Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 766 - Chapter 766 756. Overcomplicating a simple question_1

Chapter 766: 756. Overcomplicating a simple question_1 Chapter 766: 756. Overcomplicating a simple question_1 Boss Chang’s concern about pyramid schemes evaporated after drinking the tea.

With this tea, in his hands, it could fetch tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands per half kilogram! And now, what was he hearing? Ten thousand per half kilogram?!

It made the hearts of businessmen ache as if they had just let someone else profit handsomely for nothing.

He put down his teacup and lost interest in Master Qian’s safety, instead eagerly discussing cooperation, “I’ll take the tea exclusively, fifty thousand per half kilogram! However much you have, I’ll buy it all!”

Wu Lan gasped in shock!!!

“Fifty thousand?!”

Were businesses nowadays so willing to exhibit such extravagance? She had originally thought ten thousand per half kilogram was already a fortune.

Song Tan too wanted to agree on the spot, but in business, they still needed to consider Yanping’s opinion.

For instance, right now, his serious face showed no signs of excitement as he calmly said, “Let’s talk about this later–you just got here, first see what dishes you’d like with Master Qian. He knows what we’ve grown in our garden.”

Boss Chang paused, reluctantly glanced at Wu Lan and Song Tan, and for the moment could only agree.

Meanwhile, as soon as Zhang Yanping left the courtyard with mother and daughter, Wu Lan couldn’t hold back, “Yanping, why didn’t you agree? Fifty thousand per half kilogram!”

But Zhang Yanping shook his head, “Auntie, that’s not the way to look at it.”

“In this world, you sell goods for their name, quality, and rarity. Our mountain wild tea doesn’t have much fame; that’s also why it’s hard for other teas to raise their prices.”

“Moreover, although our tea farm isn’t large, we harvest from before Grain Rain until after White Dew without carefully sorting or grading. Under these circumstances, to sell for fifty thousand, unless we hire more people to refine the process. At the same time, we’d be giving up our current online tea market.”

“That’s no big deal!” Wu Lan became anxious, “No matter what you sell in the online store, isn’t it just ten thousand per half kilogram? How can that compare with Boss Chang’s offer of fifty thousand?”

As for hiring people… isn’t it just about screening and sorting and hiring some new staff? That would certainly still be more profitable.

Song Tan, deep in thought, said, “Brother Yanping, are you worried that if his offer is too high, we’d have to sell all our goods to him. If our customers are monopolized by him, our dependency on him would be strong, and if there were a conflict, we’d be in trouble?”

Zhang Yanping paused, “Yes, and no.”

The quality of Tantan’s family products, to be frank, meant that no matter whom they were doing business with, they would always be the top-notch and irreplaceable party A.

Others feared that distributors might breach contracts, but on her side, as long as the quality was not a problem, distributors would be pleading with her.

But…

“Our family’s capital base is too thin, and in today’s world, marketing is king. If we supply all our goods to him, and later on there’s a disagreement, if he collaborates with some peers to besmirch us…”

When capital steps in, even with good quality goods, one has to put up a hard fight to break free.

Zhang Yanping explained in detail: “At present, our online store and live broadcast rooms are just making small sales, to be honest, it’s nothing that would attract big names.”

During this period, only those people from MCN Company brought a bit of a fake audience to stir things up, but they were soon overwhelmed by fans, nothing to worry about. Overall, the environment is still very peaceful.”

“So, it’s possible to sell for fifty thousand per half kilogram, or even to negotiate a higher price. However, we shouldn’t give up the online market. It’s best to negotiate a quota–like every day or every week, we limit the quantity on sale at the current price in the online store, and the rest can go to Boss Chang.”

Wu Lan: …

She finally understood, “Look at you, making such a fuss over a small matter. Isn’t it just about keeping a part to sell ourselves and giving a part to someone else? You’re making it too complicated…”

Zhang Yanping: …(-_-)!!

He had been analyzing from all angles, including economics and sociology, just to help his aunt understand the pros and cons clearly.

Who would’ve expected that Wu Lan had her own rustic shrewdness, “I was indeed thinking that we should keep some of our produce to sell ourselves–back when my grandmother sold vegetables in the market, a lady said they hit it off and insisted on buying all her vegetables. She agreed…”

“Who would’ve known the woman only wanted them for three days, and then stopped buying? For three days she didn’t set up her stall, and the hard-won spot was taken by someone else.”

Zhang Yanping: …So, did he overcomplicate a simple matter?

However, Song Tan was quite optimistic about him: “Mama, Brother Yanping often deals with suppliers; he’s better at doing business than any of us.”

“Besides, there are some things that we know aren’t right but can’t quite articulate why. He speaks very clearly, so let’s just entrust all cooperation with Boss Chang to Brother Yanping.”

After all, when it came to doing business, she wasn’t too particular… Who wouldn’t prefer a smooth ride without having to rack their brains?

Zhang Yanping was overjoyed–now that he was responsible for such important matters, all those miscellaneous chores, whether making chili paste or picking winter melons, wouldn’t involve him anymore, right?

So he became even more careful and thorough: “Tantan, about the offer of fifty thousand, do you want to negotiate some more? If you’re thinking of asking for a higher price, we’ll hire people to carefully sort and select the best.”

“Also, my suggestion is to supply all the pre-rain and pre-Ming festival teas to him every year, and not sell any of it online.”

“We’ll keep the summer tea for online sales, and decide on the autumn tea based on the situation.”

Since Song Tan had already decided to hand it over to Zhang Yanping, she let go without hesitation, “Brother Yanping, I’ll follow your lead!”

Zhang Yanping’s spirits lifted! Then he went into the house with a face that was tightly wound and extremely fierce.

It must be said, he really did look fierce. Boss Chang had just roughly agreed with Master Qian and was feeling relieved. Seeing Zhang Yanping enter, he instinctively tensed up again.

He couldn’t help but put on a smile and asked, “Have you finished negotiating?”

Zhang Yanping was taken aback, then nodded casually, “It’s settled… Has Master Qian told you? What are the plans for the vegetables here?”

Tea leaves could be stored and mailed easily, so as long as the price was right, there really wasn’t much of a problem.

But these fresh vegetables, transported by refrigerated trucks across two provinces, would take at least seven to eight hours. If the contract was finalized, they would have to start transporting them early in the morning every day.

Zhang Yanping knew that in agriculture, this was normal. But looking at Tantan… She didn’t seem like someone willing to stay up all night for this!

At this thought, his brow furrowed even tighter.

Boss Chang felt a wave of anxiety and couldn’t help but glance at the two kitchen staff quietly drinking tea and not speaking.

The purposely selected broad-shouldered, stout employees sat there, not daring to look Zhang Yanping in the eye.

Boss Chang immediately felt the pressure.

He wondered, Did I set the wrong price just now? Is it too domineering to want as many tea leaves as possible?

Or do they look down on my business?

Just a restaurant, which sounds rather old-fashioned and seems to have a smaller scale. It even seems to be no match for the eco-vegetable garden across the street.

But… The eco-vegetable garden was run by several owners pooling their investments, a group of people entangled in one project, each with their own aunts and uncles to push into the restaurant.

How could they compare to his own establishment?

Although he only had a family-run restaurant handed down through generations, he had connections with foodies from all regions over the years…

His network wasn’t bad!

Please, just tell me what’s missing!