Li Xuebin’s quotation is based on comprehensive consideration.
Now in Yunnan, the wholesale price of better Kirin watermelons is only about 3.5 yuan.
Ye Mo's Xinong No. 8 is a flower-skinned watermelon. The rind is a bit thick, and it's not particularly sweet... but the shape of the fruit is nice.
If such a watermelon is delivered to Guangzhou, the wholesale price is... about 5 yuan.
There is a price difference of 1.9 yuan per kilogram. There are also shipping costs, labor costs, etc. in between.
The price difference is 1.9 yuan to send to Guangzhou, which is more than 1,600 kilometers away... These watermelons have relatively thick rinds, so it is still profitable to send them in a large truck with more than 20 tons.
"OK."
Ye Mo agreed to the price of Xinong No. 8.
Ye Mo knows the price of watermelon now. This watermelon with flower skin can be sold for 3.1 yuan, which is very good.
More than 11,000 seeds of Xinong No. 8 have been planted, and the yield per plant is about 36 kilograms. The yield is estimated to be around 200 tons...
3.1 yuan per kilogram, the price of 1 ton is 6,200 yuan. The output of about 200 tons is about 1.2 million yuan.
Black Beauty, looks like 11,000 plants.
When I bought it before, I was told that melons of this variety weighed 7-9 pounds each.
When grown now, the average weight is just over 18 pounds.
There is a layer of white frost on the surface of the melon rind. Wipe off the white frost and place it in the sun. The melon rind will become black and shiny...
Li Xuebin is full of expectations for this variety.
Black Beauty, he hasn't seen anyone planting it for many years.
Ye Mo picked up the knife, held it upright, and cut the watermelon into pieces. The color of the melon pulp was darker, and it looked more beautiful.
"The color is good." Li Xuebin said.
Zhou Minghai also took a closer look. The flesh of the melon looked very delicate...
Ye Mo cut a few pieces and Zhou Minghai took a bite first. This melon was so sweet.
It is much sweeter than the previous unicorn melon.
Especially the variety Xinong No. 8 that I just introduced just now. When I eat this melon again, I feel it is particularly sweet.
The sweetness is high, but it doesn't feel cloying.
Zhou Minghai gave a thumbs up: "The taste is very good and the texture is top-notch..."
Ye Mo also tasted it.
He had never tasted these Black Beauty watermelons, and they were a bit crispy in the mouth. After one bite, his mouth was filled with the unique sweet taste of watermelon...
How would you describe these two types of watermelon?
Xinong No. 8 is suitable for a feast, just like the feeling of three or five people going to a food stall. Black beauty, sweet taste, better texture... reminds people of exquisite petty bourgeoisie sentiment.
The sweetness level of this watermelon should be 11 or 12.
Here, due to the temperature difference between day and night, fruits can easily accumulate higher sugar content.
Besides, the Black Beauty variety has a sweeter taste than other watermelons.
Li Xuebin also picked up a piece of watermelon and tasted it.
Compared with sweetness, Li Xuebin pays more attention to the taste. The taste of this watermelon is also very good, with firm pulp and rich flavor.
Compared with other varieties, the planting area of Black Beauty in China is small.
The current price of Black Beauty watermelon is pretty good.
This season, he has not seen any domestically produced black beauties, as most of them on the market are imported from abroad.
Li Xuebin took a lot of photos of this black beauty watermelon when he came here last time, and has already shown the photos to customers...
Now that he tasted the watermelon, Li Xuebin looked at Zhou Minghai.
Zhou Minghai walked aside, took out his phone and called several customers in Guangzhou. They chatted on the phone for several minutes before returning.
"Is this so?" Li Xuebin asked.
Zhou Minghai nodded: "The quality of this watermelon is very high, 4.5 yuan per catty, how about it?"
"Okay." Ye Mo said: "General Manager Gao of Black Beauty Watermelon wants about 15 tons, and the rest will be given to you."
"Okay." The two nodded.
