I can see the commodity price curve

Chapter 8 The Acquisition of Anise Is Not Easy

The eldest sister shook her head quickly: "Big brother, let's stop joking.

Not to mention 8 yuan, there is no 800 yuan.

I am just a small store, and I sell tens of grams of meat when I cook it.

And the price of star anise has been falling. If it wasn't for distribution, I wouldn't buy it. "

Zhang Yue didn't expect this to happen, and was a little dumbfounded for a moment: "Then what should I do? I want so much!"

The eldest sister pointed to the bag at the door: "I only have this amount."

Zhang Yue put it on the scale and found that it was only four catties, which cost less than 40 yuan in total.

Seeing his embarrassment, the eldest sister took out her mobile phone and said, "Brother, you are a real person.

This is Xiaosun's phone number. He specializes in wholesale star anise. Maybe he can help you. "

"Really? Thank you so much." Zhang Yue said the truth.

In order to prevent vicious competition among peers, generally stores in the market will not provide contact information of wholesalers at will.

"You're welcome, Xiao Sun is known in the entire market, so it's useless to hide it."

Zhang Yue dialed immediately, and the call was quickly connected.

"Hello!"

"Is it Manager Sun? I was introduced by Sister Hong from Guihong Seasoning Shop, and I want to ask you to wholesale star anise.

About seven to eight thousand catties, don't you think it's convenient? "

Unexpectedly, the opposite party said decisively: "I'm sorry, boss, I'm afraid I can't help you either."

"Ah? You don't have any stock?"

"It's not that I'm out of stock, but that the entire Zhongzhou doesn't have so many stocks.

You also know the market this year. For our dealers, the more goods we have now, the more we will lose.

And in another ten days or so, the new star anise will mature, and the price will at least fall below [-] yuan by then. "

"Is that so?" Zhang Yue frowned, "Can't we send a batch of goods here? I can pay first."

"It's no problem to transfer goods, the key is whether you can wait.

The situation in the whole country is actually similar to that in Zhongzhou. The quantity you want is large, and it will take a week at the earliest. "

"Forget it then, I'll think of a way."

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Yue was a little helpless.

He never expected this to be the case.

As for waiting for the other party to transfer the goods, forget it?
If there is no problem with the eye ability, the price of star anise will rise sharply in five days.

If the increase is small, the other party may still deliver the goods on time.

But that's nine times the profit!
At that time, if the other party makes any excuse that the goods are not in stock, and pays liquidated damages according to the contract, I can only stare blankly.

Standing on the spot and thinking for a moment, Zhang Yue suddenly picked up the half bag of star anise and left: "Sister, sell me these, the money will be transferred to you."

The eldest sister became anxious in an instant: "No, that's for me to distribute the goods.

You took it all away, and if someone comes to buy meat for cooking, how can I do business?

Hey, you..."

But Zhang Yue couldn't help but throw it into his van and lock it.

Not to mention that you can't buy star anise from that Manager Sun.

Even if I could buy it, I drove a van all the way here, and the oil burned dozens of yuan, so I can't run empty, can I?

Then he went to other stores to scan the goods one after another, and soon sold out the star anise in the entire market.

So people who were planning to improve their family's life during the weekend, after buying all kinds of meat, rushed to the seasoning market to buy seasonings, but found that there was a lack of taste.

In desperation, everyone can only wait for the new star anise to arrive, and replace it with the kind of mixed material bag that is all minced.

Zhang Yue didn't know that his operation would bring such a little trouble to everyone.

Now his too is troubled.

Although it has been determined that it is impossible to purchase a large amount of goods at one time, Zhang Yue was not worried at first.

Because he only has 8000 in his hand, that is to say, even if all the money is thrown out, he can only get more than [-] catties of star anise.

As long as you work hard and run a few more times, you can get the goods ready.

But Zhang Yue still overlooked one point, which is the size of the octagon.

Sun-dried star anise is very light, and a common urea bag can only be filled with about ten catties.

Twenty bags in a van, three hundred jacks.

Therefore, Zhang Yue had to make 27 trips if he wanted to haul eight thousand catties of goods.

