"Tell me!" Qian Fei had no idea how much money Zhang Liunian could earn from this when he rushed to the Tang family with his men after receiving Zhang Liunian's message. He was unaware of the current situation.
"Two yuan per bottle, it seems they sold thirty bottles to one establishment. That's three hundred bottles a day." The follower was stunned after he finished speaking.
If each bottle sold for two yuan, then Zhang Liunian could earn at least four to five hundred yuan!
Qian Fei and Brother Tang's breaths hitched, and they looked at the bottle in their hands with disbelief.
Was this sauce really selling for two yuan a bottle? Was it that expensive?
Had this Zhang Liunian gone crazy for money? Who would buy such expensive sauce?
"No one would be willing to buy it at such a price," Qian Fei was the first to couldn't help but disparage Zhang Liunian's lobster sauce.
"Whether it sells or not, tomorrow I will ensure he can't find a single collaborator," Brother Tang also felt that Zhang Liunian's lobster sauce wouldn't sell. However, regardless of whether it sold or not, he would not let Zhang Liunian get lucky.
He would definitely solve the problem at its root and prevent Zhang Liunian from making money in Nancheng.
Upon hearing this, Qian Fei was delighted. As long as Zhang Liunian had a hard time, he would be fine.
Zhang Liunian was unaware of all this. At this moment, he was discussing the wedding of his younger sister, which was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, with his parents.
"The dowry has been prepared. For your younger sister's new house, you must put up the large red 'xi' characters, and the door curtains should also have red newlywed couplets pasted on them."
Zhang Wenxue recalled the last time his daughter got married. She was simply carried to Tiejiacun village, and they attended two banquets, one at the bride's side and one at the groom's. Now that she was marrying someone from the same village, he was unsure how to arrange the wedding banquet.
"Should we host one banquet or two the day after tomorrow?" Zhang Wenxue blurted out, asking for his younger son's opinion.
Zhang Liunian smiled and replied, "Naturally, we'll have one banquet. I'll carry my sister to the bridal sedan chair from here. Let the sedan chair circle the village twice, then carry it to the educated youth dormitory. You can also come to the educated youth dormitory for an open-air banquet."
There was no other way. The educated youth dormitory was already chaotic enough and couldn't accommodate any tables. It was better to place them outside, as there was plenty of open space there.
Zhang Wenxue thought about it carefully. This arrangement would also work, fulfilling all the traditional customs.
With the matter settled, Zhang Liunian returned home and saw his wife cutting out wedding characters.
This was the first time Zhang Liunian knew she had this skill. He stepped forward to take a look and praised, "You've cut them very well."
Jiang Qingqing raised her sparkling black eyes, filled with joy, and said, "I know many things, and I can also cut out various kinds of window flowers."
"So I married a treasure of a woman," Zhang Liunian gently stroked her hair, then sat beside her and watched her.
Jiang Qingqing felt shy at his words. She lowered her head and continued her work. In no time, two wedding characters appeared in her hands.
"Later, you and your sister can decorate their new room, and I'll go help them paste the newlywed couplets," Zhang Liunian said after watching for a while. He then got up to get busy.
But at that moment, his desk phone rang.
Zhang Liunian got up, picked up the receiver, and it was a call from the Nancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The caller was none other than Ding Zhaoshan, who had increased his demand for lobster sauce and requested eighty bottles to be delivered to him tomorrow.
Zhang Liunian happily agreed. Not long after he hung up the phone, he received several more calls, all requesting an increase in the quantity of lobster sauce.
Zhang Liunian tallied it up. Excluding the three hundred bottles for the ten distributors tomorrow, Mu Mingliang's fellow disciples had also begun to increase their demand.
Now, his lobster sauce had an outflow of seven hundred and eighty bottles per day.
He could earn a little over a thousand yuan a day, with a profit margin of about half. He could get over five hundred, which was still too little.
It seemed the factory needed to be built quickly so he could increase production. At the same time, he needed to launch new sauces, such as peanut sauce, braised meat sauce, and beef sauce. He could also open a braised meat shop, as the profit from braised meat was higher than that from sauces.
Thinking about all the things he still had to do, Zhang Liunian didn't want to sleep early. He first helped his sister paste the couplets, watched the sister-in-law and sister decorating the new room for a while, then turned and went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients.
The next day, when Zhang Liunian returned home after delivering the goods to the county town, he received calls from the ten cooperative agents in Nancheng. They all said they would no longer cooperate with him.
Zhang Liunian was very surprised when he heard this. Why had they stopped cooperating all of a sudden?
They weren't people like that, were they?
"Did something happen?" Otherwise, why would they all say they wouldn't cooperate? Zhang Liunian cornered one of the more approachable male bosses to inquire.
The other party had also been optimistic about Zhang Liunian's lobster sauce because, from yesterday until now, he had practically sold out all the goods he received.
Therefore, he was very unhappy about the pressure from the Tang family.
"Someone from the Tang family threatened us and forbade us from cooperating with you."
"I understand." Since it was the Tang family, it seemed Brother Tang truly hated him, constantly watching him.
However, did they think he wouldn't be able to sell his lobster sauce because of this?
As his thoughts raced, he came up with an idea. In the afternoon, after bringing the goods to Nancheng, Zhang Liunian went straight to a place frequented by gangsters and kicked over the table they were using to play Dou Dizhu.
"Who's so blind as to dare to cause trouble in my territory, Grandpa Huang? Are you tired of living?"
A fierce-looking man sat on a chair not far away. He was surrounded by people; some were massaging his shoulders, while others fanned him.
When he noticed someone causing trouble in his territory, he couldn't help but get up and look at Zhang Liunian. When he saw that it was a handsome man, his eyes narrowed.
Didn't he know that Grandpa Huang hated these good-looking but useless pretty boys the most?
"It's me." Zhang Liunian was direct and walked straight towards Grandpa Huang.
Seeing his fearless demeanor, Grandpa Huang was amused and angered. "What kind of trash are you? Throw him out and let him know the power of our Huang Gang."
"Yes, sir." Hearing their boss's command, the brothers immediately attacked Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian, however, was unfazed, not taking these people seriously at all. After a fierce onslaught, nearly twenty thugs lay on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Grandpa Huang's eyes widened in disbelief. "Which faction are you from? State your name."
"I don't belong to any gang. I'm here today to ask you to help me sell my products. If you don't sell, I'll beat you until you agree." This Huang Gang was composed of cowardly and timid individuals who were always showing off and extorting protection money. They hadn't committed any major wicked deeds, but scaring people was their specialty.
However, today, their professional careers were about to take a detour due to Zhang Liunian.
"Sell? Sell products? Hahaha..." Grandpa Huang was amused by Zhang Liunian's words. They made a living by collecting protection fees. He actually wanted them to reform? Bah! That was absolutely impossible. They would never agree, even if they starved to death.
"I advise you to give up! We'd rather starve than help you, nor would we tolerate being looked down upon like those pitiful small business owners," Grandpa Huang stated his refusal very forcefully.
Zhang Liunian didn't waste any more words with him. He stepped forward and gave him a good beating, finally forcing Grandpa Huang to surrender.