Chapter 63 Surprise Purchase of Pigs
Chapter 63 Surprise Purchase of Pigs
After hearing what Village Chief Wang said, Wang Changjun's eyes, which were originally just casually looking at the scene, suddenly widened and his brows raised with joy, as if he had seen some treasure.
He couldn't believe his ears and asked again, "What did you just say?"
Village Chief Wang looked at him and said word by word: "I said, I can sell pigs!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Changjun was shocked. He was just asking casually, but he didn't expect that there was actually hope.
"But I won't sell this pig to you," Village Chief Wang said again.
Wang Changjun looked at Village Chief Wang in astonishment, then looked around, wondering who was blocking his "road"
Village Chief Wang said calmly: "I'm going to sell it to him!"
As he said this, he pointed to Li Kailang next to him.
"Village Chief Wang, stop joking. He is a driver and cannot purchase pigs for the village." Wang Changjun said immediately.
It is indeed as Wang Changjun said, Li Kailang is not a buyer and cannot purchase pigs through purchasing methods.
"Who said I wanted him to purchase it? I sold it to him privately."
Village Chief Wang's words were like a wake-up call to Wang Changjun, waking him up instantly.
Li Kailang used this method to purchase pigs from Qinjia Village.
However, if purchased privately, the pig would be much more expensive than if purchased from a steel mill.
Take the pig that Wang Changjun purchased in Qinjia Village. It cost 50 yuan to purchase it in the name of the steel rolling mill, but it cost 100 yuan to purchase it privately.
After all, buying privately involves risks, and if a steel mill buys it, it’s not just spending money, it also has to use some scrap steel as a “gift” for welfare.
After all, if you just spend money to buy it, you can buy it in any factory in the city. If you don’t have some “specialties”, how can they sell it to you? Except for the slaughterhouse.
After hearing what Village Chief Wang said, Li Kailang was speechless.
He originally bought a pig from Qinjia Village, and now he delivered the pig to Qinjia Village.
However, looking at Wang Changjun's burning eyes, he might not be able to get the pig himself.
"Why, Master Li, you don't want it?" Village Chief Wang asked indifferently.
Before Li Kailang came, he had planned to sell pigs.
It was just because Li Kailang helped the old lady that made him feel that Li Kailang was a trustworthy person, at least he thought so.
The most important thing was that Wang Changjun was awakened by the fact that he couldn’t buy pigs.
Their village had accumulated a large amount of supplies, but because there were no buyers, everyone had no money. This was why he made up his mind.
As long as you have money, the problems in my aunt's family can be solved.
Village chief Wang dared to say it in public. On the one hand, this was his village and he had built it into an iron bucket. At the same time, everyone needed money.
On the other hand, he was not afraid of being reported by Li Kailang and Wang Changjun.
After all, if the plan didn't work out, it was just talk. The evidence of the two people was nothing. If it worked out, they would both be accomplices.
Whether he is purchasing or buying privately, as long as he has pigs, he is not far from promotion and salary increase.
Now he had to impulsively make a decision for Li Kailang.
"I didn't ask you, I asked Master Li." The village chief said lightly, ignoring Wang Changjun.
Although what he did was not wrong, it was all caused by Li Kailang. Without Li Kailang, he would not have done it.
"Brother Li, no, Brother Li, please agree to this, I beg you!" Wang Changjun pleaded.
"If this goes through, I'll give you my share of the pork, and I'll also give you money! If you want anything else, just tell me, I'll give you whatever I have!"
In these years of procurement, he was promoted from a level 30 clerk to a level 24 clerk, with a monthly salary of only 37.5 yuan.
After being promoted, I became a level 23 clerk with a monthly salary of 42.5 yuan.
For Wang Changjun, who has been at level 24 all year round, it is impossible to upgrade by relying solely on a purchase amount of 30 yuan. Only outstanding contributions can do that.
And pigs make outstanding contributions.
Li Kailang was also a little hesitant. Whether to help Wang Changjun was secondary. The main reason was that he himself was craving for meat. After all, he didn't have any pork on hand.
Qinjia Village did reserve a pig, but that did not happen. There was still the possibility of accidents, but the pig in front of them was real.
With Wang Changjun around, he couldn't keep the pig for himself and had to sell it to the steel mill.
However, if selling to the steel mill, ten kilograms of pork are required, and with the tickets and money, it is still acceptable.
As for whoever dares to report it, it would be tantamount to being an enemy of everyone's interests.
"Okay, I'll buy it!" Li Kailang said decisively.
Hearing this, Wang Changjun finally breathed a sigh of relief. His body became weak and he almost fell down.
"Good! Very courageous!" Village Chief Wang also praised.
"But, as for the money, I will sell it whenever you give me the money!"
Although Village Chief Wang believed that Li Kailang would not embezzle the money, he was the village chief and naturally had to start from the interests of the village.
"I'll give it to you now!" Li Kailang said directly.
"There's no rush for the money. You can give it to me when you get back." The village chief also advised.
After all, who would carry hundreds of dollars with them? Except Li Kailang.
"I don't really have that much money on me, but I have some in the car."
As Li Kailang spoke, he opened the rear door, got in, closed the door, pretended to open the locker under the seat, took out 15 Big Black Tens and a Mauser M1932 submachine gun, and hid them.
