The price increase for Hongyun Rice was set for tomorrow.
After seeing the document from the relevant authorities, the restaurants they partnered with couldn’t vent their anger on Junheng Trading Co., Ltd. They even felt a little sympathetic.
Upon receiving the news that Hongyun Rice would be more expensive starting tomorrow, the partner restaurants, as if by tacit agreement, started flooding them with orders.
After all, the price difference before and after the hike was 10 yuan per jin.
A 25-kilogram bag would mean a difference of 500 yuan per bag!
One restaurant ordered 10 tons, another ordered 20. Dong Shanshan was the most aggressive, ordering 1,000 tons of rice to stockpile and use slowly. The stuff had a long shelf life anyway and wouldn’t spoil if stored properly.
This 1,000-ton order was what Wu Jun could accumulate over ten days if he didn’t sell a single bag. Fulfilling it all at once was obviously unrealistic.
Wu Jun called to discuss it with her, asking if they could deliver in batches. Since Dong Shanshan was a member and ordering such a large quantity at once, Wu Jun gave her a 10% discount directly.
Even with the discount, the total price for this shipment was 36 million yuan.
Wu Jun had originally thought Dong Shanshan was just a moderately wealthy woman with assets in the tens of millions. Now that he had witnessed her true power, he mentally upgraded "moderately" to "majorly."
’To be able to fork over 36 million yuan for rice in one go, her total assets must be at least a hundred million!’
Dong Shanshan chuckled and said, "Little Brother Wu Jun, this is all the cash I have on hand. How about you extend me some credit, and I’ll add another zero to my order quantity?"
Wu Jun gave a helpless smile. "Sister Shan, you’re putting me in a tough spot. If the relevant authorities found out about this kind of sneaky maneuver, they’d probably shut me down tomorrow."
"Alright, I’ll stop teasing you. Let’s leave it at that for now. I have a meeting to get to. Bye-bye," Dong Shanshan said with a laugh before hanging up.
Wu Jun raised his wrist to check the time. It was already 4:50 PM. He got up, left his office, and headed downstairs.
Reaching the first floor, he came to the door of the sales office and heard the phones ringing off the hook. The young women in the company taking orders were hanging up one call only to immediately pick up another.
It was almost quitting time, but the calls for orders were still pouring in nonstop. Now, the restaurants didn’t seem to think 20 yuan a jin for rice was expensive anymore. They were ordering as if they were spending someone else’s money.
The company closed at five, a fact the partner restaurants were well aware of. Usually, very few calls came in at this time, and the girls taking orders would be packing up to go home. Today’s situation was a rare exception.
"Mr. Wu, are you leaving for the day?" Li Xiaoxiao asked as she pushed the door open, greeting Wu Jun who was standing right outside.
Wu Jun glanced at his watch. It was already 5:03 PM. He said, "It’s time. You all should get ready to clock out, too."
"But..." Li Xiaoxiao looked troubled. "The calls are coming in one after another. If we leave now, we’ll miss out on a lot of orders."
Wu Jun asked her, "How many tons have been ordered?"
"I was just about to come up and give you today’s report," Li Xiaoxiao said, holding up the documents in her hand. "Besides the 1,000-ton order from Shimen Inn that you said would be delivered in batches, we have another 869 tons to ship out."
Hearing this, Wu Jun was struck speechless and then laughed. Good grief, they had taken orders for 1,869 tons of rice in a single day. His in-game supply was only 100 tons a day; even half a month’s worth wouldn’t be enough to fulfill this.
"Alright, tell the girls to clock out. You’ve all worked hard today. I’ll talk to Director Dong later and get you all a bonus." Wu Jun took the report from Li Xiaoxiao’s hands, not daring to let them take any more orders.
"So... we’re really leaving?" Li Xiaoxiao was very unsure if Mr. Wu was joking, seeing as he was willing to turn down money.
"Clock out," Wu Jun said with absolute certainty, then turned and went upstairs with the report.
Li Xiaoxiao went back inside to announce the end of the workday. The girls taking orders breathed a sigh of relief, grabbing their cups and rushing to the water cooler by the door.
The sales report Li Xiaoxiao prepared was very detailed. It clearly distinguished how many tons were ordered by VIP clients and how many were at the 20 yuan per jin price, making everything clear at a glance.
