Chapter 3 Talking about business
Many people may not be familiar with the name of the second-level procurement and supply station for sugar, wine and side dishes, but before the mid-1990s, it was a very popular place, generally simply called the second-level station. Similar functions include Wujiao Chemical Second-level Station (hardware, electrical appliance, chemical industry) and Baifang Second-level Station (daily department stores, textiles), etc.
Under the planned economy system, the role of these secondary procurement and supply stations is very important. In the period of shortage of materials, any shortage of materials needs to be found in these places to get out the desired products.
Although there have been corresponding retail products on the market for a long time, from the perspective of price, the wholesale price of secondary procurement stations, even the purchase price, and even the preferential treatment price that is cheaper than the purchase price, is still very worrying. If a relatively hard relationship can be found, the profit margin is very rich.
Therefore, many retail vendors are proud to flatter people from the secondary purchasing and supply stations. At least they can be much cheaper when purchasing goods, especially when buying a large amount of goods, which is even more important.
Chen Mingluo's family is in Huzhou, which is a plain county and city surrounded by mountains. The transportation is more convenient. The second-level Sugar, Wine and Noodles Food Production Station in Huzhou is not far from the train station. He also has train tracks. Generally, long-distance freight is transported directly by train, which is very convenient.
When Chen Mingluo ran over, the people here were loading and unloading a can of Jianlibao, Coke, Sprite and so on, and they were very busy.
Chen Mingluo ran directly to the yard of the second-level office. This was an environmentally friendly three-story building with buildings around the east, west, south and north. People could circle around along the exposed stairs. It was a typical small office building in the north at that time, and it looked like a small fortress.
He looked one by one and saw signs hanging outside the office on the second floor, such as sugar department, wine department, and the edible department, general affairs department, finance department, etc.
Chen Mingluo first went around the sugar department and found that there were four people working inside. One young man was writing something, and the other older man was chatting with two younger girls, but he didn't notice his appearance at all.
When Chen Mingluo saw this attitude, he thought that he would ask for the price of sugar directly. He probably had no common language with him, so he ran to the office of the wine department. The section chief here had some relatives with his family. During the Chinese New Year, he would come to him to approve the wine directly. The price was appropriate and the quality of the things was guaranteed.
After all, the secondary station is a regular unit and the purchase channels are relatively strict, so it is impossible to mess around casually. Their salary has nothing to do with performance, so naturally there is no interest driving to take risks to sell fake goods.
"Uncle Guo, are you busy?" Chen Mingluo went in and saw that the section chief Guo Xiaozhong was there, so he greeted with a smile.
"Mingluo?" Guo Xiaozhong asked when he saw Chen Mingluo, "Why are you here? How about the final exam? Is it okay?"
"Oh, it's still like that, I can't enter the top ten." Chen Mingluo answered with some annoyance when he knew his family's affairs.
"Anyway, there are two years left, so I'll catch up. If it really doesn't work, I'll repeat the year. Now that colleges have begun to expand their enrollment, there's no way to go-to-do--" Guo Xiaozhong said, but he also knew that Chen Mingluo's family had some money. Even if the fees were charged in the future, the tuition fee was still no problem, but there was no need to worry. Then he asked, "What's wrong with you coming here today? Buy wine or drinks? The new goods that I just came back recently have come across you."
In the past, when Chen Mingluo's family came to move drinks, they would move dozens of boxes or dozens of boxes. Because they were close to Guo Xiaozhong, the price was discounted, so people often bought them together, and their family suddenly became a big deal.
The secondary procurement and supply stations are generally only for wholesale and not for retail. Therefore, it is naturally more popular for users who purchase dozens of boxes. If they purchase too few at a time, they still find it troublesome to go through the procedures.
Chen Mingluo scratched his head and said, "I'm not here to buy drinks today. I want Uncle Guo to ask me if there is any white sugar in the station and whether there is much inventory? I have a classmate from another place. His family is engaged in processing candied dates. It's almost time to come, so I'm going to buy more white sugar."
"Oh, how much can I need? I'll just call you to ask for it." Guo Xiaozhong replied readily.
Chen Mingluo calculated that if the current price is around 70 yuan per bag, then one ton would be twenty bags, one thousand four hundred yuan, ten tons and ten thousand yuan, one hundred tons and one hundred tons and one hundred tons and one hundred tons and one hundred tons and one hundred tons. A train transported by the train was sixty tons and two carts were 120 tons. According to my father's savings, he could only buy 150 tons.
So Chen Mingluo said, "The specifics have not been decided yet, but he said he needs about three cargo-skinned white sugar every year, and I don't know how much it is. If the price is right, he will not purchase goods from Wenzhou."
"Three car wives? These are considered big players!" Although Guo Xiaozhong is the chief of the wine department, the second-level station is so big, and everyone is familiar with the situation inside the station, so he was surprised after hearing Chen Mingluo's words.
Although each has its own business, it is also a favor to help Song Li, the chief of the sugar department, to help Song Li, get some business. After all, this is a big business, which can be regarded as one-tenth of the summer business volume. So he called Song Li, "Secretary Song, help you contact each business. There is a big business that wants three car-skinned sugar, and it has a good relationship with me. What price can I pay? Well, it's not local, how to pay? It should be cash, right?"
"It's cash." Guo Xiaozhong glanced at Chen Mingluo, saw him nodding repeatedly, so he answered with great certainty.
After putting down the phone, Guo Xiaozhong said to Chen Mingluo, "According to the market price, one ton is 1,400 yuan, but the quantity is better. There are 200 tons of goods in the warehouse. If the bottom of the warehouse can be cleared, one ton of 1,200 yuan can be shipped. However, Section Chief Song also said that the sugar bag underneath may have been a bit bad for a long time, and it is probably a bit leaking."
Chen Mingluo knew this. Now the outer packaging of sugar bags is made of plastic woven bags, and the inner packaging is made of plastic film. After a long time, the outer packaging is always prone to aging. In addition, mice often appear in the warehouse, so it is inevitable that there are some losses, but it will not be many.
"Then I'll contact my classmate quickly and see if it's convenient for his family. Come over and order and pay." Chen Mingluo quickly replied.
Chapter completed!