Chen Xia slapped his head and said, "Oh, right, Brother Sun, you are from the supply and marketing cooperative, which is your line of work. But what should I do if I don't have that many coupons?"
"You don't know this, do you? Honey in Dali doesn't require a ticket. If a company is purchasing, all it needs is a letter of introduction from the company. Besides, honey here is cheap and not worth much.
Nanyun has a good climate, and honey is produced everywhere. No one lacks it. Look at this broken road. Dali's honey can't be transported out at all. No matter how much you want, it won't be a problem. "
Chen Xia's eyes lit up now. He found the honey before he had to search for it. This saved him a lot of time.
"Oh my, it seems I've encountered the real Buddha. Brother Sun, how many stocks do you have now? How much is it?"
"We sell it by the can here. A can weighs 3 jin and costs 1 yuan."
Chen Xia was shocked. "So cheap? In our Zhijiang Province, white sugar costs 70 cents per pound, and honey is a little more expensive."
Sun Kunsheng was very frustrated: "The white sugar in Dali is more expensive than honey. We have a lot of flowers and bees here. Every village has people raising bees, so we don't have to buy honey if we want to eat it. Besides, Dali is a purely agricultural area. How can farmers afford to buy honey?"
Chen Xia now understood that honey was not valuable in Nanyun. The local production was too high, but few people bought it. Inconvenient transportation also restricted their export, so the price of honey was almost rock bottom.
I have to say that in this era, as long as speculators are brave enough, willing to work hard, and can solve the transportation problem, there is really gold everywhere.
Sun Kunsheng's quote is already the profit earned by the supply and marketing cooperative from the middleman. If he goes to the countryside to collect honey, it will only be cheaper.
But Chen Xia didn't have that much time, and he didn't have any connections there. It was better to be honest in unfamiliar places to avoid being targeted like he was when he bought cattle in Guizhou last time.
"That's great, Brother Sun. I'll trouble you. I'll take as much honey as you have."
Now it was Sun Kunsheng's turn to be shocked. "Brother Chen, your company needs so much honey?"
Then he whispered, "You are too brave to carry so much money with you. If you run into a bad guy, you will be in trouble."
Chen Xia was touched by Sun Kunsheng's concern, but how could she tell him that all her money was kept in the Space Hospital?
"Brother Sun, I don't have that much money on me. I'm not the only one coming to Nanyun this time. Once you prepare the honey, my colleagues will naturally come to pay and pick it up."
Sun Kunsheng was finally relieved. "Then it's settled. When we get to Dali, you come with me to the supply and marketing cooperative. We should have quite a bit of stock in our warehouse. We can then get some from the surrounding supply and marketing cooperatives. We might even have 10,000 kilograms. Can you handle that?"
"Okay, sprinkle some water, Brother Sun, just take it and give us a discount when the time comes. You see, we have to go through wind and rain and travel all over the country for patients. It's not easy, haha."
The two of them became happier as they chatted, and Chen Xia's urge to vomit did not come back. It seemed that chatting really helped solve the problem of motion sickness.
The long-distance bus station finally arrived at Xiaguan Bus Station in the middle of the night. It had been driving for 18 hours since the morning. When Chen Xia got off the bus, both his legs were swollen, which made him miss the era of the Big Gray Flying Bus very much.
In the past, it usually took 3 hours to get here from Zhijianghui.
This time we took both trains and cars, and it took four days and four nights. This time our luck was not as good as last time, and we didn’t meet any beautiful long-legged women, so it was so boring along the way.
Chen Xia stayed in the supply and marketing cooperative guesthouse that day.
After getting up the next day, Chen Xia went to the street to eat a bowl of shredded chicken rice noodles. It was spicy enough that Chen Xia was sweating profusely. It turned out that people there didn't even need food coupons. It seemed that the policies in ethnic minority areas were relatively relaxed.
He then inquired about the supply and marketing cooperative and slowly walked over. Xiaguan is Dali's new city, with nothing to see. If you want to have fun, you have to go to the old city.
Ye Luo, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, had been waiting there since early morning.
Deputy Director Sun Kunsheng had already introduced Chen Xia's situation to him yesterday. The two of them went to the warehouse in person to count the amount of honey, which was only 3,000 kilograms.
After Sun Kunsheng finished counting, he said regretfully, "Old Ye, that Section Chief Chen from Zhijiang Province said the more honey the better. Now we only have this much in the warehouse. What a pity."
Ye Luo agreed. Such a large order could generate considerable profits for the supply and marketing cooperative. Dali was a poor place, and their annual business volume was struggling. Poor business meant less profit, and the employees would lose a significant amount of income.
"Old Sun, how about this? You should immediately arrange for people to go to Xiaguan, Yangbi, Eryuan, Yunlong, Midu, Binchuan and other supply and marketing cooperatives to transfer goods. They must have a lot of inventory.
Yunlong, in particular, has the highest honey production, so we should be able to get quite a bit. Regardless, we'll try to sell it to Section Chief Chen, so we can increase the local income."
Sun Kunxing nodded. "I'll do as you say. I'll arrange it right away. Have them leave today. It'll take a few days to get there and back, so it would be best if we could hold off Section Chief Chen for a few days."
Before Chen Xia arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, all the staff of the cooperative had already taken action and were actively adjusting the goods.
Dali Supply and Marketing Cooperative is the largest "department store" in Dali, so it has a wide variety of products, excluding home appliances such as televisions and refrigerators.
The layout is no different from other supply and marketing cooperatives. The goods are all in glass cabinets and on shelves behind the salesperson. People need the salesperson to hand out whatever they want to buy.
Many of the people coming in and out were from ethnic minorities, and the local traditional costumes were particularly beautiful. Chen Xia took a few photos at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative.
This made the locals very curious. They all smiled at Chen Xia, but no one knew what they were thinking.
Sun Kunxing was already waiting at the counter. When he saw Chen Xia coming, he immediately warmly invited him to go upstairs.
"Brother Chen, you really have a refined taste, taking pictures of the crowd."
"Hey, Brother Sun, you don't know this. These photos may seem like a waste of film now, but in a few decades, they will all be memories of your Dali Supply and Marketing Cooperative. When you retire, I'll give you a few photos to reminisce about."
"Okay then. I'll take you to meet Director Ye Luo first. Then you can take a few photos for me at the door."
The two chatted casually as they reached the director's office on the second floor of the supply and marketing cooperative. Director Ye was shocked to see how young the man was. He thought, could he be a scammer? How could there be such a young director of the General Affairs Department?
Chen Xia knew what was going on when he saw Director Ye's expression, so he politely handed over his work ID and letter of introduction. "Hello, Director Ye, this is my work ID. Please take a look."
Director Ye took a closer look at the letter of introduction: "Chen Xia, Chief of the General Affairs Department of Yuezhou City Fourth Hospital." It didn't look fake, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"Section Chief Chen looks really young, maybe in his 20s? It's rare to see such a young section chief."
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