My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 394: Youxi Is Still Smart

Chapter 394: Chapter 394: Youxi Is Still Smart

"They can’t offer us a higher price than you, can they?" the village chief didn’t believe it.

"That’s not necessarily true. Our village’s rice is of high quality; if they can’t provide it to their partners, they’ll definitely be anxious. To get our rice again, it’s very possible they would temporarily offer a higher price."

"Temporarily offering a high price to monopolize our rice. Then, once you all start selling rice back to them, after a few collaborations, they’ll drop the price again," Youxi explained. "At that point, you won’t have any choice."

"In business, the most important thing is trustworthiness. If our relationship with the village wasn’t like it is now, and we were just ordinary partners, I might give you a high price, and you sell the rice to me a few times. If someone else offers a higher price, you break the contract with me and sell the rice to them. When they later suppress the price and you come back to me, how do you think I would respond? If I don’t accept your rice then, the factory could do whatever it wants with your pricing, right?"

Hearing Youxi put it that way, the village chief immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

His first reaction was, fortunately, Youxi had a good relationship with them.

But then the village chief realized, precisely because Youxi had a good relationship with them, they couldn’t afford to betray Youxi.

After all, Youxi didn’t have to care about them and Xing Village.

She had already moved her family to the Imperial Capital and her business was thriving and even collaborating with big corporations; she didn’t need to bother with such thankless tasks.

To be honest, how much money could Xing Village’s rice make for Youxi?

"But we need to look at the long term; even if they temporarily offer a high price now, they might continue to do so. But once our rice is in supermarkets, the prices will definitely be higher," the village chief said.

"That’s true, you know that, but some people probably can’t see the long term," Youxi replied. "Some people only see the immediate benefits, thinking the factory offers them a higher price, and they’ll go sell it to the factory right away."

The village chief fell silent because he knew there were indeed such people.

As Youxi said, not everyone in their village was honest and straightforward.

There were the Lu Family’s elders, then there were people like Zhenjia and Ge Guifen, who were greedy and shortsighted.

There were also cunning ones like Fan Shugen.

There were also those who didn’t like to work, depending on their wives to toil in the fields while they relaxed at home, and they would even scold people if things weren’t to their liking.

The village chief said gravely, "I’ll clarify this issue with everyone in advance, remind them not to be blinded by the immediate profits."

Youxi smiled and said, "Those who listen to advice will just listen, and for those who really don’t listen, you don’t need to persuade them anymore; let them sell. Later, when our prices go up here, they’ll realize."

"Eh, right," the village chief nodded.

"So you see, this company thing still depends on you," Youxi continued. "Besides, I really can’t handle it alone right now. If we get in touch with the supermarket, and I negotiate business with them, having you with me would be more stable. You know the specifics about our village’s rice, like the production, the quality, and so on. If they ask questions, you can respond fluently, much better than I could."

The village chief thought it over, "Alright, then I’ll help you."

"Let me know when you’re free to come over, and I’ll buy you a ticket," Youxi said.

"You can’t be paying for the ticket," said the village chief.

"This is different, since we are going to form a company, this would be considered a business trip, and it definitely shouldn’t cost you," Youxi responded. "Besides, you are working for the village and for everyone’s benefit, it wouldn’t be right for you to have to pay out of your own pocket."

"You girl, as if I don’t know you’re also spending your own money? Our company isn’t even set up yet, so where is the official money coming from?" the village chief wasn’t foolish.

Youxi laughed gently, "You noticed, huh? Then just think of it as me doing something good for our village. I have the money now, so don’t be too courteous with me."

"At the very least, when we go to the supermarket to discuss matters, when we’re at the table and they serve drinks, help me block the liquor. I can’t handle my drink, but I know you can, so I’ll really need your help then," Youxi added.

As long as there was something he could bungle, the village chief felt much more grounded.

"Okay," the‌‌ village‌‌ chief stopped arguing with‌‌ Youxi.

After hanging up the phone, the village chief saw his wife hurry in.

"Let me tell you, the factory quietly contacted people in our village, saying they want to buy their rice at a high price," the village chief’s wife told him.

Fortunately, Youxi had already mentioned it, so the village chief was quite composed.

"It’s still Youxi who is clever; she had already thought of this and advised me over the phone just now," the village chief said.

"But the price the factory is offering is higher than what Youxi offered, and we can’t stop others, can we? We can’t prevent them from earning money," the village chief’s wife said. "But I support Youxi."

"When our village was struggling, why didn’t the factory offer a high price? They even pressured us. It was Youxi who helped our village back then. At that time, Youxi herself had not made much money, not like now."

"That’s not all," the village chief shared what Youxi had said with his wife, "Tell me, aren’t the people at that factory thoroughly bad?"

If they hadn’t come secretly looking to make deals with our villagers, directly coming to me might not necessarily have led to them suppressing prices like Youxi said.

But they secretly reached out to our villagers, inciting a few greed-driven individuals, clearly harboring ill intentions.

"What do we do then? Not everyone will listen to you," the village chief’s wife said worriedly.

"We’ll do what we can," the village chief sighed, grabbing his keys, "I’m going to the village broadcast station to gather people and speak about this matter."

"Okay, you go,"

The village chief went to the village broadcast station and used the loudspeaker to request representatives from each household to gather at the village’s small plaza.

In the summertime, they occasionally showed movies in the small plaza in the evening.

So, the small plaza could fit quite a few people.

The village chief waited in the small plaza, and to ensure he could speak clearly, he even brought a speaker and a microphone to set up.

Once everyone had gathered, the village chief said, "I heard that the factory recently contacted people in our village in private, offering to buy your rice at a high price."

"I’ve gathered you all here today to discuss our future plans," the village chief continued. "Youxi has already registered a trademark for our village’s rice and is preparing to start selling our rice at her restaurant."

"Our rice has received particularly good feedback in the restaurant."

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