However, the two people turned around and went into the alley the next second. If Fu Wan hadn't seen Shen Guoliang's face clearly just now, she would have thought that she had mistaken him for someone else.
Boss Fu noticed the confusion on Fu Wan's face. "Wan, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just saw someone from the Shen family."
Fu Ming also came over, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "Which member of the Shen family is it? How about we put a sack over their necks and beat them up!"
Fu Wan quickly waved her hand, "We're on the main street, what if the police arrest us during a crackdown on organized crime? We'd better hurry up and ask about the price of the bird's nest."
They brought a small bag of bird's nest today, intending to give it to others as a sample.
Mr. Sun's shop is very easy to find. It's just a small alleyway next to the People's Hospital, and there's a signboard standing at the entrance after only a few steps.
"The store sells red dates, shiitake mushrooms, and various seafood."
Fu Wan went in with Fu Laoda and the others. Sun Youcai was using an abacus at the counter, his beer belly sticking out.
At that time, calculators were not readily available; shops usually used abacuses for accounting.
Calculating the intricate data in the ledger by manipulating the beads on the abacus is an essential skill for every businessperson.
Fu Wan knocked on the door and called out, "Is Boss Sun in?"
Sun Youcai looked up and saw Boss Fu and his group of people, and quickly came out to greet them.
What would you like to buy?
Fu Wan looked around the shop and saw that it was indeed full of a wide variety of goods. The red dates and other items looked to be of good quality, each one big and red.
"Mr. Sun, we were introduced by Fu San."
Fu Laoda handed him a cigarette, and Sun Youcai patted his beer belly, only then remembering what Fu San had told him when he passed by the store earlier.
"Is that Fu San's brother? Oh my, I've been waiting for you for ages!"
After saying that, he quickly poured a few cups of tea and led the group into a room next door to discuss matters.
Then he called out to the back of the house, "Ah Zhen, keep an eye on the shop, I have some business to discuss."
"They're here!"
A rough female voice came from outside. Sun Youcai smiled sheepishly, "That's my wife. She ate too much and went to the outhouse."
Fu Wan wasn't one to mince words; she got straight to the point.
"Mr. Sun, my third uncle probably already told you, what price can you offer for this bird's nest?"
Mr. Sun is a straightforward person; he immediately took out the bird's nest samples from his store.
“I need to see if I should take your bird’s nest to the factory for processing. You are all family members of Fu San, so I won’t hide anything from you. I get this kind of bird’s nest from the factory for ten yuan a pound.”
After saying that, he handed the bird's nest he was holding to Fu Wan and the others.
Fu Wan took a look and found that the bird's nest wasn't as clean as they had been the night before; there were many clearly visible feathers inside.
If you touch it, you can pull out a few hairs.
Several swallow feathers immediately fell onto the table.
"This thing isn't as good as the one I have."
Boss Fu put the bird's nest back on the tray on the table and made his decision.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming both nodded.
Upon hearing what Boss Fu said, Sun Youcai's eyes immediately lit up.
"Brother, let me see your bird's nest!"
Fu Wan took the cloth bag from Fu Ming, opened it to show Sun Youcai the bird's nest inside.
"This is top-quality bird's nest!"
Sun Youcai picked up a bird's nest and examined it carefully, his smile impossible to hide.
He immediately and solemnly closed the door to the reception room and asked Boss Fu in a low voice.
"Brother, how many people have you shown this bird's nest to?"
Boss Fu couldn't figure out what he meant, so he could only tell the truth.
"My third brother gave me the addresses of several dried goods vendors, and we're going to go and ask them all."
This was terrible! Sun Youcai quickly picked up the bag of bird's nest.
"I can eat this bird's nest myself, so you don't need to ask anywhere else."
"But I'd like to ask, how many of these bird's nests do you still have?"
Fu Wan looked at him and smiled, "It's all in this bag, weighing over ten kilograms. If Mr. Sun can finish it, we can supply him once or twice a year."
With over ten kilograms of bird's nest, Sun Youcai's gaze towards Fu Laoda's family changed completely.
This family is really lucky; they've got over ten kilograms of bird's nest. They're sure to make a lot of money from it.
Not to mention that the quality of this bird's nest is so good that it doesn't need to be reworked at the factory.
If they go to other dried goods stores, there will be too many customers and not enough goods, and they will have to rely on their connections to get the goods in the future.
Although the restrictions have only just been lifted, dried goods shops are springing up everywhere because of the abundance of seafood.
Sun Youcai was just worried that his shop didn't have anything to attract customers, and now Boss Fu and his group delivered it to his doorstep.
Sun Youcai immediately made up his mind that he must have a monopoly on bird's nest.
Thinking this, he quickly told Boss Fu and the others about the quality of the bird's nest.
"This bird's nest is very well preserved. I guess the person who harvested it was very careful. The feathers were also picked out very well, and there are basically no impurities. I don't need to go to the factory to rework it."
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll just ask for good luck with this quality bird's nest and sell it for six yuan per gram. I'll take as much as you have."
His brother recently opened a dried goods store in the county, so he'll ask his brother to share the profits; it won't be much.
At six yuan per gram, this price actually exceeds the price that Fu Wan and others were willing to pay.
They initially thought it would cost at most a few dozen yuan per kilogram, but they never expected that bird's nest would be priced by the gram, just like gold.
It costs six yuan per gram, so a pound would cost 3,000 yuan!
Fu Ming's eyes widened in shock, like copper bells. His ancestors! His father and sister were just too awesome!
Sun Youcai added, "Other bird's nests must be the same as these; they cannot contain water or too many impurities."
These are valuable items, after all; I need to check them one by one.
This was perfectly reasonable, and Fu Wan nodded in agreement.
But she wanted to talk about other business, "Mr. Sun, do you buy other dried goods here?"
Sun Youcai hadn't expected them to have other dried goods, but then he thought that since they were fishermen, it was understandable.
"I'll take any that's clean and in good condition."
Fu Wan was overjoyed. Ye Xiaocui liked to dry goods and store them up for winter.
They had a good catch at sea this year, and Ye Xiaocui had already dried several sacks of small fish and shrimp, which Fu Wan had been wanting to sell for a long time.
There's still so much time before winter, so selling them early means they can be dried in the sun again.
It can also increase the family's income, so why not?
This brought in another business opportunity, and Sun Youcai quickly took out his things and checked the bird's nests with his wife. They were all extremely satisfied.
In the end, all the bird's nests were weighed, totaling a full twelve pounds and six ounces.
Twelve catties and six ounces is equivalent to 6300 grams. At six yuan per gram, this small bag of bird's nest contains a whopping thirty-seven thousand eight thousand grams!
This bag of bird's nest was actually worth 37,800 yuan. This number not only shocked Fu Wan for several minutes, but also shocked Boss Fu.
Now we have the money to buy the boat!
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