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Chapter 480 - 115: Jealous_7

Chapter 480: 115: Jealous_7

Lin Guixiang exchanged glances with Zhao Cuinong, then immediately pulled the car door open and got out, "Hello, I am Lin Guixiang, the person in charge of Beauty Chant, and this is Zhao Cuinong, the deputy director of Beauty Chant."

Zhao Cuinong immediately greeted everyone.

After brief introductions, Liu Xiao said with a smile, "Director Zhao, I will take your car and park it over there first."

As he spoke, Liu Xiao turned to Zhou Qiang and Wu Haoming, "Uncle Zhou, Uncle Liu, you guys go ahead and take President Lin and Director Zhao to eat."

"Hmm," Zhou Qiang and Wu Haoming nodded, "President Lin, Director Zhao, this way please."

Zhao Cuinong handed the car keys to Liu Xiao, and followed Zhou Qiang and Wu Haoming with Lin Guixiang.

Worrying that the two female comrades might feel restrained, the village chief specially called over his wife and daughter to join them for the meal.

After the meal, Liu Xiao picked out a basket of dried flowers and herbs, "President Lin, Director Zhao, take a look, these are the lotus and gardenias our village has sun-dried. Please inspect them yourselves, they have been thoroughly sun-dried and absolutely contain no added chemical substances."

Lin Guixiang picked up a handful of lotus flowers and observed them closely.

Many farmers chose to fumigate with sulfur to preserve the color and shelf life of dried flowers, so Lin Wu had taught Lin Guixiang a set of methods to identify sulfur-fumigated flowers.

Though lacking testing instruments, Lin Guixiang could tell at a glance that Liu Xiao was not lying.

The quality of these flowers was quite good, and they were all naturally sun-dried.

Zhao Cuinong asked curiously, "Does your entire village do this?"

Liu Xiao nodded, "Yes, in previous years the dried flowers would have been sold out by now, but this year we’ve encountered an industry downturn, so many regular customers have suffered losses and shifted their business... "

At this point, Liu Xiao sighed, then continued, "Now, many of the flowers are rotting in the fields."

Some families, in hopes of making money from these crops, had even invested their life savings into it.

Therefore.

Lin Guixiang and Zhao Cuinong were not only their village’s sole hope but also their saviors.

The village cherished this opportunity, so upon receiving a call from Father Shen, they prepared immediately and took it very seriously.

Lin Guixiang put down the dried flowers and smiled at Liu Xiao, "We can take all of your products, as much as you have, and we can also sign a long-term contract."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiao, the village chief, and the other people around them lit up.

Sign a contract!

The major planter Wu Haoming couldn’t believe what he was hearing, "Really? President Lin, Director Zhao, are you not joking with us?"

As the largest planter in the village, he naturally had the most losses.

Ever since the industry downturn, his hair had been falling out in clumps...

Zhao Cuinong looked at Wu Haoming, "Why would we joke about such matters? However, we need to sign a proper contract. Neither party can suddenly cut off supply or raise prices unexpectedly."

Upon hearing this, Wu Haoming immediately nodded. They were only worried about not being able to sell their goods, so why would they suddenly raise prices or cut off supply?

"President Lin, Director Zhao, please rest assured, we are people of our word. As long as you do not break the contract, we will never break ours."

"Very well," Zhao Cuinong nodded.

Before coming, Lin Guixiang had printed the contract and now took it out of her bag, saying, "Here’s the contract, please take a look."

Liu Xiao was the college-educated village official, and the one with the highest level of education among the group. He took the contract from Lin Guixiang and read it carefully.

As everyone knows,

Merchants are profit-driven and cold-blooded, and many choose to tamper with contracts. There are a plethora of oppressive terms, and before Liu Xiao’s arrival, their village had been deceived. Not only did they not make any money, but some also took advantage of the contract to swindle a substantial sum from them.

Because of their past experience of being tricked, they were like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. Apart from Liu Xiao, they didn’t trust anyone.

So at this moment, the others looked at Liu Xiao with anticipation.

After reviewing the entire contract, Liu Xiao looked up surprised and stuttered, "President Lin, I, am I seeing this right? Are you offering to purchase the dried lotus flowers at one yuan for two pieces?"

"Yes," Lin Guixiang nodded slightly, "You’re not mistaken, it’s indeed one yuan for two pieces."

Upon hearing this, not only was Liu Xiao surprised, but the other people from Huayuan Village were also stunned.

You should know,

When others came to Huayuan Village to buy these goods, they would pay ten yuan per kilogram.

The dried lotus flowers themselves didn’t weigh much, with ten yuan getting you a big bag full.

Yet Lin Guixiang was willing to pay one yuan for two pieces.

This directly increased the overall income of the villagers in Huayuan Village.

Liu Xiao had originally thought that Lin Guixiang would take advantage of the industry’s off-season to push down prices, and the villagers were also prepared for a price squeeze. After all, no one wanted their goods right now; they couldn’t just let all their hard work rot in the fields.

It was still better to earn a little than nothing.

Unexpectedly...

Unexpectedly, Lin Guixiang and Zhao Cuinong not only did not push down the price, but they also increased it.

This was something Liu Xiao had never imagined.

At first, Liu Xiao thought he had read the contract wrong, but after reading it several times, the content remained unchanged.

Most importantly, there were no oppressive terms in the contract. Except for having to pay a hefty penalty for deliberately causing shortages, almost every term was from the villagers’ perspective, considering their interests.

In all his time as a village official, Liu Xiao had never seen such a contract.

If he hadn’t studied law as a minor in university, he would have even doubted whether there was some kind of trap hidden in the contract!

After a while, Liu Xiao finally digested the content of the contract, removed his glasses, and turned to explain the contract to the others in dialect.

The lead farmer Wu Haoming and the village chief almost wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Guixiang and Zhao Cuinong after hearing the contract’s terms.

At this moment,

their gratitude towards Lin Guixiang and Zhao Cuinong was no longer merely simple thanks.

Presently, Liu Xiao turned to Lin Guixiang and Zhao Cuinong, then continued, "The two of you are the most benevolent merchants I have ever met. In fact, these days, many merchants have come to our village wanting to buy this batch of goods. Among them was a Boss Li who directly drove the price down from the original ten yuan to three yuan per kilogram."

Upon saying this, Liu Xiao revealed a bitter smile, "If you hadn’t come, we might have had to sell to that Boss Li at three yuan per kilogram."