Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 24 Supply Crisis
There were quite a few merchants gathered at Jiang Rui's stall, most of whom had attended gatherings together before, including Lu Youxin and Yang Yuechao.

Jiang Rui has been in a bad mood these days.

Ever since Huang Doudou’s incident, the remaining two employees have become much less motivated and are often absent-minded.

Even his promise to increase salaries didn't have much effect.

But none of this matters anymore. The most important thing is that the hot topic in the entire market these days has been completely dominated by 2748 above.

He really couldn't figure out where Lu Feng got these things from.

Based on everyone's description, he made a rough calculation and concluded that it was worth at least tens of millions.

"Boss Jiang, don't bother with a child. No matter where his things come from, it's just a gust of wind. Once the novelty wears off, who will remember them?" The bald man has always been a more rational one.

The woman in the suit was more direct: "It's lively, but what's the point? I've seen them busy these past few days, but in the end, they didn't sell anything. This kind of traffic is meaningless."

"Sister Jiang is right. Let him be in the limelight for a few days. When the crowd disperses, he will naturally understand that he cannot survive in the market with such clever tricks."

For more than ten days in a row, Lu Feng and Huang Doudou were extremely busy. Sometimes they had to receive several groups of people in a day and they didn't even remember to drink a few sips of water.

Fortunately, the QQ group we established is finally full.

In early November, the store finally returned to its former peace.

Huang Doudou, leaning in the chair, felt a little uncomfortable. Thinking about the recent bad harvest, he suddenly felt a little disappointed.

"Brother Feng, what are you trying to achieve? You've worked so hard for nothing. These people's quality is indeed good, but they have a lot of goods on hand. Unless you have a unique new product, it's hard for them to be interested."

It was difficult for Lu Feng to explain his motives to him. Hearing this, he could only say, "First, accumulate a customer base to pave the way for the future. This is called waiting for the wind to rise!"

"When will the wind start to blow, Brother Feng? I feel anxious if I don't make money." Huang Doudou sighed.

"It's okay. If you have some free time, just go around and do as I say. Get the complete set you can first."

"By the way, Brother Feng. Recently many people in the market are making cut-out versions of senior high school students. Why don't we make some as well? This thing has low cost and high profit. Many gift merchants are looking for it recently." Huang Doudou suggested.

Hmm? Has the cropped version of senior year already appeared in large areas?

Lu Feng's heart skipped a beat. At this time, because many of the four-edition conjoined banknotes had not yet been issued, the cut version was to cut the four-edition 8050 into single sheets and replace the original 8050, which greatly reduced the cost.

Lu Feng was so busy for more than ten days that he forgot about this matter.

According to his plan, when the cut versions appear in large quantities, it is time to build a position.

He quickly opened various trading websites, scanned them and found that batch transactions had begun to occur one after another, most of which were hundreds of sets.

He roughly calculated that in just the past ten days, the trading volume has increased more than five times, but the price has not fluctuated much.

Obviously, someone is trying to lower the price!

"It seems that the speculation in the diary is correct. Someone planned it earlier than me, and it seems that he is very powerful. If you don't analyze it carefully, you can't find any traces at all."

"Buy some first to test the waters and see what they do." Lu Feng quickly replied to confirm, and without affecting their layout, he bought more than 260 sets at the same price of around yuan.

For merchants who have been in business for more than four years, more than 200 sets are sometimes not enough for a week's consumption.

"Doudou, go check out the market for the 8050 quadruple series. If they're available, buy some."

"Yes, Brother Feng. I've noticed that there are still about one or two thousand sets on the market. Boss Jiang bought quite a few recently, but he sold most of them. Judging from his performance this week, he should have made a small profit."

It seems that although Huang Doudou has left, he still keeps an eye on the developments over there.

"Okay! Within three hundred yuan, you need to bring me another five hundred sets in two days."

"Should I do it secretly, or..." "It's okay, just buy it openly."

"Okay. I'll go right away!" Huang Doudou became full of energy again when he saw the work coming.

Just as Huang Doudou left, Lu Feng's phone suddenly rang. He checked and saw it was Xu Huiying.

Today is not Friday, nor is it the delivery day. Why is Sister Xu calling?
"Hey, Sister Xu, what can I do for you?"

"Mr. Lu, do you have a cut version of the senior year?" Xu Huiying's voice sounded a little anxious.

"Well...it's not impossible to match it, but I won't make that version for the time being." Lu Feng said truthfully.

What he and Li Jicheng got were all standard versions. It would not be difficult to replace them, but there was no need to do so.

"Help us get some! Bring it over this Friday." said Xu Huiying.

Lu Feng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then you don't want the standard version?"

"Yes, not for now. Let's sell the cut version first. Recently, several other companies are promoting the cut version. The cost is half as much and the price is also reduced by 10%. If we sell the cut version, there will be no advantage!" Xu Huiying said truthfully.

Hearing this, Lu Feng couldn't help but frown.

If he remembered correctly, he mentioned in his diary that many gift companies encountered a major crisis around the end of 06 and New Year's Day in 07, which was related to the senior year.

At that time, they replaced the standard version with the cut version for profit and made a lot of money. But when the market competition became fierce, the news leaked out, and customers found out that they were cheated and came to the door. The matter became a big deal, and it was said that there was even a smashing incident. In the end, the merchant was fined and refunded.

And these merchants found it difficult to win the trust of customers for a long time afterwards.

Hearing Xu Huiying's words at this time, Lu Feng realized that Jiuzang might be facing the same crisis.

This is one of the three major crises mentioned in the diary, and the first one.

"Sister Xu, I have a question I think I need to ask."

"you say!"

“When you sell the cut versions, do you clearly inform customers of the differences between them, especially the difference in value?”

There was silence on the other end of the phone. Xu Huiying was obviously stunned. After a long while, she said, "Of course not. I told you that the customer would never pay for it."

"Then do you think, is this... a big risk?" Lu Feng wanted to say it was suspected of fraud, but he avoided the issue.

Xu Huiying was silent again, and then she said, "Boss Lu, thank you for your frankness. I understand. But I'm afraid I can't have the final say on this matter. I can only ask for instructions. If it really doesn't work..."

She knew that several rival companies had made a fortune in this way recently, and Jiu Zang's major shareholder certainly couldn't sit still.

Young people in their thirties are sometimes not calm enough, especially when faced with huge profits.

"It's okay. Even if we can't continue the cooperation, it doesn't matter. After all, the contract we signed didn't specify that the cut version of the senior must be supplied exclusively by me."

"Thank you for your understanding." Xu Huiying said.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Feng was still somewhat worried. It was not a question of how to sell the goods worth more than one million yuan, but if Jiu Zang was implicated, he would also face huge losses and lose his only high-quality customer.

It is impossible for him to cut 8050. In less than a year, the profits it can bring will definitely be far beyond imagination.

However, Lu Feng also knew that he had no control over it.

And from Xu Huiying's tone just now, he could vaguely guess the result.

(End of this chapter)