Chapter 19 Demanding Commodities
"After my father passed away, my cousin Han Chong encouraged all the elders in the family to take over the Han family's property."
"I was unwilling to give in, so I decided to win or lose with him in accordance with the clan rules to decide the family's power."
"I lost the first game yesterday's arithmetic game."
"Only by asking Mu Jun to take action and buy the 100 brocade robes in my hand, I have the chance to win a game and continue the competition."
"Otherwise, if I lose today, I will be completely defeated, and the Han family will also fall into Han Chong's hands."
Han Tao introduced the current situation to Mu Tong, and then pushed a contract to Mu Tong.
"This is the contract I had written when I was waiting for Mr. Mu just now, 100 brocade robes, 3,000 yuan per piece, totaling 300,000 yuan. Please check it out."
Mu Tong didn't look at the contract in front of him, but smiled at Han Tao: "Han Jun, you are doing a really good business."
"As far as I know, the price of your brocade robes should be 2,500 yuan per piece, but you sold me 3,000 yuan. What's the reason?"
"Before I came, Han Chong's 100 brocade robes were sold out, just for 2,500 yuan per piece."
"If I still sell at the original price, I will not be able to win." Han Tao explained bluntly.
"Why are you so confident, Han Jun? I will definitely buy your brocade robe at a high price?"
The competition between you and Han Chong is your family matter, so what does it have to do with me?" Mu Tong continued to ask with a smile.
Han Tao looked at Mu Tong calmly and replied: "Mu Jun can come to see me, but he is already moved by the content mentioned in my letter."
"You won't watch me lose the game, so I will naturally be confident that you can accept such a price."
Mu Tong and Han Tao looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Han Jun is just decisive in his words and decisive, but he is quite a bit like I just entered the industry."
"Okay! I've done this business, but I'll change the price."
Han Tao was slightly stunned when he looked at Mu Tong, then understood Mu Tong's intention and nodded with a smile.
"Yes, I need to change it. This price cannot ensure that I win, and it is not enough to demonstrate Mu Jun's heroic spirit and financial resources. So what if I change it to twice?"
Mu Tong laughed to the sky: "Why do I think you are more like a genius now? After I started this business, I feel like raising a tiger to be a disaster?"
"Only geniuses are worthy of being friends with geniuses, what do you think?"
Han Tao did not avoid Mu Tong's praise at all, but instead praised Mu Tong.
"Well, I've made up your friend. If you don't dislike me, how about you and I will be brothers in the future?" Mu Tong suggested on his own initiative.
"Brother Meng Mu will not abandon me, then I will be more respectful than obedient!" Han Tao stood up and respectfully bowed to Mu Tong.
"Brother, please go back to the store first, let me prepare for a while, and then arrive." Mu Tong smiled and stepped forward to support Han Tao.
The two looked at each other and laughed together. Han Tao sighed in his heart: Sometimes it is so simple to communicate with smart people...
"Boss, you just convinced Mu Tong with just a few words?" After listening to Han Tao's story, Ma Yuan looked disbelief.
"What if it's the case? Okay, the story is over."
"Yu'er, let me continue to go to our winery to pick up a few pots of our special wine, and then go to Mu's mansion with me."
Han Tao told Yu'er that there are also wineries in the Han family's industry. The wines they make are not only very famous in Shanyang, but also sold to other prefectures and counties.
Especially there is a special pure wine, which is not exported normally and is only used to entertain distinguished guests. Han Tao told Yu'er to get this wine.
When Yu'er heard Han Tao's orders, she quickly agreed to prepare for Han Tao.
"Boss, you really want to drink with that Mu Tong. Didn't you say you would take me to the Song and Dance House to find that little round-faced dancer today..."
Ma Yuan whispered to remind Han Tao that his heart had already flown to the Song and Dance Square at this time.
"I just tied the game today, it's still early to celebrate."
"I have a big discussion with Mu Tong. I really can't accompany you today. You can go by yourself and just keep it in my account."
At this time, Han Tao was not in the mood to go and make trouble with Ma Yuan. He knew very well that Mu Tong had asked him to drink, so there must be more follow-up conditions to discuss.
He could also take this opportunity to ask this senior brother about any business that could make higher profits in one month.
After all, the last game against Han Chong is still going to be held, and it is far from the time to relax.
Ma was originally a little disappointed to hear that Han Tao could not go to the singing and dancing workshop with him.
But when he heard Han Tao say that he could pay the bill for him, a smile immediately appeared on his face: "I knew the boss was the best for me, so I won't delay you from doing a big deal, say goodbye!"
After Ma Yuan finished speaking, he didn't give Han Tao a chance to react, and left quickly like a gust of wind.
Han Tao could only shake his head helplessly, then calmed down and planned how to deal with the next "drinking party" with Mu Tong...
It was almost Shangyuan, the moon was round, and the streets were covered with various lanterns.
Han Tao, who was sitting in the sedan chair, had no intention of appreciating it, but kept urging the sedan chair bearer to speed up and ask the servants responsible for the wine to be careful.
