Chapter 189: Big deal [Please subscribe, subscribe]
Time is money.
Guangzhou……
The first car of Kirin watermelons that Ye Mo purchased here was divided equally among five distributors, and each person only received a little more than four tons.
These watermelons go through different distributors. Some watermelons stay in Guangzhou, and most of them are distributed to surrounding places, such as Shenzhen, Zhongshan and other places. They enter supermarkets, high-end fruit shops, hotels and other catering stores... some small fruit shops with good locations
, there are also these watermelons for sale.
These watermelons were very fresh when the merchants got them.
There happened to be a banquet in a high-end restaurant today. Early in the morning, the restaurant's executive chef began to inspect the ingredients.
"These watermelons today are selling well." Several chefs who were carrying ingredients said while looking at the watermelons in the basket.
"It's really beautiful." Another chef said.
The two carried the watermelon in. The chef looked at it, twisted a watermelon, cut it into pieces... and tasted the taste before nodding: "Be careful when carrying it, the skin of these watermelons is very thin."
"Chef, is the watermelon sweet?"
"Try for yourselves..." The chef rarely smiled.
Sweet watermelon makes people feel happy.
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Shenzhen, a fruit shop in a certain neighborhood.
Zhou Moumou worked overtime all night, had breakfast on the roadside, and then came to the fruit shop to buy some fruits.
"Boss, how much does 1 catty of watermelon cost?"
"15 yuan per catty," said the fruit shop owner.
"15 yuan?" Zhou Moumou was shocked.
His hometown is in Guangxi, and the most expensive watermelon there is... it seems to only cost seven or eight yuan per catty.
This watermelon costs 15 yuan?
"15 yuan per piece is still 1 catty." Zhou Moumou said.
"This batch of watermelons is expensive, and I always pay 12 yuan for it." The boss knows Zhou Moumou. He often comes here to buy fruits and is a regular customer: "This batch of watermelons is beautiful, but the price is really expensive, so I bought it.
5."
"For 15 yuan, you can eat 1 catty of pork."
The boss smiled: "You get what you pay for. If you buy it, I'll give you a cheaper price, 14 yuan."
Zhou Moumou hesitated, looked at other fruits, and finally his eyes fell on watermelon.
During this time, the cheapest local watermelons cost six to seven yuan per catty. Better watermelons cost about ten yuan.
As a beauty lover, Zhou Moumou was attracted by the appearance of watermelon. This watermelon is really beautiful... round and almost perfect in shape.
Zhou Moumou's income is considered good in Shenzhen, but he often works overtime... and his monthly income is about 20,000. He can still afford the occasional high consumption.
He hesitated for a long time and shook his head: "Weigh one."
Dad put the watermelon on the electronic scale and said: "5.6 pounds."
…
At the same time, Ye Mo's watermelons also entered the supermarket shelves.
Many people are attracted by the appearance of watermelon.
Let's put it this way, the feeling of those watermelons is the perfect shape that a watermelon should have...
The appearance of the fruit is very good.
Like some beautiful apples, pears...
There are also particularly beautiful watermelons among watermelons.
The fruit section of the supermarket not only sells one kind of watermelon, but Ye Mo's high-looking watermelons are displayed in the most eye-catching position, giving people the impression that he is a big star who has debuted in a C position.
Every customer who is about to buy watermelon will look at the perfect unicorn melon for a long time.
The selling prices in supermarkets are higher.
The selling price of 17.7 yuan per catty has deterred many people.
However, supermarkets have a lot of traffic, and there are always a few people who are not short of money, and some people who are attracted by the beauty of watermelons and can’t walk down the aisle. In many large supermarkets, the Kirin melons on display are sold out in the morning.
Then the second batch was put on the shelves.
In the afternoon, there are more people in the supermarket.
Even people who are not planning to buy watermelons will take a second look when they see those beautiful watermelons.
Most of the people who bought these watermelons had never thought about buying watermelons, but they saw how beautiful these watermelons were and they had the desire to buy them.
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evening.
Li Xuebin is discussing the acquisition of loquats in Zhongbao Village.
The early-maturing loquats are about to mature.
The Zhongbao Village Wholesale that Li Xuebin is interested in is a famous loquat planting area nearby. The loquats grown here are also very beautiful, as big as eggs.
But the taste is not very good.
Early-ripening loquats often taste a bit sour. And for the sake of appearance, transportation and storage, these loquats are picked before they are fully ripe.
The appearance of these loquats is very good. Although the taste is a bit worse, the price... is not cheap at all.
The price of early-maturing loquats in April is 23 yuan per catty in the village, and many fruit merchants have come to see them. The highest price they have received has reached 20 yuan.
The price of loquats has not been negotiated.
If Li Xuebin purchases, he purchases in large quantities. But if he purchases in large quantities and the taste is not good, it will affect subsequent sales.
Good looks will make people want to buy.
But the taste is not good. I bought it for the first time and will not buy it again in the future.
Although it is said that the fruit will become sweeter after being stored for a period of time, but when most people buy the fruit, they don’t taste it immediately.
Li Xuebin was also struggling with the quotation issue. Just as he was about to call his old partner, his cell phone rang: "I was telling you to call you, what's the matter?"
"I have good news for you."
"What good news?"
"The batch of watermelons you purchased was a huge hit." Zhou Minghai said with a smile: "Today I met that e-commerce platform for purchasing again. He also wanted to purchase watermelons, but his attitude was too arrogant and he was ready to lower the price for me.
I was so angry... I almost picked up my foot and slapped him in the face."
After Li Xuebin purchased Ye Mo's second car of watermelons, Zhou Minghai felt that sending it to Guangzhou was too risky, so he sold it to the e-commerce platform's purchasing department in Huacheng. Selling to the e-commerce platform made less money, but there was no risk. Afternoon
At that time, the platform procurement came to their company again and said that they could also purchase their watermelons... A new person came over, and the person's attitude was a bit arrogant, and he pushed the already low price even lower.
Zhou Minghai was originally considering whether to share some of his profits and go out.
Today's loading volume is about 110 tons, which is a bit large. If it is all sent to the Guangzhou market, I don't know if it can be fully distributed.
Guangzhou's market is very large and covers many major cities.
110 tons of watermelons is nothing for a market like that. But, their watermelons are very expensive, and they are among the highest priced batches.
Zhou Minghai is very conservative in doing business. He would rather make less money than take big risks. The e-commerce platform is a big company, the top big company in the country... It is normal for people to be arrogant in their purchasing. It is also normal to keep prices low.
Although he didn't like the other party's attitude, he still had to consider it. He had been struggling all afternoon. Just now, the market manager of the square called and told him that the watermelon order was out of stock...
Some of the 110 tons of watermelons were sold out before they were even loaded onto trucks. Moreover, it was rare for those fruit distributors to pay them a deposit first.