Chapter 272: Luck is unstoppable [6000 words]

"Honey, look what I bought for you?"

"Hey, it's longan. Are there longans for sale in the capital again?"

"It just arrived today. Look, it's still fresh!"

"Bring it here so I can try it. I just talked about this with Aunt Zhang a few days ago. I didn't expect to be able to eat it today."

"Here, take it back and eat it slowly!"

"Tsk tsk, the taste is still so authentic and delicious, it's so delicious!"

…

"My dear, why did you buy so many longans? Are you having trouble making ends meet?"

"I bought it because I saw you like it!"

"Then can't you buy less? Has the price of longan increased this year?"

"It's increased by two cents."

"Hiss, these fruit sellers are so black-hearted!"

"It's actually not that bad. After all, they transported the longans from thousands of miles away to our capital. The cost is really not low. If the price is too cheap, the merchants will lose money!"

"That's true, but it's too expensive, 3.2 yuan per pound, it hurts me to eat it!"

"You only eat this once a year, so just treat it as Chinese New Year!"

"Oh my, it's so sweet! Man, have one too."

“…”

…

"Third Aunt, I have something to tell you. The longan you like to eat is now on sale at XX. Go buy it now!"

"Really? Is it the same longan as last year?"

"Yes, it still tastes the same as last year. There are already a lot of people queuing up to buy it. If you want to buy it, hurry up, or you'll miss it if you're late!"

"Then I'll go buy some now. My daughter-in-law said a few days ago that she wanted to eat longan, so I have to buy some more for her."

"Well, you go ahead, Third Aunt. I'm going home first!"

…

The entire capital city is so big that it is naturally impossible for Zhou Shengli and his two companions to cover the capital city's population of nearly 10 million with Longyan.

However, even if it only covers a population of one million, the purchasing power of these customers is unquestionable.

After all, Beijing is Beijing. Its economy ranks among the best in the country, both in this era and in the future. Although longan is expensive at 3.2 yuan per pound, longan is not a fruit that can be sold for a long time like apples. It is only available for a few days at most. If you miss it, you will have to wait until next year.

Therefore, many families are willing to splurge and more or less follow the trend and buy some to eat.

Otherwise, all your neighbors will get to eat longan, but your family will have nothing to eat. That would be too embarrassing.

Especially if you have children at home, you should buy it.

Therefore, Zhou Shengli and his two companions were surprised to find that although longan this year was more expensive than last year, it was selling much faster than last year. In less than four days, they sold out more than 64 tons of longan.

When the three of them got together to divide the money, they couldn't hide their excitement.

Of the 128,511 kilograms of longan, Zhou Shengli kept 40 kilograms for his family, relatives and friends, while Wang Dabing and Tian Chunzhi each kept 30 kilograms.

Therefore, only 128,411 kilograms of longan were sold, at 3.2 yuan per kilogram, for a total of 410,915 yuan.

The remaining 915 yuan was used to pay for the trucks and labor wages, leaving 410,000 yuan.

Zhou Shengli accounted for 40%, receiving 164,000 yuan, and after deducting the cost of 117,202 yuan, he made a net profit of 46,798 yuan.

Wang Dabing and Tian Chunzhi each took 30%, totaling 123,000 yuan. After deducting the cost of 87,901.5 yuan, they made a net profit of 35,098.5 yuan.

In less than four days, they earned more money than they would have earned in a year from running the store, which made the three of them excited but also a little depressed. As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison, and after this experience of "making a fortune every day", running their business seemed boring.

This is also the reason why many girls who have worked as prostitutes find it difficult to come back and work steadily.

…

When longan was selling well in Beijing, Deng Yunheng and a group of classmates returned to Peking University.

As a native of Beijing, Tang Mingjie did not go directly back to school like other classmates. Instead, he took the bus directly from the train station back home.

When he got home, Tang Mingjie shouted to a middle-aged woman, "Mom, I'm back!"

Tang's mother said happily, "I guess you should be back in the next few days. Are you tired from the car ride?"

Tang Mingjie put down his luggage and nodded, "Traveling is really painful. Sitting on the train for several days and nights will drive people crazy!"

Tang's mother said with a distressed look on her face: "You look so haggard. I told you that it would be hard to take the bus, and I told you not to go. You didn't listen to me. Are you suffering now?"

Tang Mingjie couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Although I suffered a little on the way there and back, compared to this trip to Guangxi, the suffering I endured on the road is nothing."

Tang's mother said with some surprise: "From what you said, you really had a good time visiting your classmate's home in Guangxi this time?"

Tang Mingjie said with emotion: "It's more than good. This can be said to be the most fun summer vacation I have ever had since I was a child!"

