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Chapter 1383 - 673: Business is Tough

Chapter 1383: Chapter 673: Business is Tough

Hearing Boss Ning say that he wanted to find a place to talk in detail, the person from the Investment Promotion Office understood his intention and stood up, saying, "I have some matters to attend to on my side, Boss Ning, Boss Yan, you two take your time talking. I’ll be back in a bit."

After that person left, apart from Heizi, the other people on Yan Fei’s side also left, clearing some space for them.

It was only then that Boss Ning spoke up, "Here’s the thing, Boss Yan. I understand this might be asking too much, but we are quite clear about the quality of beef your enterprise supplies."

"What do you think about this proposal? I will purchase another batch of high-grade beef, the same quality you supply to those cities in the south, as well as to Hong Kong. Would you be willing to provide standard beef as well?"

When it came to business negotiation skills, Yan Fei actually didn’t know much. However, he could somewhat grasp Boss Ning’s point, who also needed to purchase some high-grade beef. But why he didn’t start with the high-grade beef might be because he intended to use the standard beef as the main offering.

Possibly, among his clients were high-grade restaurants. But weren’t these times just at the cusp of newfound wealth? If there was a portion of high-grade beef to maintain appearances, in reality, during the selling process, if standard beef was used as a substitute, there wouldn’t be many who could tell the difference, right?

Of course, maybe what he valued more was the Morning Glory brand. After Guo Jingya had expanded several high-grade restaurants in several cities in the south, the Morning Glory brand beef had already gained some fame. Though this reputation only spread in a small area, those who knew understood that Morning Glory brand beef was high-grade and not inferior to imported meat.

Since he mentioned high-grade, Yan Fei had to ask, "So Boss Ning, roughly how much high-grade beef are you planning to purchase?"

As for Boss Ning operating in the way Yan Fei imagined, it wouldn’t be particularly favorable for the Morning Glory brand beef. But that was something that couldn’t be helped. Unless he refused to sell it, if someone only purchased high-grade and later substituted it with lower quality beef pretending it was high-grade, then it would be better to directly supply standard beef from his own business, at least the quality would be better than average.

"Since it’s high-grade, you, Boss Yan, should be aware that the demand in our city isn’t that great. I’ve planned for a monthly purchase quantity of roughly one and a half to two tonnes. With this quantity, if I purchase another twenty tonnes of standard beef each month, would you be able to meet the demand?" Boss Ning tentatively asked.

Yan Fei calculated in his mind and wasn’t quite sure it would work. If each month only up to two tonnes of high-grade beef were needed, then it was simply not possible to have twenty tonnes of standard beef, and the discrepancy was substantial.

The main issue was the price. The market price for standard beef was still relatively stable, at around twelve yuan per catty. Wholesale would definitely be lower than this; while others might be willing, for him... it just didn’t seem profitable!

Another problem was that in his farm, there wasn’t any specifically supplied standard beef; it was all high-grade beef with a minimum standard of three months. If he wanted to specialize in providing standard beef, he needed to experiment, to find out exactly how long to fatten them to both ensure a high yield and comparatively high quality meat while maintaining a certain difference from the high-grade beef.

During his chat with Wang Jiuming in Provincial City, Senior Brother Wang had mentioned that currently, one domestic beef brand was very advantageous. To make a brand more prestigious and widely recognized, ensuring quality was essential. So Yan Fei couldn’t possibly just buy cattle from another Fattening Farm and slaughter them, presenting them as his own farm’s products—that would be damaging his own brand.

After some thought, Yan Fei then said, "Boss Ning, I’ll just be frank. For my side, if you purchase both high-grade and standard beef from the same cow, I can give you the standard beef at market price. But if you need them to be specifically raised, providing only standard beef, the actual cost wouldn’t be covered. If the price were higher, would you accept it?"

Boss Ning also hesitated, then, after a moment, said with a wry smile, "Could Boss Yan mention a price, see if I can accept it on my side? You know that here, if the price is too high, it would be better to directly handle imported beef for sale. After all, it comes with an imported label, don’t you think?"

Yan Fei then smiled, "I’ve never really dealt in the business of purely standard beef before. However, I estimate the cost to be at least three to five yuan more expensive than the normal market wholesale price for beef. As for the imported beef you mentioned, Boss Ning, I am sure someone in this business like you is aware, the high-grade imported beef isn’t cheaper than what I offer here. And their cheap beef—do you think it can compare in quality to mine?"

Some people always think foreign products are superior, but Yan Fei, not clear about other things, was, at least regarding beef, able to state some facts. Those particularly cheap imported beefs were possibly just dairy cow meat, or meat that had been frozen for over half a year, or perhaps leftovers from their dietary preferences that were then sold off.

The saying "you get what you pay for" holds true universally. Cheap and good things... well, there aren’t that many great deals in the world. Moreover, considering the cost of importing, transportation would add a lot, and even if the breeding costs were low, the transportation expenses would offset a significant amount of the breeding savings.