Professional

"Chen Yu, where are you?"

"I'm at the company."

"I've found someone to help you, and I'm bringing them over."

"Uncle Qiu, you don't have to come to my place. I'll come to you. Where are you now?"

"That works too. I'm at the Agricultural Bureau."

"Great, I'll be there shortly."

Upon receiving Qiu Guoqing's call, Chen Yu headed to the Agricultural Bureau...

The Agricultural Bureau wasn't far from Chenyi Square, and in about ten minutes, Chen Yu arrived.

"Director Wang, let me introduce you. This is Chen Yu, the one I told you about."

"Chen Yu, this is Director Wang from the Agricultural Bureau."

"Hello, Director Wang."

"Hello, hello. You truly are a young hero."

Director Wang shook hands with Chen Yu and said very politely, "These 20 million catties of navel oranges have truly relieved the urgent concerns of Xinfeng fruit farmers. I want to thank you on behalf of these fruit farmers."

"No need, Director Wang. I just want to do business. Don't accuse me of profiteering if I make money later."

"Hahaha..."

Everyone burst into laughter, but Qiu Guoqing added, "Chen Yu, you are so confident that you'll make a profit. Don't cry foul if you can't sell them and they rot in the warehouse. Let me tell you, the Agricultural Bureau won't bail you out."

"Uncle Qiu, how could you say that?"

Chen Yu replied modestly.

He looked around the office and noticed a woman in her mid-twenties smiling at him. Chen Yu politely nodded at her and said, "Hello."

This remark reminded Qiu Guoqing, and he continued, "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce you. This is the talent I want to recommend to you, Miss Shi Lanfang, Deputy Director of the Market Department of the Agricultural Bureau, a graduate of China Agricultural University."

"It turns out you're a high-achieving graduate of CAU. Director Shi, hello, hello."

Upon hearing that she graduated from CAU, Chen Yu was quite surprised.

He hadn't expected that there would be such talent in Xinfeng, such an authentic graduate of a top-tier university.

"Mr. Chen, please don't be too formal. I'm just a humble civil servant dealing with mud every day."

"Director Shi is being too modest. With your age and already serving as Deputy Director of the office, I think Uncle Qiu wasn't in such a high position at your age, right?"

"That's right. I worked for over ten years before becoming Deputy Director."

Qiu Guoqing also added.

Director Wang chimed in, "Director Shi may be young, but she's truly talented. We promoted her out of the ordinary, and she's living up to it."

"Director Wang, you make it sound like if you didn't promote me, I wouldn't have stayed in Xinfeng."

Shi Lanfang smiled.

After some initial pleasantries, Shi Lanfang got to the point, "Mr. Chen, I heard you plan to purchase 20 million catties of navel oranges?"

"That's indeed the plan. But I don't have enough manpower, which is why I asked Uncle Qiu to help find some assistance."

"Do you know how much capital you've prepared for this?"

"Uncle Qiu mentioned that the current market price for navel oranges is one cent per catty, and I've prepared 2 million."

"Hehe, Mr. Chen, you're truly generous."

"Ah?"

Chen Yu was puzzled, "Navel oranges are one cent per catty, and 20 million catties should be exactly 2 million, right? Or is it not enough? Oh, I haven't considered the transportation costs yet."

"Transportation does require some funds, but it's not too expensive."

Shi Lanfang continued, "Let me calculate for you. Actually, buying navel oranges doesn't require this much money. Although navel oranges cost one cent per catty, we only need to pay a deposit before the purchase. Even after all the oranges have been picked, we don't have to pay the full amount. We can pay one-third upfront and settle the rest after selling the oranges."

"I see."

Chen Yu nodded.

"In addition, even though the market price for navel oranges is one cent per catty, with such a large quantity, we can negotiate to buy at nine cents or even eight cents per catty. While the difference in wholesale price may only be one or two cents, it adds up to a significant profit with such a large volume. Moreover, the lower our wholesale price, the more flexibility we have. Even if we can't sell them all, we won't incur much of a loss when clearing the inventory."

"Director Shi, do you know of any suitable warehouses?"

"In the industrial park to the north, there's a factory building that has been abandoned for years. It's quite spacious and hasn't been used for a long time. If needed, I can inquire with the relevant authorities. It shouldn't cost much."

"As for transportation, we can contact those returning freight trucks, which can also save us some money."

From procurement to funds, warehouses, and transportation, Shi Lanfang explained everything to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu nodded in approval.

It seemed that Uncle Qiu had found the right people.

With such an experienced individual involved, he was saving himself a lot of trouble.

"However, despite the savings in various aspects, sales are a big problem. Navel oranges can't be stored in cold storage like apples. Once three months pass and they don't sell, they're essentially unsellable. The quantity of 20 million catties is substantial, and if they don't sell, the losses will be substantial."

"The sales channels are showing promise, so you can rest assured on that front, Director Shilan. The main task now is to acquire the 20 million catties of navel oranges."

"No problem. Once the purchasing starts on November 15th, we can have the 20 million catties harvested within 10 days."

"That's wonderful."

With that, Chen Yu also smiled.

Selling navel oranges was much more challenging than running an internet company, but he was fortunate to have found a professional.

Without them, Chen Yu would have been in a real bind trying to sell all the oranges on his own.

"Chen Yu, how is it? Are you satisfied with Little Shi?"

Seeing Chen Yu's smile, Wang, the director of the Agricultural Bureau, inquired.

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

Chen Yu nodded, "However since Director Shi works for the Agricultural Bureau, is this helping me?"

"Hehe, you can't exactly say she's helping you. If you can resolve the issue of selling 20 million catties of navel oranges, you'd be doing a huge favor for our Agricultural Bureau as well."

Director Wang chuckled.

In recent times, he had been fretting over the sales of navel oranges. Not just him, but even the County Chief, in an effort to open up the market for Xinfeng navel oranges, was preparing for a special local product promotion event. They planned to go to Guangdong Province to see if they could promote navel oranges there.

It could be said that in recent times, he, as the director, had lost a considerable amount of hair due to the sales of navel oranges.

For a significant event like this, not only would they assign Shi Lanfang to assist Chen Yu, but they would have been willing to allocate half of the Agricultural Bureau's staff.

After a pleasant meeting, Chen Yu left.

...

"Dad, you're back?"

"Huh, Dad, weren't you supposed to be at the Commerce Bureau? Why do you look so angry?"

In the evening, Chen Yu saw his father, Chen Simian, return home with an angry expression. He asked in confusion.

"Don't mention it."

Placing his briefcase down, Chen Simian vented, "Those idiots at the Commerce Bureau claimed that our Snail Beauty isn't considered a special product of Xinfeng. We have 20 franchisees, and Xinfeng is the birthplace. How can they not consider it a special product of Xinfeng? That next-door guy selling dried radishes is considered a special product, but we aren't."

"These bastards, I argued with them, begged and pleaded, but they still wouldn't let me register."