The cadres of the ginseng cooperative were grinning so hard that their back teeth were showing. They had caught a big fish right after the Chinese New Year.
"Yes, yes. Follow me inside. See? Those over there are some good stuff."
Yu Jinbin pointed to some wooden boxes at the back of the warehouse and said excitedly, "The wild ginseng here is hundreds of years old. Some are not even a thousand years old, but there are quite a few that are 500 or 600 years old."
Chen Xia didn't need anyone to take it. He rushed over and took a wooden box with "550 years" written on it. The box was very large and had to be placed on the table.
As soon as Chen Xia opened it, even Dean Gu leaned over to take a look at it curiously, and then the old man also marveled at it.
Chen Xia didn't know how to appreciate ginseng, but he saw that this wild ginseng had a lot of very long ginseng roots, and the ginseng was divided into two stems, which looked particularly domineering.
Yu Jinbin clapped his hands and said, "Chen Changke, you have a good eye. This ginseng is our most precious treasure. It weighs 340 grams. It is definitely a rare treasure. It is rare to see it in many years. We don't take it out when ordinary people come. It will be difficult to collect it again in the future."
Dean Gu quietly nudged his son-in-law with his arm and nodded to indicate that he could take it off.
Chen Xia swallowed and asked, "Director Yu, how much does this wild ginseng cost?"
Yu Jinbin was a little embarrassed because the price was too expensive. Even if he gave some discount, it was still not something that ordinary people could afford.
"Section Chief Chen, we are not outsiders. This ginseng is not cheap. It costs at least 10,000 yuan..."
"Can."
"I know the price is quite... What's okay? Do you want it?"
Yu Jinbin and Zeng Jianqing knew the inside story and knew that it was an individual who paid for the money, not the company, so they were so surprised that they couldn't express it in words.
In an era when there were hardly any millionaires in Fusong, this Zhijiang native actually spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy ginseng. How much does he love ginseng? Isn't he afraid of frequent nosebleeds from not being able to absorb the nourishment?
Chen Xia was already overjoyed when he heard the price. He had originally thought how much it would cost, only ten thousand? Even if there was a zero at the end, he would take it.
Take it down resolutely.
If he lets go of this 550-year-old wild ginseng, he will regret it for the rest of his life. This trauma cannot be compensated by jade.
Although jade will be more expensive, 550-year-old wild ginseng is a non-renewable resource and may become extinct in the future.
Not only will you keep it in your hand and not sell it, you can also eat some when you are old. It can also prolong your life. Maybe when you are 80 years old, you can give birth to a little Chen Xia.
"Director Yu, can you help me calculate how much it would cost to buy these 200-year-old and 300-year-old wild wines? I'll cover it all."
Accountant Sun was delighted when he heard this and started clacking away on his abacus. "One in 550 years, one in 500 years, three in 360 years, five in 270 years, eight in 200 years, a total of yuan."
Then he glanced at the account again and reported a figure, "Including the previous one, the total is RMB."
Needless to say, Yu Jinbin and Zeng Jianqing were shocked, and the Gu brothers were completely shattered.
Only Old Man Gu knew the strength of his son-in-law. Although 260,000 yuan was a huge sum of money, for his son-in-law, it was only one or two months' profit from the pharmaceutical factory, which was not a problem at all.
Just like Chen Xia told him, "Money is not the problem. How to spend the money and maintain and increase its value is the real problem."
Why did the old man dare to ask for half a month’s leave this time?
He didn't even go back to his hometown for his eldest son's wedding, but this time he insisted on bringing his whole family back. This was something the father-in-law and son-in-law had agreed on, to go back to their hometown in Northeast China to purchase wild ginseng.
Over the past year, the old man watched Chen Xia build his business from scratch. Although the process was a bit mysterious, Chen Xia never concealed his true income from him.
Because Chen Xia said that prices are getting higher and higher, which is what is called "inflation" in economics, and it is also a manifestation of currency depreciation.
A 20% increase in prices means that the purchasing power of the same 100 yuan will decrease by 20%, which means that the person holding the money will lose 20 yuan.
Therefore, Chen Xia’s goal is to make money, and the money earned will be exchanged for goods, especially those precious medicinal materials with strong value preservation and appreciation capabilities.
Old Man Gu didn’t understand at first, but his salary increased by 20% last year and he was going to get another increase this year. He had never encountered such a thing before.
For ordinary people, this wage increase is not necessarily a good thing. It means that prices are rising at a rate that exceeds the wage increase.
So Chen Xia was anxious to spend the money, and Old Man Gu, his biological father-in-law, was of course willing to help his son-in-law, even if it was for the sake of his future grandson.
Anyway, this doesn't violate any principles, everything is a fair trade.
When his brother-in-law Zeng Jianqing said on the phone that the ginseng could not be sold, it made them all worried. Dean Gu then thought that his son-in-law was doing a good deed.
In fact, he never thought that this was a market economy.
Purchasing the unsold ginseng in the Northeast and bringing it to the southern regions where there is a market and sales volume, allowing the free flow of goods, making the market active, expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption is actually a great thing that benefits both the country and the people.
After the ginseng transaction was completed, Chen Xia sent his father-in-law and two brothers-in-law back home and waited for the truck to arrive.
When issuing the invoice, Chen Xia made a strange request, which was to issue an invoice for every 50,000 yuan. He was going to use it for accounting purposes at the pharmaceutical factory and include it in the cost of Sanliu Weitai.
However, in the Finance Department, Chen Xia discovered that the invoices of the Ginseng Cooperative were not formal. They were all printed by themselves, with the heading "Fushun Ginseng Cooperative" and a seal on them.
At most, it can only be considered a receipt, not an invoice in the strict sense.
The financial and tax systems these days are just too arbitrary.
It's better to be casual. Only by being casual can you take advantage of loopholes. Chen Xia quietly pulled Yu Jinbin aside again and said shamelessly:
"Director Yu, I have an unsolicited request. Could you please give me a few dollars for this receipt?"
Yu Jinbin was surprised: "Chief Chen, what's the use of this receipt? Without the bill of lading, you can't take it back for reimbursement."
"Hey, I'm not asking for reimbursement. I'm just using it for my accounting. I own a pharmaceutical factory, so I can just fill in some numbers and record some entertainment expenses as medicine expenses."
Although Yu Jinbin was still confused, considering the "big yellow croaker", what would it matter if he gave him a few dollars for the receipt which cost only a few cents?
After getting the receipt, Chen Xia carefully put it into the space hospital. This thing is a good thing. He can fill in any numbers he wants and it can be a good helper in making false accounts.
The big truck arrived, and Chen Xia moved all the ginseng onto it and delivered it to the provincial road from Fushun to Tongliao, and then let the big truck go back first.
When there was no one on the road, Chen Xia waved his hand and all the ginseng were taken into the space hospital.
The first goal of the trip to Northeast China was achieved.
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