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Upon hearing this, Wei Jun became anxious.

Xicheng County is very small, with only a few private enterprises, so it's not difficult to find out about it.

He quickly stood up: "Okay, okay, I'll do it your way."

Lu Zifeng smiled and said, "That's right. Even though it's a 50/50 split, you still earn more than me. You can treat me as the buyer you found, and you'll still get the commission that's due to the private company owner."

Wei Jun suddenly realized, "Oh, right!"

The electronics factory had leftover color picture tubes, and the boss still owed money to the material suppliers. He was almost desperate when Wei Jun rescued him.

In addition, electronics factories are inherently low-cost manufacturers, so their shipping prices are cheaper than those of major brands.

They can sell a color picture tube that costs 800-1200 yuan on the market for only 650 yuan.

This batch of goods consists of 600 units, which is worth 39 yuan. According to the private business owner's promise to give Wei Jun a 5% commission, that would be 1.95 yuan.

Lu Zifeng wouldn't take the money.

Lu Zifeng earned his share of the price difference after selling the products to Huacai Electrical Appliances Company.

According to the price Wei Jun had previously agreed upon, each pipe cost 800 yuan, totaling 48 yuan.

Of the 90,000 yuan difference, Lu Zifeng and Wei Jun each received 45,000 yuan.

Seeing that Lu Zifeng and Wei Jun had reached an agreement, Gu Quan asked, "Should we still prepare a car?"

Lu Zifeng said, "Get ready! Go to Huacai Electrical Appliances."

Lu Zifeng didn't have the money to buy the electronics factory's goods first and then sell them to Huacai.

We can only sign a contract with Huacai for payment in advance, and then purchase the goods from Xicheng County.

Paying in advance and receiving goods is quite common in this era.

When Aido VCD's Hu Zhibiao was still a small, struggling factory, he faced extreme financial difficulties and relied on "payment before delivery" for distributors nationwide.

Moreover, Hua Cai and Lu Zifeng live in the same city.

Of course, if Huacai insists on cash on delivery, Lu Zifeng is not incapable of negotiating with Xicheng Electronics Factory to deliver the goods first and pay later.

This time, the car rental was for a short distance and didn't need to be overnight, but Lu Zifeng still gave the driver 20 yuan for food and cigarettes.

The driver handed over a business card: "Brother, next time you need a ride, just page me. You know what I mean."

Lu Zifeng glanced at the name: Deng Darong.

Below his name was Deng Darong's pager number. Looks like this guy takes on quite a few freelance jobs.

He told Gu Quan to put away Deng Darong's business card, and then, led by Wei Jun, he entered the gate of Huacai Electrical Appliance Factory.

Lu Zifeng had never heard of the Huacai brand of color TVs in his previous life.

In this era of fierce competition, with countless competitors vying for dominance, many products fail not because of poor quality. It could be due to inadequate marketing, bad luck, or perhaps, simply because their quality is too good.

Lu Zifeng met with the purchasing manager of Huacai Electrical Appliances.

Logically speaking, the purchasing department is the client, so they usually adopt a more condescending attitude.

However, Huacai Electrical Appliances did not have this batch of color picture tubes, so it missed the opportunity to stock the new store of Huidong Department Store in May.

Now, Party A is even more anxious than Party B.

However, Huacai remains quite insistent on the principle of payment before delivery.

He insisted on paying only a 20% deposit.

However, you can pay the balance upon delivery.

Actually, this isn't a big problem. Lu Zifeng can also negotiate the deposit and final payment with the electronics factory in Xicheng County.

What Lu Zifeng really wanted to discuss was long-term cooperation.

New Era acted as a bridge, connecting Xicheng Electronics Factory and Huacai Electrical Appliance Factory, binding both parties with contracts, and profiting from the price difference for as long as possible.

The main point is not to force anything.

After all, he didn't know when the Huacai brand would go out of business.

Gu Quan expressed his concerns about the deal.

"Brother Feng, we don't know anything about electronic components. What if there are quality problems?"

Although Lu Zifeng had already considered this issue, the fact that Gu Quan brought it up shows that he is no longer the street tyrant he once was.

"Those who sell atomic bombs don't necessarily produce them. We only need to ensure the quality of some key parameters. It's perfectly reasonable for Huacai to impose quality requirements on us. Similarly, we will impose corresponding quality requirements on Xicheng Electronics Factory."

"Even if things really get into trouble, my company is a limited liability company. As long as I haven't done anything illegal, I can just file for bankruptcy and be done with it."

"..."

The contracts with Xicheng Electronics Factory and Huacai Electric Appliances not only constrained these two companies, but also Wei Jun.

If Wei Jun wanted to register a company now, simply copying the model wouldn't work anymore—unless he found other sources of goods and buyers.

He managed to secure this business by sheer chance; if he were to do matchmaking again, he might not be able to succeed.

Therefore, it's better to follow Lu Zifeng. At least he always makes a 50% profit on the price difference between the electronics factory and Huacai Electric Appliances.

In addition, Lu Zifeng gave Wei Jun a fixed allowance of 500 yuan per month. He didn't need to "clock in" or meet any performance requirements. He only needed to do one thing: find suppliers.

After securing the Huacai Electric Appliances business, including the deposit from the Jiangping County Beverage Factory and the money I had saved over the past few months, I had accumulated nearly 100,000 yuan.

It's time to turn our guns around and compete with Zhou Hai and his wife for the grain depot warehouse.

The approval from above has been issued, agreeing to the sale of the warehouse located at No. 35 Qingguo Street by the Dongxian Grain Station, but the proceeds must be turned over to the treasury.

The warehouse has an area of ​​289 square meters, and the starting price announced is 3 yuan.

The public auction was held on May 13, 1991.

Individuals or organizations that are interested can register in advance.

What worries Su Min the most is that she hasn't been able to find the person who stabbed her in the back, and she doesn't know if that person will suddenly appear at the auction.

Zhou Hai obtained a list of registered individuals through connections.

"There aren't many people who have registered. Besides Director Chen of the supply and marketing cooperative who helped you with the bid rigging, there's also a self-employed individual named Qi Bo, and then there's Jiangshi New Era Commerce and Trade Co., Ltd."

"Qi Bo?" Su Min frowned when she heard the name.

"Do you know him?" Zhou Hai asked.

Su Min thought for a moment and said, "I heard Wang Jianguo, the director of the local police station, mention that Lu Zifeng tricked He Cheng into joining the gang by stealing canned goods from the factory and selling them to Qi Bo. Later, Qi Bo was also questioned by the police station, but he claimed that he had a legitimate supply order and that he only accepted the goods because he trusted Wu Fucheng's nephew and did not know that they were stolen goods."

"Does Wang Jianguo believe it?" Zhou Hai asked with a sneer.

"Hmph, does it matter whether you believe it or not?" Su Min had no intention of digging up old cases.

Her idea was that since Qi Bo wanted the goods from Dongxian Canned Food Factory, she would allocate a small amount to him every quarter—provided that he would only participate in the auctions at the grain depot warehouse without bidding.

Now that things have progressed to this stage, Zhou Hai felt it necessary to state his position one last time.

"Su Min, we won't stay in Dong County for long. Is it really necessary for you to take over the grain depot and warehouse?"

"What do you know? This is called seizing market share. According to the supply and marketing cooperative system, being shut down is an inevitable result. From now on, it will all be the domain of department stores. If our Su family's Huidong Department Store wants to make a name for itself, it must flourish all over Jiang City and successfully take over the market from the supply and marketing cooperative."