When Chang Shide was driven by Bei Kai's indiscriminate coal mining skills to dig a hole. [No pop-up novel website] Xuwen's South China Sugar Factory is quietly entering the center of a storm.
The opening of South China Sugar Store was very low-key, so low-key that Wen Tong not only did not use the commercial promotion methods that he was familiar with in another time and space, but also did not even use firecrackers or lion dances in this time and space. The newly renovated sugar shop's counter room quietly removed the door panel one day and started to open for business.
As a result, the business situation on the first day was very good. Although many people did not know that there was a newly opened sugar store here, for the sugar cane farmers who came here to deliver sugar cane for processing, they could exchange the sugar for money without leaving the door. It's much more convenient to go to Hai'an Street to sell candy than having to drive.
Every sugarcane farmer who sells sugar received a discount for saving two bucks of sugar. This new measure surprised the sugarcane farmers. Many people asked, when can they get the two bucks? Liao Daxing followed what Mr. Wen said: He only said that he would come to inform everyone when the time comes. Although most people were hesitant about such an answer and doubted whether the two deductions for sweets would really be given to them, for everyone, they had not lost anything anyway.
After a few peaceful days like this, I received nearly one hundred taels of candy every day. Although Wen Tong was not very satisfied with this, considering that he only had a total of ten thousand taels of silver, I was afraid that the business would be too prosperous. I couldn’t afford food or shelter, so I didn’t take it to heart.
That day, he just got up and felt light and airy. Because I had nothing to do the day before, I took A'Zhu away and spent a night full of mistakes. At this moment, he was brushing his teeth under the careful service of the slave girl. While looking at A'Zhu, he felt that he was really great - he could actually leave a living, ready-to-sacrifice, not-too-serious woman aside for a few weeks to be busy with work. I feel admiration for my work attitude and spirit.
"Be kind to yourself." Wen Tong washed his face with a towel. He was thinking about when Chang Shide would come back from Vietnam and whether there would be any problems using rice to pay the price of sugar. He saw Liao Daxing hurriedly coming from outside. broke in.
"What's the matter?" Wen Tong was surprised. He has been here for a long time and knows that these people are very strict about the relationship between superiors and subordinates. This is the inner chamber, and a shopkeeper like him must inform him first if he wants to see him. If you come in without asking, it's a big deal.
"To the shopkeeper: The candy store today doesn't feel right!"
"What's wrong?" Wen Tong felt strange.
"There are too many people..." Liao Daxing panted, with a look of uneasiness on his face.
"A candy seller?" Wen Tong hadn't turned around yet, "That's a good thing."
"Yes, it's a good thing." Liao Daxing couldn't say anything bad about it. After all, the purpose of opening a sugar shop is to collect sugar. Naturally, the more people selling sugar, the better. But he is a veteran in the mall after all, and he still smelled a hint of a storm in this sudden change.
"But the number of people increased too fast -" Liao Daxing didn't know what to say, "It's strange!"
"Let's go and have a look." Wen Tong thought it would be better to go to the scene and have a look. But Chang Shide was not there, and Bei Wei took people out for reconnaissance again. I had no choice but to call Chen Tianxiong over so that we could discuss it later.
The two of them hurried to the entrance of the sugar store. Before they could open the door, many sugarcane farmers had gathered in the open field outside the door. Ox carts, burdens, handcarts, and backpacks were all filled with various transportation tools. Sugar, and people kept coming on the road behind. Everyone's face was tense, and everyone seemed to be hiding a huge secret in their hearts. But no one is willing to tell others this secret, for fear that the news will be leaked and their opportunity to seize the opportunity will be missed later.
It did look strange, but neither Wen Tong nor Chen Tianxiong could see anything wrong. Time passed by and it was almost time to open the door. Wen Tong had no choice but to wave his hand and call Liao Daxing:
"Open the door."
As soon as the door opened and the shop brought out large scales and other things, the sugarcane farmers gathered outside the door swarmed towards them. Everyone rushed to the weighing station like a trot. In an instant, all four weighing areas were crowded. At first there was some order, and people lined up consciously, but people from behind kept pouring into the empty space, and they all rushed towards the weighing area. The order was suddenly disrupted, and the entire empty space was suddenly crowded with people, and the cattle were in the crowd. There was a roar in the crowd.
The guys were frightened and overwhelmed by the crowd. Some stood dumbfounded, not knowing how to deal with it, while others hurriedly weighed the people who squeezed in front of them.
