Laura was exhausted, holding two hamburgers in her hand, opened the door, and saw her two daughters sleeping on the sofa, showing a smile. The two little guys leaned on each other, Laura, stepped forward, and pulled
Pulling the blanket. "Hey, is this?"
Laura paused for a moment. What was in Marian's hand was the ticket to the Candy Festival. Where did it come from? "Marian." Laura woke Marian up, and Dorothy was also woken up, rubbing her eyes and sitting up.
"Mom, you're back." Dorothy shouted in surprise.
"Marian, where did these Candy Festival tickets come from?" Laura stared at Marian.
"Mom, my sister and Dorothy gave it to us after they mowed the lawn for a gentleman." Dorothy said with a smile.
Dorothy raised her little hand, and two small blisters were clearly visible on it. "Damn it." Laura exclaimed. "Dorothy, wait a minute, mom will help you pop it."
"My sister has a lot of them on her hands." Dorothy didn't feel that the blisters were very painful, but she looked very funny.
"Marian." Laura touched Marian. "Mom said, mother will help you buy tickets."
Laura said, taking out two crumpled tickets. Marianne and Dorothy rubbed their eyes. "Tickets."
"Sister, what should I do?" Dorothy looked at the extra tickets.
Marianne, jumped off the sofa, holding the ticket. "Marian, what are you doing?" "I want to return it." Marianne, waving an admission ticket in her hand.
"It's too late." Laura grabbed Marian.
"Well, it's so dark." Dorothy climbed to the window and whispered.
There were too few street lights here and the light was not good. Marianne was a little reluctant. Laura smiled when she saw it. "Tomorrow morning, let's go to Candy Street. Maybe someone needs it."
"Um."
Marianne nodded.
"Are you hungry?"
"Um."
"Beef burger, with an extra piece of meat." Laura shook the burger in her hand.
Marianne and Dorothy clicked their little lips and looked like greedy cats, which made Laura a little sad and a little funny.
"Dorothy, let's have one," Marianne said, taking a hamburger.
"Um."
"Mom, you can eat too."
Laura nodded. "Okay."
Mother and daughter enjoy burger dinner together.
In Hank's cabin, Li Han and his family were sitting in front of the fireplace. "Billings, the candy industry has been in great decline these two days." Lingna handed a piece of information to Li Han. "Han, look, this is the last one last year.
Some data for the first quarter.”
"Down by a third?"
Li Han was shocked, no wonder Liu Zhenhui couldn't continue his business.
"Five of the medium-sized candy factories closed down, and 11 small candy factories were merged," Lingna said.
"Han, your compatriot, you are right, the candy factory is really getting harder and harder to operate."
Li Han frowned. "Bartier, the sales data sent us show that the shipment volume of Little Bear Candy in the first half of January actually reached the quarterly shipment volume in the second half of last year."
"Discounting the purchases from Hank's Farm, Bear Candy sales are pretty good."
Li Han said.
"Yes, Han, maybe now is a good opportunity." Lingna said.
"Acquisition to expand the size of the candy factory?" Li Han thought for a while and shook his head. "It is too difficult to increase the production of Little Bear Candy."
If you want to use space spring water, it’s okay for a candy factory. If there are too many, there will be problems in distribution. “Let’s take a look first.”
Lingna nodded. She was just helping Li Han do a market research analysis and had no intention of participating in this matter. "Okay, it's getting late. Pandora, baby, I won't play anymore. What did grandma say on the phone just now?"
"
"Go to bed early," he said with a little pout, holding two candy dolls in his two little hands.
"As long as you know, go to sleep."
"Oh." Dudu pouted, pulling the baby sister. "Good night, dad, good night, mom, and good night, aunt."
"So good."
Natalie smiled and said, "Good night, sister Natalie." After Dudu said that, he pulled baby sister and ran away with a smile on his face.
"This little devil."
Behind Dudu and the baby, Little Heihei and Little Xiongxiong, four little monkeys, plus Sun Wukong, and two turkeys followed. "Haha, Han, these two big turkeys are enough to feed the entire farm during Thanksgiving."
"
"don't want."
The little Dudu man puffed out his little mouth and turned around and shouted, "Both big and small fires are so good, don't eat them."
Li Han rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Sister Natalie, you're just joking, sleep well."
"Natalie, it's getting late, you should go to bed early."
"Really."
Everyone rested separately. Early the next morning, Dudu and Baobao woke up and took turns knocking on everyone's door. "Morning." Natalie yawned and went downstairs.
Seeing Li Han making coffee, he waved his hand casually. "Would you like a cup of coffee?"
"Thank you." Natalie nodded.
"Morning, Jennifer, Linna."
"Good morning, Han." Alta took the coffee.
"I have porridge in the morning, plus pandora baby pancakes and pandora vegetable salad." Li Han said with a smile.
"There are also salted duck eggs." Dudu said with a smile. "Dudu brought them all from home."
