In the northwest of Shanghai, there is a large fruit wholesale market called the Southeast Fruit Wholesale Market.

Fruits from traditional fruit growing areas such as Shaanxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Hainan are mostly shipped here for wholesale sale.

With just a stall of 40 to 50 square meters, the annual profit can exceed one million.

If you run an imported fruit stall, you can make a net profit of hundreds of thousands by changing hands with just one trailer!

Of course, once the fruit is not in good quality or sales are blocked, the loss will be tens of thousands.

Some people become rich overnight, while others lose everything.

A big fruit player, your heart beats when you play.

For small and medium-sized fruit merchants like Lin Tao, it is impossible to purchase in a centralized manner like large supermarkets, and they do not have the ability to directly pick from the fields, so the best purchase channel is to go to the fruit wholesale market.

Going to the wholesale market to buy fruits actually involves a lot of tricks.

Here, the price of the same type of fruit is basically the same, so people who come to purchase generally do comparison shopping.

However, fruits are non-standard products. Different venues, different freshness, different appearance, different sweetness, and different tastes all directly affect the quality of the fruits.

The quality of fruit is directly related to the terminal retail price.

Take strawberries as an example. There are two main types of strawberries in the Shanghai wholesale market, namely cream strawberries and red strawberries. As for Changfeng strawberries and Zhangji strawberries, they go through other channels.

Cream strawberries have a long and narrow shape, sweet taste, good taste, and a light cream aroma.

The red strawberries have large particles, round shape, firm texture and a slightly sour taste.

It should be said that the taste of cream strawberries is better than that of red strawberries, but the actual selling price of cream strawberries is far lower than that of red strawberries.

What's the reason?

The reason is that it is difficult to keep cream strawberries fresh. Within a day after being picked, the surface of the cream strawberries will begin to "fester".

After being picked, red strawberries can remain fresh and rosy for 3-4 days, which can lengthen the sales cycle.

It is difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish the differences between different strawberries. As long as they taste good and taste sweet, they will be fine.

But for fruit merchants, how to purchase is crucial.

Cream is cheap, but not durable for storage. Red strawberries are expensive, but durable for storage, so most merchants purchase them at a ratio of 1:3, trying to sell out the cream strawberries within one day.

Lin Tao also suffered from the loss of cream strawberries in the early days. He thought the price was cheap and purchased large quantities. By the next day, he found that more than half of the cream strawberries were rotten.

These are the lessons of blood and tears...

Lin Tao came to the Southeast Fruit Wholesale Market. There are more than a dozen greenhouses here, including domestic fruit areas, imported fruit areas, and special melon and fruit areas, etc. It can be described as a dazzling array.

"Young man, take a look at our fruits, I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to buy it. Come and try it. Our melons are grown in our own fields and have not been added with cyclamate."

"Handsome guy, Dongzao has just been launched. Do you want it? If the quantity is large, I will give you a discount..."

In the afternoon, there were not many people in the wholesale market. When the vendors saw Lin Tao walking by, they all shouted loudly.

Lin Tao looked at these fruits with no mood at all.

【Ding!】

[It is detected that there is a fruity smell around the host, and the system prompts that the "preservation" skill is available]

[The host can choose a kind of fruit to keep it fresh, so that it has the same fresh-keeping effect as when it was just picked. This effect can last for 5 days (LV1)]

An electronic panel appeared in front of Lin Tao, and the system prompted.

"You can choose any kind of fruit and keep it as fresh as when you picked it..." Lin Tao chewed this sentence repeatedly.

Freshness is very important for most fruits. To a certain extent, eating fruits means eating them fresh.

Currently, Lin Tao's level is only LV1, and he only has one chance to change the attributes of fruits. Which fruit should he choose?

Fruits that are too cheap are worthless, and fruits that are too expensive cannot be purchased in quantity.

At this time, product selection is very important.

"Oh, it's too hot. I've suffered a big loss this time. I'm afraid I'll throw away this batch of lychees..."

