When Ye Zhiqiu got up, it was already nine o'clock. He calmly got dressed and went to wash up.
When he returned to the living room with the leftover food, he saw Chen Yuqing, Feng Xiaomei and the other three people huddled together studying a book!
Ye Zhiqiu leaned over to take a look, and found that it was the life skills encyclopedia he had bought before!
While they were watching how tofu was made, he asked curiously, "Why are you studying this?"
Feng Xiaomei replied, "Everyone thinks dried fish stewed with cabbage and tofu is delicious. I have soybeans at home, so I plan to research how to make tofu."
It seems that he is bored, but it’s okay. My family still likes to eat tofu, and there is no shortage of oil at home, so I can fry tofu.
He smiled and replied, "Haha, my mom and the others know how to make it. Why not ask her to come back and help when she has time? Besides, the beans need to be soaked first, it's not something you can just do if you want."
Ye Wubing replied cheerfully, "Brother, Mom soaked the beans last night. I just went to check and I think they need to soak for a few more hours. They're not plump enough yet."
"Okay, you guys take your time to study it. I'll go back to the factory after dinner."
Ye Zhiqiu finished his meal and then he said to Feng Xiaomei, who was clearing the dishes and preparing to wash them, "Wife, I'm leaving for work. I ordered some bacon and sausages yesterday. I'll bring them back in the evening."
Feng Xiaomei scolded him, "You're wasting money again. Who can afford to eat such good food every day? You'll have more things to spend money on in the future. You have to learn to be frugal."
Ye Zhiqiu raised his eyebrows and replied helplessly: "I know, I know. I won't waste money next time."
This is the situation. Let alone spending money, even eating well is wrong in this era!
Pushing the bicycle out of the door, Feng Xiaomei waved and helped close the gate.
The temperature in Beijing has now risen to one or two degrees during the day and is around minus four or five degrees at night. This is considered a normal winter, and the temperature difference has always been quite large.
After arriving at the factory, Li Jie came out with a big smile on his face. He said excitedly, "Brother, is it done? Can we go to Tianjin again? I saw that the factory has adjusted its production. I know at a glance that what you said must have been done."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Okay, make the arrangements. We should leave for Tianjin tomorrow."
Li Jie nodded excitedly. He couldn't forget the cheap seafood in Tianjin!
Not to mention him, in fact, everyone who set out with the team was also obsessed with it! After all, the price difference was too big. As long as they made a trip to buy a batch of things, they could get several times the price when they returned to the capital.
After parking his bicycle, Ye Zhiqiu did not return to the transport team, but went straight to Wu Shengli's office in the logistics department.
Now that Zou Langtao has been assigned to another position, Wu Shengli has not yet found a suitable secretary.
After knocking on the door and entering, Wu Shengli saw that it was Ye Zhiqiu who had returned. He asked anxiously, "Xiao Ye, have you reached an agreement? We are already getting impatient because our superiors have been urging us to submit the application report. If it is delayed any further, we will probably have to go to Sui County!"
It turns out that the higher authorities were urging them to do so. No wonder they were so anxious!
Ye Zhiqiu nodded quickly and said, "It's half done. The only issue is the price. They asked us to name an amount. After all, if we go and take the goods, they don't have to take the risk of shipping them elsewhere, so they are willing to trade. They're just worried that we'll offer too low a price."
Wu Shengli was delighted when he heard this: "No, since it's a price issue, let's go talk to Lao Liao and the others first!"
Wu Shengli was really decisive and efficient. After he finished speaking, he took Ye Zhiqiu to the administrative building and wanted to hold a meeting with them immediately to discuss the matter in detail.
As soon as he saw Qiu Xiaoshan, Wu Shengli leaned close to his ear and whispered to him to inform Secretary Liao and the others to come to the meeting, and then he and Ye Zhiqiu went into the meeting room first.
Soon everyone arrived and lit cigarettes together. For a moment, the whole conference room was filled with smoke.
Liao Yegu asked, "Xiao Ye, how is the discussion going? Are there any requests from the other side?"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly stood up and replied, "Leaders, the matter has been settled. The food will be mainly flour and rice, supplemented by potatoes and corn. The quantity will be determined by us."
They were very willing to go through with this transaction, but they asked us to give a currency price. I was not sure about this, so I asked them again this morning.
We learned that most people on the other side wanted to complete the deal, but a small number of people felt that we couldn't offer a good price, so there were some voices of dissent.
Everyone started talking with joy on their faces. After all, since they could go to Tianjin, they didn't want to arrange for people to go to Sui County, because if they went there, they would need to mobilize too many connections!
So after everyone discussed it for a long time, Chen Yimin asked Ye Zhiqiu, "Xiao Ye, what do you think of the general price of 70 cents? We've calculated that the normal purchase price abroad is 10 cents per pound, and the cost of shipping it back to Southeast Asia should be around 15 cents.
So if they trade normally to other regions, they can only get 25 cents. Our current situation is complicated, so they can take the risk and sell at a high price.
But if we take over the risk, they'll make a killing at this price, what do you think?"
After Ye Zhiqiu knew the factory's bottom line, he immediately patted his chest and said, "I'm sure I can convince them with 70 cents, and I'm confident I can lower the price. I just don't know what quantity the factory is planning to purchase this time?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately smiled happily.
Wu Shengli said happily, "We'll take whatever they can offer! If they don't have enough cars, I'll borrow some from others. We're using too many connections this time. If the number is too small, we'll suffer a huge loss!"
Ye Zhiqiu thought about it and realized that there was quite a lot of food in the space, so he asked carefully, "Leaders, what do you think of 80 tons? Even if we pull out all our trucks, it still wouldn't be enough."
Liao Yegu lit another cigarette before asking, "Xiao Ye, can we increase it to 100 tons? 100 tons is only 200,000 kilograms of grain. You don't have to worry about the vehicles!"
We have fifteen trucks in our factory, and if we calculate based on a six-ton overload, that's 180,000 kilograms. We only need to borrow four or five more trucks to have enough transportation capacity."
A truck that crawls when transporting five tons is actually supposed to carry six tons?
Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Leader, last time when we were hauling fish, it was five tons and weighed about ten thousand pounds, but it was moving very slowly. If it was six tons, would our car be able to handle it?"
Chen Yimin waved his hand and said, "That's not a big deal. At most, we can borrow two more vehicles. The key is whether they can provide so much food for trade."
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