Riding an electric bike for almost half an hour, Yu Wuwei arrived at a market more than ten kilometers away, which was the location of the restaurant's vegetable supplier.
Because it was the afternoon break, there were not many people at the market.
After getting out of the car and locking it, Yu Wuwei walked towards the vegetable supply store that supplied his restaurant: "Where is your boss?"
"Who are you?" A man sitting at the front desk took a puff of his cigarette, glanced at Yu Wuwei, and asked.
Yu Wuwei asked, "I'm from Chaoxianju, and I want to ask your boss about the vegetable supply!"
"Oh! So you are the boss of Chaoxianju! Please come this way, I will take you to meet our boss!" When he heard that Yu Wuwei was from Chaoxianju, the other party's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and walked in front to lead Yu Wuwei.
However, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Yu Wuwei always feels that the way the other person looks at him is like a dog looking at a big, delicious meat bun, as if it can’t wait to take a bite!
After going upstairs, the other party took Yu Wuwei directly to the boss's office. It was the second time that Yu Wuwei met the fat and bloated boss Zhang.
When Boss Zhang saw Yu Wuwei coming to his door, his eyes flashed and a triumphant smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Finally giving up? He hadn't expected this little brat to hold on for three days before coming to him! He was a little panicked, thinking he was going to lose this important client.
"Hey, isn't this Boss Xiao Yu? Come on, come on, sit down!"
Boss Zhang narrowed his eyes and smiled as he invited Yu Wuwei in. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a kind and benevolent Maitreya Buddha.
Yu Wuwei wasn't in the mood to argue, so he got straight to the point: "Boss Zhang, let's be frank. My vegetables haven't been delivered to my store in the past three days. I came here to ask what's going on!"
Boss Zhang was even happier when he heard this, thinking that this kid was still young and impatient. This business was not something that ordinary people could handle.
He thought to himself, but frowned, revealing a distressed expression as he said, "Alas, Boss Xiao Yu, you don't know, this year the countryside is quite dry, the harvest is not very good, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to harvest the vegetables!"
Yu Wuwei narrowed his eyes upon hearing this and said in a deep voice, "So, Boss Zhang is going to raise the price?"
Boss Zhang still had that distressed and apologetic look on his face, but the cunning in his eyes could not be concealed!
"Boss Xiao Yu is also a businessman. You know, business is tough these days! We have to support our families too!"
"Once the supply is low, the farmers will raise the price. You have to know that with the rising prices, coupled with all the manpower and material resources, if we continue to sell the goods at the usual prices, we will not make any profit!"
Yu Wuwei smiled coldly and said, "Then according to Boss Zhang, how high should the price go?"
Upon hearing this, Boss Zhang's face immediately changed to a smile, and he said, "Boss Xiao Yu is also a straightforward person. Your restaurant always buys from me, and you are also a regular customer. So, we won't ask for too much, so how about a 20% increase?"
"The market is really bad this year, so our asking price is already very low!"
Yu Wuwei sneered inwardly at this. "You're really taking advantage of my youth!" A 20% price increase? What's left for us? We're going to starve?
Thinking about this, Yu Wuwei said with a stern expression, "Boss Zhang, are you taking advantage of me because I'm young and don't understand the market?"
Boss Zhang's face darkened slightly when he heard this. He then said with an innocent expression, "Boss Yu, what are you talking about? This is how business works. Prices go up and down. How can I be considered bullying you?"
Yu Wuwei looked coldly at Boss Zhang and said in a deep voice, "Let's not even mention that the vegetables you've been delivering have been getting worse and worse over the past two weeks. Just the fact that you've been so late with your deliveries for the past three days has nearly caused our store significant financial and reputational losses is already incredibly unkind. And now you're actually raising the price?"
"Even if you wanted to raise the price, couldn't you have just let us know in advance? You're holding back on delivering our goods, hoping to cause our store to suffer losses and then come to us, and then you take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price? What is this? A threat?"
"Boss Zhang, I have to say you're a truly astute businessman! Your calculations are truly brilliant! Do you really think my store can't survive without your goods?"
"Haha! I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, but my store is still doing just fine, and even more popular than ever! Your plan to take advantage of the situation and raise prices has failed."
"Since you are so disloyal, Boss Zhang, I will not buy any more goods from you guys for my store. Goodbye!"
Having said that, Yu Wuwei turned around and was about to go out!
Boss Zhang's face immediately darkened when he heard this. He had thought that this was a young man who was easy to control, but he didn't expect that he would be such a stubborn thorn!
For vegetable suppliers, they are reluctant to give up a long-term customer with a large demand for goods.
He was even more unwilling to see Chaoxianju, such a long-term and stable major customer, go bankrupt.
They had thought that since Old Yu from Chaoxianju was in the hospital, they could take advantage of the opportunity to hand over the restaurant to a young rookie and make a fortune, but they didn't expect that this guy was still stubborn and wanted to break up right away.
How could he be willing to let the fat meat fly away when it was right in his mouth? He would never believe what he said, that Chaoxianju was not affected at all and the business was even booming.
Are you kidding me? You're running a restaurant and you don't even have ingredients. How are you going to feed people? Northwest wind? Besides, if it was really like you said, why would you come here today?
Isn't it because you've run out of vegetables that you've come to me to urge me to buy them? You're just bluffing. I won't be fooled by your tricks.
"Boss Xiao Yu, are you leaving just like that?" Boss Zhang's voice was slightly deep and also contained a chilling tone.
Following Boss Zhang's words, four tall, muscular men walked in from outside and blocked the door, preventing Yu Wuwei from leaving.
Yu Wuwei watched the situation coldly, then turned around and looked at Boss Zhang, who was no longer as kind and benevolent as before, and sneered, "Boss Zhang, are you trying to force me to buy or sell?"
Boss Zhang smiled back, but this smile revealed cunning and ill intentions, and said, "Boss Xiaoyu, what are you talking about? I'm just thinking about you, Boss Xiaoyu!"
Yu Wuwei's smile turned even colder when he heard this. "Oh? Why don't I see that Boss Zhang is thinking about me in any way? I only see threats. What? If I don't agree to your price increase, are you going to illegally detain me?"
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