Chapter 166 Active Customers
Under the guidance of Gao Guobing, Gao Mingcheng moved the black bear to an empty room. The plastic sheet and branches and straw wrapped around the black bear had been removed, revealing the entire black bear.
The black bear was missing a leg and had a wound on its abdomen, but the wound was not too big so its internal organs did not fall out.
In addition, there are wounds on the neck and body.
Gao Mingcheng used a javelin to stab the black bear twice, and then the black tiger and the elf bit the black bear madly, leaving bite marks.
Therefore, the quality of this bear skin is average and cannot be sold at a high price.
Gao Guobing saw the wound on the abdomen and immediately asked, "Has the bear gall been taken out?"
Gao Mingcheng took out the bear gall and showed it off in front of Gao Guobing. Before the appearance of artificially synthesized ursodeoxycholic acid, bear gall was more expensive than the entire bear skin and meat. Therefore, after hunting a black bear, if the gall was not taken in time, it would be a big loss!
Seeing the bear gall, Gao Guobing also smiled. He patted Gao Mingcheng on the shoulder and said, "This is a good thing. It will definitely sell well! Mingcheng, after you get this black bear, you will have the money to build a house in the county!"
"Hey!" Gao Mingcheng was also happy. He planned to build a house in the county, with a storefront on the lower floor and a residence on the upper floor. This kind of land facing the street was not easy for an individual to get, but he had a relationship with Gao Guobing, who had helped him get a piece of land of 150 square meters near the street garden.
This street garden is not very conspicuous now, with only a few shops selling things, but after the 1990s, it will gradually become a pedestrian street, and most of the self-employed businesses will move here, eventually forming a business district.
After the year 2000, the real estate market in the county began to heat up, and land here became even harder to come by, with prices much higher than in other places.
What’s even more valuable is that it only takes 20 minutes to walk from the street garden to the County People’s Hospital, and it’s even faster by bike!
After the People's Park is renovated, it will only take more than ten minutes to get to the People's Park from here. In addition, the police station, water bureau, education bureau, tax bureau and other institutions are also nearby, so it is very convenient to do business.
He was sincerely grateful to Gao Guobing for getting him such good land. After the house was built, it would be a goose that would lay golden eggs. Whether he used it for business or rented it out to others, it would be a profitable business.
"Bear bile is the most expensive. You can sell it to pharmaceutical factories, or you can sell it to people above you..." Gao Guobing pointed upwards, but did not elaborate on who it was.
"There is no need to sell bear skins and bear meat in the market. You can just sell them to company cafeterias. I believe those companies are willing to do so. The market price will be the same."
Gao Mingcheng had no objection to what Gao Guobing said, but he also had a request, "Uncle, I was able to hunt this black bear by accident, but I don't want to be in the spotlight. I will tell others that someone else hunted it and asked me to sell it, and I will make a profit from it."
Gao Guobing pondered for a moment and agreed.
"Okay, wait here. I'll spread the word and sell the bear soon."
Gao Guobing was out for only ten minutes. When he came back, he was followed by a few people. Some of these people were holding scales, and some were holding machetes. It seemed that they were here to process the bear meat.
Gao Guobing walked up to Gao Mingcheng and said to him, "Someone wants the bear gall, but it will take a few days for the money to be paid. Leave it with me then, and I will give it to you when you come to the county."
Bear bile is expensive, and wild bear bile is in short supply.
In fact, in 1983, the Ministry of Health took the lead and organized hundreds of pharmaceutical experts in Shenyang to start researching artificial bear bile products, but there has been no progress so far.
In 1984, the technology of draining bile from live bears was introduced from North Korea, and the domestication of wild bears began. This was a huge success. However, this so-called success was a disaster for humans, not for the domesticated black bears that were kept in captivity and whose bile was often extracted while they were still alive.
The reason why the number of black bears has dropped sharply during this period is also related to bear farms. Bear farms will buy live black bears and cubs at high prices, so hunters will go into the mountains to look for black bears.
But in this process, the mortality rate of black bears is very high.
