Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 64 64. Lin Xiao’s Idea

In the end, Han Xixi didn't get to eat the noodles he made.

Lin Xiao slurped up the entire bowl of noodles.

Han Xixi felt a little proud and a little regretful.

I was proud because the noodles I made were recognized, but unfortunately, I didn’t get to eat a single bite.

“I don’t even know what it tastes like…”

She was secretly complaining in her heart.

However, the appearance of this bowl of noodles allowed both of them to sleep well.

The next day, Sunday.

Early in the morning, Lin Xiao drove Han Xixi to the airport, and then left Ninghai and returned to his hometown.

When we got to work on Monday, we held a team meeting as usual.

Qin Zhenggang was efficient and effective. He finished studying the important work in less than ten minutes and then adjourned the meeting.

"Qin Zhen, wait a moment."

Lin Xiao suddenly spoke, and then ran out amid the puzzled looks of several deputy mayors.

Several people were confused.

In less than a minute, Lin Xiao came back with several boxes of pastries in his hands.

"Qin Zhen, guys, I went to Ninghai over the weekend and brought back some food for you guys, have a try!"

As he spoke, he had already distributed the pastry boxes to everyone.

Everyone had different expressions, as if they had never seen such a fierce person.

Qin Zhenggang couldn't help but frown: "We're still at work, what are you doing?!"

Deputy Mayor Jia Minglu laughed in a gloomy way: "Xiao Lin, you have been in office for two weeks. Isn't it too late to send a greeting gift?"

The other few people also had a look of contempt on their faces, as if saying "young people just don't know the seriousness of the matter."

Lin Xiao knew what everyone was thinking and didn't explain.

"Everyone try it first, and then we'll talk!"

Although a few people despised him in their hearts, they said that they would not hit someone who smiled at them, and eating a cake was nothing.

So they opened the box and took a piece and put it in their mouth.

"Is this... made of chestnuts?" Qin Zhenggang was the first to discover it and frowned.

"Chestnut cake!" said Jia Bo, the deputy mayor in charge of economy.

Several people looked at Lin Xiao.

"Yes, it's chestnut cake. I also found it accidentally in Ninghai!" Lin Xiao said.

Deputy Mayor Tu Hui smiled and said, "You discovered it by accident? You found it while shopping with your wife, right?"

Everyone laughed.

Everyone knows that Lin Xiao is married. It is obvious that he went to Ninghai on the weekend to be with his wife!

Lin Xiao smiled awkwardly and couldn't explain.

After all, to some extent, Tu Hui's guess was not wrong.

"Xiao Lin, do you want to expand the sales of chestnuts from Chaobai Town by making chestnut cakes?" Jia Bo brought the subject to the point.

As soon as these words came out, Qin Zhenggang's eyes lit up.

However, before Lin Xiao could say anything, Deputy Mayor Jia Minglu sneered, "Chestnut cake? Are you crazy? The most popular chestnut products on the market are raw chestnuts in the vegetable market and sugar-roasted chestnuts in the snack shops.

"Other products like chestnut kernels, chestnut cakes, and chestnut cakes... their market share is not worth mentioning compared to the first two. Now that raw chestnuts can't even be sold, how can we make chestnut cakes? It's ridiculous!"

Jia Minglu said this with his head held high and filled with righteous indignation.

Obviously, as the deputy mayor in charge of agriculture, he is also a semi-expert in this area. He thinks he knows the market very well, so he sneered at Lin Xiao's "naive" suggestion.

After hearing what he said, Tu Hui and Jia Bo both laughed, obviously thinking that what he said made sense.

But Qin Zhenggang was looking at the chestnut cake in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face. "Lin Xiao, tell me what you think!" he said.

"Okay, Qin Zhen!"

Lin Xiao smiled calmly and turned his gaze to Jia Minglu, "Ming Ge is right, the most famous chestnut is the sugar-roasted chestnut. Many people have never heard of other products. For example, I didn't know about chestnut cake until last weekend!"

When Jia Minglu heard him say this, he looked quite proud.

