Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

"Don't interfere, let them collect the mountain goods."

Without even thinking, Liang Ming replied.

"Brother Liang Ming, won't this affect our business of selling mountain products?"

"Chicken Baby" said with some concern.

"No, not only will it not, but it will also greatly benefit our expansion of the trade in mountain products."

Liang Ming shook his head and smiled.

Hearing Liang Ming's words, Chicken Boy and Dog Egg were all confused.

If others follow suit and buy mountain produce to sell in the city, won't that create competition for them?

Seemingly noticing the confusion among the kids, Liang Ming smiled and asked in return:

“You’ve been working with me in this mountain produce business for a while now. Tell me, why do my mountain produce and river seafood sell so well?”

Upon hearing Liang Ming's question, Chicken Boy and Dog Egg both began to ponder it.

"Is it because our wild vegetables and mushrooms are of good quality and fresh?" Chicken Boy asked tentatively.

“That’s one reason, but not the most important one,” Liang Ming said.

"Is it because we're partnering with the Xiangmanlou Restaurant in the city? Are we supplying them exclusively?" Gou Dan asked.

"Supply channels are one reason, but can you think of any other reasons?"

Liang Ming said.

Chicken Boy, Dog Egg, and Ama looked at each other, unable to think of a third reason.

Seeing this, Liang Ming smiled and explained, "No matter what kind of business you're in, if you want to make money, you can't just think about making money."

"Doing business, in essence, is a process of obtaining compensation after satisfying other people's needs."

"The reason my business of selling mountain produce and river seafood has been successful is not only because the quality of the mountain produce itself is excellent, but also because large restaurants in the city need this kind of fresh and unique mountain produce to attract diners."

"Now, the largest private restaurant in Taoyuan County, as well as the county's state-owned restaurant, have all reached cooperation agreements with me for the supply of mountain products."

At this point, Liang Ming paused for a moment.

The "chicken kids" also gained some insights.

"Brother Liang Ming, are you saying that apart from Xiangmanlou Restaurant and the county-run restaurant, other small private restaurants simply can't handle much of the local produce?"

Ama was the first to grasp the crux of the problem and spoke up.

Liang Ming nodded with appreciation and said, "That's right. So many mountain merchants are buying up mountain products, while although there are many small restaurants in the city, they are not very large."

"There are too many vendors and not enough merchants; mountain produce vendors want to sell their goods..."

"Or, we can send the mountain products to other counties and districts to sell."

"Either continuously lower the selling price of mountain products to compete with other peers."

Hearing this, Chicken and Dog also understood and said in unison:

“Sending them to other counties to sell is not cheap, and the mountain products may be damaged during transportation. If the quality is poor, the selling price will not be high. In the end, they may only make enough to cover the cost. These merchants are definitely not that stupid.”

"So, the only way they can do is keep lowering prices and sell their mountain products at rock-bottom prices."

Seeing that the three of them had understood, Liang Ming smiled and nodded, saying, "Then here's the question: with them competing to lower prices like this, let's not even talk about whether they can actually sell all the mountain produce they have."

"Even if they all make a move, will they be able to recoup their investment?"

Upon hearing this, the three children all shook their heads and said, "That's definitely impossible."

They had been trading mountain products with Liang Ming for a while, and they knew very well that the rarer the product, the more valuable it was.

Once there are many similar products on the market, and there is fierce competition for prices, the value will quickly depreciate, and eventually become worthless.

"So, all we need to do is let the villagers in other villages who collect mountain products know that they can't get a good price for their mountain products, and they might even lose money."

“At that time, I will step in and take them all under my control. I will add 5 cents and 1 cents to their cost price and buy all their mountain products.”

Liang Ming smiled slightly and said calmly:

"I believe they would be happy to sell me all their mountain products, right?"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, the three children's eyes lit up, and they looked at him with admiration.

"Brother Liang Ming, I didn't know you had thought this far ahead. You're amazing."

"Brother Liang Ming, I've realized that compared to you, I'm just a brainless idiot."

“Brother Liang Ming, from now on, whatever you tell me to do, I’ll do it. You can even sell me out and let me count the money for you.”

Liang Ming effortlessly recruited all the mountain goods vendors from several nearby villages to his cause.

And it doesn't require any cost.

Most importantly, this is an open conspiracy that is impossible to resist.

These mountain product vendors, after fighting for most of the day to sell their goods, will eventually find that they either have to follow Liang Ming or quit the mountain product business altogether.

Given Liang Ming's almost supernatural business acumen, they had no choice but to cling to him.

"Get lost, you three wouldn't be worth much money even if you were sold off."

Hearing what the three kids said, Liang Ming laughed and scolded them.

However, he was quite pleased with the three men's flattery.

Liang Ming was also aware that this open scheme could only succeed because he was a shareholder of Xiangmanlou Restaurant.

Moreover, he used the sale of mountain products and canned goods to tie the county's state-run restaurant to his own interests.

In this era, to become rich, one must possess at least two of the following: power, influence, money, luck, and diligence.

Over the next few days, Liang Ming kept a close eye on the villagers' lychee-picking activities on the mountain.

Except for the first day when the villagers were unfamiliar with the layout of the lychee orchards in the mountains and only picked 3000 catties of lychees.

In the following days, the villagers were able to pick 3500 to 4000 catties of lychees every day.

After the lychees were delivered to Liang's Canned Food Factory, Liang Ming urged Wang Ren to have the workers operate at full capacity to process all the lychees into canned fruit.

In addition to supplying state-run restaurants, supply and marketing cooperatives, and major stores in the county with canned fruit, Liang Ming also had to ensure that the cannery's warehouse also stored a batch of canned fruit.

He had a premonition that Zhao Pan, who had previously taken a batch of canned fruit from his cannery to sell up north, should be returning soon.

At that time, it might be another big order.

really.

Three days later, Zhao Pan arrived at Liang Ming's place, looking travel-worn, with disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and an unusual expression. He said:

"Boss Liang Ming, you've really gotten me into a mess!"

"No matter what, you have to give me a proper resolution to this matter today."

"Otherwise, I'm not done with you."

Seeing Zhao Pan's ragged and disheveled appearance, Liang Ming's face showed a hint of surprise, and he said:

"Mr. Zhao, what's going on?"

Is there something wrong with the canned fruit from our factory?

"Don't rush, tell me slowly. If it's a problem with our factory, we will definitely take full responsibility."

Zhao Pan looked like he had gone bankrupt and fled to the south.

Moreover, the other party was somewhat agitated, and Liang Ming's first thought was to calm him down to prevent Zhao Pan from doing anything rash.