Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 221, competing to reduce prices

As a businessman, Qian Youcai keenly realized that there was something tricky in it, then rolled his eyes slightly, smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, you are not enough friends, someone has made a better friend to me than you." This is a much, much lower price, your price is too high, I will take my leave first."

After saying this, Qian Youcai immediately got up and walked outside. In fact, although Qian Youcai felt that there was something tricky in it, he hadn't figured out their bottom line yet, so this was also tentative.

"Boss Qian, Boss Qian~"

Shopkeeper Sun saw that Qian Youcai was about to leave, so he immediately grabbed Qian Youcai to come.

"The price is negotiable, the price is negotiable, as long as the purchase quantity is large, the price can still be negotiated."

Shopkeeper Sun felt very helpless, there was too much food in Dongjiatun above, and now he wanted to sell the food, and he needed a big customer like Qian Youcai.

There are tens of thousands of employees in Xishan Coal Industry. They eat three meals a day and consume a huge amount of food every day. As long as they can lock in this big customer, the owner does not have to worry about losing money on the food.

"Shopkeeper Sun, just tell me, how much is a catty?"

Qian Youcai looked at Shopkeeper Sun and said very directly.

"One hundred and twenty Wen a catty, if it is lower, it will really die."

Shopkeeper Sun thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and reported a number again. Before the other party knew that everyone could not stand it anymore, he could make a fortune, one hundred and twenty yuan a catty. If the consumption is not limited, Xishan Coal Industry will definitely purchase on a large scale.

"Farewell~"

When Qian Youcai heard the price, he was overjoyed.

The other party was willing to drop dozens of coins a catty at once, which is enough to show that the other party was eager to sell the grain. There must be a lot of room for negotiation on this price, so he was not in a hurry to buy, but pretended to be very angry , turned around and walked outside.

"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, the price can still be negotiated, negotiated, one hundred cents per catty, as much as you want, I will send someone to deliver it immediately."

Shopkeeper Sun became impatient when he saw this situation, and hurriedly grabbed Qian Youcai while lowering the price again. At the same time, he cursed in his heart. It seems that other grain merchants have already started to cut prices desperately.

Everyone really couldn't stand it anymore. If the grain in their hands was not sold, it would soon be all in their hands.

Their food has never been so embarrassing as it is now. In the famine years, they were anxious that the food could not be sold.

Hearing Shopkeeper Sun's words, Qian Youcai was taken aback for a moment, then continued to walk outside without looking back, but he knew in his heart that these grain merchants were finally going to be unable to stand it anymore.

"Eighty Wen a catty ~ only eighty Wen a catty."

"Fifty Wen a catty, fifty Wen a catty, there is really no way to get any cheaper."

Seeing that Qian Youcai was about to leave, Shopkeeper Sun was in a hurry to hold Qian Youcai back, while lowering the price again and again. The price had already dropped from [-] Wen per catty to only [-] Wen per catty.

However, Qian Youcai still didn't stop. The price of grain at [-] Wen a catty was still sky-high. Usually, the price of grain was only a few cents a catty, but at [-] Wen a catty, it directly increased by more than ten times.

"Boss Qian, [-] Wen a catty, [-] Wen a catty, this is a time of famine, these [-] Wen a catty of grain is really the price of cabbage, there is absolutely no way anyone can lower the price than me."

When Shopkeeper Sun reported thirty Wen a catty, Qian Youcai stopped, looked at Shopkeeper Sun who was sweating on his brow, smiled and said, "Treasurer Sun, I can consider three Wen a catty. "

"Three Wen is a catty, why don't you grab it?"

"Now is the time of famine. Food is more expensive than life. It costs three pennies per catty. You can't buy it, you can't buy it."

Shopkeeper Sun shook his head when he heard this. The price of three Wen per catty is almost the same in normal times, but now it is a time of famine, and the cost of these grains of the owner is more than ten Wen per catty. Jin, the owner will suffer.

"Then I bid farewell."

Now that Qian Youcai had confidence in his heart, he went directly to the next rice shop with the sign of 'Jiangnan Fragrant Rice'.

