Xia Mian and the others met He Wei in the cafeteria.

There was no suitable place for this large exhibition in the city center, so it was temporarily built in a large factory building that had stopped production in the suburbs.

Therefore, there are no restaurants nearby, so everyone who comes to the exhibition, whether you are a boss or an employee, has to queue up for meals in the temporary cafeteria.

After helping Xia Wenyue sort out the division of labor and procedures at the booth for a whole morning, Xia Mian went to the cafeteria to eat with Mao Huimei and Mao Huilan.

As soon as they sat down, they heard He Wei's voice.

Xia Mian and Mao Huimei immediately looked at each other and looked in the direction of the voice. It was indeed He Wei.

I saw him dressed in a business suit, walking towards me with a young woman who was also wearing a suit, carrying a food tray.

Xia Mian remembered that the He family seemed to have started out as a canned food business, so it was normal for them to participate in a food exhibition.

The two people were obviously talking about something important and were concentrating on the conversation. They didn't notice Mao Huimei and the others and sat down directly in the empty seats behind them.

After that, four or five more men came over and said hello, and then started talking about cooperation.

A middle-aged man with a potbelly scoffed, "Those fruit farmers are really ungrateful. The contract is expired, so isn't it normal to renegotiate the price?"

"The price Manager He offered is absolutely fine. They've been earning money for three years and their capital has been recouped long ago."

"Boss Wang is right," someone chimed in. "Now they're just spending money on pesticides all year round, and the purchase price has only dropped 20%, yet they're making such a fuss."

"Don't you see how much we're going to lose just transporting it in those mountainous areas?"

He Wei said, "That's enough. The harvest in previous years wasn't too expensive. Don't let it end up being too late to harvest any fruit, which would delay things."

"Don't worry, Mr. He," Boss Wang said with a smile, "Manager He has already discussed a countermeasure with us. It will only take some effort this year. Once we have those unruly people under control, we will be able to make a steady profit in the next few years."

Someone praised, "Manager He is worthy of being a returned overseas student. She is truly as capable as any man."

The woman laughed and said, "It's just a game."

Mr. Wang smiled and said, "Yes, we can wait, but those fruit farmers can't."

"Once the fruit is out of season, it will all rot in the fields. If we sign the contract now, we'll only give them a 20% discount. When the fruit is ripe, we'll sign the contract again. Even if we give them a 50% discount, they'll have to sell it to us."

After hearing what Mr. Wang said, the woman suddenly spoke with a somewhat excited tone, "Everyone, I have a new idea."

Then their voices dropped to a low pitch, and it was obvious that they were discussing things quietly.

Because Mr. Wang had a naturally loud voice, Xia Mian vaguely heard words like "wait until it rots", "poor harvest", "can be sold at a higher price", and suddenly thought of the news that had been reported in his previous life.

Farmers in a certain place in the north worked hard to grow cabbage for a year. One year, when the buyers came, they maliciously lowered the price. The purchase price was only five cents instead of one dime. Naturally, the farmers refused to accept it. Their hard work for a year would be wasted at five cents per pound.

However, the most powerful local buyer took the lead and united all the buyers to lower the price. Seeing that the cabbage was about to go out of season and would rot in the fields if it was not sold, the farmers had to give in with tears.

But at this time, the buyers lowered the price again, directly lowering the price to two cents.

The farmers simply could not agree to this way of selling at a loss, but the buyers refused to give in and even deliberately delayed the matter.

When the cabbages began to rot in the fields, the farmers sat on the edge of the fields crying and sold the remaining vegetables for two cents, almost losing all their money.

These buyers not only purchased cabbage at a very low price, but also saved transportation costs because the amount of cabbage was reduced by half. In the end, the price of cabbage actually went up in the market because the cabbage was not available for a long time. The buyers explained to the outside world that the cabbage harvest was poor that year and the selling price had increased.

After that, the farmers in that area were exploited for several years because of the constraints of the contract. It was not until the development of online media that these things were successfully reported.

However, those unscrupulous businessmen have already made a fortune.

Several bosses behind him cheered, "Manager He, this idea is great!"

