A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

He thought of the chicken plague in his previous life. Back then, when he went to rent the hemp station in the brigade, he even talked to Gu Huaiyuan, who raised chickens at the hemp station, about the chicken plague.

Actually, what's called fowl plague is something similar to avian influenza. Not only birds and chickens can get sick, but ducks can definitely get sick too.

If a large number of ducks die, duck meat will quickly become something that no one wants to eat.

But the main problem was that duck products from that time were simply not available for purchase, and even if you did buy them, you couldn't eat them.

However, during the chicken plague, the price of previously frozen duck products will increase, meaning that the price of duck meat that was previously frozen will rise.

The most essential ingredient for Wang Jian and his team's braised duck products is duck. If they need to buy high-quality duck products later, the resulting price increase will inevitably have a significant impact on them.

Putting everything else aside, the price is at least going to rise.

The rise in raw material prices will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of their braised food.

Their customers are mostly ordinary people with limited funds, since few wealthy people would go to the roadside to eat at such street stalls.

If prices go up, it might cause some ordinary people to give up their habit of eating braised food altogether.

If the price of duck meat sold elsewhere increases significantly, while their braised dishes only increase slightly, then this further boosts the popularity of their braised dishes.

Many people will likely flock to buy it.

Thinking of this, Hu Dahai turned back to Wang Jian and said, "Wang Jian, there's something you need to do as soon as possible. Try to buy enough duck products within a week. Buy as much as you can, at least enough to meet your sales volume for the next few months."

"Now that the weather is cold, these duck products won't spoil if you leave them out. Of course, if you're still worried, it's best to buy some ice and build a cold storage. If you don't have enough space, you can rent a new warehouse. Or you can look around and see if you can rent a cheap, large cold storage."

At the same time, Hu Dahai also thought that if they bought it now, people might suspect that their duck products were made from sick ducks, which would affect their desire to buy. So he continued, "When you buy, you should do it in a big way, so that as many people as possible know that you have bought a lot of duck products now."

Wang Jian diligently took notes, but his mind was completely blank, having no idea why Hu Dahai wanted him to do this.

Despite not understanding, he knew deep down that what needed to be done still had to be done.

After watching Wang Jian finish taking notes, Hu Dahai asked him, "Is the money enough? If not, I'll give you some."

Wang Jian shook his head: "No need. I've kept all the money we've earned recently, and I can get the people from Qianmen to pool their money together."

He spoke with such confidence that he seemed capable of drawing upon any amount of money from the Qianmen people at any moment.

This made Hu Dahai curious about just how much influence and control Wang Jian had to achieve this.

However, since the other party didn't need it, Hu Dahai didn't say anything more. After leaving Wang Jian's place, he decided to go and buy some pork.

During the chicken plague, fewer people will eat chicken and duck, while pork will become the preferred choice, and pork prices will definitely rise.

He remembered that it was going to increase by about 100%, and even if it didn't reach 100%, he knew it could increase by more than 50%.

Since prices are going to rise, he should take the opportunity to buy more and stock up. When prices rise further, he can sell the meat at a higher price and make a profit.

However, if you want to buy a lot of pork in this area, you either have to send a large number of people to various vegetable markets to buy it.

Because at that time, there were no large-scale wholesale centers or agricultural product supply and marketing centers.

It's estimated that Wang Jian and his group will adopt this model. After all, the Qianmen group has many members who are relatively scattered, so buying in this way will help them let everyone know that they are buying the current goods.

However, Hu Dahai was all alone, so he felt that buying them like this would be somewhat troublesome, and he also needed a suitable place to store them.

Hu Dahai's mind worked quickly, and he thought of Zhang Zhaoxing.

Their food factory must have places where raw materials are stored, especially cold storage. Furthermore, Zhang Zhaoxing and his team should have some sourcing channels.

So Hu Dahai immediately rode his bicycle to Zhang Zhaoxing's state-owned food factory.

After learning of Hu Dahai's purpose, Zhang Zhaoxing readily agreed: "Okay, Dahai, since you have a need, I will definitely provide you with the necessary assistance."

“Our factory happens to have a cold storage facility. Recently, we’ve been getting our fish fresh from you every day, so our cold storage is practically empty.”

"As for buying pork, I also have some channels. But why are you buying so much pork? Do you need to build a warehouse to store it?"

Hu Dahai truthfully stated, "I think the price of pork will rise later, so I'm stockpiling some now. I'll sell it when the price of pork goes up."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhaoxing immediately realized what was happening and asked, "No, how can you be so sure that pork prices will rise?"

Having no other choice, Hu Dahai had to repeat what he had said to Gu Huaiyuan that day to Zhang Zhaoxing.

He also advised, "Director Zhang, if you have spare money, go and buy some. You'll definitely see the benefits later."

Zhang Zhaoxing felt his brain wasn't quite working properly after listening to Hu Dahai's words.

He gave a wry smile: "I really admire your courage. You actually believed this kind of news that doesn't even exist in the news? Believing it is one thing, but you actually went and spent real money to buy meat?"

Looking at Hu Dahai, he felt that he was more like a warrior in battle, someone who would dare to charge into battle even against thousands of troops.

Hu Dahai smiled and said, "Some things are better done before they happen. By the time you actually get the news, the price of pork will have already skyrocketed."

“I can’t argue with you,” Zhang Zhaoxing chuckled. “I’ll contact a slaughterhouse for you right now.”

That day, Hu Dahai ordered a whole 50,000 yuan worth of pork in one go.

Even the slaughterhouse couldn't produce that much pork all at once, so they had to sign a contract to have it delivered to the food factory's warehouse in batches over a week.

At the same time, Hu Dahai also thought of setting aside a portion of all his spare money, as well as the money he earned every day, specifically to buy pork.

After all, Hu Dahai's meat-buying spree was quite a big deal, and Zhang Zhaoxing's food factory also had people coming over from time to time.

So the news that Hu Dahai was buying up pork quickly spread among those in Hangzhou who knew him.

When he first heard the news, he was drinking water and was so shocked he almost choked.

"How about it? Would you like to buy some?" Zhang Zhaoxing asked with a smile.

He shook his head: "Forget it, I won't participate."

When Huang Renfa learned of this, he was devastated.

He told us about it at home.

"Dad, why don't you go buy some too?"

Huang Renfa was about to say that Hu Dahai was probably crazy, but he had just called his friends in the south and they said there was no chicken plague there at all.

As a result, his daughter Huang Yunya asked him to buy some things.

Looking at Huang Yunya's blinking eyes, Huang Renfa wanted to refuse, but the words that came out of his mouth were different.

"Okay, my daughter thinks we should buy some, so let's go buy some!"

This matter also came to the attention of Li Ruochun, a Hong Kong businessman who had been keeping a close eye on Hu Dahai.