Qian Rushan stood beside his father Qian Sihai, quietly listening to the oral reports of several big shopkeepers in the main hall.
This kind of report will be conducted at the end of every month. The Qian family has arranged for the five top shopkeepers in Heyang City to participate, and then make a detailed summary of the previous month's business conditions.
As the richest man in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qian family's business certainly covers the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
Sihai Bank is the cornerstone of all business. With the support of Sihai Bank, the Qian family's tentacles involve many industries in Dazhou.
In order to ensure the smooth operation of these industries, it is obviously unrealistic to rely solely on Qian Sihai and Qian Rushan and his son.
So from top to bottom, Qian Sihai trained a total of eighteen great shopkeepers.
Responsible for the Qian family's business in various fields.
Heyang City is the foundation of the Qian family. The headquarters of Sihai Bank and other businesses are basically built in Heyang City.
Therefore, the number of big shopkeepers staying in Heyang City is also the largest.
In addition to these five big shopkeepers, the other thirteen big shopkeepers are scattered among the thirteen counties of Zhou Dynasty, and each of them is responsible for all the Qian family's business within one county.
Compared to the five top shopkeepers in Heyang City who have to make monthly reports every month, the remaining thirteen top shopkeepers only need to return to Heyang City once a year.
Therefore, relatively speaking, the big shopkeepers stationed abroad have more freedom and have higher authority.
The report has now come to an end.
After the five big shopkeepers explained the business situation this month, Qian Sihai was spinning two iron balls in his hands and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he finally said: "Why can't our wine open up sales? Last month I allowed it to be sold at a loss. I remember that the lowest price was only half of that of Heyang Daqu? With such a big price difference, we still can't win over Heyang.
Partial share of Yang Daqu, this is not normal."
Among the five big shopkeepers, the one in charge of the wine industry gave a bitter smile and said, "Master, I really don't know what to say. Indeed, the sales price has already reached the red line. Our Heyangchun,
Not counting the winery’s investment, but only counting labor, raw material purchase, and brewing losses, the cost per kilogram is about eight cents.”
"In the past month, food prices have been rising rapidly. It is expected that the cost will probably double next month. The sale of finished wine now only costs five cents per catty, which means that for every one sold,
We have to pay three cents for each pound of wine. As time goes by, we will pay more."
"Correspondingly, the sales price of Heyang Daqu has increased from ten cents per catty to twelve cents per catty. No matter how you look at it, our Heyangchun can occupy a part of Heyang Daqu, but
But… I just can’t do it.”
There was no expression change on Qian Sihai's face, and he answered calmly: "These have been reflected in the report just now. There is no need to say it again. What I want to know is the reason."
"Yes, boss, I think there are two main reasons. One is that the Heyangchun brewed by our winery does not taste as good as Heyang Daqu. There is nothing we can do about it. The other is that behind Heyang Daqu... stands
It is Liu Wenguang, the governor of Handong County. Although Heyang City is only nominally under the jurisdiction of Handong County and is not actually subordinate to each other, it is still within the boundaries of Handong County."
When the big shopkeeper in charge of the liquor business said this, he glanced at Qian Sihai's expression secretly.
But he found that Qian Sihai's expression was always calm and there was no change.
After a pause, he could only continue in an uneasy mood: "So our restaurants in Heyang City don't dare to sell our Heyangchun. Even though I have tried my best to persuade the owners of the restaurants, they still don't dare to sell it."
Be willing to take risks. After all... Liu Wenguang is famous for his small belly chicken intestines, and no one can be sure... whether Liu Wenguang will hate him for selling our Heyangchun."
This was an actual problem, and Qian Sihai knew it very well, so he did not embarrass the big shopkeeper. He just waved the five big shopkeepers out of the main hall.
As only his father and son were left in the main hall, he said: "Liquor is a huge profit, but with Heyang Daqu in the north and Jinling Hantanxiang in the south, we have never been able to squeeze in. This is not good.
Liu Wenguang is indeed difficult, but I always feel that this is not the key to the problem, what do you think?"
Qian Rushan, who was always silent on the side, was startled. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Dad, the brewing method of Heyang Daqu is a treasure trove in Liu Wenguang's hands. Liu Wenguang has been guarding it to death. Even though we have tried many ways, we still can't find it.
Spying.”
"So I think... in the final analysis, we still have to surpass Heyang Daqu in taste. Only if our wine tastes better than Heyang Daqu can we really sell it. Even if Liu Wenguang is the governor of Handong County, he will always
It is impossible to directly order not to sell our wine. All in all, our wine is not good enough..."
Qian Sihai listened to his son's statement and nodded in agreement, then sighed and said helplessly: "Easier said than done. If there is a way to brew a wine that tastes better than Heyang Daqu, why lose money and make a profit?"
?Liu Wenguang will regard the brewing method of Heyang Daqu as important as his own life. It is basically impossible to obtain the brewing method of Heyang Daqu."
At this point, Qian Sihai raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, weren't you going to partner with someone to make wine? What happened next?"
"Well... I don't know. Brother Jiang means that it will take some time to make the wine, so I haven't asked about it."
Qian Rushan said hesitantly.
"Okay, after all, it's just a small business. You have to try your own taste. I don't have any objection. It also happens to be wine. What if Jiang Fan can really make a wine that tastes better than Heyang Daqu? What about us?
It’s like pie in the sky.”
Qian Sihai said casually.
"There is not much hope. Although Brother Jiang told me very well, I don't think the final wine can really reach the level he said. It tastes much better than Heyang Daqu, and the wine is even stronger than Heyang Daqu."
It's much more intense. Even Jinling Hantan Township cannot meet this standard. How can Brother Jiang, a scholar, do it?"
Qian Rushan shook his head.
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant of the family shouted loudly outside the hall: "Master, young master, there is someone outside the house asking to see you. He is someone from the Linjia Village outside the city that the young master had specially told you before."
Huh? Someone is coming from Linjiacun?
Why are you here again...
I just borrowed eight thousand strings from myself, shouldn’t I just spend them all?!
Qian Rushan's face turned a little dark, he frowned and said, "Did the people in Linjia Village tell me what happened? If it's a loan, just say I'm not here."
"Borrowing money? What borrowing money? No... Young Master... The people from Linjia Village said that the wine they had agreed with Young Master before has come out, so they invited Young Master to go to Linjia Village for wine tasting."
The wine is out?! So fast?!
Qian Rushan was stunned, subconsciously looked at his father, and then hurried out of the main hall.