"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, welcome, welcome~"

Boss Su of the Jiangnan Fragrant Rice Shop had long been looking at Qian Youcai eagerly, and when he saw him walking towards his shop, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.

At the same time, it is also a good tea, and it is also a compliment to Qian Youcai.

"Boss Su, how much is your rice per catty, but shopkeeper Sun next door has already reduced it to fifteen cents per catty."

Having a good oolong tea, Qian Youcai said methodically.

"Fifteen cents a catty?"

"They don't want to live anymore?"

Hearing Qian Youcai's words, Boss Su was also slightly taken aback, and immediately couldn't help shouting. They are all grain merchants, and everyone has joined together to sit in the farm, so they know exactly what the price is.

To be honest, at the price of fifteen cents a catty, they hardly have much money to make, they can only earn hard money.

"Hehe~"

Qian Youcai smiled, it didn't seem strange.

But in their hearts, they have roughly figured out their bottom line, and the price of about ten yuan should be their bottom line.

"Boss Qian, we are also regular customers and old friends. Since you came to my store, I naturally cannot let you go back empty-handed. Fourteen cents a catty, I have all the best Jiangnan fragrant rice. , without any extravagance."

Boss Su thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and stomped his feet to quote the price of fourteen cents a catty.

At this price, he really doesn't have much to earn, that is to say, Xishan Coal Industry has a large quantity, can quickly digest his inventory, and recover the money invested in the early stage in time, so that the loss will not be too miserable.

After all, how much this food can be sold is still profitable. If it can’t be sold, then they will really lose a lot. In this famine era, not only do they not make money, but they even lose money. If you tell them, those who are in the food business People are ashamed to say that they are grain merchants.

But the current situation is like this. There are millions of catties of sea fish entering Beijing from Tianjin every day, and the scale and quantity of this entering Beijing are getting larger and larger.

The grain transported by the imperial court from the south and the grain sold by grain merchants from all directions are approaching the capital step by step. If they are not sold, they will really be destroyed.

"Boss Su, I know your rice is all the best Jiangnan rice, but your price is still too expensive, so I will leave."

Qian Youcai smiled, got up and walked out.

"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, thirteen cents a catty, as much as you want, I'll have someone deliver it right away."

When Boss Su saw it, he became anxious immediately, and quickly grabbed Qian Youcai, but at the same time endured the pain, and cut the price again as if cutting meat.

Qian Youcai didn't stop, and continued to walk towards the next grain store.

It didn't take long for Qian Youcai to come out of this grain store again. The price of this grain store has been reduced to ten cents a catty, and it has already begun to sell at a loss.

Qian Youcai still didn't buy it, and kept negotiating in a grain store, and the price was getting lower and lower.

"Boss Qian, you are also a business person. You should know the difficulty of our business. The price is eight cents per catty, but you need to purchase at least [-] catties at a time."

"At this price, I definitely sold at a loss, and at a loss."

In the He's Rice Store, Boss He reluctantly quoted a price of eight cents per catty. At this price, he was really losing money, and he would lose several cents for selling a catty of grain.

But it doesn’t work if you don’t sell it, because you can recover part of the funds if you sell it. If you don’t sell it, you will lose more.

"Eight cents a catty~"

After hearing this, Qian Youcai also pondered. He is a businessman himself, and he used to deal with these grain merchants. Eight cents a catty of grain is almost really low, especially those rice from the southern region, because transportation is not easy. , the cost is actually quite high.

But since the other party is willing to reduce it to eight cents a catty, it shows that these grain merchants really can't stand it anymore, and it also means that it is not the time to buy grain, so he thought about it and found an excuse to leave the rice. Shop, not in a hurry to buy grain.

"The next thing is to watch a good show."

Qian Youcai found a restaurant, and while eating and drinking very leisurely, he asked his subordinates to pay close attention to the price of grain at the grain bank.

Sure enough, as expected, these grains began to be sold at reduced prices in order to sell the grains in their hands as soon as possible, and because there were very few people in the grain store, each grain merchant also let the grain in their stores The guys began to shout on the streets of the capital, beating gongs and drums.

