Lu Chen waited at home for more than ten days before receiving Fu Mingzhuo's telegram.
Fu Mingzhuo informed Lu Chen in detail about the recent encounters of the Lu family in the telegram.
Then he told Lu Chen that Lu's father gave Fu Mingzhuo a sum of money to leave the textile factory before selling it. The weapons and ammunition he left in the factory were also taken away by Lu Jiaming.
The food matter was not negotiated, so Fu Mingzhuo asked him to find a way on his own.
Lu Chen was a little worried because he had promised Edinburgh the food. And Xiao Tian actually found himself. He also took away his own factory. Fortunately, his parents were fine, otherwise his sin would have been huge.
Lu Chen said bitterly: "Damn my little life, now we not only have a national feud, but also a family feud. If I don't kill you, I will feel sorry for myself as a Chinese."
Lu Chen allowed himself to calm down first. What needs to be solved now is the food problem. He didn't want to lose the Edinburgh line yet.
The current solution is to produce food in the United States. Lu Chen thought helplessly, but he was not familiar with the United States, so he had no choice but to find the only person he knew.
He left his residence and found Chen Jianghe.
"Brother Chen, I have something to ask you for help."
Chen Jianghe said, "If you have anything to say, tell me."
Lu Chen said, "Brother Chen, I don't know if you are familiar with the United States. I want to buy a batch of grain."
Chen Jianghe said doubtfully: "Can't you just buy it at those grocery stores?"
Lu Chen said: "The amount of grain I buy is relatively large, requiring more than 5,000 tons. It is a bulk transaction."
Chen Jianghe looked at Lu Chen in surprise and asked, "Why did you buy so much food? Do you have so much money? That's more than 100,000 US dollars."
Lu Chen said: "Brother Chen, don't worry, I have the money. Now I just can't find a place to buy food. And I need to find a shipping company to help me transport the food."
Chen Jianghe thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my American classmates. They should know where to buy it."
Lu Chen said with great gratitude: "I'll trouble you, Brother Chen. I will definitely give you a red envelope, Brother Chen, after everything is done."
Chen Jianghe said displeasedly: "I'm not happy when you say that. Your Lu family has helped me so much. I'm just asking about this matter. Then you can give me a red envelope."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "Okay, then, after your house expires, you can just move to my place. Anyway, I still have a house there and no one lives in it. If you come, my place will be more lively." .”
Chen Jianghe thought for a while and decided that this was okay. A young man like Lu Chen probably couldn't cook. If I live there, I can also help Lu's father and mother Lu take care of Lu Chen.
Chen Jianghe nodded in agreement.
Lu Chen was also very happy to see Chen Jianghe agree. Since Chen Jianghe doesn't want his own money, he will have to pay for his food, drink and accommodation in the future. It's your own responsibility.
The next day, Chen Jianghe brought several foreigners to Lu Chen's residence.
"Lu Chen, these are my two American classmates in college, McGee and Cole."
Lu Chen quickly shook hands with the two of them.
Cole said: "I heard that you want to buy food, sir?"
Lu Chen nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I urgently need a large amount of food."
Cole asked again: "I don't know how much you need."
Lu Chen stretched out a finger and said, "10,000 tons."
Maggie screamed in shock at the magnitude of Lu Chen's answer. He said:
"Oh my god, why do you need so much food? What do you do?"
Lu Chen said: "I am a businessman, and several of my customers are food manufacturers. I also buy grain for their production needs."
Cole thought for a while and said to Lu Chen: "I can't provide this much food here. But I know where to buy so much food."
Lu Chen said: "As long as you can let me buy enough food, I can give you a fee of 1,000 US dollars."
When they heard Lu Chen's favor fee of 1,000 yuan, Cole and McGee both showed greedy smiles.
Cole said: "I know where the commodities market in New York is. I'll take you there."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
McGee had a rather impatient temper. As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he pulled Lu Chen out of the door, followed by Cole and Chen Jianghe.
After leaving the door, Maggie directly pulled Lu Chen onto his motorcycle. Without waiting for Cole and the other two, he drove his motorcycle directly to the trading market.
When Cole saw Lu Chen being pulled away by Maggie, he quickly chased after him with Chen Jianghe.
McGee pulled Lu Chen behind a large freight transfer station. The car stopped and Cole arrived shortly after.
Seeing that everyone was here, McGee led a few people into the freight transfer station.
Lu Chen saw it in this transfer station. There are many places where a shed has been set up. Then there were people talking inside the shed.
McGee explained to Lu Chen: "This is the largest commodity trading market in New York. You can see those sheds. They are all built by sellers. You can find everything here, including wheat, corn, and soybeans." "
Lu Chen asked: "Why don't I see any food here?"
