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Chapter 44 It's up to you

Wei Ming and Fatty Wang spoke one after another, and they didn't stop until noon.It's basically all fake stuff.Although these words are nice, they are basically things without substance.However, the people outside were very excited. More and more people gathered outside, and there would be applause from time to time.Wei Ming actually wanted this kind of effect.Improve your own reputation and suppress the reputation of local grain merchants. If you sell the same grain as the local grain merchants, even if the prices of both parties are the same, people will come to buy your own grain.The people are more guided by public opinion, and their ability to judge the authenticity of affairs is very poor.If you want the people to truly accept and support you, what you have to do is to maximize the power of public opinion and leave a tall image in their hearts.Of course, if you want to truly occupy the market, you will have to go through a cruel game in the future.The local grain merchants are not fools, they will also launch a counterattack.At that time, it will depend on who has a better means, who has a stronger foundation, and who has a stronger ability to guide public opinion.This is the reason why Wei Ming is wooing cloth merchants now.The influence of cloth merchants in Lianghuai is definitely far greater than that of grain merchants.

"Everyone, it's already noon, let's talk about it after dinner. We have prepared a good meal here. Please invite the leaders of the various business gangs to go upstairs. We need to discuss some details." Wei Ming said.Everyone was tired from sitting all morning, Wei Ming issued a call, and everyone responded.In fact, everyone understands that this world is very dark.Some things cannot be said in public.

Wei Ming gave Fatty Wang a wink, Fatty Wang nodded understandingly, and greeted him downstairs.And Wei Ming went upstairs with a group of business leaders.For some things, I still have to find a corner to hide and say them well.

"Everyone, here I would like to thank you all for taking the time to attend this meeting. I would like to offer you a toast first!" After the food and drinks were prepared, Wei Ming was polite with everyone first, and after drinking for three rounds, After the dishes were over, the head of the Li family of the Longyou Merchant Gang stood up and said, "Brother Wei Ming, I agree with everything you just said. The way of business is based on benevolence and trust. To win a business war, reason is the best. Business war Although it can be said that everything is used to the extreme, there must be a bottom line. If anyone crosses this bottom line, then the final result must be very miserable."

Wei Ming listened and nodded.Wei Ming, the Longyou Merchant Gang in history, still knows about it.It was one of the top ten merchant gangs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Longyou merchant gang was one of them.There must be reasons why they were able to confront the powerful Huizhou and Shanxi merchants.And with the perseverance of the five counties, they became one of the top ten business gangs. Regardless of the miracle, their integrity is also inseparable.Good at pioneering and enterprising, broad-minded, and advanced business philosophy have a lot to do with it.And the most important point is that they put integrity in a very important position when doing business.Wei Ming talked so much, the main idea is to stand up against the bad competition mode and maintain the cleanliness of the shopping mall.It is not surprising that the Longyou Merchant Gang stood up to support it.Wei Ming felt a little lucky.The current Longyou Merchant Gang already has great strength, and all walks of life can speak for themselves.With their support, many things will be much easier to handle.

"Thank you, the Patriarch of the Li family. The boy is not talented, and Mr. Li praised him absurdly." Wei Ming stood up and saluted.

"Next, what are you going to do? If we want to compete with those grain merchants, we must have something in hand. If we don't have food, no matter how nice we say it, no matter how gaudy it is, it's useless. After all , the common people still have to live. We can’t stop eating grain because we are dissatisfied with those grain merchants.” Said the head of the Luo family, a Hangzhou businessman.

Wei Ming nodded.Although this does not sound very pleasant, it is indeed a very important issue that needs attention at present.You can't say that people deliberately come to pick trouble.It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. If you don't have food, what do you use to compete with others for the market?Do you want people to buy cloth and eat cloth at home?This is obviously impossible.

"I've thought about this problem too. I still have some grain in my hand. We can use this grain to suppress the price of grain as much as possible, and then buy grain again when the price of grain is at its lowest point, and then raise the price to earn a difference This will not only achieve the purpose of suppressing grain prices, but also benefit everyone, what do you think?" Wei Ming said.He did this when he was in Suzhou.I have tasted the sweetness from it, since this thing can be done once, of course it can be done twice.And with the original template, it should be easier to do now.If the people hear this, they will definitely not be happy, and feel that Wei Ming and others are also a bunch of profiteers.Of course, being a businessman is all about making profit, just how much profit you make.People always want to buy the most things at the lowest price, which is understandable.But who would do such a thankless thing?It is said that it is not profitable to get early, even if it is a change of position, if you do not make money in business, you still have to post money in it, who would do this?

"How much food do you have?" Luo Family Patriarch asked.

"Almost [-] stones left." Wei Ming thought for a while and said.These days, because the place where the food is sold has become larger, the food goes down quickly.Originally there were more than [-] shi of grain, but now only [-] shi are missing.It made him a little hard to say.After all, [-] shi of grain is a drop in the bucket for the entire Huaihe River.

"No, it's too little. If only this little grain is put into the market, it's estimated that there won't even be a blister. No, this is not a long-term solution at all." The head of the Luo family frowned. Said with a frown.Wei Ming showed an embarrassing smile on his face, and did not refute.What he said was the truth, Wei Ming also knew what he said was right.Although the words are not sound, but the situation is indeed such a situation.Even if you want to refute, there is no way to refute.

"From the Luo family, you can't say that. There are already a lot of [-] shi. If you put the [-] shi of grain into one place, it will still have a very good effect on the market. At that time, wait until the price of grain here drops. After that, wouldn’t it be better for us to buy grain from here and sell it to other places? In this way, our snowball will get bigger and bigger. When our snowball is big enough, then we will You can fight against those grain merchants. At that time, whoever decides the price of grain is not sure." A middle-aged man with a mustache said.This person Wei Ming still has a reflection, and he has seen it in Suzhou.After Wei Ming suppressed the price of grain, this guy went to Suzhou to buy grain.But it seems that the food price of this product is cheap.When welcoming the guests just now, Fatty Wang said that this guy is from the Dongting Merchant Gang.Moreover, the members of the Dongting Merchant Gang have a strong ability to judge the situation and seize the opportunity.This time, the Weng family, the representative of the Dongting Merchant Gang, did not send anyone, but instead he came.This made Wei Ming feel very interesting.

"The Patriarch of the Sun family has good eyesight and courage. I admire you." Wei Ming saluted him with a smile.However, what he said seemed to be inappropriate, which made the Patriarch of the Luo family on behalf of Hangzhou a little unhappy. He flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly.Wei Ming didn't care, he was still cheerful.Peace makes money.

"However, little brother Wei Ming, these years there have been natural disasters, and the people are struggling to survive. If this continues, the supply and demand relationship of food will be disrupted. The price of food will inevitably rise. Even if all of us concentrate our efforts to suppress It is not an easy task to go down. After all, there is only so much food. Those who are in the food business have a much wider network than us." Longyou Shang said to the Li family.

Wei Ming nodded.Wei Ming can see that reputation is the foundation of a businessman through the fact that the common people would rather sell the grain cheaply to the Cao family than to sell it to themselves when harvesting grain.Without credibility, everything is empty talk.But now it is very difficult for Wei Ming to establish his own reputation.After all, there are already many people ahead.This thing is not something that can be obtained in a day or two.Therefore, if you want to really win this battle, you need to make a strange move.

"It depends on everyone here." Wei Ming suddenly smiled mysteriously and said.

(Five chapters are over, brothers, the rest is up to you!)

(End of this chapter)