Chapter 105 Yuancheng Team Returns
Fu Baiwei has some business acumen. As soon as Xia Xiaoman agreed, she immediately went to attract customers.
On the first day as the boss of a second-hand charging shop, Fu Baiwei's performance was average. Apart from some people who often came to Xia Xiaoman to charge their batteries, few people came.
The villa area is a bit far from the building, and the rental fees of several other charging stations are the same, so why should they go so far away?
It took Fu Baiwei just one night to figure out the problem, and she provided door-to-door service the next day.
After the delivered items are fully charged, Fu Baiwei will deliver them downstairs at a fixed time and place. This method has some effect and the performance has improved.
On the third day, Fu Baiwei provided a service of playing while charging. She got several power strips from somewhere and placed four or five small stools near them so that some internet-addicted teenagers could sit next to them and play stand-alone games while charging.
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In just a few days, Fu Baiwei used a variety of tricks to attract one-third of the users in the community who needed to charge their batteries to come to her.
Commercial competition is not prohibited within Shuiyue Bay. As long as it is not malicious competition or destructive, the property department will not interfere.
Therefore, even though the other companies that rented out electricity were extremely angry, they did not dare to cause trouble for Xia Xiaoman and Fu Baiwei.
Xia Xiaoman was not worried about the power shortage at all, but when she saw the crowds of people outside the villa, she couldn't help but worry whether the generator could hold up.
Fu Baiwei still knows her limits and only accepts small orders that don't consume too much electricity.
In a blink of an eye, the half-month period agreed with Wang Shijin is approaching.
Xia Xiaoman was a little conflicted, hoping that Wang Shijin would come back on time, but also hoping that he would be two days late so that she could deduct some gold. She didn't have much gold.
But soon she didn't have to worry about it anymore, because Wang Shijin not only came back, but also came back two days early.
Their convoy had two more vehicles than when they left, and each vehicle was loaded with supplies. Some of the vehicles were so full that people could only sit on the cargo, or several people squeezed into the cab.
Most people in the community ran over to watch them and see what they brought back from Yuancheng.
Xia Xiaoman also went to see if her pickup truck was still there.
Wang Shijin spotted her immediately, patted the front of the pickup truck, and grinned, "Look, I brought your car back to you in one piece."
Xia Xiaoman glanced at the car and saw that it was not damaged. He moved his eyes to the back of the car and asked, "What are these?"
"Your car is loaded with dried fish, cuttlefish, squid, small dried fish, large sea fish, everything." Wang Shijin pointed to the car in front and said, "That car is loaded with dried kelp, seaweed, dried shrimp, and sea salt."
"These are the main things I brought back this time, as well as some miscellaneous supplies, such as swimming goggles, life buoys, and inflatable kayaks. In case there is another heavy rainstorm, it is better to be prepared."
Wang Shijin was very excited. After he finished talking to Xia Xiaoman, he repeated what he had just said when he met another person, showing off his achievements all the time.
In addition to talking about what he brought back, Wang Shijin also talked about the situation in Yuancheng.
Yuancheng experienced a devastating tsunami, causing heavy casualties. A city with a population of several million was reduced to only one-fifth of its original size in an instant.
But fortunately, bad luck did not linger in Yuancheng forever.
There was no locust plague in Yuancheng, and although there was drought, it had little impact on them. Moreover, they lived close to the sea, so if they ran out of food, they could go fishing, so there was no food crisis for the time being.
Some people wondered, "Since Yuancheng has plenty of food, why don't they support us?"
"Who said Yuancheng has plenty of food? I said there is no food crisis in Yuancheng, but that doesn't mean there is plenty of food in Yuancheng."
Wang Shijin explained: "After the tsunami, many ships were damaged to varying degrees, and not many ships could go out to sea. The seafood and seaweed they salvaged were only enough for Yuancheng to digest."
"The reason why we were able to get so much seafood was because we found some private fishing boats."
"If there are fewer or no fish in the sea one day, Yuancheng will also face a food crisis."
Xia Country is the most united country in the entire Blue Star. If Yuan City really had extra food, why would it just watch Fu City die without helping?
Wang Shijin was still showing off the supplies he brought back. After Xia Xiaoman listened to his description of the situation in Yuancheng, she quietly left the crowd.
After returning home and waiting for more than two hours, Wang Shijin finally drove the unloaded pickup truck over. "Little girl, there is a bag of dried fish, a bag of kelp, and a bag of salted fish in the back compartment. Each bag weighs 100 kilograms, which is exactly 300 kilograms of food. Do you want to weigh it?"
"No need." Xia Xiaoman carefully checked the pickup truck, made sure there was no problem with the car, and threw the 10 kilograms of gold deposit to Wang Shijin.
"Are you going to sell the seafood you brought back on the black market?"
Wang Shijin weighed the gold and felt that the weight was okay, then he said, "Keep some for yourself, send half of the rest to the trading point, and sell the other half on the black market."
"Has the price been decided? How will it be sold?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"Not yet decided, do you want to buy it?"
Xia Xiaoman hummed, "I want to buy some dried shrimps, sea cucumbers and sea salt."
Wang Shijin smiled and said, "Why do you only choose the expensive ones? These three items are not cheap. I estimate the price to be three catties of rice for one catty of dried shrimps."
"So expensive?" Xia Xiaoman frowned. She said she would buy fifty or sixty kilograms to stockpile for making seafood porridge later.
"If you think it's too expensive, you can come with us next time you go to Yuancheng. It's cheaper there. One pound of rice can be exchanged for one pound of dried shrimps."
Yuancheng is close to the sea, and few people grow rice. The rice they eat is shipped from other cities. A tsunami washed away all the rice. So rice is scarce in Yuancheng.
Xia Xiaoman thought about it for two seconds, then shook his head and said, "Forget it! It's not worth it to travel so far just for a little food. Let me know when you've decided on a price. I'll buy 50 kilograms of each of these three items."
Wang Shijin nodded in agreement. These seafood were not brought back by him alone, so the specific price needed to be discussed with others before it could be determined.
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The next night, Wang Shijin led his men to transport a batch of seafood to the trading point. About three hours later, he returned with a full load of supplies.
All of them were purchased at the trading point, including rice, oil, salt, seasonings, cloth, cotton, and medicine.
The onlookers saw the truckloads of supplies and their eyes turned red with envy. This was only in Shuiyue Bay. If it happened in other communities, they would have been besieged and robbed long ago.
The seafood that was planned to be sold to the trading point was successfully exchanged for supplies. The next night, Wang Shijin and his team took the remaining seafood to sell on the black market...
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