Chapter 269 Procurement (5400 replenishment!)
Woohoo!
The huge black steel dragon monster blew white smoke and roared past the railway tracks at a speed of about fifty miles per hour.
In a carriage.
Jones was wearing a suit, but he always felt something was wrong and twisted around. This ugly behavior immediately caused several female passengers to cover their lips and smile.
"Levi, where are we going?"
After all, Jones was a young man, and after the novelty of riding a steam train for the first time wore off, all that remained was boredom on the train.
"Gaost City was once a famous wine city in the Mesoemia Federation. Many famous wineries were located there..."
Zhong Shenxiu is also wearing a suit, her hair is combed and shiny, and she is full of the style of a successful person.
Thanks to the old sea dog, he also made a fortune, otherwise he would not be able to pay for the train ticket now.
Unfortunately, Levi's obsession has not been completed, and there is obviously still some gap.
“But…how could a winery still be open after Prohibition?”
Jones lowered his voice and looked around again.
"So... I'm going to talk this time, just listen."
Zhong Shenxiu closed his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to this kid anymore.
The peace along the way was a little too peaceful, and Zhong Shenxiu's expectation of meeting the mysterious side was dashed.
When it was daytime the next day, the train finally stopped at Gaust City Station.
Jones, who was originally energetic, has turned into a dead dog: "I never knew that taking a train could be so tiring..."
'That's because you haven't experienced traveling during holidays...'
Zhong Shenxiu glanced at him sideways, pulled Jones and the suitcase outside the station, and found a taxi.
"Take me to wineries that are still open. The more famous and the bigger the better."
He handed out a one dollar bill and spoke.
The coachman was a middle-aged man in his forties. When he saw the one-dollar bill, his eyes seemed to glow green: "Of course, generous sir... Wayne Winery is definitely the largest winery in Gaust City. Before Prohibition came out, the carriages picking up goods every day would line up from the door to the end of the sky..."
"Well, let's go there."
Zhong Shenxiu smiled and nodded, watching the carriage start and drive through the streets.
Half an hour later, the carriage drove out of the city, and you could see large rye fields outside. In the pastoral scenery, there was a huge winery.
Zhong Shenxiu and Jones came to the winery gate and found the guard: "We are merchants, here to place an order."
The doorman was an old man in his sixties with a red nose. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and replied mechanically: "According to federal law, this winery no longer sells wine..."
"I know, we are candy merchants! We want to buy a batch of syrup!"
Zhong Shenxiu answered with a smile.
The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at the two of them carefully: "Come with me!"
He led the two of them into the winery, bypassed the huge factory building, and came to an office: "Please wait a moment, our salesperson will be here soon."
"We...candy merchants?"
As soon as Jones saw the old man leaving, he immediately asked curiously: "Are we going to do candy business?"
Zhong Shenxiu rolled his eyes and drank the drink brought by the secretary on the table.
Not long after, a young man walked into the office: "Hello, I'm Chris Wayne! Salesperson of our factory, I heard that you want to buy syrup?"
"Yes, we are candy merchants in Byron City and want to purchase a batch of maltose syrup. If the quality is good, we are willing to sign a contract and place a long-term order."
Zhong Shenxiu put down his drink glass and said in a very confident tone.
"Byron City? Very good, we don't have a partner there yet... I have brought samples for you two."
Chris held out a few paper cups with a smile. Jones looked at them expectantly, and finally sighed with some disappointment.
It’s really just syrup.
But Zhong Shenxiu smiled and took a little, put it into his mouth to taste, and narrowed his eyes: "The quality is good. If we can ensure that the goods are of this quality, I can sign a three-year contract first."
"Of course, there is no problem. This can be recorded in the contract." Chris was a little excited, as if he saw a lot of dollars rolling in.
"Very good. In addition, we also need a detailed instruction sheet to guide us on how to properly store this batch of maltose syrup to ensure that it will not undergo any chemical reaction and turn into some kind of alcoholic beverage due to improper handling. …”
Zhong Shenxiu said in a deep voice.
Jones next to him suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"Of course!" Chris changed his righteous expression: "It is our mission to help every customer! In addition, our place is also a famous grape hometown. I don't know what the two guests have to say about it. Are you interested in raisins or compressed grape bricks?”
He blinked and showed a playful smile: "The same one comes with a complete set of detailed instructions..."
…
After taking out the old sea dog's savings, paying the deposit, and signing the contract, Jones was completely stupid: "Levi...where am I, what are we doing?"
“Sourcing for the bar.”
Zhong Shenxiu hit him on the head with the contract: "The Federation is a place that respects laws and evidence. Selling maltose syrup and grape bricks does not violate the prohibition of alcohol. They don't even need to go through smuggling channels. They can enter Byron City directly through customs declaration." … All procedures and processes are legal, and the Wayne factory will never let their goods contain a trace of alcohol.”
"So..." Jones continued to ask stupidly.
"So the real risk is passed on to us... We need to set up a 'pharmacy' in Byron!" Zhong Shenxiu sighed.
A dispensary is not really a dispensary, but another name for a moonshine shop.
This kind of thing is really fatal if caught.
Those federal prohibition agents would be chasing the address of the dispensary like a mad dog.
"We need to recruit reliable manpower to transport goods and manage the pharmacy. Above the pharmacy, maybe we can open a spicy restaurant as a cover..."
Zhong Shenxiu said casually.
Firstly, this restaurant can protect people from entering and exiting. Secondly, it can cover up the smell of alcohol with a pungent smell and paralyze the nose of the police dog.
"In the end, we will need to open a laundry shop, or other shop with a large amount of change income and expenditure, to launder money and turn the money in the underground bar into clean money that can be used..."
"This series of things is very complicated, but if we really do it, our career will skyrocket, and we may become a more powerful family than Notting Hill..."
In fact, at this moment, Zhong Shenxiu wanted to complain.
It's just a matter of selling a little illegal liquor. If you do it like this, it's like selling something like that.
Jones was dumbfounded: "But... I heard that other bars purchase directly from nearby small workshops in the countryside. Why do we have to invest such a large amount of money upfront to do these things?"
If it weren't for the savings of Old Sea Dog, the two of them wouldn't be able to get this investment out even if it were sold.
"This is a necessary investment...and if we don't go directly to the source, how can we get a stable, safe, cheap, and good-quality supply?"
"As long as the monopoly reaches a large scale and we completely control all aspects of raw materials, production, transportation, and sales, the next step is to wait for the money to be collected. The investment at this time will be recovered tenfold, hundreds, and thousands of times in the future!"
Zhong Shenxiu smiled meaningfully.
PS: I have finally paid off the overdue updates for the previous book, as well as the supplementary updates for last month’s monthly ticket. Haha, in fact, this book has been updated at a minimum of two times a day, and the rest are additional updates.
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