"Haha, little chef, you have eaten now, and your stomach is growling with hunger." Natalie said with a smile.
Dudu waved the long spoon and said, "Wait a minute, the cakes are not ready yet."
"I'm so hungry, I'm going to starve to death." Natalie pretended to be fainting from hunger.
"Okay, sister Natalie, you can have a bowl of porridge." Dudu said.
"Oh, no, I'd better hold on." Natalie, drink porridge, okay, this girl is really not willing.
The little man has a big mouth. "The rice porridge is delicious. Pandora also has shrimps and winter melon."
"Shrimp and winter melon porridge, the taste is quite good." Li Han liked it very much and drank this kind of porridge.
"I'd better wait for the pancakes."
Three minutes later, the pancakes were ready. Dudu and Baodu cut the big pancakes into pieces and put them on each plate. They paired them with vegetable and fruit salad, half a salted duck egg, and a bowl of rice porridge.
Dupai's delicious breakfast is ready.
"Wow, it smells so good." Lingna said with a smile.
"whee."
Dudu was very proud. "Aunt Lingna, this is for you."
"Have a meal."
After breakfast, everyone rested for about ten minutes and got in the car. The sugar factory started preparing early in the morning, and Li Han planned to go there early to help.
Also getting up early were Marianne, Dorothy and Laura, mother and daughter, who arrived early at the street where the Candy Festival is located, Candy Street. "Auntie, do you want a ticket? You can eat candies for free, it's only ten dollars."
"Oh, no, thank you."
"Sir, if you want a ticket to the Candy Festival, you can eat a lot of candies for free." Marianne, helpless, looked for the man next to her again.
"No, I don't need it." The man walked away impatiently.
Marianne was a little disappointed. There were not many people here in the morning. Marianne, Dorothy, and Laura spent nearly an hour and sold one of them for eight dollars.
Laura spent five dollars to buy two hot dogs for the two girls, and bought a cup of coffee for herself. Well, eight dollars, leaving less than $1.50. "Sister, I didn't buy any." Dorothy whispered.
said.
"Dorothy, don't worry, someone will be willing to buy it." Marianne said with a smile.
On Candy Street, Hank Candy Factory’s booth is at the middle intersection, which is a good location. “Three hundred dollars is really not expensive at all.”
Hank Candy Factory spent three hundred dollars to acquire this location. Yes, some of the central locations will be sold by the Candy Festival Organizing Committee through auction. "Boss, the same location sold for five hundred dollars last year."
"Really?" Li Han glanced and saw that there were many empty stalls around. It seemed that the auction was not very successful. More people chose a slightly remote location, which was free.
"Okay, Shane, don't worry about this."
Li Han said, "Have the candy been delivered?"
"Yes, boss, we are all ready." Shane said.
"Let's get started." Some decorations in the exhibition area are completed, the candies are brought up, some small decorations are added, and it's done.
"Candy Bear Man."
Two candy man dolls nearly two meters high were placed at the entrance of the candy exhibition area. "It's so fun." Dudu, smiling and patting the candy dolls, the dolls swayed.
The two big candy dolls attracted many peers to watch. "This Chinese man is really rich."
"No, I got news that this candy factory was renamed Hank's Candy Factory and was purchased by a farmer from Button." The owner of a small candy factory not too far away whispered.
"No wonder, I really envy Liu."
"That's right."
The owners of two small candy factories sighed helplessly. Since the beginning of this year, the candy market has shrunk extremely. The lingering influence of the financial crisis has caused many small candy factories to go bankrupt. Many candy factories that have been in business for decades have even been forced to undergo bankruptcy accounting.
This makes many colleagues sigh, but there is no way. Billings Candy Factory is mostly a small brand. Nowadays, supermarkets are becoming less and less interested in this kind of candy with little brand value.
Only some Mexican supermarkets and small supermarkets will order. With the financial crisis, the business of these small supermarkets is getting better and better due to price reasons. However, there is a contrast in the candy business. Candy sales are getting worse and worse, so that many small supermarkets
Supermarkets are adding more shelves for vegetables and daily necessities and canceling candy sales.
God, this is undoubtedly adding insult to injury. Poor small candy manufacturers have to look for other markets. Don’t even think about big cities. There are enough big-name candies, small brands, and even non-influential brands. It is simply a fantasy to enter a big supermarket.
Hank's Candy Factory spent a lot of money to build a decorated booth, which attracted the attention of many colleagues. "Han, it seems that many are curious about you." Natalie said with a smile.
"Haha, this is a good thing, isn't it?" Li Han said with a smile.
Of course, some large candy factories were quite critical of Li Han's way of showing off his wealth. "This guy will definitely regret spending so much money, and maybe he will lose it all."
"That's right, when the Candy Festival is over, this guy should go home and cry." said an old man with a white beard.
"Asshole black boy, he should take a closer look. The United States is in such a mess now." The old man said, talking about the U.S. government, and couldn't help but complain a few times.
