For the family in Su City, Su Yingxue went to Chunxiao Tower to capture Jiang Yifeng and Su Dongchu. It was just a topic after dinner, and almost no family paid attention to it.
Because at this time, they were all focused on acquiring ramie, and they all wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the Su family's papermaking market.
Under such circumstances, the price of ramie has risen again and again, reaching ten times that of previous years.
This price can no longer be described as terrifying, it is simply insane.
certainly……
The reason why the price of ramie has risen crazily is mainly because Jiang Yifeng is behind it.
If he hadn't asked Su Yingxue to deliberately raise the price of ramie, even if the major families were to suffer consequences, the current price would only be five times the price of previous years at most.
"Oh no……"
While Jiang Yifeng, Su Yingxue, and Su Dongchu were cooking hot pot in the study, Zhu'er came over and said, "Miss, the price of ramie in Su City has begun to drop slightly, but the Su family's ramie has only been sold for 40%."
Hearing this, Su Yingxue stopped what she was doing and looked at Jiang Yifeng beside her.
Jiang Yifeng picked up a piece of mutton and put it into the hot pot. He looked up at Zhu'er and said lightly:
"According to the current market demand for ramie, the Su family's slightly more than 10% ramie supply should not cause the price of ramie to drop so quickly, unless other families are also shipping in large quantities."
"Zhao family?"
"Um!"
Jiang Yifeng gave an affirmative answer, "In the entire Sioux City, only the Zhao family's large-scale selling of ramie can cause the price to fall."
Su Yingxue frowned and asked, "What should we do now?"
Jiang Yifeng picked up the blanched mutton, blew it into his mouth, and then asked: "Have you recovered the cost of the 40% ramie that has been sold?"
Su Yingxue nodded, "I took it back and made a lot of money."
"In that case, then use the remaining ramie to play with the Zhao family." Jiang Yifeng smiled slightly and looked at Zhu'er, "You immediately release the news and say that the Su family's ramie is 20% off the market price... No, Sell it at a 50% discount, and send someone to the bookstore to tell the shopkeeper that the second issue of the newspaper is ready for sale."
Hearing this, Su Yingxue immediately guessed what Jiang Yifeng was going to do, and frowned slightly, "You want to start planning in advance? Let the price of ramie plummet?"
"That's right."
"But... the Su family's ramie hasn't been sold out yet."
Jiang Yifeng looked at Su Yingxue, smiled and asked, "Do you want to make money? Or do you want to see the Zhao family be in trouble?"
"Look at the Zhao family's misfortune."
Su Yingxue didn't hesitate, then asked hesitantly: "But, what does starting the plan in advance have to do with the Zhao family's misfortune?"
Jiang Yifeng explained with a smile: "Our family only has a little over 10% of ramie, but the Zhao family has 40% of ramie. We didn't stop today and only sold half of the ramie. The Zhao family will not sell more than us. So the Zhao family still has 3.50% of ramie..."
Without Jiang Yifeng continuing to speak, Su Yingxue understood, "You mean, we will only make less money, but the Zhao family may lose money?"
Jiang Yifeng smiled and nodded.
To describe a person who is immoral, the idiom "benefit oneself at the expense of others" is often used.
However, Jiang Yifeng is different. As long as it can cause losses to people he doesn't like, he will be happy to do it even if it means harming others and not benefiting himself.
Su Yingxue saw Jiang Yifeng nodding, hesitated for a few seconds, and looked at Zhu'er, "Just do as my uncle said, first let out the news and sell ramie at a 50% discount, and then go to the bookstore and notify the shopkeeper to publish the second issue of the newspaper. "
"yes!"
Zhuer responded and left the Su family.
That afternoon, the price of ramie, which had only dropped slightly, fell off a cliff.
At first, when other families heard the news that the Su family was selling ramie, they came to the door one after another and expressed their willingness to buy.
Although they didn't know why the Su family wanted to sell ramie, they already needed ramie, so they didn't think too much about it.
However……
The deed has not even been signed yet, and the second issue of the newspaper has been published.
Because of the foreshadowing of the first issue of the newspaper, the sales volume of the second issue of the newspaper was very good even if there were no brothel girls for sale, and it was sold out quickly.
