Liu Fei frowned and said, "Son, I'm completely confused by this consignment sales thing you're talking about. I'm afraid I can't explain it to your godfather. How about this, come to my house tonight, and I'll ask your godfather to leave work early so you can talk to him about it yourself."
That evening, Ma Yunfei went to the town mayor's house.
The town mayor just got back.
This was the first time Ma Yunfei had met with the town mayor, Gu Le.
"Godfather, hello, I am Ma Yunfei."
Liu Fei chimed in, "Honey, these days, our family has been taking care of everything thanks to our godson. Look, he's made over a hundred pounds of coal ash into honeycomb briquettes, the yard is all tidy, and a vegetable garden has been set up behind the house. The vegetables are already growing, so we hardly need to go to the market to buy vegetables anymore. All of this is thanks to our godson."
Mayor Gu Le looked Ma Yunfei up and down and said sarcastically, "Young man, you're quite clever. I heard you even bought my wife her favorite dress."
"Godfather, it's only right that you take care of Godmother."
"I heard you're interested in starting a business? Tell me your thoughts."
“Godfather, our Qinglong Town is rich in yams, but the yams grown by the people can’t be sold. I want to open a yam sales station to help the people sell their yams.”
The town mayor frowned and asked, "You mean consignment sales?"
"Yes, it's on credit first, and I'll pay after I've sold the yams."
The town mayor gave Ma Yunfei a sinister look and said, half praising and half criticizing, "Young man, you're quite clever to have come up with such a scheme to get something for nothing."
“Mayor, my plan is a win-win situation. First, it allows these farmers to sell their yams, and second, I can also make a profit from the price difference. However, to achieve this, I have to rely entirely on my godfather’s support.”
The mayor tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes closed, seemingly pondering whether Ma Yunfei's plan was feasible.
Ma Yunfei's heart pounded with anxiety. If the town mayor didn't agree, his dream of getting rich would be shattered.
Seeing Liu Fei enter the bedroom, he whispered, "Godfather, there's something I'm not sure if I should say."
The mayor opened his eyes and asked, "What is it?"
Ma Yunfei walked up to the town mayor, put his mouth close to the mayor's ear, and said, "My godmother found a few long hairs on your clothes and suspects you're having an affair. She asked me to follow you tonight."
The mayor was taken aback and asked, "You've been following me?"
“Godfather, you know Godmother’s temper. I have no choice but to listen to her. However, I didn’t tell her the truth about the surveillance. I even covered for you. I told Godmother that the waitress in the private room of the Mantanghong Hotel had a long braid. When she served food and poured wine, her long braid fell on the guests’ shoulders. Godmother believed it immediately when she heard this.”
The mayor looked flustered and asked in a low voice, "You...you followed me last night?"
"Godfather, calling it 'following' is more like 'protection.' After all, you are the head of a town, and you are bound to offend some people in your work. Perhaps some people will secretly try to sabotage you."
"So it was you who hit the young widow's butt with a rock last night?"
Ma Yunfei nodded.
The mayor glanced nervously into the bedroom and said, "Godson, you're very smart. You did the right thing, well done."
The town mayor officially acknowledged Ma Yunfei as his godson.
Ma Yunfei was very fortunate. He never expected that last night's surveillance would allow him to kill two birds with one stone. He not only became sworn siblings with the young widow at the Baixing Restaurant, thus opening up channels with wholesalers in City A, but he also got the town mayor to recognize him as his godson and had no choice but to agree to his plan to sell yams on his behalf.
The town mayor smiled and said, "My godson, your idea of acting as a sales agent is excellent. It opens up sales channels for those yam growers. How about this, when your sales station opens, I'll attend your opening ceremony and show my support."
With the town mayor's support, victory was assured.
Ma Yunfei had another great idea: to bring his godmother Liu Fei into the business as a partner, so that the sales business could go smoothly.
Think about it, who would dare not give way to the mayor's wife?
They got right to work, and three days later, the sales station officially opened.
The sales station was located in the town's grain management office, where there were readily available warehouses, weighing scales, and migrant workers.
The town mayor not only personally attended the opening ceremony of the sales station, but also summoned all the town's leaders.
Ma Yunfei pushed Liu Fei, the town mayor's wife, to the front. Liu Fei had never seen such a grand occasion and was not good at speaking, so she simply acted as an announcer, saying, "Welcome Ma Yunfei, the deputy director of the sales station, to speak."
Ma Yunfei succinctly explained, "The yam sales station is designed to provide growers with a sales channel so that their yams don't rot in cellars. This was a plan personally proposed by the town mayor, and we are simply implementing his instructions."
Ma Yunfei's words essentially put Mayor Gu Le in the spotlight, and he was essentially publicly announcing that this sales station belonged to the mayor.
Everyone knows perfectly well that the head of the sales station is the town mayor's wife, so isn't this just the town mayor's family business?
In less than a week, Ma Yunfei purchased 10,000 jin of high-quality yams at a price of 4 mao per jin by issuing IOUs.
The problem now is: we need to get this batch of yams to City A as soon as possible.
Transportation vehicles are a big problem. Ma Yunfei inquired and found that if he hired trucks, the transportation cost would be at least 1,000 yuan per vehicle.
This will reduce its profits by a quarter.
Just as Ma Yunfei was racking his brains over the transportation vehicle issue, someone unexpectedly came to his door to provide the service.
That day, a man with goldfish eyes ran up to the sales station and asked, "Is the station manager here?"
Although the town mayor's wife, Liu Fei, was the station manager, it was just a nominal position; she never came to the sales station.
Ma Yunfei replied, "I am the deputy station chief. If you need anything, just come to me, and I will report to the station chief."
Goldfish Eyes asked, "I'm the captain of the town's transportation team. I heard that the yams you've purchased are going to City A. Perfect timing, we have a truck going to City A to pick up some things, so we can take your yams with us."
Upon hearing this, Ma Yunfei was so happy he almost jumped for joy. He could hardly believe his ears and asked, "Captain, do you mean: please help us transport the yams to City A without charging us any transportation fees?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Your sales outlets serve the farmers, and our transportation team should also make a contribution to the farmers."
Goldfish Eyes spoke in a grand and dignified manner, but in reality, he just wanted to flatter the mayor.
Ma Yunfei was well aware of this and said cheerfully, "Captain, please tell me your name so I can report to the station chief. Oh, and I also need to report this to the town mayor."
Goldfish Eyes quickly said, "No need, this is what our transport team should do. I'm the only captain in the transport team. As soon as you say captain, the mayor will know it's me."
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