Food Intelligence King

Chapter 187 The Cold Wave Arrives
"father!"

Chen Taotao was once again the first child in her class to be picked up from kindergarten today, running excitedly out of the kindergarten.

Then she also saw the uncle standing next to Chen Zhou.

His appearance wasn't exactly repulsive, but it was certainly a bit scary. However, Chen Taotao was no longer afraid of him.

Although he still had a smile on his face, it was a very polite smile.

Hello, Uncle Zhang.

"Hey~" Old Zhang grinned, feeling quite content.

They even took the initiative to greet him. He said with a smile:

"Would you like a big pear, Tao Tao? Uncle saved one for you separately."

The little girl glanced at her father, and after receiving a reassuring look that it was safe, she nodded to Uncle Zhang and said, "Thank you, Uncle. I'll have a small one."

Chen Zhou couldn't help but smile as he watched his daughter interact with Lao Zhang.

The difference in closeness and distance is too stark.

However, Chen Taotao is quite polite, which is good.

Chen Zhou thought to himself: I'll show you how your sister Zhang bullies Uncle Zhang later, and then you'll understand what's going on.

He patted his daughter's head and said, "Let's take the big pear home and eat it. We didn't buy any small ones today."

"Good~"

Afterwards, Chen Zhou also showed Chen Taotao around Old Zhang's car.

The little girl did indeed feel there was a smell in the car.

There's nothing we can do about it; Lao Zhang used it for delivering goods before.

But she still felt it was a novel experience because Uncle Zhang's old car was a bit drafty.

After getting on the bus, Chen Taotao reached her little hand into the crack in the window that wasn't closed properly.

I chuckled to myself for a while on the way.

Over the next few days, Chen Zhou and Lao Zhang continued their shopping spree of premium snow pears.

Perhaps my own actions have also created a butterfly effect.

With this comprehensive purchasing method, even before the cold wave arrived, the price of premium pears had already begun to rise.

That first afternoon, the price was still the wholesale price mentioned in the intelligence report. In the following days, the people at Hongdingdi raised it to more than seven yuan.

However, this was not the time to haggle over a few cents, so Chen Zhou still tried to buy the spot goods as much as possible.

Before the cold wave arrived, we bought nearly 5,000 kilograms of pears.

They were all stored together at Gate 2 of the community canteen.

Of course, this area around Gate 2 will be called the main restaurant from now on, and will be the main place for guests to dine.

The store is currently undergoing renovations.

Since the day Liu Tianyu's father came to the site and took the measurements, he and Chen Zhou have been communicating mostly online.

The other party's renovation company's workers came to the door.

In his own shop, Chen Zhou also had his junior sisters and a few others take turns coming over to keep an eye on things.

When Chen Zhou passed by, he went over to take a look.

The number one employee of the community canteen is, of course, the first shift worker.

When my junior sister came over on her shift, she actually brought a box of snow pears.

But looking at the hundreds of boxes of the same product displayed in the store, I felt somewhat lost.

"No wonder my senior brother told me to keep it for myself."

Zhao Yilin smacked her lips.

Following Chen Zhou's instructions, she heated up some pear soup for the shop's renovation workers.

Since there were no customers in the shop, she started eating the pear herself.

"It probably won't taste as good as my pears."

The junior sister muttered to herself.

The small bowl of pear soup served its purpose admirably, and several of the visiting renovation workers thought it tasted quite good.

When you're working and thirsty, a cup of water is both warming and comforting.

I also chatted with the young lady in the shop for a bit:

"Goodness, our boss Liu specifically called me over this time, wanting me to focus on the work here first."

The speaker was a master craftsman who was training an apprentice. He originally had other jobs, but was temporarily transferred here by Boss Liu.

The junior sister replied with a smile, "Then our boss is quite prestigious, hahaha."

"Of course." A few days later, in the morning.

The renovation of the store is more than half completed. The wall in the middle has been knocked down, and the kitchen area has been expanded. There is still some finishing work to be done, which should take only a day or two.

The cold wave in Son Nghe Province mentioned in the intelligence report also made it onto the daily morning news feed.

Ms. Lin was instructing her husband to put on more clothes and to help Chen Taotao put on a thick coat.

She herself also put on the trench coat and wool long skirt that Aunt Tao Tao had chosen for her.

The colors are rather plain, but it looks quite decent.

Chen Zhou smiled and asked his wife, "Did your sister buy this for you? Is it warm?"

"Hmm~" Ms. Lin responded with a rather proud tone.

Then, he took his daughter's hand and walked towards the door.

The mother and daughter went to work and school.

"Drive carefully," Chen Zhou instructed.

After putting on a thick coat and a pair of fleece pants underneath, Tao Tao felt a little clumsy.

I'm not quite used to it.

So he waved to Chen Zhou as he stepped out the door.

"Goodbye, Daddy~" the little girl said.

"See you in the afternoon."

After finishing preparing the breakfast, Chen Zhou also received a message from Lao Zhang.

"Uncle Chen, I asked this morning and the price of snow pears at the wholesale market has already risen to twelve."

From sourcing at the production site to logistics and then to wholesale, the market's response speed is much faster than the weather forecast.

Chen Zhou glanced at the targeted intelligence he had just updated.

As mentioned above, the price of high-quality snow pears will soon be driven up to 15 yuan per kilogram.

He didn't want to drag it out for too long, so he made a decision immediately:

"Let's start selling."

"Row."

In terms of intelligence gathering in the early stages, as well as procurement and inventory management, Chen Zhou was in a strong position.

When it came to sales, Lao Zhang began to leverage his extensive network and experience accumulated over the years.

They helped us find many distribution channels.

Chen Zhou then went to the store to wait for someone to come and pick up the goods.

Those with clearly visible employee badges and uniforms are often large chain supermarkets, such as Tuanyuanfu, which Chen Zhou visited.

They place more emphasis on the certification of pears.

Chen Zhou provided them with the place of origin labels and procurement information.

There are also small shops and fruit stores nearby, so I came over and bought a few boxes.

Quite a few were actually sold that day.

Although you don't earn all the profit by distributing to other merchants, it saves you time and effort.

This arrangement is quite reasonable for when the store is closed for renovations.

As people kept coming and going, some of the surrounding neighbors and customers were also drawn in.

People thought the community canteen had finished its renovations and reopened.

But once inside the store, I realized they were selling pears.

"I was wondering why they were still open after closing time."

Chen Zhou explained with a smile, "The renovation will be completed in a couple of days, but the business hours will still be in the morning and at noon for the time being."

The customer nodded and looked at the pears currently on sale.

He casually remarked, "Hey, Mr. Chen, isn't this the snow pear that's been all the rage this year? I found out today that it's selling for fourteen or fifteen yuan a pound."

Actually, it's only been popular for a day or two.

Pears that cost over ten yuan per kilogram are already considered fruit assassins.

For the average person, they might only buy one to try when they feel like it.

But it is used as a gift, and as a sought-after item.

It also has its own value.

People follow whatever is popular, but even if it's cheap, people don't buy it.

(End of this chapter)