"This money should be enough!" Li Kailang murmured, and got out of the car.
"Village Chief Wang, I wonder if this money is enough!" Li Kailang handed the money to Village Chief Wang. With a pistol in hand, he was not afraid of being robbed.
Village chief Wang took a look at the money and did not take it: "Enough, enough! There is still a lot more. It turns out that you drivers are rich!" He looked at Li Kailang deeply.
"Hey! This is just a coincidence. Who would dare to go out with so much money?" Li Kailang explained with a chuckle.
"Indeed, come with me and see the pigs, and then you can decide whether you want them or not."
After Village Chief Wang finished speaking, he took Li Kailang away.
Wang Changjun followed him naturally, and the villagers behind him followed him after getting the money and having nothing else to sell.
A group of people came to the pigsty, with two pigstys, one on the left and one on the right.
"Look, which one do you want?" The village chief pointed to the three black pigs in the pigpen on the left.
"Village chief, you pig." Li Kailang asked in shock.
"These three pigs, each weighing more than 150 kilograms, were carefully raised by our village just to be sold."
"Look, which one do you want?" asked Village Chief Wang.
Li Kailang took a closer look and found that the three pigs all looked similar, so he pointed at one at random and said, "Let's take this one!"
The village chief nodded in agreement and continued, "Okay, since they are all about the same, let's calculate it based on 150 kilograms of fifth-grade pork."
Pigs are graded according to their fatness (sometimes calculated based on meat yield), and there are 5 or 6 grades, with grade being the highest.
Depending on the location, the purchase price per catty is between 3 and 6 cents, and the selling price in the market is between 6 and 8 cents. The specific price varies according to the region and grade.
Simply put, it is the difference between "purchase price" and "selling price".
一头150斤的6等生猪，生猪收购价格为：0.42×150＝63元。
If the pigs are of grade 5 or even higher, the price will rise further.
If calculated based on meat yield, the head, hooves, tail, internal organs and other parts would be removed, then the weight would not be that heavy and the price would be lower.
Because it is bought privately, the price will double.
After a rough calculation, Li Kailang said directly: "Let's not make any more trouble. The price of this pig is more than 120 yuan, so let's take it as 130 yuan! Do you think it's okay?"
Hearing this, the village chief thought about it and felt that it was about the same, and he even made a few more dollars. "Okay, then this is the price."
If sold through normal channels for 60 yuan, after deducting the feeding cost of about 30 yuan, the profit for a piglet of about 10 yuan is only about 20 yuan.
If we add the 10 yuan discount on pig manure and the 4.59 yuan slaughter tax, the profit per pig is about 25 yuan.
In some places, there is no discount on pig manure, and the profit will be even lower.
This is about 95 yuan less than the 70 yuan sold privately to Li Kailang.
Li Kailang directly took out 130 yuan and handed it to Village Chief Wang.
The village chief counted them carefully, confirmed they were correct and asked, "When are you going to take the pig back?"
Li Kailang thought for a moment and said, "It's not easy to get the pig on the car now. Let's take the pig with us when we come back. We'll leave it in the village first."
"Okay!" With the money, Village Chief Wang did not refuse.
"By the way, Village Chief, can I borrow your phone?" Li Kailang said again.
"Okay, come with me!" said the village chief, and took the two to his office.
"You know how to use the phone, right?" said the village chief.
"I know how to use it! I know how to use it!" Wang Changjun said immediately.
This just solved Li Kailang's urgent problem, as he had never used a telephone of this era.
"Okay, since you can do it, I won't stay here anymore." After saying that, Village Chief Wang left.
"Brother Li, it's a good thing we have you, otherwise we wouldn't be able to buy pigs." Seeing the village chief leave, Wang Changjun said excitedly.
"No, no." Li Kailang said modestly.
"But, Brother Li, what are you going to do with this pig?" Wang Changjun stared at him with burning eyes.
"Of course we sell them to the factory, but these pigs are difficult to handle." Li Kailang hesitated to speak.
The next thing depends on Wang Changjun. If Wang Changjun fails to handle it well, he will have to swallow the pig.
"Don't worry, Brother Li, I will definitely not make things difficult for you." Wang Changjun immediately understood and knew the purpose of Li Kailang's call.
After all, this pig cannot be transported to the steel mill openly because its "origin is unknown".
Wang Changjun immediately dialed the phone, and after several transfers, he finally got through to the chief of the third purchasing department of the steel rolling mill.
"Hello! Hello." The section chief's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Chief, it's me." Wang Changjun said,
"What? Any good news?"
"Chief, how did you know? I do have good news."
"Have you purchased any pigs?" the section chief asked tentatively.
"Section Chief, you guessed it right. We did purchase pigs," Wang Changjun said.
After a simple and quick communication, the section chief also learned that Li Kailang had purchased pigs privately and gave a solution.
"So, when you come back, don't go through the main gate of the steel mill. Go to the abandoned warehouse next to the grove. I will arrange for someone to pick you up there.
As for the money, the factory will reimburse it, and as for the reward, we’ll talk about it when I get back,” the section chief replied immediately.
The latter part of the speech was mainly for Li Kailang to hear. After all, the pigs had not been transported back yet, so it was still possible to regret it.
(End of this chapter)