vrcanaries Chapter 677: All Prices Increased
Chapter 677: All Prices Increased
She didn't care. With her current financial situation, she didn't need them to send her anything. But she was still very grateful and decided to give him a shadowless fish the next time she came to thank him for his care over the years.
Cheng Ding thought about it and decided to agree on a price with Manager Yang.
Shopkeeper Qin was the first shopkeeper that came to her door. In her mind, he was somewhat different from the other shopkeepers. He was not too far away and was willing to make a little concession.
Even so, Shopkeeper Qin complained bitterly, "Our Fu Man Lou cannot be compared with other places. Mr. Zhou, please show some mercy."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Manager Qin, I have been very lenient. To be honest, you know Yunzhou Baoyue Tower is much closer to me than your place. The price is the same, not a penny less. For other places, I won't discuss it for less than 900 coins."
Shopkeeper Qin had been dealing with her for several years and knew her a little. He said, "Did you get any news? You have to be nice. If you know anything, you have to tell me. We have a close relationship!"
Zhou Guo couldn't say that she had a feeling that after this year, pine mushrooms would appear in other places as well. Wouldn't she be considered a charlatan?
He said stubbornly, "No, there is no such thing. You know, the market price of this stuff changes year by year. You said you charge five or six taels of silver per catty, but I only charge six or seven hundred coins per catty. It's already very low. It's been a few years. If someone is so ruthless and charges two taels of silver per catty right away, I won't be so greedy, right? You have made money for so many years, and you give me three or four hundred coins per catty. That's not right. I'm not blind, deaf, or stupid!"
Shopkeeper Qin sighed and had to agree. Chao Shui Lou across the street was still watching with a covetous eye. The things in this girl's hands were fatal, and they could not be offended.
While signing the document, he said, "Sir, you can't be so aggressive when you raise the price next year, otherwise we won't make any money."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Let's talk about next year's affairs next year. Who can predict what will happen in the future? After all, impermanence is the norm."
Shopkeeper Qin nodded in confusion, not knowing what she meant. He wanted to ask but was too embarrassed to do so. After all, that would make him seem too ignorant. He was old enough to be her grandfather.
Zhou Guo said goodbye with satisfaction.
Ning Ping is about the same distance from Kang An.
She raised the price to 999 coins per pound.
The two shopkeepers broke out in sweat. Although they knew the price would go up again this year, they didn't expect it to go up so much.
They all complained bitterly, "Mr. Zhou, you've raised the price too much all at once. Are you going to raise it by two taels next year and three taels the year after? We're not Yunzhou, so we can't compare."
Zhou Guo said, "We'll have to wait until next year or the year after next to talk about it. You know, the price of this stuff is based on its scarcity. If there are a lot of mushrooms coming down the mountain next year, I want to order two or three taels, but that won't be possible. Don't you agree?"
No matter what the two shopkeepers said, she refused to give in.
The shop owners couldn't do anything to her, but they couldn't just give her up. They weren't the only restaurant here, there were many rivals.
Zhou Guo successfully took over these two places.
This time I brought two trucks of goods, weighing more than 900 kilograms, so I didn't plan to go back and went directly to Huaiyang.
It takes another three days to drive from Ningping to Huaiyang.
Zhou Guo walked on this familiar road, his mood was completely different from before.
We didn't encounter any setbacks along the way, except when we entered Huaiyang, which was not very smooth.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw that they had so many carts, they immediately asked for the city entry tax. After opening the carts and checking them, they found that they were wild mushrooms, not bulk goods, so they demanded two taels of silver for each cart before letting them pass.
Even empty cars are not spared, and you must pay first to enter the city.
Zhou Guo didn't want to have a conflict. It would be of no benefit to them to have a conflict here.
He asked Hu Zi to wait outside the city gate with the remaining empty carts, while he took two people with him and pulled two carts in, spending four taels of silver.
Seeing that she was so young and accepted the money, the gatekeeper did not make things difficult for her and let her in directly.
I frowned as soon as I entered. Huaiyang seemed to be dilapidated in the past two years. When I came here that year, although there were many refugees at the city gate, the prosperity of the city was still there, especially the avenue at the city gate, with many vehicles coming and going.
There are fewer cars and people now, and it’s a lot quieter.
I walked around the street and came to the restaurant where I had dinner that year.
Looking inside, there weren't many people eating there, and business wasn't as good as it used to be.
She was worried in her heart whether her two truckloads of mushrooms could be sold. If the restaurants didn't want them, wouldn't she have to take them to the vegetable market to sell?
How long will this take?
She entered the restaurant with the attitude of giving it a try, and the owner happened to be there.
A waiter came forward and saw her attire. He said respectfully, "Sir, please go upstairs."
Zhou Guo said, "No need, I'll go find your shopkeeper, you can go down."
The shopkeeper was not deaf. He looked up and didn't recognize him. He was about to frown, but when he saw Zhou Guo dressed like a rich young man, he smiled and said, "I wonder what the young master wants to see me for?"
Zhou Guo sighed, it is true that respecting people should start with respecting their clothes. When she went to Cheng Ding to discuss her first deal, the other party chased her away as soon as they saw her, without even saying a word. Sometimes it does help to dress better.
He smiled and said, "Boss, I have a batch of high-quality goods here. With it, I guarantee that the business in the building will be taken to a higher level. Do you want to take a look?"
The shopkeeper straightened his back when he heard it, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of stuff it is, you are too arrogant, our Ju De Quan is well-known in Huaiyang, and those who come to eat in the building are either rich or noble, and have eaten all kinds of good things. Ordinary stuff is not worthy of your attention."
Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows, folded his folding fan, looked at the few tables of guests in the building, and said, "I remember when I came here a few years ago, the building was also like what you described, but it's noon now."
Folding Shan pointed at a few tables and said with a smile: "With these few tables, I'm afraid the number one spot in Huaiyang has already been taken by someone else, right?"
The shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't know Zhou Guo's background, and he didn't want to offend him, so he could only ask: "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Guo said: "He's doing business."
Shopkeeper: "..."
The ox cart pulled up to the back door.
He walked over and asked someone to unload a basket, uncovered the hay covering it, and said to the shopkeeper, "It was just brought down from the mountain this year."
The shopkeeper looked at the mushrooms, picked up two, looked at them, and smelled them, and said, "Let me make it clear first, if you sell them to my family, no other restaurants or even vegetable markets in this city can have a single one of these."
Zhou Guo smiled, "Of course, we still have to sign the documents."
Huaiyang is the farthest from the north. Anyway, she claims to only do business for this year, so she asks for one pound for four coins, which is a huge price!
The shopkeeper was stunned. "...Are you mistaken? Isn't it one hundred and forty coins?"
Zhou Guo said: "No, one catty is one string and four coins."