fictionpage Chapter 162 The Fruit Farmer Who Earns 8 Yuan a Month on Pinduoduo
Chapter 162 The Fruit Farmer Who Earns 8 Yuan a Month on Pinduoduo
Chapter 162 The Fruit Farmer Who Earns 8 Yuan a Month on Pinduoduo
February 1st. Zhu Ce has been extremely busy lately.
Since the beginning of January, his Pinduoduo account has been flooded with orders: at first, he was shipping out 100 boxes a day, then a week later, the number soared to 500 boxes a day, and after half a month, the daily shipment volume stabilized at 1000 boxes.
You should know that each box contains 10 jin (5 catties), and with a shipment volume of 1000 boxes, that means he's shipping out 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) every day.
Moreover, 1000 boxes a day is his shipping limit, not the user's order limit. The new order notifications on Pinduoduo's backend ring from morning till night, with a total of 2000 orders a day, which made Zhu Ce grin from ear to ear.
In addition, considering that Zhu Ce did not have any principal on hand, Pinduoduo made special arrangements and gave him an extremely fast repayment cycle, almost once a week.
Zhu Ce took the payment and immediately went to hire packaging workers. Although neighbors, relatives and friends could come and help out for a few days, it wouldn't be right to make them work for free for a month.
Driven by the massive orders from Pinduoduo, Zhu Ce hired more than a dozen unemployed laborers from the town to be responsible for picking, packing, and sorting; he himself was mainly responsible for transportation and filling out tracking numbers at the courier station.
Every day, Zhu Ce was overjoyed when he drove his little tricycle to the courier station. The truck wasn't loaded with fruit; it was loaded with money!
Because his order volume was so large, the courier station lowered the delivery price by one yuan.
Now, he can make a net profit of 4 cents from a 10-pound box of fruit.
In other words, if he ships 1000 boxes a day, he can earn a net profit of 4000 yuan, which is the net income after deducting various labor costs.
He's struck it rich! He's really made it big!
Not only can they pay off all their loans in one go, but they'll also have a lot of money left in their pockets.
The only pity is that the yield in his orchard is too low. This year, he only produced 20 catties of Shatang pomelos. These fruits will be sold out in about ten days.
More than ten days later, with the Spring Festival of 2011 fast approaching, Zhu Ce had just finished clearing out all the fruit in the orchard. All the good fruit that could be sold had been sold, and what was left were the substandard ones. He planned to keep them for himself or sell them at roadside stalls at low prices.
Zhu Ce was checking the earnings in the back office. The computer he was using was a broken second-hand computer that Pinduoduo had temporarily lent him. It was definitely not suitable for playing games, but it was barely usable for office work.
Looking at the balance on the computer screen, Zhu Ce was grinning from ear to ear: 76,000! A full 76,000! Now he could truly have a prosperous New Year.
Zhu Ce spent 560 yuan to buy 10 cartons of Zhenlong Soft Jiaozi cigarettes, a local brand from Guangxi.
In 2011, a pack of these cigarettes cost about 5 yuan.
He handed out cigarettes to the workers from his village who he had hired, smiling and saying, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone! Happy New Year, I wish you all a wonderful year!"
In Zhu Ce's hometown, it is customary to give someone a pack of cigarettes after they have finished their work, as a sign of respect.
The relatives who had helped Zhu Ce for free before were also invited this time. This is a matter of social etiquette. Last time, they helped for free, and this time he paid for their help. He couldn't leave out his relatives, otherwise it wouldn't be right.
Seeing that Zhu Ce had bought so many cigarettes, even though they were just the inexpensive "Soft Jiaozi" brand, the relative still subconsciously probed, "Old Zhu, your business is really booming! All the pomelos in your orchard are sold out? You must have made a lot of money this time, right?"
Zhu Ce smiled bitterly and helplessly, "How can I earn much? The interest on the money I borrowed is very high, and now I've hired so many people to work. In the end, I'll only make about ten thousand yuan. I'm busy all year round, but I can't earn as much as I would if I went out to work."
Hearing this, the relative felt much better and then asked, "Old Zhu, which platform do you use for your business? It's so successful that the courier companies in our county even send big trucks to deliver your goods."
This time, Zhu Ce didn't hide anything and said, "It's Pinduoduo. Brother, if you also want to do business on Pinduoduo, after a while, Pinduoduo will send someone over to train us farmers. The county head can also provide some support policies."
Zhu Ce genuinely hopes that his hometown can develop, so that young people in the village will not have to leave their homes to work elsewhere, and the number of left-behind children in the village will decrease.
After seeing off his cousin, Zhu Ce returned to his office with a happy expression. Staring at the more than 7 yuan in his online bank account on the computer screen, he felt both excited and cautious. He dared not withdraw the money in real life, and he didn't even dare let others know that the money existed.
He knew all too well that if people knew he had made so much money, someone would definitely come to borrow money; what was even more terrifying was that if he withdrew the money that day, a thief might break into his house the next day and search for the money by ransacking the place.
This was not a malicious conjecture made out of thin air by Zhu Ce. He was from an impoverished area and knew that people there generally possessed a kind of animalistic nature, and it was not uncommon for them to be greedy for money.
Zhu Ce opened Pinduoduo, and now he and his whole family are loyal Pinduoduo users.
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner. He's made so much money this year; he's sure to have a prosperous year. He couldn't help but think of his wife and son, and a wave of tenderness washed over him.
First, I need to buy new clothes and shoes for my family. Pinduoduo doesn't yet have big brands like Nike and Adidas, but Hongxing Erke and Li-Ning have already joined.
Although the price wasn't much cheaper, only a dollar or two cheaper than other platforms, Zhu Ce didn't care about such a small amount of money during the Chinese New Year.
Immediately, he placed an order on Pinduoduo, buying his son a new pair of Li-Ning shoes and his wife a MedtiDuban women's outfit; then, he bought New Year's goods, but unfortunately Pinduoduo did not sell fireworks, although there were many shops selling New Year's goods.
He spent several hundred yuan on New Year's goods and a series of daily necessities. In total, he spent two or three thousand yuan just on Pinduoduo.
A few days later, just before the Lunar New Year, the goods I bought on Pinduoduo arrived smoothly. Because Zhu Ce was a major customer of the courier station, the station manager of the county courier station simply drove over personally to deliver all the goods.
Zhu Ce and the station manager congratulated each other and also chatted about business next year. Since business was so booming this year, he would definitely continue to work on Pinduoduo next year.
After saying goodbye to the station manager, Zhu Ce carried the large and small packages of express deliveries home.
My son is watching TV, and a TV series called "KO One" is playing on the screen.
Zhu Ce walked over with a smile and said, "Son, new shoes for the New Year. Dad bought you a pair of Li-Ning sneakers. Try them on and see if they fit."
The son eagerly put on his new shoes, skipping and jumping, and said, "Dad, did you make a lot of money this year? You bought so many nice things!"
Zhu Ce chuckled and ruffled his son's hair: "They're alright, they're alright. Don't go spreading rumors, okay? How are the shoes? Do they fit?"
"Hmm, they fit perfectly! My old white sneakers were too stiff, but these are so soft and comfortable," my son said happily.
Then, Zhu Ce called his wife Liu Xiufang over, handed her the new dress, a dignified and elegant dress suitable for middle-aged women, and said tenderly, "Wife, you've worked hard this year. The family is so lucky to have you holding things together."
Thinking of all the hardships she had endured over the past year, Liu Xiufang's eyes welled up with tears. Zhu Ce gently hugged his wife and whispered, "Things will get better from now on; things will definitely get better day by day."