As a businessman, Qian Youcai was keenly aware that there was something fishy here. Then he rolled his eyes slightly and smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, you are not a friend enough. Someone has challenged me to compare you."
This is a much lower price. Your price is too high. I’ll take my leave now.”
After saying this, Qian Youcai immediately got up and walked outside. In fact, although Qian Youcai felt that there was something fishy here, they had not yet figured out their bottom line, so this was also tentative.
"Boss Qian, Boss Qian~"
When shopkeeper Sun saw Qian Youcai was about to leave, he immediately grabbed Qian Youcai.
"The price is easy to negotiate. The price is easy to negotiate. As long as the purchase quantity is large, the price is still negotiable."
Shopkeeper Sun was very helpless. There was too much grain in Dongjiatun above. Now that he had to sell the grain, he was in great need of big customers like Money.
Xishan Coal Mining has tens of thousands of employees, who eat three meals a day and consume a huge amount of food every day. As long as they can lock in this big customer, the owner does not have to worry about losing money on food.
"Shopkeeper Sun, just tell me directly, how much does it cost per pound?"
Qian Youcai looked at Shopkeeper Sun and said directly.
"One hundred and twenty cents per catty. If it goes any lower, it will really be impossible."
Shopkeeper Sun thought for a while, gritted his teeth and reported a number again. Before the other party knew that everyone could no longer bear it, he could make a sum of money, one hundred and twenty cents per catty, based on Xishan Coal Industry's
If the consumption is not limited, Xishan Coal will definitely purchase it on a large scale.
"Farewell~"
When Qian Youcai heard the price, he immediately felt happy.
The other party was willing to lower the price by dozens of cents per catty, which was enough to show that the other party was eager to sell the grain. There must be a lot of room for negotiation on the price, so he was not in a hurry to buy it, but pretended to be very angry.
, turned around and walked outside.
"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, the price can still be discussed. It's negotiable. It's one hundred yuan per catty. You can have as much as you want. I'll have someone deliver it right away."
When Shopkeeper Sun saw this situation, he immediately became anxious. He hurriedly grabbed Qian Youcai and lowered the price again. At the same time, he cursed in his heart. It seemed that other grain merchants had already started to lower their prices desperately.
Everyone really can't bear it anymore. If the food in their hands is not sold, it will all be lost soon.
Their food supplies have never been in such a mess as now. In the era of famine, they were in a hurry and could not sell the food.
Hearing what Shopkeeper Sun said, Qian Youcai was slightly startled, and then continued walking outside without looking back, but it was already clear in his heart that these grain merchants could finally stand it no longer.
"Eighty cents per catty~ Only eighty cents per catty."
"Fifty cents per catty, fifty cents per catty, there's really no way it can get any cheaper."
Seeing that Qian Youcai was about to leave, shopkeeper Sun hurriedly tried to hold Qian Youcai back, while also continuously lowering the price. The price had dropped from one hundred and seventeen cents per catty to only fifty cents per catty.
However, Qian Youcai still did not stop, and the price of this fifty cents per catty of grain was still sky-high. The food that usually cost only a few cents per catty, sold for fifty cents per catty, which was more than ten times the price.
"Boss Qian, thirty cents per catty, thirty cents per catty, this is a famine era, these thirty cents per catty of food is really a bargain price, there is absolutely no way anyone can offer it at a lower price than me."
When shopkeeper Sun reported the price of thirty cents per catty, Qian Youcai stopped, looked at shopkeeper Sun with sweat on his forehead, smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, if you pay three cents per catty, I can consider it.
"
"Three cents per catty, why don't you go and grab it?"
"Now is the time of famine. Food is more expensive than life. You can't buy it for three cents a pound. You can't buy it."
When Shopkeeper Sun heard this, he immediately shook his head. The price of three cents per catty was almost the same in normal times, but now is the time of famine, and the cost of the grains costing the owner more than ten cents per catty. The price was three cents per catty.
If you weigh a kilogram, your boss will suffer a loss.
"Then I'll take my leave."
Qian Youcai felt confident now and walked directly towards the next rice store with the "Jiangnan Fragrant Rice" brand.
