164: Chapter 164 Brother, I'll Lead You to Do Big Things

The young relatives sitting at the same table as Su Ye and Xiao Yong looked enviously at the pleasantly surprised Xiao Yong.

They were all adults; how could they not understand what Su Ye's words represented?

It represented at least several million in annual profit. Previously, even Jin Youcai couldn't swallow up all the grapes from the surrounding villages. Moreover, transportation and labor were huge expenses, so he only earned about thirty to fifty cents per jin. Handling one or two thousand mu of grape fields was Jin Youcai's limit.

The remaining thousands of mu of grape fields were the ones with lower quality that Jin Youcai had picked over. They were bought up by other large households and scattered small farmers, earning even less. But even so, in just a short three to five years, Jin Youcai had built a villa and was driving a luxury car. Apart from his wife, everything else had been replaced.

Although everyone didn't know what kind of background Su Ye specifically had, just seeing the big leaders from the city come in person today meant it couldn't be like Jin Youcai. At the very least, he would have to collect from three to five thousand mu. If Xiao Yong split it fifty-fifty with him, that would be several million to ten million in net profit a year.

In this society, money is everything. As the saying goes, money isn't everything, but without money, you can't do anything. Money can't solve all your troubles, but it can solve 99.9999% of them.

Although they were envious, everyone had enough self-awareness not to say anything. After all, they were god-relatives and brothers of over ten years. It was normal for Su Ye to take Xiao Yong to get rich. As for the rest of them, who were they? With no family ties or connections, why would Su Ye take them to get rich?

Xiao Yong raised a bottle of beer, signaled to Su Ye, and said with a serious face:

"Ye-zi, I won't say anything more. Brother knows you're taking me to make money, and I really want to make money too. It's all in the wine. Just watch how I do things from now on."

After finishing, he downed the bottle of beer in a whirlpool.

Su Ye also picked up his beer bottle, drained it in one go, and then said:

"I'll send the relevant contact information to your phone in a bit. I'll make the arrangements. You just focus on collecting the grapes, watching the quality, and controlling the price. When it's time to load the trucks, find the people from Yuanda Logistics. When it's time to sell, contact the people from Hongxing Chain. No problem with that, right?"

Xiao Yong patted his chest with a loud thud:

"What are you saying? You've already arranged everything; how could I possibly have any issues collecting grapes? It's guaranteed to be no problem. If there's a problem, I'll jump into this Anning River."

Seeing Xiao Yong give his guarantee, Su Ye didn't say anything. After all, just as Xiao Yong said, Su Ye had already solved the most difficult problems of distribution and transportation; everything else really was just a minor issue.

Next, the few young men watched as Xiao Yong and Su Ye talked at length about the plan they had just come up with: taking over the production team in three days, radiating to the surrounding areas of the town in seven days, and directly wrapping up all ten thousand mu of grape fields in the entire town by next year.

The few young men, so envious they were about to spit acid, couldn't bear it anymore and ran off to other tables. When people at the other tables asked, they watched the gesticulating, spit-flying Xiao Yong with envy, jealousy, and hatred. The silly kid from the Xiao family was going to get rich; he was going to be carried to success by his brother.

After hearing about it, Xiao Long and Luo Cuiping just looked at the two brothers with a smile and didn't say anything. After all, their relationship was truly solid; they were just like family.

Xiao Yong recounted his plan again and picked up another bottle of beer, drinking it in one gulp. A young man nearby, who looked five or six parts similar to Little Su, hurriedly opened another bottle for Xiao Yong and set it down, then silently helped grill the food that Su Ye and Xiao Yong liked to eat.

Su Ye asked with some curiosity: "Feng Da, everyone else has left, why aren't you leaving?"

Xiao Yong also looked at Feng Da with curiosity. After all, jealousy is human nature—people fear their brothers will suffer, but they also fear their brothers will drive a Range Rover. Others had seen Xiao Yong about to get rich and had run off sourly, yet Feng Da had stayed here.

Feng Da gave an honest smile: "I was thinking that now that Brother Xiao Yong is going to do big business, he must be short of hands. I don't have anything to do at home other than tend to the grape fields, so I was seeing if I could find a job."

Xiao Yong was stunned. He really hadn't thought of this just now. After all, the grape harvest and sales only lasted those two or three months each year. He definitely couldn't handle too much by himself. Not to mention anything else, just when it came to sorting fruit and loading trucks after negotiating prices, someone had to keep an eye on it; otherwise, they would load you up with a bunch of second-grade or bad fruit.

No matter where you go, there is never a shortage of people who want to take advantage. If things went wrong, he might not make money but lose it instead. That was one point. Another point was that there were thousands of growers in the whole town; he couldn't possibly negotiate with every single one himself. If he negotiated by himself, he probably wouldn't finish until the grape season was over.

So, he would need quite a few hands. These people needed to be familiar with the local grape market, familiar with grape quality, and they had to be people he could trust.

Seeing Xiao Yong's thoughtful expression, Su Ye smiled. Just a moment ago, Su Ye had wanted to remind Xiao Yong of these issues. Since Feng Da was here, and Su Ye had seen Feng Da's intentions, he had used Feng Da's words to convey this to Xiao Yong.

Su Ye picked up his beer bottle, clinked it against Xiao Yong's, and said: "Yong-zi, even a hero needs three helpers. Three cobblers can make a Zhuge Liang. If you want to do business, if you want to do big business, you can't do it alone. Even if you work yourself to death, you won't be able to run a big operation. First, you need a team, a team that works toward the same goal. That is the cornerstone of success."

Xiao Yong said a bit embarrassedly: "I haven't done business before, so I didn't think about that much."

Su Ye downed the wine in his bottle, wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said: "No one is born knowing how to do it. Take it slow. Think more, consider more, do more, and you will grow slowly. Don't take too big a step this year. Start with the production team first; after all, they are all acquaintances, so just treat it as practice."

Xiao Yong thought for a moment and then nodded. His strength was that he listened to advice.

"Alright, I'll listen to you, Ye-zi. Tomorrow I'll go talk to the team leader first, then go house to house to talk."

Having said that, he turned his head and looked at Feng Da: "Starting tomorrow, you follow me to negotiate. We'll learn together and improve together. Wait until next year, and Big Brother will take you to do big things."

Feng Da chuckled and scratched the back of his head: "Then, Big Brother, my family's grapes haven't been sold yet. Can we go talk to my family first?"

Su Ye and Xiao Yong pointed at Feng Da and laughed, scolding: "Everyone says you, Feng Da, are honest. Damn it, where is the honesty here? If you glued on two whiskers, you'd be craftier than a fox."

Since Su Ye and Xiao Yong were going to do this business, the first family they negotiated with would definitely benefit. Everyone knew the story of paying a thousand gold for a horse's bones.

Hearing their teasing, Feng Da's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "Brother Xiao Yong, Brother Little Su, I didn't think that much. I just thought that since I'm at my house, it would be easier to talk."

Xiao Yong waved his hand: "Alright, alright, regardless of what you were thinking, tomorrow morning we'll go find the team leader first, then go to your house to talk at noon."

The meal lasted until twelve o'clock at night before it ended. Su Ye didn't go back and just stayed at Xiao Yong's house.