In the bottom right corner of the report, the total accounts receivable was also calculated: 63.8 million yuan.
Following the historic 60-million-yuan order for Zhizhi Meatballs, a record that had stood for less than ten days, a new record had been set.
This month, the transaction value from just two deals had broken the 100-million-yuan mark.
After reading the report, Wu Jun felt a surge of excitement. ’I’m a little tycoon with over a hundred million in assets now!’
After the excitement subsided, Wu Jun put the sales report in his desk drawer. Just as he stood up to leave, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in, it’s not locked," Wu Jun said as he walked.
Hearing Wu Jun’s voice, the office door was pushed open from the outside, and Dong Lizhu walked in.
"Xiaojun, what’s going on?" Dong Lizhu asked, looking completely bewildered. "I just ran into Li Xiaoxiao on my way back, and she said our rice price is going up again?"
Wu Jun explained, "Didn’t Chen Lin go to a meeting with the relevant authorities today? They’re forcing a price on us to stabilize the market."
"Those people are really..." Dong Lizhu was both angry and annoyed after hearing the explanation. "Just as Junheng was getting on the right track, they throw a wrench in the works."
Wu Jun had an unconcerned look on his face. "It’s fine, Auntie. If the price goes up, it goes up. We’ll just have to sell it differently with the new price."
"Oh, right," Wu Jun said, remembering the team-building event he’d mentioned that morning. "Auntie, can you organize the logistics department staff tomorrow? Take them out for a few days to relax. The warehouse staff can’t get away, so count it as overtime for them. Pay them double, in cash, on the spot."
Dong Lizhu stared at him blankly after he finished.
’We’ve run into such a huge problem. At a critical time like this, who would be in the mood to go out and have fun?’
Wu Jun explained, "We took orders for almost 2,000 tons of product today. Even if Junheng doesn’t open for business for half a month, we have enough deliveries to keep us busy."
"What! We sold that much in a single day!" Dong Lizhu was stunned by the number Wu Jun mentioned. In terms of sheer volume, today was definitely their biggest sales day ever!
Wu Jun said, "With such a huge order, the manufacturer also needs time to prepare. So, we don’t need to rush to sell anything for a while. We should take advantage of this free time, go have some fun. There will be a pile of things to do when we get back."
"But..." Dong Lizhu said, "I scheduled interviews for tomorrow with the job applicants from the job fair today."
Wu Jun said, "Then hire the ones who pass the interview on the spot and have them join the team-building event directly. Let the newcomers get a feel for the atmosphere here at Junheng."
"Alright, I guess that’s the only way," Dong Lizhu said, shaking her head with a smile. It was the first time she’d ever heard of a company taking new employees on a trip on their first day of work.
Having settled the matter of tomorrow’s interviews, Wu Jun and Dong Lizhu went downstairs together.
Xu Fei had driven the Mercedes-Benz away that afternoon, so Wu Jun was going to take Dong Lizhu home in the pickup truck.
Dong Lizhu waved her hands frantically. "You don’t have to drive me, Xiaojun. It’s too much trouble for you to go back and forth. I can just grab a cab."
"Don’t be silly, I have a car right here. It’s not that far, and I’m free now that I’m off work," Wu Jun said, gesturing for Dong Lizhu to get in.
Seeing how insistent Wu Jun was, Dong Lizhu had to give in. She opened the passenger side door and got in.
Twenty minutes later, Wu Jun dropped her off at her apartment building.
"Why don’t you stay for dinner, Xiaojun?" Dong Lizhu said with a smile as she unbuckled her seatbelt. "Your uncle heard you were driving me home, so he’s already bought groceries and prepared the wine. He told me I absolutely had to make you stay."
Wu Jun joked, "Auntie, let’s be clear, I drove you home completely voluntarily. I wasn’t just trying to freeload a meal."
Dong Lizhu smiled and said, "Your uncle and I wish you’d come over to freeload every day."
Wu Jun could hardly remember the last time he’d eaten at his uncle’s place. Since his uncle had already prepared the food, he didn’t refuse the offer.
"In that case, it would be rude to refuse. We just had soft drinks with Uncle at lunch, so tonight, we’ll have some real drinks."
Wu Jun smiled, pushed open his door, and got out of the truck. He and Dong Lizhu walked into the building’s entranceway together.