Hearing this, Tang's mother was really surprised. She took the fruit basket on the table next to her, put it in front of her son and said, "This is the fresh longan I just bought. Eat some to refresh yourself. Then tell me how you have been spending the past month at your classmate's home in Guangxi."

Tang Mingjie looked at the longans in the fruit basket. If it were in previous years, he would have eaten them right away and would not have stopped until he had eaten a pound or two. But this time he waved his hand and said, "Forget about the longans. I've eaten too many at my friend's house recently. I'm not interested in eating them now. Mom, you can keep them for Dad and my sister!"

Tang's mother was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, you went to Guangxi, which is one of the provinces with the largest number of longan trees. It's not surprising that you can eat longan trees there."

Recalling his experience in Guangxi over the past month, Tang Mingjie recalled: "Mom, it's not just longans. The fruits I ate at my classmate's house this time are probably more than the fruits I have eaten since I was a child, especially the lychees. The taste is amazing!"

Tang's mother was very interested and urged, "Tell me about your experience in Guangxi."

Tang Mingjie nodded and began to vividly describe his trip to Guangxi: "When we arrived at Yunheng's house, we greeted each other with Uncle Deng, and Uncle Deng asked Yunheng to take us directly to the orchard to eat lychees.

Uncle Deng planted a thousand lychee trees and tens of thousands of kilograms of watermelon in the orchard. Knowing that a group of us classmates would come to visit during the summer vacation, in order to entertain us, Uncle Deng kept a lot of lychees and watermelons and did not sell them, so that we could eat as much as we wanted every day.

Uncle Deng is also a very good cook. He cooks different dishes for us every day, including chicken, duck, fish, meat and all kinds of seafood. I have gained several pounds from eating so much.

In addition to lychees and watermelons, there are also jackfruits, carambolas, kiwifruits, kumquats, longans, etc. You can eat as many fruits as you want.

besides……"

Tang Mingjie excitedly told his mother about his trip to Guangxi, talking about everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation to various interesting things in the countryside. In short, he told his mother everything he could remember, no matter how big or small it was. His mother was stunned.

"Xiao Jie, from what you said, it seems that Deng Yunheng's family really spent a lot of money to entertain you guys!"

"Uncle Deng did spend a lot of money. Not to mention the delicious food and fruits he ate every day, but also the electric fans and bicycles, which were obviously bought just because we were coming. Although Uncle Deng and his friends can use them, we all appreciate their kindness."

"This classmate Deng Yunheng is from the countryside, but his family is so well off. I wonder what his father does?"

"Uncle Deng and others have opened a tile factory in the village. I heard that the business is pretty good. He also runs an orchard. He can make several thousand yuan every year just by selling lychees and watermelons. The most important thing is that Uncle Deng has also opened a big restaurant in the county town."

At this point, Tang Mingjie sighed with emotion: "That is a truly large hotel, covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, and the hotel has three floors. Although the hotel is currently only using the first floor, it can accommodate six or seven hundred guests at a time.

Currently, this restaurant is run by my classmate’s elder brother, sister-in-law and sister. It is said that Uncle Deng invested more than 300,000 yuan to build this restaurant! "

Tang's mother exclaimed, "Amazing! Your classmate's father is a capable man. He was born in the countryside but was able to build such a large family business in the early days of reform and opening up. It's really hard to guess what heights he can reach in the future!"

Tang Mingjie nodded and said, "Uncle Deng is really amazing. When we saw Yunheng's big restaurant, we were all stunned!"

Mother Tang thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Jie, when your father comes back, I will discuss with him and see when the time is right to invite your classmate to our home. You have been warmly entertained by his father for more than a month. Now that you are back in Beijing, we as parents must treat your classmate well."

Tang Mingjie said happily, "Okay, then you guys can discuss a suitable time, and I will invite Yunheng to my home as a guest."

…

Sometimes it's really hard to predict a person's luck.

If a person is lucky, he can pick up money when he goes out, and he can win the jackpot by buying any lottery ticket.

When a person is unlucky, he will step on shit when he goes out, and even drinking water will get stuck in his teeth.

Deng Shirong was very unlucky in his previous life. His wife died of illness when he was less than 40 years old, leaving him single for decades.

Then the eldest son also died unexpectedly at the age of marriage, leaving him to see his son die before him.

The filial eldest daughter married a useless man and suffered for most of her life.

The second son, who had the highest IQ, went astray and became a professional gambler, and the couple never had any contact with each other again.

The third son was the one who had the best development, but unfortunately he married a wife who was hard to describe, and his life was worse than that of an ordinary person.

The fourth son and the youngest son also had their own difficulties. In short, none of them had a smooth life.

Perhaps it was because he was too unlucky in his previous life that he had this opportunity to live again.