Cole explained: "The goods traded here are relatively large transactions. If the goods are placed here, they cannot be placed here. Everyone here is the owner of the goods. As long as you have negotiated with the owner of the goods, you can directly You can go pick up the goods.”
Lu Chen asked: "What about futures? I don't know where to trade them."
Cole looked at Lu Chen in surprise.
"Mr. Lu, do you still want to buy futures? The place for buying and selling futures is in another place. If Mr. Lu needs it, I can take you there."
Lu Chen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't have that need now. I'll let you take me there when I need it in the future."
After saying that, Lu Chen started walking around the market. After a while he found a merchant selling wheat.
Lu Chen said: "Hello, boss, how do you sell wheat?"
The wheat boss said: "A ton of wheat is US$12. If you buy in large quantities, we can give you some discounts."
Lu Chen didn't say anything, left the merchant, and started wandering in the market again.
Finally, Lu Chen found out that the price of wheat in this market was agreed upon by everyone. It was all 12 yuan per ton. Corn costs 10 yuan per ton.
So Lu Chen started purchasing in this market.
Lu Chen found three shops selling wheat in this market. Lu Chen walked to the shop where he first went and said, "Boss, I'm back again."
The boss smiled and said: "Sir, how are you thinking about it?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't think about it. I walked around this market and found that all the wheat in this market has the same price, so I came back to you."
The boss smiled and said, "I don't know how much wheat you need, boss."
Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "Ten thousand tons. I wonder if you have that much wheat here."
The boss was surprised and said: "There are so many. I only have more than 1,000 tons of goods here. Sir, please wait a moment and I will ask people from other companies to come over."
After a while, people from the other two families also came to Lu Chen. The previous boss smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, I'm sorry, my three companies together only have a total of 4,200 tons of wheat."
Lu Chen was a little surprised and said, "That's all."
The boss explained: "Sir, it's only June now, and the grain in the fields hasn't been harvested yet. The grain we have here is all from last year's inventory."
Lu Chen said helplessly: "Okay, just a little less. I want a round number, 4,000 tons."
The boss was overjoyed and said, "Okay, sir, since you want so much, I'll give you a 20% discount, sir. I'll also send you to New York Harbor for free, how about it."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, but you may have to wait for my notification before you can send it to the port. I haven't rented a warehouse yet."
The boss looked at Lu Chen with some embarrassment.
Seeing that the boss looked a little ugly, Lu Chen quickly said, "I can pay you 30% of the purchase price as a deposit, what do you think?"
Hearing this, the boss's face instantly showed a smile. Said: "Okay."
Lu Chen took out the check, filled in the amount and said:
"This is a check for 10,000 yuan. You should collect it first. Boss, please leave a contact information. My name is Lu Chen. I will contact you after I rent the warehouse."
The boss took the check and said: "My name is Rooney, my contact information: XXXXXXXXXX"
Another boss said: "I, Mousse, contact information: XXXXXXXXX"
"My name is Cody, phone number: XXXXXXXXXX"
Lu Chen took out a phone record, recorded the contact information of several people, and said:
"I don't know if you sell corn. I still need some corn. If you have it, I will buy it from you."
Cody said: "Corn, I have it here, and there's a lot of it. I don't know how much you want, sir."
Lu Chen was overjoyed after hearing this. He didn't expect that these people still had corn. Lu Chen said, "I want six thousand tons."
Cody smiled and said, "Okay, I do."
Lu Chen said, "That's great. I wonder what your price is, Mr. Cody?"
"The same as the market price, I'll also give you a 20% discount and free delivery to the port."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Cody."
Since others had given such good terms, Lu Chen also paid the deposit for the corn.
After buying the food, Lu Chen took out a thousand dollars, and then gave Cole and McGee five hundred dollars each.
"Cole, McGee, this is your reward."
Cole took the money and said with a smile: "These are all small things. I wonder where you want to go next, Mr. Lu. We have nothing to do anyway, so I can send you there."
Lu Chen said, "You just heard that I am going to the port to rent two warehouses."
Maggie quickly said: "Is there a warehouse at the port? Our family has one. Mr. Lu Chen, I can contact my family to rent the warehouse to you."
Lu Chen said: "That's great. Please contact my family. If you agree to rent it to me, I can pay for it right away."
McGee quickly asked Boss Rooney next to him: "Boss, do you have a phone here?"
Rooney pointed to the house at the entrance of the market and said, "There is a telephone number at the market management office."
McGee immediately ran over to contact his elders. After a while, McGee ran back and said: "Mr. Lu, my father agreed. He said that if Mr. Lu wants to rent, two warehouses, 500 yuan a month."
Lu Chen directly took out five hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it to McGee and said, "Okay, I'll rent it. Please tell Rooney's bosses about your warehouse."
