Chapter 178 Members share food
In the evening, in the brigade office, Jie Yi weighed the coarse grains and gave them to the team leaders of each production team. The team leaders took the weighed grains to their own teams. The scorekeepers took out a small notebook and called out the names of the members who had paid to buy coarse grains one by one. Those whose names were called took the bags and put the weighed food into the bags, then left with a smile on their faces. Those whose names had not been called were extremely anxious, fearing that all the food would be distributed. Where did these foods come from? This requires the story of Jie Yi.
During the day today, Ziyi brought the finished backpacks to town, gave the backpack for Liu Baoer to her, and took five more backpacks for her to sell. Ziyi completed a task and wanted to leave, but Liu Baoer refused to leave and insisted that Ziyi wait until she met the director of the supply and marketing cooperative before leaving. She also asked the old man to keep an eye on him.
"Brother-in-law Ziyi, please be kind. Last time, my director told me after looking at the drawings that I must show him the actual products as soon as possible. If the quantity is not large, the supply and marketing cooperative will take care of it all. So you must wait, maybe you don't have to go to the county town. I'll take it to show the director and will be back in ten minutes. Wait! Grandpa, please help me keep an eye on him. Whether my granddaughter can make a fortune depends on you!" After Liu Baoer finished speaking, she grabbed her backpack and ran away in a hurry without caring whether Ziyi agreed or not.
"Ziyi, Baoer is just like this. Just wait a moment and have a cup of tea with me, an old man." The old man poured Ziyi a cup of tea. Ziyi quickly stood up and took the teacup with both hands, saying respectfully: "Grandpa, you are so polite." Ziyi took a sip, and a refreshing fragrance refreshed his heart.
"Grandpa, your tea is good, with a pure taste and rich aroma." Yi Ke praised.
"I can't believe you know anything about tea."
“I know a thing or two…” An old man and a young man were there drinking and talking about tea.
Liu Baoer rushed into the office of the supply and marketing cooperative with her backpack, pushed the door open and walked in, still shouting, "Director, Director."
"Why are you so reckless?" In the office, a middle-aged man looked up from the documents and frowned.
Liu Baoer had no awareness of offending anyone. She rushed to the desk and threw her backpack on the table.
"Hey, what are you doing? My documents!" The man hurriedly rescued the documents from under his backpack, scolding: "Girl, how many times have I told you to be steady, be steady."
"Don't be so cautious, take a quick look at the backpack I mentioned last time. How about it?" Liu Baoer said with shining eyes.
The office director stopped criticizing Liu Baoer. He took the backpack and examined it carefully, then tried it on his back.
"It's really good and convenient, much better than a shoulder bag. How many are there? Bring them all over and let me see."
"There are dozens of them, but they only sold five to us."
"What? Five? Too few? How much is one?"
"Two dollars."
"Not expensive. How many do they have?"
"More than thirty? Should we buy them all?"
"Can you call him over and negotiate the price?"
"What else is there to talk about? They wanted to go to the county town to sell it, but I forced them to stay here. My grandfather is guarding it."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go to your house!" The office director said as he quickly stood up and prepared to go out. Then he remembered the backpack on the table, so he quickly put it away and locked it in the cabinet. Then he urged Liu Baoer to hurry up.
Ziyi was just about to say goodbye when a man walked in quickly from outside the door.
The man was wearing a blue Mao suit with a pen in his left pocket. He had a clear look in his eyes and walked up to Ziyi with a smile.
The man smiled and said enthusiastically, "Hello, comrade, I guess you are the owner of the backpack, young man, you are smart, and your backpack is well designed!"
Ziyi politely replied: "Hello, comrade! You are flattering me. It's just some tricks."
The old man stood up, and the director of the supply and marketing cooperative said with a smile: "Old man, I would like to borrow your precious place to discuss business today. I will thank you another day."
"That's what you said. Forget about any other thanks. It's just that this girl doesn't know anything. Please take the trouble to teach her." After the old man finished speaking, he turned to Ziyi and said, "Talk to the director patiently. Business can be done through negotiation." Ziyi nodded seriously to show that he understood.
Liu Baoer poured tea for the director and Ziyi, and sat down to listen to their conversation.
"Brother, we are not strangers, so I will get straight to the point. How many bags do you have? Can you offer a lower price?"
"There are only 39 bags, so the price can't be lower. I'm talking about the wholesale price. You can sell them for at least three yuan each. And I don't make a penny. I'm just helping. You know how difficult it is in the countryside."
"I know this. Three yuan is a bit expensive. It's hard to sell if it's expensive. If it's two yuan and a half, it might be okay. You know a school bag is only one yuan. If I can provide the fabric, can you give me a lower price?"
"Well, if you provide the fabric and we just make it, a large backpack like this will only cost one yuan, what do you think?"
"Okay! You are indeed a smart guy. It's easy to talk to a smart guy. Let's make it clear. From now on, you will only sell your bags to us."
"How many deliveries do you want each time? What is the delivery time? And the money will be settled when the delivery is made, without any delay. This must be agreed upon."
"Okay, no problem. We'll pay for the goods. This month we'll deliver every three days. How about once a week starting next month? The demand will be high at first, but it won't be so urgent later."
“We can’t sell many in this town, right?”
"Don't worry about that. I can supply goods to the supply and marketing cooperatives in other towns."
"It's easy to learn. When other companies make it, the price will be lower and they won't ask you for the goods anymore."
"I told you that you are a real man. You have thought of all this for me. But don't worry, I have someone in the fabric factory. My price is definitely lower than others, so they can't compete with me."
"How about this? You have the fabric, and we can keep some of the bags each time we make them, and I can sell them outside to make some money."
"Sure, if you have a way, that's even better. I'll reduce your purchase price by 30 cents, how about that?"
"Sure, but this batch of goods will still be two dollars each, because that's what we agreed with them."
"Okay! No problem. I'll send the cloth to you tomorrow. Should I send it to the village or come and pick it up?"
"I'll ask someone to come get it. Let's keep a low profile. It would be great if we could have a factory in the village."
"I heard it will be available soon."
"real?"
"Really? There is a document from above saying that we should take grain as the key link and develop in an all-round way. I heard that a production team in the south has set up a small factory. Our area is a bit remote, and it won't be long before we will respond to the policy from above and find ways to develop in an all-round way. I heard that this kind of factory is called a social enterprise. This social enterprise is essentially a way for the production team to save itself. It can not only alleviate the tight life of the production team members, but also enrich the material needs of the residents. I heard all this when I went to the south to purchase, and I don't know the details."
Ziyi didn't expect that the progress of this world was so much faster than in his previous life. In his previous life, small factories only started to appear in rural areas in the early 1970s, but he didn't expect that they would appear now.
"Thank you, Director. Your information is very important. If we can open that social enterprise, I will trouble you to introduce me to your friend in the fabric factory. Don't worry, we will charge 10% less than others for the finished bags."
"Okay, I will definitely introduce you when the time comes. If there is any news about setting up a factory, I will also tell you in advance."
The two reached an agreement on how to cooperate in the future...
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