Chapter 18 The Situation
When he left Heidler's estate, Dulin had three hundred dollars in cash in his pocket, and seven hundred dollars would be given to him three times in the next two months.
Of course, there will be a prerequisite for all of this, that is, after Du Lin takes away these 300 yuan, he can see the rapid development of the fellow country association, such as having a certain number of fellow country association members, and being able to unite together. As long as he does this, Du Lin can get 200 yuan in the first batch of the first batch for the development of the fellow country association.
During this negotiation process, Du Lin took the initiative to propose to make accounts for the fellow villagers' association. When will each money be used, where will it be used, whether it will have the desired effect when making the budget, and some deepening issues will be recorded. Heidler agreed without considering it. Heidler knew very well that as the initiator of the fellow villagers' association, no matter how hard he tried, he would never gain greater authority than Du Lin.
So instead of sending people to compete with Du Lin for the position of president, it is better to use money to capture the hometown association, and gradually turn Du Lin into a puppet and become a knife in his hand. It is precisely because he understands the power of money and capital that when Du Lin took the initiative to say that he wanted to establish an account book, he agreed.
But he didn't know that Du Lin's original purpose of founding the hometown association was to recruit people for his trading company, so he didn't want to become the leader of any gang organization!
But no matter what, with the unexpected fortune of 300 yuan, Du Lin's plan can be implemented more quickly and there is no need to continue raising funds.
From the beginning, he planned to use the name of his own trading company to buy a batch of low-alcohol liquor from domestic and foreign distillery. These low-alcohol liquors will serve as a cover for distillation and purification. At the same time, Dulin will not give up on the profits of low-alcohol liquor, even if they are not high.
Graff has contacted several suppliers, and Dulin plans to wait for a minimum of 100 yuan before going to talk to them. Unexpectedly, Heidler's appearance made up for the lack of time and completely solved Dulin's start-up capital problem.
At noon, Dulin asked Graff to meet with a merchant from the Free Federation. The price of the Moon Low Almond Wine they produced was considered to be of medium or low in the entire low-alcohol market, but the degree was octave, which was very suitable for purification.
The Free Federation is a country composed of twenty-two provinces in the southeast of the Yaoxing Empire. In this country, the entire country has adopted a republic system, and the entire country is managed by fifty members of the House of Lords and five speakers of the House of Lords. Every four years, it can be re-elected for up to two terms, but if the international situation is tense during the election period, a war has been confirmed.
Or the election of the new term is in a state of war, even if the MP and the Speaker have been re-elected for two terms, the House of Commons can decide whether each member of the House of Lords and the Speaker can perform a third re-election after the Third Representatives. If more than half of the House of Lords or three Speakers determine to continue re-election, the House of Commons will form a "Special Power Supervision Department" to monitor the crimes such as corruption and abuse of power that may occur during the third re-election due to excessive power.
The Free Federation is a country different from the Yaoxing Empire during the period of change. In the war that just ended, the Yaoxing Empire won a miserable victory, but the Free Federation won a great victory.
Saying this may make many people feel puzzled. Why are the wars between the two countries winners? In fact, this question is not complicated. For the Yaoxing Empire, the Empire has defended its territory and did not allow the invaders to dominate their land and enslave their people, so they will win the Patriotic War. But for the Free Federation, although they did not obtain land and cheap labor, they have made unprecedented breakthroughs in economic terms, especially in terms of tariffs and the Yaoxing Empire so far, some of the things recorded in the memorandum of understanding for the public war.
It was precisely because of such a tragic victory that the entire empire began to reflect from top to bottom. Why was it now bullied by a federation that even the emperor or the pope? In the many chaotic and unsightly political struggles, all the voices gradually unified.
That is the Emperor of the Empire's fingers in the war, and class struggles were rampant, seriously destroying the original good situation. After the war, an argument soon emerged that the imperial system could no longer keep up with the progress of the times, and only the constitutional monarchy could save the Yaoxing Empire, which was already on the edge of the cliff.
