Hu Lin was surprised when he learned Qiao Ge's intention.
They don't quite believe that when did India's work efficiency become so high? How could it be done in less than three days?
However, they were relieved after listening to Qiao Ge's explanation. The administrative officer inspected, and the people below naturally worked overtime.
They had no problem with Singer and Yadra brought by Qiaogo.
If Qiao Ge comes here alone, they may not feel comfortable, because Qiao Ge is still a teenager after all. There are no adults present for such a foreign trade contract. Who knows how Indian newspapers and radio will report it?
Listening to the Chinese conversation between Qiao Ge and Hu Lin, Singer had a smile on his face. Although he didn't understand anything, he felt that Qiao Ge had really grown up, which made him feel a little strange.
Adela is looking at the contract provided by Zhao Rui and the others. The contract is in English.
In fact, Qiao Ge understands English. He took a look at it just now, but there is a professional lawyer here, so there is no problem in leaving it to him.
While Adela was reading the contract, Qiao Ge approached Zhao Rui, naturally about the hair export issue.
"A wig?" Zhao Rui shook his head and said, "Classmate Qiao Ge, we don't do this business."
Zhao Rui's answer made Qiao Ge secretly sigh. The hair trade is actually quite niche. Unlike cotton, which has many uses and is traded in large quantities, it is a bulk commodity.
"Wig, what wig?" Huang Delou came over. He was talking to Hu Lin just now, so he didn't hear clearly what Qiao Ge and the others said.
"Classmate Qiao Ge asked us if we are in the wig business. He has hair to provide." Zhou Fudi couldn't help but explain when he saw Huang Delou coming over, "Why, Lao Huang, are you interested in the wig industry?"
"Can't you?" Huang Delou replied to Zhou Fu's first call, "Qiao Ge, you really have hair to export, how much hair?"
"Huh?" Zhou Fudi looked at Huang Delou in surprise, "Old Huang, do you really want to do this? I've never heard you mention it."
Zhao Rui was also a little surprised. Even Hu Lin, who was talking to Singer not far away, turned his head and glanced in their direction.
No matter how you say it, Singh is a Kshatriya and he understands English. As Qiao Ge's elder, Hu Lin can chat with him quite well.
"International schools are really different. Qiao Ge can learn Chinese so well." Singer thought to himself as he watched Qiao Ge and Zhao Rui talking.
He made a decision and was going to bite the bullet and send his youngest son to an international school next semester. This would be a heavier burden, but he could still bear it.
He has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son has joined the army and the daughter is married. The younger son is one year younger than Qiaogo.
"Old Huang, what do you have to say?" Zhao Rui asked.
"A friend of mine in Henan is in this business. In the past few years, many people there bought hair from everywhere and sold it to South Korea." Huang Delou explained, "He said that the wig industry in South Korea is It is very developed, but the labor wages in factories are too high, so I may want to move it to China. I want to introduce a batch of equipment and technology to make wigs. Wigs are very popular in Europe and the United States, and the price is very high, and the profit is very considerable. This is my Exclusive inside information, what do you think? Do you want to form a partnership? There will be no store like this after passing this village. When doing business, you have to be the first to eat crabs, otherwise how can you make big money?"
Zhou Fudi looked at Zhao Rui: "Old Zhao, what do you think?"
"To be honest, this is the first time I have heard of it, but according to Lao Huang's analysis, investment should be profitable now." Zhao Rui thought for a moment and said, "But from such a profitable business, are you willing to share the profits with us?"
"Actually, I'm still a little bit nervous. After all, it's a new industry that I'm not familiar with. Let's work together and make money together. If we lose money, we can share it. Everyone won't feel so uncomfortable, right?" Huang De Lou replied.
"You think very well." Zhou Fudi smiled.
"Even if we don't make wigs, as long as we buy the hair back, we can sell it to other people in the country. Indian hair is of high quality and is very popular internationally, and the purchase price is cheap. You will definitely not lose money." Huang Delou added said.
"Okay, we'll discuss the partnership investment later. Qiao Ge, how much can you provide?" Zhao Rui looked at Qiao Ge and asked.
"It's a lot. I made a rough estimate and it's at least three to four thousand kilograms." Qiao Ge replied, "I just don't know how much the three bosses are willing to pay."
"Only three or four tons? Too little." Zhou Fudi muttered.
"Old Zhou, do you think this is cotton? Is it moving tens, hundreds or even thousands of tons?" Zhao Rui said with some humor.
Zhou Fudi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. He used to be in the cotton business, and the quantities he handled were usually dozens of tons.
