From the beginning, Liu Shucheng felt that three teenagers who dared to come and spend a lot of money to buy their own shop must not be ordinary people. Now as soon as Zhang Tinglan said this, he immediately felt that Zhang Tinglan and the others must have a strong background.
"Young Master, who are you? I hope you can teach me!"
"I am Zhang Tinglan, my father is Zhang Zuoxiang." He pointed at Zhang Xueliang as he spoke: "This is Zhang Xueliang, the son of Master Zhang Zuolin." Liu Shucheng woke up as if from a dream when he heard this. He really said that Cao Cao was here. Their father and daughter had just arrived.
He also said that he wanted to ask Zhang Zuolin to help him speak, but he didn't expect that they would appear in front of him now.
"It turns out you are a general, disrespectful! Master Zhang, with your status, you have no worries about food and clothing, why do you need to buy a shop house?" Liu Shucheng couldn't help but ask this question. He was instinctively afraid of these bearded soldiers.
These "moustaches" also made him feel nervous. Was the other party trying to steal something?
"How can we not need it? We also need to eat and make money. To tell you the truth, our 27th Division has obtained a batch of flour. The quantity is not large, more than 200,000 kilograms. I want it.
Get rid of it and exchange it for silver."
Zhang Tinglan got a total of about 300,000 jins, distributed some to the brothers of the 27th Division, and kept some. He could sell about 200,000 jins, which Liu Shucheng heard was not a small number. In this situation
At that time, the staple food of the people in the Northeast was still sorghum rice. They would only buy some white flour during the Chinese New Year and use it to make dumplings. Not many people could afford it in ordinary times. The Sihai Grain Store did not retail so much white flour in a year.
"Master Zhang, please forgive me for talking too much, but it seems difficult to get rid of so much flour!"
"It doesn't matter, my price is low!" Zhang Tinglan said with a slight smile: "Shopkeeper Liu, how much does a load of white flour cost on the market?"
"It's four yuan and one or two, there's nothing lower than four yuan!"
"I sell it for three and a half yuan. If I buy it for three yuan and two more, I can consider it even lower!"
Zhang Tinglan found that there was no cost for grain other than buying off the Russians, so the price could be kept very low. However, this price immediately made Liu Shucheng dizzy. Grain is different from other commodities. As long as there is no serious turmoil or
In natural disasters, prices are relatively stable most of the time, and grain merchants make money by relying on quantity.
Zhang Tinglan lowered the price by two and a half with just one mouthful. This is absolutely crazy. No normal person would do this. Being able to lower the price so low only proves that this food is not a good source.
, Thinking of Zhang Tinglan's identity, Liu Shucheng was even more sure that this was probably obtained by taking advantage of his power. Liu Shucheng suddenly felt disgusted and sighed and said: "Master Zhang, I am too talkative. It is better to sell this shop to you than to the Japanese."
, this place will be yours from now on!”
After Liu Shucheng started writing the document, Zhang Tinglan suddenly stopped him: "Shopkeeper Liu, I just asked you, if you had the 27th Division as your backing and a steady supply of low-priced food, would you still be willing to do it?"
Will it continue to operate?”
Although Zhang Tinglan has an overall plan, he still needs people to implement it. He can't do everything by himself. Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also heard that Liu Shucheng has a good reputation. If he can get him to do things for him, it would be a good choice.
Liu Shucheng's heart was also in a fierce struggle at this time. Why couldn't he compete with Sanhe Grain Company? Simply put, there were Japanese forces behind Sanhe. They provided Sanhe Company with cheap food and at the same time sent rogues to harass him.
The business, as a result, soon became unsustainable.
But with the support of the 27th Division, it is completely different. There is no need to worry about harassment by rogues, and there is a cheap and stable supply of goods. With the brand name of Sihai Food Store, you can get out of the predicament quickly.
While Liu Shucheng was thinking, there was a rush of footsteps coming from behind the closet door, and a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old came out.
It was Liu Shucheng's only woman, Liu Xiu'e, who came here. She was also more concerned about family affairs, so she had been following Liu Shucheng secretly. She listened to most of Zhang Tinglan's words behind the door, and she couldn't help but cheer in her heart.
