Chapter 1312
Selling Bear Bile Every Year
After observing the small amount of bear bile powder in the plate for a while, Li Yongrui finally dipped his index finger into the powder and licked it.
After pondering for a while, Li Yongrui finally spoke:
"This bear bile is all golden yellow, it's top grade, 25 yuan per gram."
Upon hearing the price of 25 yuan, Feng Chengmin's eyes lit up slightly, clearly pleased. This price was a full 11 yuan higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Although Feng Chengmin was very happy, he still pretended to be nonchalant and said:
"Okay, my nephew trusts you, so I'll definitely trust you too. Let's weigh it."
Li Yongrui nodded, then pulled a stack of face masks from his backpack, and then said to everyone with a serious expression:
"The gallbladder powder is very light, so there can't be a single breeze when I cut open the gallbladder skin. You'll either have to stay far away or wear masks. Also, you can't make any sudden movements while I'm cutting open the gallbladder skin. Is all of that okay?"
Although Li Yongrui's words were somewhat cold-hearted, they were all reasonable and justifiable. After all, bear bile powder is such a valuable substance that even a little bit spilled or blown away by the wind would be a huge loss.
The main problem is that once this thing is blown away by the wind, it's impossible to get it back!
But after Li Yongrui finished speaking, Wang An, Mu Xueli, and Wang Li very slyly took out several masks from their pockets, and Wang Li even handed one to Feng Chengmin.
Then Wang An said with a smile:
“We have masks; your father-in-law already had them prepared for us.”
The reason Wang An prepared masks was indeed because Li Ziqian and Wang An had mentioned it during a conversation at Li's Pharmacy.
Even that small balance scale was something Li Ziqian instructed Wang An to buy, because, in Li Ziqian's words, since they had bear bile and bezoar, they needed a precise weighing instrument.
Only in this way can we prevent people from tampering with the scales. After all, whether it's bezoar or bear bile, it's priced by the gram. Even if someone cheats us out of just a few grams, it's still a considerable sum of money.
So Wang An and his two companions immediately bought a lot of masks and four small balance scales.
These four small balances were distributed among the Wang family, one for each household, to be used for calibration or as a backup.
Upon seeing Wang An's actions, Li Yongrui immediately burst out laughing and said:
"Indeed, it's safer to wear your own mask. If someone sprays a drug on your mask, that would be a big problem."
Wang An said with a smile:
"No, I still have great faith in your Brother Li."
Despite saying that, Wang An still obediently put on his mask.
After the brief incident, Li Yongrui first weighed the entire bear bile on a balance scale, and Wang An also weighed it again using his own balance scale.
This dried black bear gallbladder isn't too small, but it's not very big either. It weighs 93.63 grams with the gallbladder skin on, which, rounded up, is 93.6 grams.
If it's a supply and marketing cooperative or a medicinal herb purchasing station, the price is calculated along with the gallbladder.
However, the purchase price from supply and marketing cooperatives and medicinal herb purchasing stations was only 14 yuan per gram, while 93.6 grams of golden gall would cost 1310 yuan and 4 mao.
After Wang An weighed the bear gallbladder, Li Yongrui picked up a pair of scissors and cut the entire gallbladder in half, carefully pouring the bile powder inside into a small stainless steel dish. After emptying the bile powder, Li Yongrui used a small brush to carefully scrub the empty gallbladder shell, trying to ensure that not a trace of bile powder remained.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yongrui placed the entire stainless steel plate on one end of the balance pan, added weights to the other end of the pan, and moved the rider to weigh it again.
To be fair, the things Li Yongrui used were really professional, because even the stainless steel plates used to hold the bile powder had a standard weight, making weighing very convenient.
Finally, the weight was calculated. The pure bile powder from this bear bile weighed 88.57 grams, or 88.6 grams. At 25 yuan per gram, that's 2215 yuan.
In other words, the thin layer of bear bile doesn't weigh much, only about 5 grams. But it has to be admitted that 5 grams is worth 125 yuan, which is quite a lot of money. Li Yongrui and his group were absolutely right to not want the bile.
However, compared to the price of this bear bile at the supply and marketing cooperative or medicinal herb purchasing station, which is 1310.4 yuan, the price difference is more than 900 yuan!
Therefore, although the process of Li Yongrui and his team collecting bear bile was very troublesome, Wang An and others actually enjoyed this trouble.
After measuring the weight, both parties recorded the information in their notebooks. Li Yongrui then carefully poured all the bear bile powder from the stainless steel plate into a glass bottle.
Next, Li Yongrui used the same method to test and weigh all five remaining bear bile ducts from Feng Chengmin.
The bile powder from the second black bear golden gall is brownish-yellow and costs 20 yuan per gram, but it is very heavy. Even after removing the gallbladder, it still weighs 132.5 grams and is priced at 2650 yuan, which is more than 700 yuan more than what the supply and marketing cooperative sells for.
The third item is black bear gallbladder. The gallbladder powder is dark green, costs 12 yuan per gram, and has a net weight of 96.2 grams. The price is 1154.4 yuan, which is about 300 yuan more than what the supply and marketing cooperative sells for.
The fourth item is black bear gallbladder, which is very small and should be the gallbladder of a small black bear. It costs 9 yuan per gram, and the net weight of the gallbladder powder is 45.3 grams. The price is 407.7 yuan, which is more than 100 yuan more than the price sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.
The fifth item is brown bear gallbladder, which is dark brown and costs 12 yuan per gram. The gallbladder powder weighs 204.4 grams and costs 2452.8 yuan, which is more than 1400 yuan more than the price at the supply and marketing cooperative.
The sixth item is brown bear bile, which costs 6 yuan per gram. The net weight of the bile powder is 223.8 grams, and the price is 1342.8 yuan, which is more than 400 yuan more than the price sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.
In the end, Feng Chengmin sold his six bear gallbladders for a total of 10222.7 yuan, which was about 4300 yuan more than if he had sold them to the supply and marketing cooperative!
Having sold bear bile every year, and more than once a year, Feng Chengmin could naturally estimate how much money he could make if he sold all six bear bile to the supply and marketing cooperative.
So after settling the accounts, Feng Chengmin, who had been calm all along, suddenly became excited.
The main issue is that something that should cost less than 6000 yuan is now being sold for over 10,000 yuan. No one could remain calm about that.
After settling the accounts, Li Yongrui didn't waste any words. He turned around, took the suitcase from the person next to him, unlocked the small lock, and opened the lid.
Just as Wang An had expected, the small leather suitcase carried by Li Yongrui's bodyguard was full of stacks of 10,000 yuan bills, which at a glance amounted to at least 50,000 yuan.
Most importantly, these were all new bills with consecutive serial numbers, and each stack of kraft paper had a bank stamp on it.
In other words, the probability of counterfeit money being among the currency here is extremely low. (End of Chapter)