According to statistics, 5,000 catties is just enough to stop. ”
"That's good, the one in Xiangyuan will be sent according to the head, and the rest will be sold in the store, with a limit of 100 catties per day. ”
"Yes, in this way, we can also cope with the new product coming out. "Little underworld.
"That's the reason, Your Majesty said before, this sugar made of stevia is the best in the world, and it can be used for our auspiciousness, and only those who are rich can be sold. However, it is not a matter for this group of foreign businessmen to hang all the time, I think you should find a time, give them an explanation meeting to make it clear, and then make a plan after His Majesty returns. ”
"Yes. ”
As a result, the foreign merchants finally met the legendary black manager, but it was not as dark as the rumors, and he spoke kindly.
It's just that they didn't wait for the result they wanted, they could buy it if they wanted, and queued up according to the rules.
The upper limit of 100 catties is sold out, so please be early the next day.
The most critical point is that expatriates are restricted.
If you want to buy it, you can only have a share of ten grams per person at a time.
Want to queue up for a duplicate purchase?
Yes, but according to today's posture, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up in the first round.
Moreover, after a round, how can there be any remaining amount of only 100 catties?
Xiao Hei made it clear that this white sugar will not be exported at least this year, and the share of exports next year will only come to fruition after His Majesty returns.
"Don't think about accumulating a lot and taking it abroad to sell, without the export documents issued by the royal family, once it is seized by the customs, it will be confiscated directly, don't blame me for not reminding me in advance. ”
Now everyone's hearts are cold, Jixiang blocked all the possibilities of speculation, either risking smuggling, or obediently waiting for the approval given by others.
After returning to the hotel, the foreign businessman who had bought a pound of sugar before was still distressed about the two hundred and fifty gold, and he had never thought that he would be scolded by his business friends.
What a loser, he has been in business for so many years, and he can't even tell the market from a good idiot.
Why don't you give up the child and can't trap the wolf, why not fight if you have the opportunity?
even said that he didn't want to be with him.
The mouth is full of foul language, and there are not many who can be objectively evaluated.
This scolds the merchant unconscious, what's going on?
After getting the other party's explanation, the merchant suddenly realized, and actually howled and cried.
"Half price, this is half price, why didn't I grasp this God-given opportunity......"
The owner has been blaming himself, and the attendant is also secretly smacking his tongue, glad that he did not dissuade the owner at that time, otherwise according to the owner's temperament, he would not be able to escape from a beating.
"Hey, you said that you are really, the price of selling to the mascot is one gram of gold, and the price of giving you is five silver and one gram, you actually only bought one catty, you ......"
"What should I say about you!"
The bystanders were tired of scolding and scolding, and now that the wood was in the boat, it was too late to say anything.
"Didn't you say that the agency will be released next year?"
After crying for a while, the foreign businessman thought of this.
"That being said, the key is the price, do you know the price?"
I didn't understand it at first, but after being mentioned, the foreign businessman understood.
The export price is always more expensive than the price of auspicious domestic sales, at that time everyone is taking the goods at a high price, although there is no worry about sales, but there is no reason to think that the purchase price is low.
The most important thing is that he bought the sugar in the morning, and the black manager of the family is the rule set at night, he perfectly avoided this restriction, and he can swagger to take the sugar out of the country to sell.
This makes the mood of foreign businessmen better, and they are still lucky compared to businessmen who have not bought the goods.
But not long after, when he came back to his senses, he slapped himself more than a dozen times, "Call you cowardly, call you stingy, and make you can't see the general trend clearly......"
Everyone was confused by his actions again, crying and crying just now, scolding and scolding, which one is this?
"Five catties, I can buy five catties of sugar but only buy one catty, I am blinded by lard, and my head is thickened, I ......"
The crowd was petrified in an instant.