Unexpectedly, she didn't have to look for it herself, but the 27th Division took the initiative to come to the door. This was God's will, why should she not agree to it, so when she saw that her father was still hesitating, she had to walk out quickly.
"Dad, it would be a good thing if Mr. Zhang can help us, so just agree to it!"
Liu Shucheng frowned, suddenly waved his hand to tell his daughter to shut up, and then said to Zhang Tinglan: "Master Zhang, thanks for the promotion, I don't want to do it anymore!"
As Liu Shucheng finished writing the document and handed it over to Zhang Tinglan, Liu Xiu'e on the side frowned, with an anxious look on her face, and gently pulled Liu Shucheng's clothes: "Dad, just have the heart to let the two of you go."
Has the hard work of generations gone to waste?”
Liu Shucheng sighed heavily: "Girl, daddy doesn't want to be poked in the back. We can't touch unclean things!"
What he said was not only for his daughter, but also for Zhang Tinglan. He thought that Zhang Tinglan's food was coming from an unfair source, so he didn't want to get involved. When Zhang Tinglan heard this from the side, he immediately felt a sense of admiration for Liu Shucheng.
At least this person has a bottom line in his heart and can do something and not do something.
"Shopkeeper Liu, don't be busy yet, let's go aside and talk." After saying that, Zhang Tinglan took Liu Shucheng to the reception room nearby and closed the door with a bang. Zhang Xueliang and others outside did not know what they were talking about inside.
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Liu Xiu'e frowned, and she smiled at Zhang Xueliang: "Master Zhang, Feng Zhi and I are classmates, and I heard her mention you!"
When Zhang Xueliang heard that she was Yu Fengzhi's classmate, he immediately felt disgusted and his face turned bad. When Zhang Xueliang was a rebellious teenager, he felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart towards this baby girl arranged by his father.
He didn't have a good opinion of Feng Zhi, so he said angrily: "Can she say anything good about me?"
"Fengzhi has always said that you are a talented young man. No matter your family background or character, you are top-notch. How could you say anything else!" Liu Xiu'e originally wanted to get close to Zhang Xueliang, but as soon as she heard his bad words, she knew that she had hit the mark.
Afraid that Zhang Xueliang might have some misunderstanding, he hurriedly explained.
Zhang Xueliang didn't believe it at all. He turned around and said, "I'm not a talented person, I'm just a playboy. Don't let her get the wrong idea!"
Zhang Xueliang held a gun and a stick, and Liu Xiu'e didn't know what to say. The situation suddenly became awkward, and no one wanted to say more. After more than ten minutes of silence, the door of the reception room was opened, and Zhang Tinglan and Liu Shucheng left with a smile.
come out.
All the clouds on Liu Shucheng's face disappeared, and his face became shiny again, "Master Zhang, Old Liu will sell this old bone to you from now on. You can't let me rejoice in vain.
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"Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, the flour will be shipped to you tonight, and I'll call in twenty more guards. Anyone who dares to offend you without opening his eyes will be against the entire 27th Division!"
Zhang Tinglan thought that Liu Shucheng was quite ethical, so he came up with the idea of using it for his own use. Zhang Tinglan knew that he couldn't circle around the store every day, and he had to have some suitable people to help him. Liu Shucheng was a good candidate.
Therefore, he told Liu Shucheng the origin of the flour, and also told him that a large amount of supplies would be sold from him, and that the Sihai Grain Company would also establish a branch to expand its scale.
Liu Shucheng was also shocked by Zhang Tinglan's imaginative way of making money, and he willingly joined in. The two parties decided to use the payment for goods to offset the shares. Fengtian Xingye Company under Zhang Tinglan's name held 80% of the shares, while Liu Shucheng held 20%.
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Even though this share may not seem like much, after the business grows, the profits will definitely be ten times or hundreds of times as much as before, so Liu Shucheng is also very satisfied.
After finalizing the cooperation plan, Zhang Tinglan took Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Tingshu to say goodbye and left. Zhang Xueliang was a little puzzled along the way: "Brother Tinglan, the Japanese have a big business, why do they bother a small grain merchant?"