Li Xuebin took a long breath and said, "I'll go over and pick the watermelon, open it and take a look."
"Um."
Li Xuebin specially selected a watermelon with low maturity. The flesh of the watermelon inside is probably all red, but the maturity... compared with the first watermelon, it is about 2 days behind.
The watermelon is still very sweet, with a sweetness level of at least 10, but the flavor is a bit off.
Not mature enough...
If the ripeness reaches 90%, the flavor will be better.
As long as the watermelon is red, it will continue to ripen if left for a while.
If you buy raw melon eggs, especially the raw ones, they will not be ripe no matter how long you leave them. But as long as they turn red inside, they will continue to ripen.
Anyone who has grown watermelons at home should know this.
These black beauties won’t taste the best when picked tomorrow. But they can be left for a few days and their maturity will naturally increase.
Moreover, melons with thicker skins can be stored for a longer period of time.
After agreeing on the price, Li Xuebin and the others left.
"How's it going?" Li Xuebin said in the car.
"Black Beauty watermelon is good." Zhou Minghai said: "But the price you gave is too high. Black Beauty, the wholesale price negotiated over there is only 6 yuan per catty. You gave me 4.5 yuan..."
"Let me ask you if those watermelons are pretty."
"Beautiful." Zhou Minghai nodded.
Don't look at the price difference. But there are risks in transporting watermelons...
Then there is the market for Black Beauty watermelons. There are Black Beauty watermelons in the domestic market, and they are basically imported from White Eye Wolf, and the price is not high.
Ye Mo's black beauties are too big. If they hadn't found a buyer in advance and determined the price... they wouldn't have been given the price of 4.5 yuan.
Black Beauty is imported in large quantities.
Although the imported black beauties are not as beautiful as the black beauties from Ye Mo's side, the black beauties from Ye Mo's side are too big.
"As long as it's beautiful." Li Xuebin said with a smile: "It's not easy to find nearly perfect watermelons, let alone in large quantities. You are a person who focuses on the interests in front of you day by day..."
Listening to Li Xuebin's nagging, Zhou Minghai smiled: "I know what you mean. But, if you should lower the price, you should lower the price. Just now, you quoted 3.5 yuan per catty for the Black Beauty watermelon. I feel... Ye Mo also
Will sell."
"It's superficial, I'm too lazy to tell you." Li Xuebin rolled his eyes at Zhou Minghai, his face full of contempt.
There are not many greengrocers who can give you 4.5 yuan for those Black Beauty watermelons from Ye Mo. But those who can give you a price of 3.5 yuan can grab a lot.
If it really costs 3.5 yuan per catty, I guess Gao Yuan can eat it all. Gao Yuan not only has his own sales channels, but also runs a fruit online sales company.
There is no need to worry about selling some fruits, the only problem is the price.
For black beauties like Ye Mo's, normally...if other fruit dealers come over, they should be able to quote prices of 3 yuan to 3.5 yuan. There shouldn't be too many fruit dealers who can give prices in this range.
But there are not many fruit vendors who can give more than 4 yuan.
Large buyers basically have their own purchasing channels. It is not easy to get involved. You need an opportunity.
The watermelons previously sent to Guangzhou were spotted by several distribution bosses as soon as they arrived at the market.
Those fruit bosses...
Guangzhou's fresh fruit market has a somewhat high entrance threshold. All bulk goods are distributed and delivered. For those bosses, it is not a matter of one or two days for their company to establish a cooperative relationship with each other. But the other party,
Always ignored them.
The watermelons they had given me earlier were taken by a few of them, and they could be considered to have established a relationship.
Say it again.
Black Beauty's quotation was 4.5 yuan, and their company did not lose money. They sent a car of watermelons (about 23 tons), and if everything went well, they still made a profit of tens of thousands of yuan.
Although the profit is not very high, these melons can be used to stabilize customers and develop new customers.
Even in the fruit market over the square, it is not easy to find watermelons as beautiful as Ye Mo's.