Ma Yunfei gritted his teeth and said, "Boss, we'll go with the price you offered."
The old man said with a smug look, "Young man, you're quite straightforward; you've got business acumen. Tell me, where are you from?"
"I'm from Qinglong Town, K County."
"Oh, I see, you have a lot of yams where you live."
"Yes, the yams from our area are not only of good quality, but also reasonably priced."
"Young man, you haven't been doing this for very long, have you?"
Ma Yunfei had to admit this fact; otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
"Uncle, I've only been in the yam business for a month."
"Haha... Enough with the small talk. Have the driver take the car to my Jiufa Company. It's not far ahead."
The old man got into the first truck and led the way to Jiufa Company.
He introduced himself: "Young man, I am the general manager of Jiufa Company, my surname is Xia, you can call me General Manager Xia from now on."
"President Xia, please take care of me. My surname is Ma, and my name is Yunfei. You can call me Xiao Ma."
"Xiao Ma, my company specializes in agricultural and sideline products. From now on, when you buy yams, supply them to me."
As he spoke, Mr. Xia took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Ma Yunfei.
Ma Yunfei respectfully accepted the business card with both hands and replied, "Mr. Xia, thank you."
He muttered to himself: "You old fox, you actually downgraded my first-grade yams to second-grade for purchase! Today, I'm desperate, that's why I'm selling my yams to you at such a low price! Humph! I'll never do anything with you again!"
Jiufa Company is a two-story building with a large courtyard in front. The upstairs is for offices, and the downstairs is for warehouses.
As soon as I entered the company, an old man from the reception desk rushed over and said, "President Xia, a woman named Xiaoxia just called and asked you to come over urgently."
The old man asked nervously, "Is that woman called Xiaoxia?"
"Yes, she emphasized it several times, saying that her name is Xiaoxia, the 'Xia' in 'colorful clouds,' and asked me to tell you as soon as possible."
Mr. Xia looked somewhat nervous. He glanced around and asked, "Has my daughter left?"
"I didn't see your daughter leave; she's probably still in the office."
President Xia shouted, "Xia Tian!"
A girl poked her head out of a second-floor window and called out loudly, "Dad, did you call me?"
"Summer, come down here quickly."
Ma Yunfei felt that President Xia's daughter looked familiar.
He thought to himself: That's strange. I have no relatives or friends in City A, so how could I know this girl? No way.
The girl ran downstairs happily and asked, "Dad, what's wrong? Why are you shouting like that?"
“In the summer, you weigh and inspect these three truckloads of yams and buy them all at 80 cents a pound. I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I'll leave this to you.”
"Dad, don't worry, go ahead."
Mr. Xia left in a hurry.
Summer stepped on the tires, clung to the truck bed, climbed onto the truck, and took a closer look, muttering, "Why does my dad say this is second-class? It's clearly first-class."
Xia Tian inspected all three truckloads of yams and asked Ma Yunfei, "Where did you come from?"
Ma Yunfei replied, "I'm from Qinglong Town, K County."
The abbot stared intently at the girl. He tugged at Ma Yunfei and whispered, "Boss, this girl looks familiar."
"Yes, I also think she looks familiar, but we're completely clueless here and don't know anyone, so how could we possibly know this girl?"
Ma Yunfei felt a bit hot, so he took off his hat.
Xia Tian looked at Ma Yunfei and exclaimed, "Big Brother, it's you! No wonder you looked familiar."
Ma Yunfei asked in confusion, "You...you know me?"
“Brother, have you forgotten? Ten days ago, I was kidnapped by two thugs and taken to a van. It was you and this brother who rescued me.”
Ma Yunfei finally remembered that the girl was the one who had been kidnapped by the criminals that night.
Ma Yunfei said excitedly, "Ah! What a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you again."
"Brother, so you're in the yam business."
"Yes, I've only been in this line of work for a month, I'm a newbie."
Xia Tian asked in confusion, "Brother, your yams are clearly first-class, so why does my dad say they're second-class?"
Ma Yunfei sighed and said frankly, "In the summer, I met a wholesaler in City A. I sold my yams to him the last two times. Unfortunately, this time the wholesaler I met ran into some trouble. I happened to run into your dad at the farmers' market. When your dad saw that I was in a hurry to get rid of them, he lowered the price."
Xia Tian said with dissatisfaction, "My dad is really something. Doing business is about integrity. How can he bully people like that? My dad must have taken advantage of your eagerness to sell and tried to drive down your price."
"In summer, when doing business, of course you want to buy at the lowest possible price and sell at the highest possible price, which is understandable."
Xia Tian frowned and said, "Brother, I've looked at your yams carefully, and they're all top-grade. Recently, the purchase price for top-grade yams is one yuan, so I'll buy them for one yuan."
"Summer, your dad and I have already agreed on a price. How are you going to explain it to him if you raise the price now?"
"I have my own way."
In the summer, he called over a few people, weighed all three truckloads of yams, and then asked, "Brother, would you like cash or a check?"
Ma Yunfei suddenly realized that he always asked for cash, which was too unsafe.
"Write a check."
Xia Tian wrote a check for 100,000 yuan and handed it to Ma Yunfei, asking, "Brother, are you going to rush back tonight?"
"Yes, I have to rush back tonight, otherwise the costs will increase. Look, these three trucks need to pay parking fees, and the drivers also need to pay for accommodation. I can't afford that."
"Brother, you're very shrewd in business. Although you're a newbie, I feel like you're quite calculating."
Ma Yunfei was, after all, an economist in his previous life, so of course he would be good at budgeting.
As the two were talking, President Xia returned.
Mr. Xia asked cheerfully, "Daughter, has the bill been settled?"
"Dad, I bought them for one yuan per kilogram because the yams from other vendors are all top-grade."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Xia's expression changed drastically, and he said angrily, "Girl, Xiao Ma and I have already agreed to buy it at 80 cents per pound. How could you raise the price on your own?"
Xia Tian pulled her father aside and lied, "Dad, this deal almost fell through. Just after you left, someone came to Xiao Ma and told him that someone was buying them for 1.05 yuan and that he should drive away quickly. When I heard that, I immediately grabbed Xiao Ma and decisively raised the price to 1 yuan. I also told him, 'If you sell to someone else, they'll cheat you on the scale. It might look like they're buying for 1.05 yuan, but actually it'll be less than 1 yuan. If you sell to me, I'll give you a fair scale.' After hearing what I said, Xiao Ma finally decided to sell these three truckloads of yams to us."
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