The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 224 Moving Again

Early the next morning, after Jiang Cheng moved the things in the warehouse outside the reclamation farm into the space, he did not go to Guangzhou immediately, but went to Doctor Qian who knew how to brew tiger bone wine.

In fact, Jiang Cheng had come here twice in the past few months. He thought that even if he couldn't get the tiger, at least he had two jars of tiger bone wine, so he planned to get at least one more jar from him.

This medicinal wine is really a good thing, young people may rarely use it, but when you are older, it will definitely be a rare thing.

At Doctor Qian's place, Jiang Cheng gave him less than half of the tiger bone. He also gave him some money for brewing wine. After all, he had to buy a lot of medicinal materials for preparation, and also bought various things.

After spending some time with Doctor Qian, Jiang Chengcai drove to Guangzhou.

Two days later, in the afternoon.

Jiang Cheng parked his car in Bao'an County. This time he didn't plan to drive to the BF troops.

Every time he went there, Jiang Cheng would disappear for two days, which was not good. In addition, Jiang Cheng no longer needed to sell things to raise money for development when he went to Hong Kong.

But in order to keep in touch, maybe he would need Captain Zhang's connections in the future. Jiang Cheng could send some things to them in exchange after he came back.

However, there was nothing that Jiang Cheng could find in exchange. It was easy to make money by making something, but simply making money was meaningless to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng could buy those smuggled fabrics and electrical appliances directly in Hong Kong. Even if he didn't make any money, or even if he brought some items back to Changcheng from Hong Kong, he might even lose money. For Jiang Cheng, a few dozen or a hundred dollars didn't matter.

Jiang Cheng arrived in Baoan County, had his meal and parked his car. He rode his bicycle directly to the coast and changed into a swimsuit he bought in Xiangjiang.

In Guangzhou, although it is not cold, you still need to wear a coat in winter. The weather can be very cold. It is still quite cold to swim in the sea naked at night. It is more comfortable to swim in the sea with clothes on.

Facing Jiang Cheng, the BF troops actually had a lot of blind spots for patrol, but for others, it was not a blind spot. They started to sneak into the sea from many kilometers away, and there was no need for patrols. Most people would sink to the bottom of the sea due to lack of physical strength.

On the other hand, Jiang Cheng was riding in a black car inner tube. At night, the target was too small, and unless he was facing the light, it would be difficult to spot him even at a distance of several hundred meters.

It was easy to reach Xiangjiang from the mainland. Jiang Cheng went to the factory first. In the factory, Jiang Cheng deliberately made a private back for himself, which was mainly leading to the artificial pool.

Although the fish ball business is doing well and the profits are high, it still depends entirely on the fish that Jiang Cheng gets from the mainland. If we are separated from him and buy fish from Hong Kong, there may be no profit.

In just less than three months, the wholesale price of fish balls has risen to 2.4 yuan. And it will continue to rise. In the past, the price may have changed once a month, but now it is adjusted once a week.

This cannot be blamed on Jiangcheng for frequently adjusting prices. You should know that in the next two years, the average wage in Hong Kong will directly increase from 700 yuan to 1,500 yuan. It is normal that prices are also rising rapidly. If it were not for the suppression of low-priced imported products from overseas, prices would actually rise sharply.

But because of overseas imports, rice, meat, vegetables, flour, etc. are all imported and cheap, otherwise the prices in Hong Kong would rise more rapidly.

The current price increase is completely driven by the economy. Prices are not rising, but workers' wages are rising, which means that profits are not increasing, but labor costs are increasing.

Just like the workers hired by Jiang Cheng, he did not raise the wages, but the workers’ wages increased by 50 yuan per month, so they earned thousands of yuan less per month.

In addition, the prices of fish, starch, eggs, ginger and other items in the market may not increase much individually, but when combined, the prices increase a lot.

Jiang Cheng came here this time to get rid of his dependence on raw materials. Shrimp balls are a little more expensive than fish balls. They are usually made of nine-segmented shrimp, mud shrimp, and sea shrimp. Jiang Cheng can only catch these shrimps for fun. If he wants to produce shrimp balls, he has to cooperate with the fishery company here to purchase them.

Shrimp balls have to be put into production as soon as possible, because people who sell fish balls basically also sell other kinds of balls. Now many customers have responded and hope that Jiangdonglai Food Factory can produce shrimp balls.

The price of shrimp balls can be the same as that of other factories, so that at least they don't have to run around to buy goods. And it's a bit embarrassing to buy shrimp balls without fish balls from others.

Jiang Cheng's production of fish balls may have inadvertently fit in with a marketing strategy, or it may be a marketing method used by those success studies to brainwash people.

That is, I first come up with a product, sell it without making any money, or even sell it at a loss, to attract customers. When everyone comes to buy things from me, I will then launch related products and make money from other products.

There are actually no advanced marketing methods in Hong Kong now. When Jiang Cheng becomes successful, he can brag about his past success on a big stage like Ma and others.

It means first attracting customers in a way that does not make money, and then using this method to expand to the whole and seize the market.

So this time Jiang Cheng came here to buy not only shrimps but also fish. If he relied on "delivery" alone, even if he built an artificial pond, the amount he could deliver would be too small to continue expanding production.

Therefore, we really need to buy fish for production, so as to expand production. Moreover, the price of the purchased fish for production will not increase, so we really need to attract customers even if the fish balls do not make money.

Even if he buys fish for production, Jiang Cheng can also "deliver" the raw materials when he comes to Hong Kong in the future.

After replenishing the supplies at the artificial pond, Jiang Cheng left and rode his bicycle back to the rental house in the residential building.

The one-bedroom apartment is very small, so Jiang Cheng plans to move to another place and rent an independent building.

The business environment in Hong Kong is still good. At least no one will suppress you in some shameful way when they see you making money. But you can't stop those young people from robbing you when they see you have money.

This residential building is just like a worker dormitory in China, with rows of rooms. There are many strangers coming in and out, and some bad boys and girls live here.

When going out, they dress fashionably and beautifully, walk to the downtown area every day, hang out with people in bars, and may go hungry three times a day, but they don't look like they are poor.

So Jiang Cheng planned to move to another place. Shen Li regarded herself as Jiang Cheng's concubine and had access to a lot of money. Now she was wearing gold and silver. Living in such a place, she was really afraid that one day a gambler would lose too much and be in debt and target her.

Jiang Cheng's attitude towards Shen Li is very contradictory now. After all, she is just a little girl. She could help a little in the early stage. Now the fish ball production is on the right track. Although the factory does not have many employees, it has hired an accountant and a cashier, and even a well-educated employee in management.

Ali's surname is Fang, and his real name is Fang Li. At least he can continue to be responsible for transportation and even follow Jiang Cheng's arrangements and learn to drive a small truck. There are also two porters in the factory who follow his arrangements, and Jiang Cheng increased his salary to 1,200 yuan.

But it can't be said that Shen Li is completely useless, just because she is Jiang Cheng's person. When the factory recruits workers and pays wages, they at least ask her to review it.

"Brother Cheng, you're back."

"Well, it's late. Don't get up. I'll just take a quick shower and go to bed."

The noise of Jiang Cheng opening the door woke Shen Li up, but when she saw the light on in the room, Shen Li knew it was Jiang Cheng who came back, and no one else who had sneaked into the room.

(End of this chapter)