I'm incredibly ambitious after being reborn.

Chapter 46 Sneaking Ticks

"Don't worry, everyone, the storage capacity is more than enough. There are fifteen rooms in total. All the business owners who came today can register the types of goods they want to store, and we'll file them directly later. We have four to five thousand tons available, so those interested should arrive early. Prices are negotiable. Our warehouse equipment is on par with foreign-owned facilities, ensuring everyone has access to excellent technical services..."

Put aside pleasantries first, and don't push business away.

Small businesses should be run, but they shouldn't be done haphazardly, especially if hygiene standards are not met, as this can easily contaminate a small warehouse.

So Zhang Daxiang had other plans, and this was a trap. It's hard to say whether investors from other places can do the same as him.

"Here are some of our cold storage entry requirements, which are related to laws and regulations. The main purpose is to prevent illegal goods from entering the warehouse, as well as inspection and quarantine standards, hygiene levels, etc. If an individual genuinely cannot meet the entry requirements, that's okay. We also provide technical guidance in this regard for a small service fee—it won't be much, just ten or twenty yuan..."

The people who come to us are mostly from local villages, with a few from the city, and they all deal with agricultural products.

This time, I wanted to expand my business, but I didn't have any particularly good connections. Even if I became a middleman, as long as I had a place to store the goods, I could get the goods circulating.

Generally speaking, large cold storage facilities are not very friendly to small businesses, so small businesses usually deal with established cold storage facilities.

Zhang Daxiang has also investigated the reasons for this. The general situation is that there are still too few storage and transportation companies. At present, the main players are still the old storage and transportation companies, and the emerging market-oriented third-party cold chain is only at a starting level.

There's an old man in Daxing who manages a business at an old storage and transportation company in Jiyang City. According to his local statistical yearbook, the cold storage market capacity is only about five or six million tons.

Before Zhang Daxiang's rebirth, the Earth was only a drizzle of 50 million tons.

However, one thing is one thing, and the levels of basic infrastructure are not on the same level, so they cannot be directly compared.

However, one thing is certain: the Sang family was at least correct in their judgment of the future market; they just missed the right opportunity.

In Jiyang City, Zhang Daxiang really got a great deal.

Compared to foreign-owned cold storage facilities, Zhang Daxiang's price is 200 yuan per ton, and the investment can be recouped within a year of full operation.

Of course, this is the ideal situation. The actual situation is much more complicated. First of all, he cannot directly talk to large clients about cooperation. He can't rush it because there is a gap in strength and status. Secondly, the atmosphere of cold storage has not yet been "hyped up". Zhang Daxiang plans to first use small individual customers to promote the added value of cold storage and attract more small individual customers.

The advantage of being a local is that Zhang Daxiang can, like a chain reaction, continuously gather a large number of small, scattered households together through the unique characteristics of local customs and social relationships.

At this point, negotiating with the big players will be much easier.

He was well aware that many small-scale farmers, especially individual livestock breeders, simply could not meet environmental hygiene standards and pass inspection and quarantine before being put into storage.

Because they had never done this before; in the past, they sold live poultry directly to downstream buyers or slaughterhouses.

To help small investors grow and thrive, the first issue to address is inventory levels, and the second is their entry qualifications.

The "Golden Mulberry Leaf" cold storage has already provided a solution to the first problem. The next step is for Zhang Daxiang to define the scope of hygiene management and inspection and quarantine, and to provide methods for achieving the standards.

The method is very simple: Zhang Daxiang sets up a professional live poultry slaughtering unit, then gets that old man from the bank to sign and stamp it, and the rest is easy.

If any of you business owners have needs for slaughtering your chickens, ducks, and geese, I, "Zhang Xiang of the Three Trades," would like to cooperate with you. I hope you will support my business in the future.

Moreover, we guarantee that all three certificates are complete and that hygiene conditions absolutely meet the standards!
Large-scale farmers usually have their own partners or possess the necessary qualifications, but small-scale farmers are different. They have limited capital and can only raise a limited number of animals. Those with ambition who want to expand and strengthen their businesses definitely need reliable partners. Now, "Zhang Xiang from Sanxingli" not only has cold storage but also a slaughterhouse with all three required licenses, and his prices are so fair… Although the prices haven't been released yet, "Zhang Xiang from Sanxingli" is an honest man; his grandfather was the martyr Zhang Qiheng, how could he not be honest?
We must be kind!

"Dear bosses, please come to Sanxingli on the 8th. We have 15 cold storage rooms available. Please bring out three that are ready first. Just fill out the form with the required area and volume. We plan to use these three rooms for chickens, ducks and geese first."

"Do you have whole chickens or individual pieces? I need about two or three tons of chicken feet."

One of the local business owners remained silent. Unlike those who were eager to play the emotional card, he carefully read the business introduction and warehousing requirements. When he saw that the printed materials Zhang Daxiang provided were not just casually made on A4 paper, he felt that this young man was not doing a one-off business, but rather a long-term commitment.

"Warehouse No. 1 is for individual small items, such as chicken feet or duck feet, wings, etc. Warehouse No. 2 is for whole animals, which makes it easier to move in and out and transfer goods. I am currently short-staffed and am still working hard to train people. It may be a bit chaotic at the beginning, so please bear with me."

"Sure, sure. How about I have some beef tendon or pig's feet?"

"Anything is fine, but a whole pig will take some time. Before the Lunar New Year, I'll clean out the other cold storage facilities, and make sure all the necessary cleaning and disinfection is done before I start taking orders. Since I'm running a business in Jiyang City, and I'm based in Zhangshi Village, I won't do anything reckless..."

Zhang Daxiang answered every question without giving a vague reply, clearly indicating that he was doing business transparently. The various small business owners who came today all breathed a sigh of relief.

Small retail investors actually face many difficulties in various aspects. Firstly, there are indeed many trivial matters and the quality varies greatly. Therefore, many service providers that do large-scale wholesale business must be very powerful in order to easily deal with all sorts of shady characters.

Overall, the cost-effectiveness is not high. It's better to deal directly with large clients. It's normal for one order to be worth one or two thousand small individual clients.

If Zhang Daxiang were to partner with an import/export company on a large scale, filling the entire cold storage facility, he could not only recoup his investment on the spot but also earn an extra one or two million.

That's the allure of being a wealthy person!
The only drawback is that the payment period is controlled, which is actually an advantage for small retail investors.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Zhang Daxiang is now negotiating with the local business owners right away, mainly because he's not afraid of the local troublemakers, and besides... big shots aren't so easy to find.

If they go looking for a big client to cooperate with now, who knows if they'll run into something similar to the Sang family's rivals?

I'm perfectly content being a local strongman and a local tiger, why would I want to become a dragon crossing the river?
What level of skill did Zhang Xiang, from the Three Lines, possess to become a Jianglong (a high-ranking official in the Jiangnan region)?
Do you have that ability?

Yes, I have?

Even if I had the chance, I wouldn't go.

Zhang Daxiang thought to himself, "Now that I've been reborn, why should I act like I'm living in a hurry all the time?"

What's there to be afraid of if you're short of money?

We're having a clan gathering, and there are many dear relatives, friends, and brothers here too.

　I'm taking a mandatory break today, so I'll write one more chapter.

　　By the way, this book is getting reported again, damn it!
　　It hasn't even been listed yet, this is outrageous.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)