Chapter 128 Problems encountered one after another
Processed waste materials such as fish bladders are usually dried and crushed together with fish bones to make feed ingredients such as fish bone meal. Moreover, there is green prairie everywhere here, and there is no market even for feed. In other words, it can be thrown away.
Trash that no one wants.
Sanda felt that the Chinese thought he was a fool? How could he want a fish maw?
"Yes! What I need is the swim bladder. But it still needs to be processed well and it needs to meet my quality standards..."
Before coming, Li Yuan had consulted the chef of Yeshan Huiju, and he already knew how to make isinglass. Moreover, making dry food is not complicated. Anyone who lives by the sea can understand it almost immediately. This Sangda boss
The same is no exception.
"Li, you want to make the fish maw like that, that's no problem. But you are Harden's friend, and I don't want to deceive you. This thing needs to be picked out from a pile of smelly fish guts, and it needs to be washed and dried.
?Do I need to hire three or four more female workers?" Sanda asked.
"You name the price! I'll pay in U.S. dollars."
"Refreshing! Boss!" Sanda showed a bright smile, "One dollar per pound. Well... I'm talking about dry food without moisture. And I also have relationships with other processing plants, so I can purchase it for you."
“Then how much can you provide per month?”
"This has never been done before. But it should be guaranteed to be 3,400 pounds, right?"
“What about other processing plants?”
"It should be 1,000 pounds, right?"
Sang Da looked like he was taking advantage of the situation. Anyway, the labor force here was not worth much. It was just a few female workers doing odd jobs. It was equivalent to getting hundreds of dollars in free money every month.
Li Yuan also had a strange expression. He knew that African fish maw was very cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so cheap? Is this almost a free gift?
You know, in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, isinglass is sold in "liang", the kind that weighs sixteen liang per pound! Each liang costs at least 30 yuan!
Moreover, the dry food can be sent to several times the original weight! Hong Kong uses the ancient method of making hair, using soup stock, and it can be at least four or five times the weight. If you switch to other unscrupulous restaurants, they use alum to make it.
?That’s more than ten or twenty times.
A cup of fish maw soup, using about one tael of fish maw, is not too much to sell for 30 to 40 yuan, right? So for 1 dollar per pound, it can be sold for at least about 10 cups?
However, at this moment, Li Yuan suddenly discovered a very serious problem - 1,000 pounds? Isn't it just 1,000 US dollars? If all the goods he brought this time were sold, they should be able to sell for several million US dollars, right?
If all of it is used to buy isinglass, will it be spent in this monkey year and horse month?
"Ahem, Sanda, can you show me around? Maybe I need some other types of fish?"
"Of course. Please come with me..."
"Hey, how do you sell this?"
"Ah? Do you still need this?"
"Yes, yes. And this..."
"..."
During the visit, Li Yuan discovered several good things, such as African hairtail fish, African yellow croaker, etc.
These economic fish are not eaten at all in European and American countries, and the locals in Sokil hardly eat them. They are basically the lowest-end fish in the fish market, sold to local people in slums who cannot afford big fish and meat.
In this case, why not buy it? It’s very exciting like shopping for treasure! And these fish are surprisingly cheap, only a dozen cents per pound?
Now we no longer consider the price difference issue, the main consideration is the trade balance. Even if Hong Kong can't digest it, as long as it is shipped back to the mainland, it can be sold casually, right?
It should be admitted that the fish trade here is relatively mature and the various service industries are quite complete.
Pip quickly drew up a contract, and the two parties signed a supply agreement. Since the quantity was too small, it would be impossible to transport it, so Li Yuan purchased 50 tons of African hairtail and 50 tons of African yellow croaker, and placed the order directly.
The ice warehouse of a bulk carrier flight will arrive in Hong Kong in more than half a month.
Sanda was overjoyed about this "big business" worth tens of thousands of dollars, and it still required those "junk things." He insisted on dragging Li Yuan and Harden to have fun together...
…
Okay! After all the hard work, if you include shipping costs, you haven’t even spent 80,000 US dollars.
However, this problem had not yet been solved, and Li Yuan suddenly found that he had encountered a new problem.
"Lee, can you sell me all these bicycles?" Harden asked with a smile.
Li Yuan gave the ruffian a strange look: "As long as you pay, of course I can sell it to you."
"But they don't have any money around them. Not even a dollar. Unless you agree to let them pay in installments."
"them?"
"Of course it is them. Many people in my tribe like your bicycles and tricycles. They are much more convenient than donkeys. They can make more than one dollar a day with just one trip, 300 pounds."
"Haden, can't you buy it with your own money and rent it to people in your tribe? Why do you want me to pay in installments?"
[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on new books. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many different sounds. The huanyuan app is available for Android and Apple.]
"Hey, aren't we brothers?" Harden said with a smile, "Actually, my money is going to be used to open a factory. And it's not enough. Li, are you interested in starting a joint venture to open a factory together? Also, what are the people in my tribe?
Do you want the land? I can mortgage it to you."
"Not interested." Li Yuan refused.
Land transactions in Africa are basically a trap. After the government has finally registered the transaction, there will be tribal issues. When the tribes are finally settled, indigenous issues will arise again. Since most tribes are constantly migrating, there will be no problem at all.
It is unclear how to determine the ownership of land property rights.
In the end, everything will be wiped out!
Li Yuan became a little curious about Harden's factory: "Haden, you said you want to open a factory? What kind of factory are you going to open?"
"It doesn't matter what kind of factory it is, and it doesn't matter how much you make. It's mainly to give people in the tribe jobs and to replace imported goods. Of course, I'm happy to make money. It's best to marry more women."
"How many women?"
"Lee? What's all the fuss about? I'm the chief!"
"Haha." Unexpectedly, this Harden is still a decadent and decadent idealist patriotic industrialist?
"Li, I think your store hasn't done a lot of business in the past few days, right? In fact, I've always wanted to tell you that there are not many people who are looking at it. They actually need it, but they just don't have that much money. You should
Agree to let them pay on credit."
"Haha, Harden, are you just hoping to make me bankrupt?"
"How is it possible? We are brothers." Harden smiled, "But Lee, if this continues, not many people will come to buy. We are really poor here. Poorer than you think! They can't even buy Villa.
You can’t get much out of it, unless you are willing to trade in kind.”