For example, this time they plan to purchase one thousand bales of cotton, which is 170 tons.
Qiao Ge suddenly said that three or four tons was a lot, which made him unable to react for a while.
"Old Zhao is right. How much does a person with long hair weigh? Ten people don't know if it weighs one kilogram." Huang Delou obviously knew about the hair industry. He rolled his eyes and hesitated for a moment. He said, "Classmate Qiao Ge, I can give you a purchase price now, US$1.5 per kilogram. Oh, it must be women's long hair, not too short, preferably more than 20 centimeters."
Hearing this, Qiao Ge raised his eyebrows. He was sure that this guy was bullying him for not knowing what he was doing.
I really don't know how to do it, but I have memories of my previous life.
The main reason why Qiao Ge was suspicious was that Huang Delou did not grade the hair, but gave a general price. After all, the price of long hair and short hair is very different, which is unreasonable.
Although it is true that the temple sells the whole package, in Qiao Ge's view, it is the temple's hair that is obtained for free, and it is money when sold, so he doesn't feel bad, but he is different, he has to ensure his own profit, and the classification is certain. Only in this way can profits be maximized.
He believed in Huang Delou and the others, but he couldn't let himself suffer too big a loss.
The most in demand long hair is between 20 and 40 centimeters, and the average price in previous lives was about US$300-500 per kilogram.
Huang Delou's current price is US$1.5 per kilogram. Calculated based on the low price of US$300 per kilogram, that is a 200-fold difference, and there is a nearly a thousand-fold price gap with the most expensive products.
Qiao Ge felt that this price was too low. Even if the current price was low, it would not be such a huge difference.
Of course, the conversion based on this alone cannot be said to be too accurate. After all, the time span is too long, nearly forty years. Things that are not valuable now may be sky-high in the future.
"Boss Huang, as far as I know, the prices are different for different hair lengths," Qiao Ge said.
Huang Delou was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Qiao Ge to say such a thing. Has this kid ever understood it?
Seeing Huang Delou's reaction, Zhao Rui laughed and said: "Old Huang, we have to be more honest when doing business. You can't just want to kill Qiao Ge just because he is young."
Zhou Fudi echoed from the side: "Yes, Lao Huang, it's rare for Qiao Ge to understand Chinese. With him as a middleman, I believe it can save a lot of trouble. If you really want to do this business for a long time, report a real number, don't make false claims. "
Because of the cotton matter, they had a good feeling about Qiaogo.
Huang Delou smiled awkwardly, and then told him what he knew about the hair situation in India.
Hair from India is mainly exported to European and American countries. It is divided into 5 grades according to different hair lengths: 0.3 US dollars per kilogram for hair below 20 centimeters, 2 US dollars per kilogram for 20 to 50 centimeters, 5 US dollars per kilogram for 50 to 80 centimeters, and 5 US dollars per kilogram for hair between 80 and 80 centimeters. 100 centimeters is US$10 per kilogram, and above 100 centimeters is US$8 per kilogram.
If it is Shunfa, the price can be increased by 20% to 30% on the corresponding level.
The so-called smooth hair means that the hair is cut from a woman's head and is not messy, and then the hair is tied into a bunch individually. Since it is the same person's hair, and the hair is smooth and unknotted, the quality is better.
Huang Delou heard the information from his friend. That friend provided hair to South Korea, so he was familiar with this business.
Qiao Ge understood immediately after hearing this. This kind of smooth hair is probably difficult to get in the temple, because the temple shaves hair on a large scale and pursues speed. At most, it is classified according to length. The hair of countless people is mixed together, and it is impossible to cut everyone's hair. Individual hair is tied individually into bundles.
In other words, if you want to get high-quality smooth hair, you can only collect it from the private sector.
After listening to Huang Delou's words, Zhao Rui and Zhou Fudi stared at him with strange expressions.
Huang Delou's face turned slightly red. He knew that his quotation just now was a bit unkind and indeed a bit low.
Qiao Ge didn't think too much. It was normal for Huang Delou to have such thoughts. As a businessman, his first thought when making an acquisition was to lower the price. When shipping, he would definitely pay a high price.
learn from mistakes.
Besides, I haven't suffered a loss yet.
He believes that the price Huang Delou said this time is not false. As long as the hair is large, he can really make a lot of money.
Think about the hair in the temple, which is basically over 50 centimeters. If you tidy it up, it can be sold for 5 US dollars per kilogram, which is 63 per kilogram in rupees, and the temple sells it for 10 rupees per kilogram, which means that each kilogram of hair is your own You can earn almost 53 rupees. Counting three tons, that is 159,000 rupees. After deducting some other expenses, Qiao Ge feels that he can earn 150,000 rupees.
