Chapter 726 President Ni is entrusted by others
President Ni took a cup of tea from Liu Fangfang and sipped it, then his mind was filled with questions:
"It's strange, really strange. The annual yield of the Laobanzhang Tea King tree is only a few kilograms now because the tree is sick. It's even questionable whether it can be saved without any accidents.
But Mr. Lin, you have at least 200 kilograms of Pu'er tea from the King Tea Tree here, right? How did you get so much tea?
Lin Sanqi was scratching his head again. Even if he said now that this was brought from time travel, the two experts would just think he was sick.
"Ahem, here's the thing. Some of my tea is new, and some is aged. For example, this Pu'er tea from the Tea King Tree has been accumulated over several years. Look at these cakes of tea, they are all from different years."
Lin Sanqi was not lying. Because it is the king of tea trees, the old village chief of Banzhang Village collects it every year and makes it into tea cakes.
Then Lin Sanqi took over and bought them all.
President Ni nodded, clearly agreeing with this statement. Otherwise, what other explanation could there be?
"Lao Ban Zhang was also lucky. It was once the most insignificant Pu'er tea, but later it suddenly became the aristocrat among Pu'er teas."
Lin Sanqi traveled through time to the Banzhang tree in the 1960s, but he didn't know much about how the old Banzhang became so popular, so he asked:
"President Ni, when did the price of Lao Banzhang start to soar? I've been to Banzhang Village. It's so remote that even the Japanese couldn't find it back then."
This question touched upon President Ni's expertise, so the old man said while sipping his Banzhang tea:
"In fact, 2,000 years ago, many tea merchants and tea factories were not optimistic about Laobanzhang tea, as they thought its tea buds were too large and the color was not ideal.
Therefore, the price of purchasing Laobanzhang tea at that time was lower than the price of tea from several other villages.
By 2000, Menghai Tea Factory was purchasing Laobanzhang tea at 8 yuan per kilogram. In 2001, the price rose to 11 to 12 yuan per kilogram, but Menghai Tea Factory only bought a portion before stopping.
Lin Sanqi thought that this was similar to the situation in the 1960s, when tea factories were reluctant to purchase Laobanzhang tea and were unwilling to pay even a penny or a pound.
"The price of Laobanzhang tea has been rising rapidly since 2002, reaching 80 to 120 yuan per kilogram. Ancient tree tea from surrounding villages only sells for a few dozen yuan per kilogram.
In 2007, the year when the Pu'er tea market collapsed, the price of Laobanzhang tea suddenly soared, directly breaking through 1,000 yuan per kilogram.
By 2014, last year, in just seven years, the price of Laobanzhang picked ancient tree tea had stabilized at over 10,000 yuan per kilogram, a tenfold increase.
General Manager Lin Tianhua also interrupted at this time:
"In fact, the price of cordyceps was also inflated around the same time, so now it's certain that the huge domestic and foreign capital came together to cause the price to soar."
Although Lin Sanqi is rich, his money is far from enough compared to real capital.
For example, for several mysterious capital families abroad, it is no big deal for one family to control trillions of dollars.
As for how much wealth the mysterious capital in the country controls, Lin Sanqi couldn't guess. Even if he knew, he wouldn't dare to say it. The only ones he dared to say were the few wealthy people mentioned in quotation marks.
"President Ni, how much does a kilogram of Laobanzhang Tea King sell for now?"
President Ni raised a finger and said, "The starting price is one million, and there is no demand for it."
President Liu burst out laughing:
"If these 100-plus kilograms of Tea Tree King Pu'er enter the market, the price will be hard to predict."
President Ni also advised at this time:
"Yes, Mr. Lin, and several other Mr. Lins, there are so many factors involved in the current high price of Pu'er tea, but one thing is certain: scarcity makes things valuable.
Take Tea King Pu'er, for example. Why can it sell for over one million yuan per kilogram? This is because of the need for capital speculation. They want to set a benchmark and then increase the price of all Pu'er teas.
If you dump so much tea into the market all at once, the consequences will be very serious. At the very least, the market for top-quality Pu'er tea will collapse. So, I came here this time, haha, because I was asked to do so."
Lin Sanqi understood and thought, no wonder, the president of the China Tea Association is no small figure.
