Chapter 30: Cold eyebrows and red eyes
The decoration of Lin Tao's fruit shop has also entered its third day, and the construction period is coming to an end.
He made a space in the store with a bar, a sink, 3 tables and 8 chairs.
If a customer buys fruit and needs to eat it now, he can ask the clerk to process it for free, and the customer can also choose to eat it in the store.
This enriches the scene of fruit sales.
Of course, this area is still in a trial stage, and whether this path will work remains to be tested by the market.
Lin Tao returned home, took a shower, and lay on the bed. He found that another mobile phone screen showed more than 200 unread chat records.
It turns out to be that university alumni chat group, why is it so lively?
He scrolled to the top of the chat history and saw that it was Liu Zhi's speech, spreading all her resentment when she bought the necklace to the group.
"Yesterday I went to Cartier. Guess who I met? I'll give you eight lifetimes and you won't be able to guess it!"
"It's the bankrupt Lin Tao! He lost a lot in business and was in debt, but he still has the nerve to buy a necklace worth more than 100,000 yuan and give it away?"
"You're trying to make a fool of yourself, but now you're so arrogant?"
Liu Zhi was angry in the group and tried to make Lin Tao look bad and vent his resentment.
Lin Tao thought to himself, it's you who made trouble for yourself in the Cartier store, and now you blame me?
Even if you become bankrupt, so what?
Did I spend your money?
Lin Tao feels that Liu Zhi is completely unreasonable and psychopathic, and there is no one better than her.
Especially Lin Tao, whom she looked down upon, actually climbed onto her head.
"Sister Liu, did Lin Tao really buy a necklace worth more than 100,000 yuan? This is impossible. He lost money last time he sold lychees and watermelons."
"I think it's 80% that he's hooked up with a rich woman. He's only got his skin and will be squeezed dry sooner or later!"
"For a person who is addicted to debt, is there any difference between owing 1 million and owing 2 million?"
After Liu Zhi stirred up the topic, alumni from the university in the group began to make unrealistic associations.
Lin Tao felt funny when he looked at these chat records. You don't write novels, you are really unworthy of your talents...
Buy a necklace for yourself, don’t you be so jealous, right?
Who is Lin Tao provoking?
"Hasn't his girlfriend already broken up with him? Who would fall in love with a poor loser like him?" Liu Zhi said.
"Debt, the end of debt is deception, deceiving money and people, and starting to fall step by step."
"If he commits a crime outside, don't say he is an alumnus of ours. If he does, the school will collapse..."
Hoho!
This is completely nonsense about Lin Tao, and it is nothing but nonsense!
Lin Tao was furious when he saw it.
Later, I thought about it and forget it. The fact that I became the topic of everyone’s conversation was also the result of my perseverance and hard work.
If you want to be angry, just be angry. If you become angry, Lin Tao will not bear the medical expenses.
After seeing the second half of the chat record, Lin Tao felt more and more that these alumni were ridiculously naive.
After being led by Liu Zhi, he scolded Lin Tao indiscriminately, maybe it was just idle and boring.
Lin Tao gradually felt that this was a kind of "internet sickness".
Anyway, no matter what, just step on others first and vent, no matter right or wrong, without taking any responsibility.
As long as you are happy, you don’t care about the life or death of others.
Lin Tao smiled bitterly, the more you guys want me to go bankrupt, then I will "go bankrupt" for you to see.
My life after "bankruptcy" is better than any of yours!
Damn it, I’m so mad at you!
Early the next morning, Lin Tao came to the Southeast Fruit Wholesale Market to check the durian supply.
Durian is mainly produced in Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s D197 Musang King is the most famous, while Thailand’s Golden Pillow durian has the largest market. As for Vietnam’s Gan Yao durian, its quality is unstable.
In January and February every year, Thai Tomani and Jalun durians will be the first to appear. The quality and taste are pretty good, but the core is too large and the meat yield is low.
When the golden pillow durian from eastern Thailand comes on the scene in March, other durians will be eclipsed.
With its rich aroma, smooth pulp, small and sweet core and many other advantages, the Thai Golden Pillow durian has become synonymous with durian.
From March to June, the Thai Golden Pillow durian has the lowest price and the best quality. After July, durians are transferred to southern Thailand.
At this time, the price of durians begins to rise, and the proportion of fruits wrapped raw and dead has increased significantly. The risk of customers opening a "blind box" of durians is greater.
Durian is a very magical fruit with many fans and high stickiness, but it also causes headaches for importers, wholesalers, retailers and customers. All aspects of the durian business are said to be unprofitable.
Because the unit price of durian is high and the quality is unstable, there are many customer complaints. For retail, if one durian is damaged, the profit for the day will basically be lost.
However, there are many people buying it, and it is a very popular fruit in summer. Retailers have no choice but to raise prices to maintain profits.
Therefore, the price of durian has been rising all the time. In winter, the price of Thai Golden Pillow durian is even as high as 80 yuan per catty, almost catching up with the liquid nitrogen Musang King!
Lin Tao has sold golden pillow durians before, but the customer return rate was so high that he almost sold them in tears, making no money at all.
Of course, the biggest reason why durians are dead and stiff is that the durians are picked when they are eight years old on the tree.
As a result, some durians are underripe or bland.
But it’s impossible not to do this. It takes more than ten days to go through customs from Thailand to Yunnan, and it takes several more days to transport it from Yunnan to the whole country.
Durians that are completely ripe on the tree will be overripe due to the long transportation period.
Under the current situation, this is almost an unsolvable problem.
"Boss, would you like durian? The goods just arrived yesterday." At the wholesale market, a vendor stopped Lin Tao.
Usually in a wholesale market, there are more than a dozen shops selling durian, and the supply of goods is similar.
Thai Golden Pillow Durian is generally divided into A fruit and B fruit, and the price difference is 3 or 4 yuan per catty.
A fruit refers to a good fruit, with a thin shell and a lot of pulp, usually with 5 cells.
Fruit B is worse, the shell is thicker, and there may even be missing meat.
The wholesale price of Thai golden pillow durian generally ranges from 15 yuan/catty to 40 yuan/catty.
The retail price is generally not less than 18 yuan. If there are durians sold for less than 15 yuan, there is either a quality problem or the weight is 80 yuan.
There are also brands of durian wholesale. The quality of big brands is relatively better and the after-sales service is guaranteed, but the price is also expensive.
Lin Tao has a "Fruit Attribute Spell System" that can change the attributes of fruits, so rather than seeking the best, cost-effectiveness is the way to go.
"Most of this box of durians have been opened..." Lin Tao said as he opened the box.
The beginning of durian means that it is ripe and the taste is right. However, due to the current hot weather, durians that have been opened must be sold quickly, otherwise they will spoil easily.
"How much do you want? The bigger the quantity, the cheaper it will be." The stall owner yelled.
"About 500 boxes," Lin Tao said.
What!
500 boxes!
The gross weight of a box of durians is 36 kilograms and the net weight is about 32 kilograms. Even large supermarkets such as Hippo and Darunfa cannot sell 30 boxes of durians in a day.
500 boxes of durians can account for almost half of the durians in the entire wholesale market.
"You, are you kidding?" the stall owner asked in surprise.
"Haha, I will eat as many durians as you have." Lin Tao said disapprovingly.
Lin Tao knows that as long as his durians are of good quality and cheap, he won't have to worry about sales.
Chapter completed!