"We have no choice but to trust you, this money is definitely no problem," Liu Xincheng said excitedly, taking the money.
"Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. You should count it. If any is missing, it will be hard to say whose fault it is," Liu Yifeng didn't want to give them a chance to cause trouble for him.
Liu Xincheng nodded, then he took a stack to Dabao, and the two began to count.
After they finished counting, they counted each other's money again. It was exactly twenty thousand, not a cent more, not a cent less.
"Since the contract is signed and I've paid the deposit, I hope you'll stick to the time stipulated in the contract. Please finish picking all the pomelos within two days. I'll arrange for a truck to pick them up then."
"You can rest assured of my work. I guarantee it will be perfectly arranged for you."
After receiving the assurance, Liu Yifeng returned home.
As for his father, he would probably have to stay here for the next two days. He would leave only when they were done, as the weight of the pomelos needed to be weighed.
Otherwise, how could they calculate the weight and pay?
Back home, Liu Yifeng's phone received a text message, a transfer record from the bank.
A sum of 3,365,000 yuan had been deposited into his account.
His balance was now over 14 million yuan. Excluding the money from selling pomelos, the rest was from selling watermelons, vegetables, and lobsters.
He never expected to become a millionaire in just over ten days. Liu Yifeng suppressed the excitement in his heart and immediately called Su Wanru.
"Hello, President Su, I've received the money. Thank you!"
"If anyone should thank, it's me. Your pomelos have been selling like hotcakes in our stores. We can sell almost as much as you can supply.
Thanks to your pomelos, we've also made a good profit, and the company even rewarded me!"
"Is that so? Congratulations then," Liu Yifeng said with a smile.
"By the way, what about that batch of pomelos you had before? Have they been sold too?"
"After customers tasted your pomelos, they found my batch even less appealing. I've applied to the company to distribute those pomelos to the store employees as a form of reward!" Su Wanru replied.
Liu Yifeng thought this suggestion was quite good. Otherwise, they would rot if they couldn't be sold.
It was better to give them to the employees, which could also boost their work enthusiasm.
However, he had called Su Wanru for another reason, wanting her help: "President Su, I need a favor. I wonder if it would be convenient for you?"
Su Wanru immediately said, "What's the point of formalities between us? Just tell me what you need!"
Liu Yifeng got straight to the point: "I need two trucks to help me transport a batch of pomelos to the warehouse. Do you have any company trucks available?"
Su Wanru looked puzzled: "Didn't I buy all the pomelos from you? Why would you be sending pomelos to a warehouse?"
Liu Yifeng explained: "These pomelos are from my village. He also has an orchard, but the pomelos didn't grow well this year and couldn't be sold, so I bought them."
Now Su Wanru was even more confused: "If he couldn't sell them, you still bought them? Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
Liu Yifeng reminded her with a smile: "President Su, have you forgotten that when I bought the orchard, you weren't optimistic about me buying the pomelo orchard either? And what was the result? The pomelos sold very well."
Su Wanru's eyes lit up when she heard this: "You... you mean you have a way to make his pomelos as good as the ones we're selling now?
But how is that possible? Once pomelos are picked, they've lost their vitality. How can they grow?"
"I have my own methods. When the time is right, President Su will know I wasn't bragging," Liu Yifeng said with a smile.
"When will they be transported?" Su Wanru had cooperated with Liu Yifeng for so long that she naturally believed in his abilities.
Thinking about selling such good pomelos again, she eagerly awaited this day.
Their stores had been selling pomelos exceptionally well these past few days.
Just yesterday, a foreigner tasted their pomelos and expressed his desire to purchase a batch of the same quality to ship back to his country for sale.
However, he wanted a large quantity, thirty thousand kilograms at once. But the pomelos were already almost sold out. Even if they stopped selling now, they wouldn't have twenty thousand kilograms in total.
She was planning to call Liu Yifeng today and ask him to lease another pomelo orchard so that they could wait for the pomelos to grow and then sell them to the foreigner.
