Chapter 115: Trouble Becomes Cooperation
Chapter 115: Trouble Becomes Cooperation
Hearing that something happened in the black market, Zhang Yu hurriedly asked, "What happened? Calm down and talk slowly. Did someone conduct a surprise inspection?"
When Liu San heard that Zhang Yu had misunderstood, he quickly reported: "Brother, it's not a surprise inspection, it's a colleague who is jealous of our prosperity and is looking for trouble with us."
Zhang Yu felt relieved when he heard that it was not a surprise inspection. As long as it did not involve public institutions, he would not take such conflicts between colleagues seriously.
So he said, "Can you tell me in detail what happened?"
Liu San responded and then narrated what had happened in detail.
It turns out that the place Liu San is currently occupying was the territory of a man named Xu Laosan. Xu Laosan had several territories for his black market activities. However, since the end of last year, disasters have hit various places, and the amount of food he could get became less and less, so Xu Laosan began to cut back on manpower and territories. Now, this abandoned place was taken over by Liu San.
After Liu San took over, Xu Lao San didn't take it seriously at first, because when people go to the black market to buy things, they usually go to the ones that have been in business for a long time, after all, the quality is guaranteed. Most of the time, there is no market for newly established black markets like Liu San's.
But Xu Laosan didn't expect that Liu San's main business was food and non-staple food. At present, food was in short supply and everyone didn't have enough to eat. As a result, the black market run by Liu San became popular as soon as it opened.
Moreover, although the prices in this black market are similar to those in other black markets, the food variety is wider and the quality is better. Another thing is that the quality of the managers is also quite high.
Just within a few days, the black market run by Liu San became famous in the county and soon became the most renowned one in the county.
Seeing this situation, Xu Laosan couldn't stand it anymore and started to make trouble in various ways. After making trouble for a while, the other party started to use the strategy of using courtesy first and then force.
When Liu San said this, he looked up at Zhang Yu and saw that Zhang Yu had a blank expression on his face.
So he continued, "This Xu Lao San came to me a few days ago and said he wanted to buy our grain. Since you didn't come back, I kept dragging it out. But he came again yesterday and gave us an ultimatum. We have to meet and talk tomorrow morning."
"You said he mainly wanted to buy our food?"
"right"
"That's great, but I won't go to see him. You go to see him tomorrow morning and tell him that if he wants to buy food, it's no problem. Give him 70% of our retail price, and the amount will be the same as the food you receive every month."
"Brother, is this price too high? Will he agree to it?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yu laughed and said, "San, you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. The whole country is short of food now. If I wasn't afraid that Xu Laosan would raise the price recklessly and ruin our market, I wouldn't give him this price."
Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Liu San touched his head and smiled embarrassedly. To be honest, since he started working in the black market, he was only responsible for sales, and Zhang Yu was responsible for purchasing. Moreover, the food supply in their black market had never been out of stock, so he did not have a clear understanding of the food shortage.
The two chatted for a while, discussed and decided on the delivery location for the next batch of grain, and then Liu San left Zhang Yu's residence.
In the past few months after the Chinese New Year, Xu Laosan's black market business has been getting worse and worse. At the beginning, there was a shortage of food, and the food in his black market was getting less and less, while other goods were selling well. But recently, a group of new people came, and the food was both abundant and good, which directly attracted everyone over.
He originally wanted to just rob the thieves, but then he thought that these people could get a lot of food at this time, so they must be from powerful backgrounds.
Besides, his stall was too big and had too many people. Now his younger brother's family was beginning to run short of food. As the boss of the black market, it was embarrassing. So he decided to cooperate first and get the food.
However, the leader of that group was reluctant to show up, which made him very angry.
At this moment, his deputy, his younger brother Xu Laosi, ran over breathlessly, shouting, "Brother, brother, there is news. Liu San just sent a message saying that he agreed to talk to us."
"Really, tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, big brother." Then, his elder brother was very happy and continued, "But, their boss can't come over, let Liu San talk to you."
Xu Laosan was originally very happy, but when he heard that the boss still didn't show up and directly let the younger brother come to talk, his face became sullen. He frowned, stared and said, "What did you say?"
Xu Laosi quickly persuaded his eldest brother, saying: "Brother, brother, calm down, let's not argue with them. Brother, isn't our main concern for food? Since they are willing to talk, the most important thing is that we can get benefits, don't you think so?"
Xu Laosan still felt that he was looked down upon, but before he could say anything, Xu Laosi took out a small note and handed it to him.
Looking at the words on the note, Xu Lao San choked on the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and turned around and started cursing: "Damn you Liu Damazi, fuck your grandma, you are such a blind man who gave birth to a son, and you actually want to steal my girl, Lao Si, tell Liu San that I agree, and we'll meet tomorrow morning."
Xu Laosi was relieved to see that his eldest brother agreed. After all, his eldest brother was sometimes stubborn. If he had to meet with the boss over there and lost the way to buy food for a day, Xu Laosi would be sick to death.
Hearing his eldest brother's agreement, Xu Laosi immediately took action and went out to contact Liu San.
As a result, as soon as he stepped out of the door, Xu Laosan called him, and Xu Laosi broke out in a cold sweat. "Brother, I hope you have realized that I lied to him. Oh, don't be too smart when you shouldn't be."
Then I heard Xu Lao San say, "Lao Si, find a few people and go tonight to put a sack on Liu Damazi. Damn it, the more I think about it, the more I feel uncomfortable with this."
Xu Laosi turned around and replied angrily: "Yes, brother, don't worry, I will arrange it right away"
"Well, go ahead, hit me hard, don't hold back"
"Just wait and see, big brother." After saying that, Xu Laosi ran out of the yard and went to find Liu San to discuss tomorrow's meeting. As for Liu Damazi, he would be put in a sack when he came back.
After coming back from meeting Liu San, Xu Laosi took his two brothers and went to the doorstep of Liu Damazi's chosen home to wait in ambush, hoping to close the matter on the same day.
But the weather tonight is not very friendly. The sky is pitch black and you can only make out a human figure.
At this moment, a man came out from Liu Damazi's house and staggered towards where Xu Laosi and the others were.
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