"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, welcome, welcome~"
Boss Su of Jiangnan Fragrant Rice Shop had already been looking at Qian Youcai with eager eyes. When he saw him walking towards his shop, he immediately rushed forward to greet him.
At the same time, the best tea is served, and it is also a compliment to the money.
"Boss Su, how much does your rice cost per pound? Shopkeeper Sun next door has reduced it to fifteen cents per pound."
After drinking the delicious oolong tea, Qian Youcai said in an orderly manner.
"Fifteen cents a pound?"
"They don't want to live anymore?"
When he heard the words of Qian Youcai, Boss Su was slightly startled, and immediately couldn't help shouting. They were all grain merchants, and they all joined forces to run the business, so they knew exactly what the price was.
To be honest, at the price of fifteen cents per catty, they hardly have much money to make, they can only make hard-earned money.
"Haha~"
Qian Youcai smiled, as if he wasn't surprised.
But in their hearts, they have roughly figured out their bottom line. The price of about ten yuan should be their bottom line.
"Boss Qian, we are also regular customers and old friends. Since you have come to my store, I can't let you go back empty-handed. It costs fourteen cents per catty. All I have is the best Jiangnan fragrant rice."
, there is no false pretenses.”
Boss Su thought for a while, gritted his teeth, stamped his feet and quoted the price of fourteen cents per catty.
At this price, he really doesn't have much to make, so he hopes that Xishan Coal Mining has a large volume and can quickly digest his inventory and recoup the money invested in the early stage in a timely manner, so as not to suffer too heavy a loss.
After all, they can still make money no matter how much the grain can be sold. If they can't sell it, then they will really suffer a big loss. In these famine years, not only are they not making money, but they are also losing money. Let's talk about those who are doing the grain business.
No one has the shame to say that he is a grain merchant.
But this is the current situation. Millions of catties of marine fish from Tianjin are entering Beijing every day, and the scale of these arrivals is getting larger and larger, and the number is increasing.
The grain transferred by the imperial court from the south and the grain shipped by grain merchants from all directions for sale are approaching the capital step by step. If they are not sold, they will really be destroyed.
"Boss Su, I know that your rice is all the best Jiangnan rice, but your price is still too expensive. I'll take my leave."
Qian Youcai smiled, stood up and walked out.
"Boss Qian, Boss Qian, thirteen cents per pound, you can have as much as you want, I'll have someone send it over right away."
When Boss Su saw it, he immediately became anxious and hurriedly grabbed Qian Youcai. At the same time, he endured the pain and lowered the price again as if he was cutting flesh.
Qian Youcai didn't even stop and continued walking towards the next grain store.
It didn't take long for Qian Youcai to come out of this grain store again. The price of this grain store had dropped to ten cents a pound, and he was already selling at a loss.
Qian Youcai still didn't buy it. He kept negotiating in a grain store, and the price became lower and lower.
"Boss Qian, you are also a businessman. You should know the difficulties of our business. The fixed price is eight cents per catty, but you need to purchase at least one hundred thousand catties at one time."
"At this price, I definitely sold it at a loss, and I lost money on it."
In He's Rice Shop, Boss He reluctantly quoted the price of eight cents per catty. At this price, he was really losing money. He would lose several cents selling a catty of grain.
But it doesn't work if you don't sell it, because if you sell it, you can recover part of the funds. If you don't sell it, you will lose even more.
"Eight cents per catty~"
Qian Youcai also pondered after hearing this. He is a businessman himself, and he has dealt with these grain merchants before. Eight cents per pound of grain is almost really low, especially the rice from the south, because it is not easy to transport.
, the cost is actually quite high.
However, since the other party is willing to reduce the price to eight cents per catty, it means that these grain merchants really can't stand it anymore, and it also means that it is not the time to buy grain yet, so he thought about it and found an excuse and left this rice merchant.
shop, there was no rush to buy food.
"The show is going to be great next."
Qian Youcai found a restaurant, and while eating and drinking very leisurely, he also asked his subordinates to pay close attention to the food prices at the grain store.
As expected, these grains began to be sold at reduced prices in order to sell the grains in their hands as quickly as possible, and because there were very few people in the grain stores, each grain merchant also let people in their stores
Guys playing gongs and drums started shouting in the streets of the capital.
