Chapter 1287
In a Great Mood
Chapter 1287 In a great mood
Wang An smiled but didn't reply, mainly because he couldn't. It was just a fair transaction, and Wang An had no obligation or responsibility to help Han Xiaomin solve these problems.
Therefore, Wang An directly changed the subject and said very solemnly:
"What I need is a long-term and very stable supplier. And this time, I won't take advantage of you. The price of these medicinal herbs will be increased by 20% based on your quoted price. As for the quantity of each herb needed, we'll write it all in the contract."
After a pause, Wang An frowned and said:
"Several of the medicinal herbs I need are not available here, so I will not take those from you."
Wang An originally intended to say that he wouldn't buy these medicinal herbs from him anymore, but before he could finish speaking, Han Xiaomin hurriedly interrupted him:
"I just don't have these medicinal herbs right now, but it's quick to get them. At the latest, by tomorrow, no, the day after tomorrow, I'll have them delivered."
Upon hearing this, Wang An frowned. He didn't understand how the wholesale medicinal herbs business operated, but Han Xiaomin's claim that the goods could be delivered in two days seemed unrealistic to him.
Seeing Wang An frown, Han Xiaomin hurriedly explained:
"Actually, it's not about transferring goods; it's about getting goods from other vendors. Although we merchants are constantly competing with each other, we still cooperate when there are big deals."
Wang An was completely confused by what Han Xiaomin said. Although businessmen are all profit-driven and can be willing to cooperate without any animosity when there is profit, wouldn't the other party take the opportunity to raise the price if Han Xiaomin asked to purchase the goods?
The main point is that, given the current situation of Han Xiaomin's shop, if Wang An were Han Xiaomin's competitor, he would definitely do something like "kicking someone when they're down" or "beating a dog when it's down."
There's no way around it; competitors have always been enemies!
Seeing that Wang An still didn't understand, Han Xiaomin said again:
"Actually, although the medicinal herbs in my warehouse can't be sold now, some of them will be able to be sold gradually over a year or two."
Seeing Wang An's puzzled look, Han Xiaomin continued:
"There are over 400 merchants in this entire medicinal herb wholesale market. Some have bad relationships, and some have good ones. If a shop is short of a certain medicinal herb when it needs to ship, it will get the herb from a shop with whom it has a good relationship. The shop that has the herb can sell it directly to its peers by adding a small markup. Although everyone earns a little less, everyone still makes a profit, so they are still happy to do it this way."
It must be admitted that different industries are truly like different worlds, and the cooperative and win-win business model like that in the medicinal herb wholesale market is absolutely worth promoting.
Those who already have goods don't need to rack their brains to find sales channels, and those who already have sales channels don't need to search for sources of goods everywhere. In this way, everyone can make money, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
After listening, Wang An nodded and said:
"Alright, I'll buy these medicinal herbs that you don't have right now from you. And it'll be the same as always, you can make whatever profit you want, I have no objection. And it will be the same in the future, just give me the lowest market price, no discounts needed, but it absolutely cannot be higher than the lowest market price, is that alright?"
Upon hearing this, Han Xiaomin's face lit up instantly, and she hurriedly agreed:
"No problem, no problem, I have no problem at all."
After discussing some details with Han Xiaomin, Wang An began to draft the contract.
However, this contract is not just for this transaction, but also for future supply and demand contracts.
Of course, the contract contains quite a lot of information, mainly concerning the division of responsibilities between the two parties.
For example, Han Xiaomin must guarantee the quality of the medicinal materials, but if Han Xiaomin guarantees both price and quality, the pharmaceutical factory cannot change suppliers. For each payment, the pharmaceutical factory pays half upfront, and the other half upon delivery and inspection, with the latest payment date not exceeding 7 days.
Han Xiaomin was responsible for transporting the medicinal materials, but the freight was paid by the pharmaceutical factory.
All in all, the contract alone filled two A4-sized sheets of white paper.
In those days, printers were not yet widespread, but stencil printing, also known as roller printing, was very common.
The main thing is that this thing doesn't require much technical skill. It's just a method of carving words on wax paper and then rolling a brush full of ink on the wax paper to transfer the words from the wax paper onto white paper.
However, the biggest problem with this type of printing is writing the wrong words. Since the wax paper is just a piece of paper, carving words on it actually involves scraping off the wax. If you make a mistake, you can't correct it and it just stays wrong.
In addition, stencils are also susceptible to damage from folding. Whether it is brand new stencils or pre-cut stencils, there should be no creases on them, because if there are any creases, they will be printed onto the white paper during printing.
Once a contract is stamped and signed, it is considered to be effective. And once an effective contract is signed, it cannot be altered in any way. Therefore, Wang An and Han Xiaomin did not hesitate to spend money and went to a nearby printing shop to specially order a stencil, which was then used by the printing shop staff to engrave the contents of the contract.
After the contract was signed, Wang An handed over half of the payment, 4150 yuan, to Han Xiaomin. Han Xiaomin almost cried when she saw the money in her hand, repeatedly saying to Wang An:
Thank you, thank you for believing me.
That's right, 4150 yuan is already half of the payment, and the 8,000 yuan worth of medicinal herbs is almost a quarter's worth of herbs used by the pharmaceutical factory.
This shows just how profitable the scar removal drug manufacturing plant founded by Wang An, Wu Dong, and others must have been.
However, it's important to know that 4150 yuan was no small sum back then. Just think about how many people had tens of thousands of yuan at that time, and you'll understand what 4150 yuan meant.
Seeing Han Xiaomin staring blankly at the money, Wang An chuckled and reminded her:
"Hey Mr. Han, what's next after you get the money? I don't need to remind you, do I?"
Han Xiaomin was taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly reacted and said:
"Yes, yes, yes, to ensure our cooperation goes smoothly today, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
As she spoke, Han Xiaomin glanced at her watch and said somewhat shyly:
"What are you talking about, evening? It's almost dinnertime, let's go now."
Upon hearing this, Wang An's eyes widened in surprise.
"No, we're in a hurry to eat, but after you collect the money, shouldn't you give me a receipt first?"
Han Xiaomin was stunned for a moment, then blushed with embarrassment and quickly went to get a receipt.
Wang An was overjoyed to receive the receipt, as the biggest problem that had plagued the pharmaceutical factory was finally solved!
(End of this chapter)