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How much does wild ginseng cost?

Zhou Ran had no idea, but Hu Qing Yu Tang had it. The second-grade wild ginseng in the ginseng and antler section was 600 yuan per gram, and one ginseng weighed about 1-9 grams. The year was marked as more than fifteen years, but it was not pure wild ginseng.

There is an introduction written next to it. It says, "Pick up the mountain and sow the seeds. Sow a seed on one acre of mountain forest. After eight years, 2000 ginseng seedlings will be left through the survival of the fittest. After fifteen years, only 1000 will survive. After twenty years, only 500 will be left."

Zhou Ran's calculations were correct. In twenty years, one acre of forest land produced 300 million yuan, or an average of 15 yuan per year. But if in 15 years, one acre of forest land produced 600 million yuan, or an average of 40 yuan per year, isn't there something wrong with this economic account?

Of course she knew that this wasn't the correct algorithm, she was just doing it out of boredom!

Hu Qingyu Tang has a shop in front and a factory in the back. They make some finished medicines in the backyard for sale, so they have set up a special canteen.

Master Ding asked Zhou Ran to have lunch with him. Of course, he, the master chef in charge of the store, and Hu Wenjia, the head chef, must have prepared their own meals.

Wow, I came here to sell ginseng and got a free meal! It was quite delicious, especially the braised duck. Winter is the time to nourish your body.

As for being grateful for what one has done to one’s loved ones, well... Zhou Ran might, but Zhou Chu, who has lived two lives as a human being, won’t.

"Old Ding! Is the 150-year-old wild ginseng that Jia Jia talked about real?" When Uncle Hu hurried over, Zhou Ran and the other two had just finished their meal.

"Of course it's true. How could I possibly fool you?" Master Ding was not polite at all to Uncle Hu.

"Hehe... Whose child is this? Is Jia Jia your friend?" Uncle Hu asked as if he had just seen Zhou Ran.

"The owner." Master Ding replied, then turned to Zhou Ran and said, "My dear Zhou, let's go to the reception room and talk."

"Okay." Zhou Ran even had his meal here, so it was natural for him to follow the host's wishes.

"Seven liang is a ginseng, eight liang is a treasure, and more than one jin can be found all over the mountain. I'm talking about fresh ginseng. The ratio of raw sun-dried ginseng is generally 7:3.5, which is equivalent to sixteen liang per jin. Eight liang is actually half a jin, 1 grams. I haven't seen wild ginseng weighing more than 300 grams for many years!" Master Ding fiddled with the electronic scale while seeming to be explaining science to Zhou Ran.

Hu Wenjia was also listening carefully. Second Uncle Hu looked impatient. He wanted to see the ginseng! Why hadn't he opened it yet?

Zhou Ran did some mental calculations and figured that dried ginseng weighing 75 grams or more was considered ginseng, and 85 grams or more was considered treasure. Her "carrot" was quite heavy.

"103.71 grams." Everyone was surprised when the electronic female voice came from the electronic scale. It was obvious that it could not be light, but why was it so heavy?

"This ginseng must have grown in the deep mountains and forests, where the humus layer is thick, because it has grown so strong!" Master Ding was the first to react and laughed.

I haven't seen wild ginseng of this quality in decades. According to national standards, wild ginseng is considered wild if it's over 15 years old, with the lowest grade being second-grade. First-grade ginseng is over 30 years old, grown in the deep mountains and dense forests after artificial sowing. Special-grade ginseng is over years old, grown in the deep mountains and dense forests without human intervention, and its seeds spread naturally. This is considered the finest quality.

In addition, each grade is divided into eight levels, and the special grade weighs more than 15 grams.

This wild ginseng, which has grown for more than a hundred years and weighs 103 grams, is of top grade, the best of the best.

"Waiter, please give us an estimate!" Master Ding looked at Uncle Hu and said.

"Last month, a century-old wild ginseng was sold at auction in Hong Kong, weighing 23 grams and selling for 110 million. The Huo family's son, Xiao Si, is still asking me if we have any century-old wild ginseng at home. He plans to give it to Mr. Huo as a birthday gift." Uncle Hu looked at Master Ding, then at Zhou Ran, and did not directly quote the price.

"Sister, uncle is telling you the truth. We bought your ginseng in our store to sell it for money. So, let me talk to Huo Xiaosi about this ginseng. I will help you negotiate the price. If you are satisfied, then we can make the deal. However, we at Hu Qing Yu Tang will take a 15% commission."

"Sure!" Zhou Ran nodded in agreement, and then saw Uncle Hu take out his cell phone and make a call.

"...23 grams for 110 million, and mine is 103.71 grams! Price per gram is 496 million. How can a ginseng of this high grade and quality be priced the same per gram? And you're still asking for 300 million? How can you even say that!"

"...500 million is not enough! I told you, it's top quality! Do you understand what top quality means? If you don't understand, I'll talk to the He family. Their old man is also looking for wild ginseng!"

"...650 million? Well, let me ask the owner for you!" Uncle Hu covered the phone and blinked at Zhou Ran, but did not mean to ask.

"...The owner said that the price is too low and she would rather not sell it! You want to negotiate it yourself? Can you negotiate it? I am the middleman, don't try to bypass me!" Uncle Hu was quite unruly.

Even Master Ding and Hu Wenjia couldn't bear to watch it, it was too embarrassing.

"...Eight million..." Uncle Hu covered the phone this time and gestured to Zhou Ran.

"This price is about right, what do you think?"