"The good Jiangnan rice from Sun's Rice Shop only costs one hundred and twenty cents per catty. It only costs one hundred and twenty cents per catty."
"The Jiangnan Fragrant Rice Shop has the best Jiangnan rice, which only costs one hundred and ten Wen per catty. It only costs one hundred and ten Wen per catty."
"The price of grain in He's Grain Store has been greatly reduced. The price has been greatly reduced. It only costs 100 Wen per catty. It only costs 100 Wen per catty."
In the streets and alleys of the capital, accompanied by the shouts of the children in these grain stores, everyone in the capital suddenly knew that these black-hearted grain merchants had finally begun to lower their prices, and each one was lower than the last. The original price of grain was two hundred coins per pound.
, and in the blink of an eye, it dropped to only one hundred yuan per catty, which was cut in half.
But now the common people in the capital have sea fish to eat. They can feed their families with sea fish for just a few pennies a day. They don't even think about buying rice, not to mention that the rice costs hundreds of pennies a day.
catty.
"Hehe~ These black-hearted grain merchants finally couldn't stand it any longer. Look at them, I feel so happy. I used to ask them to lower their prices to buy rice, but they refused to buy it. Now we can't even think of buying a pound from them.
rice."
"Yes, some time ago, when the sea fish didn't come to Beijing, my grandson was very hungry. He only had fifty coins in his hand, and couldn't even buy three or two meters. I knelt down and asked them to kindly buy me some rice, and directly bought me some rice.
When I was called out, they said they couldn’t eat rice if they didn’t have money.”
"I don't have money, so I eat meat and fish now. Their rice should be given to the rich."
"Yes, we will definitely not sell these black-hearted grain merchants' rice, which costs one hundred cents per catty. They will also make a lot of money, but we will lose money to them and these black-hearted grain merchants."
"The emperor is kind to us people. He has opened a sea ban so that everyone can go fishing in the sea so that we can afford cheap sea fish meat. With this penny per pound of meat, I just won't eat the rice from these profiteers."
"Haha, the price has been reduced again. Did you hear that? The grain in Li's Grain Store has dropped to 80 cents per catty. They are going dog-eat-dog now. It's going to be a good show."
"No matter how low the price is, I just won't buy their food and will scare them to death, haha~"
"Yes, we are worried about them. We have sea fish, and the emperor has issued a sea ban. We can fish in the future. We can't finish all the sea fish."
"..."
The old and young men in the capital looked at the boys from the grain store who were beating gongs and drums, talking and laughing, pointing at each other, and all recalled the coaxing and coaxing of these grain stores in the past.
No matter how low you are, I won't buy your food anyway.
At the grain store, the shopkeepers and bosses of a grain store stood at the entrance of the store, ready to go into their stores when they saw people, preparing to welcome the crowd of grain buyers who were about to arrive.
However, what they didn't expect was that all the old and young men in the capital no longer bought into their account. Although the price of grain dropped again and again, there was still not a single person in the grain store.
The attitude of these grain merchants in the past was really bad. During the famine years, everyone had no grain in their hands, and they agreed on the price with each other. They lifted the grain to the sky, and they still had a barbaric attitude of whether they wanted to buy or not.
, making the old tricks here in Beijing hate them to the core.
Now everyone is also watching from the sidelines, watching the grain merchants in the capital competing with each other to reduce prices, and together they will slowly bring the price of grain from the sky back to the ground. But everyone has sea fish to eat, so naturally they will not buy it.
This is still extremely expensive food.
Even the housekeepers and servants of large families who used to come to buy grain have all disappeared. It seems that everyone is waiting to see how much the grain can be reduced to a pound.
In the entire grain store, except for these grain stores, the waiters kept going back and forth, constantly reporting the prices of other grain stores, and then reporting their own prices. Then the shopkeepers and bosses looked at each other angrily, asking how could you lower such a price?
Duo, didn't we agree to raise the price together at the beginning?
Then I saw it in the other person's eyes, why did you lower the price so much, and why did you ask questions such as whether you are trustworthy or not?
Of course, these shopkeepers and bosses are all small roles, and the big bosses who are really behind the scenes are gathered together in Hu Wanan's secret courtyard.
When they met each other, their faces were very ugly, and they even glared at each other. This time they were really losing blood.