Chapter 8 Bajiao’s acquisition is not easy

The eldest sister quickly shook her head: "Brother, let's stop joking.

Not to mention 80,000 yuan, not even 800 yuan.

This is just a small store, and I only sell dozens of grams of cooked meat.

Moreover, the price of star anise has been falling. If it were not for the purpose of stocking up, I would not buy it."

Zhang Yue didn't expect this situation to happen, and was dumbfounded for a moment: "What should I do? I want a lot!"

The eldest sister pointed to the bag at the door: "That's all I have."

Zhang Yue put it on the scale and found that it was only four kilograms, which did not cost forty yuan in total.

Seeing that he was in trouble, the eldest sister took out her cell phone and said: "Brother, I see you are also a real person.

This is Xiao Sun’s phone number. He specializes in wholesale of star anise and may be able to help you."

"Really? Thank you so much." Zhang Yue said it sincerely.

In order to prevent vicious competition among peers, generally stores in the market will not provide the contact information of wholesalers at will.

"You're welcome. Xiao Sun is known to the whole market. There's no point in hiding it."

Zhang Yue immediately called and the call was quickly connected.

"Hello, hello!"

"Are you Manager Sun? I was introduced by Sister Hong of Guihong Condiment Store, and I want to wholesale some star anise from you.

It weighs about seven or eight thousand kilograms, is it convenient for you?"

Unexpectedly, the other person said decisively: "I'm sorry, boss, I'm afraid I can't help you either."

"Ah? You don't have anything in hand either?"

“It’s not that I don’t have the goods, it’s that the entire Zhongzhou doesn’t have so much inventory.

You also know the market situation this year. For our dealers, the more goods we have on hand now, the more we will lose.

And in about ten days, the new star anise will be mature, and the price will at least drop below eight yuan."

"Is that so?" Zhang Yue frowned, "Can't you specially bring a batch of goods over? I can pay you first."

"It's no problem to adjust the goods, the key is whether you can wait.

The situation across the country is actually similar to that in Zhongzhou. If you want a large amount, it will take a week at the earliest."

"Then forget it, I'll think of something else."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yue felt helpless.

He never expected that it would be like this.

As for waiting for the other party to adjust the goods, forget it?

If there is no problem with the eyesight, the price of anise will rise sharply in five days.

If the increase is small, the other party may still deliver the goods on time.

But that’s nine times the profit!

At that time, the other party will just make an excuse that the goods are not in stock, and then pay some liquidated damages according to the contract, and you can only stare at it.

After standing there and thinking for a moment, Zhang Yue suddenly picked up the half bag of weighed anise and left: "Sister, sell these to me and I'll transfer the money to you."

The eldest sister immediately became anxious: "No, that's what I use to distribute goods.

You took it all away, and if someone comes to buy the meat ingredients, how can I do business?

Hey, you..."

But Zhang Yue couldn't help but threw it into his van and locked it.

Let’s not even mention that we can’t buy octagonal anise from that manager Sun.

Even if you can buy it, you can drive a van all the way here and burn dozens of dollars of oil, so you can't run empty, right?

Then he went to other stores one after another to scan for goods, and soon the entire market was sold out.

So people who were going to take advantage of the weekend to improve their family's life, after buying all kinds of meat, rushed to the spice market to buy spices, but found that something was missing.

In desperation, everyone had no choice but to wait for the new star anise to arrive and use the mixed bag of minced ingredients instead.

Zhang Yue didn't know that his actions would bring such little trouble to everyone.

Now he's also in trouble.

Although it was determined that large quantities of goods could not be purchased at one time, Zhang Yue was not worried at first.

Because he only has 80,000 yuan on hand, that is to say, even if he scatters all the money, he can only get more than 8,000 catties and eight anise.

As long as you work harder and make more trips, you can definitely get all the goods ready.

But Zhang Yue still ignored one thing, which is the size of the octagonal.

Sun-dried star anise is very light, and a common urea bag would only weigh about ten kilograms if filled.

A van contains 20 bags, which weighs 300 pounds.

Therefore, if Zhang Yue wanted to haul eight thousand kilograms of goods, he would have to make twenty-seven trips.

