The mooncakes from state-owned factories had only one type of filling: candied fruit peel and black sesame.
The black sesame filling also contains candied fruit peel.
Candied orange and red shreds don't taste good; they're just pretty in color.
Customers who come to the store will not buy anything once they hear that there are only two kinds of fillings.
Everyone says that some shops offer five or six kinds of fillings.
On the fourteenth day of the lunar calendar, the Third Food Factory lowered the price of mooncakes by two cents.
To save two cents, I bought it from him.
But there were so few people; no year had ever been this bad.
Those two manufacturers are still working on getting things done without invoices; their progress has slowed down.
They eventually realized what was happening and followed the Third Factory. But by then it was too late.
Who buys mooncakes after the Mid-Autumn Festival?
On the 16th day of the eighth lunar month, none of the dozen or so stores of the three national food factories sold a single mooncake.
Nowadays, mooncakes are all wrapped in oil paper. Even with future plastic sealing packaging, the shelf life of mooncakes is still quite short.
It was within Song Yan's expectations that their mooncakes wouldn't sell.
The directors of the three state-owned food factories all had blisters on their lips.
We need to come up with a solution now.
With so many finished mooncakes, what other options are there besides selling them?
If the mooncakes haven't been made yet, they can use the raw materials—whether it's flour, cooking oil, eggs, etc.—to make other foods or sell them.
But now it's too late.
On the 18th day of the eighth lunar month, mooncakes were discounted again, with the price reduced to two-thirds of the normal selling price.
The amount sold was far too small compared to what remained; it was so small as to be negligible.
At the same time, they were also being crushed by the Sandao Street Food Factory.
The stores of Sandao Street Food Factory and Anshun Food Factory offer a discounted product every day.
Sold at a discount.
The manufacturers forgo profits so that the people of Kyoto can enjoy fresh food.
The discounted food is very cheap, only a few cents more expensive than the discounted mooncakes.
The products are all produced by mechanized processes in the food processing plant.
Mechanized production not only involves mass production but also lowers labor costs, so to avoid increasing costs, there is no outer packaging. It's sold in bulk.
These foods were even still warm from baking when they were placed on the counter.
The freshly baked food exudes a rich aroma.
This is nowhere near the quality of mooncakes that have been sitting out for several days.
If the price difference is just a few cents, who would still buy mooncakes?
Chang Xiaohu and his team didn't have a long time to entertain guests, only about half a month.
Half a month is enough time for them to keep the mooncakes in their hands.
Later mooncakes became even harder to sell because, due to limitations in current preservation technology, they didn't taste as good over time.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the large backlog of mooncakes is a foregone conclusion.
But the three factory managers still had a glimmer of hope, thinking they could buy more and try it out!
The result is that they only have a warehouse full of mooncakes, which is a serious dereliction of duty on their part as leaders.
They cannot escape the self-criticism and punishment they are required to bear.
The manufacturers who had initially supplied them with raw materials on credit have all come to collect their debts.
Chang Xiaohu sent people to keep an eye on their every move.
He always felt that his second sister-in-law's idea of acquiring state-owned factories was difficult to achieve.
However, he listened to his second sister-in-law the most and admired her. If it weren't for her support this time, they would have suffered a great loss.
At this moment, Yu Bing and Zhang Liguo's family members arrived at their door.
First, they talked to the factory.
They are willing to pay compensation, including for the damaged and stolen yeast.
However, they were unwilling to accept the list and prices provided by the Anshun Food Factory.
You can refuse; they'll file a lawsuit in three days.
Shi Junbao and Wen Dajun both sent back messages that a man named Liu Chao was negotiating with the Yu and Zhang families.
Liu Chao is Liang Hui's brother-in-law.
Song Yan is going to go through legal proceedings, and they can't delay it any longer.
The final settlement was 24,000 yuan.
When Yu Bing and Zhang Liguo walked out of the detention center, they felt like they had come back to life.
At this moment, Chen Daoyan arrived and, without saying a word, hit Zhang Liguo.
He also said that the two would have no further contact.
Although Cheng Youfu received the money, they were still somewhat unwilling.
Song Yan said there was no rush, and that she might even be able to earn a winery for free.
The distillery at the Anshun Food Factory has also been reorganized and is about to start brewing wine.
This time, Wang Chunfen was in charge of the winery, and the research on new food varieties became her part-time job.
The distillery soon began brewing wine.
At the same time, Liu Chao also established a small brewery.
Chang Xiaohu and the others weren't saying it, but they were still angry, which led them to brew wine...
Song Yan: "Don't worry, the liquor he brews will be pure grain liquor, and it will definitely be different from what we brew!"
It's okay, no need to get angry with them.
The three state-owned food factories are getting worse and worse.
All the mooncakes that had been stockpiled were no longer edible, so naturally they couldn't be sold.
The factory manager, as the person directly responsible for this matter, should be held accountable, receiving demerits and fines.
However, as the No. 1 Food Factory with the largest backlog of goods, they were already suffering the most losses and were in the worst financial situation. After this incident, they were basically in a state of semi-shutdown.
Chang Xiaohu listened to his second sister-in-law and kept a close eye on them, waiting for them to reach their dead end.
Chang Xiaohu has been extremely busy with the mooncake production. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He hasn't visited Ji Chunyang at school even once since the start of the semester.
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