"You misunderstood." Han Du waved his hand: "I have no intention of taking away your family property."
"Master, I am sincere..."
Before Fu Yong could finish speaking, Han Du shouted angrily: "That's enough! I want money. If I just go out to sea and have enough to eat for ten lifetimes, why would I care about your family fortune?"
"Stop saying that. If you say one more word, you can solve the trouble yourself!"
"My lord, please calm down. It was my misunderstanding. Please don't let me die without saving you!" Fu Yong apologized quickly.
Han Du took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "It's okay if you understand. I just want you to obey my instructions completely during this process."
Sighing slightly, he explained: "You also know that even if I explain some things to you now, you may not understand them."
If you don't understand, you don't understand, and it's related to their wealth and life. Maybe you will act in a submissive manner during your actions. When the time comes to fail, people will think that it is because of their own incompetence.
Therefore, Han Du must first make an agreement with the two of them.
"Don't worry, sir. We will only obey your orders, but we will respect all your orders!" The two of them bowed their hands as a guarantee.
"Okay!" Han Du nodded: "With your words, I can still give you a hand."
"Thank you, sir." The two of them bowed quickly.
After a pause, Chang Hao asked: "Master, I wonder what we need to do?"
Han Du pondered for a moment, "The price of cotton cloth is too high now. The longer you maintain this high price, the harder it will be for you to ride the tiger. Therefore, you must first bring down the price of cotton cloth."
"Master, if the price drops, won't we lose all our money?" Fu Yonggang became anxious when he heard it and couldn't help but speak.
After all, this was related to his wealth and life, so he couldn't help but not be anxious.
Before Han Du could speak, Chang Hao quickly waved his hand to interrupt Fu Yong, "You wait until the father-in-law finishes speaking. Since the father-in-law said this, it must make sense."
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Han Du nodded slightly and continued: "Do you know why we have to lower the price first? Because the palace still has a large amount of cotton stock. As long as the palace keeps shipping, even if you have doubled your net worth, you will still be able to reduce the price of the palace. There’s so much stuff to buy.”
"If the price doesn't come down, you will only die!"
As long as the palace keeps shipping, Fu Yong and Chang Hao will encounter a sharp drop in cotton prices sooner or later if they cannot support the current prices.
Rather than being cut off with such a blunt knife, we should be more decisive and directly cut the price of cotton to the bottom.
In this way, they can at least keep their current family business.
"How much do you think it should be lowered?" Chang Hao asked in a low voice.
Han Du thought for a moment and asked, "What was the original price of cotton?"
Chang Hao said without hesitation: "The price of low-grade cotton is usually two hundred yuan per piece. What we buy is high-grade cotton. The original price is two hundred yuan per piece."
"Then just drop it to Liang Guan." Han Du said decisively.
"This is impossible. When the highest price for the cotton we bought was six guan per piece, sir, if it drops to two guan now, wouldn't it be a huge loss?" Fu Yong couldn't wait to jump out and express his grievances.
Han Du waved his hand to signal him to be quiet, and then said: "What I mean is to reduce the nominal price of cotton to two pieces per piece."
"Reduced to Liangguan in name only? Master, what... does this mean? Why can't you understand?" Chang Hao quickly leaned towards Han Du. He felt that the Master's words had profound meaning. , but he couldn't understand it, so he urgently wanted the father-in-law to explain it clearly.
Han Du smiled faintly, that is, he could only do this in this desert of business regulations.
But it doesn’t matter, as long as the method works.
"That's it. When you buy cotton cloth, do you buy it according to the market price?"
"Of course!" The two of them nodded in unison.
Han Du also nodded, and then said meaningfully: "That is to say, if there is one or even several companies on the market selling high-quality cotton at the price of two pieces per piece, what will other people do?"
"This... of course follows the price reduction, otherwise who would buy the high-priced cotton?" Chang Hao thought for a while, but still couldn't understand the father-in-law's intention.
Han Du changed his laziness from leaning back on the chair, straightened his back and came slightly closer to the two of them, and said loudly: "The largest shipment of cotton cloth on the market now comes from the palace. If the price of cotton cloth drops to two thousand yuan, the palace will Shouldn’t we also lower the price to two guans?”
"Of course," Chang Hao nodded in agreement, and then asked doubtfully: "But if it is reduced to two guan, then we will lose one horse for each sale!"
Han Du chuckled and said meaningfully: "I just asked you to lower the price to two guans, and I didn't ask you to actually sell the cotton."
"If you don't sell it? How can the price drop?" Fu Yong didn't understand what Han Du meant at all.
Han Du had no choice but to patiently hold out a finger to the two of them and explain: "First of all, people don't buy much cotton cloth on weekdays. You can choose a few shops in the capital that sell less, and then spread the word. The finest cotton is as bright as a bolt."
