Chapter 296: White Sugar Temptation
As soon as Xu Dong came out of the warehouse, he met Uncle Chen, who was walking towards him with three women, still holding a stack of woven bags in his hands.
"Uncle Chen!"
"Officer Xu, you are... Something? ”
Xu Dong nodded.
Chen Bo gave a few words to the three people behind him, then sent them into the warehouse, and then took Xu Dong back to the office.
"Tell me, what else do you want to do?"
Xu Dong stuffed a cigarette for the other party again, lit one himself, and then got straight to the point: "I still want to buy some fresh fish." ”
"Oh, do you have food?"
Chen Bo expressed doubts, the other party came all the way from Yanjing, how much food could he carry with him? And they're public officials, which doesn't fit in with their usual style.
Xu Dong shook his head: "No." ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense, you can't buy fresh fish for money, and even if you're willing to pay ten times the price, at least it won't work with me."
Ten times the price must be an exaggeration, both sides will not take it seriously, Xu Dong is no matter how short of meat, it is impossible to be such a wronged leader.
Seriously, Uncle Chen doesn't want to make money.
It's that these fresh fish are all bought by him with grain, and if the money is sold, then his future business will not be able to continue.
That is, the commonly known "capital" chain breaks!
Maybe the high price can indeed buy back some grain, but there are too many uncertainties, he doesn't want to take a little risk, or barter is the most reliable, at least drought and flood to ensure the harvest.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, although I don't have food in my hands, I have other things." Xu Dong explained.
"What's that?"
"Sugar."
"Sugar?" Uncle Chen suddenly became interested, this is a good thing, it happens that the New Year is coming soon, and sugar is also just needed, so he hurriedly asked:
"How much sugar do you have?"
"No more, no less thirty catties in total, in addition I have some cigarettes and alcohol, if you need it, you can also dispose of it all for you."
Uncle Chen asked quietly, "How do you want to change?" ”
"That's what I should ask, right?" Xu Dong said with a smile.
"My old man can't access the Internet, I don't know what the price of sugar is now?"
Xu Dong took out his mobile phone, opened the online shopping app, and searched for the word "white sugar", which had a lot of transaction information, and the price was basically maintained at around 3,000 yuan per catty.
With the advent of the Spring Festival, especially in the last month, the price of white sugar has risen fiercely, and the quotation has almost doubled.
Chen Bo glanced at the mobile phone page, and then frowned: "This price is also exaggerated." ”
"Uncle Chen, you have to pay 2,400 yuan for a pound of dead salted fish, and my pound of white sugar is no worse than yours, white sugar is scarce now."
"Let's exchange it in a one-to-one ratio, what do you think?"
"Is it a big yellow croaker, or a small yellow croaker?" Xu Dong asked.
He had heard Uncle Chen introduce that in general, the price of large yellow croaker is about twice as expensive as that of small yellow croaker.
The reason is that large yellow croaker has a higher fat content.
"Of course, it's a small yellow croaker, and a big yellow croaker is exchanged for two catties."
Xu Dong shook his head: "It's not good, you are the hometown of authentic yellow croaker, as the so-called scarcity is expensive, the price of yellow croaker alone is definitely not as good as sugar."
And you can't eat a pound of fish and meat, and it's not enough to let go of one meal, on the contrary, the white sugar is durable, and it's no problem to save a little for half a year. ”
"So how do you want to change it?"
"None of us take advantage, I don't want a small yellow croaker, thirty catties of sugar for your thirty catties of big yellow croaker, what do you think?" Xu Dong counteroffered.
Chen Bo shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, I'm going to die in this way, it's better to keep it for food!" ”
"Uncle Chen, I won't fool you, I can only stay on your side until noon at most, and after noon, you just want to change, and you won't have a chance." Xu Dong deliberately pressured.
"What did you say?"
Uncle Chen ate a pound, originally he just wanted to press down the price, but he didn't expect that stealing chickens would not make rice, and now the pressure is all on his side, which makes people unprepared.
"It's past ten o'clock now, Uncle Chen, time is really running out."
"I'll make a call, you wait for me." Chen Bo suddenly lost his senses.
"No problem, better hurry."
After Uncle Chen left, Xu Dong took the opportunity to make a phone call to Section Chief Li, ready to report on his work.
As soon as the phone was connected, Section Chief Li's impatient voice came: "Xiao Xu, how are things going?" ”
"There shouldn't be any big problems with the company's affairs, Lao Wang, they are staring at it, and they are about to finish loading." Xu Dong replied.
"That's good, what about you, how are we doing?"
"There's bad news and good news." Xu Dong deliberately sold a pass.
"Let's start with the good news."
Xu Dong lowered his voice: "The good news is that I have bought 850 catties of dried yellow croaker, which should be enough for everyone to share." ”
"Great, I knew Xiao Xu, you wouldn't let me down, how much did it cost in total?"
Section Chief Li was overjoyed, and the company only got 1,200 catties, and this is air-dried fish, one catty is almost equivalent to two catties of fresh fish.
Earn a fortune!
"2,400 yuan a catty, a total of 2 million." Xu Dong replied truthfully.
"The price is okay, not too expensive." Section Chief Li said unexpectedly.
Xu Dong hurriedly reminded: "What about the bad news yet?" ”
"Then you don't want to say it quickly?"
"Yes, the bad news is that this batch of fish is stinky salted fish, which is made from dead fish, and it is definitely not as good as fresh fish in terms of taste and nutritional value."
"Dead fish?" Section Chief Li repeated.
Xu Dong added: "That's right, it's a dead fish, and the fish can see the traces of decay on the fish, and the fresh fish here can't be used no matter how much money you spend, so you can only buy these defective products." ”
"It's a pity." Section Chief Li said regretfully.
"Uncle Li, you don't have to be too disappointed, although the stinky salted fish sounds ugly, it doesn't affect the consumption, and it can be eaten when cooked."
"What you said also makes sense, I remember that there is a famous dish that seems to be called 'stinky mandarin fish', stinky mandarin fish can be eaten, and there is no reason why stinky yellow croaker can't be eaten." Section Chief Li comforted himself.
Xu Dong admires Section Chief Li's Ah Q spirit very much, those who are dead can be said to be alive, it is too difficult for the other party.
"Uncle Li, what you always said is so right."
Section Chief Li smiled bitterly: "Don't pat me on the back, stinky salted fish will stinky salted fish, there are more than 800 catties!" When the time comes, some will be given to Lao Feng and them, and the rest will be divided equally between the three of us, which is enough to eat for a whole year. ”
"Uh......"
"Don't uh, let go of a fart."
"That's right, Lao Wang, they also want to buy some salted fish, I promised them before, after all, without their cooperation, this fish can't be bought." Xu Dong hurriedly explained.
"How much do they want?" Section Chief Li asked with a frown.
"I haven't had time to ask yet, but I guess they don't want much, it shouldn't be more than a hundred pounds."
After all, the price is there.
"This is put in advance, and when you have the exact number back, you can tell me again."
"Okay!"
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