When the Rong family left, they did not take most of the people in the 93 stores with them. If they had taken them, the Rong family would have had nowhere to accommodate them, so they only picked out a very small number of people they considered important and outstanding to leave.
Sun Yanan has not had time to visit the rice shops in the other four counties in person yet.
She first met with people from the 27 stores in the county capital, chose the largest store, summoned the people, and met with them in three batches.
This group of people were feeling somewhat dejected, uneasy, but also somewhat expectant. After all, the Rong family was defeated, and they were abandoned by the Rong family, with their life contracts or indentures directly transferred to the Shi family.
But the new owner is quite strong, and the situation is so positive, everyone is looking forward to it. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise? Maybe this is a better place to go?
Sun Yannan chatted briefly with each of them. She was short of staff now, and her first priority was to sell this batch of rice. She basically planned to use the original team first to try it out.
After the tax is levied, prices will return to normal, and it is unlikely that this batch of rice will lose money. At least a 10% profit should be guaranteed, but the selling time will be longer.
Sun Yanan checked the list one by one, then asked the employees to go back, clean the store and replace the signboard.
She left all the shopkeepers behind and had to try this group of people.
So Sun Yannan said, "This rice comes from different seasons, some are of better quality, some are of worse quality.
If these inferior ones get spoiled, they'll be worthless, but the good ones are more durable. How about selling all the inferior ones first?"
All the shopkeepers were silent. Some didn't want to get involved, so what? Some hesitated. Should they speak or not? What was the temperament of this new owner?
Sun Yanan waited for a long time and sighed in her heart: Forget it, people's hearts are unstable now, the shopkeepers and she don't keep secrets and don't trust each other, so she can only wait and see.
One shopkeeper hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: "Boss, I manage my rice shop. I'm in good hands and I'm willing to pay my bills. Could you please stop interfering with how I sell rice?"
Sun Yannan was amused. It wasn't a polite remark, but she was in need of someone to handle things on her own. She asked, "What's wrong with selling it this way?"
The shopkeeper said, "If the inferior rice can be sold at 30 cents, and the better rice can be sold at 3.5 cents, then according to what you said, do we have to wait until the better rice can only be sold at 30 cents?"
Doesn't that mean the store is losing money?
You can't always sell pears that are about to go bad just because you are afraid they will go bad.
Good and medium-quality rice are displayed at different prices, and customers who buy rice can choose what they want.
We should take advantage of the best price for rice and sell the most profitable rice first."
Sun Yannan suppressed his joy and wrote down the man's name, Geng Dazhu. Then he said, "You're right. I'll do as you say. I don't care how each store sells rice, as long as the bill is good."
On the way back, Sun Yanan was thinking that he had to go to the rice shops in the four counties below to calm people down first.
She also planned to change the Rong family's previous principle of giving each rice shop roughly the same amount of rice. From now on, the rice shop with the highest profit and fastest rice sales would receive a larger share. The shopkeepers' incomes would also be differentiated...
Then he looked up and saw Rong Li hugging Shi Yue and crying in his yard.
Shi Yue looked up and saw his wife standing there. He hurried over to Sun Yannan and said, "Don't be so ruthless. After all, we have been friends for so many years. Can you help Rong Li?"
Sun Yannan was furious, not afraid to say anything in front of Rong Li, "The friendship for so many years is between you and her, not between me and her. But not long ago, she prepared a large table of stinky fish and sour tofu to frame me, and the Rong family has not given an explanation to this matter until now.
Who was it that wanted to suppress the price of our rice? Who had clearly bought old rice from other families and refused to accept ours, forcing us to find another source for our rice? How dare the Rong family turn around and blame us for breach of contract?
Originally, according to my grandmother, the matter should have been settled privately between the two families, but the Rong family refused to give in. It was not that there was no chance for both sides to compromise and talk things over. Whenever the Rong family had the opportunity, they never thought of leaving a way out for our family.
When the Rong family left our rice there and couldn't sell it, they didn't think about the friendship we had maintained for so many years.
Now you want me to stop killing everyone. Whoever wants to kill everyone should be killed. At least I only asked for five counties, and I paid for them. The Rong family didn't take a single grain of rice from us.
If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have taken over. Isn't taking over the Rong family a favor from the Shi family? Who's willing to take over now?
I can just lie back home comfortably and don't have to run around for half a month just to take over this job.
I paid so much money to help them revitalize the business, and you still accuse me of killing them. I should just sit back, drink tea, and wait to collect the penalty."
Rong Li's face flushed and paled at what she said, and after a long while, he said, "It was you who easily swallowed up five counties of our family. The grain we worked so hard to buy and transport to the warehouse was also taken away by you at a low price, and yet you talk like a great benefactor."
Sun Yannan said: "Low price? I gave your Rong family the best price, and you still think so.
So Miss Rong is here today to break the contract on behalf of the Rong family? Okay, return the money, give me two installments of liquidated damages, and you can take the shop and rice back."
Rong Li stood there in a daze for a long time, speechless. Once he got the money, he had to pay back the money to his sister-in-law's family, the usury, and some debts. How could he have a complete share? Besides, he couldn't even afford to pay one portion of the penalty, let alone two.
Sun Yannan asked, "Why, you don't want to pay back the money, and you want to take the shop back?"
This made Shi Yue feel a little embarrassed.
Rong Li came today and asked if this money could be considered as a loan from the Shi family. The Rong family could write an IOU and pay it back in ten years.
The rice and the shop still belong to the Rong family. The signboard will not be changed, but the management rights belong to the Shi family. The Shi family will be in charge for the next ten years. If the money cannot be repaid after ten years, these auxiliary materials will be returned to the Shi family.
Sun Yannan looked at their expressions and said in surprise, "Do you really think so?!"
Sun Yannan couldn't help but say, "Most people would never figure this out."
Hearing the sarcasm in the words, Rong Li covered her face and ran away crying.
Shi Yue saw this and said to Sun Yannan, "You have already won a great victory, so why bother to say such harsh words?"
Sun Yannan said angrily, "You are my husband, aren't you? A descendant of the Master's family, aren't you? When did you marry into the Rong family? Are you helping the Rong family?"
The couple had a quarrel, and Xiaotian, who hurried back to report the news, was in a dilemma. Oh my God, why do I always encounter this situation?
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