Chapter 27: Nu’er Hong Worth A Total Of 200,000 Yuan!
Today’s Intelligence:
You had a small gathering and drinks with Liu Zhiyuan, a fellow townsman, yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—
Next to the dormitory building where Liu Zhiyuan is renting a house, there is a courtyard house that is currently available for rent.
Beneath the west wall of the courtyard house are buried 10 jars of Nu’er Hong, aged 20 years and of superior quality!
Remarks: This wine was stored by a deceased tenant, with a total product value of approximately 200,000!
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“Nu’er Hong worth a total of 200,000!”
Upon seeing the intelligence refreshed today, Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up.
Another piece of intelligence worth 200,000!
“It’s just right that I need a small courtyard to store the Satsuma Mandarins this time. I’ll rent the small courtyard first tomorrow!”
“As for the 10 jars of Nu’er Hong buried there, I can only dig them out quietly when it’s late and silent!”
Seeing that the intelligence indicated these 10 jars of Nü Hong’er were stored by a deceased tenant, Jiang Tao felt no psychological burden.
After reviewing the intelligence, Jiang Tao got into his quilt to sleep.
He slept until 6:45 the next morning.
After getting up, Jiang Tao quickly washed up, put on his clothes, and went downstairs.
When they were drinking last night, he and Xiao Liu and the others had arranged to have breakfast at Lao Guo’s Shop at 7 o’clock.
When Jiang Tao arrived, he saw Liu Zhiyuan was already there.
The young man was smoking, holding his mobile phone with one hand and constantly scrolling through it.
Liu Zhiyuan sensed someone was looking at him, and upon looking up and seeing Jiang Tao entering from outside, he cheerfully beckoned him to sit.
“Brother Jiang, you’re here! Come sit quickly.”
After sitting down, Jiang Tao asked with a smile, “What are you scrolling through, young man? You seem so happy.”
Liu Zhiyuan chuckled and said, “Brother Jiang, don’t you know? A lot of foreign girls have appeared on Little Red Book these past few days, so we can broaden our horizons too. Look at this one, she’s much better looking than those cookie-cutter Internet Celebrity faces in China!”
“Damn it, just looking at them is considered broadening your horizons?”
Jiang Tao was amused by Liu Zhiyuan’s remark.
Liu Zhiyuan wasn’t offended, and he chuckled:
“Just appreciating them! That’s my only hobby! Unlike you, Brother Jiang, you married such a beautiful sister-in-law; you’re a true winner in life!”
Jiang Tao encouraged him with a smile, “You need to put in some effort too, young man. Go on more blind dates during Spring Festival; you have to cast a wide net to catch fish.”
“Sigh, with my conditions, I don’t even hope for marriage anymore. It’s so much more comfortable being alone!”
“Earn money for myself and spend it myself. I can save tens of thousands a year, and when I’m old, I’ll just live in a nursing home.”
Liu Zhiyuan forced a smile; his yearning for marriage had long since been extinguished by repeated failed blind dates.
Although he worked hard and earned seventy to eighty thousand a year.
However, in the face of the increasingly high bride prices and increasingly outrageous mandatory conditions back in his hometown, his income was simply not enough.
A bride price of 188,000, he could scrape by and afford it with some effort.
He could also afford a sedan worth over 150,000.
But adding a fully paid-for house of over 100 square meters in Ping County.
This was far beyond what a rural youth like Liu Zhiyuan could afford!
In Jiang Tao’s hometown, Ping County, the basic salary is less than 3,000 yuan, and there are no decent large enterprises in the county.
Yet, the housing prices are outrageously high.
Even for some old and dilapidated second-hand houses, the average price per square meter exceeds 4,000 yuan.
For high-rise apartment buildings built within the last 10 years, the prices soar to 7,000 yuan per square meter!
It was truly a great find for Jiang Tao to have married Xu Li without having a car or a house back then.
Every year during Spring Festival when he visits his father-in-law’s home, his mother-in-law has often made indirect remarks about him “striking gold” by marrying her daughter.
“You’re still young, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”
Jiang Tao smiled and patted Liu Zhiyuan’s shoulder; he couldn’t advise much on the matter of marriage.