"Yes, then we can ask for a five-year contract."

"It would be even better if we could sign for ten years."

The woman said, "We have to know when to stop. We have to give them something to eat. Otherwise, if they are forced to burn their boats and stop growing fruit trees, it will not benefit any of us."

Mr. Wang immediately flattered, "He Jing is indeed very thoughtful." He said hypocritically, "We really have to let them make some money."

Someone laughed and said, "In this case, we really have to thank that nosy Fang Yongpeng. If he hadn't interfered, we would have signed the contract a long time ago. How could we not think of a better solution?"

"He's just an idiot, a middle school teacher, why would he meddle in other people's business?"

They chatted for a while and left when they were almost done with their meal.

In the end, only He Wei and the woman were left.

"Sister Lan, isn't that too much?" He Wei said.

"No." The woman was clearly in a good mood. "Just do the math. This way, the cannery can save hundreds of thousands of dollars just on raw materials this year."

"Second uncle will definitely support me."

He Wei didn't say anything else.

After the two left, Xia Mian looked up and found that Mao Huimei and Mao Huilan were both angry.

"What's wrong?"

"These black-hearted profiteers!" Mao Huilan couldn't help but curse. "They always say that our fruit business is a loss-making business after a few years of bearing fruit, as if all fruit farmers have to do every year is spray pesticides and then wait for the fruit to grow!"

Mingxi County is mountainous, and many families have contracted fruit orchards. The Mao family had also contracted a few acres before, and naturally they had also encountered such unscrupulous buyers who lowered prices.

So even if they didn't hear about their future plans, the fact that they were asked to lower the price by 20% when the contract expired was enough to make them furious.

For farmers, that 20% of the price may be enough to support a child in the family for a year of education.

However, there was nothing they could do about this matter except being angry on behalf of the fruit farmers.

I hadn't walked far from the cafeteria when I heard someone call out, "Mao Huimei?"

The three of them turned around and it was He Wei.

He was standing on the side of the road smoking, so he was behind them.

He was also very surprised to meet them. He looked them up and down and asked, "Why are you here?"

He Wei's sister caught up with him and asked, "He Wei, is this someone you know?"

Mao Huimei said coldly, "Not really."

He Wei looked at Mao Huimei with a gloomy expression and said sarcastically, "Have you climbed to a higher branch? That's why you can't wait to draw a clear line between you and me?"

They were here for business today, so they were dressed formally and wore light makeup.

Judging from He Wei's deep hostility towards them, it was obvious that he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

Mao Huimei already disliked him, and after hearing about their plan to exploit the fruit farmers, she was even more disgusted. Now she had no desire to deal with him anymore and said coldly, "What? Are you angry because you didn't satisfy Young Master He?"

He Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean?"

Mao Huimei sneered, "What do you think?"

He Wei glanced at Xia Mian and said, "You saw me on the birthday party." Then he looked at Mao Huimei and said, "So you know everything. You were playing a trick on me, right?"

"That's right," Mao Huimei looked at him with contempt, "Young Master He, can't you afford to play? Then don't play. There's no reason why you should be allowed to play tricks on others but not on yourself."

He Wei was so angry that his face turned blue. He walked towards Mao Huimei aggressively, looking like he wanted to beat her up. "Who do you think you are? How dare you..."

Mao Huimei suddenly grabbed his shoulders with both hands and pushed them down, raised her knees and hit them hard on his stomach, then elbowed him in the back. He Wei fell to his knees before he could react.

"Hey, what are you doing?" He Wei's sister ran over to help the man in frustration, "You know who he is, and you dare to hit him!"

Mao Huimei looked down at them, "You're just trash in human skin. Do you think you're a phoenix egg?"

"Climbing the social ladder..." Mao Huimei said disdainfully, "Although I, Mao Huimei, come from a small county town, I'm not that picky. For a disgusting piece of shit like you, even if you're the richest man in the world, I still wouldn't look down on you!"

After saying that, he took Xia Mian and Mao Huilan and turned away.

He Wei recovered, clutching his stomach and angrily said, "Mao Huimei, just wait!"

Mao Huimei gave him a sarcastic sneer in response.