"The good Jiangnan rice in Sun's Rice Store costs only [-] Wen a catty, and only [-] Wen a catty."

"Jiangnan Fragrant Rice Shop has the best Jiangnan rice, and it only costs [-] Wen per catty, only [-] Wen per catty."

"The price of grain in He's Grain Store has been greatly reduced, and the price has been greatly reduced. It only costs one hundred yuan a catty~ only one hundred yuan a catty."

In the streets and alleys of the capital, accompanied by the yelling of these grain store children, everyone in the capital immediately knew that these unscrupulous grain merchants had finally started to cut prices, and each one was lower than the other. Originally, it cost two hundred yuan a catty of grain , In the blink of an eye, it was reduced to only one hundred cents a catty, and it was cut in half.

But now these ordinary people in the capital have sea fish to eat, and they can feed their families with sea fish for a few pennies a day. They don't think about buying rice at all, not to mention that the rice costs a hundred pennies a day. catty.

"Hey~ these unscrupulous grain merchants can't stand it at last, tsk tsk, looking at them, I feel very happy. I used to ask them to lower the price to buy rice, but now we don't want to buy them a catty Meter."

"Yes, some time ago, when the sea fish didn't come to Beijing, my grandson was so hungry that he only had fifty coins in his hand, and he couldn't even buy three or two meters. I knelt down and asked them to buy some rice for me. He typed it out, and he said he didn’t have money to eat rice.”

"I don't have any money, so I eat meat and sea fish now. Let the rich eat their rice."

"Yes, we are determined not to sell these unscrupulous grain rice, one hundred yuan per catty, they are also making a lot of money, and they want to lose them, and these unscrupulous grain merchants."

"It's still good for us common people that the emperor has opened the sea ban, so that everyone can go fishing in the sea, so that we can eat cheap sea fish. With this penny and a catty of meat, I just don't eat rice from these profiteers."

"Haha, the price has been lowered again. Did you hear that, the food in Li's Grain Store has dropped to [-] cents a catty. They are now at the pace of dog-eat-dog. It's a good show."

"No matter how low it is, just don't buy their food and kill them, haha~"

"Yes, they are anxious to death. We have sea fish, and the emperor has lifted the sea ban. You can fish in the future. You can't eat all the sea fish."

"..."

The old and the young in the capital looked at the children in the grain store who were beating gongs and drums, pointing at each other and talking and laughing at these people. I am moved, no matter how much you reduce, anyway, I just won't buy your food.

On the side of the grain store, the shopkeepers and bosses of every grain store stood at the door of the store, ready to pull into their store when they saw anyone, ready to welcome the coming crowd of food buyers.

However, what they didn't expect was that all the old and young men in the entire capital now don't buy their account. Although the price of this grain has dropped again and again, there is still no one in the grain store.

The attitude of these grain merchants in the past was really bad. Due to the famine years, everyone had no grain in their hands, and they agreed on a price with each other. The grain was lifted to the sky, and they still had a wild attitude of buying or not , Let the old tricks here in the capital hate them deeply.

Now everyone is also watching from the sidelines, watching these grain merchants in the capital scrambling to reduce prices, and together they will slowly bring the price of grain back from the sky to the ground, but everyone has sea fish to eat, so naturally they will not buy it This is still a sky-high price of food.

Even the butlers and servants of the big families who used to come to buy grain have disappeared. It seems that everyone seems to be waiting and watching, wanting to see how much the grain can be reduced to a catty.

The entire grain store, except for the waiters in these grain stores, kept going back and forth, reporting the prices of other grain stores, and then quoting their own prices. Many, didn't we agree to raise the price together?
Then I saw from the eyes of the other party, why did you drop so much again, and you still said that you were not trustworthy and other answers.

Of course, these shopkeepers and bosses are small characters, and these big bosses who are really behind the scenes gathered together in Hu Wanan's secret courtyard.

When they met each other, their faces were very ugly, and they even glared at each other. This time they really suffered a blood loss.

　Today is only a chapter of 4000 words~~ It’s a big Chinese New Year, lazy~
　　
　
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