Who knew Liu Yifeng's call would come in, and he had even bought more pomelos, which would solve the problem of not having enough to sell!
"They can be loaded onto the trucks tomorrow night, and sent to the warehouse immediately after loading," Liu Yifeng said.
"Okay, but you must cultivate this batch of pomelos well. Yesterday, a foreigner wanted to buy thirty thousand kilograms of our pomelos to sell in their country.
The price they offered was not cheap, twenty-two yuan per kilogram, two yuan more than what we sell in the stores. We'll split it fifty-fifty then!"
Liu Yifeng hadn't expected such good news. He had initially thought that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the pomelos wouldn't fetch such high prices anymore, and eight yuan per kilogram would be good.
Who knew a foreigner would suddenly appear, wanting thirty thousand kilograms at once, and offering such a high price.
"Don't worry, the taste and size of the pomelos will be no less than what we're selling now."
Hearing Liu Yifeng's assurance, Su Wanru was finally relieved: "Alright, I'll send you the truck driver's phone number later. You can contact him directly!"
"Thanks!" Liu Yifeng said.
"We're not allowed to say thank you between us. I'm busy with other things, so I'll be going. I'll give you the phone number before noon!"
"No hurry, no hurry. I won't need the driver today anyway," Liu Yifeng said repeatedly.
After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifeng had one more thing to do: find a suitable warehouse, otherwise, he wouldn't have a place to store the pomelos.
With that in mind, he immediately drove out. Once he found a warehouse, he had to hurry to repay the money.
He still owed Du Ziheng money for buying his house. Now that he had money, he couldn't delay any longer.
He drove around the county town but couldn't find a suitable warehouse.
However, it was ridiculous to expect to find anything by just wandering around like a headless fly.
Just as he was about to get out of the car to buy a bottle of drink to quench his thirst and consider whether to ask a real estate agent,
he saw a warehouse for rent advertisement pasted on a utility pole by the roadside as he was coming out of a small shop.
So, he called the number on it with a hopeful attitude.
The call was answered quickly by a middle-aged man: "Hello, who is this!"
Liu Yifeng quickly said, "Hello, I saw the advertisement for warehouse rental. Is the warehouse still available? What's the area?"
As soon as he heard that Liu Yifeng wanted to rent a warehouse, the man became enthusiastic: "It's still available, and it's very large, over eight thousand square meters.
This warehouse was previously used for storing express packages. The express company has since gone out of business, so it's no longer rented out.
If you want to rent it, we can discuss it face-to-face at the warehouse."
With such a large area, it would be no problem to store over a hundred thousand kilograms of pomelos. In the future, he could also use it to store other things.
So, they arranged a meeting place. Liu Yifeng drank a few sips of his drink and drove over.
About half an hour later, he arrived at the entrance of this defunct logistics company.
He saw a middle-aged man in his forties, with thinning hair, waiting by the roadside, looking around.
This person was probably the one he had spoken to on the phone. As soon as Liu Yifeng got out of the car, the man smiled and walked over.
"Hello, are you Mr. Liu?" he asked, extending his hand.
Liu Yifeng shook his hand and nodded with a smile: "Yes, you must be the warehouse owner? Hello!"
"Hello! Let me show you around first!" Zheng Yecheng led the way.
"This is the warehouse I'm renting. It's a total of eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-six square meters, which should meet most of your needs.
Moreover, it has excellent natural light and ventilation, making it the best choice for renting a warehouse! What do you think?"
Liu Yifeng looked at the warehouse. It was indeed very large. The things left by the former logistics company had been cleared out, and it looked spacious and clean.
Most importantly, it was the only warehouse in the vicinity, several kilometers away from the factory.
If his pomelos were stored here, they wouldn't be discovered even if they grew, making it his ideal warehouse.
He never expected that after driving around searching, he would stumble upon it while buying a drink.