However, Lin Xiao changed the subject: "But the problem now is that Chaobai Town has a good chestnut harvest, but the mainstream channels cannot digest so many raw chestnuts. If we want to help farmers sell all the accumulated chestnuts, we can only work hard on chestnut products that we didn't care about before!"

"The chestnut products you are talking about are chestnut cakes?" Qin Zhenggang said.

"Chestnut cakes, chestnut biscuits... they all count! Since they all have chestnut flavor, they all need the same ingredients!"

"...Chestnut powder?!" Jia Bo added.

Lin Xiao nodded: "Yes, chestnut powder!"

Jia Bo frowned and said, "There are two food processing factories in Chaobai Town. One of them is called Longfeng, which does produce chestnut powder! But the sales of this stuff are very limited, so Longfeng mainly produces bagged chestnut kernels - they are labeled with 'Nan Yao', and they are actually the OEM factory of 'Nan Yao'!"

Lin Xiao's eyes flashed.

Of course he knew the brand "Nan Yao", which was the largest food group in the province and was synonymous with the local specialties of Nanzhou Province.

This kind of food group exists in every province.

It is the kind of thing you would bring to your colleagues or classmates after the Chinese New Year when you are working or studying in another city!
The chestnuts from Chaobai Town are well-known in Nanzhou Province. It makes sense that Nanyao Group has a chestnut kernel production line in the town!
After listening to Jia Bo's explanation, everyone had different expressions.

Jia Minglu sneered again: "Xiao Lin, you have good intentions, but you are still too young... The market for chestnut powder is very limited. There is only so much every year. You can't just buy more whenever you want. Instead of thinking about this, you might as well think about how to sell the raw chestnuts!"

The others also shook their heads.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "In fact, selling raw chestnuts and selling chestnut flour are the same. The purpose is to help farmers sell the chestnuts that are piled up in their hands."

He changed the subject and said seriously, "But the problem is that it is already December, and chestnuts enter the picking season in September. We have been holding them for two or three months now, and the rate of rotten chestnuts has reached 12 to 9 percent.

"Of course there is no problem with selling raw chestnuts, but the longer the battle drags on, the higher the rate of rotten fruit will be. In the end, more will be thrown away than sold, and farmers will still lose money!"

He paused and continued, "Instead of doing that, why not let the factory in town collect all the chestnuts from the farmers and make them into chestnut powder at full capacity - this way at least the problem of preservation is solved! As for the sales of chestnut powder, we can slowly think of a way..."

"Are you kidding me?"

Before Lin Xiao finished speaking, Jia Minglu interrupted him again with a sharp voice, "Let the factory collect chestnuts, make chestnut powder, and then slowly find a way to sell it? If you were the factory owner, would you agree?"

Lin Xiao was silent.

Jia Minglu smiled sarcastically, while Tu Hui and Jia Bo kept silent.

Qin Zhenggang frowned, looked at the chestnut cake in his hand, and turned his gaze to Lin Xiao again.

"Lin Xiao, what you said...do you have any ideas about expanding the sales of chestnut powder?" he asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, the three deputy mayors all looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief.

Lin Xiao smiled calmly and nodded.

"What's the idea?" Qin Zhenggang asked.

"This...I can't really explain it. It requires some personal connections, and I can't guarantee the final result."

Lin Xiao said seriously, "But Qin Zhen, I want to give it a try!"

Qin Zhenggang looked at him with a stern expression and sharp eyes.

After a long pause, he asked, "What do you need the town to do?"

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "No need to do anything else, except that Brother Bo may need to inform Longfeng in advance... Also, we can't let Longfeng take the opportunity to lower the price to the limit, we have to make sure it's about right, and don't let the farmers suffer too much loss!"

Lin Xiao felt helpless.

It is already December, and mid-ripening and late-ripening chestnuts from all over the country are already on the market. The early-ripening chestnuts in Chaobai Town are getting cheaper day by day, and their prices are naturally getting cheaper day by day.

This can't even be sold.

Now, as long as someone wants to buy chestnuts, farmers will basically sell them as long as they are paid!

Everyone understood what Lin Xiao said.

Jia Bo nodded and said, "Don't worry! As long as the chestnut powder can be sold, the boss of Longfeng will give me this face!"

(End of this chapter)