Su Ning took a sip of water and came out of the office, only to hear everyone talking about Zhao Shufang and Lin Chaosheng.
"What are you guys talking about? Why are you chatting so happily?" Su Ning asked.
"We were talking about Lin Chaosheng, he's such a capable man, it turns out his mother is just as capable!"
Upon hearing that they were praising Lin Chaosheng's family, Su Ning quickly added, "More than that! A few days ago, Lin Chaosheng single-handedly hunted down a large black bear on the mountain and distributed it to their village!"
"What? A big black bear? And a person?"
"My God, there really are warriors like this in the world!"
Su Ning smiled and said, "You know, they have great genes. The whole family is incredibly capable!"
Everyone was talking about it, and they all wanted to go to the Lin family to see this extraordinary family.
"Alright, I'm going to share some watermelon with everyone. Anyone want some?" Su Ning asked as she unloaded two large watermelons from the truck.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this, staring at Su Ning in disbelief.
"Eat it! Of course we'll eat it! Who wouldn't want to eat this big watermelon?"
"Section Chief Su, why are you so kind?"
"Thank you so much, Section Chief Su! I'll do anything for you from now on!"
"But aren't these watermelons for sale? If we're short, won't we be held accountable?"
Su Ning comforted him, "Impossible. I'm going to buy two of these myself to treat everyone. I've already spent money! I'll go to the sales department in a bit and have them put it on the tab."
"Great! Long live Section Chief Su!"
Everyone excitedly surrounded Suning, wanting to throw it into the air.
Su Ning couldn't stand it and quickly refused them, "No, no, no, I'm afraid of heights. Let's share the watermelon first, it's time to get off work soon!"
Only then did everyone let Suning go, and they all rushed to the watermelon, waiting expectantly.
Su Ning was very happy to see the workers eating the watermelon piece by piece with relish. He had his reasons for buying the watermelon. He knew that he wouldn't be able to sell all the watermelons, so he would have to give some to the higher-ups. Besides, the watermelons would definitely be limited in quantity, so the workers wouldn't have time to buy them.
Even if they have the time to queue up to buy watermelons, they might not have that much money.
The workers called out to Suning to come and eat watermelon with them, but Suning refused, saying, "You guys eat it, don't save any for me. I'm not craving this stuff. I still need to talk to the sales department about how to sell these watermelons!"
So the workers ignored Suning and continued to enjoy their meal.
"I knew this watermelon would be sweet the moment I saw it, and it was!"
"It's so satisfying to be able to eat such a big watermelon in the middle of summer."
"We have to thank Section Chief Su for this, otherwise how would we have been able to eat this watermelon?"
Suning didn't hear what the people behind him were saying; he had already reached the door of the sales department office.
"Oh, it's Section Chief Su!" Section Chief Wang from the sales department opened the office door.
"Let's get straight to the point. I just received a large batch of watermelons, fifty-two in total, each weighing an average of seven to eight pounds. Let's discuss how to put them on the shelves and sell them tomorrow," Su Ning said without mincing words.
Section Chief Wang initially remained calm, but after hearing Su Ning say that they had purchased fifty-two watermelons, he couldn't stay calm at all. "How many? Fifty-two watermelons? And each one weighs seven or eight kilograms?!"
Section Chief Wang quickly invited Su Ning into his office, and after gesturing for him to sit on the sofa, he made him a cup of tea. "These watermelons are all of good quality, right? There can't be any inferior ones, can there?"
Su Ning replied, "Don't worry, I bought it from a trustworthy person. I just bought two at my own expense to share with the workers, and they all said it was sweet. I also checked the watermelon flesh; it's red, sandy, and very juicy."
These words made Section Chief Wang's mouth water. He swallowed hard. "That's good, that's good. But if it goes on sale tomorrow, we'll have to limit the number of people each can buy."
“What do you think about having everyone buy half a watermelon?” Su Ning asked.
"Half a watermelon?" Section Chief Wang rolled his eyes. "That works too. That way we can sell 104 servings of watermelon."
"How would you like to set this price?" Su Ning asked again.
"Let me take a look at the pricing manual that the government gave us here." Section Chief Wang took out a manual from the drawer and started flipping through it.
“Here, the price is between one and three cents per pound. I think we should set it at three cents per pound, since the watermelons are of such good quality,” Section Chief Wang suggested.
Suning thought for a moment, "At 30 cents a pound, will anyone buy it? Everyone's not exactly well-off these days, isn't this price a bit too high?"
"Don't worry about that, Section Chief Su," Section Chief Wang smiled, "It's just us who aren't rich; there are quite a few people who are actually quite wealthy!"
Su Ning thought so too, this way he could give Lin Chaosheng more dividends.
"Okay, I'll go and have someone make a sign and hang it up at the entrance of our supply and marketing cooperative to promote it properly." After discussing with Section Chief Wang, Su Ning rushed back to his office.
"Xiao Chen, come here." Su Ning made a phone call to his subordinate.
Xiao Chen was registering the items in the warehouse when he received a call from Su Ning. He immediately ran to Su Ning's office. "What's wrong? Does Section Chief Su have any instructions?"
“You can hang this sign up at the front gate in a bit,” Su Ning said after a pause. “Hmm, or take another look, is it obvious enough?”
Xiao Chen picked up the sign and glanced at it. It read—
Fresh watermelon, limited supply! A refreshing treat, first come, first served!
Attention all citizens: Our store has just received a new shipment of high-quality sandy loam watermelons. They have thin skin, thick flesh, are juicy, sweet and delicious, and are perfect for cooling off in the summer!
Supply period: Starting tomorrow at 9:00 AM, until sold out.
Price: 0.3 yuan/jin, limited to half a watermelon per person!
"Watermelons? We're going to sell watermelons here?" Xiao Chen asked, looking puzzled.
Su Ning nodded. "Yes, I just received a large batch of watermelons today. What do you think of this advertisement? Is there anything that needs to be changed?"
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Chen suggested, "Let's highlight the price and purchase limit in red, so that some people won't complain that we didn't explain it clearly to them."
Su Ning nodded, took out a red piece of chalk, and emphasized and enlarged the characters.
"Is this okay now?" Suning handed the billboard to Xiao Chen.
“Perfectly OK,” Xiao Chen excitedly took the billboard. “I’ll take it out and hang it up right now.”
Xiao Chen excitedly placed the advertising sign at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, which immediately attracted a crowd of people to come and watch.
"Is there something new for sale again?"
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