Since there is not much stock in the market, if you want to fill a large cart, you need to scan at least two spice markets.

Shopping is easy to say, but he has to buy it one by one.

Some shopkeepers saw that he bought a lot and refused to sell even if Zhang Yue was willing to pay more.

So Zhang Yue spent a whole morning running before he could fill up a cart.

Assuming that we pull three cars a day, we can buy fifteen cars in five days.

No, the price of anise was raised on the fifth day. In fact, he only had four days.

Therefore, if you want to maximize your profits, you can only find a large batch of goods at one time and transport them all back to the warehouse in large trucks.

But where in Zhongzhou can there be more than 8,000 kilograms of star anise?

Why!

Zhang Yue sighed helplessly.

It would be nice if I could give myself a few more days.

All I can say is, this is fate!

Just when Zhang Yue had given up hope and was running around various spice markets with the intention of charging as much as he could, he accidentally got a message from a shopkeeper:

The Chinese herbal medicine market in Zhongzhou may have it!

Zhang Yue's eyes lit up instantly.

In addition to being used to season food, star anise is also used as a traditional Chinese medicine.

In fact, not only star anise, but also the spices used in daily cooking of meat were originally traditional Chinese medicines.

But later, people discovered that these traditional Chinese medicines have a delicate flavor, and cooking them with meat and other ingredients can greatly improve their deliciousness, so the term seasoning gradually came into being.

Unlike seasonings, star anise is a traditional Chinese medicine and is sold mixed with other Chinese herbal medicines.

Therefore, the fluctuation in the price of a certain medicine alone has little impact on the Chinese herbal medicine market.

In order to ensure the normal supply of all the medicinal materials in the prescription, those drug stores will definitely stock star anise normally or even in large quantities.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue immediately drove to the Chinese herbal medicine market.

The Chinese herbal medicine market in Zhongzhou is located in the east district close to the CBD.

Sure enough, as Zhang Yue expected, after asking several Chinese medicine shops, there is indeed a large amount of star anise in stock here.

But when he explained his purpose, he was instantly dumbfounded.

Because the replies given by the owners of these Chinese medicine shops were exactly the same: not selling!

If you want to buy it, you can buy it. Our store has various Chinese herbal prescriptions rich in star anise. You can get as much or as little as you want according to the recipe.

Reluctant, Zhang Yue asked all the way and soon came to a pharmacy called "Gao's Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale".

Gao's Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale is the largest store in the Chinese herbal medicine market, with sufficient stocks, many categories, and the best reputation.

Zhang Yue cheered up again.

"Hello, boss!"

"Hello, hello, please sit down quickly and drink tea."

The person who greeted Zhang Yue was a middle-aged man.

However, after seeing the other party's appearance, Zhang Yue was stunned because he found that the other party looked vaguely familiar.

But Zhang Yue was very sure that he had never seen the other party.

He thanked him repeatedly, exchanged a few pleasantries with the other party, and then said directly: "Boss Gao, to be honest, I want to purchase star anise in large quantities. I wonder if you have the goods?"

The boss's name was Gao En. After hearing what Zhang Yue said, he did not refuse directly like other shop owners.

He smiled and said: "Sir, since you have come to me, you should know that the market situation of Bajiao is not good.

Now that the harvest of fresh anise is about to begin, it is very likely that the price will fall below eight yuan in half a month at most.

Why not wait a little longer?”

Regarding this question, Zhang Yue already had an answer: "The main reason is that I need it urgently, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way here."

"That's right, I won't sell it!"

"You..." Zhang Yue's face turned dark instantly. It was obvious that the other party was teasing him.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yue said: "Can I ask why?

After all, you also said that the price of anise will continue to fall in the near future.

As long as you replenish the goods in time, you can make a lot of money."

Gao En looked confident: "Of course I know this, but that is just speculation after all.

What if the country suddenly introduces a certain policy to curb the downward trend?

The most important thing is that the average price of the star anise in my warehouse is about 18 yuan when I buy it.

But when it is sold in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, it can be sold for more than 50 yuan per catty.

It’s not impossible if you want to buy in large quantities, it’s 40 yuan per pound, so you can get as much as you want.”
Chapter completed!