"Okay." Zhou Ran originally had the lowest price in his mind at only one million. Later, after calculating the auction price, his psychological expectation rose to three or four million. Unexpectedly, Uncle Hu negotiated it down to eight million. Even if he charged a 15% brokerage fee, there would still be 680 million.

Well... she still has to pay personal income tax. It's a business with no capital, and she can't provide cost data. She can only go according to the assessed cost. 800% of 3 million is 24, or 120 million as agency fee.

Are self-produced and self-sold agricultural products exempt from value-added tax?

Her ginseng... was identified as being over a hundred years old and could not meet the requirements for self-production and self-sale.

Besides, she doesn't understand this era when there were still agricultural and business taxes. But she could talk to you for half a month about the various policies fifteen years from now!

It is not easy to get the tuition fee of 2000 yuan per class, not to mention that the income of a part-time teacher was one of the very few legal and compliant incomes she had in her previous life, so it was very lucrative!

Zhou Ran ultimately collected 656 million in tax revenue, which even Uncle Hu found surprising. A little girl even knew she had to pay taxes? With this kind of awareness, could it be that someone in her family worked in the system?

After walking out of Hu Qing Yu Tang, Zhou Ran felt a little light-headed. He had accidentally achieved financial freedom!

You have to know that in the center of the provincial city, the housing price is only 6000 yuan per square meter, with an average price of yuan. This is already three times what it was five years ago, and has been criticized by many people.

But considering the future housing prices in provincial capitals of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, I have to buy it! And I have to buy it soon!

Well...but she is underage.

Let’s take a look first. Buying a house with a loan is definitely not an option, but buying a house with full payment... should be possible, but the property cannot be transferred before you reach adulthood!

Zhou Ran has his ID card with him.

Then… after a stroll around the provincial capital's scenic area, four million yuan was already spent. He actually paid outright for a house, a single-family villa near the scenic area, with a construction area of 332 square meters, six bedrooms, two living rooms, three bathrooms, and most importantly, a 700-square-meter garden! The land use rights covered over 1000 square meters!

Four million is such a great value!

Zhou Ran had found this house at a bargain price. After all, most wealthy people had good taste and knew the scarcity and appreciation potential of such properties. Most of the houses in the community did not need to be advertised and had already been bought by wealthy people who came here for the reputation.

The sales office is just a decoration. Who would have thought that just after a house was returned due to loan problems, a young girl came and bought it in full!

Four million, and he didn’t even blink when he swiped the card!

Because it was the full payment and the little girl signed it herself, they turned a blind eye and she didn't even bargain!

The sales manager couldn't stand it anymore and offered the benefit of five years of free property management fees.

However, such a big house would cost a fortune to renovate, and there's also a garden that needs to be taken care of, hmm...

Still so poor!

It seems like it has been like this for both of my lives. I spend whatever I earn, the more I earn, the more I spend, the less I earn, the less I spend. But I don’t have the consumption concept of frugality.

What I believe in is not to suffer within my ability!

Well, it’s almost time to go home. As for the remaining wild ginseng that has been dried in the space, we’ll talk about it next time. Anything will lose its value if there is too much of it.

It is indeed inconvenient to not have a mobile phone, so when Zhou Ran was shopping and passed by a mobile store, he bought a Nokia candy bar phone, which cost a little over a thousand yuan. Apart from making and receiving calls and sending and receiving text messages... it had no other function.

What can you play with such a small screen?

While walking around, Zhou Ran bought some cakes and duck products and went home to appease his mother.

I wonder if my mother would be furious if she knew that Lao Zhou gave all the 25,000 yuan sponsorship fee to herself?

The last bus was supposed to arrive at 8 o'clock, but Zhou Ran got home at 6:30.

When they got home, Mr. Zhou and Ms. Zhou had already finished their meal and cleaned up. When he heard that Zhou Ran had not eaten dinner yet, Mr. Zhou immediately went into the kitchen and cooked her a bowl of noodles.

During the winter vacation, Lao Zhou would always cook a big pot of braised beef or braised pork ribs, and Zhou Ran only needed to cook some noodles and add some toppings.

"Zhou Ran, where is the 25,000 yuan your father gave you?" Ms. Zhou really knew about it and asked directly before even spending the night there.

"It's hidden." Zhou Ran lowered her head to eat noodles, not caring. She was a woman with a seven-figure net worth and owned a single-family villa in the center of the provincial city!

Even if Ms. Zhou wants to take the money back, she doesn't care.

"Oh, how are you going to spend it?" Ms. Zhou has already complained to her husband, but she has no intention of taking the money back. Why should she be the one to do all the bad things, while Mr. Zhou is the good guy?

"Well... this is what I was thinking. Does Dad have a stock account? I plan to use the 25,000 to buy stocks and then take it out when I go to college!" Zhou Ran had this idea a long time ago, before she had the 25,000.

"Huh? Who taught you how to trade stocks?" Old Zhou frowned. His account was opened in the 1990s. He traded for a few years just to break even, and then he stopped.

I don't have that kind of luck.

"No one, I was in the teacher's office and kept hearing the teachers discussing stocks, so I wanted to buy some." Zhou Ran made a gesture that would break the defense of the men on the Peninsula, a little bit at a time.

"Okay, I'll find it for you later and go to the exchange with you tomorrow."

With the dream of studying in Peking University and Tsinghua University in front of him, Lao Zhou decided to spoil his child.

Ms. Zhou even said that if Zhou Ran could get into a provincial university, let alone Tsinghua or Peking University, she would be willing to reward him with 100,000 yuan!