In the chaos, someone's candy basket seemed to have fallen apart, and he howled in despair: "My candy - my candy -"
His cry was immediately drowned out by the surging crowd and the impatient neighing of the cattle.
Wen Tong saw that the momentum was not good and knew that there must be something wrong with today's affairs. But now is not the time to look for reasons, so he quickly informed Wen Qing: "Run to the Wei Escort Agency and ask Liao Dahua to bring all the escorts who have not left to me! Hurry!"
"Yes!" Wen Qing turned around and ran out.
"Come back!" Wen Tong thought again, what's the use of the light escort division, there are too few people, "Pull some militiamen out on the way!"
Liao Daxing quickly climbed onto a table and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Don't crowd, please line up and come one by one. South China Sugar Company is doing shopping all day long. There is plenty of time -"
He shouted at the top of his lungs, but no one in the crowd responded to him. A terrible thought flashed through Liao Daxing's mind: Although he didn't know why these people came to sell candy, he had experienced similar things. A few years ago, there was an unexpected winter rain in Leizhou. After a heavy snowfall, after the spring, the government was selling rice. This was the case with the people who came to the grain store to buy rice. Men, women, old and children almost crowded the counter room, and the bluestone counter was completely collapsed. Before the government officials came to maintain order, A dozen people had been squeezed to death before.
It won't be the same today. The frightened Liao Daxing was dumbfounded and stood on the table not knowing what to shout.
Chen Tianxiong said anxiously: "Shopkeeper Liao, keep shouting. If you don't shout, it will be more chaotic!"
"It was Daxing who straightened his throat and started shouting, "Don't mess up, everyone, take your time..."
Wen Tong also stood up to reassure people, but he didn't know anything about Leizhou dialect, so it was useless to go up. Just as he was getting anxious, Zhou Shizhai had already arrived with a militia team of factory employees. The militiamen all carried rattan sticks and wore hard hats.
They rushed forward and quickly separated the crowd. This made the chaotic order somewhat improved, and the waiter who had been squeezed to the point of being unable to stand was finally able to return to the table where he was squeezed and continue the work of weighing the sugar.
After a while, the people from the Qiwei Escort Bureau also arrived. They were few in number, but experienced. They quickly blocked the crowds that kept coming at the intersection, and only allowed people to line up to enter.
Chen Tianxiong came up with a plan and said: "Shopkeeper Liao, please immediately take the people from the counter and move the money exchange place to the other side of the yard."
This can prevent people from staying at the entrance of the candy store for too long and facilitate evacuation.
"Yes, little one, let's go now -" Liao Daxing's legs had already become weak, so he quickly took the people away.
Here Zhou Shizhai led the militiamen and bodyguards to clear all the access roads, and the crowd began to slowly disperse. The empty field was no longer crowded, and the queues were restored. However, the chaotic situation of more than ten minutes just now has already Tragic traces were left behind: dozens of tattered straw sandals, more than a dozen crushed and crushed baskets, and sugar sprinkled all over the floor. Someone was crying while taking clothes to check.
"What is happening! It's so weird!" Wen Tong said anxiously. Fortunately, there were no personal casualties. But doesn’t this appearance greatly damage the image of the candy store? He quickly informed Wenxiu who came over: "Go, take a few women to collect all the candies and return them to them."
"It's weird, it's so weird." When Chen Tianxiong saw this, he knew something was wrong. Something must have happened that they didn't know about. This mess was definitely not a good sign. He was moved in his heart and quickly said to Wen Tong: "Hurry to the sugar factory. There are too many people here. I'm afraid there will be chaos in the factory!"
Wen Tong broke out in a cold sweat: the bodyguards and militiamen were all here at Tanghang, could they have fallen into a trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain, right? If someone set fire to the sugar factory... He quickly informed Zhou Shizhai and took a few bodyguards back to the sugar factory. Always be aware of the situation.
But things were normal at the sugar factory. The number of sugarcane farmers who came to process sugarcane did not increase much. This news made Wen Tong and others feel a little relieved. However, more and more sugarcane farmers came to sell sugar, and the guys were in a hurry. Several people looked gloomy, but they didn't know what to do. They asked the waiters to ask, but they couldn't find out anything. Each of these sugarcane farmers looked nervous, but unexpectedly they refused to say why they came here to sell sugar.
