Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

The three of them walked along the mountain road for a long time until it was almost deserted.

Xu Jialu said:

"Boss, we have gone far enough this time. But... won't there be no villages left?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo frowned and had some doubts about whether such a situation would happen.

Just when Zhao Zhuo thought there would be no more villages, several houses suddenly appeared in front of him.

This made Zhao Zhuo and others a little surprised.

Having a house proves that there are people.

And here, as long as there are people, there are probably yellow peaches!

Sure enough, after driving for a while, a peach forest suddenly came into view, lush and green, with huge yellow peaches just hanging on the branches, a scene of abundant harvest.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhuo and others were completely relieved.

It seems that Zhao Zhuo’s guess was indeed correct!

The car drove to an orchard and happened to see a middle-aged man coming out of the orchard.

Zhao Zhuo quickly asked Xu Jialu to park the car, then got out of the car and walked to the middle-aged man's side.

The middle-aged man looked at Zhao Zhuo in surprise, then at their car, and then asked doubtfully:

"Are you guys?"

Zhao Zhuo nodded to the middle-aged man and then said:

"Brother, we are here to purchase yellow peaches."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes suddenly lit up:

"What? Come to buy yellow peaches from us?"

Seeing the middle-aged man's surprised expression, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but smile and asked:

"Why, don't we grow yellow peaches in our village?"

The middle-aged man quickly shook his head:

"No, no, of course we have. In this mountain, what else can we grow if not yellow peaches?"

Having said this, the middle-aged man smiled self-deprecatingly, and then continued:

"It's just that we don't easily have people come to acquire us, so I'm a little surprised to see you."

Zhao Zhuo had already guessed this. He nodded and asked:

"Then how do you sell your yellow peaches?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly:

“If others don’t come to collect it, we have no choice but to sell it ourselves.

Either you have to go to a sales point in another village dozens of miles away to sell it, or you have to go further and retail in a town a hundred miles away. Anyway, it's quite troublesome.

When we go to purchase points in other villages, people think we are stealing business and squeeze us out in various ways. When we go to towns for retail sales, there are too many yellow peaches growing nearby, so we can’t sell them at a high price.”

These words revealed the difficulties of this village.

After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Zhao Zhuo smiled lightly and said:

"I want to go into the orchard and have a look. I don't know if it's convenient."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded repeatedly:

“Convenient and convenient!”

With that said, he took Zhao Zhuo into the orchard.

Zhao Zhuo looked at the almost ripe yellow peach on the tree, picked one at random, washed it and tasted it, and couldn't help but said with some surprise:

"This yellow peach tastes quite good!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded proudly:

"Actually speaking, the quality of the yellow peaches we have here is quite good in the entire Yinzhou area.

But unfortunately, our geographical location is too remote, so half of such good yellow peaches have to rot in the ground, which is really a pity."

Having said this, the middle-aged man looked at Zhao Zhuo hesitantly and asked:

"You are here to acquire...how much are you prepared to charge?"

Zhao Zhuo did not answer directly, but asked:

"How many yellow peaches have you grown here in total?"

The middle-aged man did some calculations and then replied:

"Together, our village can have about thirty or forty acres. Based on the yield of one acre of land, which is about five thousand catties, we can produce a total of about two hundred thousand catties."

When Zhao Zhuo heard this amount, he nodded slightly:

"Normal delivery price, how much does a pound of yellow peaches cost?"

The middle-aged man answered directly:

"When shipping, it's usually 30 cents per pound. Selling it yourself can be a little more expensive, around 50 cents."

Zhao Zhuo asked again:

"Can the quality of the yellow peaches in your village reach this level?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded without thinking:

"I can guarantee it!"

"Are you sure it's guaranteed?"

“It’s definitely guaranteed!”

Zhao Zhuo nodded:

"Okay, then please invite all the people who grow yellow peaches in the village. I will take all the yellow peaches in your village, which is fifty cents per catty."

Hearing Zhao Zhuo's seemingly casual words, the middle-aged man was immediately stunned.

He thought that Zhao Zhuo would buy Huang Tao, but he never expected that he would buy so many at once!

"Great! You are really a great benefactor to our whole village!"

As he said this, the middle-aged man was so excited that he hurriedly invited Zhao Zhuo to sit at his home nearby, and then hurriedly went to notify the people who planted yellow peaches.

Zhao Zhuo and the other three sat and waited.

Xu Jialu asked with some confusion:

"Mr. Zhao, their delivery is obviously only 30 cents per catty, why should we charge 50 cents per catty?"

Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly when he heard this, and then said:

"Whether the purchase price is 30 cents per catty or 50 cents per catty, it doesn't make much difference to us. Even if it is calculated as 200,000 catties, it only costs 40,000 yuan more.

However, this money is extremely important to them! With this money, their children can go to school, they can buy two kilograms of meat during the Chinese New Year, and they can have money to buy medicine when they are sick..."

Citing a series of examples, Zhao Zhuo then solemnly said:

"Look at this family's house. They don't even have a few decent pieces of furniture in the house. Life is very hard.

Those who are great in business serve the country and the people. When we do business, we still need to pay more attention to it."

What Zhao Zhuo said is really not an exaggeration. Looking at the middle-aged man's home, there is only a dilapidated wooden table and a few very dilapidated stools. Apart from that, there is nothing else.

Therefore, upon hearing this, Xu Jialu and another employee nodded, indicating that they had learned.

Zhao Zhuo and others waited for a while. The middle-aged man came back with a bunch of people. In a short time, the room was full of people.

Zhao Zhuo took a look at the villagers in front of him, and saw that all of them had dark skin, and their clothes were old and even patched. When he saw that they were not living a prosperous life, he couldn't help but become more determined in his thoughts.

At this time, the villagers already knew the purpose of Zhao Zhuo's trip, so everyone looked at Zhao Zhuo with surprise and gratitude.

However, because they were not familiar with each other, no one was embarrassed to speak.

But the middle-aged man said excitedly:

"This is the big boss from Fengtian City! They said that all the yellow peaches in our village are sold at the retail price of 50 cents per catty!"

After being confirmed again, everyone's eyes became even more excited.