Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-One Don't Say It's Unpredictable (Seeking the Moon)
While Li You and Shopkeeper Gao were discussing the possibility of retaliation, sixteen other large coal shops in the coal market also gathered in the lobby of the Coal Industry Office and discussed for half an hour the issue of Taisheng Coal Shop disrupting the market.
Although Mr. Ye, the respected leader of the industry, was honored to be scolded by Li You as a shameless old thief, he endured the humiliation and expressed that he was willing to take into account the overall situation and not care about personal honor and loss. As long as Taisheng Coal Shop can find its way back,
If you give up the wrong practice of selling coal at low prices, you can still treat it as a friendly colleague.
Someone suggested: "If Taisheng Coal Shop continues to sell coal at low prices, how about we join forces to buy it? All the 16 gang members can gather relatives and friends, and they can always attract hundreds or thousands of people. Even if the purchase is restricted, the price will be reduced.
Half of the problem is not a big deal, as this will reduce the outflow of low-priced coal and affect the market."
It's a pity that no one responded to this idea. Firstly, money is tight, and secondly, it seems unnecessary.
These big coal shops usually only have 2,000 to 3,000 taels of silver in their accounts. They have already spent 7,788 yuan on hoarding coal, and they have no spare money to spend on coal from Taisheng Coal Shop.
You know, according to the information, the coal in Li You's hand is the backlog of production in a place in the north for two months. It is at least three to four hundred thousand kilograms, and even more, I don't know how much. I want to take over and eat it.
Living in the Coal City, I didn’t mention the effort involved in breaking the whole thing into pieces again, and I didn’t mention whether Li You would find out and refuse to sell it. I just said that the preparation for the purchase of silver would require at least about 5,000 taels.
Under normal circumstances, it would not be difficult for 16 families to come up with 5,000 taels. Now every family is already struggling with money. Although they can scrape together 5,000 taels by gritting their teeth, no one is very motivated.
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What's more, even if you eat all the coal sold by Taisheng Coal Shop in bits and pieces, what's the point? No matter who the buyer is, the incident of "Taisheng Coal Shop selling coal at low prices" still happened and fell in the eyes of the people.
I was convinced. Therefore, the suggestion of eating the coal sold by Taisheng Coal Shop was dropped.
It has to be said that Li You's identity and potential power are still very fearful to these shopkeepers. The sixteen shopkeepers discussed it until dark before making a decision, giving Taisheng Coal Shop two more days to make corrections!
In the end, Mr. Ye, the shopkeeper, slapped the table and said in a calm and loud voice: "From my perspective, Li You has also been an official. He has a lot of trouble in his heart. I have already guessed that he must be
You are deliberately bluffing like this to blackmail us for some benefit.
We can neither blindly take risks and deliberately provoke him, nor can we be intimidated by him and compromise. At present, the main thing to guard against between the two is the fear of surrender! Otherwise, Li You will succeed!
All bluffers are paper tigers! We have to listen to his words, watch his actions, and watch him for another two days! I don’t believe that there are people in this world who only care about losing money but do not make money!”
Mr. Ye, the shopkeeper, has been immersed in the coal market for more than fifty years. He has seen many turmoils. His words struck home and seemed to reassure the dozen or so shopkeepers present to calm down again.
However, on the second and third days, that is, the 17th and 18th of the twelfth lunar month, Taisheng Coal Shop continued to buy coal at a low price, and continued to maintain the daily quantity of 40,000 kilograms.
As the news gradually spread, more and more people gathered outside Taisheng Coal Shop. On the 18th, more than 10,000 people came to snap up the 40,000 kilograms of coal. The dense crowd blocked the area around Taisheng Coal Shop.
.But unfortunately, only two thousand people were able to buy coal in the end.
Just when most people were disappointed, shopkeeper Gao appeared. He announced that starting from tomorrow, the daily sales volume would increase to 60,000 kilograms, the price would remain unchanged, and the goods would still be sold to the public at cost price. This immediately triggered cheers.
Standing in front of the crowd, shopkeeper Gao meditated on a few words taught to him by his boss, took a deep breath, and before the crowd had dispersed, he suddenly raised his voice and started shouting at the top of his lungs: "Young and old men, listen! I
Taisheng Coal Shop is a coal shop with a conscience! A coal shop with an attitude! A coal shop that cares for the people! Our owner has said that our store has limited financial resources. But we are in the same boat with the people! We would rather lose money than join in with other profiteers.
Harming the people!"
He got excited, and thousands of approving looks came towards him. The excitement made shopkeeper Gao unknowingly get excited, his face turned red, and he couldn't help but add: "Let the profiteers go to hell!"
The crowd once again burst into cheers like a roaring tsunami. It was even more enthusiastic than the last time.
Li You stood in the corner and watched, then sighed to his long follower Han Zong: "Shopkeeper Gao is a bit too hard. After all, he has never experienced a big scene. These voices are too artificial, too stiff, too rough, too harsh."
To put it bluntly, it lacks a heavy bearing."
Han Zong said with a smile: "We ordinary people just accept this trick. Master, you may not be better than this if you go up in person. It's not that you are not as good as Mr. Gao. It's because of your dignity that you can't break the news in public."
Swear in the street.”
The momentum created by Taisheng Coal Shop is tantamount to openly announcing that it will fight against the major coal shops to the end, and it is also a public promise to continue selling coal at a price far lower than the market price, and "listen to what they say and watch what they do"
The shopkeepers couldn't sit still.