Due to the small stock in the market, if you want to fill a large truck, you need to scan goods from at least two seasoning markets.

Sweeping goods is easy to say, but he has to buy them one by one.

Some shopkeepers saw that he bought too much, even if Zhang Yue was willing to pay more, he would not sell it.

So Zhang Yue ran all morning before he was able to fill a car.

Calculated by pulling three cars a day, you can buy fifteen cars in five days.

No, the price of anise rose on the fifth day. In fact, he only had four days.

Therefore, if you want to maximize the benefits, you can only find a large amount of goods at one time, and transport them all back to the warehouse with a large truck.

But where in Zhongzhou can there be more than [-] catties of star anise?
Hey!
Zhang Yue sighed helplessly.

If only I could give myself a few more days.

All I can say is, this is fate!
Just when Zhang Yue had given up hope and was running around in various seasoning markets with the intention of taking as much as he could, he inadvertently inquired about a piece of news from a shopkeeper:
The Chinese herbal medicine market in Zhongzhou may have goods!

Zhang Yue's eyes lit up instantly.

In addition to being used to season food, star anise is also a traditional Chinese medicine.

In fact, not only star anise, the spices used in daily cooking meat, were originally traditional Chinese medicines.

It was only later that people discovered that these traditional Chinese medicines have a delicate taste, and cooking them with meat and other ingredients can greatly improve their deliciousness, so the saying of seasoning gradually came into being.

Unlike spices, star anise is used as a traditional Chinese medicine and is sold mixed with other Chinese herbal medicines.

Therefore, the fluctuation of the price of a certain herbal medicine alone has little impact on the Chinese herbal medicine market.

And in order to ensure the normal supply of all the medicinal materials in the prescription, those pharmacies will definitely stock star anise normally or even in large quantities.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue immediately drove to the Chinese herbal medicine market.

The Chinese herbal medicine market in Zhongzhou is located in the eastern district close to the CBD.

Sure enough, as Zhang Yue expected, after asking several Chinese medicine shops, there is indeed a large amount of star anise in stock.

But when he explained his purpose, he was instantly dumbfounded.

Because the replies given by the owners of these Chinese medicine shops are exactly the same: not for sale!

If you want to buy it, you can buy it. We have a variety of Chinese medicine prescriptions rich in star anise, and there are as many as you need according to the prescription ratio.

Not reconciled, Zhang Yue asked all the way, and soon came to a pharmacy called "Gao's Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale".

Gao's Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale is the largest store in the Chinese herbal medicine market, with sufficient stock, many categories, and the best reputation.

Zhang Yue cheered up again.

"Good day, boss!"

"Hello, hello, please sit down and drink tea."

It was a middle-aged man who greeted Zhang Yue.

However, after seeing the appearance of the other party, Zhang Yue was taken aback, because he found that the other party was vaguely familiar.

But Zhang Yue was sure that he had never met the other party.

He thanked him repeatedly, and after a few pleasantries with the other party, he said directly: "Boss Gao, to be honest, I want to buy star anise in large quantities. I wonder if you have any goods?"

The owner's name was Gao En. After listening to Zhang Yue's words, he didn't directly refuse like other shop owners.

He said with a smile: "Sir, since you have come to me, you should know that the market for Bajiao is not good.

Now that the harvest of fresh star anise is imminent, it is very likely that it will fall below eight yuan in at most half a month.

Why not wait longer? "

For this question, Zhang Yue already had an answer: "The main reason is that I need it urgently, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way."

"That's it, that's not for sale!"

"You..." Zhang Yue's face darkened in an instant, and the other party made it clear that he was teasing him.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yue said, "Can I ask why?

After all, you also said that the price of star anise will continue to fall in the near future.

As long as you replenish in time, you can make a fortune. "

Gao En looked confident: "Of course I know this, but it's just speculation after all.

What if the country suddenly introduces a certain policy to curb the downward trend?

The most important thing is that the average price of star anise in my warehouse is about 18 yuan when I buy it.

However, if it is sold in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, it can be sold for more than 50 yuan per catty.

It is not impossible to buy in large quantities, 40 yuan a catty, as much as you want. "

(End of this chapter)