Chapter 94

Chen Yang had never heard Zhang Jun, Zhao Shunfa, Tang Kun, and them mention Meng Bin in his previous life; Meng Bin was likely a connection Zhang Jun made after graduating and returning to Qingshui City.

Chen Yang was very curious. In just a few days, what means did Zhang Jun use to bind Meng Bin to his ship?

Of course, someone who can be friends with a person like Zhang Jun, this Meng Bin is probably not a good guy.

Since Meng Bin has already issued a challenge, Chen Yang will definitely have to respond.

"Chen Yang, why don't we load less cargo tomorrow? Keep it in the cold storage for a few more days; then when the new store opens, we'll ship it there for sale." Du Yue'e didn't want to rely on giving eggs to maintain customers, preparing to speed up the renovation of the branch. As long as sales channels increase, the Old Farmer Agricultural Products Life Supermarket will have no way to deal with them.

Chen Yang said: "Others have already issued a challenge; we can't be timid. He is the nephew of the Executive Deputy Mayor, and we are the daughter-in-law and son-in-law of the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. As long as we don't play dirty, it's really hard to say who will win or lose."

Du Yue'e said gloomily: "We finally started making a profit. Being messed with by the other side, we've gone back to before liberation. I'm a bit unwilling!"

Chen Yang comforted her: "Sister-in-law, rest assured. This Meng Bin won't last long. As long as Deputy Mayor Xu doesn't give him a primary source of goods, relying only on that little supply from the wholesale market, he won't last a few days."

Du Yue'e said: "Then you need to say hello to Weiwei, have her keep a close watch, and don't let anyone surnamed Meng get near Deputy Mayor Xu."

Chen Yang thought she was overthinking. She laughed and said: "Such obvious market-disrupting malicious competition—how could leaders possibly support it?"

Du Yue'e saw that Chen Yang, the boss, wasn't worried either, so she didn't want to say more. After all, she knew Chen Yang's financial strength, and they could afford a loss.

Of course, Chen Yang actually hid something from Du Yue'e: the sales staff of the Common People Agricultural Products Trading Company had already signed several big orders in other counties of Qingshui City. In a war of attrition, Meng Bin is no match at all.

And Du Yue'e also remembered something, reminding Chen Yang: "Li Hongbing's lottery store opens officially tomorrow; remember to buy some firecrackers to congratulate him."

Li Hongbing is Lin Feng's comrade-in-arms who lost a leg. Originally Du Yue'e had arranged for him to work as a cashier at the supermarket, but he has a bad temper and can't stand the nitpicking of older women, often arguing with people and receiving many complaints.

Du Yue'e, for the supermarket's image, could only let him temporarily manage the warehouse. When Lin Feng found out, he argued with Du Yue'e again.

After Chen Yang learned the situation, he decided to let Li Hongbing and his family take over the lottery shop. He first advanced funds to pay for the typewriter copier, computer, and lottery terminal fees, then symbolically collected some rent. In this way, Li Hongbing would formally have his own business. Even if he couldn't stand his own temper, his family would help clean up while he made money.

Du Yue'e no longer had to be the bad guy stuck between Lin Feng and Li Hongbing.

The lottery shop has already been renovated, the terminal and related procedures have been approved, and it's just waiting for the official opening.

Du Yue'e didn't want to manage Li Hongbing's affairs anymore, nor did she want to be blamed by Lin Feng, so she could only ask her brother-in-law Chen Yang to handle it.

"Sister-in-law, I have already prepared the firecrackers in advance and placed them at home. Tomorrow you will be in charge of the supermarket, and I will take care of the lottery shop."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

With Chen Yang's affirmative reply, Du Yue'e finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Chen Yang returned, he called Shen Anna and asked her to arrange the transfer of some goods to Qingshui City to cope with the price war at the Old Farmers' Produce Life Supermarket.

After hanging up, Chen Yang also sent the organized photos of Shuangliu Village's scenery and Panlong Town's agricultural products to Liu Qingqing, asking her to help promote them on the Qingwang forum.

Only by letting the netizens in the city know the true situation of the impoverished village will they empathize and participate in the poverty-relief and aid-farming activities.

Currently, Chen Yang's watermelons in the poverty-alleviation project in Xingcheng are selling well, and he has made a considerable profit. He plans to donate this profit to help the impoverished children of Qingshui County attend school.

A night of passion.

The next day, Chen Yang slacked off and only arrived at the Old Farmers' Produce Life Supermarket at nine o'clock.

As expected, the supermarket's old customers were again snatched away by the Old Farmers' Life Supermarket. This time, Meng Bin had experience: he not only set a limit of five jin per person, but also followed Chen Yang's example by giving each vegetable-buying customer an egg.

Seeing Chen Yang arrive, Du Yue'e couldn't help but complain about Meng Bin, saying this guy is shameless, actually copying their marketing approach.

Chen Yang just smiled, then called a male employee from the store to move the firecrackers from his car to the entrance of Li Hongbing's lottery shop.

As the firecrackers went off, the lottery shop officially opened!

To give Li Hongbing a lucky start, Chen Yang spent two thousand yuan to have him print a thousand random lottery tickets. Then he took the tickets back to the supermarket and put up a new advertisement: anyone who buys vegetables worth over five jin at the supermarket gets a sports lottery ticket that could win ten million yuan.

Once the announcement was out, there was no need for Chen Yang to shout through a loudspeaker; people immediately came to promote it.

When everyone knew that the Old Farmers' Supermarket gave lottery tickets with vegetable purchases, they all swarmed over to line up.

They all did the math: five jin of cabbage at three mao per jin costs only 1.5 yuan, while a lottery ticket costs 2 yuan. This is more than a 40% discount; it's practically breaking bones.

"Damn, that Chen guy is really ruthless! Actually using lottery tickets to lure customers. Can I complain that he's inducing people to gamble?"

"Boss, lottery tickets are of a public-welfare nature and are also protected by law."

"What should we do? Are we supposed to let the Chen guy laugh at us?"

"Boss, why don't we also buy some lottery tickets to give to customers?"

"Okay, but we can't buy them from across the street. I can't let Chen Yang get a bargain!"

An hour later, Meng Bin's subordinates bought a pile of lottery tickets. He immediately had people put up a notice: not only do you get lottery tickets with vegetable purchases, but you also get eggs!

This move of his was indeed effective; the customers who hadn't yet managed to buy vegetables in line at the Old Farmers' Supermarket immediately shifted their position.

As expected, the Old Farmers' Life Supermarket once again sold out its vegetables before the Old Farmers' Supermarket.

But Meng Bin couldn't smile. He discovered that the vegetables at the Old Farmers' Supermarket were also selling almost as well, and there were still many customers queuing outside to buy vegetables.

He had not completely monopolized the market!

"How did you conduct the survey? Just how many people come here to buy vegetables?"

"Boss, today there seem to be many new faces, perhaps they came from other districts."

"Damn, letting that Chen guy get away with another day. Tomorrow you double the inventory. I don't believe he can keep having it easy!"

Meng Bin glared viciously at Chen Yang, who was happily counting money inside the Old Farmers' Produce Life Supermarket, wishing he could swallow him whole.