Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

"Hey, Mr. Yang, do you have any mushrooms? If so, we'll take them all."

Without changing the subject, the middle-aged couple immediately explained their purpose.

After being turned down by several companies and merchants, Yang Lin began to suspect that he was incompatible with the Shuimu Wild Mushroom Trading Market and decided to try asking at another market.

When someone suddenly offered to buy his shiitake mushrooms, Yang Lin regained his confidence.

"Yeah! How could I be so stupid as to choose to cooperate with companies that can handle hundreds of tons at once?" Yang Lin cursed inwardly, instantly realizing that he had made a foolish mistake.

The appearance of Wang Fuye and Liu Yan caused him to lose his first battle, which made him somewhat emotional.

They were eager to find another powerful company to cooperate with, and then use their extraordinary abilities to provide the partner with a large quantity of high-quality shiitake mushrooms, thus slapping Wang Fuye and Liu Yan in the face, and slapping the face of Duzhuan Trading Group.

So much so that he subconsciously overlooked the countless individual business owners who were simply dressed, lived in cramped shops, or even had no shops at all, only street stalls.

Although these individual vendors are small in scale and not as large as companies and merchants, they only sell a few hundred or a thousand kilograms a day.

It might go even lower.

However, their numbers constitute the largest group among all merchants in the entire trading market.

If combined, their strength is absolutely not to be underestimated.

He had just completely overlooked this main force.

"He got careless and got a little cocky, trying to become fat in one bite."

After silently reminding himself, Yang Lin felt his mind become much clearer.

With his thoughts churning, Yang Lin quickly looked at the middle-aged couple collecting mushrooms in front of him with enthusiastic eyes.

"You're buying shiitake mushrooms, right? Yes, we do. How many do you two bosses want?"

"How many people does Boss Yang own?"

How many do you want?

"We want as many as you have."

"I have as many as you want."

The middle-aged couple were suddenly speechless. Was this some kind of stand-up comedy routine?

"Ahem..." Yang Lin coughed twice, a little embarrassed, and repeated what he had said.

"Um... Uncle and Aunt, it's like this, I own 800 acres of forest, and the initial development has been completed."

"Currently, 50 acres of land are already producing mushrooms, with an estimated yield of over 120 tons."

"So if the amount you need is no more than 120 tons, I think I can provide it."

"One hundred and twenty tons! Are you kidding me?" The middle-aged couple were clearly skeptical. "As if we've never been to Wuyou County."

"Where did you find such a large mushroom farm over there?"

"If you really had 800 acres of forest base, how could those companies refuse to cooperate with you just to save face for Xindu's specialty products?"

"Wait a minute." Yang Lin was taken aback. "Aunt and Uncle are saying that those companies deliberately rejected me?"

"You don't know?" the middle-aged couple said. "Everyone in the market is saying you're dishonest..."

Not long after, the middle-aged couple revealed that Wang Fuye had deliberately targeted Yang Lin at the Shuimu Wild Mushroom Trading Center.

Those companies have privately contacted large-scale growers, wholesalers, and middlemen in Wuyou County.

I haven't heard of any major developments or news over there. I guess you're just a small investor, so you're just showing off to Wang Fuye.

As for these self-employed individuals, those with nothing to lose are not afraid of those wearing shoes.

Naturally, it doesn't matter whether he's a CEO or not.

"I see..." Yang Lin suddenly realized.

It turns out it wasn't that he was using too much cheat code or producing too many mushrooms; someone was interfering.

"Let's not talk about that anymore, let's discuss the specifics of the acquisition..."

Having understood the reason, Yang Lin did not dwell on the issue any further.

He is still too weak right now.

Revenge and humiliation can wait until later.

The most urgent task is to find a way to sell those fifty acres of shiitake mushrooms and earn our first pot of gold.

"We have three prices for buying shiitake mushrooms: 8 yuan per jin for premium grade shiitake mushrooms, 5 yuan per jin for first grade shiitake mushrooms, and 3.5 yuan per jin for second grade shiitake mushrooms."

"At most... we can only take two tons of goods at a time."

Considering their own capabilities, the middle-aged couple quickly reported their purchase price and quantity to Yang Lin.

There are three grades of shiitake mushrooms, each with a different price.

Shiitake mushrooms are commercially classified into four grades.

Premium grade shiitake mushrooms, Grade 1 shiitake mushrooms, Grade 2 shiitake mushrooms, and Grade 3 shiitake mushrooms.

The so-called premium grade shiitake mushrooms are the highest quality grade in the shiitake mushroom classification system.

These types of shiitake mushrooms should have an inward-curving cap, thick and intact flesh, a rich aroma, a regular shape, and no blemishes.

The retail price on the market is about 12 to 24 yuan per kilogram.

Of course, they are also business people, not end consumers, so they naturally cannot purchase at consumer prices.

You always need to leave yourself a certain profit margin.

Grade 1 shiitake mushrooms are made from premium shiitake mushrooms, with minor imperfections allowed.

The market retail price is 7 to 9 yuan per kilogram.

Second-grade shiitake mushrooms are of lower quality; they have already been opened or have some defects.

The market retail price is 4 to 6 yuan per kilogram.

Grade 3 shiitake mushrooms have obvious defects and are usually used for industrial processing, so they are not accepted.

"Two tons it is. You're my priority, and I'll try my best to provide you with shiitake mushrooms of grade one or higher."

"However, let me make this clear first: all my money is invested in the forest farm. I don't have any trucks available right now, and I can't afford to pay the deposit for hiring a truck driver. So, I'll have to trouble you to come to my forest farm to pick up the goods."

"One hand delivers the goods, the other hand pays; the transaction is completed."

That makes sense...

Yang Lin and the middle-aged couple quickly reached a verbal agreement.

We added contact information and agreed on an approximate harvesting time.

Next, Yang Lin followed the same method.

They proactively contacted other individual vendors at the Shuimu Wild Mushroom Trading Center.

Without the red tape and rules of a company, the self-employed individuals readily agreed.

Don't underestimate individual business owners. Most of them have their own trucks, and some even have refrigerated trucks and cold storage facilities.

I talked to eight people in a row. Some only wanted one ton, while others wanted eight or nine tons.

We have already pre-ordered about half of the production from Yang Lin.

"Young man, if you want to sell shiitake mushrooms, I suggest you go to the Junma Dried Vegetable Wholesale Market."

After reaching a pre-purchase agreement with the eighth individual business owner, the one who owned a refrigerated truck and cold storage suddenly spoke up:

"The main product of the Shuimu Wild Mushroom Trading Center is, after all, wild mushrooms; shiitake mushrooms are just an additional side product."

"At the Junma Wholesale Market, the volume of shiitake mushrooms sold is even greater."

"Next time, next time," Yang Lin replied. "I only have a yield of fifty mu right now."

"Once the remaining 700-plus acres are developed, we'll go check out the Junma Wholesale Market."

"No, no, no, what I mean is that my family also has a shop in the Junma Wholesale Market. My dad manages it. If the boss has a lot of goods, he can put some over there."

"Sure, it doesn't matter where you sell the goods, since you're all going to my forest farm to collect them anyway." Yang Lin nodded and readily agreed.