Xia Jiufa asked in confusion, "Xiao Ma, you stayed at home all by yourself and were able to understand five languages. Did you become self-taught?"
Ma Yunfei explained, "Mr. Xia, to be honest, a couple of years ago, I was working outside and met an old professor who taught me."
"Little Ma, you're quite clever."
"Hehe...it's so-so."
Xia Jiufa stared at the map and muttered to himself, "It seems that Shenzhen really is a money tree."
Xia Tian chimed in, "Dad, I think Brother Ma is right. My classmate's uncle is a tycoon. He's even opening a company in Shenzhen. What does that mean? It means that there's gold everywhere there. Just like Brother Ma said, you can carry a sack of gold as soon as you bend down."
Xia Jiufa finally made up his mind and said, "Daughter, once your classmate's uncle opens a company in Shenzhen, you should tell that classmate that we should also open a company in Shenzhen. Just like Xiao Ma said, we should buy several hundred acres of land and grow organic vegetables."
Ma Yunfei said, "Tianmei, once I have some money, I also want to start a company in Shenzhen. You need to contact Cui Tianyang more often recently."
Summer sighed and said, "Okay."
That night, Ma Yunfei stayed at Xia Tian's house.
The next morning, as soon as he got up, Ma Yunfei rode his motorcycle to the detention center.
The detention center was in a very quiet alley. He sat near the gate of the detention center, waiting quietly.
At 10:00 a.m., the gates of the detention center opened, and Zhang Yishan walked out.
Ma Yunfei went up to him and greeted him, "Uncle Zhang."
Zhang Yishan stared wide-eyed in surprise and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to pick you up."
"Ah! So it was you who mediated and helped me regain my freedom. No wonder you suddenly notified me that everything was fine. The day before yesterday, you even interrogated me, saying that I might get a suspended sentence."
"Uncle Zhang, Zhang Mengmeng told me that you have been detained. She has been crying all the time these past two days, and every day feels like an eternity."
Zhang Yishan said embarrassedly, "It's all my fault for being so foolish as to go looking for a prostitute. I never expected that this woman would turn around and accuse me of forcing her. This... isn't this pushing me into a fire pit?"
"Ah! This streetwalker actually said you forced her?"
"Yes, that way she can be free. Sigh! I'm so unlucky to have run into such a vicious woman."
"That kind of woman is really bad, absolutely wicked."
"It's all my fault, I just have a taste for this."
"Uncle Zhang, let me take you home."
Ma Yunfei took Zhang Yishan home, then went to Jiufa Company to say hello to Xia Tian before returning to Qinglong Town.
He went straight to the Baixing Restaurant and told the young widow the news of Zhang Yishan's release.
The young widow said gratefully, "Young man, thank you so much."
"Sister Meng, your business is my business. Since we are siblings, there is no need to be polite."
Ma Yunfei went to the yam sales station and found it deserted.
The abbot said with a worried expression, "Boss, something's not right these past two days. There are far fewer trucks delivering yams; we can only collect two thousand catties a day."
Chen Yuyan sighed and said, "I don't know what happened, suddenly no one is delivering yams anymore."
Ma Yunfei frowned and said, "I'll go to the nearby villages and ask about the situation."
As soon as Ma Yunfei left Qinglong Town, he encountered a horse-drawn carriage delivering yams.
He stopped the carriage and asked, "Are you delivering yams to the sales station?"
The farmer driving the cart replied, "I'm delivering yams to the Dongfeng Inn."
"What...what did you say?"
“I’m delivering yams to Dongfeng Hotel. They buy yams from us for 45 cents a pound and pay in cash. It’s much more profitable than the sales station. I’ve been delivering yams to Dongfeng Hotel for the past two days.”
Ma Yunfei was startled and asked in a panic, "Does the Dongfeng Hotel buy yams?"
"Yes, there's a Mr. Du who's a really nice guy. Every time I deliver yams to him, he even gives me a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes."
Ma Yunfei finally understood: someone was competing with him.
This guy buys yams with cash, and the price is five cents more than what I offer, which is enough to attract all the yam growers.
Ma Yunfei didn't expect to encounter a competitor so soon.
He decided to go to the Dongfeng Hotel to investigate.
Dongfeng Inn is a relatively large inn in Qinglong Town.
The inn was bustling with people coming and going.
There were piles of yams in the backyard of the hostel, and trucks delivering yams kept coming and going.
A man with a buzz cut, a leather bag tucked under his arm, was shouting in the yard: "Arrange the yams neatly for me... I only accept first-class yams, nothing of poor quality..."
Judging from the smug look on the man with the crew cut, and the mountain of yams piled up in the yard, you could tell he was an old businessman.
Ma Yunfei walked over and asked, "Master, how much do you pay per kilogram for yams?"
"Forty-five cents, that's five cents more than the yam sales station in your town, and I'll pay in cash. Young man, if you have any yams, hurry up and bring them to me, or I won't accept them if you're late."
Ma Yunfei estimated that there were at least 30,000 jin of yams piled up in the yard.
Originally, these yams belonged to Ma Yunfei, but now someone else has suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Ma Yunfei said in a sinister tone, "Okay, I'll bring you yams tomorrow."
When Ma Yunfei went to the Baixing Restaurant, the young widow asked, "Young man, why do you look so worried?"
"Damn it, someone's trying to steal my job."
"Little brother, with the town mayor backing you up, who dares to steal your job?"
“A businessman came to City B and stayed at the Dongfeng Hotel. He bought yams at a price of 45 cents per pound. The locals rushed to send yams to him, and my yam sales station was deserted.”
"Ah! I remember now, there's been a man with a buzz cut who's been eating here a lot these past two days. I thought he was visiting relatives or friends, but I didn't expect him to be here to steal your business."
Ma Yunfei sighed and said, "It's also my fault. I underestimated the ruthlessness of competition in the market. What's meant to happen will happen, but it came too early and too suddenly."
"Little brother, what are you going to do?"
"I can only raise the purchase price to outbid him, which will reduce my profits, but there's nothing I can do about it."
The young widow looked at Ma Yunfei and asked, "Little brother, if you raise the purchase price, what if he raises his too? Are you two going to fight to the death?"
"Let's fight it out, we have no choice but to fight tooth and nail."
Ma Yunfei was somewhat annoyed. His business had just started and he had only earned less than 100,000 yuan, yet someone was already trying to take his livelihood away.
Ma Yunfei returned to the yam sales station and said to the abbot, "Tomorrow, go to each village and tell them: we buy yams here for 50 cents a pound."
The abbot asked worriedly, "Boss, our business already has thin profit margins. What if we lose money if we raise the purchase price?"
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