mesbooks Chapter 77 Human greed knows no bounds.
Chapter 77 Human greed knows no bounds.
With almost the entire village of Shihe catching eels, that afternoon, Grandpa Zhang Dequan and the two boys from the Lan family brought over several loads of eels.
Looking at the densely packed buckets in the warehouse, there were more than 3,000 kilograms of eels, loaches and the like, with eels being the majority.
Zhang Dequan looked at his somewhat bewildered younger brother and felt a little worried.
Although Xiaochuan said he could provide as many as needed, it was only when the entire village was mobilized that things truly became a reality.
The number of eels, loaches, and miscellaneous fish caught was not small.
This is only the first day, and some people are not very skilled yet. If they become more proficient in catching them in a couple of days, there will only be more.
"Xiao Chuan, are you sure your friend really wants that many?"
After regaining his composure, Zhang Beichuan's face remained relaxed.
"Third Brother, don't worry, it'll definitely work."
Seeing his confident demeanor, Zhang Dequan didn't say anything more.
"It's getting late, so I'll head back now."
"it is good."
The three little girls, sitting on the bicycle, greeted Zhang Beichuan cheerfully and followed Zhang Dequan back to Shihe Village.
"Goodbye, Uncle!"
Zhang Beichuan smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll bring you all here to play again after your National Day holiday!"
"Okay," the three girls said in unison.
After seeing them off, Zhang Beichuan closed the door from the inside and, on a whim, ran back to 2026.
With so many eels, and potentially even more, the existing equipment at the Beichuan Seafood Store certainly can't hold them all.
It's possible to take advantage of the different time flows on the two sides after time travel, run back to 2026 to sell some of it, and then go back to 1986 to get it back.
However, this makes the business operation of Beichuan Fisheries very strange; it opens for a while, closes for a while, and then opens again for a while.
Therefore, he figured he needed to rent a place that could be used as a warehouse as a transit point so that he could store more animal boxes.
Renting another shop in the Baijia Market as a warehouse is really a waste of resources.
After running around all morning, I finally found a suitable storefront in a residential area on the outskirts of Baijia Market, about one kilometer away from Beichuan Aquatic Products.
This distance makes it convenient to transfer goods back and forth.
One hundred square meters, rent is 8000 per month, one month's deposit and three months' rent in advance.
Half of the area is used to place the enclosures, leaving only a narrow passageway for people to pass through. It can hold about 3000 kilograms of aquatic products.
The remaining area can be used as a place to store free-range chickens later.
I contacted the landlord and signed the agreement.
Zhang Beichuan contacted the shop owner he had bought equipment from before and asked him to install the equipment that afternoon.
"...equip the facility according to the standard for temporary storage of 3000 jin (1,500 catties), and the location is..."
Based on this situation, the Beichuan aquatic product store can store about 1000 jin of aquatic products, and the warehouse can store 3000 jin of aquatic products.
Even if they could get 5000 jin a day in 1986, that would be more than enough.
Even if it's tens of thousands of kilograms of eels, he's not afraid; he can simply make an extra trip by taking advantage of the time flow.
The boss beamed with joy upon hearing his words.
"Okay, okay, let me calculate it for you." The boss quickly finished the calculation. "Including installation and equipment, I'll give you a discount, 80,000!"
Renting a warehouse and buying equipment cost more than 110,000 yuan in less than a day, which made Zhang Beichuan feel a little pained.
But then I thought, Beichuan aquatic products can continue to operate for a long time. This morning alone, they sold more than 80,000 units, so I felt relieved.
"it is good."
After transferring the money to the boss, my phone pinged with a text message.
【招商银行】您帐户6999于04月08日14:10分交易80000元，余额226006.38元......
Upon hearing the payment notification from the store, the owner immediately got to work.
After leaving the aquatic equipment store, Zhang Beichuan returned to Beichuan Aquatic Products, locked the door, and on a whim, returned to 1986.
Meanwhile, far away in Shihe Village, Shi Jun and Shi Qiang frowned, cigarette butts littering the ground.
