◎Electronic watches◎
According to Cai Jiahuai, the wholesale market they are going to today is the largest electrical appliance distribution center in the country.
But when Jiang Che and Cheng Shao arrived there with great interest, they were both stunned after seeing the huge scale of the clothing wholesale market.
This... can you call it big? There are quite a few people, but this place is not big at all, okay?
Cai Jiahuai saw their doubts from their expressions and explained: "Although this place is small, at least 80 to 90 percent of the country's imported electrical appliances flow out from here."
Well, since they were already here, Jiang Che and Cheng Shao wanted to see if this place was as awesome as he said. After following Cai Jiahuai inside and taking a stroll, Jiang Che was indeed greatly shocked.
From refrigerators, washing machines, and televisions to electronic watches, he can find whatever you want. Most importantly, many of the things he has here are imported, which are better than domestic ones and much cheaper.
For example, televisions here are all in color, but those sold in Beijing Department Store are still in black and white. Even black and white ones are not available if you want to buy them. You need a TV ticket.
If you want to buy imported goods from a department store, it will be even more difficult. First of all, you need foreign exchange bills. Foreign exchange bills are in short supply now and not everyone can get them.
...
...
Father Jiang did have some foreign exchange bills, but he couldn't afford to buy a TV with that little foreign exchange bill.
Anyway, this time Jiang Che was able to broaden his horizons. As long as you have the ability to get the goods here, you can easily make a profit of half by selling them.
But Jiang Che was not dazzled by the profits in front of him. He came here mainly to figure out the twists and turns involved. He would wait and see whether to take action or not.
As soon as the three of them left the wholesale market, they met a group of people getting out of a car and walking inside.
After the people walked away, Cai Jiahuai whispered to the two people: "Did you see the person who just passed by, the one who led the group? His family is from this place in Pengcheng."
When Jiang Che saw Cai Jiahuai holding up three fingers, he immediately understood that he was the local tyrant.
"Compared to them, we are just a small-time fighter at best. We are lucky to get a little bit of soup from them."
Cheng Shao didn't understand, so he asked Cai Jiahuai: "Is there no one to take care of this?"
Cai Jiahuai smiled and looked at Cheng Shao meaningfully: "Brother, you asked this question." Cai Jiahuai did not say the rest of the words, but Jiang Che understood his unspoken meaning.
Jiang Che is not as simple as Cheng Shao who grew up in the countryside.
Compared with these, Jiang Che wanted to know more about how Cai Jiahuai would distribute these recorders and watches after he received them. This was not an easy task. The transportation industry was not well developed, and it was difficult for everyone to go out, let alone transport goods to the countryside.
Although he had only been dealing with Cai Jiahuai for a short time, he could still tell that he was a smart man. Otherwise, he would not have thought of making money by taking advantage of information asymmetry when everyone was worried about the saturation of the market and the lack of goods. So he must have his own way.
Cai Jiahuai admitted that since Jiang Che asked, he would not hide it, because it was not a secret, and it would be okay to tell him. "I can get a wagon, and then I can get on the train directly, and someone will pick up the goods when I get there."
But... "I definitely can't share this method with you." What this means is that if you want to do this business, you have to find a car yourself.
Jiang Che also understood that if he told others about his job, wouldn't that mean others would snatch it away? He didn't force him, but just asked him: "Then how can you guarantee that you will make money by transporting the goods to the north?" Looking at Cai Jiahuai's behavior, he even used the carriage, it seemed that he wanted to make a big profit.
"Hey, who can guarantee this for you?" The three of them found a small teahouse and sat down. Seeing that there were not many people around, Cai Jiahuai spoke from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, to be honest, I can only ask you about this matter. If you think you can do it, then do it. If you can't do it, I won't force you, right?" How could he just guarantee that he would make money? If he lost money, it would be his fault.
Jiang Che didn't really want him to promise anything, but he thought he was so confident that he had done some research. Now it seems that he was just relying on experience.
In fact, Jiang Che agreed with his idea in his heart. He didn't know about other places, but in Beijing, electronic watches and radios were definitely very popular. Beijing was already the capital, and things that were popular here were even more popular in other towns.
But this kind of business is fine for making a quick buck in the short term, but it is not necessary to do it for the long term as it is too speculative and unsafe.
Difficult transportation is one thing, but prices fluctuate too much and the market is changing rapidly. If you fail to grasp the trend once and end up with a lot of goods, you could end up losing everything you have.
Therefore, most profiteers will choose to be middlemen, like Cai Jiahuai, who buy goods at low prices and sell them to retailers at prices lower than the market price. Although this method makes less profit, the return on investment is quick, and there will be no situation where the goods are left in their hands and cannot be sold.
But even for a middleman like Cai Jiahuai, not everyone can learn how to do it. First of all, you have to know a reliable and familiar downstream customer. Anyway, Jiang Che does not have such connections, and he does not plan to develop such connections.
He just wanted to test the waters today. After learning more about it, Jiang Che still felt that this business was too complicated and it was not as easy as he had originally thought to just make a quick buck and leave.
The profits are indeed huge, but if you want to make money safely and steadily, you need to spend a lot of time and energy on it.
Jiang Che wanted to start a business that could last for a long time. This way of making quick money through speculation was not suitable for him.
Although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't suddenly quit now because he had already promised Cai Jiahuai to come and take a look yesterday.
So he said to Cai Jiahuai with a bit of embarrassment: "Brother Huai, I may not have much money in my hand, you see..."
