Chapter 15, Immortal Mountain Farm

Li Chang'an was stunned by their words before he could react.

Are today's five cabbages sold out?

And Xiaoping'an Supermarket, we need to discuss cooperation with them?

Although shocked, Li Chang'an quickly recovered and said, "Okay, sis, I'll pack it up for you right away."

He then took Yang Hao's business card and said, "Please wait a moment, sir."

Yang Hao waved his hand: "No rush, this is my mom, we're together."

Deng Yuqin laughed and said, "Yes, we ate your cabbage yesterday and kept praising it all day. That's why we rushed over today to buy all your cabbages so we can eat our fill for the next few days."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an couldn't help but smile and say, "Thank you, sister."

He quickly weighed all five cabbages, rounded down the price, and sold them to Deng Yuqin for 18 yuan per kilogram.

This brought in over a thousand yuan.

Xie Xuan helped pack all five cabbages, and the four of them carried the vegetables toward the direction where Deng Yuqin had parked her car.

On the way, Yang Hao introduced himself: "I have been running Xiaoping'an for several years now. It started as a small supermarket in the community, but it has grown bigger and bigger in recent years and gained a good reputation. Two years ago, it moved to Huixiang Shopping Mall, covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 square meters."

It's a large supermarket.

“But…” Yang Hao chuckled, “it’s still far behind those large national chain supermarkets.”

Large supermarkets offer a wide variety of goods, high-quality products, and excellent service. Some even have their own production lines to create their own unique products.

Compared to other supermarkets, Xiaoping'an Supermarket seems rather ordinary. Despite its good reputation, decent product quality, and satisfactory employee service, it hasn't been able to expand its scale beyond Ling'an City.

Yang Hao knew that to achieve that scale, he either needed to produce his own specialty products or offer high-end vegetables from major suppliers, thus expanding his customer base.

Just like Anji Supermarket, which uses vegetables produced by Linglan Sect as a gimmick, even cabbages that cost less than one yuan per kilogram can be sold for twenty-eight yuan. Although it has been criticized, it has also generated traffic and buzz, and its business has always been good.

Yesterday, when Yang Hao ate the Chinese cabbage grown by Li Chang'an, an idea came to his mind.

“Your cabbages are no worse than those at Anji Supermarket, and in fact, they are superior in every way. So I would like to cooperate with you. Xiaoping An Supermarket can set up a special section for you to help you build your own brand and promote it with all our might.”

Yang Hao didn't intend to replicate Anji Supermarket's model; he just felt it was a real shame that such good cabbages weren't being shown off and seen by others.

He also believed that, given the quality of Li Chang'an's cabbages, those who bought them would not think that the high price was just a gimmick, but would feel that it was truly worth the money.

Li Chang'an listened attentively to Yang Hao's explanation.

He understood that his cabbages and the vegetables he would grow in the future would not sell well in the market, which is why he took the initiative to approach Fresh Good Taste this morning to seek cooperation.

He wasn't discouraged after being turned down by Xianhaowei, and planned to look for other supermarkets in the next few days.

Unexpectedly, the boss of Xiaoping An has now taken the initiative to come to us.

It has to be said that Yang Hao offered him very attractive terms, such as helping him build his brand, which was much better than his initial idea of ​​cooperating with other supermarkets.

Li Chang'an lowered his eyes and pondered for a while before saying, "Mr. Yang, I know you are sincere in wanting to cooperate, but before we cooperate, I would like to visit Xiao Ping'an Supermarket first."

If someone wants to go and investigate, it means they have an intention to cooperate.

Upon hearing this, Yang Hao's smile deepened: "Then I'm always welcome."

He has a lot of confidence in his supermarket.

Li Chang'an took out his phone and checked the address.

Huixiang Shopping Mall is close to the city center, about a 30-minute walk away. It also takes about 30 minutes to get there directly from Qingfengpai.

Nearly half of today's time has already passed, so there's definitely no time to visit Xiaoping'an Supermarket.

"Then I'll go there at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." I won't be setting up a stall at the vegetable market tomorrow; I'll go directly to Xiaoping'an Supermarket to check it out.

Yang Hao nodded. "Okay, I'll wait for you at the door."

The two agreed and exchanged contact information.

After placing the cabbage in Deng Yuqin's car, Li Chang'an and Xie Xuan left.

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The following day, Li Chang'an arrived at Xiaoping'an Supermarket as agreed for an inspection.

Xiaoping'an Supermarket occupies the basement level of Huixiang Shopping Mall. It has a warm and inviting atmosphere, clear signage, and orderly layout of sections and shelves, so customers won't suddenly find themselves lost while browsing.

Li Chang'an took a close look at the fresh produce section shelves and even used his spiritual power to probe the area.

Many supermarket fresh produce shelves are not cleaned thoroughly. They may look clean on the surface, but in reality, there may be cockroaches with their families under the baskets where vegetables and fruits are placed, so much so that it's as if they are about to breed a civilization there.

Li Chang'an certainly didn't want his vegetables to suffer reputation problems because of unsanitary conditions on the supermarket shelves.

Fortunately, the shelves in the fresh produce section of Xiaoping'an Supermarket were very clean inside and out, and they were designed to be breathable and easy to move, so cleaning was not troublesome and there were no blind spots.

After browsing for an hour or so, Li Chang'an was basically satisfied with Xiaoping'an Supermarket.

He also checked out Xiaoping'an Supermarket last night. It has a high rating on local online forums, with only a few negative reviews complaining that the discounts aren't good enough.

After thinking it over, Li Chang'an decided to cooperate with Xiao Ping'an Supermarket.

Yang Hao was overjoyed and said repeatedly, "Then I'll go prepare the contract, and we'll sign it tomorrow?"

He added, "The design of the special zone set up for your brand will be reviewed and approved by you. If you have any requirements, you can make them."

Li Chang'an nodded in agreement.

On the way back to Xuanling Immortal Mountain, Xie Xuan said, "Bitter Ridge asked me to go in as a customer to help you investigate. I think it's a good idea. No wonder you've been able to grow to such a large scale in just a few years."

He paused, then said, "Exactly, the boss said he would help you promote your brand, but whether he can actually do it is still unknown."

"Are you really not considering those big shopping malls?"

Li Chang'an shook his head: "If we were to cooperate with large supermarkets, I probably wouldn't have this kind of initiative."

There's a difference between proactively seeking cooperation and having someone else come to you seeking cooperation.

Xie Xuan glanced at him and nodded, saying, "You're right."

He thought for a moment, then asked, "Have you decided on your brand name yet? Qingfengpai can also promote your brand."

Li Chang'an chuckled, "Let's call it—Fairy Mountain Farm!"

He even came up with the promotional slogan: "Products from Xianshan are guaranteed to be top-notch!"