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Chapter 1139 - 581 Liu JinXue and Boss Luo

Chapter 1139: Chapter 581 Liu JinXue and Boss Luo

One kind of soil can nurture a hundred kinds of people; there are always some who cannot find their appropriate place in life and, with the changes of the times... are weeded out.

At this moment, Liu JinXue was sitting in a small car, filled with dejection: Could it be that he really wasn’t cut out for entrepreneurship?

He was one of those Agricultural University students with highly regarded degrees after the national college entrance exams were reinstated, and upon graduation, he was assigned an "iron rice bowl" job. It wasn’t too bad at the time, but his personality was somewhat dull and in over ten years of work, not only did his graduating classmates surpass him, but even some of the juniors and juniors with lower educational qualifications gradually outperformed him, leaving him behind.

As the waves of privatization surged, after not knowing how many came and went, he finally decided to start his own business with his skills—he believed that with his hard-working spirit, there was nothing he couldn’t accomplish.

It wasn’t clear whether it was a success or not, but at present, the Agaricus bisporus mushrooms he grew were in high demand, and he had decent sales.

But selling produce doesn’t necessarily mean making money.

He grew his Agaricus bisporus mushrooms next to Provincial City on rented land, and even the cow dung he used was purchased from cattle farmers for a few cents per catty. With high costs and low yields, he wasn’t a seasoned businessman and wasn’t good at haggling over trivial gains. Initially, his business appeared prosperous, but when he finally did the math, he realized he hadn’t actually made much money.

Fortunately, thanks to an introduction by an old classmate, Wang Jiuming, he got to know a junior who raised cattle in the countryside. This junior was generous and, even after learning the technology from him, didn’t leave him behind, allowing him to distribute the Agaricus bisporus mushrooms he produced.

He made some money, but some people really aren’t cut out for business—Liu JinXue couldn’t get over the mental hurdle; he always felt as if he wasn’t doing anything and just taking people’s money: The goods were delivered to him, he would then resell them to the procurement businessmen, and sitting there receiving money felt like making an unwarranted profit, especially earning from the endeavors of that junior from the countryside, which seemed utterly dishonest.

Although that junior’s business was said to be doing well and he was willing to let him earn money, Liu JinXue truly felt the money was burning his hands. What’s more, he felt a strong sense of failure when he saw the Agaricus bisporus mushrooms the junior had brought in. Without any need for professional expertise to judge, even a layman could see at a glance that the mushrooms were not only larger than the ones he had grown but also superior in color and other attributes.

Could he still carry on with this work?

All the results of his sleepless nights spent on entrepreneurship were barely passed on to someone else, and that person was already doing better than him!

And to top it off, even the procurement businessmen would put him down.

It’s true that it wasn’t their intention to discourage him, but because of the recent flood, there had been a disruption in the supply of Agaricus bisporus from Sancha River village. As soon as the procurement businessmen saw that only Liu JinXue’s mushrooms were left, their expressions turned sour: "Boss Liu, there’s something I need to tell you. If this is the only stock available, I can no longer pay you the original price!"

Liu JinXue was puzzled, "What happened? Although I haven’t gone out to inquire, I do know that the market price should have been rising constantly, right? Why is your price going down instead?"

The purchasing businessman hemmed and hawed, and finally revealed the truth. It turned out that the reason for the recent price increase was mainly because the Agaricus bisporus from Sancha River village was of good quality, not only visually appealing but also truly superior as confirmed by the end customers after delivery.

Liu JinXue had no interest in asking further as to where exactly his Agaricus bisporus mushrooms fell short. He wasn’t a chef or a foodie, nor had he prepared dishes with both sorts of mushrooms to taste and compare. Selling them for so long, he didn’t realize his mushrooms not only looked inferior to others but even tasted worse.

It turned out that he not only earned a margin on the stock the junior had provided but also that his Agaricus bisporus could sell at a slightly higher price only because he benefited from the other party’s advantage.

This was a significant blow to someone who had originally focused only on researching and developing the technology.

Liu JinXue’s character was a bit introverted, or one might say a homebody type—not very good at socializing, prone to keeping things bottled up inside and obsessing over issues.

So the problem arose, the procurement businessman didn’t know that his unintentional words had inflicted a severe blow to Boss Liu’s confidence; he continued to inquire when the superior Agaricus bisporus mushrooms would become available again.

Finally, during another personal visit to procure the Agaricus bisporus mushrooms, upon being asked once more when the superior mushrooms would be supplied, Boss Liu exploded—he told the purchaser outright that those mushrooms were not his own and that he didn’t intend to act as an intermediary any longer.

The procurement businessman was taken aback and hurried to persuade him.

However, Liu JinXue’s mind was made up. He said not to worry about the lack of supply, as he would take him to see the Agaricus bisporus planting base. They had suffered a flood, and the last time he asked, it seems they had already replanted. In the future, the businessman should make contact with them directly!

Personality shapes one’s destiny, and Liu JinXue’s character truly wasn’t suited for business: When he transferred the technology, he was too embarrassed to make a profit, and when the other party was willing to share profits with him, he felt the money came too easily and was scorching his hands. Now, the slightest setback made him give up on himself, even foregoing money he could have earned.

Although the businessman was thrilled, he still politely expressed a few words of concern—in reality, dealing with this scholarly type of boss, he knew that once the words were spoken by the boss, any persuasion would be futile.