Doing fruit business is indeed very hard. Not only do you have to take care of the store all the time, but you also have to pay constant attention to the prices and new varieties of fruits in the wholesale market.

Fruit is a non-standard product and the price varies greatly.

The same basket of apples, if new, costs 100 yuan per box, but after 3 days, it may drop to 80 yuan per box.

Although tail-end goods are cheap, they have a short shelf life. Once they cannot be sold, the loss will increase exponentially. In the end, it will be more cost-effective to buy fresh goods.

There are big pitfalls hidden at every step, which require the operator's excellent vision, experience, and estimation to make judgments.

Without help, you have to purchase goods, sell in stores, and store inventory, which is enough to tire a person to death.

The fruit business seems simple, but it actually takes a lot of effort.

The next day, Lin Tao went to the Southeast Fruit Wholesale Market to select fruits and make plans for the next sale.

Hot weather is the peak season for fruits. Watermelon, cantaloupe, and white melon are all available. Peaches, grapes, and plums are also seasonal fruits. Only imported fruits such as dragon fruit, pineapple, and longan are available almost all year round.

Lin Tao was thinking about which fruit to choose?

Although the system provides subsidies and marketing, it does not tell Lin Tao which fruit to sell, which requires Lin Tao's judgment.

This time he received a marketing card for "Building Elevator Advertising", targeting young white-collar workers in business buildings.

The office building is not like at home. There is a shortage of knives. If you give a watermelon, a pineapple, or a mango, how can the white-collar workers share it?

Fruits such as bananas, oranges, and longans are easy to use.

But such common fruits can be eaten anywhere, so maybe white-collar workers are not interested in them.

"Come, come, take a look, the freshly arrived sunshine roses are big in size and sweet in taste..." shouted a stall owner.

Sunshine Rose?

Lin Tao's heart suddenly shrank.

Sunshine rose is a variety introduced from the island country a few years ago. It is popular because of its high sweetness and good appearance. Now many sunshine roses are grown in China, and the price has dropped significantly.

From July to September, Sunshine Roses mature in large quantities. The lowest wholesale price is only 6 or 7 yuan per catty. Those with more than 30 yuan are already premium products.

Of course, the retail price generally ranges from 20 yuan to 200 yuan.

If it is the island country's special-grade Sunshine King, the price will be as high as 1,500 yuan per pound!

Sunshine Rose has a sweet taste, unlike Kyoho grapes and summer black grapes that have a hint of sourness. It is almost seedless and purely sweet.

In recent years, sunshine rose has rapidly become popular and has become one of the favorite fruits of young women.

"What's the price of your Sunshine Rose?" Lin Tao asked directly.

In the wholesale market, prices are discussed nakedly, without any need for small talk.

"These are all good sunshine roses. I'll give you 15 yuan for the ones from Yunnan and 10 yuan for the ones from Zhejiang?" the stall owner said.

Yunnan has high mountains and abundant sunlight. Relatively speaking, the taste and particles of Sunshine Rose will be larger.

Due to the low freight and cultivation costs in Zhejiang, the quality is lower than that in Yunnan, so the price will be lower.

"Where's the big fruit here?" Lin Tao pointed to it.

"Large fruits are expensive. These are special goods, costing 40 yuan per catty," the stall owner said.

Hoho!

The price of Sunshine Roses from the same origin and quality can vary by as much as 4 or 5 times just because of the difference in particle size.

Of course, these large sunshine roses are usually sold in the gift box market, and can be sold for higher prices!

Lin Tao picked up a bunch of large sunshine roses, which were green and transparent, with clear color. Almost each one was as big as a one-yuan coin.

High-end, delicious and good-looking, girls will definitely like it.

Lin Tao had an idea. He would win the Sunshine Rose and sell it to white-collar workers in commercial buildings through elevator advertisements. He would definitely be able to maximize his own interests.

Moreover, since I have the property of changing the "size" of fruits, wouldn't it be more value for money if I could increase the size of Sunshine Roses?

