"Wow, ten or eight thousand a month? The longer you keep them, the more you lose!" someone joined the conversation, retorting, "I don't think it's some expensive stuff like cold storage. They've probably found a distribution channel and sold all our cauliflower!"
"What do you mean 'ours'? These all belong to Boss Xu now, and have nothing to do with us!"
"Hey, I just said it without thinking."
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The group chatted about this topic for a while, but no one could convince anyone else. Finally, their gazes fell on Gao Tian, who was in charge of the command. After exchanging glances, one of them beckoned Gao Tian over.
"Uncle, what's wrong? Is there a problem?" Gao Tian saw someone waving and quickly came over to ask what had happened.
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you something." The man pointed in the direction the transport truck had left and asked in a low voice, "Do you know whether these cauliflowers were stored in a cold storage or if a big buyer was found?"
"None of those," Gao Tian shook his head and denied. "The first batch was sent to make boxed lunches, the second and third batches were sent to the shops owned by Boss Xu for promotional events, and the fourth batch, I think, was sent to the surrounding towns and villages for banquets."
Yes, actually, the largest volume of shipments did not come from online Taobao stores or offline stores, but from the rural banquet chefs that Liu Tong and Liu Zhaowen were responsible for contacting.
By the end of October, the autumn harvest was basically over, and most villagers in the town were finally free from the heavy and busy farm work and had some free time.
During the off-season for farming, there are many auspicious days and the weather is cool and comfortable, so weddings are more frequent. Weddings are always accompanied by banquets. A newlywed couple will have two banquets, one for the groom and one for the bride. In addition, there are birthday banquets, 100-day celebrations, and other banquets in a continuous stream.
From October 1st until the Lunar New Year, the busiest time of the year arrives for the chefs of rural banquets.
In rural areas, banquet chefs take on two different ways of catering: one is that the host prepares all the dishes, and the chefs use their skills to earn a meager living; the other is that after the host decides on the banquet menu, the chefs take full responsibility for the rest.
Since taking on the task of negotiating with the rural banquet chefs, Liu Tong and Liu Zhaowen have collected 47 contact information and reached cooperation agreements with 34 of them.
Following the list, the two dialed the phone numbers of the chef teams one by one. They got through to 42 out of 47 numbers and had conversations with them. Among them, 29 teams were interested in Xu's Catering's so-called low-priced, high-quality cauliflower.
After the banquet ended at 4 p.m., the twenty-nine teams arrived at Xu's Catering headquarters one after another to check the quality of the cauliflower. After some discussion, the twenty-nine teams purchased a total of eight tons of cauliflower and also made an appointment to come back and purchase another batch in two days.
With a points mall, online and offline redemption activities, and a continuous team purchasing strategy, this model and sales speed can not only recoup the initial investment in cauliflower but also generate a surplus.
After all, in just one day, they have already recouped nearly 40,000 yuan of their investment, while the cost of purchasing the produce from 20 mu of greenhouses was only 60,000 yuan, and only two-ninths of the cauliflower was sold today.
While everyone was busy working on the cauliflower, Xu An sat leisurely in the conference room, watching the design team from Hanhai Studio and the construction team assembled by Uncle Dongliang argue endlessly.
Designers and engineers are almost natural enemies due to the nature of their jobs.
As the construction team, they naturally wished the designer's plan was as simple as possible, ideally consisting of only horizontal and vertical spatial divisions, and then just painted white.
However, as designers, they certainly hope that their designs can be exceptionally innovative, and the spatial shapes should be as complex as possible. Some seemingly simple but highly demanding construction methods are also indispensable.
Therefore, the two sides are having a very 'friendly' conversation at today's meeting.
Spittle flew everywhere with the opening and closing of the gaping maw, the sound was deafening, and the cigarette smoke swirled between the fingers, making one feel as if they were in a fairyland, and they learned a lot of swear words that they had never heard before in daily life.
After persisting for another ten minutes, Xu An felt that they would perform better if he wasn't in the meeting room. So, taking advantage of the heated conversation, he secretly slipped out of the meeting room, took a deep breath of fresh air without any pollution, and then exhaled a breath of stale air.
"The air outside is definitely fresher."
"Yes, the only people who can stay in the meeting room are heavy smokers."
Xu An looked in the direction of the voice and laughed, "Ah, Engineer Li, so you're out too!"
"Yes, Mr. Xu, the air outside is fresh, and the scenery is beautiful too."
At Li Gong's invitation, Xu An walked over to his side and leaned on the railing with him, looking at the specially arranged rock garden in the hotel.
"Mr. Li (Mr. Xu), I have a question I'd like to ask you."
"You go first" x2
"Then I'll go first." x2
"Let me speak first!" This time, Xu An finally spoke before the other party could: "Projects like this have almost no profit; you only earn a small fee for your hard work. I'm curious, why would you take on a project with such demanding requirements?"
“Aha!” Instead of answering Xu An’s question, Li Gong asked in return, “I’m also curious, if we hadn’t agreed to this demanding requirement, which studio would Mr. Xu have chosen to submit the bid?”
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