Chapter 1240: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Thirty)

Although he is also a big businessman, Fan Zhuo, as a senior official in the Chu Kingdom, absolutely looks down on pure businessmen like Guo Han. In his eyes, all businessmen are just tools for making money. For Guo Han's attentiveness , rolled his eyes that were more white than black, and said calmly: "I only have half an hour, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush, I don't have time to get involved with you."

Guo Han smiled and extended his hand to greet him: "I have heard for a long time that Dr. Fan is a gourmet. This time Guo brought some specialties from the north, which are the freshest ingredients. It is extremely difficult to eat these things in the south. Moreover, the cook was specially invited by Mr. Guo from the north, just to let Mr. Fan taste the authentic northern flavor. The banquet has been prepared and Mr. Fan is invited to enjoy it. "

"Oh, then you are really interested." After hearing that there was delicious food, Fan Zhuo's expression became slightly better. Anyway, this businessman is still very sensible. It's a long way from the Northland to here, both by land and water. It's not an easy task to keep the ingredients fresh.

Having successfully captured Fan Zhuo's curiosity, Guo Han felt a little proud.

Today, Yao Garden has been taken over by Guo Han. The courtyard is extremely quiet. I accompany Fan Zhuo to the Shuiyue Tower in Yao Garden. The big table by the window is already filled with a dazzling array of delicacies. Fan Zhuo is thick and thick. After scanning, it turns out that they are all northern products that are rare in the south.

"Please take a seat, Master Fan!" Guo Han asked Fan Zhuo to sit down with a smile, waving his hand, and the companion behind him took out a jar of wine from a small box carved with gold and silver.

"Master Fan. This wine was specially invited from Wu's Winery by my entrustment. This is Wu's treasure. If it weren't for that person's face, Wu's Winery would never take it. The jar of wine alone is worth thousands of taels of silver, and it is priceless."

Carefully removing the mud seal and tearing open the paper, a fresh and refreshing fragrance suddenly spread out in the room. Fan Zhuo was also an old wine bug. After a deep sniff, it blurted out. “Good wine!”

"Of course it's good wine." Guo Han said with a smile: "With that person's face, he just asked for two jars from Wu's Winery. One jar is for Mr. Fan to taste, and the other jar is for me to show my filial piety. Mr. Fan’s.”

Fan Zhuo picked up Guo Han's filled wine glass. He took a sip gently and nodded with satisfaction, "I'm quite satisfied with this gift."

Guo Han smiled and picked up his chopsticks, "Master Fan, although the northern specialties on the table are novel in the south, most of them have been tasted by Master Fan, but there are a few that are a little different." He stretched out his chopsticks to pick. He picked up a piece of something that was so thin that it was almost transparent, "This is a strange fish that our shipping fleet salvaged from overseas. But this fish cannot be overcooked and can only be eaten raw and cut into thin slices. Pair it with the fish we found from overseas." The spice melts in your mouth and fills your mouth with saliva. Please try it, Mr. Fan."

Holding this thin slice,

He gently dragged it from a bowl of condiments and placed it on the small plate in front of Fan Zhuo.

Born in Jiangnan. There was naturally no shortage of fish, so Fan Zhuo picked up this fish fillet. He put it in his mouth, and when he was about to laugh, the words were held in his mouth.

It's really unusual.

His chopsticks reached out to the plate of sashimi on the table involuntarily.

Guo Han smiled and looked at Fan Zhuo who was moving his chopsticks like flying on the table. He finally succeeded in catching this arrogant doctor. At this time, his face became better and he never mentioned anything about what he had only done for half an hour. .

"Master Yan is really serious about this." Fan Zhuo said suddenly while eating. Seeing the smile on Guo Han's face disappear, he looked a little surprised, and Fan Zhuo smiled proudly.

"It turns out that Mr. Fan has known my details for a long time." Guo Han sighed, "I thought I had hidden it well all this time!"

hey-hey! Fan Zhuo sneered: "How can you handle such a big business without a strong backend? And it has an exclusive monopoly on the sales of Jiangnan silk in Han Dynasty. Naturally, I have to find out." Chopsticks pointed. Referring to the things on the table, "How can a businessman do it so easily to transport these fresh things to the south of the Yangtze River without using official power?"

Guo Han smiled dryly, neither denying nor affirming. "Master Fan, this time I come to Jiangnan, I still want to negotiate with you on the price. I hope Master Fan can lower the price slightly?"

Fan Zhuo glanced at Guo Han and sneered: "Mr. Guo, in the Han Dynasty, those who have bought all the silk and satin have no other choice but to buy from you. Will you lower the price? In the same way, the high-end silk you need For silk and satin, I am the only one in Dachu who has no semicolon, so do you think I will lower the price? "

Guo Han smiled and said: "That's what I say, but Master Fan has ever considered that the high-end silk and satin that we big men import from you now is probably more than what you sell in Chu State. In other words , more than half of your current sales come from us Dahan. I think this reason is enough for us to ask you to reduce the price. Otherwise, we will really anger that adult. With an order, I am afraid that Dachu’s high-end silk and satin sellers will be sold to Han. The road will be interrupted, and your losses will be huge."

