When he left Heidler's manor, Dulin had three hundred dollars in cash in his pocket, and another seven hundred dollars that would be given to him in three installments over the next two months.
Of course, there will be a prerequisite for all this, that is, after taking away the three hundred Dulin, we can see the rapid development of the hometown association, such as having a certain number of members of the hometown association, and being able to form a fist and unite together. . As long as this is accomplished, Du Lin can receive the first batch of two hundred yuan for the development of the hometown association.
During the negotiation process, Du Lin took the initiative to ask for accounting for the association, when and where each money was spent, whether it had the desired effect when making the budget, and how to deepen the Some of the issues will be recorded in a book. Heidler agreed without thinking about it. Heidler knew very well that Dulin, as the initiator of the hometown association, could not gain greater authority than Dulin no matter how hard he tried now.
Therefore, instead of sending people to compete with Du Lin for the position of president, it is better to use money to capture the association, and gradually turn Du Lin into a puppet and a knife in his hand. It was precisely because he understood the power of money and capital that when Dulin took the initiative to establish a ledger, he agreed.
But he didn't know that Du Lin's original purpose of establishing the hometown association was just to recruit people for his trading company. He didn't want to become the leader of some gang organization!
But no matter what, with this unexpected windfall of 300 yuan, Dulin's plan can be implemented more quickly, without the need to continue to raise funds.
From the beginning, he planned to use the name of the trading company he established to purchase a batch of low-alcohol wine from domestic and foreign wineries. These low-alcohol wines would be used as a cover for distillation and purification. At the same time, Dulin would not give up the profits of low-alcohol wine. Even if it's not high.
Graf had already contacted several suppliers, and Dulin planned to wait until he had collected at least 100 yuan before talking to them. Unexpectedly, Heidler's appearance made up for the lack of time and completely solved the problem of Dulin's startup. Funding issues.
At noon, Dulin asked Graf to meet with a businessman from the Free Federation. The price of the low-alcohol amaretto wine they produced was considered average in the entire low-alcohol wine market, but its alcohol content was eight degrees, which was very high. Suitable for purification.
The Free Federation is located in the southeast of the Shining Star Empire and is a country composed of twenty-two provinces. The country has adopted a republican system and is governed by a total of fifty members of the Federal House of Lords and five Speakers of the House of Lords. It is elected every four years and can be re-elected for up to two terms. However, if the international situation becomes tense during the general election period, war is certain to break out.
Or if the general election happens to be in a state of war, then even if the members and the speaker have been re-elected for two terms, the "Extraordinary State Special Re-election Voting Bill" can be filed in the lower house to determine whether each upper house member and speaker can vote. Re-elected for the third time. If more than half of the members of the House of Lords or three speakers are determined to continue to be re-elected, the House of Commons will form a "Special Powers Supervision Department" to monitor corruption and abuse that may occur due to excessive power during the third re-election. Occupational crimes such as authority.
The Free Federation is a country that is different from the Shining Star Empire which is in a period of change. In the war that just ended, the Shining Star Empire achieved a tragic victory, but the Free Federation achieved a great victory.
Saying this may make many people feel puzzled. How can there be winners in a war between two countries? In fact, this problem is not complicated. For the Yaoxing Empire, the empire held on to its territory and did not let the invaders dominate their land and enslave their people. Then they won the Great Patriotic War. But for the Free Federation, although they did not obtain land and cheap labor, they made unprecedented economic breakthroughs, especially in terms of tariffs and the Yaoxing Empire. So far, there is no open war memorandum of understanding. Something to record.
It is precisely because of such a tragic victory in the war that the entire empire began to reflect from top to bottom on why it was once an extremely powerful empire and was now bullied by a federation that did not even have an emperor or a pope. Amidst the numerous turmoils and unseen political struggles, all voices gradually became unified.
That was His Imperial Majesty's dictation during the war. Class struggle became rampant and seriously damaged the originally good situation. Soon after the war, an argument emerged that the imperial system could no longer keep up with the progress of the times, and that only a constitutional monarchy could save the Shining Star Empire, which was already on the edge of the cliff.
The aristocratic class that has lost the protection of the imperial system, the new revolutionaries who want to become the country's leading class, the big capitalists who hope to interfere in politics through capital, the rebels who are full of ideals and anger and want to change the world...
