Another heavy snow fell on Hongshan Brigade. If it were any other year, everyone would already be comfortably staying at home during the winter.
However, this year is quite different. Because of their side jobs, several cadres of the brigade, their families, Zhao Cheng and the Zhu family, as well as the Ma family couple in the cowshed, are all busy.
After Zhao Cheng led the team leader and the village secretary on several trips to the city, they finally brought back their first order.
None of them expected that the first order they secured would come not from the county, but from the city's cotton mill.
Moreover, the number of workers in the city's cotton mills is about 200, which is four times more than that in the county. This means that their order volume will be much larger than that of the cotton mills in the county.
And the orders they brought back this time were indeed quite large. They needed to send all the bean sprouts they could take out to the cotton mill, and then send 100 kilograms every 10 days thereafter.
Regarding pricing, the team adopted Zhao Cheng's suggestion and did not intend to sell at a high price from the beginning.
The price is 6 cents per pound. The first three units to sign a contract with them can get a discount to 5.5 cents per pound. In addition, for orders of 100 pounds or more, the price can be reduced by 5 cents per pound.
This price isn't high, but it's not low either.
The beans cost about 2 cents per pound, and the rest is the labor cost. Moreover, transporting bean sprouts is quite difficult.
The team's cadres were surprised for a moment when they agreed to the price and reported it to the commune, where the leaders also nodded in approval.
However, they ran into obstacles at two factories in the county, both of which felt that the vegetables shouldn't be sold at such a high price.
Wang Fulin and other leaders in the team had also hesitated about whether to lower the price, but Zhao Cheng insisted that the price should not be lowered.
"Captain, in my personal opinion, once the price is set and everyone agrees it's appropriate, it's best not to lower it further."
We can strive to improve the quality control of bean sprouts, and we can add a little extra as a bonus when delivering them, but we absolutely cannot lower the price just because others say it's expensive.
This is a dangerous precedent; once we set that precedent, everyone will be waiting for us to lower prices.
After listening thoughtfully, the team's Party Secretary nodded.
"Captain, why don't we listen to Comrade Zhao? Although we don't know much about this, we still have some experience."
Once this starts, if we manage to negotiate with so many factories, and they all take turns lowering their prices, things will get complicated.
Wang Fulin understood this principle. His hesitation stemmed from the fact that no one had ever done this kind of business before, and from the perspective of vegetables, the bean sprouts were indeed a bit expensive.
But after thinking about it, he felt that he should trust Zhao Cheng.
"Okay, then we'll listen to Comrade Zhao. We'll do whatever he says. Professional matters should be left to professionals. We can only assist from the sidelines."
Zhao Cheng was actually quite touched that the team leaders believed in his result, and he also knew their concerns, so he immediately offered an explanation.
"Captain, and all the leaders and cadres in the team, thank you very much for your trust in me. I know that you have some doubts about the price of these bean sprouts."
But I can assure you that our price is not expensive, it's even somewhat cheap.
Sure enough, after Zhao Cheng said that, all the brigade cadres present focused their attention on him.
Noticing this, he smiled slightly and continued:
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