Chapter 392 Each Has His Own Plan
This scene also fell into the eyes of many grain merchants from other places.
Tao Xun and his party also saw it.
Among the grain merchants from various places, some knew Ji Wuyin. After the initial mental shock, many people decided to visit Ji Wuyin.
Ji Wuyin avoided all their visits.
These grain merchants from other places had to leave one by one in the end. Some were unwilling, and some were thoughtful.
Tao Xun and his party were also rejected.
Tao Xun thought about it and decided to find Ji Changnian.
For the visit of Tao Xun and his party, Ji Da Shao personally received them. He called a capable manager of Ji's family to take over his position at the Ji's branch, and then led Tao Xun and others back to the house next door.
"My uncles, I'm really sorry. My father has been very busy recently and really can't spare the time." Ji Da Shao apologized to them first.
Everyone knew that this was Ji Wuyin's excuse, but he apologized, and they looked better.
Before Tao Xun spoke, someone with an impatient temper asked directly, "Master Ji, how long will your Ji family sell this affordable grain?"
Master Ji smiled and evaded, "I don't know about this, it's my father who is doing this."
Zhang Song: "Can't you persuade your father not to do this? This will hurt others and not benefit yourself, and no one will get any good."
"Yes, nephew, we have all been screwed by you."
Tao Xun was about to speak, but was interrupted by others, so he simply stopped talking.
He couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this. Oh my God, what kind of people followed him! The business world is like a battlefield. If you don't have enough ability, who can you blame?
Master Ji was surprised, "I beg you to disagree with what Shopkeeper Li said."
Master Ji was angry, and others also shook their heads at Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li could only shut up awkwardly.
Zhang Song: "Master Ji, Lao Li can't speak, but we think you really need to persuade your father about the affordable grain."
"I can't persuade my father. He said he wants to do his best for the people of Nanyang."
Zhang Song, Li Zhang and others were speechless when they heard this. It's really not like what the people of Nanyang said, that Ji's branch is here to be a bodhisattva to save people from suffering, right?
"This is a good idea, but I don't know how long Ji's affordable grain will last?" If it's not long, they can hold on for a while.
Master Ji said, "I really don't know about this, but you should know my father. He has always done things from beginning to end, and rarely starts with a bang but ends with a whimper."
Everyone present understood that Ji's selling affordable grain would probably last for a long time.
"It's true that the Ji family is a big family, but they can't afford to fail like this, right?"
"Yes, your father is so bad, aren't you afraid that the Ji family's ancestors will blame you?"
Young Master Ji spread his hands, "This huge family business was earned by my father, he can do whatever he wants." As a son, he can't control it.
This conversation is destined to end unpleasantly.
Qingzhou grain merchants don't want to lose money, they want the Ji family to stop selling affordable grain or let the Ji family raise grain prices, but the Ji family can't do what they want.
Tao Xun didn't say a word from beginning to end.
After they went out, Zhang Song and others reacted, "Manager Tao, why didn't you say anything just now?"
Tao Xun rolled his eyes in his heart. He wanted to say something at the beginning, but did he have a chance to speak? Now that things have gone wrong, what can he say!
Tao Xun smiled, "You have said everything I want to say."
"This Ji family is simply--" Manager Li wanted to complain.
Tao Xun stopped him, "Be careful with your words!" Next, they might need to ask Ji for help, so it's best not to offend them.
"What should we do next?"
"Let's go back first."
On the first day that Ji's Luoyang branch sold affordable grain, the grain of Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association was completely unsalable and there were few customers.
Che Jiuming arranged people to monitor.
The people he sent to monitor reported back what happened that day. According to their rough statistics, the amount of affordable grain sold by Ji in one day was probably more than 50,000 dan.
When Che Jiuming heard Ji say that they had enough grain, he sneered and thought they were bluffing.
How much inventory do they have for selling such a large amount of affordable grain? Even if he sold 50,000 dan of grain a day, the grain on hand would only be enough to support 18 days.
The next day, Che Jiuming posted a message to invite grain merchants from other places, saying that he would call on everyone to get together to discuss countermeasures and solve the current dilemma.
Some people went there desperately.
Some people thought Che Jiu Ming was the culprit and did not go.
These grain merchants felt that if Che Jiu Ming had not tried hard to raise the grain price, they would not be attracted. Unfortunately, he did not have the ability to maintain the grain price, which made them in a dilemma and very likely to lose a lot of money.
But overall, there were quite a lot of grain merchants who were invited.
Tao Xun also went there. He wanted to hear what Che Jiu Ming had to say.
Che Jiu Ming looked at the grain merchants from all over the country who were gathered together by him, as if he saw the dawn of victory and was very excited.
At that moment, he exchanged a few pleasantries and then went straight to the point, affirming everyone's transportation of grain to Nanyang, "Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, that's right."
"Everyone transports grain from thousands of miles away, and no one wants to lose money, right?"
"Unfortunately, there is a troublemaker in Luoyang that makes it impossible for everyone to make money."
"Everyone, only by solving the troublemaker of the Ji family can we avoid losses."
"How to solve it?" Someone asked Che Jiu Ming, you can't kill him, right?
Che Jiu Ming did not keep them in suspense and directly replied, "Now, as long as everyone unites and takes out silver to buy the grain of Kong Ji family, we will raise the grain price later and everyone can make money. Otherwise, everyone will lose money."
Hearing that they still need to take out silver to buy grain, many people hesitated.
Che Jiu Ming gave them confidence again, "Don't be afraid, we can do it. I still have 600,000 taels of silver in my hand. You all came to Nanyang with silver, right?"
Yes, but not much. They came to sell grain, not to buy goods.
Che Jiu Ming continued to encourage everyone, "If you add up everyone's silver, there must be two or three million taels. This amount of silver is enough to buy out all the grain of Ji's family."
"Do you know how much grain Ji's branch put out yesterday? 50,000 shi! Another 50,000 shi was put out today! Our Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association also took 400,000 shi from the other party before. You can imagine how much grain Ji's family still has?"
After calculating this, Ji's family should not have much grain left.
Hearing this, Tao Xun turned around and left, I don't believe you, the old man is very bad, he hasn't sold the grain yet, and he's thinking about the silver in their pockets.
Seeing him leave, the Qingzhou grain merchant who was on good terms with him hurriedly followed him. After catching up with him, he asked, "Why did you leave?"
"Che Jiu Ming wants to drag us into the water."
"I think what he said makes some sense."
Tao Xun sneered, "A bunch of rabble, do you really think you can accomplish anything?"
"And Che Jiu Ming didn't mention the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce at all. I don't know whether he didn't find out that Ji's business and Liaodong Chamber of Commerce have joined forces, or he deliberately didn't mention it. It's not a good thing."
"Ji's business and Liaodong Chamber of Commerce have joined forces?" The grain merchant who followed was surprised.
Tao Xun reminded him, "Don't forget where Wu Ren belongs."
"Then what are you going to do? Continue to wait and see?"
"No." This game is very complicated, and he has already planned to cut his losses and leave.