With 170 kilograms of cotton, you can earn 30 US dollars, which is 378 rupees. In this way, you can earn 2.22 rupees per kilogram of cotton.
Of course, cotton mainly moves in volume.
Hair can earn 53 rupees per kilogram, while cotton only earns 2.22 rupees. The profit difference is nearly 25 times. Huge profits, real huge profits.
He wished he could fly to those temples right away and take down all the hair in stock.
"Boss Huang, why are the ones over 100 centimeters cheaper?" Qiao Ge suppressed his excitement and didn't quite understand.
Zhao Rui and Zhou Fudi also had some doubts on their faces. Logically speaking, hair over 100 centimeters is very rare, and rare things are more valuable.
Huang Delou's expression returned to normal and he explained: "Within a certain range, the longer the hair length, the more expensive it is. But when it reaches more than 100 centimeters, although it is rare, the demand is less, so the price is not the highest."
Qiao Ge understood, so he said: "Boss Huang, because I didn't know you needed hair before, I didn't purchase it. Please give me some time, I need to estimate the quantity."
"Okay, actually you have seven days. We will take whatever you have on the day we leave. The upper limit is thirty tons." Huang Delou said with a smile.
Hearing this, Qiao Ge felt even more excited.
He believes that as long as he looks for hair by himself, he will definitely find 30 tons. If the temple in the center of Mumbai is not enough, he can go to the suburbs or even the next city to buy it.
However, Huang Delou's request was to see the hair first and then estimate the total amount based on the number of hairs before paying a deposit. There was nothing Qiao Ge couldn't agree with.
This is different from cotton. There is a huge inventory of cotton here, so Zhao Rui and the others are not worried about not being able to get it.
Hair is different.
Although he couldn't sign a hair contract immediately and put down a deposit, Qiaogo quickly adjusted his mentality.
Although he thinks he can win the hair from those temples, it is just wishful thinking on his part now. What if the temples have a very close relationship with those acquirers and do not cooperate with him?
Then my plan to purchase a large amount of hair will not be so easy to realize.
After thinking about it, Qiao Ge couldn't sit still.
After he explained the situation to Zhao Rui and the others, he immediately prepared to go to those temples to settle the matter. If that failed, he would have to go to temples in other areas to look for opportunities.
As for the contract here, please leave it to Singer and Adela. Qiaogo can trust Singer. If there is no problem, he can just come back and sign it when the time comes.
While Qiao Ge and the others were discussing in the house, a middle-aged man with a somewhat fat body and half-bald hair was sitting in the back seat of a car produced by the Tata Group outside the hotel.
With a sad look on his face, he opened the car door, closed it again, hesitated for a moment before closing it, and then opened it again. He hesitated like this and repeated it several times, but he still didn't get out of the car.
The driver had already gotten out of the car and was waiting at the door. He was originally responsible for opening the door, but now he didn't know what to do in this situation.
The driver looked at this scene and couldn't help but said: "Sir Bosh, what's on your mind?"
Privilege Bosh, the director of the Bombay Administrator's Office, is a close confidant of the Administrator, and his status is very important. He is also one of the top figures in Bombay.
Naturally, he came here to find the Chinese trade group, and it was on the order of the administrator.
The port workers' strike became more and more violent, and the administrator was in dire straits.
But the canal was blocked, and it was difficult to export goods for a while.
So he mentioned the Chinese trade group, and then the job fell on him.
At this time, everyone is not so opposed to this. Exporting some goods to the Chinese can at least solve part of the workers' work problems. This can be regarded as an example set by the own government, telling everyone that there will definitely be more work in the future.
He was scolding himself all the way here for talking too much. This talkativeness would get him into trouble, wouldn't it?
Thinking about it, my government was very neglectful towards the Chinese people before. Now that I have come to beg them, I wonder how the Chinese will humiliate him.
Hearing the driver's question, he couldn't help but snorted.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency." The driver immediately slapped himself loudly several times.
This is not only status, but also comprehensive suppression by caste. Bosh is a Kshatriya class, which makes the driver feel that he has just offended Bosh.
Bosh didn't say anything, he opened the door and got out of the car.
You have to face it, and let it be humiliation. As long as the Chinese can buy something, no matter how much, it will be easy for me to go back and do business.
He came here alone, without a secretary or assistant. He didn't want anyone to see how embarrassed he was in front of the Chinese.
After Bosh asked about the Chinese's room, he left with a lot of worries.