Jiang Che did not lie. Although he did not know the specific prices of those goods yet, no matter how cheap they were, they were still electronic products. A tape recorder would cost at least several dozen yuan.
Cai Jiahuai didn't know what Jiang Che did, so it was reasonable for him to say that, and Cai Jiahuai didn't doubt anything.
He just frowned and asked, "How much can you take?"
Cai Jiahuai was so active, of course, not simply because he wanted to help Jiang Che and Cheng Shao make money. It was just that this time, in order to lower the price, he wanted a lot of goods, and it was a bit difficult for him to buy them all by himself, so he wanted to find someone to help him share some of the burden.
Jiang Che looked at him with a look of embarrassment and said, "To be honest, Brother Huai, I came to Yangcheng this time mainly to accompany my wife to purchase goods for our family's clothing store, so the money I have is really limited. I can only take out 1,500 yuan at most. If you don't mind it being too little, just buy the goods for me at this amount. Just take all the electronic watches."
Jiang Che made this decision after careful consideration. First, electronic watches are cheap, and it won't cost much to buy them all. Even if there is any problem with this batch of goods, his loss will not be big. Second, electronic watches are small and don't take up much space, so it's convenient for him to take them back to Beijing. Even if he can't sell them, he can share them with his family, and there won't be much left. Of course, it would be better if he could make a profit.
The disappointment in Cai Jiahuai's eyes was visible when he heard this, but a fly's leg is still meat no matter how small it is. He did not reject Jiang Che's proposal. After nodding in agreement, he turned to look at Cheng Shao: "What about you? How much can you get?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Shao glanced at Jiang Che. Of course, Jiang Che couldn't say much in front of Cai Jiaming. He just hoped that Cheng Shao could figure out what he wanted to say based on the amount of goods he bought.
Cheng Shao indeed saw it. He clearly didn't hear Brother Jiang mention that he didn't have enough money when they were chatting privately two days ago, but he suddenly said so today. It was obvious that he had concerns about this matter.
But after following Cai Jiahuai to the wholesale market today, he found that the profits here were indeed irresistible. After calculating the family savings, Cheng Shao gritted his teeth and said, "The most I can get is 15,000 worth of goods."
"Really?" Cai Jiahuai smiled.
Cheng Shao nodded: "Yes."
Jiang Che estimated that even if this was not all of Cheng Shao’s property, it would not be much different.
There are not many people who can stop in the face of huge profits. Even he was tempted when he listened to Cai Jiahuai's introduction in the wholesale market just now, wasn't he?
Cheng Shao, the person involved, has already spoken out, so Jiang Che will definitely not speak up to stop him now. Not only will he offend Cai Jiahuai, but if Cheng Shao ends up making less money, he might even blame him. Then he will be in a difficult position.
After talking about the matter, the three agreed on a time to pick up the goods and then dispersed.
When no one was around, Cheng Shao asked Jiang Che why he only ordered so little goods, whether it was because he really didn't have enough money or because he felt unsafe.
What could Jiang Che say? It was too late to say anything now, and it would only make Cheng Shao unhappy. He could only comfort Cheng Shao: "Don't think too much. I'm thinking that your sister-in-law is still here, and I have to accompany her to do other things. I took too much goods and was afraid that I wouldn't have enough energy to deal with them. I only took a little to test the waters."
That’s right, after Jiang Che said that, Cheng Shao didn’t think too much about it.
Instead, Jiang Che gave him a few more instructions: "With so much cargo, have you ever thought about how to deal with it? Should you try to ship it back or just digest it here? Otherwise, you can ask Cai Jiahuai, he should have a solution."
Cheng Shao was stunned by the huge profits and indeed had not had time to think about the follow-up. Now, after Jiang Che's reminder, he began to worry.
After a while, he said, "Then I'll go ask him tomorrow."
"Well, don't worry, the goods will not arrive for a few days, and safety is the most important thing."
When they returned to the guesthouse, Wei Xuan was eating in the room. Seeing Jiang Che coming back so early, she asked in surprise: "You didn't eat outside?"
Jiang Che also suddenly realized, yes, they haven’t had lunch yet.
Wei Xuan was confused by what he was like. What kind of person was he, who even forgot to eat?
Jiang Che leaned back in his chair and said with a smile, "I guess those two people have forgotten too."
Wei Xuan asked him: "What did you do today? Why are you so busy?"
Jiang Che explained the whole thing to Wei Xuan from beginning to end.
After hearing the whole story, Wei Xuan was a little worried about Cheng Shao: "Will it really be okay for him to take so much goods?"
Jiang Che thought: "It should be fine, but I just won't be lucky enough to get back." He didn't know what Cheng Shao's plan was.
Wei Xuan was curious about how Jiang Che managed to resist being tempted by such huge profits.
Jiang Che pretended to be mysterious and kept silent. After Wei Xuan patted him, he came back to normal and said, "Because I wasn't going there to make money. Didn't I tell you yesterday? I just wanted to take a look and understand the market."
"Now that you understand it, what do you think?"
"Cai Jiahuai is very smart. This business can be done. The most difficult part is how to transport the goods to other places. As long as this method is solved, it should be very profitable. But you know what, I really discovered a very promising industry today."
Seeing his wife staring at him without blinking, Jiang Che smiled and told Wei Xuan the truth: "Don't worry, I'll tell you after I've checked it out."
The author has something to say:
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2023-04-05 00:12:30~2023-04-05 18:55:30~
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Icecream 10 bottles; Sansheng 1 bottle;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
Section 83
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
