Chapter 2287 - 1909: Fishing Fees (2)

Chapter 2287: Chapter 1909: Fishing Fees (2)

Song Tan thought for a moment. "Alright."

The fish in the river were just a tiny bit easier to catch than the ones in the pond.

Exactly how tiny? About the width of the tip of a pinky nail, then another 2 millimeters down.

Anyway, she made the call: "There are fewer people in the village now, it doesn’t look as lively as before. If you want to organize this fishing thing, go ahead, just remember to discuss it with Master Jiang."

"Got it!" Zhang Yanping rubbed his hands, eager to go. "Just you wait!"

...

Boss Zhou of Xinxin Flowers Nursery was living his days just like always.

If anything, although planting had been really hot these past two years, with online shopping booming all over, the street flower stalls were buying less stock, and his business had actually dipped a little.

But, well, that’s the market. As long as there’s something coming in, it’s fine. This line of work, the kids probably won’t do it in the future anyway. He’d just keep at it until he couldn’t move anymore, then call it quits!

He said the same thing when Zhang Yanping was bargaining:

"Look here, Boss Zhang, I take care of this nursery with my own hands. These seedlings aren’t pumped up with hormones. That Golden Sakura you bought before is doing solid, right?"

"Once I’m old, I’ll stop doing this nursery. Right now, whatever I’ve got, I’ll definitely give you the lowest price. Just tell me what you’ve got your eye on."

Zhang Yanping pondered for a moment, then asked seriously, "If I remember right, you’re not even 50 this year, right?"

"Forty-six."

"So when are you planning to stop?"

"Hey! How long can I really keep going? Once I’m seventy, eighty, I’ll stop."

As soon as he said that, both people on either side of the call went quiet.

Zhang Yanping sighed. In times like these, it was really rare to find someone who did business as honestly as this!

But still, the price had to be cut.

And the Combretum Indicum he wanted, Xinxin Flowers Nursery didn’t have that kind of volume; they’d have to coordinate with other nurseries. So didn’t that mean the price needed to be cut even more?

Boss Zhou was very reluctant. He dragged it out, going round and round, muttering again about how there was no profit to be made.

Zhang Yanping thought, My family’s in business, you think I can’t tell if what you’re saying is true or not?

He couldn’t be bothered to waste words. He just directly started a video call. Boss Zhou, caught off guard, answered, and on the screen was a big guy with his brows furrowed, glaring at him fiercely.

He was instantly startled!

Last year when they came to his nursery to pick Golden Sakura, the guy didn’t look like this!

But no matter how he’d changed, faced with someone like Zhang Yanping, Boss Zhou’s tone immediately went softer.

He said, aggrieved, "I really don’t make any money on this..."

Zhang Yanping felt wronged too, so his brows knitted even tighter. "It hasn’t been raining that much lately, it’s the perfect time for planting. I don’t have time to dither with you. Think about it—our whole village, a total of one, two thousand meters, all to be covered with these flowers. That’s a huge volume! And we’re paying cash on the spot!"

Normally, customers taking that kind of volume and paying in full upfront weren’t common.

Zhang Yanping knew all the tricks of bulk purchasing, so he was very sure of himself right now. "If you’re not taking this deal, I’ll just switch to someone else right now."

If they weren’t on video, Boss Zhou would know this was just part of the guy’s tactics, and he’d be ready to smooth things over a few more times, talk him around.

But now that he was staring at the man’s face, he really couldn’t say anything else, because the guy honestly looked that tough.

He could only answer weakly, "Then let’s settle it like that."

Xin Jun was off to the side, doing the books while watching him, and at this moment he let out a deep sigh:

"Yanping, good thing you moved back to the village. If you were still at your family’s fruit shop, just going downstairs to buy breakfast, someone at the market would probably call the police."

When it came to crackdowns on gangs and crime, small-time folks like them were very sensitive.

After all this practice, Zhang Yanping no longer got emo over stuff like that. He just lifted his chin proudly. "So what? I have a girlfriend and you don’t."

Xin Jun burst out laughing. "I don’t want a girlfriend while I’m still in debt. Since you’ve got time to brag, how about we sit down and figure out when we can actually pay off the money we spent building the homestay?"

At that, Zhang Yanping instantly deflated.

Even though they had a lot of guests, their homestay’s room rates were low. When they ran promotions, they even had special rooms for just a few dozen yuan a night!

Doing the math inside and out, plus the fact that they’d only been open a short time, paying off the loan still felt like a distant dream.

Even with an 80% occupancy rate day after day, they probably wouldn’t clear it until this time next year.

But then he thought about it another way. In the countryside, a business with an investment of a million or two, and the two of them could make back the capital in a year—hey, that was actually pretty impressive.

Anywhere else, it’d probably take three to five years at least.

Thinking about it like that, the two of them were suddenly cheerful again.

Xin Jun checked the recent booking rate again. "Lately our average occupancy is only about 50% to 60%. When you organize those fishing guys to come, remember not to invite too many."