These few days were a critical period, and Li You sat at Taisheng Coal Shop every day. After watching Shopkeeper Gao's speech, he returned to the inner courtyard, only to hear reports that Shopkeeper Na Ye was visiting again.
This surprised Li You, and he thought to himself, this old man has a very strong psychological quality, how could he still face being scolded like that? So he invited him in.
The old shopkeeper had a sullen face. What shopkeeper Gao had just said was a provocation, and he was almost scolded by name, which made him very unhappy.
When he met Li You, he said in a deep voice: "Colleagues in the coal market have always been good-neighborly and friendly. If there are disputes, they will be resolved through public consultation in a harmonious and frank manner. There are few provocations today."
The boss of your store, Gao, wantonly slandered his colleagues in public, which has seriously violated our coal industry convention! On behalf of other colleagues, I protested to Mr. Li Daguan and urged Mr. Li to make corrections in time!"
Li You felt that he was sure of victory, and just looked forward to starting the war early and returning home before the Chinese New Year. Seeing the constant stream of clichés from Mr. Ye, he was a little impatient and said perfunctorily: "What Mr. Gao said is correct, there is nothing inappropriate.
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Seeing Li You's insistence on going his own way, the old shopkeeper said angrily: "What is tolerable? There is a limit to the patience of my colleagues in the industry! Li Daguan is a man who likes to do what he wants."
Hearing this, Li You suddenly brightened his eyes and became full of energy. He said teasingly: "What if you can't help it anymore?"
Mr. Ye, the shopkeeper, snorted: "If you can't bear it anymore, there's no need to bear it any longer. Our colleagues in the sixteen businesses are here to advise Mr. Li to step back from the brink!"
That's right, there should be another sentence below! Li You shouted excitedly: "You are wishful thinking!"
The old shopkeeper then cupped his hands and replied word by word: "Don't say you were unprepared! I'll take my leave!"
Li You has rarely encountered such a happy moment since his time travel. He laughed so hard that he almost burst into tears. Unfortunately, everyone on the left and right said, "You are not a fish but you don't know the joy of fish." I don't know what Li Daguan was laughing about. These exchanges just now
, what’s so funny about it?
Mr. Ye, the shopkeeper, boasts that he knows countless people and has a strong mind. Now he is being laughed at by Daguan Li and feels uncomfortable. Is he really making a big joke? But he has already let out some harsh words. If he talks more, he will appear to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside. So he has to
Resolutely turned around and left.
After leaving Taisheng Coal Shop, shopkeeper Ye once again summoned the remaining fifteen shopkeepers and managers to gather at the coal market office to discuss the big plan.
Someone said impassionedly: "We have endured it again and again, but Taisheng Coal Shop has become stubborn and hopeless. Now we can no longer continue to be weak and ineffective!"
Someone else put forward an opinion: "When it comes to matters in the coal industry, we are not afraid of him; but when it comes to power, we are indeed not as good as Li You. Why don't we ask the princes to come forward?"
Shopkeeper Ye, who was sitting in the middle, heard the words and said: "No need for the moment. Those father-in-laws are greedy. If I ask them to help this time, I don't know how many benefits they will ask for, so I can't ask them to come forward without asking them to come forward."
But there’s no need to worry. If we have to, they will take the initiative to help us. After all, the money they threw in is no less than ours, and they will be just as anxious. If we ask, we will lose the initiative.”
"What the old man said makes sense!" someone loudly agreed.
Shopkeeper Ye continued: "Besides, Li You has high eyesight and is said to be a domineering person in the court. Even if he invites the father-in-law to come, Li You may not be afraid, or he may just be pretentious out of reputation.
He cannot give in to the father-in-laws. Unless he is forced into a difficult situation, he will not compromise. Therefore, it is definitely not a good opportunity to ask the father-in-law to come forward at this time."
Everyone was convinced by Shopkeeper Ye's words, "Then as the old man said, let's start first?"
"That's right! Starting from tomorrow, we will officially start selling coal. Each catty is four cents. No one is allowed to lower the price. We can sell as much as we can!" Shopkeeper Ye said firmly.
Everyone here was talking about it. If you want to sell it, of course you can sell it. They are hoarding four million kilograms of coal just to sell it at a high price.
The plan was perfect at first, but Li You suddenly appeared and sold coal in large quantities every day at a low price of 2 cents. He also continued to deceive people, which added many variables. Who can guarantee that after they start selling coal at the same time, the price will be at 20%.
Hold on high?
What's more, people's hearts are apart, and with Li You, an external factor that stirs up the market, who can guarantee that others will not be mentally fragile and set a bad precedent of price reduction promotions in order to quickly recover their money?
I don't know who sighed a few times and suggested: "Sooner or later, the coal in Li You's hands will be sold out. How about we wait until he stops singing and then start selling coal safely?"
Shopkeeper Ye looked around and took in the expressions of everyone, "We can't wait any longer. With the inventory of Taisheng Coal Shop, we can sell tens of thousands of kilograms every day for at least six or seven days. If we continue to wait and see, we will wait until they are sold out.
Goods happen to coincide with the New Year. How can we sell coal at that time? If not, we have to continue to hoard and keep it in our hands. When the Xishan Incident subsides, there will be greater variables. Therefore, time is not waiting for us, and we do not have time to wait.
Li You is sold out! We have to start tomorrow, and of course we can’t make Li You feel comfortable!”
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