“Third Uncle, do you think this RT-Mart supermarket will be willing to continue providing us with grain and oil coupons? We went to a lot of trouble to get them to agree last time!” After Boss Huang issued the order, Liu Xiangjiang rushed to the nearby RT-Mart supermarket. xxs1
All the redemption coupons for Jiangnan’s grain and oil blind boxes this time were from Shanghai RT-Mart, and they were all obtained by Liu Xiangjiang. After all, these supermarket coupons, unless they were nationwide chain supermarkets, could only be negotiated on a region-by-region basis.
Liu Xiangjiang had put in a lot of effort and owed many favors to get RT-Mart to agree to this batch of coupons.
It wasn’t that there were no other supermarkets nearby. Most of the supermarkets in Shanghai were large chain supermarkets. These supermarkets were completely unimpressed by cooperation involving thousands of coupons. Their internal processes could simply kill you off.
Only RT-Mart, which came from Taiwan Province and had just entered the mainland market with a few stores in Shanghai, was willing to engage in such cooperation. But even with RT-Mart, it still took a lot of effort from Liu Xiangjiang, because the person in charge of this RT-Mart was a person from Taiwan Province, extremely stingy and miserly. If Liu Xiangjiang hadn’t offered to pay cash for the coupons first, he would have reluctantly agreed.
Therefore, Liu Xiangjiang’s secretary was a bit worried this time, wondering if it would be difficult to negotiate.
“No, last time there were only a few thousand coupons, and RT-Mart probably thought the number was too small. But this time, the chairman said he wants to buy 100,000 coupons at once. It would be ridiculous if he refused!” Liu Xiangjiang grinned and patted his secretary’s shoulder, saying, “Jiang Liu, get ready. We’ll go home with me after we finish tonight. You’ve been in Shanghai for several months, it’s time to meet your great-uncle and say hello!”
“Third Uncle, you’ve finally decided to go home!” Hearing Liu Xiangjiang’s words, Jiang Liu, his nephew and part-time secretary, said in surprise.
“Yes, now my Third Uncle’s future finally looks promising. It’s time to let that old stubborn fellow, your great-uncle, know!” Liu Xiangjiang said proudly.
“But brother-in-law, why now? You also made millions before, and you didn’t go home. Why are you going to Great-Uncle’s house today after being so tired?” Jiang Liu asked, even more confused.
“That’s because no matter how much money I made before, it never felt like a reliable business!” Liu Xiangjiang sighed and said, “Actually, I was always worried that leather goods couldn’t support the entire blind box market. If the chairman didn’t find a way to expand the product line, the entire blind box business would probably collapse soon!”
“If I had gone home then, I would have become rich, but a few months later I would have become unemployed again. Wouldn’t that be even more embarrassing? But it’s different now. Although the chairman’s current plan isn’t that amazing, it’s practical, or rather, very down-to-earth. Judging from the enthusiastic shopping spree of ordinary people today, this step has been taken firmly. Your Third Uncle’s business will at least be prosperous for a few more years, so now is the perfect time to visit your great-uncle!” Liu Xiangjiang said smugly.
Including Boss Huang He, probably no one in the entire Jiangnan knew that Liu Xiangjiang’s identity was not that of an ordinary university student as he claimed.
It’s very simple. Liu Xiangjiang, one of the four guards around Boss Huang back then, returned to Shanghai, his hometown, when he was assigned the task of selling blind boxes in his hometown, which meant he was from Shanghai.
And a native Shanghaier, who had also graduated from university, even if he didn’t join a Fortune Global 500 company, he would have to stubbornly work and muddle through in Shanghai. Why would he go to Wenzhou, a place where birds don’t shit, to work for someone else?
But Liu Xiangjiang came, which made things very clear.
Liu Xiangjiang actually had a very formidable grandfather who had carried a gun in Jinggangshan, walked through the grassland, and crossed the snow-capped mountains. He participated in two of the three major campaigns. Liu Xiangjiang’s name was also taken from his grandfather’s most tragic battle.
In short, if Liu Xiangjiang had honestly followed his parents’ arrangements, he would at least be…
It’s just that something happened to Liu Xiangjiang back then, and he completely fell out with his family, to the point where he couldn’t even stay in Shanghai. He went to find a classmate in Wenzhou, but his wallet was stolen, and a series of unfortunate events occurred, eventually leading him to become a common laborer.
Liu Xiangjiang himself never expected that he would later be found and looked after by the pitiful Boss Huang, then became his brother, returned to Shanghai to sell blind boxes, and finally, in a bizarre way, gained the qualification to return home.
Half an hour later.
“What, you want 100,000 grain and oil consumption coupons now!” In the marketing department office of Shanghai RT-Mart, Marketing Manager Ke Xuedong asked in astonishment when he heard Liu Xiangjiang’s request.
This marketing department manager had disdained the 3,000 coupons Liu Xiangjiang bought last time. Three thousand grain and oil coupons worth about 10 yuan each amounted to only about 30,000 yuan in sales. It would be strange if this RT-Mart marketing manager took it seriously!
However, because business had been poor recently, and despite investing millions in advertising, sales performance was difficult to improve, coupled with some personal connections, this sales manager sold the coupons to Liu Xiangjiang with the idea that even a mosquito’s leg is meat. The total purchase was only about 20,000 yuan.
As a result, unexpectedly, in just two days, the other party actually wanted to buy 100,000 coupons. This was a big business, and this marketing department manager couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Yes, will you sell it?” Liu Xiangjiang asked with a smile.
“Of course, we’ll sell it. However, we don’t have that many printed yet. We only have about 5,000 coupons right now. I’ll give you all these coupons, what do you think!” Ke Xuedong said. Although Liu Xiangjiang was a bit dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do if they didn’t have the coupons. He could only buy these 5,000 coupons first, which could last for a day or two at most.
Afterwards, Liu Xiangjiang also made an appointment with Ke Xuedong to get 100,000 coupons in two days and asked Ke Xuedong to speed up the printing process.
“Manager, don’t we still have hundreds of thousands of coupons in stock?” After Liu Xiangjiang left, one of Ke Xuedong’s subordinates asked in confusion.
“There’s something fishy about this. Go find someone to investigate how they use our coupons and how they get back to us. See if it’s unit procurement or promotions for citizens… 3,000 coupons were used up in one day. If they weren’t given away for free, there must be a trick!” Ke Xuedong’s face showed a greedy smile.