Chapter 84 Big business and small business

This time the Yazhou working group also brought some glassware for sale in their luggage, but the quantity was not large, because the executive committee believed that the quantity sold to two firms last time should not be sold out so quickly, so

He only brought a small amount of emergency supplies. When the shopkeeper Zhang heard that there was still a little inventory where the Haihan people were staying, he almost jumped to beg Maliko to lead the way to pick up the goods immediately. After helpless Maliko exchanged opinions with Mu Xiabai, he agreed with Zhang

The shopkeeper's request. Shopkeeper Zhang quickly ordered someone to go outside and hire three small sedans and a large car. Then he eagerly dragged the two people with wry smiles out the door.

But before the group arrived at the yard of the Yazhu Office, they met another group of people who were also in great strength - Shopkeeper Li of "Fu Ruifeng" also came back with Qiu Yuan and Feng Anan. The two groups met each other like this.

, naturally they all knew what was going on.

The two shopkeepers met each other without looking up in Yazhou City, so naturally they knew each other. After greeting each other, shopkeeper Li from "Fu Ruifeng" first got to the point: "If shopkeeper Zhang is here for the glassware, then please

Come back, these two Haihan friends have agreed to hand over all the goods they brought this time to me, 'Furuifeng', for sale."

Shopkeeper Zhang did not show weakness: "Shopkeeper Li's words are wrong. The two Haihan friends who came to the bank just now did not say that. The bank has already ordered all the goods this time. I think it is better to invite shopkeeper Li.

Let’s avoid it first!”

Maliko looked at Qiu Yuan opposite, and the two looked at each other with a wry smile. Although they had made various preparations in advance, they never expected that it would turn into the current situation. He quickly persuaded the two shopkeepers who were already blushing and thick-necked, and

He said that there were other goods to provide, especially valuable mirrors. This time they brought more than 200 mirrors of various sizes. The two shopkeepers immediately stopped arguing after hearing this. Although the Haihan mirror is expensive,

, but the profits are correspondingly astonishingly high. Even for the smallest two-inch silver mirror, the sales profit is equivalent to selling ten glass wine glasses or four glass bowls. Any shopkeeper with a business vision will never let it go.

Such goods.

So two groups of people rushed into the yard of the Yazhuya Office, which shocked Zhao Xiaoruo, who was sorting out the goods. The two shopkeepers didn't even bother to take a sip of water, so they started business negotiations on the spot in the patio of the yard.

The level of professionalism is astounding to everyone across the world.

The glassware brought by the working group this time included fifty bowls, cups, and saucers in total. After some bickering between the two shopkeepers, shopkeeper Li from "Fu Ruifeng" finally had the upper hand and settled on thirty sets.

The remaining twenty sets were directly taken over by shopkeeper Zhang of "An Fu Hong". As for the mirrors that both firms valued, it was the more powerful "Fu Rui Feng" that had the upper hand and settled two inches in one breath.

One hundred mirrors, ten each of five-inch mirrors, eight-inch mirrors, and two one-foot square mirrors. An order of more than 7,000 taels of silver was placed for the mirrors alone, and the quantity brought by the working group was directly

More than half of them were bought. Unlike its competitors, "Anfuxing" does not rely on the mainland market, so naturally it is not so generous. It only ordered forty two-inch mirrors and ten five-inch mirrors, but compared with

The orders from the first transaction have increased a lot.

After the two shopkeepers placed orders, the members of the working group realized that they had already made nearly ten thousand taels of silver in just one morning. This was only the second day after arriving in Yazhou, so

Is the sales speed really no problem?

The shopkeepers of the two firms did not have so many scruples. In their opinion, if they bought more goods from Haihan people now, they could seize this wave of business opportunities and earn more money. They immediately counted the goods, moved them to the hospital, and then loaded them carefully.

With the big cart, the two shopkeepers called their capable men to transport the goods back to the business house first, and then returned to the courtyard to discuss the payment issue with the Travelers.

Both shopkeepers said that if you need cash, you can have it delivered here today. They guarantee that all payments will be made with good official banknotes, and there is absolutely no need to worry about the quantity and quality. And if you need to use goods in exchange, then just do it.

After issuing a list, the goods must be prepared in the shortest possible time. If bulk goods need to be transported, they can also be sent directly to the transit public's location according to their requirements.

Only then did the working group realize that they had been forcefully bought and sold by indigenous merchants. However, these two firms were currently the only major customers of the Crossing Group, so they had no choice but to endure their tempers.

Besides, it's not that they don't want to pay, they just plan to get the goods first and then settle the accounts. At least their attitude is very sincere.

According to the instructions of the Executive Committee, current commodity transactions are still mainly in the form of barter. The input of a large amount of precious metals does not have much practical significance for the Cross Group, which has not yet established an internal currency settlement system. It is better to

It is more useful to import large quantities of raw materials that are urgently needed for industrial production. Therefore, on the procurement list produced by the working group, coke, coal, saltpeter, sulfur and other materials still account for the majority of imported materials.