After McGee and Rooney told Rooney about the location, Lu Chen smiled and said to Rooney and others: "Please ask a few people to deliver the goods to the warehouse that McGee mentioned. I will go to the warehouse first and wait for you. After the goods arrive, I will Pay the remaining payment immediately."
Rooney and others quickly said: "Okay, we will send the food there as soon as possible."
Seeing that Lu Chen had made an agreement with a few people, McGee immediately pulled Lu Chen and Cole towards the port.
When they arrived at the warehouse, there was already an old man standing at the door of the warehouse waiting for Lu Chen and others.
When McGee saw the old man, he quickly got out of the car, led Lu Chen to the old man, then handed the 500 yuan given by Lu Chen to the old man and said:
"Dad, this is Mr. Lu's rent for this month."
The old man didn't reach out to take it. He looked at Lu Chen and said, "Sir, my name is Mike. I didn't make it clear to my son on the phone just now that my warehouse is rented on a quarterly basis. Since my son has agreed to rent you a month, I can't Regret.
Sir, do you think this will work? You can rent my warehouse for two months. I can give you a preferential price. I only need you 1,800 yuan for four months. "
Lu Chen frowned and said, "But I only need a month, or more than ten days, to contact the cargo ship and I will transport the goods immediately. By then I will no longer need this warehouse."
The old man thought for a while and said: "In this case, sir, you don't need to rent for a month. In this way, I will only charge you 100 yuan. I have already contacted a tenant, and I estimate that he will have the goods in five or six days. All I need is Mr. You can just move the goods within these five or six days."
Lu Chen thought for a while and felt that the old man's suggestion was a good one. Lu Chen said, "Okay, it's settled."
Seeing that Lu Chen agreed, I smiled and said, "Sir, I don't know where you want to transport the goods and how big a cargo ship you need. I am familiar with some shipping companies. I can help you contact the cargo ship, sir."
Lu Chen said: "I have 10,000 tons of grain and need to deliver it to the Port of Hamburg."
Mike said: "Sir, I know there is a shipping company that runs this route. Just wait a moment and I will contact them right away."
After a while, Mike came over with a young man in a suit.
Mike introduced: "Sir, this is the manager of Hani Ocean Shipping Company, Manager Farr."
Lu Chen shook hands with Farr and said, "My name is Lu Chen. Hello, Mr. Farr. I don't know if Mr. Mike told you that I have 10,000 tons of grain that need to be transported to the Port of Hamburg in Germany."
Fall said with a smile: "Hello Mr. Lu, I don't know how long it will take for your batch of grain to arrive here. Our company just has a 10,000-ton cargo ship available today. As long as your cargo is loaded, we can set off at any time."
Lu Chen said: "I have notified the merchants, and it is estimated that they will transport the grain here in a short time. I don't know how much it will cost for Farr Company to make this trip."
Farr said: "Our company charges based on the weight of the goods, 5 cents per ton of goods. For 10,000 tons, it will cost 5,000 yuan."
Lu Chen said, "Okay, I agree with the price."
Seeing that Lu Chen and Farr had reached an agreement, Mike took out four hundred yuan and returned it to Lu Chen.
"Mr. Lu, this is the rent refunded to you. If you negotiate the other 100 yuan in rent, I will collect it."
Lu Chen took the money and cursed the old fox in his heart. I have no use for this warehouse, so he earned $100 in vain. This business is awesome.
Not long after Lu Chen and Farr had negotiated, the transportation team led by Rooney and others also arrived at New York Harbor carrying food.
Farr took them and started loading the ship directly. After all the food was loaded on the ship, Lu Chen paid the remaining payment of more than 70,000 yuan to several people.
Rooney and others collected the money and said, "Mr. Lu, if you still need food after August or September, you can contact us."
Lu Chen said: "Definitely, definitely."
After Rooney and others left, Lu Chen also paid the freight to Far. Then he said to Farr: "Mr. Farr, can you wait for me for a while. I need to arrange things."
Farr smiled and said, "Okay, our ship will leave in an hour. Mr. Lu, you can board the ship within an hour."
Lu Chen nodded, and then said to Chen Jianghe: "Brother Chen, I have something to trouble you."
Chen Jianghe said: "What is it, tell me."
Lu Chen wrote a contact information and handed it to Chen Jianghe
"The first thing is, help me send a telegram to William in Germany according to the contact information."
Chen Jianghe nodded.
Lu Chen added, "I still have a troublesome thing that I need to ask for your help, Brother Chen."
"you say."
Lu Chen said: "My family's factory used to have a manager named Fu Mingzhuo. I need Brother Chen to help me contact my elder brother. He said that I might have a batch of goods coming back to China. Ask him to help me receive it."
Chen Jianghe said: "Okay, I will help you contact them as much as possible."
An hour later, Lu Chen boarded the cargo ship and set off for Germany with the cargo ship.