Naturally, the major families also saw the newspaper.
Immediately afterwards, the major families panicked and quickly sent people to inform various places not to purchase ramie.
Because the newspaper used an interview dialogue format, I accidentally 'inquired' from Su Dongchu's mouth that the Su family had paper-making raw materials that could replace ramie.
Moreover, Su Dongchu also swore that this kind of raw material was not only plentiful, but also cheap, and the paper produced was also better.
Of course, if you just rely on newspapers to publish this article, the major families won't believe it too much. The key is to cooperate with the Su family to sell ramie at a 50% discount, then the situation will be completely different.
After all, the major families were originally curious as to why the Su family suddenly sold Ramie?
It was now clear that the Su family had better paper-making raw materials to replace ramie and no longer needed ramie, so they sold it.
moment……
All the families who were originally buying ramie stopped buying, and instead tried every means to sell the ramie they had.
However, under the current circumstances, how can anyone acquire it?
In this way, in the morning, the price of ramie was still very high. In the afternoon, the price dropped by more than 90%, which was even lower than in previous years.
If the price of an item keeps growing, there won't be much of a problem, but once it starts to fall, it will be like a cliff, and you can't control it even if you want to.
Crackling!
Zhao family.
Zhao Xu frantically smashed the expensive porcelain at home, with an angry expression as if he wanted to kill someone. The servants at home did not even dare to come forward, let alone dissuade him.
In the end, someone still found Zhao Bingfang, and Zhao Xu was temporarily stabilized.
"Father, don't be angry. It's not good for your health."
"How can I not be angry?"
Zhao Xu's eyes were bloodshot, "Our family only sold a small amount of ramie, and the price plummeted to the price of previous years. Our family suffered a big loss this time."
Hearing this, Zhao Bingfang frowned, and after a long time he said: "Father, actually think about it differently, isn't this an opportunity for our family?"
Zhao Xu was startled when he heard this, "What opportunity?"
"Of course we are seizing the opportunity in the papermaking industry!" Zhao Bingfang paused and continued: "We sold ramie before because the price of ramie was too high and it was no longer worth it to continue fighting for it."
"But now, the price of ramie has dropped so much, even lower than in previous years. Why don't we buy ramie and start competing for the Su family's papermaking market?"
Zhao Xu sighed, "The newspaper said that the Su family discovered new paper-making raw materials, which are cheaper and produce better paper."
"Father, do you want to believe what's in the newspaper?"
"I……"
Zhao Xugang was about to say he believed it, but he was suddenly stunned.
He has always been a suspicious person by nature. Even if he has been following him for more than ten years, he cannot completely believe the shopkeeper. Why would he completely believe the newspaper?
According to his previous personality, he must have been suspicious. Why did he just believe it now?
Zhao Bingfang continued: "Even if the content in the newspaper is true, I think it is impossible to completely replace ramie. As long as we have enough ramie, there will be a market for the paper we make."
"Besides, our family also needs ramie for weaving. If it doesn't work, we can at least weave some more cheap linen this year and we can sell it."
After listening to his son's words, Zhao Xu fell into silence, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
It is undeniable that his son's analysis is very reasonable. For the Zhao family, no matter how much ramie they have, they can use it up.
The problem is, this uses a lot of money and carries a lot of risk.
Moreover, in his eyes, his son's behavior was a bit similar to anger.
If the Su family buys it, we will sell it.
If the Su family sells it, we will buy it.
In business, the most taboo thing is anger.
So, after thinking for a while, he said: "Son, as a father, I can only promise not to sell ramie, but it is impossible to continue to buy it."
"Father……"
"okay!"
Zhao Xu waved his hand to stop Zhao Bingfang from continuing, "You go down first!"
Seeing that his father had made up his mind, Zhao Bingfang could only sigh and turned around to leave.
By the next day, the price of ramie was only 80% of previous years.
If ramie hadn't been used to weave cloth, the price would have continued to fall.
At this time, Jiang Yifeng asked Zhuer to quietly start purchasing ramie. There was no need to rush the process, even if it took a few days, it would be no problem.
Of course, Zhu'er couldn't come forward and had to find someone who had nothing to do with the Su family.