For the handover and processing of these materials, the working group decided to let the two trading companies directly organize ships to send the goods to the Sanya base camp. This is because Chuanzhong’s own maritime transportation capacity is insufficient, and secondly, it saves the cost of transshipping the goods in Yazhou.

Time and money. Future large-scale transactions will follow this model. The transaction content is negotiated in Yazhou City, and then the commercial bank takes the order signed and sealed by the working group to Shengli Port for delivery of the goods. There is a radio station for communication here in Chuanzhong.

Naturally, this method can effectively ensure that there will be no loopholes in this transaction method.

The import of materials is only part of the needs of the Executive Committee. Another important import item is population. Although Luo Shengdong said that he would try his best to transfer the hard labor of prisoners in Yazhou to Shengli Port, the Executive Committee would not use the chips.

All the pressure was on him. After discussing the physical transaction, Maliko brought up the matter of introducing people: "Two shopkeepers, our Haihan people's settlement in Yulin is still in the initial stage, and there is a huge gap in the labor force needed. I don't know if you two

Is there any way you can help us? It would be best if we could recruit some skilled craftsmen."

Shopkeeper Zhang was the first to speak: "If you need ordinary labor, you can spend money to recruit it in Yazhou City. If the cost is reasonable, it should not be difficult to organize hundreds of people within ten days."

Shopkeeper Li also followed up and said: "But if you need specific craftsmen, I'm afraid Yazhou is very limited, so we need to recruit them from Guangzhou. If you don't want to give up, I would like to help you."

Shopkeeper Zhang was not willing to lose the battle, so he quickly added: "I can also recruit the craftsmen you need from Qiongzhou Fucheng and Danzhou."

Malico originally just wanted to inquire about the situation, but he did not expect that the two men agreed so readily and took over the job directly. It seemed that they wanted to leave a good impression on themselves in this external competition.

Malico immediately clasped his fists at the two of them and saluted: "Then please take care of yourself. Whether they are plasterers, carpenters, blacksmiths, or shipwrights, I, Haihan, will accept all craftsmen regardless of the number of them.

You will also be given resettlement allowance as a gift. As for the expenses incurred during recruitment, we will bear all of them."

The two shopkeepers were sent out here, and Zhang Guang also came back with two large carts loaded with coal, lime, yellow mud and other materials used to make briquettes. So everyone collectively played the role of porters again.

, moved everything in the car into the courtyard.

At this time, Malike and Qiu Yuan, who were weak in physical strength, couldn't bear it anymore and could only help. Zhang Guang and two veterans took shovels to mix various materials together in a certain proportion, and then pumped water from the well.

Water it thoroughly, slowly mix the large amount of paste, then shovel it into the mold, beat it vigorously, finally pull out the briquettes, take off the mold, stack the pieces of briquettes under the eaves, and wait for blowing

After it dries, it can be used as fuel.

Even though these three people had outstanding physical strength, they were very tired after doing such strenuous work. Zhao Xiaoruo quickly brought a few glasses of cold water, and the three of them sat on the patio and drank heavily.

"I found that coming to Yazhou is no different from when I was at home. It's the same physical work!" Feng Annan complained as he rubbed his sore arms.

"It's all work done for yourself, why are there so many complaints!" Although Mu Xiabai was also very tired, his revolutionary will was obviously much firmer than that of the young people. He immediately taught him a lesson: "If you are afraid of hardship and tiredness, then just do it.

Don’t come to this era!”

"How about we make briquettes to sell?" Zhang Guang was afraid that the two men would continue to argue, so he quickly changed the subject: "I went to the market today and saw that the price of firewood in Yazhou City is not low. If we compare it with the cost of briquettes,

Calculated, the cost-effectiveness of using briquettes is better than burning firewood."

"How much can you earn from a piece of briquettes?" Maliko asked casually after hearing something related to business.

Zhang Guang scratched his head and said: "There are always two or three pennies..."

"Then why are you wasting your energy?" Maliko couldn't listen any more immediately: "The five of us worked hard for a long time to make hundreds of briquettes. According to you, if we sell them all, we will probably earn a penny.

Twenty taels of silver. Do you know how big an order we negotiated today? More than nine thousand taels of silver, comrade! Time is money. If we have this time, we should think more about other ways to make money."

Zhang Guang's face turned red. Fortunately, he had dark skin, so it wasn't hard to tell.

Zhao Xiaoruo supported from the side: "I can't say it so absolutely. Small money is not money anymore? If it's too little money, we can hire workers to do it. If we can sell thousands of briquettes every day, the basic living expenses of our cliff-based office will be

Just came out."

"This method won't work." Qiu Yuan shook his head and retorted: "The technical content of briquettes is too low, and there will soon be imitations on the market. Unless we directly use automatic coal-making machines with higher production efficiency, otherwise, just relying on

Manpower cannot beat the opponent in terms of production costs. Do you think the base camp will build us a machine specifically for making briquettes for this purpose?"

Zhao Xiaoruo didn't say anything at this time. After all, her major was medicine, not business, and she really didn't understand such complicated things. Although she felt a little depressed, when she saw Zhang Guang smiling kindly towards her, Zhao Xiaoruo felt that

It was right for me to help Zhang Guang speak up.
Chapter completed!