After his rebirth, Deng Shirong’s luck was much better than in his previous life.

For example, when I went to Longtan Commune with my daughter, I just ate a bowl of noodles at a noodle stall and was lucky enough to meet his eldest daughter-in-law. She is a truly good wife and mother. She has been married to their family for two and a half years. She gets along well with everyone in the family and has the demeanor of an eldest sister-in-law.

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Although the later daughters-in-law have not been married yet, Deng Shirong is sure that even if he makes a mistake in choosing the later daughters-in-law, under the leadership of him, the eldest daughter-in-law, there will never be the kind of open and covert fighting between sisters-in-law that happened in his previous life.

Today, Deng Shirong was just strolling around and unexpectedly met two people trading stamps. The stamps were none other than the famous Monkey Stamps in later generations.

Deng Shirong was just an old man in the countryside in his previous life. The reason he knew about monkey stamps was because he read too many novels.

After his rebirth, he didn't think of collecting this thing at first. When he remembered it, he was too lazy to bother with it. After all, at that time, the post office had sold all the monkey stamps. If he wanted to collect them, he would have to spend time collecting them from the public.

This is not something that can be profitable in a short period of time. If you have the energy to mess around with this thing, you might as well go to Beijing and buy another courtyard house to put away! However, Deng Shirong was really unwilling to spend energy to mess around with it, but if the monkey stamps were placed in front of him, he would not mind buying some for collection. Even if he did not sell them in the future, he could keep them for his children and grandchildren to show off.

Therefore, when Deng Shirong saw a man in front of him buying the eighth edition of the Monkey Stamp from another person, he waited until the person selling the Monkey Stamp walked away and asked, "Comrade, can you sell this stamp to me?"

The person who bought the monkey stamps was a middle-aged man in his forties. He looked at Deng Shirong and asked instead of answering, "Comrade, do you like this monkey stamp too?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "I like it very much. This monkey is very lifelike. I want to buy some to keep."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I didn't expect that you, comrade, also like to collect this. We are all like-minded people. I can give you some, but this is a complete edition. I won't sell it in pieces."

Deng Shirong said, "Comrade, I want to buy all the monkey stamps you have. Are you willing to give them up?"

The middle-aged man was surprised and asked, "You want them all?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Well, if you are willing to give up, then I will take them all!"

The middle-aged man said, "Comrade, it's not impossible to sell them all to you, but the price of a single monkey stamp is different from the price of the entire stamp. You should know this, right?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I understand this, comrade, please name a price!"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "You must have seen it just now. I bought it from my friend at a high price of 200 yuan per copy. This is the price he gave me as a friend. If you really want it, you can take it for 220 yuan per copy."

Deng Shirong did not bargain, and said straightforwardly: "Okay, 220 yuan per copy, I want all eight copies of your copy, a total of 1,760 yuan, right?"

The price of this edition of Monkey Stamps soared to one or two million in later generations. In this era, no matter what price you pay, you will make a lot of money. Naturally, there is no need to bargain. After all, this is also an opportunity to steal someone else's money.

Seeing that Deng Shirong did not bargain, the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile. He bought them for 200 yuan per edition and resold them for 220 yuan per edition. He easily made 160 yuan from the eight editions of monkey stamps. Anyone would be happy to come across this kind of business.

Although the price of monkey stamps of this era has increased many times from 8 cents per piece in 1980 to 2 yuan per piece now, and it seems to have good collection prospects, but this thing has only been issued for three years and is not as scarce as in later generations. It is still easy for him to purchase it separately.

Therefore, the middle-aged man was only happy when the copy was sold at a high price of 220 yuan.

After the two men agreed on a price, they exchanged the money and the goods.

After the payment and goods were settled, the middle-aged man said hello and left with the money in his pocket, smiling.

After watching the other party leave, Deng Shirong carefully looked at the eighth edition of the Monkey Stamp in his hand.

Because it is a complete edition of monkey stamps, the collector has preserved it very well, just like a brand new one. If he had not been reborn from the future, he would have found it hard to imagine that this thing would be so valuable in the future.

If we use the price theory of future generations, his chance encounter today would have created more than 10 million in wealth.

Of course, then again, when this thing is worth more than 10 million, he probably won't be short of this little money anymore.

…

Two days later.

In a private room of Donglaishun, Zhou Shengli, Wang Dadan and Tian Chunzhi invited Deng Shirong to dinner.

We will skip the words of thanks. When the meal was almost over, Zhou Shengli said, "Boss Deng, the market in Beijing is still very large. We only sold the longans in the same area last year and this year. There are several other areas that we haven't sold yet! Can you ship more longans here next year? We guarantee that we can sell them all."

