Chapter 35: Signing the Contract

No one spoke that night. The next morning, not long after the sun rose, Li Yi's door was knocked.

Li Yi, who had already done 20 push-ups, opened the door and found that it was Wei Sanpao standing at the door!

When did this kid get up so early?

When he was working in the factory, he would be lazy and would basically open his eyes at noon.

"So early?"

"Haha, isn't this because I'm excited, so I got up a little earlier!"

Looking at the red bloodshot in this guy's eyes, Li Yi immediately smiled and said, "You kid didn't sleep all night, did you?"

"No"

Wei Sanpao wanted to be tough, but when he saw Li Yi's scrutinizing eyes, he immediately gave up and said, "Isn't this a little panic in my heart!"

"Old Third, it's just a small business, is it that serious?"

Wei Sanpao scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile, "Brother Yi, 15,000 yuan, it's not small!"

Li Yi patted Wei Sanpao on the shoulder and said, "Okay, and you Don't worry about it, I've already done it, just wait for the money!"

"Well, if anything happens, I'll take the responsibility with you!"

"Just keep it in mind!"

Then Li Yi asked again: "How are Xiaowu and the others still sleeping?"

Wei Sanpao immediately replied: "How is that possible? Today is such an important day, how can I let them sleep?"

"Are they up?"

"Well, I woke them up a long time ago, and they are all having breakfast at the breakfast shop downstairs!"

Li Yi pulled his mouth helplessly, knowing that this would be the result.

"Okay, pack up and get ready to go!"

When they arrived at the front desk on the first floor of the hotel, Xia Xun was already waiting for them. Seeing Li Yi, Xia Xun smiled and said: "I've talked to my parents, they are now in the orchard, come with me!"

The orchard is a bit far from the city, and several people took a bus for nearly two hours before arriving at the county where Xia Xun's home is.

After arriving at the county town, Xia Xun's father drove a tractor and waited for them at the station.

Then, Li Yi and others rode the tractor for nearly an hour and finally arrived at Xia Xun's orchard.

The orchard is very large, stretching over several hills!

In addition to apples, pear trees and peaches are also planted here.

Xia Xun briefly introduced his family's orchard. Through his introduction, Li Yi learned that this orchard has a total of thousands of acres and is the pillar industry of their village.

Moreover, most of the orchards have a history of more than ten years, which is the best time to produce fruit.

In addition, the fruit farmers are also professional, so the fruits grown are all top-quality with excellent taste.

At this time, there were already many people surrounding the gate of the orchard. Judging from their dress, they were all fruit farmers in the village.

From the application they kept looking at, it seemed that they were waiting for something.

Seeing the arrival of Li Yi and others, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and then they surrounded them.

"You must be Mr. Li, right? I heard from the kid from the old Xia family that you...want to buy our apples?"

Hearing the words of the fruit farmer, Li Yi immediately went to meet him.

"Hello, uncle. We are the purchasers of the Jiangnan Meat Processing Plant. We are planning to purchase a batch of apples, about 500,000 kilograms!"

"That's great. Now our fruits don't have to rot in the fields. When you want them, I'll find someone to pick them for you!"

"Wait a minute, let me see how your fruits are before making a decision!"

"Okay, to be honest, our apples this year are particularly good, very sweet, and big enough!"

"Okay, let's take a look!"

Then, accompanied by everyone, Li Yi began to wander around the orchard like a big leader who came to inspect.

It has to be said that Yandong is indeed very suitable for growing apples. Although these apple trees are not big, the fruits on them are very abundant.

And they are big, each one weighs at least 700 to 800 kilograms!

I picked a few and tasted them one by one. Sure enough, they were crisp and sweet, and there was absolutely no problem with the taste.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Li Yi nodded with satisfaction. These apples were very fresh. If they were transported back to Jiangcheng, there would be absolutely no problem.

"Dear uncles and aunts, your apples are very good. We are also very satisfied with the price! We can sign the contract today. After signing the contract, your fruits are equivalent to being determined by us and can no longer be sold to others. Do you understand what I mean!"

"I know, I know, if it is determined, it can still be sold to others!"

"That's right, it must not be sold to others!"

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The place for signing the contract was at Xia Xun's house. Li Yi signed an apple purchase agreement with 17 fruit farmers in the village at one time, with a total of 500,000 kilograms of apples and 100,000 kilograms of pears.

According to the contract price, apples are 4 cents per kilogram and pears are 5 cents, which are about one cent higher than the market wholesale price.

Moreover, Li Yi took the initiative to raise the price. Although he has no money now, he knows that the price of these fruits will increase significantly in a few days, and will increase several times by the end of the month.

Making money is certain, so he doesn't want to cheat these people, and it is okay to raise the price of fruits appropriately.

Doing things is temporary, but being a person is a lifetime, you can't go against your conscience because of some things!

In addition, according to the contract, he paid a deposit of 1,500 yuan to the fruit farmers in one lump sum, and the rest would be paid together when the goods were shipped.

After doing this, Li Yi asked Da Chu and Wei Zi to stay and take care of the orchard, while he returned to Jiangcheng with Wei Sanpao and 500 kilograms of apples.

After all, ordering the fruit is only the first step in the long march. Next, we have to find a way to sell these fruits, and sell them at a high price, which is the most difficult.

In addition, the heavy rain in Yandong City is about to start. At that time, the heavy rain and hail will smash all the apples that have not been picked in time, so all the apples must be picked before that.

However, the fruits cannot be stored for a long time after being picked, so they need to be placed in a specific environment.

Fortunately, Li Yi had thought of this before. The meat processing plant has its own cold storage, and due to the insufficient production capacity of the factory, many cold storages have been idle.

Li Yi plans to transport these fruits back to Jiangcheng, put them in the cold storage of the meat processing plant first, and then sell them after secondary packaging.

This will certainly increase some costs, but it can be sold at a higher price.

However, all of this needs to be arranged by him personally, and ordinary people really can't do this job.