Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 2007 - 1759: Baiyu County Negotiations (Part 3)

With the price below twenty, once the layers are filtered down, the volume isn't too large, and whether the villagers choose to sell at stalls or online, or supply local premium supermarkets, it's relatively easy to manage.

Plus, if the earlier grades have been sold out, they've already made a profit, so even if the remaining is given wholesale to other merchants, it's no loss—

This should be easy to negotiate.

"However, once the prices are set, we must also control the after-sales and product quality during shipping—goods must be sold through our online store, and we will handle the after-sales service."

"But the payment settlement period should be delayed until the final receipt confirmation date—for example, half a month later. During this period, all after-sales compensation will be deducted from it."

"We won't charge a slot fee, because that's not how we sustain ourselves. But, Qiaoqiao, for every kilo sold, can we give you five bucks?"

Qiaoqiao doesn't understand.

But since his sister is helping others along with him, he is willing!

So he nodded: "Sure!"

The main points are clearly conveyed, and now it's a matter of whether Baiyu County agrees. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

If they do, she needs to immediately arrange a team of security guards from the farm—the grading of grapes, product quality control during shipping—these need to be monitored personally to ensure peace of mind.

It's hard to ensure that hiring locals won't lower standards for a bit of money.

This is the first time handling a proper external order, mainly for Qiaoqiao's sake.

Song Tan seriously discussed all the various details, Lun Chuan even found a familiar lawyer to draft the contract...

Calculated and recalculated, compared to their own business, this is truly a lot of work without much profit.

At this moment, the party secretary conveying the general idea was surrounded by the crowd:

"Five bucks per kilo? Why is it so aggressive!"

"Exactly! I heard that big influencer didn't take so much before..."

"What does it mean? Why use their online store for online sales? What if they don't pay later?"

"Aren't we supposed to build up a brand effect? How can we build a brand without Baiyu County's name?"

"Holding the money for half a month, who knows how much interest that would earn—this is too shrewd..."

"They handle the after-sales, it's not their money we're spending so surely they won't feel the pinch; what if a few packages are lost during shipping, wouldn't we end up losing big?"

Truth be told, even the party secretary was feeling uneasy, worried—after all, they'd be holding onto the money, and if they don't pay, there's no way to deal with it.

But listening to several villagers bringing up various points, he suddenly frowned:

"Something worth dozens per kilo, losing a few is worth quite a bit, why not compensate?"

"They've mentioned grading, the best sold at forty per kilo, counting the commission, we calculate thirty-five per kilo; go search all around, who else is offering us this price?"

Some weren't convinced: "We sold for sixty last year."

"You were talking about last year!"

The party secretary's voice echoed throughout the room!

"What was the price of Sunshine Rose last year, what's the price this year? Last year, could you buy ten bucks for three pounds? Go to the city and check it out this year!"

"When grapes weren't grown before, even the grain prices dropped during a good harvest year!"

The crowd fell silent for a moment.

After a while, the largest grower in the county, the Tao Family, planting over a hundred acres, said: "I agree with all these conditions."

Once he agreed, the crowd feared their goods wouldn't sell while his family's would, and they all chimed in.

Among them, someone said: "Old Tao, aren't you on the same side as us, negotiate the price, a five buck commission is too much."

The Tao Family remained calm: "Whether it's too much I don't know, but what I do know is if we don't agree, these grapes will just rot in the field."

The key is, before, they even offered slot fees, yet absolutely no one agreed.

Earlier, he estimated this year's grape price drop and was satisfied with thirty for the highest grade.

The party secretary also gazed sharply, focusing on that person—it's this guy! The one raising the most complaints!

"If you think it's unscrupulous, you're free not to participate; we're not short of your few acres of land."

This person followed trends louder than anyone; when the county promoted grape farming, the Tao Family warned against a price drop if everyone started planting.

And what happened? When grapes couldn't be sold this year, this person spoke sourly every day when meeting the Tao Family in the village...

Overall, the party secretary had his scales balanced in his heart too.

The man lowered his head, murmuring with his wife, without saying a word.

At that moment, a young person holding a phone said: "Uncle! You got it wrong, the influencer isn't that pretty couple, but that kid!"

Huh?

The party secretary was suddenly dumbstruck.

That kid... isn't he called Qiaoqiao? He looked...

His face reddened, and amidst the crowd, he couldn't utter a single word.

However, the youth was already exhilarated with glowing eyes, beaming:

"My family agrees too! My family agrees!"

"I checked Qiaoqiao's sales online; they're always sold out, never unsellable! And the stuff they sell is much more expensive than ours!"

While scrolling through his phone, blissfully he said: "If he can come, it seems the top leader's doing a good deed! He won't even care about the little money from fruit sales!"

His words were filled with pride, as if the estimated millions in fruit sales were peanuts.

Everyone immediately looked over, including the party secretary who was blank for a moment before asking:

"What's the price of their grapes?"

The young person looked at his phone:

"They didn't sell grapes this year, but yesterday sold 500 orders of peaches—a box of five pounds, only available to fans of certain rank, special price 499!"

Gasp!

Everyone inhaled sharply:

A hundred per pound for peaches? Flat peaches?! How dare he ask for such a price?!

What's going on, isn't everyone planting grapes this year, weren't there any peach plantations? Why are grape prices so cheap everywhere?!