After all, Chen Tianxiong had rich experience in society. After thinking about it for a while, he came to some understanding. He quickly called an escort and asked him to go to Hai'an Street to find out, especially those sugar shops, to see what happened there. . Just as the escort left, Liao Dahua came and trotted into the yard.
"Several... shopkeepers... shopkeepers... treasurers, no... okay..." Liao Dahua looked flustered and could hardly breathe, "Hai'an Street -"
"What happened to Hai'an Street?" Wen Tong's mind had already figured out that Hai Yitang must be causing trouble! "Hai Yi Tang?!"
Liao Dahua nodded desperately: "They have raised the price of sugar to one to two to five cents since yesterday!"
Now everyone was a little stunned. The price was adjusted to one, two or five cents. How did these sugar merchants get their heads around? No wonder sugarcane farmers flocked to them. The difference of one tael per stone is not a small amount! Are they not going to do this business? For a while, no one could figure it out.
Wen Tong's face turned pale. No one else here knows how much silver is stored in the sugar factory, but he knows it clearly. When Chang Shide left, it was just a fraction of more than 10,000 taels. He had already spent more than 1,000 taels on acquisitions this week. If everyone follows this momentum...
He couldn't imagine it anymore. Wen Tong had never thought that he would encounter such a thing in this time and space, and he was not a business person.
"I'm obviously a technician at a sugar factory." He thought painfully as he looked at the group of people with big eyes and small eyes waiting for him to make up his mind.
Although the few people didn't know how much money they had, they knew something was wrong by looking at Wen Tong's appearance. Chen Tianxiong whispered: "Old Wen, how much foundation do you still have now? Tell us so that we can all work together."
"It's only ten thousand taels." Wen Tong unconsciously laid an ambush.
Liao Dahua also understood now that his boss didn't have enough money! He quickly said: "Shopkeeper, I'm going to see how many people are out in Daxing right now!"
"Okay. Go quickly." Wen Tong was already a little angry at this moment.
The news came back quickly: within an hour after the market opened, South China Sugar Company had already received more than one hundred stones of sugar. South China Sugar Company also has to do business for five hours every day, which is 600 to 700 shi a day, and it has to pay more than 1,000 taels of silver. Nine thousand taels of silver can only last six or seven days under the best circumstances.
Then there is the terrible financial chain break...
Wen Tong could only tell Wen Xiu to send a message, asking the guys to take their time when purchasing, not to go too fast, just keep the current average, and try to slow down the storage of sugar.
But this is not a long-term solution. As more and more sugarcane farmers come, too slow a speed will inevitably cause crowds to be squeezed. When chaos breaks out, they will not be able to suppress it.
Liao Dahua whispered: "My boss, I've passed it today. Let's change it to one, two or five cents tomorrow."
"That's the only way." Wen Tong thought about it and had no other choice. Although this was a blow to the reputation of Huanan Sugar Company, fortunately, everyone had lowered their prices, and Huanan was not the one to stand out.
Chen Tianxiong said: "It is better to report to the Executive Committee and Guangzhou as soon as possible and request countermeasures."
Wen Tong agreed and hurriedly wrote a report. He sent carrier pigeons to Guangzhou and sent people directly back to Lingao to report the news.
However, the crowds did not decrease at all. Finally, the crowds accumulated on the road. The faces of those who came had anxious looks. The price of sugar had dropped, and it had dropped so low. For the sugarcane farmers who had worked hard for a year, it was like a bolt from the blue. , If you really want to sell it at this price, let alone make money, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to get your money back! Especially those who had borrowed money were so anxious that they didn't count the sugar they had brought here. They also asked their wives and children to go to the front to find out if the market in South China was still twenty-two-five cents. They all breathed a small sigh of relief when they heard it was. I just hope that my turn will come sooner and I can take away the candy that I worked so hard to make.
Although Liao Dahua was flustered, he was more or less calm. He quickly asked Wen Tong to recruit some women and children from the sugar factory employees to make dry grass tea and deliver it in buckets, and provide it to the sugarcane farmers who were waiting in line for free to drink "to relieve the inner fire". Some pavilions were erected along the road for people to rest. The weather is hot enough now, and if we continue to do this, we will inevitably lose a few lives. In order to avoid queuing disputes, we quickly purchased a batch of bamboo sticks and adopted the system of queuing up to get bamboo sticks and calling people to weigh the scales. The escorts also worked with the militia to maintain order in the team, and finally maintained order. . (!)! ~!