When Lin Tao passed by the lychee stall, he heard the stall owner complaining.

The stall owner was a fat man who was sweating profusely from the heat. He was fanning himself vigorously with a fan, and behind him were mountains of foam boxes.

Lin Tao came close to a foam box and saw the cinnamon-flavored lychees inside. Perhaps because of the time, many of the lychees had become watery and turned black.

"This is the last batch of cinnamon flavor in the market. Do you want it?" asked the fat stall owner.

"How much?" Lin Tao asked.

"It used to sell for 110, but now it's 90 per box." Fatty stall owner responded.

A box of cinnamon-flavored lychees has a gross weight of about 12 kilograms. With ice water and branches, the actual net weight is about 8 kilograms.

The local purchase price of Guiwei in Beiliu, Guangxi is about 8 yuan per catty. Including packaging and shipping, the price is basically even at 90 yuan per box. This does not include the rent and labor at the stall. The stall owner bought this batch of Guiwei lychees.

, it is definitely a loss.

Lin Tao took out a lychee, peeled off the shell and tasted it himself.

It tastes sweet, the water content is okay, the meat is thick, but the freshness is slightly worse, and the scent of osmanthus is gone.

This batch of cinnamon-flavored lychees doesn’t have much of a problem when it comes to eating. The drawback is that the shells are black and the quality is poor, so they can’t be sold at a high price.

"While transporting the goods, the trailer had a flat tire, and it was delayed for a day to repair. Otherwise, this batch of goods would have been shipped two days ago." The fat stall owner said helplessly.

The price of this batch of Ligui-flavored lychees is pretty good, but the freshness is a bit off...

Freshness?

Hoho!

Lin Tao suddenly remembered that the "Fresh Preservation" skill had been unlocked in the "Fruit Attribute Spell System".

The sweetness of lychees can reach a terrifying 20 degrees, even surpassing that of mangoes. If lychees can remain as fresh as when they were picked, there will be no worries about sales!

If this batch of cinnamon-flavored lychees can "return to their original nature" and maintain their freshness, this will be a huge business opportunity!

A bold idea suddenly came to Lin Tao's mind.

"Boss, hurry up. If you can no longer sell this batch of lychees, you will throw them away." At this time, three traders on yellow croaker carts came over.

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They focused on the lychee products behind the fat stall owner.

"50, 50 per box packed," one of the vendors shouted.

Don't underestimate these fruit sellers, they are one of the ecological chains at the bottom of the wholesale market.

If the fat man's stall owner's batch of cinnamon-flavored lychees cannot be shipped today, instead of throwing them away directly, it is better to sell them to these traders at a low price.

After these traders get the goods, they will take advantage of nightfall to sell them on the road, under street lights, and at the gate of the community...

"It's not dark yet, just wait." The fat stall owner kept wiping his sweat and said, selling to these traders is basically cutting meat.

So he was still a little reluctant.

"I want all these cinnamon-flavored lychees behind you. Make a price!" Lin Tao made up his mind.

What!

Clean up the cinnamon-flavored lychees from the Fatty stall owner?

As soon as Lin Tao said these words, everyone was shocked.

"I have 1,000 boxes of lychees here..." the fat stall owner said in surprise.

1,000 boxes of lychees, even if sold in large supermarkets, will not be sold out in less than 5 days, and these are not fresh lychees.

This means that the sales cycle of these lychees is shorter.

In the eyes of the fat stall owner, Lin Tao's move was either a fool, or he was just playing with money.

Unfortunately, Lin Tao was neither of these, so he decided to take a gamble.

There are very few lychees on the market now. If fresh cinnamon-flavored lychees are on the market again, will they trigger a rush to buy?

Lin Tao doesn't have much capital, so it's impossible to cover all fruits. Instead of doing this, he might as well focus on one type of fruit and work hard to make it a hit!

In Lin Tao's eyes, cinnamon-flavored lychee is the kind of fruit he wants.
Chapter completed!