Jiang Yifeng recommended poetry.
First of all, Shishi is a good business person, very smart, and can adapt to changes even if she encounters problems.
Secondly, Shishi has a 'hostile' relationship with the Su family, and she is a member of Chunxiao Tower. In the eyes of other people in Su City, Chunxiao Tower has papermaking technology and the ability to make paper.
On the market, ramie, which was originally unsaleable, finally began to move.
However, the movement was so slow that basically no one noticed.
On the surface, all families in Su City are still selling ramie, including the Su family.
Moreover, the Su family is still the one with the biggest price reduction.
In this way, three days passed.
At this time, some shrewd families and businessmen began to smell something bad.
Because as more and more families sell ramie, even if Shishi acquires it secretly, she can no longer hide it.
"What are you talking about? Chunxiao Tower bought all the ramies from your family?"
"Based on the size of Chunxiao Tower, what do you need so much ramie for? Does that old madam think that she is qualified to compete with the Su family for the papermaking market?"
"I suspect that those ramies were not purchased by Chunxiao Tower, because that old madam cannot have that much financial resources to purchase so much ramies."
Su City is the economic center of the entire Jiujiang County and the most important city in Jiujiang County. Therefore, the ramie purchased by the Su family and the Zhao family is not just ramie from Su City, but ramie from the entire Jiujiang County.
The land of a county is so vast, even 10% of ramie is still a terrifying amount.
And Chunxiao Tower is not even considered a family. Even if the old madam has saved some savings, it is impossible for her to have the financial resources to purchase so much ramie.
"You mean, Chunxiao Tower is helping others purchase ramie?"
"Catch the old bustard here, and we'll find out if we ask him."
These families don't have much patience, and they will immediately order the family warriors to capture Mother Liu.
However……
Before those families could take action, a message spread in Sioux City.
This message was released by Shishi, who took the initiative to admit that she was helping the Su family purchase ramie.
The major families, who were already confused, were now completely confused.
Didn't the Su family sell ramie all the time?
Why did it suddenly become an acquisition?
Could it be...
I have to admit that each of these families are cunning and cunning, and they figured out the reason on their own without the need for the third issue of the newspaper to induce them.
"I understand. Su Yingxue must have devised a strategy when she saw that she couldn't compete with other families. She would first make the price of ramie plummet, and then secretly purchase the ramie."
"That's it. I didn't expect this girl from the Su family to be so smart and think of this method of 'building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly'."
"If this is the case, then what was in the second issue of the newspaper is a lie. There is no paper-making raw material that can replace ramie."
"Who stipulates that what is in the newspaper must be true? I heard that for just a few taels of silver, you can publish what you want to write in the newspaper, and many shops advertise on it."
All the families woke up and joined the ranks of buying ramie.
However, by this time, the Su family had purchased more than 40% of the ramie, which was more than the Zhao family's ramie.
As a result, ramie went from being unpopular to being in short supply again.
In just two days, the price of ramie returned to its high point, reaching seven times the price of previous years.
Zhao family.
Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Bingfang with a guilty face and said, "Son, I didn't expect the Su family to be so insidious and come up with such a treacherous plan. If I had listened to you earlier, our family might have really seized the Su family's papermaking market."
Zhao Bingfang listened to his father's words and said nothing, frowning tightly.
He didn't know why, he just felt very flustered and always felt like something big was about to happen.
After thinking for a long time, he said: "Father, I think we should sell the ramie on our hands. Even if we don't sell it, we can't buy it anymore. I can't see the current market more and more, as if it's been caught by a pair of invisible Hand controlled.”
Zhao Xu: "..."
He didn't know what to say.
When others were buying, my son asked me to sell it.
When others were selling, my son asked me to buy.
Anyway, no matter what others want to do, his son has to do the opposite and be rebellious.
After pondering for a while, Zhao Xu said: "Son, you can't do business in a haphazard manner. Now other families are buying ramie. We should keep up with the pace of other families."
At the same time, the Su family.
Jiang Yifeng asked Zhuer to report the price of ramie every hour.
When he heard that the price had reached eight times that of previous years, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, "The time has come, it's our last decisive moment."