Marriage or not getting married is a personal choice, just two different attitudes towards life, there’s no right or wrong.
Jiang Tao changed the subject and asked, “Xiao Liu, have you thought about what I told you last night? Do you want to do this together? If this works out, we can earn some money.”
“Brother Jiang, I’ve thought about it, and I feel there’s still a certain risk involved.”
“So… the most I can invest is 50,000 yuan. Anything more exceeds my risk tolerance.”
Liu Zhiyuan’s answer was straightforward; 50,000 yuan was a significant investment for him.
“Alright, 50,000 it is, invest as much as you’re willing to.”
Jiang Tao didn’t care how much others invested.
He just wanted to get everyone on the same boat to help him sell Satsuma Mandarins.
He definitely couldn’t sell 250,000 yuan worth of Satsuma Mandarins by himself within a week.
The intelligence system indicated that this market trend would only last for a week at most.
After a week, the price would drop, and the profit would be relatively less.
Therefore, it had to be a quick decision, fighting this battle within a week to maximize the benefits.
He’d eat the meat, but his brothers should at least get some soup.
Otherwise, everyone would inevitably feel imbalanced and wouldn’t work diligently for him.
Jiang Tao chatted with Liu Zhiyuan for a bit, and then Shan Yufei and Zhang Chao arrived, and everyone was present.
They ordered four baskets of Steamed Pork Dumplings, along with Tofu Pudding, Wonton Soup, and Millet Porridge.
The four of them ate and chatted. Shan Yufei, like Liu Zhiyuan, was also planning to invest 50,000 yuan.
Zhang Chao said he didn’t have spare money on hand but was willing to help everyone sell Satsuma Mandarins.
In this way, Jiang Tao personally contributed 250,000, Liu Zhiyuan 50,000, and Shan Yufei 50,000, totaling a pooled fund of 350,000.
Jiang Tao’s share was 71%, while Liu Zhiyuan and Shan Yufei each had 14%.
The remaining 1% was for everyone’s catering expenses and gas money.
If this project were to be successful, they must find a decent restaurant to celebrate with a big meal.
After eating their fill, Jiang Tao and his group drove four trucks to the fruit wholesale market they had visited yesterday.
Liu Zhiyuan and the other two were regular customers there and knew many of the bosses.
They finally decided to cooperate with a boss surnamed Liu for this order.
The boss’s name was Liu Yue, she was 35 years old, about 1.6 meters tall, with fair skin, and had some good looks.
Liu Yue had been operating in the fruit wholesale market for over ten years, with a consistently good reputation and strong capabilities.
350,000 yuan worth of Satsuma Mandarins was not a large business for her.
Finally, after Jiang Tao and the others bargained, the price per case was reduced by 2 yuan, settling at 33 yuan per case.
The final calculation came to 10,606 cases, saving over 20,000 yuan just on the procurement.
This was one of the benefits of pooling money to purchase goods together.
If they wanted to sell everything within 7 days, they would need to sell at least 1,500 cases per day.
Jiang Tao alone, even with extraordinary abilities, couldn’t accomplish this.
With four people selling together, the difficulty was reduced by four times.
Each person would only need to sell 378 cases per day to complete the task.
Liu Yue had 3,000 cases of stock available today, and the remaining 7,606 cases could be delivered in one batch tomorrow.
According to the intelligence provided by the intelligence system, the price of Satsuma Mandarins would only start to soar the day after tomorrow.
It was fine to take delivery tomorrow.
The four of them filled their four trucks, each taking 300 cases back to Xiao Shahe Village.
Jiang Tao successfully rented the courtyard house next to Liu Zhiyuan’s place. The monthly rent for the short-term lease was 2,300 yuan.
This detached courtyard house was quite spacious, with the courtyard alone being seventy to eighty square meters, which was perfect for storing the Satsuma Mandarins.
After renting the courtyard, they unloaded the Satsuma Mandarins from the trucks into the courtyard and then went back to the market to haul more.
They made three trips back and forth before they finished hauling the 3,000 cases for the day.
All 3,000 cases of Satsuma Mandarins were piled in the courtyard and covered with a large tarp.