"Guobing, you have great connections. You can even get Black Bear!" The speaker was a man in his fifties. Judging from the tone he used when talking to Gao Guobing, one could guess that his rank should be higher than Gao Guobing's.
"I ate this black bear once more than 20 years ago. We were felling trees in the forest farm and happened to cut down a tree with a hole in it. The black bear hibernated in the tree hole! After we felled the tree, we took the axe and machete and killed it while the black bear was still confused! But that bear was not big, at most a little over 100 pounds, not as big as this one!"
"Hey, why is the bear's paw missing? If you eat a bear, you have to eat the bear's paw!" This man is a chatterbox, and once he starts talking, he never stops.
Gao Guobing knew that Gao Mingcheng had left behind a bear paw, so he smiled and said, "Director Chen, this bear paw was left behind by the hunter and eaten by himself. It's a good thing, he must want to try it himself."
"Of course, he knows how to eat! Tsk tsk, I haven't seen a black bear here for almost 20 years. I didn't expect to have the pleasure of eating bear meat again today!"
"Let me tell you, this bear is full of treasures. Bear bile is precious and can protect the liver. People who drink alcohol frequently will damage their livers. Eating bear bile powder is the best. The bear bile has been taken away by someone, so we don't want to eat it anymore. But it's not bad to eat a bite of bear meat. Bear meat can replenish deficiency and strengthen bones and muscles. It is the most suitable food for people like us!"
"Come on, don't just stand there, start skinning and dividing the meat! It will be almost five o'clock if you delay any longer, so you can have it tonight!" Director Chen did not consider himself an outsider at all and ordered people to get to work.
"Hey." The others responded, took out their knives and started working.
Some used sharp knives to skin the animals, some used machetes to break bones, everyone did their job and worked in an orderly manner.
Gao Mingcheng didn't even have the chance to say a word. He just stood there, a little confused.
Gao Guobing leaned close to his ear and whispered, "This is the director of the Forestry Bureau, Director Chen. He also wanted the bear gall, but the one who bought the gall was someone from the county party committee, understand?"
Gao Mingcheng nodded to show that he understood.
Under Director Chen's enthusiastic command, the group quickly skinned the bear and cut up the bear meat.
"Our police station wants thirty kilograms!" Gao Guobing said quickly, and took the police station's share first.
Originally, the police station would be happy with just 50 kilograms, after all, everyone has a big appetite, and the rest could be shared among the neighboring sister units. But who knew that Director Chen would come over and ask for a share, not only the meat, but also a bear paw.
As for the other two bear paws, one has to be given to the police chief and the other has to be given to someone on the county committee, so there won’t be much meat left.
Divide the meat, weigh it, and then keep account first.
The money will not be reduced, but it will not be given immediately either.
Gao Mingcheng watched them working in a hurry. After dividing the meat, he began to set his sights on the bear skin.
Gao Mingcheng saw this and said quickly, "This bear skin is my labor fee. I plan to give it to my uncle as a gift."
After hearing this, everyone did not force it. The main reason was that the skin had several holes and was not a complete skin, so there was no point in fighting for it.
Soon, these people returned with the meat.
Gao Mingcheng looked at them and touched his nose awkwardly. A black bear was sold, but he didn't see a penny!
But with Gao Guobing around, he doesn't have to worry about defaulting on his debts.
Gao Guobing was the only one there at this time. Gao Mingcheng said embarrassedly, "I wanted to give my uncle a bear paw, but I didn't expect..."
That group of people who were buying goods ignored him, the seller!
"Although this leather has a few holes, it's still okay. I'll take it to the nitrate factory and make anything you want out of it." Gao Mingcheng said sincerely.
Bear skin can be made into leather clothes, but this one bear skin is obviously not enough.
But it should also be possible to make it into a blanket to cover the feet, or a hat, gloves, etc.
Gao Guobing looked at the bear skin, but he didn't have a strong desire to buy it. He said, "I'm strong and don't need it. You need to build a house now and you're short of money. You'd better sell it!"
I have a desire to update my blog a thousand times, but my eyelids are inflamed today and it’s a bit itchy and painful.
(End of this chapter)
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