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

Liang Ming then noticed the beautiful woman beside Jiang Meizhuang.

Unlike Jiang Meizhuang, she has a refined and elegant temperament, reminiscent of a girl from the Jiangnan water towns.

"Hello, Mr. Cai. My name is Liang Ming. I've heard Sister Meizhuang mention you before."

Liang Ming immediately greeted the other party politely.

Upon hearing this, Boss Cai sized Liang Ming up and down, then turned to Jiang Meizhuang and teased:

"Meizhuang, is this the young, handsome, and energetic pale-faced lad you told me about?"

"He's really good-looking, even better-looking than the men on TV."

"If it's him, I wouldn't object to you dating a younger man..."

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming was taken aback: "Uh..."

Jiang Meizhuang's face also flushed red, and she quickly said:

“Cai Han, don’t joke around with us. We’re just siblings.”

"Yes, god-sister, god-brother, I understand."

Cai Han said with a mischievous grin:

"These days, don't young people on Hong Kong Island often start dating by recognizing each other as god-sisters or god-brothers?"

Seeing that Cai Han's words were becoming increasingly illogical, Jiang Meizhuang blushed and started tickling her.

"I'll teach you to talk nonsense, I'll teach you to talk nonsense..."

Cai Han was most afraid of being tickled, so she immediately begged to be spared, saying all sorts of nice things.

Jiang Meizhuang then let her off the hook, saying, "You're treating us to morning tea today!"

"Huh? Meizhuang, didn't you ask me for a favor? Why do I have to treat you?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Han said with a wronged expression.

"What, you have a problem with that?" Jiang Meizhuang raised an eyebrow.

Cai Han quickly shook her head.

"It's my fault for causing the two sisters to quarrel. I'll treat you to morning tea today."

Seeing this, Liang Ming quickly spoke up.

After he finished speaking, he realized that his words sounded a bit too teasy.

"Oh my, this young man really knows how to talk, he's got a sweet tongue. No wonder our Meizhuang talks about you every day."

Cai Han chuckled.

On the way to the teahouse, Liang Ming also learned a little about this beautiful woman named Cai Han.

After China's reform and opening up, Cai Han became one of the first people to go into business.

She and her husband started with a small cake stall. After becoming wealthy, they opened a cream processing factory. Later, her husband had an accident, and she ran the cream processing factory alone.

After arriving at the teahouse, the group found a private room, ordered some tea and snacks, and began to eat and chat.

“Cai Han, my younger brother recently contracted the cotton mill in his village and started making cottonseed oil.”

Jiang Meizhuang got straight to the point:

"Your factory produces butter, which requires a lot of vegetable oil. Do you think you can buy the cottonseed oil he has?"

Cai Han didn't expect that Jiang Meizhuang would speak up for Liang Ming as soon as she came up.

She can joke around in private matters, but when it comes to business, she always handles things strictly by the book.

"Brother Liang Ming, could I take a look at your cottonseed oil sample first?"

Cai Han looked at Liang Ming with her beautiful eyes and asked.

“Of course,” Liang Ming nodded.

After saying that, he took out the cottonseed oil he had prepared.

After taking the cottonseed oil, Cai Han poured some into a bowl, smelled it, and then tasted it.

Her eyes lit up, and she said, "This cottonseed oil is of very high quality, and it's not machine-pressed, it's purely handmade?"

Noticing Cai Han's surprised look, Liang Ming nodded and smiled, "That's right, the cottonseed oil from our village's cotton mill is all pressed by hand."

"Because the process is quite complicated, we can only produce about 400 jin a day."

"Brother Liang Ming, how much do you want to sell this cottonseed oil?"

A charming smile appeared on Cai Han's smooth face as she asked.

When Liang Ming saw Cai Han affectionately call him "brother," his body trembled slightly.

Women of this age are naturally at the stage where they exude charm and allure.

Calling someone "sister" like that is something no normal man could resist.

“Brother Liang Ming, it seems my sister has her eye on your cottonseed oil. Name your price, she’s got plenty of money.”

Upon seeing this, Jiang Meizhuang immediately spoke to Liang Ming.

Upon hearing this, Cai Han said, both amused and exasperated, "Meizhuang, you're prioritizing romance over friendship! You've just betrayed me?!"

"Who told you to make those jokes about me and my brother Liang Ming?"

Jiang Meizhuang said with a vengeful smile.

Upon hearing this, Cai Han looked resentful, but there was nothing she could do.

She really liked this hand-pressed cottonseed oil.

This handmade cottonseed oil makes for a more fragrant and mellow vegetable butter.

Nowadays, she's not the only cream processing plant supplying cream in the dessert market.

To seize market share, product quality must be improved.

“Sister Cai Han, I have to pay 1 cents per pound for cottonseed. It takes 5 pounds of cottonseed to make 1 pound of cottonseed oil.”

Including labor costs, the cost of one pound of cottonseed oil is almost 9 cents.

To be honest, I don't know what price to ask for.

Why don't you come up with the purchase price?

Liang Ming looked at Cai Han with a sincere expression and said.

What he said came from the bottom of his heart.

He genuinely didn't know what price to quote for this cottonseed oil.

"Brother Liang Ming, you really are honest."

Upon hearing this, Cai Han was also taken aback, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She didn't expect Liang Ming to tell her the cost price of the cottonseed oil directly.

This is a major taboo in the business world.

She turned to Liang Ming and asked, "Aren't you afraid that once I know the cost price, I'll drive the price down to you like crazy?"

“Sister Cai Han, you and Sister Mei Zhuang are good sisters, I believe you won’t treat me unfairly!” Liang Ming said.

Seeing Liang Ming's sincere expression, Cai Han smiled helplessly:

No wonder Meizhuang was willing to recognize you as her adopted brother.

Doing business with you, I really can't bear to be a dishonest merchant.

At this point, Cai Han paused for a moment before speaking again:

“Brother Liang Ming, I won’t let you suffer a loss. The cost price of your cottonseed oil is 9 cents per pound.”

I'll buy it for 1.5 yuan per jin, what do you think?

Liang Ming was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this.

He had originally estimated that selling the cottonseed oil for 1.2 yuan per kilogram would be considered good.

Unexpectedly, Cai Han gave an extra 3 cents per pound.

“Sister Cai Han, I believe the price you offered is the most reasonable, so let’s do as you say.”

Liang Ming said modestly.

After agreeing on the purchase price for the cottonseed oil, Cai Han paid for the 350 jin of cottonseed oil, totaling 525 yuan.

After having morning tea, Liang Ming took the 525 yuan payment and returned to Liangjia Village.

He approached the village officials at the cotton mill and asked them to arrange for someone to deliver the goods to Cai Han's butter processing plant.

"Boss Liang Ming, did someone buy the cottonseed oil that our factory pressed yesterday?"

"Boss, how did you do that?"

Hearing that Liang Ming had found a sales channel for cottonseed oil so quickly...

The cadres at the village cotton mill were all dumbfounded.

"How I did it is not important. What is important is that you must ensure a daily cottonseed oil production of 400 jin (200 catties)."

Liang Ming addressed the cadres of the village cotton mill with a serious expression.

Based on the cotton mill's daily oil production of 400 jin, starting tomorrow, he will receive 600 yuan every day.

Aside from purchasing cottonseed and labor costs, his net profit from selling cottonseed oil can reach 300 yuan a day.

After a month, that's a net profit of nearly 10,000 yuan.

This business is no worse than selling duck feathers, setting up a stall to sell braised duck, or supplying mountain and river delicacies.