Just because there was a Pu'er tea ordering fair in Huadu, he came here in a hurry. This is too shameless. It turns out that he came with a message.
I guess someone asked President Ni to come and check whether the tea is genuine.
Dean Liu also smiled and made an analogy at this time:
"Mr. Lin, you don't know the current housing prices in the capital. They change every day. Do you know how these real estate agents drive up the prices?
For example, all the second-hand housing resources in a community are controlled by several large real estate agencies, and then these agencies form a price alliance, which is called market control in financial terms.
Then they pick a house at random, sell it themselves, and buy it themselves, but the price is artificially high.
For example, the original transaction price of a house in the same community was 30,000 yuan per square meter, but the transaction price of this house reached 60,000 yuan per square meter.
One result of this is that the community has a new reference sample, so the average prices of all second-hand houses in the community have risen sharply.
Even if it doesn't go up to 60,000, say 50,000 per square meter, would you want it? Look at other people, their transaction prices are all 60,000, and if you give me 50,000, you'll make a lot of money.
Mr. Lin, look at this, that's how housing prices were driven up. But if you look back, you'll see that many people manipulated the market, investing their time, money, and energy.
Now the situation is reversed. You own a house in this community, and even though the price has risen to 50,000 yuan per square meter, you want to sell it at 20,000 yuan per square meter.
Does this mean that housing prices in the entire community will fall?
So making money is good for everyone. The high housing prices are maintained by many people. There are also many people who rely on these high housing prices for their livelihoods. So, Mr. Lin, do you understand what I mean?
Lin Sanqi thought to himself, I understand, I understand too well.
Except for wild ginseng, all other products sold under his name are offensive.
Wild ginseng is so scarce that there is no supply and no national "dealer". Lingnan Hall's strong intervention will naturally not offend anyone.
At most, someone wants to get a piece of the pie and deal with Lin Hai from the Northeast branch, wanting him to spit out where the wild ginseng came from.
As for Lin Sanqi staying in Huadu and not moving, no one can do anything to him.
But other things like Cordyceps, Xinhui dried tangerine peel, fish maw, jade, and now tea, are all cutting the flesh and drinking the blood of other capitals.
People have finally heated up the market and are ready to make a lot of money.
As a result, Lin Sanqi entered the market with a large amount of goods in his hands?
Originally you had a small amount of goods, so it would have been fine to just take a ride, but Lingnan Hall came and ruined things, and the quantity they carried was more than what the capital could control. How could you get along with them happily?
Everyone looked at Lin Sanqi, who felt a little strange:
"Hey, why are you all looking at me? Is there something on my face? President Ni, Dean Liu, come on, it's a rare opportunity for you to visit our Lingnan Hall. I still have a lot of tea here. Come on, let's continue our tour."
Lin Sanqi was going to play dumb, but in fact, he was just trying to whet some people's appetite.
He is not a professional tea maker and has to look at the face of the China Tea Association. It is impossible for him to admit defeat just because President Ni and Dean Liu give in.
In the face of money, the China Tea Association and the Pu'er Tea Association are not worth mentioning.
If they wanted Lin Sanqi not to crash the market, they had to show their sincerity, right? What was the point of empty words?
President Ni and Dean Liu were not disappointed. Although Lin Sanqi positioned himself as a small boss, in the eyes of Ni and Liu, Lin Sanqi was just a "capital".
Since they were capital, how could they be fooled with just a few words? So the two of them continued to visit with a smile.
"Mr. Lin, among Pu'er teas nowadays, Lao Banzhang is not the most expensive. The most expensive is Xinfu Midi Ancient Tree Tea, followed by Kunlushan, then Mansong, Fengqing Tuanjie Yakou, Bingdao, etc. Lao Banzhang can only be ranked tenth."
Hearing this, Lin Sanqi quickly took the information from Yin Lianyi and patted his chest:
"That's not bad. I have all the ancient tree teas you mentioned. For example, I have four tons of this Xinfu Midi ancient tree tea from various years. Wow, haha. How much is one ton?"
President Ni was choked and felt like he was screwed.
Not to mention that this kind of top-grade Pu'er is sold by the pound, but in Lin Sanqi's hands it is sold by the ton.
If so much Pu'er tea were to flow into the market at once, it would be a disaster.
(End of this chapter)
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