The ginseng warehouse is quite large and the temperature inside is just right. After everyone took off their coats, Yu Jinbin personally served as the tour guide.
"Chief Chen, these are our wild ginseng warehouses. The treasures in here are truly invaluable, far superior to the cultivated ginseng next door. The value of wild ginseng is determined by its aesthetic appearance. Those with complete roots, all five essential features, and a graceful appearance are considered top quality."
As he spoke, Yu Jinbin took a wooden box next to him, opened it, and found a wild ginseng inside.
"Look, Chief Chen, the age of wild ginseng is generally determined by the number of bowls on the rhizome and the density and depth of the ring marks on the main root. The older the ginseng, the higher its value. The heavier the root, the higher its grade."
How could Chen Xia understand all this? He wasn't interested in understanding. After all, his father-in-law and uncle were there, and he believed that the people in the cooperative wouldn't cheat him.
But even though everyone was carrying the fancy sedan, he still looked very interested, nodding as he toured the place. On the surface, he looked as calm as a leading cadre.
In fact, his heart was already roaring, "Mine, mine, all these wild ginseng are mine."
Zeng Jianqing saw the calm and composed look on his nephew's son-in-law's face and quickly said a few words to help:
"Xiao Xia, these are all genuine wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain. They are absolutely the best. Tell us which ones you want. We guarantee to give you the best ginseng at the lowest price."
Chen Xia rolled his eyes but didn't ask the price. If so many people were looking at the price and asked, it would be awkward to bargain.
"Director Yu, let's go outside and have a cigarette. It's too stuffy in here."
How could a warehouse be stuffy? The air here was circulating, but who wouldn't be a shrewd director? Yu Jinbin knew this guy must have something private to say, so the two of them laughed and walked out, arm in arm.
Leaving the Gu brothers in shock, Dean Gu pretended to know nothing and continued to look through these rare treasures.
If it were someone else, the old man would definitely not tolerate certain unhealthy practices, but with the exception of his own son-in-law, the old man often lacks principles when facing his children.
Chen Xia and Yu Jinbin were walking and chatting. Seeing that there was no one around, he quietly stuffed a 100-gram gold bar into Yu Jinbin's pocket.
Yu Jinbin felt his cotton-padded jacket pocket sink. He subconsciously touched it with his hand and felt the coolness of metal. He carefully took out a corner and was shocked.
"Wow, a big yellow croaker."
His heartbeat immediately accelerated. The price of gold in 1982 was 5 yuan per gram. This piece of gold was worth at least 500 yuan. In this poor and remote rural county, this was his salary for a year and a half.
Unfortunately, although he is the director of the ginseng cooperative, the cooperative is just a unit under the county materials bureau, and he is just a small-level cadre.
Now is still the era of public-to-public competition. It is the ginseng cooperatives that are begging the state-owned pharmaceutical companies and factories to purchase the products, and they even hope that they will give kickbacks to others.
So the Ginseng Cooperative is just a place with no money at all. Now suddenly a pie falls from the sky, which directly knocks Director Yu unconscious.
"Section Chief Chen, what are you doing..."
"Director Yu, to be honest with you, I bought these ginseng mainly for myself, so the price is..."
After hearing this, Director Yu coughed a few times guiltily, then looked around quietly, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one around.
"Well, um, that...Okay, okay..."
Chen Xia gave him another reassurance:
"Don't worry, Director Yu. I won't take the ginseng for free. I just want you to give me the lowest price. And I want to purchase a large quantity, which can actually help you! It's mutually beneficial for everyone."
Now Yu Jinbin felt relieved. He was really afraid that Chen Xia would tell him that she had secretly transported half a truck of ginseng to him in the middle of the night. If that happened, he would definitely refuse.
Gold is good, but you can't use it to do anything illegal.
"Okay, Section Chief Chen is a straightforward person. I understand what's going on."
Yu Jinbin was in a good mood. The two smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.
After returning to the warehouse, everyone pretended nothing had happened. Only two soldiers were still wondering why the atmosphere suddenly became so harmonious after this trip.
After Chen Xia came back, he smiled and said, "I am very satisfied with this ginseng. Now let's talk about the price. You must give me a good price."
Everyone in the warehouse started laughing, especially Zeng Jianqing and Gu Wei, who laughed the most casually.
Yu Jinbin also said with a smile: "Chief Chen, don't worry, we Northeasterners will never cheat you. Look at this ginseng. This one is special grade ginseng, this one is first grade ginseng, and this one is second grade ginseng. I wonder which one you want."
Chen Xia pointed to the row of shelves behind him and said, "I want the special grade ones. First grade ones with good quality are also fine."
Yu Jinbin opened his mouth and said, "According to the year, this 100-year-old one is 400 yuan, this one around 80 years old is 300 yuan, and this one around 50 years old is 150 yuan."
Chen Xia thought it was a good deal. This price was more than half cheaper than what Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company offered him. It was definitely the lowest price.
He glanced at his uncle secretly, and Zeng Jianqing nodded slightly, indicating that the price was acceptable.
Chen Xia roared in his heart again: "Get rich, get rich."
Not to mention anything else, a hundred-year-old wild ginseng costs 400 yuan at the foot of Changbai Mountain. In another 20 years, it will be worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, and in another 30 years, it will be worth millions of yuan.
Is there any "financial product" that can better preserve and increase value than this?
Chen Xia pointed at this shelf and asked, "Director Yu, how many special products do you have here?"
“Cough cough cough…”
When the people at the ginseng cooperative heard this, they all started coughing, thinking, "This guy is too arrogant! Even a pharmaceutical company can't handle so much ginseng."
Director Yu quickly called out, "Accountant Sun, please do the calculation for Section Chief Chen. Hurry!"
He was also excited. Although the price was very low, it was actually within the normal range. If all of them were sold out this time, it would be a political achievement.
The county will then praise him for his hard work and for exceeding sales targets even when the mountains were blocked by heavy snow.
Accountant Sun took out an abacus and measured it out. "There are 190 special-grade ginseng from the 100th year, 260 from the 1980s, and 390 from the 1950s. The total is yuan."
Gu Zhongguo and Gu Zhongjun took a deep breath in the back and forced themselves not to shout out.
Director Yu smiled and said, "Section Chief Chen, what do you think of this price?"
"I have no objection to the price Director Yu gave me, so let's go with it. But I also want to ask, do you have any wild ginseng of better age and quality?"
Everyone present fell down.
The two brothers of the Gu family shouted in their hearts: "You kid are going to defy the heavens, what more do you want?"
Now even Old Man Gu and Uncle Zeng's expressions became upset. They knew that Chen Xia wanted to buy some ginseng, but they didn't expect that he would do a clearance sale.
This is more than 200,000 yuan, not just over 20 yuan.
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