This kind of business that can make a fortune every day will make anyone addicted after trying it. Zhou Shengli wants to see if he can buy more goods from Boss Deng next year so that he can make more money.

Wang Dabing and Tian Chunzhi also showed anticipation in their eyes, they also wanted to make more money.

Deng Shirong had naturally considered this issue. Since ancient times, the most commonly grown fruits in Bobai are lychees and longans. It is even known as the hometown of longans. Therefore, longans are not only grown in Baiping Farm, but also in many places throughout the county. It is no problem to import more goods.

However, after thinking about it, Deng Shirong gave up this tempting idea.

After all, he was using the system space to transport longan, which was not allowed to be seen openly. Now there were only dozens of tons of longan, which only covered about one-tenth of the population of the capital. Even if some leaders noticed it occasionally, they would not pay too much attention to it. At most, they would be curious about how the merchants selling longan did such a good job of preserving it.

But if the amount of longan is increased to hundreds of tons or even tens of thousands of tons, covering the entire population of the capital, it would cause too much noise and might even bring about some unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, Deng Shirong refused without hesitation: "Boss Zhou, everyone wants to make money, but with our current capabilities, it is already the limit to transport so many fresh longans. If we increase the number, the freshness will be out of control. If the longans are left in our hands, it will be a huge loss.

So, I’m sorry, this is the limit. Unless there is another major breakthrough in preservation technology, there is no way to increase the quantity in the short term.”

Zhou Shengli was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he also understood it. He quickly adjusted his mindset and said, "We were too greedy and ignored the difficulty of keeping the food fresh."

Deng Shirong pondered for a moment and said, "There is really no way to increase the quantity of longan. If you, Boss Zhou, are interested in ground pineapple, I can ship some to you next year. It is also one of the four famous fruits in Lingnan. Its shelf life is much longer than that of longan. I just don't know if people in Beijing can get used to the taste of ground pineapple."

It is definitely not possible to transport too much longan, but since the shelf life of the pineapples here is relatively long, they can be transported to Beijing for sale even through normal transportation channels. The reason why no one does this is probably because they don’t want to take the risk of losses.

After all, it costs a lot to transport it from the south, and after it is transported, the selling price will definitely not be cheap. No one knows whether people in Beijing will buy it. So why take the risk?

Transporting them to nearby cities and selling them saves time and effort, and makes a lot of money, so why not? Wang Dabao asked blankly, "Boss Deng, what kind of fruit is this pineapple?"

Zhou Shengli is a fruit merchant after all. He has been to the south for research. He is familiar with most of the fruits in the south. Upon hearing this, he immediately explained to his friend: "In biology, pineapples and pineapples are the same fruit. They are just different varieties. Pineapples have "inner thorns" that need to be removed after peeling, while pineapples do not have "inner thorns" after the skin is peeled. This is the difference between the two."

Wang Dabao suddenly realized, "So pineapple is actually pineapple!"

Tian Chunzhi said with interest: "I think pineapple tastes great!"

Zhou Shengli had also eaten ground pineapples before, and he could totally accept the taste, so he said with some excitement: "Boss Deng, then you can ship a batch of ground pineapples here next year, and we will test the market first. If customers can accept it, then we can increase the purchase volume. What do you think?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said with a smile: "Sure, I'll ship as much as you want next year."

Zhou Shengli thought about it silently and asked, "Boss Deng, can I ask about the price first?"

Deng Shirong said: "Because this does not require much preservation technology, the main cost is in the purchase and transportation, so the price is relatively cheap, only 60 to 70 cents per pound."

Zhou Shengli's eyes lit up when he heard this. In fact, fruits with a purchase price of 60 to 70 cents per pound are not cheap among many fruits. But you have to know that these are southern fruits, not the common fruits in the north. This price is really not expensive at all.

Therefore, Zhou Shengli didn't even need to discuss it with his two friends. He just said, "Boss Deng, if it's this price, then you can try 30 tons first. If the market can accept it, then we will increase our purchase efforts."

At 70 cents per pound, thirty tons would only be worth 42,000 yuan. Not to mention cooperating with two friends, even if Zhou Shengli took it all himself, there would be no pressure. Even if he lost everything, he would not lose money with the profit from longan.

If you make money, it will be another way to make a lot of money.

"Okay, then I'll ship 30 tons of pineapples to you next year."

"Lao Wang, Xiao Tian, ​​let's toast to Boss Deng and thank him for providing us with another way to make money."

"Boss Zhou, you're too polite. This is a win-win situation for both of us. Let's drink together!"

"Yes, cheers to win-win cooperation!"

"cheers!"

PS: Dear big guys, if you haven't voted for the monthly ticket yet, are you planning to save it for the New Year? ^_^ (End of this chapter)