They originally planned to go to the city together tomorrow to find out the connections before organizing people to start collecting eels.
But this morning, after they went to the village committee to see the situation of Zhang Dequan and Lan Xiuying's purchase, they became even more anxious.
At this rate, within a few days, all the eligible eels in the fields of the village and neighboring villages will be caught and wiped out!
"Jun'er, we can't wait any longer! If we wait any longer, we won't even get a sip of soup!"
Shi Jun understood the urgency of the situation and looked at Shi Qiang, "So, what do you suggest we do?"
"We'll split into two groups. Tomorrow I'll go to the city to inquire about connections. You go to the village committee first thing tomorrow morning and help Zhang Dequan and the others harvest the eels."
"And the price?"
Blinded by greed, Shi Qiang thought to himself that if he offered the same price as Zhang Beichuan, no one would necessarily sell.
"We'll buy as much as we can at 0.22 yuan per jin!"
Don't underestimate the profit of a little over 2 cents per pound. If a family of five really puts in their best effort, they can earn more than a dollar a day.
"Okay! I'll go right now!"
Shi Jun had just gotten up and taken a few steps toward the door when he suddenly remembered that Shi Qiang was going to the city tomorrow and wouldn't be back until evening.
I need to go and collect eels first thing tomorrow morning; I need to invest capital.
"Um... how do we calculate the cost?"
As Shi Qiang was smoking, he roughly calculated that Shihe Village would definitely not sell all its residents to him.
Based on what I've seen today, I need to prepare at least 600 yuan.
"We'll prepare 600 yuan. Whoever puts in the most capital will get the most profit, how about that?"
After thinking it over, Shi Jun decided to go home that night and borrow some food from his relatives in the same village, based on the principle that the bolder he was, the more he could eat. He gritted his teeth and decided to go home.
"I'll find a way to pay half!"
Shi Qiang glanced at him in surprise, not expecting that his idle childhood friend Shi Jun could scrape together so much money.
But then I thought, this kid probably won money at the card table yesterday.
"Okay, then I'll pay the other half."
"OK."
After receiving the money, Shi Jun strode out of Shi Qiang's house, intending to go home and borrow some money from his uncle and others, and pay it back when he made money.
After watching him leave, Chen Lirong felt uneasy.
"Honey, are you sure you can handle this?"
Shi Qiang smiled. "If Zhang Beichuan can do it, why can't I?"
"But what my second uncle said makes sense. After all, we don't even know the connections. What if..."
Upon hearing this, Shi Qiang recalled the last time at the village committee, when his second uncle not only refused to help him but also embarrassed him in front of so many people. He snorted coldly.
"Him? My second uncle is old, timid, and can't understand the ways of the world anymore!"
Shi Qiang became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, as if victory was already in his grasp.
"Think about it, two thousand catties of eels can yield a net profit of at least 3 cents per catty, that's 600 yuan a day. Where else can you find such a good deal? Even if you compete with Zhang Beichuan for business opportunities and sell at a lower price, making three or four hundred yuan a day is a piece of cake!"
Chen Lirong thought about it and realized that this calculation made sense.
Buying at a higher price and selling at a lower price is definitely worth the gamble.
If we make money this time, we can regain the face we lost before.
She wanted to see who would dare to give her that attitude and speak to her in a sarcastic tone then!
"It has to be you, you're quick-witted."
Shi Qiang chuckled, looked at his curvaceous wife, and pulled her into his arms.
"Give me two 'ha's'."
"Get away! You haven't even taken a shower, what are you talking about?" Chen Lirong blushed and slapped his hand away.
"Oh well, if we don't want to fly, we don't have to. At least we can have a couple of runs. If we do, we can go to bed early."
Less than two minutes later, Chen Lirong, still feeling unsatisfied, looked at Shi Qiang, who had already fallen asleep, and muttered to herself.
"If you don't give him the 'ru' (a type of meatball), he'll throw a tantrum. But if you actually give him two 'ru's, he'll really only give you those two!"