Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan’s trip to Huacheng was a fruitful one.
Not only were they able to do everything they needed to do quickly and return on time, they also brought many gifts to their relatives and friends.
This makes everyone happy inside and out, up and down.
Of course, those who are most ecstatic are those who depend on them for food.
As soon as they knew that these two masters had returned to the capital on time, everyone immediately felt reassured, and their worries that had been hanging around were finally relieved.
I don’t know how many people are secretly rejoicing, “Okay, okay, no accident happened this time!”
...No, actually that’s not entirely true.
Because the accident did happen, but although it was a bad thing for most people, it was beneficial to Hong Yanwu personally.
On the day when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan took a flight back to Beijing from Huacheng, the Republic of China released a blockbuster news that affected thousands of households across the country.
The top level of the country has decided to lower the price of polyester and cotton cloth from now on, and at the same time increase the price of cigarettes and alcohol.
The notice said that in recent years, the prices of flue-cured tobacco and wine-making raw materials have increased many times, and the production costs and purchase prices of tobacco and wine have increased, resulting in a decline in factory profits and a decrease in national fiscal revenue.
At the same time, due to the increase in social purchasing power, the supply of high-end and high-end cigarettes and alcohol has long been in short supply across the country.
To this end, appropriately raising the sales price of tobacco and alcohol will not only help promote production and supply the needs of the masses, but also increase fiscal revenue, draw back currency, and overcome financial and economic difficulties.
For this price adjustment, according to national statistics, the retail price of Class A cigarettes increased by an average of 0.27 yuan per box, that of Class B cigarettes by an average of 0.08 Yuan per box, that of Class C cigarettes by an average of 0.02 Yuan per box, and that of Class D and Class E cigarettes.
Raise price.
The price of national famous brand liquor has increased by more than 2.00 yuan per kilogram, the price of bulk grain liquor has increased by 0.10 yuan to 0.20 yuan per kilogram, the price of standard bulk beer has increased by about 0.16 yuan per kilogram, and the price of bulk rice wine has also increased appropriately. The prices of these types of bottled wine have also increased accordingly.
If the price is raised, the price of Shugan Baijiu will not be raised.
The notice also emphasized that this price adjustment is a major event in people's livelihood, and governments at all levels must strengthen leadership and price management to maintain the basic stability of market prices.
Needless to say, in this era when our country's economic situation has just begun to show some vitality, most of the income of Beijing residents is still mainly used to improve and increase daily consumption, and there is still no money left for financial accumulation.
Smoking and alcohol are probably the most common and most difficult to give up enjoyment for male members of every family.
So such a high increase in the price of tobacco and alcohol will suddenly make people's wallets, which were slightly better due to the restoration of the bonus system, become nervous again, which will inevitably cause people's psychological discomfort.
Therefore, there was great dissatisfaction among the people. When the relevant departments conducted a thorough investigation, intellectuals angrily asked, "Who are the people who proposed the price increase to the central government?"
However, nothing is completely absolute in the world. Most people will suffer, but a few will benefit.
When this matter was actually implemented on Hong Yanwu, it was equivalent to a windfall falling from the sky.
Don't forget, during the two weeks that he and Chen Liquan left, the external sales of cigarettes and alcohol in their hands stopped, but the internal purchases did not stop at all.
Even because "Xiao Baizi" said that the Song family's original three-bedroom apartment had no room to store cigarettes and alcohol, Hong Yanwu also gave "Xiao Baizi" a key to the Song family's new house.
Well, when he came back, he found that "Xiao Baizi" and "Dayong" were really not idle. They had spent almost all the money they had in the past two weeks. During this time, they had accumulated a lot of good smoke and wine.
It filled a room in a three-bedroom apartment.
This whole thing is going wrong, and the value is rising.
Not to mention anything else, starting from December 18, the ex-factory price of Moutai has been adjusted from 6.4 yuan to 8.4 yuan, and the official retail price on the market has also soared from 8 yuan to 18 yuan!
So just the 28 boxes of Moutai that have been eaten in the past few days, in terms of cost, already have a surplus of 5,000 yuan (including the discount policy for shopping with foreign exchange coupons), not to mention other things.
What if we add the original inventory of more than 2,000 boxes of famous wines and nearly 1,000 boxes of famous cigarettes? What if we calculate it based on the price of private sales?
One can imagine how huge Hong Yanwu's overall profits were.
He made a rough estimate and found that the current real value of all the tobacco and alcoholic beverages in his hands should be over one million.
And the most important thing is that he also knows that this increase in the price of tobacco and alcohol is just the beginning.
Although the official prices will still be artificially controlled to a certain extent for a long time, high-end tobacco and alcohol have started a slow but steady climb since then.
Even though the production of these tobacco and alcohol manufacturers is increasing day by day, prices have not been able to drop significantly.
Therefore, the benefits hidden behind it are an exciting treasure trove.
Because of this, although at the same time the price of polyester-cotton cloth dropped by 2.5 cents per foot, polyester card and corduroy also dropped from 7.5 cents per meter in the past to 5.5 cents.
All of a sudden, self-employed people who have just purchased goods from a clothing company will suffer a huge loss, which may result in cost losses of thousands of dollars.
But this side effect can basically be ignored.
So after Hong Yanwu came back and organized his business, the first thing he did was to reward the "transportation team".
The two leaders, "Xiao Baizi" and "Dayong", were each rewarded with a thousand yuan, two bottles of Maotai, and two cigarettes of Chinese cigarettes.
The dozen or so people working underneath each received 200 yuan in cash, two bottles of Luzhou Laojiao, and two sticks of Peony cigarettes.
For a time, there was thunderous cheers.
This kind of good luck in collectively winning the lottery has made the entire "transportation team" under the same banner, and is the envy of other brother teams.
Especially the business owners in the hotel, who knew that the money taken by the "transportation team" was the result of their inaction, felt even worse.
Fortunately, their business can be opened again, and it's a great time to give gifts at the end of the year.
When the price of tobacco and alcohol increases, their income will naturally increase accordingly.
Ultimately, this is a good thing.
Of course, don't forget that the "transportation team" got lucky at the end of the year and enjoyed a big pie falling from the sky.
But in fact, the real lucky ones are not them, but the group of people at the clothing night market.
Because on December 22, when Hong Yanwu’s first batch of Hong Kong-style clothing was launched, it became an instant hit.
There is no doubt that the best seller is the cheapest fur collar.
Although three sacks were lost during the shipping process, even with the commission given to "Dabao" and the three of them, the total cost was only 40 cents.
Hong Yanwu wholesales it to everyone for one yuan, and each stall distributes four hundred pieces equally.
Needless to say, there are advantages to this thing. There are no similar products in Beijing, and there are really people who want it for only two and a half dollars.
If anyone wants to sell it for two yuan, it is a conscientious price, and it will immediately trigger a frenzy of looting.
As a result, 70% of the goods were sold just at the end of the month. The remaining goods were kept by some unscrupulous guys who kept raising the prices based on the popularity.
From this transaction, Hong Yanwu made a profit of 13,400 yuan without any effort. The profits shared by his subordinates were at least 400 yuan each.
It was so sweet that it was heart-wrenchingly sweet.
For this reason, "Dabao" and the others specifically asked Hong Yanwu if they wanted to go to Zhejiang or "Hanzheng Street" and bring in a large number of people.
Hong Yanwu thought about it comprehensively and felt that there was no need to open a new front for this seasonal thing, so he gave up rationally.