"Brother, why did you arrive so late? I'm so anxious to wait for you, brother." Mu Tong smiled and took Han Tao's hand and walked into the living room of his home together.
The living room has already set up a stove and two small tables, and the table is filled with various dishes, which can be seen to be carefully prepared.
"Sorry, sorry, mainly because I want to go home and get my brother the special wine, so it's time to delay."
Han Tao apologized to Mu Tong with a smile, then waved his hand to signal Yu'er and his followers to place the pots of wine they brought between two small tables.
Yu'er took her entourage to set the wine, tactfully retreated, and waited outside. Only Han Tao and Mu Tong were left in the house for a secret business.
"Okay, I've heard that your wine has a strong and unique flavor. Today I finally have the chance to taste it." Mu Tong responded with a smile.
Han Tao picked up the wine pot, poured a glass for Mu Tong himself, and then signaled him to taste it.
Mu Tong picked up the wine glass, drank it all in one go, and then exclaimed repeatedly.
"Good wine, with a strong aroma, and a lingering smell on the lips and teeth. It seems that I have never seen such a good wine on the market."
"My brother really knows what he is doing. This is my secret recipe and is not sold on the market. It is used by my guests at home. Today I specially took it out to thank me." Han Tao explained to Mu Tong.
Mu Tong asked with a smile: "I don't receive any rewards without any merit. I came here with special wine. What are you planning to sell to me?"
Han Tao smiled slightly, knowing that this is going to get to the point.
Mu Tong's question was actually just a condom question, what was the next competition between him and Han Chong, and how could he help him.
"This time, I don't need to buy anything. We compare the same principal and cannot borrow the existing Han family's property, how can we make more money in one month."
"I hope my brother can give me some advice and help me win."
Han Tao told Mu Tong directly about the content of the competition and humbly asked Mu Tong for advice.
"Doing a business is actually to create more valuable goods for sale at the lowest cost and obtain greater benefits."
"If you want to produce goods by yourself and sell them, choose factories, hire labor, and choose raw materials until they are truly successful, it will take a long time and cost more."
"It is extremely difficult to recover capital in a short period of time, let alone make a profit. So you can give up this kind of business directly." Mu Tong began to analyze for Han Tao.
"Brother is the advice." Han Tao nodded repeatedly, "So my idea is that I will hand over the money directly to the man as principal."
"When the end of the month, the income from all industries under my name will be converted to me based on the principal I invested. Is this method feasible?"
The method Han Tao mentioned is a common investment method in modern society, that is, finding ready-made manufacturers to invest and then pay dividends based on their income.
"My brother has a good idea, I can help."
"But, this method may be difficult to win." Mu Tong pondered for a moment and poured a basin of cold water on Han Tao.
Han Tao was slightly stunned by Mu Tong's statement, obviously not understanding the reason.
"How could Han Chong have thought of this method?"
"He was able to sell all the stock of 100 pieces of brocade robes in an instant, which shows how wide his connections were."
"There are about 100 shops in Shanyang County, and your Han family accounts for about 20%, and I account for more than 10%.
"But there are nearly 70% of the remaining stores, which may have already been related to Han Chong."
"If it was the end of the month, he would choose the highest profit from these 70% of the stores to add up, but he was afraid that the total profit would be much higher than the revenue of the stores under my name. After all, they involved more types of products."
Mu Tong explained his analysis to Han Tao.
Only then did Han Tao realize that his idea was still too simple, and it was still far from these old fried dough sticks who had been doing business all year round, so he hurriedly asked for advice.
"If you do ordinary business, you will find it difficult to win, and you can only do huge profits." Mu Tong gave his own suggestions.
"Profitable business?" Han Tao recalled Mu Tong's words.
"That is, you can find the most intimidating goods in Shanyang County in the next month to stock up, and then sell them in a concentrated manner to make huge profits, so that you can win."
"This is the one mentioned in the seven strategies of Jiran." Mu Tong pointed at Han Tao.
After Mu Tong's suggestion, Han Tao suddenly realized that the seven strategies that Mu Tong mentioned came from "Records of the Grand Historian? Biography of Merchants" written by Sima Qian.
The article mentioned that Fan Li, the country of Yue, once called Jiran as his teacher during the Spring and Autumn Period. He taught Fan Li seven strategies, including "the importance of circulation", "the equality", and "the avoidance of stagnation and stagnation".
Fan Li only used five of these strategies to make the Yue Kingdom strong.
One of these seven strategies is: "If you know how to fight, you will be prepared; if you use it at the right time, you will know things; if you have the shape of the two, the feelings of all things can be observed."
It means that you should carry out your own business activities with a purpose, understand market laws, and store materials foreseeably.
According to changes in natural environmental conditions, predict changes in market demand and do a good job in purchasing and selling goods in advance.
Only by focusing on the market where the future demand is most urgent can we obtain more profits.
"This fashion is in the first month of the year. What is the most in short supply in the next month? I need to guess and grasp it yourself."
After hearing this, Han Tao nodded repeatedly, and Mu Tong's reminder was extremely accurate and in place.
What you have to do next is to choose the most scarce products in the future, complete stocking up and wait for the opportunity to sell them.
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