"Are you threatening me?" Fan Zhuo put down his chopsticks and said coldly. "If this is the case, I don't think I will be the only one who suffers the loss. The old man behind you will also suffer a lot."

"For the old man, yes or no, it is just the icing on the cake. At the same time, I can also tell Mr. Fan that Dahan has made some breakthroughs in the production of high-end silk and satin. Although the production volume is not large, it has already Started to be put into the market, and these are not under the control of the old man. I think Mr. Fan also knows the production speed of our big man on new products. As long as there is a breakthrough in technology, the increase in production volume will happen in the blink of an eye. , even though there will be some differences from Dachu's products due to raw materials, this difference can be erased by the huge price difference. This is why the boss asks you to lower the price, otherwise, the boss will switch. Go cooperate with others. To be honest, when the time comes, the first person who will be harmed is you, and the second person will be me."

Fan Zhuo's eyes rolled around for a while. He really didn't pay attention to the person in front of him, but Yan Yizheng behind this person couldn't let him ignore it. According to the news from Jicheng, Yan Yizheng was very likely to be there. After Jiang Jiaquan retired, he took over the position of chief assistant. If that time comes and he gives the order, his business will indeed suffer heavy losses.

He thought so in his heart, but he refused to admit defeat.

"Without the Han State, I still have the Qin State and the huge needs of Chu."

Guo Han laughed loudly: "Master Fan, please forgive me for being rude. Do you think those people in Qin who are so poor that they can hardly afford to eat have the money to buy these high-end silks and satins from you? In the past, they were rich officials and poor people, but now Fan What kind of reforms do you want to make? Not only are the people having a hard time, but the officials are also having a hard time. As far as I know, your goods sold to Qin have dropped by at least 60% since this year. As for the situation in the mainland of Chu, I think Mr. Fan I don’t need to say more!”

Fan Zhuo was poked in a sore spot and slapped his chopsticks on the table. The delicacies lost their taste in his mouth. It was precisely because of the sharp drop in sales in Qin that he put more hope in Han. The Han people obviously noticed this and took advantage of it.

Guo Han looked at his face and knew that the heat was coming, so he said calmly: "The competition in Dahan is becoming increasingly fierce, and the era of huge profits is gone forever. We have to cut prices to cope with domestic competition, but your source is not If we lower the price, we will have to do business at a loss! Mr. Fan, the purpose of doing business is long-term and steady flow, don’t you think so?”

"How much do you want to reduce the price?" Fan Zhuo knew that it would be impossible without a little blood.

"Thirty percent!" Guo Han held out three fingers.

Fan Zhuo almost wanted to overturn the table, "Reduced by 30%, do you want me to drink the northwest wind? There is no need to discuss this at all."

"Master Fan, this price is the result of our careful calculation. It is not a random price. Of course, the old man is not unreasonable. He knows that this price is close to Master Fan's cost price. Therefore, This time I came with Dahan's latest silk reeling and satin weaving technology. These two new technologies can greatly reduce your production costs and increase shipments. Mr. Fan, now the only way is to increase shipments. Only by lowering the selling price can we maintain the market we have conquered with great difficulty!”

"What technology can actually make up for the 30% price difference?"

"To put it simply, you used to have ten people doing the job, but with these two new technologies, one person can easily complete it." Guo Han said with a smile: "I have installed the two machines next door. "Master Fan, if you are interested, you can go and observe him immediately and see what he does. You will know that what I said is not necessary."

"If there is such a thing, I want to see what happens!" Fan Zhuo stood up.

"Please!" Guo Han said.

Next door, next to the machine that was installed early in the morning, two workers brought by Guo Han were already ready. Guo Han raised his hand to signal, and the two workers immediately started the machine. One started reeling and the other started weaving satin. , although Fan Zhuo was a man who opened his mouth and stretched out his hands, he still knew a little bit about his own business. After only looking at it for a moment, his mouth opened wide in surprise, and he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He walked forward and looked at the two machines carefully.

"Lord Fan, you also know that our Han Dynasty has always been extremely strict in controlling these new technologies. There are also people behind these new technologies. Sir, we have to convince the Great Council to agree to export these two technologies to Chu State. , but there will be a heavy price to pay." Guo Han stepped forward and lowered his voice.

"You are saying that Yan Yizheng is sure to agree to export these two things. I just saw it. This thing has a sophisticated structure. We, the Chu State, can make the big parts, but some of the delicate parts cannot be made by the Chu State. "

"Since Mr. Fan has said it, it will be done naturally." Guo Han said confidently: "As long as Mr. Fan agrees to reduce the price by 30%, we can export these two new technologies to Dachu." (To be continued)