Groups of characters with clear-cut banners staged scenes of shocking political dramas on the highest and brightest stage of the Shining Star Empire.
Under such circumstances, social issues will naturally be thrown aside by the big guys.
The empire that has lost part of its tariff power has become a huge piece of fat in the eyes of the capitalists of the Free Federation. All kinds of things are pouring into the empire through the border, and there are even tax rebates and subsidies when there is no tariff. During this period, the light industry and handicraft industry of the Yaoxing Empire faced a huge impact, and it has become a paradise for federal businessmen.
What Du Lin wanted to meet this time was a wine merchant from the Federation.
"You look very young. I'd like to ask, are you an adult?" The agent, who was in his forties with blond hair and brown beard, almost stared out of his eyes. Du Lin really didn't look that big. ,too young. He didn't mind doing business with people of any race or age, but he was still scared.
Dulin shrugged his shoulders and lit a cigarette for himself. This would make him look a little more mature, but it might also have the opposite effect. He flicked the ashes of his cigarette skillfully and said casually: "I am seventeen years old, Mr. Richard."
Richard nodded noncommittally and said with a trace of emotion: "When I was seventeen years old, I was still working for my boss in a factory, and you, at the age of seventeen, already had your own trading company...", He shook his head and smiled, "Okay, let's get down to business. I heard that you want to buy a batch of low-alcohol wine from me for sale, right?"
Without waiting for Du Lin to answer, he continued: "Moon Brand fruit wine has completely different characteristics from the common low-alcohol wines on the market. Our wine has a slightly bitter taste of almond, unlike those wines that are like juice. , it’s so sweet that even if a person drinks three or five bottles at a time, it won’t ruin the taste because it’s too sweet. When I first contact many of my partners, I will tell them that they can only drink two or three bottles of fruit wine. , but you can drink five or six bottles of our Moon brand almond wine.”
"What's more important is that our price positioning is very accurate. We have focused on the mid-range market from the beginning, so everyone can afford it and you can have enough profit margins."
Dulin nodded. He already knew all these things. What he cared about was the price. "Can you tell me the specific price? Mr. Richard, our target is not just Tenel City, but the entire province." , or even the entire empire. Once we confirm that your and Moon Trading Company’s products are as good as you say, the prospects for our cooperation will be unlimited!”
Richard thought for a while and gave a price of eighty-five cents a bottle. This price, as he said, stands in the middle of the low-alcohol alcohol price market. Further down there are wines priced at fifty-five cents and sixty-cents a bottle, and above there are low-alcohol wines priced at more than one yuan. The price of eighty-five cents is indeed accurate, but it is not a price Dulin can accept.
Whether it is simply selling this brand of wine, or using this low-alcohol wine as a purification material, the price is obviously too high and too embarrassing. If you want to ensure profits, just sell it for one yuan a bottle to ensure your profit. When the bar puts these wines on the counter, it must make at least 30% profit on a bottle of wine before it can be sold.
When it comes to the guests' cups, the price of a cup is almost thirty cents.
A mid-range price positioning actually only resulted in a very embarrassing situation. Perhaps this is why the Moon Brand has not opened up sales in the empire so far. If you choose a worse wine, you can drink two glasses. For alcoholics, they don’t care about the quality of the wine. They only care about how to buy the most wine with the least money. And what about those guests who are originally from the middle class? They would rather add ten or twenty points to drink a higher-grade wine.
Those who can afford thirty cents a glass of wine don’t care if they pay an extra ten cents when paying the bill. What they want is face.
The price that is neither high nor low has made the Moon Brand become unpopular among bars, and it is difficult to increase sales.
It would be even more uneconomical to purify it. It takes three bottles of 85-point Moon Brand almond wine to refine a bottle of high-alcohol wine, which is a cost price of about two and a half yuan. Adding in the added juice, labor costs, various loss costs and a small amount of additional costs that have to be borne due to damaged wine bottles during transportation, the cost will be as high as five or six yuan. When sold to a bar, the profit was only more than four yuan, of which more than one yuan belonged to Graf, and Dulin could only get more than two yuan!
Are you crazy to do business with only over 40% profit at the risk of breaking the law and going to jail
(End of chapter)