The aristocratic class, which had lost the protection of the imperial system, was determined to become a new changer in the national leadership class, and the big capitalists who hoped to interfere in politics through capital, were full of ideals and rebels who tried to change the world...
Groups of clear-cut characters staged shocking political dramas on the highest and most shining stage of the Yaoxing Empire.
In such a situation, social problems will naturally be thrown aside by the big guys.
The empire, which had lost part of its tariff power, has become a huge piece of fat in the eyes of capitalists of the Free Federation. Various things are constantly pouring into the empire through the borders. With tariff exemption and even tax refunds and subsidies, the light industry and handicrafts of the Yaoxing Empire faced a huge impact and have become a paradise for federal merchants.
What Dulin wants to meet this time is a wine merchant from the federal government.
"You look very young, and I'm very presumptuous, are you an adult?" The agent in his forties, with blonde hair and brown beard, almost glared out his eyes. Du Lin looked really not big, too young. He didn't mind doing business with people of all races or ages, but he was still scared.
Dulin shrugged and lit a cigarette for himself, which would make him look a little more mature, but it might also have a counterproductive effect. He skillfully blew the ash and said casually: "I'm already seventeen, Mr. Richard."
Richard nodded without comment and said with a hint of emotion: "When I was seventeen, I was working for my boss in a factory, and you already had your own trading company at the age of seventeen..." He wanted to shake his head and smile, "Okay, let's talk about the serious business. I heard you want to add a batch of low-alcohol wine from me for sale, right?"
Before Dulin could answer, he continued: "Moon brand fruit wine has a completely different characteristic from the low-alcohol wines commonly found on the market. Our wine has a slightly bitter taste of almonds, unlike those wines that are like juice, which are sweet and greasy. Even if a person drinks three or five bottles in one breath, it will not destroy the taste because it is too sweet. When I first came into contact with many partners, I would tell them that they can only drink two or three bottles of fruit wine, but if we drink our Moon brand almond wine, we can drink five or six bottles."
"More importantly, our price positioning is very accurate. We have been obsessed with the mid-range market from the beginning, so everyone can afford it and give you enough profit margins."
Dulin nodded. He already knew all these things. He was concerned about the price. "Can you tell me the specific price? Mr. Richard, our goal is not just a city of Trenell, but the entire province, or even the entire empire. Once we confirm that the products of you and the Moon Trading Company can be as good as you said, our prospects for cooperation will be infinite!"
Richard thought for a while and gave a price of 85 cents per bottle. This price stood in the middle of the low-alcohol price market as he said. There were fifty-five cents and sixty-one bottles down, and there were more than one low-alcohol piece up. The price of 85 cents is indeed very accurate, but it was not an acceptable price for Dulin.
Whether it is simply selling this brand of wine or using this low-alcohol wine as a purified material, the price is obviously too high and too embarrassing. If you want to guarantee profits, you only need to sell it for one dollar to guarantee your own profit. When the bar places these wines on the counter, you must at least ensure that a bottle of wine has a profit of 30% before it can be sold.
When I arrived at the guests’ cups, the price of a cup was about 30 minutes.
A medium-grade price positioning actually only brings an embarrassing situation. Perhaps this is why the Moon Brand has not opened up sales in the empire so far. If you choose a less-than-low wine, you can drink two glasses. For alcoholics, they don’t care about the quality of the wine. They only care about how to buy the most wine with the least money. For those customers who were originally middle-class? They would rather add a 10-20-tenth 10-100 to drink a higher-grade wine.
They can afford to drink 30 a glass of wine, and don’t care about paying for more tens of them when paying the bill. What they want is face.
The price of neither up nor down has made the Moon brand an unpopular in the bar, and sales are difficult to increase.
It would be even more unprofitable if it is purified. The 85-cent Moon brand almond wine requires three bottles to purify a bottle of high-almond wine, which is the cost of about two or five yuan. With the added juice, labor costs, various losses and a small part of the extra costs that have to be borne due to the damage of the transport bottle, the cost will be as high as five or six yuan. Selling to the bar, the profit is only more than four yuan, and more than one of them is Graff, and Dulin can only get two yuan!
Chapter completed!