Sunshine roses from Zhejiang are okay to eat by yourself. If you want to achieve good looks, it is safer to choose those from Yunnan.

"Boss, how much is the lowest price for your Yunnan Sunshine Roses at 15 yuan per pound?" Lin Tao inquired.

"It's hard to do business now, so my prices are transparent. Take all these piles and I'll give you 14 yuan a pound!" said the stall owner.

The so-called stack has 8 frames, and one basket contains about 20 kilograms of sunshine roses.

It seems that the stall owner underestimated Lin Tao and thought he was just a small and medium-sized businessman.

Lin Tao stretched out two fingers.

"You want 20 boxes?" The stall owner looked at Lin Tao doubtfully.

"200,000 catties!" Lin Tao said.

What?

When the stall owner heard this number, he rolled his eyes and fell straight to the ground...

Finally, after the boss was revived by artificial respiration, Lin Tao negotiated with him and won 200,000 kilograms of Yunnan Sunshine Roses at a price of 11 yuan per kilogram.

Once Lin Tao sells it to the outside world at a price of 1 cent per catty, wouldn’t it be crazy?

200,000 kilograms is just a snap of the fingers.

Due to such a large volume of goods, the boss also needed to purchase goods from multiple parties in a short period of time. The two parties negotiated and delivered the goods the day after tomorrow.

"If I sell out within 3 days, I may still need hundreds of thousands of goods," Lin Tao said.

The skill cooldown time is 3 days. He must purchase a large amount of goods at one time and use 3 days as a cycle.

"I haven't seen any boss who can get 200,000 jins of sunshine roses at once? The entire wholesale market doesn't have 200,000 jins in stock! Don't worry about the rest. This batch of goods is sold out. I don't know if it's the Year of the Monkey or the Horse!" The stall owner said

Tao.

He believes that no one in the market can eat 200,000 kilograms of sunshine roses in one go. As for why Lin Tao wants so many, he can only say one word.

If you have money, you will be willful!

And the 200,000 catties haven’t been put on sale yet, so you actually want to order hundreds of thousands more?

What a shameless statement!

The stall owner turned a deaf ear to Lin Tao's "lofty ambitions".

Because this goes against common sense.

How could he know that Lin Tao would sell it for 1 cent per catty, which is equivalent to giving it away for free.

Is this market equivalent to infinite size?

Let the price of Sunshine Rose be so high that it can be completely knocked down and brought down to the altar, so that ordinary people can feast and taste the noble Sunshine Rose.

Lin Tao has systematic subsidies, and he is sure to win this battle!

After returning to the store, Lin Tao felt that there was still a lot of pre-sales work.

To purchase plastic boxes, plastic bags and other materials, we also need to find ways to connect with the conversion of building advertisements so that white-collar workers can place orders directly after seeing the advertisements.

This is a complete sales system. Fortunately, Lin Tao has some experience in running food delivery platforms such as "Hungry or Not" and "Meituan" before.

To give customers a better experience, the entire process of ordering and delivery may be completed through the platform.

"Ding Mo, Guan Rong, you guys go home and rest for two days these days." Lin Tao said.

Rest?

When the two heard this, they were quite surprised, thinking that Lin Tao was driving them home.

"A large number of sunshine roses will arrive the day after tomorrow. We may pack them overnight. Can you afford the hardship?" Lin Tao said.

Once the Sunshine Rose arrives, the sales task will be very heavy. Before the goods arrive, let the two clerks take a good rest.

"Oh, so that's it. Isn't it just burning the midnight oil? It's okay, we can withstand it!" Ding Mo said with a smile.

Young people are young people after all, and they have a lot of energy. If Sunshine Rose sells well this time, Lin Tao will never treat them badly.

Ding Mo and Guan Rong tidied up the store and then left work directly.

There are also a lot of empty durian shells left in the store, as well as some scattered pieces of pulp.
Chapter completed!