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Chapter 1061 One Year

Ye Changqing smiled and said, "I... I'm a reporter. My boss gave me a topic about the working conditions of ordinary people and asked me to do an in-depth report.

I have reported on reinforcement workers on construction sites, foundation grouting workers, auxiliary workers on road paver machines, cooks, drivers, taxi drivers, delivery men, and electricians.

Let’s put it this way, I’ve done in-depth reporting on all sorts of industries.

I just walked into the vegetable market and saw the wholesale vegetables, and I suddenly had the idea to try it out and then write a report about it.”

The man looked at Ye Changqing and said with a smile: "I can't tell, I thought you were also doing vegetable wholesale business, and I was worried that you would also engage in garlic wholesale and steal my business.

Sorry, there was a misunderstanding. Let me introduce myself. My surname is Chang and my given name is Ping.

Let’s get acquainted and shake hands.”

He extended his hand while speaking.

Ye Changqing extended his hand and shook it. "Let me introduce myself. My last name is Ye, and my name is Ye Changqing. If there are many things I don't understand, I hope you can give me some advice."

Chang Ping smiled and said, "What advice do you have? The price is set, just go buy it, then come back and add a markup and sell it wholesale."

Ye Changqing smiled and said, "With you here, I believe everything will go smoothly. Let's decide what time to leave tomorrow and where to meet."

the next day.

Two o'clock in the morning.

Ye Changqing arrived at the gate of Nanjiao Bingshan Cold Storage at the agreed time.

Deng Guanghui squinted his eyes and said, "I was too sleepy and got up at two o'clock. This industry is not for humans."

Xia Macheng said excitedly, "Come on, if you feel sleepy, just slap yourself in the face."

While the two were talking, a large truck stopped at the door.

Ye Changqing shone the flashlight on his mobile phone into the cab and saw that it was Chang Ping who was driving. He asked the two of them to get in.

When I entered the cab, I found that there was a lot of space inside. In addition to the co-pilot seat that could seat one person, there was also a berth in the back.

Deng Guanghui and Xia Macheng sat on the sleeper berth.

Chang Ping drove into the yard. There were several headlights on in the yard, and together with the headlights of the large truck, the road ahead was as bright as day.

After turning two corners, the car finally stopped at the door of the cold storage.

Chang Ping pointed at the door of the cold storage and said, "See, among those people at the door, there's a woman. She's in charge of wholesale garlic."

Ye Changqing looked carefully and saw several people standing at the door of the cold storage, several men holding cotton coats. Only one person was wearing a skirt and was sitting behind an office desk, drinking from a cup.

Ye Changqing turned to look at Chang Ping and said, "Tell me about the precautions and the price of garlic stems."

Chang Ping took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one and put it between his lips, then tossed the pack to Xia Macheng. He took a puff before speaking: "The current wholesale price is five yuan per pound."

Five dollars?

Ye Changqing was a little surprised: "Two months ago, I remember garlic was 1.9 yuan per pound. It's only been two months, how come the price has increased so much?"

Chang Ping smiled and said, "You are talking about the price of fresh garlic when it comes down. Garlic is cheap only in that one month of the year.

After that January, the price of garlic went up. All the garlic came from cold storage, so the price went up.

For example, right now, the price of the fruit coming out of the cold storage is 3.5 yuan. If we take it to the market for wholesale, the wholesale price is 3.8 yuan. If we sell it to grocery shoppers at 5 yuan per pound, the retailer will make a profit of 1.2 yuan.

Your profit is only 30 cents."

Sanmao?

Ye Changqing frowned: "So little?"

Chang Ping smiled and said, "It's quite a bit. Wholesale 5,000 kilograms of garlic a day, and I can make 1,500 yuan in profit, after deducting the stall fee, loss, and gas money.

In the end, there was still 1000 yuan left.”

Ye Changqing suddenly became curious about the profit of the cold storage: "If I go to the farmers' fields to buy garlic, how much is it per kilogram?"

Chang Ping smiled and said, "Between one dollar and ten cents and one dollar and fifty cents."

Ye Changqing was stunned. When the garlic stems came out of the farmers' fields, they only cost this little money, which meant that the cold storage owner's profit was two yuan.

He couldn't help but sigh: "Farmers work hard to grow garlic, but after taking into account the cost, they can only sell it for 1.1 to 1.5 yuan per catty.

We get up so early, purchase goods, and make a profit of 30 cents per pound for wholesale, while retailers make 1.2 yuan.

Among all the links, the cold storage owner has the highest profit, earning two yuan directly."

Chang Ping smiled and said, "You think too simply. In fact, the profit of a cold storage owner is much greater than you think.

In another month, the retail price of garlic will be six yuan per catty.

Li Rui's other links remain unchanged. The cold storage owner earns one more yuan per kilogram, and the profit is three yuan.

In another two months, the price of garlic will become seven yuan. In three months, the retail price of garlic will be seven yuan, and the profit of the cold storage will be four yuan.

As time goes by, the profits of cold storage are getting higher and higher.

Every year during the Spring Festival, the price of garlic is 12 yuan per catty, and the profit is 9 yuan."

He thought for a moment, "Is it because the electricity consumption is too high, which increases the storage cost?"

Chang Ping smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. Let me put it this way. Even if you keep a pound of garlic in a cold storage for a year, the electricity cost per pound will not exceed ten cents.

Nine dollars is almost their net profit."

Ye Changqing was shocked when he heard this. He was not only shocked by the profit of one pound of garlic, but also by the storage time.

He couldn't help but ask, "You said fresh garlic can be kept for a year?"

Chang Ping smiled and said, "Of course. Otherwise, where would the garlic stems in the market come from after summer?"

Xia Macheng helped explain: "We buy garlic stems from farmers, spray them with chemicals before putting them into cold storage, and adjust the humidity and temperature in the cold storage, so they can be kept for a year.

But those potions are very harmful to the human body."

All the garlic on the market now goes through this process.”

One year

It turns out that his favorite garlic sprouts might sometimes be stock from a year ago.

A picture emerged in his mind: those garlic stems were soaked in various potions and then placed in a cold storage for several months or even a year.

The garlic stems are then taken out of the cold storage and sold.

Finally, through his mother's hands, they were transformed into delicious dishes and entered his stomach.

Thinking of this, he even felt a little nauseous.

Chang Ping saw Ye Changqing was silent, and said with a smile: "We can't wait any longer. If you continue to wait, there will be other vehicles coming to the cold storage to pick up garlic.

There’s no point in us coming so early.”

Ye Changqing nodded, thinking that it would be better to proceed according to the original plan: "Okay, I'll go and handle the formalities."

After saying that, he pushed open the car door and walked towards the cold storage door.

He walked over to the table and said to the woman drinking coffee, "Wholesale garlic."

Liu Jing asked calmly, "How many pounds?"

Ye Changqing said without hesitation: "Ten thousand pounds."