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Chapter 21: Be greedy and suffer big losses

 On the evening of the fifth day, Nanhui Melon Farmer arrived as promised, carrying 100,000 jins of 8,424 watermelons.

Lin Tao's first purchase of 100,000 watermelons was basically sold out in the morning, and many customers were waiting for this new batch of melons.

"Boss Chen, thank you for your hard work, you are so punctual." Lin Tao praised.

"It's too hot to deliver goods during the day. You said delivery at night is good. It's more convenient for our trucks to enter the city." Chen Guanong wiped his sweat with a towel.

Three workers were unloading watermelons, and a nearby resident happened to be passing by.

"Boss, the new watermelon has arrived. Yesterday's has been eaten. Help me pick another one!"

"Sorry, I'm still unloading the goods, and I have to take inventory later. I can't sell it tonight, so you can come back tomorrow." Lin Tao waved his hand and declined.

In fact, it is not because Lin Tao is counting watermelons and not selling them, but because these watermelons have not been "improved" by the system's sweetness.

In this case, the sweetness of the watermelon will definitely not be as good as the first batch.

Therefore, this batch of watermelons cannot be sold yet, at least after one night.

Lin Tao asked the melon farmers to transport melons to the store at night, which is also what he meant. If the watermelons arrive during the day, there will be more people and the situation will be even more uncontrollable.

The melon farmers waited until after 11 o'clock in the evening to finish unloading this batch of 100,000 kilograms of watermelons.

Lin Tao transferred the payment to Chen Guonong, who naturally smiled happily after receiving the money.

"Thank you very much, Boss Lin. I wish you good fortune every day!" After saying that, he took the stevedores to have fun.

After everyone left, Lin Tao closed the store door and dimmed the lights in the store to the darkest level.

He brought up the electronic panel in front of him.

[Host: Lin Tao]

【Age: 26 years old】

[Binded store: Store name Fruit Man, address: No. 100 Pudu Road]

[Level: LV2, upgrade to LV3 (2398/5000 points)]

[Skill cooldown: 5 days]

[Skills: preservation (unlocked), sweetness (unlocked), taste (unlocked), crispy sweet/glutinous soft (unlocked), fragrance (unlocked), size (unlocked)]

It has been 5 days since I used the sweetness skill for the first time, and the cooling time has just happened to be unblocked.

This means that Lin Tao can once again use the "Sweetness" skill to improve the sweetness of this batch of watermelons.

【Ding!】

[It has been detected that the host is located at No. 100 Pudu Road and meets the conditions for using skills. Do you want to use the "preservation" or "sweetness" skills on this batch of watermelons?]

【Yes/No】

Lin Tao confirmed "yes" with his eyes and chose the "Sweetness" skill with ease.

[Sweetness skill can increase the sweetness of fruits by about 5 points. This effect can last for 6 days (LV2)]

【Yes/No】

Lin Tao confirmed with his eyes again.

【Ding!】

[The "Sweetness" skill is in use, currently loaded at 5%, and the remaining time is 6 minutes]

[After the system is loaded, the watermelon will soon reach a sweetness value of no less than 16, and the duration will be 6 days (LV2)]

[The "Sweetness" skill is 100% loaded!]

Soon, the sweetness improvement of this second batch of watermelons has been completed!

Lin Tao quickly cut open a watermelon. The flesh was still bright red, and the taste was still sweet. This batch of melons was exactly the same as the first batch of melons.

In this way, Lin Tao felt relieved, believing that these melons would continue to sell well.

At the same time, Nanhui Chen Guanong was hungry after unloading the goods at Lin Tao's shop, so he took two workers to eat barbecue at a nearby roadside food stall.

"Boss Chen made a small fortune this time. Next time I will bring more brothers." A worker said while drinking beer.

"It's strange. The quality of my batch of 8424 watermelons is not good. I didn't expect it to be so popular by that guy. I also feel strange." Chen Guanong was also puzzled.

Several melon dealers came to him, but none of them took a fancy to his batch of watermelons, which made him extremely anxious.

Unexpectedly, when I met Lin Tao, the first batch of melons was 100,000 jins, and the second batch was 100,000 jins again.

"Brother, this is luck. When luck comes, you can't stop it." Another worker also complimented while eating mutton skewers.

"Haha, this kind of business is rare in ten years. He is not good at the threshold and still insists on eight-ripe melons. I'm afraid I won't have this kind of opportunity in the future..." Chen Guonong said with a smile while eating grilled skewers.

He also knew that the sale of 200,000 kilograms of watermelon this time was a fluke. Such opportunities are rare.

The three of them ate barbecue with gusto, as if no one else was watching.

"Hello bosses, I'm following you all the way..." At this time, Zhang Dehua came over without anyone noticing.

He saw Chen Guanong unloading goods in front of Lin Tao's shop before, and heard that they would eat food stalls nearby.

So I rode a battery car and hid in the dark, waiting for Chen Guonong to leave, followed closely behind the car, and found the place where they stopped to have barbecue.

When Chen Guanong and the two workers heard this, they felt incredible.

Being followed?

Did you get into trouble?

"You are..." Chen Guanong asked doubtfully.

"To be honest, I am a fruit seller... I just saw you unloading watermelons on Pudu Road." Zhang Dehua said.

It turned out to be a fruit seller, so Chen Guaong and the two workers immediately lowered their guard.

"Yes, I just unloaded a cart of watermelons." Chen Guanong continued.

"I would like to ask, did you also supply the watermelons in the fruit shop last time?" Zhang Dehua asked again.

"Yes, boss Lin bought 100,000 catties last time, and this time I gave him another 100,000 catties." Chen Guanong is an honest man, and he doesn't beat around the bush when he has something to say.

Sure enough!

Zhang Dehua was immediately overjoyed.

Lin Tao's watermelon sales were booming before. In addition to being cheap, watermelons are indeed delicious.

If the watermelon is not delicious, no matter how cheap the price is, no customers will pay for it.

This 8424 watermelon is delicious. It must be from a good supply of watermelon. If you find the same supply, won’t Zhang Dehua have no worries about selling his watermelon?

This is exactly his wishful thinking.

Your fruits are selling like hotcakes, so I will try my best to sell the same ones as you and get a share of the pie.

But Zhang Dehua didn't know that Lin Taojin's watermelon was just an ordinary melon. The reason why it tasted delicious was that he used a system to improve the sweetness at No. 100 Pudu Road.

However, Zhang Dehua did not know this "inside story" at all, and simply thought that this was a problem of watermelon supply.

"Boss, do you still have watermelons? I'd like to get some too..." Zhang Dehua revealed his purpose.

"Oh, you want watermelon too?" Chen Guonong blinked, suddenly.

If business comes to your door, is there any reason not to do it?

"If it's convenient, get me 10,000 kilograms first. How much will it cost?" Zhang Dehua asked.

Lin Tao has already gained the upper hand in selling these watermelons, and Zhang Dehua can only eat the "leftover fruits". 10,000 kilograms of watermelons is the limit he can bear.

In the past, when he purchased watermelons, he usually only purchased watermelons for about 3,000 yuan.

"If it's 10,000 kilograms, it's too little... I don't cover the shipping here. If it's more than 20,000 kilograms, I'll give you 1 yuan and 2, and the shipping will be covered," Chen Guanong said.

For wholesalers, 10,000 kilograms of watermelon is as insignificant as a toothpick, and the shipping cost is several thousand, so the starting price is usually 50,000 kilograms.

20,000 pounds of watermelon?

Zhang Dehua felt a little trembling when he heard this.

The risk here is too great. If it cannot be sold, it will fall into your own hands.
Chapter completed!
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