Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

If Zheng Donglai chooses to pay for the joint operation with Zhao Zhuo, then Zhao Zhuo will naturally have to worry less. But the money he will earn will naturally be much less.

And if Zheng Donglai chooses the strategy of capital preservation, then the entire business will naturally be led by Zhao Zhuo, and Zhao Zhuo will be responsible for any problems.

But in this way, if the fruit business can really develop, it can be naturally integrated into Zhuoyun Company's business without having to consider Zheng Donglai's problem.

After agreeing on the cooperation method, Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Yun went to various photo studios to see how the sales of big cherries were going.

…

Soon, the two people drove to a nearby photo studio.

Because this store is close to the fruit market, it is the first store to receive the goods.

Originally, according to Zhao Zhuo's idea, buying fruits through the photo studio would be relatively low-cost for him, but the business would not be very good.

But unexpectedly, Zhao Zhuo saw a long queue already forming at the entrance of the store.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but asked curiously:

"Are you waiting to take pictures or buy fruits?"

A man standing in line next to me replied:

"Of course I'm buying fruit! Authentic Soviet cherries, if they arrive late, they'll be gone!"

Hearing this answer, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel happy.

He was originally worried that retailing in a photo studio would not work, but now it seems that he is overthinking it.

So, Zhao Zhuo then asked with a smile:

"I heard that these big cherries are not cheap. With so many people queuing up, isn't it too expensive?"

Hearing this, the man looked at Zhao Zhuo with a strange look:

“It’s definitely expensive, but it’s still affordable to buy a pound or two and try it.

And you don’t know that this kind of cherry appeared occasionally once in the past, and the price was at least ten or twenty yuan, but now it only costs eight yuan a pound.

Although it’s not cheap, it’s not expensive compared to before.”

Hearing these words, Zhao Zhuo was completely relieved.

Based on the number of people queuing up, the 400 kilograms of cherries allocated to this store may be sold out today without waiting until the next day!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo looked relaxed and left directly to go to the next store.

After visiting a few more stores, Zhao Zhuo found that the situation was basically similar and the business was very good.

…

The next day, Zhao Zhuo came to the company. Not long after he sat down in his office, Zhang Yun walked in.

When Zhao Zhuo saw Zhang Yun, he smiled and said:

"You came early enough."

Hearing this, Zhang Yun rolled her eyes at Zhao Zhuo:

"It's still early? It's already eight o'clock! I get to the company at half past six every day, okay."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but be a little surprised.

He knew that Zhang Yun was usually very busy at work, but he didn't expect that Zhang Yun would go to work at 6:30 every day.

"Thank you for your hard work, Vice President Zhang. On behalf of the company, I would like to commend you for your hard work. I will award you a Model Worker Award in two days."

Hearing this, Zhang Yun smiled bitterly and said:

"When did our company get the Model Worker Award? Why didn't I know?"

Zhao Zhuo smiled and said matter-of-factly:

"It starts from today. Anyway, I am the general manager and I have the final say.

I said the awards will be given in a few days, just because I haven’t prepared the certificate yet.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yun was successfully amused by Zhao Zhuo:

"Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense with you anymore. I came to see you several times this morning."

Zhao Zhuo asked a little strangely:

"What do you want from me?"

Zhao Zhuo thought there was something going on that Zhang Yun couldn't handle.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yun smiled and said:

"It's not that there's anything wrong, but that I'm reporting good news!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo's eyes lit up and he said with some surprise:

"You mean, the profit results of Cherry have come out?"

Zhang Yun smiled and nodded:

"That's right! The retail sales of the photo studio were almost completed yesterday. There may be some left today, but it is no longer important."

Zhao Zhuo said in surprise:

"Tell me, how much money did you make this time?"

Zhang Yun took out a report, looked at it and said slowly:

"This time, in addition to the 10,000 kilograms of cherries given to Zheng Donglai, there are also 140,000 kilograms. We put 80,000 kilograms of them into the photo studio for retail sale. Each kilogram costs eight yuan, and we give a commission to the owner of the photo studio.

We got seven yuan per catty, so the total we got was more than 548,000 yuan."

According to the book calculation, this amount should be 560,000, but after taking away the items that have not been sold out, including the losses during the process, this amount of more than 540,000 is also a normal amount.

Zhao Zhuo smiled and nodded.

Then, Zhang Yun read again:

"The remaining 60,000 kilograms to be shipped cost six yuan per kilogram, so the total is just over three hundred and fifty thousand."

Shipping is at least a few hundred kilograms per transaction, so the loss is smaller compared to retail, and this number is naturally closer to the theoretical number.

After hearing these two reports, Zhao Zhuo calculated in his mind: the entire batch of cherries was worth 900,000 yuan! Excluding the fruit cost of 50,000 yuan, excluding the round-trip transportation costs including oil costs, labor costs, etc.

A lot of expenses, the net profit is more than 800,000!

After figuring out the calculation, Zhao Zhuo was a little shocked.

Zhao Zhuo said in disbelief:

"We...we made a little over one million in just a few days???"

Hearing this, Zhang Yun nodded solemnly:

"I didn't expect that the profit from this business could be so high!"

In fact, in the fruit transportation business, the money earned in theory will always only exist in theory. There will be various uncertainties in the actual operation process. This is why Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Yun did not estimate profits in advance.

In their view, cherries, a fruit that is not easy to store, will definitely have problems during the sales process, so they will definitely not make that much money in the end.

Unexpectedly, this batch of large cherries was unexpectedly popular, and almost all of them were sold in just one day.

It is precisely because of this that the overall loss has been reduced to a minimum, so there is an astonishing profit of more than 800,000 yuan.

Zhao Zhuo took a deep breath and then said slowly:

"It seems that our choice is correct. The fruit business has unlimited potential."

Zhang Yun smiled and nodded when she heard this:

"Yes, I guessed that I would make money, but making so much money really surprised me."

Now that the first step was a great success, Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Yun planned the next step.

According to the agreement with Zheng Donglai, Zhao Zhuo only needs to deal with the next three fruits to be transported by himself: Yinzhou yellow peaches.

Zhang Yun wanted to stay in the company to work, so this time Zhao Zhuo took two employees and set off for Yinzhou.