"Then, you can secretly organize the servants and use the money to buy your own cotton. In this way, no matter how much cotton is sold, you will not suffer any loss."
"But after this incident, the price of cotton will definitely fall."
"What a great idea, sir!" Fu Yong was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly complimented Han Du.
There was even a hint of joy in my heart. Since this operation can reduce prices, can it also be used to increase prices?
After all, there are no restrictions on the price of goods now. As long as others believe the price, that will be the price.
Han Du glanced at him lightly and said calmly: "This is because you are desperate, so I have no choice but to take this step. If I know that you will use this to disrupt prices to make money in the future, no one else needs to do it. I will kill you myself."
"Master, I misunderstood, I misunderstood." Fu Yong quickly apologized.
Chang Hao also solemnly nodded and promised, "Don't worry, sir, as long as I can get through this difficulty, I will never touch this thing again."
"As long as you understand." Han Du shouted in a low voice. After a pause, he said: "As for not touching it, that's not necessary. You earn the money you should earn. It's okay to make money. But the money you shouldn't earn , if you touch me, don’t blame me for being unkind."
"Yes, sir."
"Don't worry, sir, it's easy for me."
"That's good." Han Du nodded, "Then you should prepare quickly. If the situation changes, come and tell me immediately."
"yes."
But Fu Yong was still a little hesitant and asked with a worried look: "My lord, this... has been reduced to Lianguan, what if the palace doesn't sell it anymore?"
"Don't sell it?" Han Du smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Even if you sell it twice, the palace will still make money, so it usually won't stop selling it."
"Of course, if the palace doesn't sell the inventory, then you can slowly start selling the inventory at the current price. In this way, you can take advantage of the opportunity to sell it. Although you will lose some money, it can be considered a solution."
"My father-in-law, what you said makes sense." Chang Hao nodded repeatedly, "Originally, as long as I can keep half of the family business, I would be very lucky, so I might as well end this matter."
"I almost forgot, when the fake is real, the fake is also real. You release three or five pieces of cotton cloth every day for the people to buy, so half-truth and half-false are enough to confuse the public!" Han Du stretched out his hand and rubbed the bridge of his nose a few times. commanded.
"Congratulations, sir!" The two of them admired Han Du greatly. They could even think of such details, and such a good plan was simply impeccable.
As for selling a few pieces of cotton at a low price, haha, what does this mean to wealthy businessmen like them?
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Fu Yong and Chang Hao received Han Du's guidance and started preparations immediately after returning.
Early the next morning, more than a dozen silk and satin shops in the inner and outer cities of the southeast, northwest and northwest of the capital began to sell low-priced cotton cloth.
"High-quality cotton, only two threads per piece..."
Following the shouts of the store clerk, a large group of people suddenly gathered around. These people had been arranged by Fu Yong and Chang Hao a long time ago. They did not rush into the silk and satin shop to sell goods immediately, but blocked the door tightly.
As soon as the people saw that there was something lively to watch, they immediately gathered together.
When they heard that only two pieces of high-quality cotton were sold per piece, excitement suddenly appeared in the eyes of the people. Nowadays, a piece of fine cotton costs almost eight guan, but only two guan are sold here?
is this real?
"I buy it, I buy it..."
Suddenly, the crowd was surging and wanted to squeeze in desperately.
When the shopkeeper saw that the people gathered were almost there, he quickly winked at the waiter.
Liyingwaihe quickly snatched up all the cotton cloth, and the people who came in later only grabbed one or two pieces.
Of course, the people who didn't get it were very disappointed and clamored for the silk and satin shop to bring out the cotton.
But this was a deliberate design. How could the silk and satin shop be willing to come up with cotton again?
"Dear neighbors, I am the shopkeeper here. Today's thousand pieces of cotton have been sold out. Please come back tomorrow."
"Oh? You mean you'll still sell it tomorrow?" Someone asked in great surprise.
"Still selling!" The shopkeeper nodded affirmatively.
In this way, the people felt lucky, and naturally no one would embarrass the silk and satin shop. After all, they still expected to be able to buy cotton cloth tomorrow.
And when they see an acquaintance buying it with their own eyes, they will naturally think that they are not lucky enough and will not doubt whether there is any problem.
After sending the people in front away, the shopkeeper hurried to the backyard of the store.
Pushing the door open and going in, he bowed his hands to Fu Yong who was sitting inside, and said with a smile on his face: "Master, the matter is settled."
"Nothing happened, right?" Fu Yong smiled lightly and drank tea.
"No, according to the master's instructions, only two pieces of cotton cloth were allowed out." The shopkeeper held out two fingers.
Seeing that Fu Yongzheng was happy, the shopkeeper weighed it and said softly and doubtfully: "But Master, I have something unclear."
